Compiled by Albert

1.

Which English king passed a law ordering the suppression of football?

2.

In which Shakespeare play does the Earl of Kent describe his servant as “a base footballer”?

3.

Which royal personage played in the men’s doubles at Wimbledon?

4.

Who said: “Golf is a game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of childhood”?

5.

The first club to play which sport was established at Blackheath, London in 1849?

6.

In the Arthur Conan Doyle story Spedegue’s Dropper, what sporting contest does the hero help to win?

7.

What is the sport featured in the 1963 Richard Harris film This Sporting Life?

8.

Which two countries went to war for 6 days in 1969 after a riot at an international football match?

“Another hidden theme round. It begins soft as talc but, as befits a final, ends with a diamond hardness. Thematically you can get to answers 7 and 8 in next to no time. But beware!  In true Araucaria fashion, answer 7 is missing a letter whereas answer 8 has gained a sneaky extra letter.”

1.

Who had a hit in 1975 with That’s The Way (I Like It)?

2.

Who reached number 7 in the 1976 UK singles chart with No Regrets?

3.

Name this town…..Situated just off the A1 on the River Welland in the district of South Kesteven - famous sons include Colin Dexter and Sir Malcolm Sargent - used by the BBC in 1994 as the setting for its adaptation of Middlemarch.

4.

The Sexual Assault Referral Centre is a much lauded collaboration between the Central Manchester Healthcare Trust and the Greater Manchester Police Authority.  In which Manchester building is the centre based?

5.

Originally associated with the god Cernunnos in Celtic mythology and mentioned in French and Arthurian romance, what heraldic symbol was adopted by King Richard II of England?

6.

What is the title of John Stuart Mill’s most famous philosophical work?  Published in 1859 it deals with the nature and limit of the power that can be exercised by society over the individual.

7.

Who won an Oscar for best supporting actor for his role as Rocky, the master of ceremonies in the 1969 film They Shoot Horses, Don’t They??

8.

Which 1994 film directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp had the tagline: 'Movies were his passion; women were his inspiration; angora sweaters were his weakness'?

ROUND 3 - Themed - 'A Tortuous Round'

Compiled by Ethel Rodin

1.

Give a year in the life of Torquemada.

2.

In which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, subtitled The Merry Man and his Maid, does the character Wilfred Shadbolt, head jailer and assistant tormentor, describe the persuasive use of the thumbscrews?

3.

In which opera based on a French play of 1887 can a prisoner be heard being tortured off stage while the two main protagonists are on stage alone?

4.

Room 101 is used for psychological torture in the novel 1984.  Where is it situated?

5.

Named after a long-running children's TV show, what was the name given by the Shankill Butchers to the room in which they 'disciplined' their victims?

6.

Craig Murray was removed from his ambassadorial post after complaining that information passed to security forces in this country has been gained by torture.  In which country was he the British ambassador?

7.

In which 1960s film is the song The Story of a Soldier sung whilst a character is being tortured?

8.

Torture in England was made illegal when the Bill of Rights was passed.  This Bill also barred Roman Catholics from the throne of England.  In which year was this Bill made law?

ROUND 4 - Hidden theme

Compiled by The Getaways

1.

Which singer originally sang Catch a Falling Star?

2.

A film released in 1987 was an adaptation of a TV Series made between 1959 and 1963 and starred Kevin Costner.  What was the name of the character he played?

3.

Which play, a 4 act comedy by Oscar Wilde published in 1893, was about a lady who discovers that her husband may be having an affair?  It was adapted as a film in 2005 called A Good Woman starring Helen Hunt and Scarlet Johansson.

4.

In the old radio favourite I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again Tim Brooke-Taylor played an overweight aristocratic screeching lady.  What was her name?

5.

Where, in World War Two, did the RAF practise for Operation Chastise?

6.

Wendat, one of the North American indigenous tribes, are also known by what name?

7.

Michael Staines was the first commissioner of this organisation appointed in 1923. Fachtna Murphy is the latest one appointed in 2007.  What is the organisation?

8.

What is the abbreviated version of the name of the organisation which provides and maintains the UK’s nuclear deterrent system?

ROUND 5 - Themed - 'Marquis'

34 peers have Marquis as their highest title - every answer is, or contains, the name of, a marquisate

Compiled by The History Men

1.

Which Irish county is bordered by Cork, Tipperary, Kilkenny and Wexford?

2.

Which Irish county is bordered by Mayo, Roscommon and Leitrim?

3.

What is the name of Sarah Palin’s eldest daughter, the unmarried mother of Tripp Johnston?

4.

What nickname was applied to serial killer George Joseph Smith hanged in 1915?

5.

Which English cathedral is the final resting place of William Rufus, Izaak Walton and Jane Austen?

6.

Which English cathedral houses the world’s oldest working mechanical clock and the ashes of Edward Heath?

7.

Despite the rival claims of Aberdeen, in which Scottish town will Star Trek’s Mr Montgomery Scott be born in 2222?

8.

Which county town has a railway station called Castle and a rugby union venue called Franklin’s Gardens?

ROUND 6 - 'An Alternative Type of Question'

Identify the pop groups or pop artists from the following cryptic clues (e.g. Soaked three times = Wet Wet Wet)

Compiled by Snoopy's Friends

1.

Easily readable

2.

Warm Galaxy

3.

Every Holy person

4.

Young Nuclear Cat

5.

B.A., M.Sc., and B.Eng.

6.

Sinatra off to make a film

7.

Crazy kebab

8.

Skinny Bond character

Compiled by The Men They Couldn't Hang

1.

To what does the title of the Rossini opera La Gazza Ladra translate in English?

2.

Which theatre opened in 1683 in Clerkenwell on the site of an old monastic spring?

3.

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray took its title from a location in which other literary work?

4.

Who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for Dead Man Walking, a film in which his long time partner, Susan Sarandon, won an Academy Award for Best Actress?

5.

Which battleship served as the Flagship of the Grand Fleet under Admiral Jellicoe until late 1916 when Admiral Beatty transferred the flag to HMS Queen Elizabeth?

6.

Joseph Pease was elected Member of Parliament for South Durham in 1832.  Initially he wasn’t allowed to take his seat as he refused to take the Oath of Allegiance.  Why?

7.

Who, along with William Walmesley, founded Swallow Sidecars which was the forerunner of the Jaguar car company?

8.

Which Liverpudlian band took their name from a lyric in The Stranglers’ Toiler on the Sea and had their first UK chart success with I Ran (So Far Away) in 1982?

ROUND 8 - 'Knocked Out United' Pairs

1.

In the film A Clockwork Orange, the anti-hero Alex’s aversion therapy is carried out to the music of which classical composer?

2.

Apart from Beethoven, which other classical composer's music features in the Beatles’ film Help?

3.

On this day 72 years ago which American chemist committed suicide just two months after he had patented his invention of nylon?

4.

On this day 64 years ago allied troops liberated which Nazi concentration camp? They had been appalled to find a death camp situated on the outskirts of a picturesque Bavarian market town just north west of Munich.

5.

What connects the present day musician Jimmy Somerville with the French anarchist Louise Michel who lived 1830 to 1905?

6.

What connects the present day musician Mark Chadwick with the republican John Lilburne who lived 1614 to 1657?

7.

Which comic writer was the creator of Victor Meldrew?

8.

Which comic writer was the creator of Reginald Perrin?

Extra time Round

1.

Name 4 of the 5 members of the super group Traveling Wilburys.

2.

Name 5 of the 7 members of the super group formed for Concert for Bangladesh.

3.

Topically, what links actors Uma Thurman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daniel Day-Lewis and Jerry Seinfeld?

4.

Which character was created in the late 19th century by Florence Kate Upton and has been in the news recently?

5.

Which popular song features grandchildren called Vera, Chuck and Dave?

6.

Which 20th Century British Prime Minister was nicknamed 'The Coroner'?

7.

Which writer created the charismatic but psychopathic antihero Tom Ripley?

8.

Which English poet said:: "A poem is never ever completed. It is merely abandoned”?

Tiebreakers

1.

Of the 51 airports to be found in the country of Laos, how many have paved runways?

2.

Kenya supplies what percentage of all the tea drunk in the UK?

3.

63 is the average life expectancy for a male living in Kazakhstan.  What is it for a woman living in the same country?

Compiled by Albert

1.

Which English king passed a law ordering the suppression of football?

Edward III

(in 1363)

2.

In which Shakespeare play does the Earl of Kent describe his servant as “a base footballer”?

King Lear

3.

Which royal personage played in the men’s doubles at Wimbledon?

The Duke of York

(later King George VI - competed in 1926)

4.

Who said: “Golf is a game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of childhood”?

Doctor Johnson

5.

The first club to play which sport was established at Blackheath, London in 1849?

Field hockey

6.

In the Arthur Conan Doyle story Spedegue’s Dropper, what sporting contest does the hero help to win?

The Ashes

(the asthmatic hero wins the Ashes for England by bowling a ball 30ft into the air which drops vertically onto the stumps of the last Australian batsman)

7.

What is the sport featured in the 1963 Richard Harris film This Sporting Life?

Rugby League

8.

Which two countries went to war for 6 days in 1969 after a riot at an international football match?

El Salvador and Honduras

(the so called Football War)

1.

Who had a hit in 1975 with That’s The Way (I Like It)?

KC and the Sunshine Band

2.

Who reached number 7 in the 1976 UK singles chart with No Regrets?

The Walker Brothers

3.

Name this town…..Situated just off the A1 on the River Welland in the district of South Kesteven - famous sons include Colin Dexter and Sir Malcolm Sargent - used by the BBC in 1994 as the setting for its adaptation of Middlemarch.

Stamford

4.

The Sexual Assault Referral Centre is a much lauded collaboration between the Central Manchester Healthcare Trust and the Greater Manchester Police Authority.  In which Manchester building is the centre based?

St Mary’s Hospital

5.

Originally associated with the god Cernunnos in Celtic mythology and mentioned in French and Arthurian romance, what heraldic symbol was adopted by King Richard II of England?

The white hart

6.

What is the title of John Stuart Mill’s most famous philosophical work?  Published in 1859 it deals with the nature and limit of the power that can be exercised by society over the individual.

On Liberty

(accept Liberty)

7.

Who won an Oscar for best supporting actor for his role as Rocky, the master of ceremonies in the 1969 film They Shoot Horses, Don’t They??

Gig Young

8.

Which 1994 film directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp had the tagline: 'Movies were his passion; women were his inspiration; angora sweaters were his weakness'?

Ed Wood

Compiled by Ethel Rodin

1.

Give a year in the life of Torquemada.

1420 to 1498

2.

In which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, subtitled The Merry Man and his Maid, does the character Wilfred Shadbolt, head jailer and assistant tormentor, describe the persuasive use of the thumbscrews?

The Yeoman of the Guard

3.

In which opera based on a French play of 1887 can a prisoner be heard being tortured off stage while the two main protagonists are on stage alone?

Tosca

4.

Room 101 is used for psychological torture in the novel 1984.  Where is it situated?

In the Ministry of Love

5.

Named after a long-running children's TV show, what was the name given by the Shankill Butchers to the room in which they 'disciplined' their victims?

Romper Room

6.

Craig Murray was removed from his ambassadorial post after complaining that information passed to security forces in this country has been gained by torture.  In which country was he the British ambassador?

Uzbekistan

7.

In which 1960s film is the song The Story of a Soldier sung whilst a character is being tortured?

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

8.

Torture in England was made illegal when the Bill of Rights was passed.  This Bill also barred Roman Catholics from the throne of England.  In which year was this Bill made law?

1689

(the barring of Roman Catholics from the throne was reiterated in the act of settlement enacted in 1701)

Compiled by The Getaways

1.

Which singer originally sang Catch a Falling Star?

Perry Como

2.

A film released in 1987 was an adaptation of a TV Series made between 1959 and 1963 and starred Kevin Costner.  What was the name of the character he played?

Eliot Ness

3.

Which play, a 4 act comedy by Oscar Wilde published in 1893, was about a lady who discovers that her husband may be having an affair?  It was adapted as a film in 2005 called A Good Woman starring Helen Hunt and Scarlet Johansson.

Lady Windermere’s Fan

4.

In the old radio favourite I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again Tim Brooke-Taylor played an overweight aristocratic screeching lady.  What was her name?

Lady Constance

5.

Where, in World War Two, did the RAF practise for Operation Chastise?

Derwent Reservoir

6.

Wendat, one of the North American indigenous tribes, are also known by what name?

Huron

7.

Michael Staines was the first commissioner of this organisation appointed in 1923. Fachtna Murphy is the latest one appointed in 2007.  What is the organisation?

The Garda

(the Irish Police Service)

8.

What is the abbreviated version of the name of the organisation which provides and maintains the UK’s nuclear deterrent system?

AWE

(Atomic Weapons Establishment)

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a lake, loch or reservoir

ROUND 5 - Themed - 'Marquis'

34 peers have Marquis as their highest title - every answer is, or contains, the name of, a marquisate

Compiled by The History Men

1

Which Irish county is bordered by Cork, Tipperary, Kilkenny and Wexford?

Waterford

2.

Which Irish county is bordered by Mayo, Roscommon and Leitrim?

Sligo

3.

What is the name of Sarah Palin’s eldest daughter, the unmarried mother of Tripp Johnston?

Bristol

4.

What nickname was applied to serial killer George Joseph Smith hanged in 1915?

The Brides in the Bath Murderer

5.

Which English cathedral is the final resting place of William Rufus, Izaak Walton and Jane Austen?

Winchester

6.

Which English cathedral houses the world’s oldest working mechanical clock and the ashes of Edward Heath?

Salisbury

7.

Despite the rival claims of Aberdeen, in which Scottish town will Star Trek’s Mr Montgomery Scott be born in 2222?

Linlithgow

8.

Which county town has a railway station called Castle and a rugby union venue called Franklin’s Gardens?

Northampton

ROUND 6 - 'An Alternative Type of Question'

Identify the pop groups or pop artists from the following cryptic clues (e.g. Soaked three times = Wet Wet Wet)

Compiled by Snoopy's Friends

1

Easily readable

Simply Red

2.

Warm Galaxy

Hot Chocolate

3.

Every Holy person

All Saints

4.

Young Nuclear Cat

Atomic Kitten

5.

B.A., M.Sc., and B.Eng.

The Three Degrees

6.

Sinatra off to make a film

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

7.

Crazy kebab

Madonna

8.

Skinny Bond character

Boney M

Compiled by The Men They Couldn't Hang

1.

To what does the title of the Rossini opera La Gazza Ladra translate in English?

The Thieving Magpie

2.

Which theatre opened in 1683 in Clerkenwell on the site of an old monastic spring?

Sadler’s Wells

3.

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray took its title from a location in which other literary work?

Pilgrim’s Progress

4.

Who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for Dead Man Walking, a film in which his long time partner, Susan Sarandon, won an Academy Award for Best Actress?

Tim Robbins

5.

Which battleship served as the Flagship of the Grand Fleet under Admiral Jellicoe until late 1916 when Admiral Beatty transferred the flag to HMS Queen Elizabeth?

HMS Iron Duke

6.

Joseph Pease was elected Member of Parliament for South Durham in 1832.  Initially he wasn’t allowed to take his seat as he refused to take the Oath of Allegiance.  Why?

He was the first Quaker to be elected, and as Quakers don’t swear oaths, he couldn’t sit until the protocol of affirmation was devised

7.

Who, along with William Walmesley, founded Swallow Sidecars which was the forerunner of the Jaguar car company?

William Lyons

8.

Which Liverpudlian band took their name from a lyric in The Stranglers’ Toiler on the Sea and had their first UK chart success with I Ran (So Far Away) in 1982?

A Flock of Seagulls

Theme: Each answer contains a Football League club nickname....

ROUND 8 - 'Knocked Out United' Pairs

1.

In the film A Clockwork Orange, the anti-hero Alex’s aversion therapy is carried out to the music of which classical composer?

Beethoven

2.

Apart from Beethoven, which other classical composer's music features in the Beatles’ film Help?

Wagner

3.

On this day 72 years ago which American chemist committed suicide just two months after he had patented his invention of nylon?

Wallace Carothers

4.

On this day 64 years ago allied troops liberated which Nazi concentration camp? They had been appalled to find a death camp situated on the outskirts of a picturesque Bavarian market town just north west of Munich.

Dachau

5.

What connects the present day musician Jimmy Somerville with the French anarchist Louise Michel who lived 1830 to 1905?

They both were front man for the Communards

6.

What connects the present day musician Mark Chadwick with the republican John Lilburne who lived 1614 to 1657?

They both were front man for the Levellers

7.

Which comic writer was the creator of Victor Meldrew?

David Renwick

8.

Which comic writer was the creator of Reginald Perrin?

David Nobbs

1.

Name 4 of the 5 members of the super group Traveling Wilburys.

(four from)

George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne

2.

Name 5 of the 7 members of the super group formed for Concert for Bangladesh.

(four from)

George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston and Leon Russell

3.

Topically, what links actors Uma Thurman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daniel Day-Lewis and Jerry Seinfeld?

They were all born on this day

(April 29th)

4.

Which character was created in the late 19th century by Florence Kate Upton and has been in the news recently?

The golliwog

5.

Which popular song features grandchildren called Vera, Chuck and Dave?

When I'm Sixty Four

(by the Beatles)

6.

Which 20th Century British Prime Minister was nicknamed 'The Coroner'?

Neville Chamberlain

7.

Which writer created the charismatic but psychopathic antihero Tom Ripley?

Patricia Highsmith

8.

Which English poet said:: "A poem is never ever completed. It is merely abandoned”?

W H Auden

Go back to Extra time questions without answers

1.

Of the 51 airports to be found in the country of Laos, how many have paved runways?

Nine

2.

Kenya supplies what percentage of all the tea drunk in the UK?

40%

3.

63 is the average life expectancy for a male living in Kazakhstan.  What is it for a woman living in the same country?

58

Go back to Tiebreaker questions without answer