ROUND 1

1.

For which film did Abraham Zapruder achieve worldwide fame in the 1960s?

2.

Who has had assistants called Troy, Scott and Jones?

3.

What is the nationality of footballers Dimitar Berbatov and Valeri Bojinov?

4.

Which river flows underneath Manchester Airport’s second runway?

5.

No Line on the Horizon is a current chart album by which band?

6.

Which country will host the 2011 Rugby Union World Cup?

7.

This duo first appeared on our screens in 1957 and by February 1964 they were making their fifth appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, together with The Beatles and Morecambe & Wise. Their theme song was We Belong Together and, to help viewers tell them apart in the days of black and white TV, one of them wore a hat.  Who were they?

8.

As a condition of which treaty of 1713 did Spain cede Minorca and Gibraltar to Britain?

ROUND 2 - Themed - 'Fawlty Towers'

Each answer has a connection to the TV comedy Fawlty Towers

1.

Following a four month siege, which Union General captured the city of Atlanta on 2 September 1864 and burned it to the ground ten weeks later?

2.

For which 1973 romantic comedy did Glenda Jackson win an Academy Award for Best Actress?

3.

Which city hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics?

4.

Which Oscar, Emmy and Grammy-winning actress was the daughter of Joseph Ruston and his second wife, the Dutch aristocrat Baroness Ella van Heemstra?

5.

Which classic American novel, published in 1925, is narrated by Nick Carraway and also features the characters Tom Buchanan, his wife Daisy and his mistress Myrtle Wilson?

6.

Mongolian, Chinese striped, Campbell’s Russian Dwarf and Golden are all species of which animal?

7.

Who appeared more times than anybody else as the story-teller on BBC TV’s Jackanory?

8.

Which world landmark and UNESCO heritage site was based on a competition-winning design by Danish architect Jørn Utzon and was opened by The Queen in October 1973?

ROUND 3 - Hidden theme

1.

Which burrowing animals belong to the mammalian family Talpidae?

2.

Scene of Tony McCoy’s 3000th career victory earlier this year, which is the only National Hunt racecourse in East Sussex?

3.

Which American group had 1970s UK chart success with the songs Lost Without Your Love, The Guitar Man and Everything I Own?

4.

Which county cricket team’s badge features three pears?

5.

Which actress, who in her younger days was romantically linked with both Tom Cruise and Leonard Cohen, is the daughter-in-law of Hollywood star Ryan O’Neal?

6.

Notable for his unique style of delivery, which has seen him described as someone who “broadcasts with all the ease of a man in a blindfold driving down the M4”, who is the Business Editor of BBC News?

7.

Founded in 1976, which company’s products and services include the iPod, the iPhone and iTunes?

8.

In BBC TV’s EastEnders, garage mechanic Richard Peterson is usually referred to by which nickname?

ROUND 4 - Picture Round

1.

Name the TV series.

2.

Name this British Prime Minister

3.

Name the singer.

4.

Name the year.

5.

This airline is the national carrier of which country?

6.

Where is this English cathedral?

7.

Who is this Cheadle Hulme-born actor?

8.

Who is this composer?

ROUND 5 - Themed - 'The Birds and the B’s'

Each answer either contains the name of a bird, or begins with ‘B’

1.

Which character was played by Jodie Foster in Silence of the Lambs and by Julianne Moore in the sequel, Hannibal?

2.

Which country is known to its inhabitants as ‘Druk Yul’, which means ‘Land of the Thunder Dragon’?

3.

Which Australian batsman was Fred Trueman's 300th victim in test cricket?

4.

In 1938 which British locomotive set a world speed record for a steam-powered train of 125.9 mph – still the record over seventy years later?

5.

As featured in the soundtrack to the film Top Gun, which band had a worldwide 1986 hit with the song Take My Breath Away?

6.

Which village in County Durham is home to the North of England Open Air Museum, whose 300 acre estate contains recreations of a town, farm and colliery village in 1913?

7.

Which Hollywood star’s less well known films include The Survivors, The Best of Times and Club Paradise?

8.

Which Benjamin Britten opera shares its title with a short novel by Herman Melville, on which it is based?

ROUND 6 - Themed - '2009 in the News'

1.

Name either of the countries which joined NATO on 1 April.

2.

On which date will voting take place in this year’s UK local and European elections?

3.

Which Irishman will captain the British Lions on their tour of South Africa, which begins later this month?

4.

Which author of Empire of the Sun and Crash died last month?

5.

Which 100-1 shot won this year’s Aintree Grand National?

6.

On 12 March, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi was sentenced to three years in prison, later reduced to one year,  for which crime?

7.

On 22 March England’s cricketers won the Women’s World Cup.  Which country did they beat in the final?

8.

Following last month’s General Election, who will be sworn in this weekend as President of South Africa?

ROUND 7 - Hidden theme

1.

British singer Frederick Heath, who died in a road accident near Bury in 1966, performed using which stage name?

2.

Who wrote the book on which the TV series I, Claudius was based?

3.

In the ITV police drama series The Bill, what was the name of the character played for over twenty years by Mark Wingett?

4.

After an unsuccessful career in journalism, which British author became a full-time novelist in 1929 following the positive critical reception of his first published work, The Man Within?

5.

Which member of Radio 4’s Test Match Special team, renowned for his obsession with pigeons, aircraft and buses, had a promising cricket career cut short at the age of eighteen when he was knocked off his bicycle, rather appropriately, by a bus?

6.

In which 1948 John Huston film, which also starred Edward G Robinson and Lionel Barrymore, did Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall make their final film appearance together?

7.

Which former Test cricketer founded The Pakistan Movement for Justice in 1996?

8.

Located near Selby, North Yorkshire, what is the name of Britain’s largest electricity-generating power station?

ROUND 8 - Themed 'First and Lasts'

1.

Which 19th century American author wrote The Last of the Mohicans?

2.

Who, very recently, became both the first woman and the first Scot to be appointed to the post of Poet Laureate?

3.

Which singer has had two UK number one hits, the second of which was The Last Waltz in 1967

4.

What is the nationality of the composer and band leader James Last?

5.

The term ‘First Lady’ was first used to refer to the wife of the US President in 1849, at the funeral of Dolley Madison.  To which President was she married?

6.

Who was the last of the Tudor monarchs of England?

7.

Who wrote the song The First Cut is the Deepest?

8.

Pangu, a hairy giant who emerged from an egg, is the first living being and creator of Earth in the mythology of which country?

Extra time Round

1.

If Las Vegas is Who Are You and New York is Baba O’Riley, what is Miami?

2.

What is the generally accepted number of enemy aircraft an air force pilot must shoot down to become regarded as a ‘flying ace’?

3.

What name is commonly used for the organisation whose official name is abbreviated to LTTE?

4.

What is the name of Russia’s largest company?

5.

Which number shirt did Manchester City ‘retire’ following the death of Marc-Vivien Foé?

6.

Aleksandr Orlov is currently appearing in television adverts for which company?

7.

Roger Bannister became the first man to break the four minute mile barrier in a race in Oxford 55 years ago today. Which athlete came second in that race and was also the first winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award?

8.

Until their final demise in the early 1990s, where could you have seen Robert Adam, Charles Barry, William Kent  and John Nash in close proximity?

Tiebreaker

1.

What is the average depth (in centimetres) of Poole Harbour in Dorset?

2.

How many first class runs did Cyril Washbrook score for Lancashire?

ROUND 1

1.

For which film did Abraham Zapruder achieve worldwide fame in the 1960s?

His ‘home movie’ footage of the assassination of John F Kennedy

2.

Who has had assistants called Troy, Scott and Jones?

Tom Barnaby
(in Midsomer Murders)

3.

What is the nationality of footballers Dimitar Berbatov and Valeri Bojinov?

Bulgarian

4.

Which river flows underneath Manchester Airport’s second runway?

River Bollin

5.

No Line on the Horizon is a current chart album by which band?

U2

6.

Which country will host the 2011 Rugby Union World Cup?

New Zealand

7.

This duo first appeared on our screens in 1957 and by February 1964 they were making their fifth appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, together with The Beatles and Morecambe & Wise. Their theme song was We Belong Together and, to help viewers tell them apart in the days of black and white TV, one of them wore a hat.  Who were they?

Pinky and Perky

8.

As a condition of which treaty of 1713 did Spain cede Minorca and Gibraltar to Britain?

Treaty of Utrecht

ROUND 2 - Themed - 'Fawlty Towers'

Each answer has a connection to the TV comedy Fawlty Towers

1.

Following a four month siege, which Union General captured the city of Atlanta on 2 September 1864 and burned it to the ground ten weeks later?

William T Sherman

(Connie Booth played waitress Polly Sherman)

2.

For which 1973 romantic comedy did Glenda Jackson win an Academy Award for Best Actress?

A Touch of Class

(Title of the episode in which Basil is conned by ‘Lord Melbury’)

3.

Which city hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics?

Barcelona

4.

Which Oscar, Emmy and Grammy-winning actress was the daughter of Joseph Ruston and his second wife, the Dutch aristocrat Baroness Ella van Heemstra?

Audrey Hepburn

(Sybil’s best friend - usually at the other end of the phone - was called Audrey)

5.

Which classic American novel, published in 1925, is narrated by Nick Carraway and also features the characters Tom Buchanan, his wife Daisy and his mistress Myrtle Wilson?

The Great Gatsby

(Miss Gatsby was one of the two elderly ladies who were permanent residents)

6.

Mongolian, Chinese striped, Campbell’s Russian Dwarf and Golden are all species of which animal?

Hamster

7.

Who appeared more times than anybody else as the story-teller on BBC TV’s Jackanory?

Bernard Cribbins

8.

Which world landmark and UNESCO heritage site was based on a competition-winning design by Danish architect Jørn Utzon and was opened by The Queen in October 1973?

Sydney Opera House

("May I ask what you expected to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window?...”)

ROUND 3 - Hidden theme

1.

Which burrowing animals belong to the mammalian family Talpidae?

Moles

2.

Scene of Tony McCoy’s 3000th career victory earlier this year, which is the only National Hunt racecourse in East Sussex?

Plumpton

3.

Which American group had 1970s UK chart success with the songs Lost Without Your Love, The Guitar Man and Everything I Own?

Bread

4.

Which county cricket team’s badge features three pears?

Worcestershire

5.

Which actress, who in her younger days was romantically linked with both Tom Cruise and Leonard Cohen, is the daughter-in-law of Hollywood star Ryan O’Neal?

Rebecca de Mornay

6.

Notable for his unique style of delivery, which has seen him described as someone who “broadcasts with all the ease of a man in a blindfold driving down the M4”, who is the Business Editor of BBC News?

Robert Peston

7.

Founded in 1976, which company’s products and services include the iPod, the iPhone and iTunes?

Apple

8.

In BBC TV’s EastEnders, garage mechanic Richard Peterson is usually referred to by which nickname?

Minty

ROUND 4 - Picture Round

1.

Name the TV series.

Spooks

2.

Name this British Prime Minister

Stanley Baldwin

3.

Name the singer.

Billy Joel

4.

Name the year.

1974

5.

This airline is the national carrier of which country?

Iran

(Iran Air)

6.

Where is this English cathedral?

Lichfield

7.

Who is this Cheadle Hulme-born actor?

Tim McInnerny

8.

Who is this composer?

Igor Stravinsky

ROUND 5 - Themed - 'The Birds and the B’s'

Each answer either contains the name of a bird, or begins with ‘B’

1.

Which character was played by Jodie Foster in Silence of the Lambs and by Julianne Moore in the sequel, Hannibal?

Clarice Starling

2.

Which country is known to its inhabitants as ‘Druk Yul’, which means ‘Land of the Thunder Dragon’?

Bhutan

3.

Which Australian batsman was Fred Trueman's 300th victim in test cricket?

Neil Hawke

4.

In 1938 which British locomotive set a world speed record for a steam-powered train of 125.9 mph – still the record over seventy years later?

Mallard

5.

As featured in the soundtrack to the film Top Gun, which band had a worldwide 1986 hit with the song Take My Breath Away?

Berlin

6.

Which village in County Durham is home to the North of England Open Air Museum, whose 300 acre estate contains recreations of a town, farm and colliery village in 1913?

Beamish

7.

Which Hollywood star’s less well known films include The Survivors, The Best of Times and Club Paradise?

Robin Williams

8.

Which Benjamin Britten opera shares its title with a short novel by Herman Melville, on which it is based?

Billy Budd

ROUND 6 - Themed - '2009 in the News'

1

Name either of the countries which joined NATO on 1 April.

Albania or Croatia

2.

On which date will voting take place in this year’s UK local and European elections?

4 June

3.

Which Irishman will captain the British Lions on their tour of South Africa, which begins later this month?

Paul O’Connell

4.

Which author of Empire of the Sun and Crash died last month?

J G Ballard

5.

Which 100-1 shot won this year’s Aintree Grand National?

Mon Mome

6.

On 12 March, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi was sentenced to three years in prison, later reduced to one year,  for which crime?

Throwing his shoes at George W Bush

7.

On 22 March England’s cricketers won the Women’s World Cup.  Which country did they beat in the final?

New Zealand

8.

Following last month’s General Election, who will be sworn in this weekend as President of South Africa?

Jacob Zuma

ROUND 7 - Hidden theme

1.

British singer Frederick Heath, who died in a road accident near Bury in 1966, performed using which stage name?

Johnny Kidd

2.

Who wrote the book on which the TV series I, Claudius was based?

Robert Graves

3.

In the ITV police drama series The Bill, what was the name of the character played for over twenty years by Mark Wingett?

Jim Carver

4.

After an unsuccessful career in journalism, which British author became a full-time novelist in 1929 following the positive critical reception of his first published work, The Man Within?

Graham Greene

5.

Which member of Radio 4’s Test Match Special team, renowned for his obsession with pigeons, aircraft and buses, had a promising cricket career cut short at the age of eighteen when he was knocked off his bicycle, rather appropriately, by a bus?

Henry Blofeld

6.

In which 1948 John Huston film, which also starred Edward G Robinson and Lionel Barrymore, did Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall make their final film appearance together?

Key Largo

7.

Which former Test cricketer founded The Pakistan Movement for Justice in 1996?

Imran Khan

8.

Located near Selby, North Yorkshire, what is the name of Britain’s largest electricity-generating power station?

Drax

ROUND 8 - Themed - 'Firsts and Lasts'

1.

Which 19th century American author wrote The Last of the Mohicans?

James Fenimore Cooper

2.

Who, very recently, became both the first woman and the first Scot to be appointed to the post of Poet Laureate?

Carol Ann Duffy

3.

Which singer has had two UK number one hits, the second of which was The Last Waltz in 1967

Engelbert Humperdinck

4.

What is the nationality of the composer and band leader James Last?

German

5.

The term ‘First Lady’ was first used to refer to the wife of the US President in 1849, at the funeral of Dolley Madison.  To which President was she married?

Zachary Taylor

6.

Who was the last of the Tudor monarchs of England?

Elizabeth I

7.

Who wrote the song The First Cut is the Deepest?

Cat Stevens

(Yusuf Islam)

8.

Pangu, a hairy giant who emerged from an egg, is the first living being and creator of Earth in the mythology of which country?

China

1.

If Las Vegas is Who Are You and New York is Baba O’Riley, what is Miami?

Won’t Get Fooled Again

(Opening theme tunes to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and its spin-offs)

2.

What is the generally accepted number of enemy aircraft an air force pilot must shoot down to become regarded as a ‘flying ace’?

Five

3.

What name is commonly used for the organisation whose official name is abbreviated to LTTE?

The Tamil Tigers

(Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam)

4.

What is the name of Russia’s largest company?

Gazprom

5.

Which number shirt did Manchester City ‘retire’ following the death of Marc-Vivien Foé?

23

6.

Aleksandr Orlov is currently appearing in television adverts for which company?

Compare the Meerkat/Compare The Market

7.

Roger Bannister became the first man to break the four minute mile barrier in a race in Oxford 55 years ago today. Which athlete came second in that race and was also the first winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award?

Chris Chataway

8.

Until their final demise in the early 1990s, where could you have seen Robert Adam, Charles Barry, William Kent  and John Nash in close proximity?

Hulme

(Names of the Crescents)

Go back to Extra time questions without answers

1.

What is the average depth (in centimetres) of Poole Harbour in Dorset?

48

2.

How many first class runs did Cyril Washbrook score for Lancashire?

27,863

Go back to Tiebreaker question without answer