ROUND 1 - Themed - 'It's Mine'

1.

Which 1985 film has a 21st century Oscar-winning actor playing a gay ex­skinhead in love with an Asian businessman?

2.

Name the BBC1 sitcom that starred Ardal O'Hanlon as a seemingly normal married man who is really an alien with extraordinary powers.

3.

Which song from a famous Rodgers and Hammerstein musical and film was frequently played by John Coltrane and was the title of one of his albums?

4.

Name the book by Gerald Durrell that describes his childhood in Corfu.

5.

Name Russell Brand's best-selling autobiography.

6.

Which Rodgers and Hart show tune, often performed by jazz musicians, is the title of albums by both Chet Baker and Miles Davis, and contains the lines: "is your figure less than Greek? Is your mouth a little weak? When you open it to speak, are you smart?"

7.

Which young girls' toy of the 1980s became a children's animated TV programme featuring this creature and others living in Dream Valley?

8.

Which 1989 film has a 21st century Oscar-winning actor playing an artist with cerebral palsy?

ROUND 2 - Paired with Round 7

1.

In 2008, Rupiah Banda became the 4th president of which African republic?

2.

Castle Adamant is the alternative name of which of Gilbert and Sullivan’s works?

3.

Which single, a number one in the UK in 1966, opens with the lines:

“Ah, I love the colourful clothes she wears.  And on the way the sunlight plays upon her hair”?

4.

What nationality is male tennis star Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, currently ranked number seven in the world?

5.

Which 21st century Booker Prize winning novel features UCL postgraduate student Nick Guest who moves into the household of a newly ­elected Conservative MP?

6.

At which English cathedral is the English king Edward II buried?

7.

Bob Flowerdew, Pippa Greenwood and Bunny Guinness are all regular contributors to which long-running BBC Radio 4 programme?

8.

Giuseppe Verdi Airport serves which Italian city?

ROUND 3 - Hidden theme - 'State your first name - that’s Capital!'

1.

Name the Oscar-winning actress born in 1931 who acted in the films Moonstruck (playing Cher's mother) and Steel Magnolias, and who is related to a one-time US presidential candidate.

2.

Name the actor born in 1920 who acted in films such as From Here to Eternity and The Young Lions, who, after a bad car accident, had what was called in Hollywood ‘the longest suicide in history’ because of his substance abuse.

3.

Which US artist was killed in an alcohol-related car crash in 1956?

4.

Name the multi-millionaire female cosmetics industrialist who said: "There are no ugly women, only lazy ones”.

5.

Name the ‘Southern Gothic’ 20th century US writer known for the novel The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and the short story collection The Ballad of the Sad Café.

6.

Name the former Leicester and England Rugby Union player that competed on Strictly Come Dancing in 2008.

7.

Name the Nobel Prize-winning physicist, noted for his work on radioactivity, who died in a carriage accident in Paris in 1906.

8.

Name the President of the Confederate States during the US Civil War.

ROUND 4 - Hidden theme

1.

Which order of chivalry is second to the Most Noble Order of the Garter?

2.

What is the oldest known name for the island of Great Britain, and also the basis for the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland?

3.

Which revolutionary leader led a raid on Columbus, New Mexico, in 1916 - the first attack on US soil in nearly 100 years.

4.

Which London residential district originally named by Robert Browning, is situated between St John’s Wood and Kilburn and contains the area known as Little Venice?

5.

Which pressure group was founded in 1979, allegedly as a result of former Battle of Britain pilot, Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris, being asked to “put it out” on Reading Station by what he called “an old biddy”?

6.

Which comic contained the cartoon strips Silas Snatcher, The Truant Catcher and The Wolf of Kabul?  It finally ceased independent publication in 1981 when it merged with another comic.

7.

Known as ‘Little Italy’, which area of Boston is the US city's oldest residential community and contains Pau! Revere's house and Copp's Hill, one of America's oldest cemeteries?

8.

What is the name of the test cricket ground situated in the south of Johannesburg., which first staged test cricket in 1956?

ROUND 5 - Pairs

1.

In 1959, which swashbuckling actor's last words were: "I've had a hell of a lot of fun, and I've enjoyed every minute of it"?

2.

In 1939, which actor's last words were: "I've never felt better"?

3.

Pinchbeck is an alloy of copper and which other metal?

4.

Elnivar contains iron, chromium and which other metal?

5.

Who was the bass player in Cream?

6.

Who was the bass player in The Jimi Hendrix Experience?

7.

Which Scottish football team is known as The Arabs?

8.

Which Scottish football team is known as the Jambos?

ROUND 6 - Pictures - 'Eating Places'

The arrowed place in each map has a food named after it.  In each case, give the name of the place and the food.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

ROUND 7 - Paired with Round 2

1.

Who succeeded James Naughtie as the regular presenter of BBC Radio 4's The World At One in 1994?

2.

Guglielmo Marconi Airport serves which Italian city?

3.

Which 21st century Booker Prize-winning novel features Jemubhai Popatlal Patel, a retired judge living in the Himalayan foothills, and his relationship with his granddaughter Sai?

4.

At which English cathedral is the tomb of the English king Richard III?

5.

Which single, a number one in the UK in 1965, opens with the lines:

“You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips.  And there's no tenderness like before in your fingertips.”?

6.

What nationality is female tennis star Vera Zvonareva, currently ranked number seven in the world?

7.

In 2006, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono became President of which Asian republic?

8.

The Slave of Duty is the alternative name for which of Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy Operas?

ROUND 8 - Pairs

1.

In which year was Thomas À Beckett murdered? (allow five years either way)

2.

In which year was the Battle of Bannockburn? (allow 5 years either way)

3.

What is the largest living rodent?

4.

Lemurs are native to which island?

5.

In 2004, NASA's twin Mars rovers touched down on the planet.  Both still working, although they are only expected to operate for another few months.  Name either?

6.

In 2004, a European Space Agency probe was launched intending to study and land on Comet 67P in 2014.  What is the probe's name?

7.

A batavia is a variety of what?

8.

What sort of nuts are used to make a pesto sauce?

Spares

1.

Which Coronation Street character is played by Vicky Binns?

2.

Between 1862 and 1863, who painted The Luncheon on the Grass?

3.

Which Conservative front bench spokesman was arrested in November 2008 on suspicion of 'aiding and abetting misconduct in public office' and 'conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office'?

4.

In Football League 2, what is Luton Town's current points tally after 24 games?

5.

Which female singer's debut album Rockferry was the UK's biggest selling album of 2008?

6.

55 years after the original novel was first published, Alexandra Ripley was authorised by the original author's estate to write the sequel to which best­selling work?

7.

In 1771, when he reported for duty on HMS Raisonnable, the first ship on which he served, it was discovered that Horatio Nelson suffered from which illness?

8.

Which airline has the slogan ‘From Abu Dhabi to the world’?

ROUND 1 - Themed - 'It's Mine'

1.

Which 1985 film has a 21st century Oscar-winning actor playing a gay ex­skinhead in love with an Asian businessman?

My Beautiful Laundrette

2.

Name the BBC1 sitcom that starred Ardal O'Hanlon as a seemingly normal married man who is really an alien with extraordinary powers.

My Hero

3.

Which song from a famous Rodgers and Hammerstein musical and film was frequently played by John Coltrane and was the title of one of his albums?

My Favourite Things

4.

Name the book by Gerald Durrell that describes his childhood in Corfu.

My Family and Other Animals

5.

Name Russell Brand's best-selling autobiography.

My Booky Wook

6.

Which Rodgers and Hart show tune, often performed by jazz musicians, is the title of albums by both Chet Baker and Miles Davis, and contains the lines: "is your figure less than Greek? Is your mouth a little weak? When you open it to speak, are you smart?"

My Funny Valentine

7.

Which young girls' toy of the 1980s became a children's animated TV programme featuring this creature and others living in Dream Valley?

My Little Pony

8.

Which 1989 film has a 21st century Oscar-winning actor playing an artist with cerebral palsy?

My Left Foot?

ROUND 2 - Paired with Round 7

1.

In 2008, Rupiah Banda became the 4th president of which African republic?

Zambia

2.

Castle Adamant is the alternative name of which of Gilbert and Sullivan’s works?

Princess Ida

3.

Which single, a number one in the UK in 1966, opens with the lines:

“Ah, I love the colourful clothes she wears.  And on the way the sunlight plays upon her hair”?

Good Vibrations

(by The Beach Boys)

4.

What nationality is male tennis star Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, currently ranked number seven in the world?

French

5.

Which 21st century Booker Prize winning novel features UCL postgraduate student Nick Guest who moves into the household of a newly ­elected Conservative MP?

The Line of Beauty

6.

At which English cathedral is the English king Edward II buried?

Gloucester Cathedral

7.

Bob Flowerdew, Pippa Greenwood and Bunny Guinness are all regular contributors to which long-running BBC Radio 4 programme?

Gardeners' Question Time

8.

Giuseppe Verdi Airport serves which Italian city?

Parma

ROUND 3 - Hidden theme - 'State your first name - that’s Capital!'

1.

Name the Oscar-winning actress born in 1931 who acted in the films Moonstruck (playing Cher's mother) and Steel Magnolias, and who is related to a one-time US presidential candidate.

Olympia Dukakis

2.

Name the actor born in 1920 who acted in films such as From Here to Eternity and The Young Lions, who, after a bad car accident, had what was called in Hollywood ‘the longest suicide in history’ because of his substance abuse.

Montgomery Clift

3.

Which US artist was killed in an alcohol-related car crash in 1956?

Jackson Pollock

4.

Name the multi-millionaire female cosmetics industrialist who said: "There are no ugly women, only lazy ones”.

Helena Rubenstein

5.

Name the ‘Southern Gothic’ 20th century US writer known for the novel The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and the short story collection The Ballad of the Sad Café.

Carson McCullers

6.

Name the former Leicester and England Rugby Union player that competed on Strictly Come Dancing in 2008.

Austin Healey

7.

Name the Nobel Prize-winning physicist, noted for his work on radioactivity, who died in a carriage accident in Paris in 1906.

Pierre Curie

8.

Name the President of the Confederate States during the US Civil War.

Jefferson Davis

ROUND 4 - Hidden theme

1.

Which order of chivalry is second to the Most Noble Order of the Garter?

The Order of the Thistle

2.

What is the oldest known name for the island of Great Britain, and also the basis for the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland?

Albion

3.

Which revolutionary leader led a raid on Columbus, New Mexico, in 1916 - the first attack on US soil in nearly 100 years.

Pancho Villa

4.

Which London residential district originally named by Robert Browning, is situated between St John’s Wood and Kilburn and contains the area known as Little Venice?

Maida Vale

5.

Which pressure group was founded in 1979, allegedly as a result of former Battle of Britain pilot, Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris, being asked to “put it out” on Reading Station by what he called “an old biddy”?

Forest

6.

Which comic contained the cartoon strips Silas Snatcher, The Truant Catcher and The Wolf of Kabul?  It finally ceased independent publication in 1981 when it merged with another comic.

The Hotspur

7.

Known as ‘Little Italy’, which area of Boston is the US city's oldest residential community and contains Pau! Revere's house and Copp's Hill, one of America's oldest cemeteries?

The North End

8.

What is the name of the test cricket ground situated in the south of Johannesburg., which first staged test cricket in 1956?

The Wanderers

ROUND 5 - Pairs

1

In 1959, which swashbuckling actor's last words were: "I've had a hell of a lot of fun, and I've enjoyed every minute of it"?

Errol Flynn

2.

In 1939, which actor's last words were: "I've never felt better"?

Douglas Fairbanks Senior

3.

Pinchbeck is an alloy of copper and which other metal?

Zinc

4.

Elnivar contains iron, chromium and which other metal?

Nickel

5.

Who was the bass player in Cream?

Jack Bruce

6.

Who was the bass player in The Jimi Hendrix Experience?

Noel Redding

7.

Which Scottish football team is known as The Arabs?

Dundee United

8.

Which Scottish football team is known as the Jambos?

Hearts

ROUND 6 - Pictures - 'Eating Places'

The arrowed place in each map has a food named after it.  In each case, give the name of the place and the food.

1

Kendal Mint Cake

2.

Arbroath Smokie

3.

Pontefract Cake

4.

Barnsley Chop

5.

Stilton Cheese

6.

Melton Mowbray Pork Pie

7.

Lincoln Biscuit

8.

Aylesbury Duck

ROUND 7 - Paired with Round 2

1.

Who succeeded James Naughtie as the regular presenter of BBC Radio 4's The World At One in 1994?

Nick Clarke

2.

Guglielmo Marconi Airport serves which Italian city?

Bologna

3.

Which 21st century Booker Prize-winning novel features Jemubhai Popatlal Patel, a retired judge living in the Himalayan foothills, and his relationship with his granddaughter Sai?

The Inheritance of Loss

4.

At which English cathedral is the tomb of the English king Richard III?

Leicester Cathedral

5.

Which single, a number one in the UK in 1965, opens with the lines:

“You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips.  And there's no tenderness like before in your fingertips.”?

You've Lost That Loving Feeling

(by The Righteous Brothers)

6.

What nationality is female tennis star Vera Zvonareva, currently ranked number seven in the world?

Russian

7.

In 2006, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono became President of which Asian republic?

Indonesia

8.

The Slave of Duty is the alternative name for which of Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy Operas?

The Pirates of Penzance

ROUND 8 - Pairs

1.

In which year was Thomas À Beckett murdered? (allow five years either way)

1170

(accept 1165-1175)

2.

In which year was the Battle of Bannockburn? (allow 5 years either way)

1314

(accept 1309-1319)

3.

What is the largest living rodent?

Capybara

4.

Lemurs are native to which island?

Madagascar

5.

In 2004, NASA's twin Mars rovers touched down on the planet.  Both still working, although they are only expected to operate for another few months.  Name either?

(either)

Spirit

(or)

Opportunity

6.

In 2004, a European Space Agency probe was launched intending to study and land on Comet 67P in 2014.  What is the probe's name?

Rosetta

7.

A batavia is a variety of what?

Lettuce

8.

What sort of nuts are used to make a pesto sauce?

Pine Nuts

1.

Which Coronation Street character is played by Vicky Binns?

Molly Dobbs

(accept Molly Compton)

2.

Between 1862 and 1863, who painted The Luncheon on the Grass?

Edouard Manet

3.

Which Conservative front bench spokesman was arrested in November 2008 on suspicion of 'aiding and abetting misconduct in public office' and 'conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office'?

Damian Green

4.

In Football League 2, what is Luton Town's current points tally after 24 games?

0

(They started the season with minus 30 points)

5.

Which female singer's debut album Rockferry was the UK's biggest selling album of 2008?

Duffy

6.

55 years after the original novel was first published, Alexandra Ripley was authorised by the original author's estate to write the sequel to which best­selling work?

Gone With The Wind

(Scarlett was the sequel)

7.

In 1771, when he reported for duty on HMS Raisonnable, the first ship on which he served, it was discovered that Horatio Nelson suffered from which illness?

Seasickness

8.

Which airline has the slogan ‘From Abu Dhabi to the world’?

Etihad

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