ROUND 1

1.

Which 17th century French theist held that sense and reason are mutually deceptive and that truth lies between dogmatism and scepticism?

2.

The Central Powers in World War I consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and which other country?

3.

Borleves from wine, almaleves from apples and barackleves from apricots, are all Hungarian types of what?

4.

Isabelline, Pied and Desert are all types of which bird?

5.

The name of which 20th century artist is produced by combining the names of a Roman emperor and an English king?

6.

What collective name is given to the two one-act Terence Rattigan plays that take place at the Beauregard Private Hotel, Bournemouth?

7.

Who, later to become a world statesman, was a British stretcher-bearer at the Battle of Spion Kop?

8.

Which 1971 film starring Michael Caine was based on the book Jack's Return Home by Ted Lewis?

ROUND 2 - 'Time for some Questions'

A word related to time is contained in either each question or each answer

1.

What is the title of Cupid Inspiration's first UK chart hit, reaching No 4 in 1968?

2.

Which two historic events that took place within 77 days of each other in 1789, in separate parts of the world, could be described as being similar in nature?

3.

In a 1957 film what does Van Heflin board in Contention City?

4.

Name the decade these events took place: Salem Witchcraft Trials, Establishment of Bank of England, Death of Henry Purcell.

5.

Which two historic events that took place within 340 days of each other in 1879, in separate parts of the world, could be described as having the word 'crossing' in common?

6.

What is the title of Atomic Rooster's first UK chart hit, reaching No 11 in 1971?

7.

Name the decade these events took place: Publication of Hogarth's Gin Lane, Lisbon Earthquake, Founding of Samuel Smith's Tadcaster Brewery.

8.

Which 1946 film that was to win 7 Oscars starred Dana Andrews and Frederic March as returning World War II servicemen?

ROUND 3

1.

The powers opposing Russia in the Crimean War consisted of the UK, France, the Ottoman Empire, and which other country or kingdom?

2.

Which 17th century Dutch rationalist and metaphysician developed the ideas of Descartes whilst rejecting his dualism?

3.

Baird's, Pectoral and Purple are all types of which bird?

4.

Caldeirada is a popular fish stew originating from which country?

5.

What Terence Rattigan play and film takes its title from a translation of Aeschylus's The Agamemnon?

6.

The name of which 20th century artist is produced by combining the names of a US state capital and a fairly commonly eaten sea-fish?

7.

Which 1975 film starring Michael Caine was adapted from an 1888 Rudyard Kipling short story?

8.

Which Prime Minister and President studied social anthropology at the London School of Economics and was an extra in the 1934 film Saunders of the River?

ROUND 4

1.

What specifically and uniquely do Under Fire, A Stripe for Frazer, and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker have in common?

2.

Which family is most closely associated with composer Franz Joseph Haydn, who served as its kapellmeister?

3.

Measured in newton metres what vector is a tendency of a force to rotate an object about an axis?

4.

In UK racing what is the National Hunt equivalent of an apprentice jockey on the flat?

5.

What name is given to the 700 km border between Indian-controlled Kashmir and Pakistan, established by the 1972 Simla Agreement?

6.

What English word is derived from the Italian for ‘loaded portrait’?

7.

Which sport is played by 2 teams of 8 players, each team made up of 4 men and 4 women?

8.

Which poet collaborated with Benjamin Britten on the 1936 GPO film documentary Night Mail?

ROUND 5

1.

In which Terry Nation TV drama series broadcast between 1975-77 does Lucy Fleming play the role of Jenny Richards?

2.

What everyday consumable item is the most likely to become contaminated by trichloroanisole?

3.

In the English Courts what name is given to a part-time judge, usually a barrister or solicitor of at least 10 years standing?

4.

Which theme park and zoo is situated on the A4091 near Tamworth?

5.

Which country singer born in Winchester, Virginia, was killed in a plane crash in 1963 aged 30?

6.

Snell's Law is concerned with which specific area of optical physics?

7.

What word can precede the words industry, hospital and cheese to give three different nouns?

8.

What disease is most commonly diagnosed by the measurement of intraocular pressure using tonometry?

ROUND 6 - Hidden theme

1.

Which short story by Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1839, includes his poem, The Haunted Palace?

2.

Which Hemingway short novel was published in its entirety in a 1952 edition of Life magazine?

3.

What is the name of the open bay that extends from West Cape Howe, Western Australia to South West Cape, Tasmania?

4.

Derived from their location, what collective name is given to the two 1954 conferences held to determine the status of West Germany?

5.

Which well-known song contains the lines: “The line it is drawn / The curse it is cast / The slow one now / Will later be fast"?

6.

Whose biggest UK chart hit was Baby Face, reaching no 2 in 1959?

7.

Which famous church academy chamber orchestra was co-founded by Sir Neville Mariner and John Churchill?

8.

In the Old Testament the second book of Samuel is mainly concerned with the reign of which king of Israel?

ROUND 7

1.

What term describes a Spanish red wine aged for 2 years with at least 6 months in oak?

2.

In which Terry Nation TV series broadcast between 1966-67 does Sue Lloyd play the role of Cordelia Winfield?

3.

Which leisure park situated just off the A14 near Kettering claims to be the oldest in the UK?

4.

Which English Court is divided into the Civil Division and the Criminal Division?

5.

Besides platinum, name one of the other two precious metals used in the manufacture of catalytic convertors?

6.

Which country singer born in Georgiana, Alabama, died in the back seat of his chauffeur-driven car in 1953 aged 29?

7.

What part of the body is affected by Ménière's Disease?

8.

What word can precede the words share, town and value to give three different nouns?

ROUND 8

1.

Lieutenant Edward Briggs died recently.  Specifically and uniquely what do he, Midshipman William Dundas, and Able Seaman Bob Tilman have in common?

2.

Which prominent Salzburg family commissioned Mozart to write his Symphony No 35 and also a serenade of the same name?

3.

Visual analogue, Faces, McGill and Schmidt Sting are all indexes or scales for the measurement of what?

4.

In UK National Hunt racing what name is given to a 3-year-old hurdler?

5.

In 1967 The Purple Line became the established border between which two countries?

6.

What word from the Italian for lover of the arts is now used to imply little commitment to or knowledge of them?

7.

Which sport has six primary classifications including slalom, surf and day-tripping?

8.

Who was voted the nation's 'best loved' poet by the Poetry Book Society in 2003 and named as Britain's greatest post-war writer by The Times in 2008?

Spares

1.

Which fictional seaside town is the setting for Maplin's holiday camp in Hi-De-Hi?

2.

What 1986 film starring Tom Cruise is suggested by the combination of chromophobia and chrometophobia?

3.

What two words pronounced the same but spelt differently, can mean careful and prudent, or separate and distinct?

4.

What game takes its name from the slang for a first year cadet at the Royal Military College?

5.

Which famous ship, in Portuguese ownership between 1895 and 1922, has also had the names Ferreira and Maris do Amparo?

6.

Which club set a record for the modern era by providing 7 starting players for England in a Rugby Union International against Ireland in 1984?

7.

What word that describes a person who is optimistic regardless of the circumstances, derives from the name of the tutor in Voltaire's Candide?

8.

Nel blu dipinto di blu was Italy's winning entry in the 1958 Eurovision Song Contest.  Under what title did it become more popularly known?

Tiebreaker

In which month of which year did Scotland Yard move to New Scotland Yard?

ROUND 1

1.

Which 17th century French theist held that sense and reason are mutually deceptive and that truth lies between dogmatism and scepticism?

Pascal

2.

The Central Powers in World War I consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and which other country?

Bulgaria

3.

Borleves from wine, almaleves from apples and barackleves from apricots, are all Hungarian types of what?

Soup

4.

Isabelline, Pied and Desert are all types of which bird?

Wheatear

5.

The name of which 20th century artist is produced by combining the names of a Roman emperor and an English king?

Augustus John

6.

What collective name is given to the two one-act Terence Rattigan plays that take place at the Beauregard Private Hotel, Bournemouth?

Separate Tables

7.

Who, later to become a world statesman, was a British stretcher-bearer at the Battle of Spion Kop?

Mahatma Gandhi

8.

Which 1971 film starring Michael Caine was based on the book Jack's Return Home by Ted Lewis?

Get Carter

ROUND 2 - 'Time for some Questions'

A word related to time is contained in either each question or each answer

1.

What is the title of Cupid Inspiration's first UK chart hit, reaching No 4 in 1968?

Yesterday Has Gone

2.

Which two historic events that took place within 77 days of each other in 1789, in separate parts of the world, could be described as being similar in nature?

Mutiny on the Bounty

(28th April)

Storming of the Bastille

(14th July)

3.

In a 1957 film what does Van Heflin board in Contention City?

3.10 to Yuma

4.

Name the decade these events took place: Salem Witchcraft Trials, Establishment of Bank of England, Death of Henry Purcell.

1690's

(1692, 1694, 1695)

5.

Which two historic events that took place within 340 days of each other in 1879, in separate parts of the world, could be described as having the word 'crossing' in common?

Battle of Rorke's Drift

(22nd January)

Tay Bridge Disaster

(28th December)

6.

What is the title of Atomic Rooster's first UK chart hit, reaching No 11 in 1971?

Tomorrow Night

7.

Name the decade these events took place: Publication of Hogarth's Gin Lane, Lisbon Earthquake, Founding of Samuel Smith's Tadcaster Brewery.

1750's

(1751, 1755, 1758)

8.

Which 1946 film that was to win 7 Oscars starred Dana Andrews and Frederic March as returning World War II servicemen?

The Best Years of Our Lives

ROUND 3

1.

The powers opposing Russia in the Crimean War consisted of the UK, France, the Ottoman Empire, and which other country or kingdom?

Piedmont-Sardinia

(accept either or both)

2.

Which 17th century Dutch rationalist and metaphysician developed the ideas of Descartes whilst rejecting his dualism?

Spinoza

3.

Baird's, Pectoral and Purple are all types of which bird?

Sandpiper

4.

Caldeirada is a popular fish stew originating from which country?

Portugal

5.

What Terence Rattigan play and film takes its title from a translation of Aeschylus's The Agamemnon?

The Browning Version

6.

The name of which 20th century artist is produced by combining the names of a US state capital and a fairly commonly eaten sea-fish?

Jackson Pollock

7.

Which 1975 film starring Michael Caine was adapted from an 1888 Rudyard Kipling short story?

The Man Who Would Be King

8.

Which Prime Minister and President studied social anthropology at the London School of Economics and was an extra in the 1934 film Saunders of the River?

Jomo Kenyatta

ROUND 4

1.

What specifically and uniquely do Under Fire, A Stripe for Frazer, and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker have in common?

They are the three remaining lost TV episodes of Dad's Army

2.

Which family is most closely associated with composer Franz Joseph Haydn, who served as its kapellmeister?

Esterhazy

3.

Measured in newton metres what vector is a tendency of a force to rotate an object about an axis?

Torque

4.

In UK racing what is the National Hunt equivalent of an apprentice jockey on the flat?

Conditional

(or Conditional jockey)

5.

What name is given to the 700 km border between Indian-controlled Kashmir and Pakistan, established by the 1972 Simla Agreement?

The Line of Control

6.

What English word is derived from the Italian for ‘loaded portrait’?

Caricature

7.

Which sport is played by 2 teams of 8 players, each team made up of 4 men and 4 women?

Korfball

8.

Which poet collaborated with Benjamin Britten on the 1936 GPO film documentary Night Mail?

W H Auden

ROUND 5

1

In which Terry Nation TV drama series broadcast between 1975-77 does Lucy Fleming play the role of Jenny Richards?

Survivors

2.

What everyday consumable item is the most likely to become contaminated by trichloroanisole?

A bottle of wine

(it's the name for mould infection in the cork, hence the term 'corked')

3.

In the English Courts what name is given to a part-time judge, usually a barrister or solicitor of at least 10 years standing?

Recorder

4.

Which theme park and zoo is situated on the A4091 near Tamworth?

Drayton Manor Park

5.

Which country singer born in Winchester, Virginia, was killed in a plane crash in 1963 aged 30?

Patsy Cline

6.

Snell's Law is concerned with which specific area of optical physics?

Refraction

7.

What word can precede the words industry, hospital and cheese to give three different nouns?

Cottage

8.

What disease is most commonly diagnosed by the measurement of intraocular pressure using tonometry?

Glaucoma

ROUND 6 - Hidden theme

1

Which short story by Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1839, includes his poem, The Haunted Palace?

The Fall of the House of Usher

2.

Which Hemingway short novel was published in its entirety in a 1952 edition of Life magazine?

The Old Man and the Sea

3.

What is the name of the open bay that extends from West Cape Howe, Western Australia to South West Cape, Tasmania?

Great Australian Bight

4.

Derived from their location, what collective name is given to the two 1954 conferences held to determine the status of West Germany?

The London and Paris Conferences

5.

Which well-known song contains the lines: “The line it is drawn / The curse it is cast / The slow one now / Will later be fast"?

The Times They Are a-Changin'

6.

Whose biggest UK chart hit was Baby Face, reaching no 2 in 1959?

Little Richard

7.

Which famous church academy chamber orchestra was co-founded by Sir Neville Mariner and John Churchill?

St Martin-in-the-Fields

8.

In the Old Testament the second book of Samuel is mainly concerned with the reign of which king of Israel?

David

ROUND 7

1.

What term describes a Spanish red wine aged for 2 years with at least 6 months in oak?

Crianza

2.

In which Terry Nation TV series broadcast between 1966-67 does Sue Lloyd play the role of Cordelia Winfield?

The Baron

3.

Which leisure park situated just off the A14 near Kettering claims to be the oldest in the UK?

Wicksteed Park

4.

Which English Court is divided into the Civil Division and the Criminal Division?

The Court of Appeal

5.

Besides platinum, name one of the other two precious metals used in the manufacture of catalytic convertors?

(either)

Palladium

(or)

Rhodium

6.

Which country singer born in Georgiana, Alabama, died in the back seat of his chauffeur-driven car in 1953 aged 29?

Hank Williams

7.

What part of the body is affected by Ménière's Disease?

Ear

8.

What word can precede the words share, town and value to give three different nouns?

Market

ROUND 8

1.

Lieutenant Edward Briggs died recently.  Specifically and uniquely what do he, Midshipman William Dundas, and Able Seaman Bob Tilman have in common?

They are the only survivors of the sinking of HMS Hood

(out of 1419 crew)

2.

Which prominent Salzburg family commissioned Mozart to write his Symphony No 35 and also a serenade of the same name?

Haffner

3.

Visual analogue, Faces, McGill and Schmidt Sting are all indexes or scales for the measurement of what?

Pain

4.

In UK National Hunt racing what name is given to a 3-year-old hurdler?

Juvenile

5.

In 1967 The Purple Line became the established border between which two countries?

Israel and Syria

6.

What word from the Italian for lover of the arts is now used to imply little commitment to or knowledge of them?

Dilettante

7.

Which sport has six primary classifications including slalom, surf and day-tripping?

Kayaking

8.

Who was voted the nation's 'best loved' poet by the Poetry Book Society in 2003 and named as Britain's greatest post-war writer by The Times in 2008?

Philip Larkin

1.

Which fictional seaside town is the setting for Maplin's holiday camp in Hi-De-Hi?

Crimpton-on -Sea

2.

What 1986 film starring Tom Cruise is suggested by the combination of chromophobia and chrometophobia?

The Color of Money

3.

What two words pronounced the same but spelt differently, can mean careful and prudent, or separate and distinct?

Discreet/discrete

4.

What game takes its name from the slang for a first year cadet at the Royal Military College?

Snooker

5.

Which famous ship, in Portuguese ownership between 1895 and 1922, has also had the names Ferreira and Maris do Amparo?

Cutty Sark

6.

Which club set a record for the modern era by providing 7 starting players for England in a Rugby Union International against Ireland in 1984?

Leicester

7.

What word that describes a person who is optimistic regardless of the circumstances, derives from the name of the tutor in Voltaire's Candide?

Pangloss

8.

Nel blu dipinto di blu was Italy's winning entry in the 1958 Eurovision Song Contest.  Under what title did it become more popularly known?

Volare

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In which month of which year did Scotland Yard move to New Scotland Yard?

November 1890

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