ROUND 1

1.

In which country was revolutionary Simon Bolivar born in 1783?

2.

Who was the first composer to be elevated to the peerage, shortly before his death in 1976?

3.

What is the present name of the capital city known in colonial times as Lourenco Marques?

4.

Which actor portrayed the fictional Pope Kiril I in the 1968 film The Shoes of the Fisherman?

5.

In which Victorian novel does the villainous Count Fosco appear?

6.

How many chains are there in half a mile?

7.

Who is Margaret Drabble’s elder sister, herself an acclaimed author?

8.

“All that glisters is not gold” is a quotation from which Shakespeare play?

ROUND 2

1.

“All that is gold does not glitter” is the first line of a poem appearing twice in which 20th century novel?

2.

Who is the younger sister of the actress Olivia de Havilland, herself an Oscar winning actress?

3.

How many rods are there in two furlongs?

4.

In which series of children’s novels does the villainous Count Olaf appear?

5.

Which actor portrayed Pope Julius II in the 1965 film The Agony and the Ecstasy?

6.

Named after the birthplace of David Livingstone which is the largest city in Malawi?

7.

Farringford House on the Isle of Wight was the country home of which writer, the first to be elevated to the peerage?

8.

In which country did revolutionary Che Guevara die in 1967?

ROUND 3 - 'A Sort of Tribute to Burns' Night'

1.

Pete Burns was the leader of which 1980s New Wave band?

2.

Which band had the original hit with Disco Inferno in 1976?

3.

In The Simpsons what is the name of Mr Burn’s most loyal employee and a Malibu Stacy doll collector?

4.

Who wrote and sang the touchingly romantic song that includes the lines:

      “Take your cigarette from its holder

      And burn your initials in my shoulder

            Fracture my spine and swear that you’re mine…”?

5.

Which Portuguese phrase, referring to the ritual of the public penance of condemned heretics, has come to refer in popular imagination to burning at the stake for heresy?

6.

Which film star was born Bernard Schwartz in 1925?

7.

In which year did actress Sarah Bernhardt die? (allow +/-5 years)

8.

Give any temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit, in the range that is achieved in a modern crematorium for the disposal of human remains.

ROUND 4 - Picture Round

1.

Name the sea indicated by the darker blue area.

2.

Name the sea indicated by the darker blue area.

3.

Name the architect who designed these two structures.

4.

Name the architect who designed these two structures.

5.

What bird is this?

6.

What bird is this?

7.

This is the so-called ‘Magic Roundabout’.  In which English town is it?

8.

In which South American city is the widest avenue in the world?

ROUND 5-8 - Bingo Quiz

1.

Of the actors who starred in the 1967 film The Magnificent Seven who is the only one still alive?

2.

King Juan Carlos of Spain is a member of which royal house?

3.

Which player scored a total of six goals at games played at Goodison Park during the 1966 World Cup Finals?

4.

Who was headmaster of the fictional Chiselbury Public School from 1956 to 1963 and from 1971 to 1972?

5.

Which 1929 film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was the first British talkie?

6.

With music by Gian-Piero Reverberi and Robert Mellin what was the 1960s television serial starring Austrian actor Robert Hoffman in the eponymous role?

7.

Haitian born Michaelle Jean is Governor-General of which Commonwealth country?

8.

Child actor Tyger Drew-Honey who plays 12 year old Jake in the TV Sitcom Outnumbered has parents with unusual occupations.  His mother is adult movie star Linzie Drew, but by what name is his pornographer father Simon Honey better known?

9.

In the history of television quiz programmes with which role is Alex Dane most associated?

10.

Give a year in the life of the Scottish economist Adam Smith.

11.

Which architect died three days after being run over by a tram in 1926 and was buried at the site of his last project?

12.

What name connects the founder of the American navy and the stage name of rock musician John Baldwin?

13.

Only two of the original cast in Last of the Summer Wine are still alive.  Name either.

14.

Only two English football league clubs play in a principally green home strip.  Name either.

15.

Fought on Palm Sunday 1461 which was the bloodiest battle in the War of the Roses with over 28,000 deaths - about 1% of the population of England at that time?

16.

Where are the headquarters of the International Cricket Council?

17.

Name 4 of the 5 pieces of equipment used in Rhythmic Gymnastics.

18.

Which word, first coined by Horace Walpole in 1754, is derived from the old Persian name for Sri Lanka?

19.

Which country is the current holder of the FIFA Women’s World Cup?

20.

In which war was the first submarine used in battle?

21.

Kaya Jones, Carmit Bashar and Asia Nitollano are former members of which pop band?

22.

Which is the brightest star in the constellation Orion?

23.

Which country adopted the euro and became the sixteenth member of the Eurozone on January 1st 2009?

24.

Which long distance Group 1 flat race, run since 1807, has been won for the last three years by the horse Yeats?

25.

Who, in 1965, was the first man to walk in space?  Arthur C Clarke named a spacecraft in the book 2010: Odyssey Two in his honour.

26.

Which singer died in a plane crash at the age of forty on 31st July 1964 and had a posthumous No 1 single in the UK two years later?

27.

Who concluded his broadcasts with the phrase “Don’t have nightmares, do sleep well”?

28.

Which British actress received the last ever Academy Juvenile Award Oscar in 1961?

29.

Which sports car manufacturing company was founded by Colin Chapman and is currently based at Hethel, Norfolk?

30.

In the 1978 pop single Jilted John what was the name of Jilted John’s girlfriend who left him for Gordon, allegedly a moron?

31.

Retired opera singer Norman Lumsden is best remembered for his portrayal of which character in an advert, voted by Channel 4 as the 13th greatest of all time?

32.

Not counting Australia name any 5 of the 6 largest islands in the world.

33.

Name 4 of the 5 teams in the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football league which start and end with the same letter (e.g. Aston Villa in the English Premier would count but Alloa Athletic wouldn’t).

34.

Who won this year’s (2009) Celebrity Big Brother?

35.

Who owned a black cat called India that died aged 18 on January 4th 2009?

36.

If Rainbow, Liberty and Summer are the sisters, who are the two brothers of this acting family?

37.

Who accompanied Dante on his journey to the nether regions?

38.

Which poet’s death bed scene, painted by Henry Wallis, hangs in the Tate Gallery?

39.

On which British island were German First World War prisoners put to work in an iron mine?

40.

Who wrote the book The Worst Journey in the World?

ROUND 1

1.

In which country was revolutionary Simon Bolivar born in 1783?

Venezuela

2.

Who was the first composer to be elevated to the peerage, shortly before his death in 1976?

Benjamin Britten

3.

What is the present name of the capital city known in colonial times as Lourenco Marques?

Maputo

4.

Which actor portrayed the fictional Pope Kiril I in the 1968 film The Shoes of the Fisherman?

Anthony Quinn

5.

In which Victorian novel does the villainous Count Fosco appear?

The Woman in White

(by Wilkie Collins)

6.

How many chains are there in half a mile?

40

7.

Who is Margaret Drabble’s elder sister, herself an acclaimed author?

A S Byatt

8.

“All that glisters is not gold” is a quotation from which Shakespeare play?

The Merchant of Venice

ROUND 2

1.

“All that is gold does not glitter” is the first line of a poem appearing twice in which 20th century novel?

Lord of the Rings

2.

Who is the younger sister of the actress Olivia de Havilland, herself an Oscar winning actress?

Joan Fontaine

3.

How many rods are there in two furlongs?

80

4.

In which series of children’s novels does the villainous Count Olaf appear?

A Series of Unfortunate Events

(by Lemony Snickett)

5.

Which actor portrayed Pope Julius II in the 1965 film The Agony and the Ecstasy?

Rex Harrison

6.

Named after the birthplace of David Livingstone which is the largest city in Malawi?

Blantyre

7.

Farringford House on the Isle of Wight was the country home of which writer, the first to be elevated to the peerage?

Lord Tennyson

8.

In which country did revolutionary Che Guevara die in 1967?

Bolivia

ROUND 3 - 'A Sort of Tribute to Burns' Night'

1.

Pete Burns was the leader of which 1980s New Wave band?

Dead or Alive

2.

Which band had the original hit with Disco Inferno in 1976?

The Trammps

3.

In The Simpsons what is the name of Mr Burn’s most loyal employee and a Malibu Stacy doll collector?

(Waylon) Smithers

4.

Who wrote and sang the touchingly romantic song that includes the lines:

      “Take your cigarette from its holder

      And burn your initials in my shoulder

            Fracture my spine and swear that you’re mine…”?

Tom Lehrer

(from The Masochism Tango)

5.

Which Portuguese phrase, referring to the ritual of the public penance of condemned heretics, has come to refer in popular imagination to burning at the stake for heresy?

Auto da fe

6.

Which film star was born Bernard Schwartz in 1925?

Tony Curtis

7.

In which year did actress Sarah Bernhardt die? (allow +/-5 years)

1923

(allow 1918-1928)

8.

Give any temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit, in the range that is achieved in a modern crematorium for the disposal of human remains.

Accept any temperature between 1400 to 2100 degrees Fahrenheit

ROUND 4 - Picture Round

1.

Name the sea indicated by the darker blue area.

Barents Sea

2.

Name the sea indicated by the darker blue area.

Beaufort Sea

3.

Name the architect who designed these two structures.

Norman Foster

(Airport, Hong Kong; Torre de Collserola, Barcelona)

4.

Name the architect who designed these two structures.

I M Pei

(Pyramid, Louvre Paris; Bank of China, Hong Kong)

5.

What bird is this?

Chough

6.

What bird is this?

Shelduck

7.

This is the so-called ‘Magic Roundabout’.  In which English town is it?

Swindon

8.

In which South American city is the widest avenue in the world?

Buenos Aires

ROUND 5-8 Bingo Quiz

1.

Of the actors who starred in the 1967 film The Magnificent Seven who is the only one still alive?

Robert Vaughn

2.

King Juan Carlos of Spain is a member of which royal house?

Bourbon

3.

Which player scored a total of six goals at games played at Goodison Park during the 1966 World Cup Finals?

Eusebio

4.

Who was headmaster of the fictional Chiselbury Public School from 1956 to 1963 and from 1971 to 1972?

Professor Jimmy Edwards

(from the TV comedy Whacko?)

5.

Which 1929 film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was the first British talkie?

Blackmail

6.

With music by Gian-Piero Reverberi and Robert Mellin what was the 1960s television serial starring Austrian actor Robert Hoffman in the eponymous role?

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

7.

Haitian born Michaelle Jean is Governor-General of which Commonwealth country?

Canada

8.

Child actor Tyger Drew-Honey who plays 12 year old Jake in the TV Sitcom Outnumbered has parents with unusual occupations.  His mother is adult movie star Linzie Drew, but by what name is his pornographer father Simon Honey better known?

Ben Dover

9.

In the history of television quiz programmes with which role is Alex Dane most associated?

He was the man with the gong in the yes-no interlude in Michael Miles’s Take Your Pick

10.

Give a year in the life of the Scottish economist Adam Smith.

1723 to 1790

11.

Which architect died three days after being run over by a tram in 1926 and was buried at the site of his last project?

Antoni Gaudi

12.

What name connects the founder of the American navy and the stage name of rock musician John Baldwin?

John Paul Jones

13.

Only two of the original cast in Last of the Summer Wine are still alive.  Name either.

(either)

Peter Sallis

(or)

Jane Freeman

14.

Only two English football league clubs play in a principally green home strip.  Name either.

(either)

Plymouth Argyle

(or)

Yeovil

15.

Fought on Palm Sunday 1461 which was the bloodiest battle in the War of the Roses with over 28,000 deaths - about 1% of the population of England at that time?

Towton

16.

Where are the headquarters of the International Cricket Council?

Dubai

17.

Name 4 of the 5 pieces of equipment used in Rhythmic Gymnastics.

(Any 4 from)

Ball, Ribbon, Hoop, Rope or Club

18.

Which word, first coined by Horace Walpole in 1754, is derived from the old Persian name for Sri Lanka?

Serendipity

19.

Which country is the current holder of the FIFA Women’s World Cup?

Germany

20.

In which war was the first submarine used in battle?

American War of Independence

(The Turtle was used in an attempt to sink HMS Eagle on September 7th 1776)

21.

Kaya Jones, Carmit Bashar and Asia Nitollano are former members of which pop band?

The Pussy Cat Dolls

22.

Which is the brightest star in the constellation Orion?

Rigel

23.

Which country adopted the euro and became the sixteenth member of the Eurozone on January 1st 2009?

Slovakia

24.

Which long distance Group 1 flat race, run since 1807, has been won for the last three years by the horse Yeats?

Ascot Gold Cup

25.

Who, in 1965, was the first man to walk in space?  Arthur C Clarke named a spacecraft in the book 2010: Odyssey Two in his honour.

Alexei Leonov

26.

Which singer died in a plane crash at the age of forty on 31st July 1964 and had a posthumous No 1 single in the UK two years later?

Jim Reeves

27.

Who concluded his broadcasts with the phrase “Don’t have nightmares, do sleep well”?

Nick Ross

(on Crimewatch)

28.

Which British actress received the last ever Academy Juvenile Award Oscar in 1961?

Hayley Mills

(for her role in Pollyanna)

29.

Which sports car manufacturing company was founded by Colin Chapman and is currently based at Hethel, Norfolk?

Lotus

30.

In the 1978 pop single Jilted John what was the name of Jilted John’s girlfriend who left him for Gordon, allegedly a moron?

Julie

31.

Retired opera singer Norman Lumsden is best remembered for his portrayal of which character in an advert, voted by Channel 4 as the 13th greatest of all time?

J R Hartley

32.

Not counting Australia name any 5 of the 6 largest islands in the world.

(Any 5 from)

Greenland, New Guinea, Borneo, Madagascar, Baffin Island or Sumatra

33.

Name 4 of the 5 teams in the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football league which start and end with the same letter (e.g. Aston Villa in the English Premier would count but Alloa Athletic wouldn’t).

(Any 4 from)

Celtic, Dundee United, Kilmarnock, East Fife or East Stirlingshire

34.

Who won this year’s (2009) Celebrity Big Brother?

Ulrika Jonsson

35.

Who owned a black cat called India that died aged 18 on January 4th 2009?

George W Bush

36.

If Rainbow, Liberty and Summer are the sisters, who are the two brothers of this acting family?

River and Joaquin

(accept Leaf, Joaquin’s former name)

37.

Who accompanied Dante on his journey to the nether regions?

Virgil

38.

Which poet’s death bed scene, painted by Henry Wallis, hangs in the Tate Gallery?

Thomas Chatterton

39.

On which British island were German First World War prisoners put to work in an iron mine?

Raasay

40.

Who wrote the book The Worst Journey in the World?

Apsley Cherry-Garrard