ROUND 1 - Announced theme

Each answer has a link to the game of snooker (none of them are names of players

1.

How is the Hwang Ho River better known?

2.

In the David Lean version of Great Expectations which character was played by Alec Guinness?

3.

Which Benjamin Britten opera based on a work by Henry James features the characters Miles, Flora and Peter Quint?

4.

Which singer, born Alecia Beth Moore, had a UK number one hit with The Bitterest Pill?

5.

In fiction (and films) how is Major Boothroyd known?

6.

Which political leader and Prime Minister of his country from 1976-1979 was originally called Saloth Sar?

7.

In which cartoon film does private investigator Eddie Valiant appear?

8.

What is the name given to the sequence of numbers 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, ...?

1.

Name the two teams in the recent NFL match played at Wembley Stadium.

2.

From which Rogers and Hart song do the following lyrics come: “Your looks are laughable, unphotographable - yet, you're my favourite work of art.”?

3.

Daniel Keatings recently won a World Championship Silver medal in which sport?

4.

Which football club inflicted this monstrosity on an unsuspecting public during the 1970s?

5.

Which football club committed this crime against good taste?

6.

From which George and Ira Gershwin song do the following lyrics come “There's a somebody I'm longin' to see - I hope that he turns out to be”?

7.

In which city is de Montfort University?

8.

Name either city in which Anglia Ruskin University is based?

1.

If you ordered brochet in a restaurant, what fish would you expect to be served?

2.

What ‘anti-imperialist’ event took place thirty years ago today?

3.

Three Australian batsmen appear in the list of the ten highest run scorers in test matches in history.  Name them.

4.

What is the name of the world's largest passenger ship, currently on its commissioning voyage from Finland to Florida?

5.

Whose latest album, number 1 in the charts, is titled 3 Words?

6.

What is the name of the government's chief adviser on drugs who was fired last week?

7.

What role was played on television by Brendan Gleeson earlier this week?

8.

Released this week George Clooney’s latest film concerns the U.S. army’s dabbling with psychic powers and the paranormal.  What is its title?

1.

What cut of beef is indicated by the question mark?

2.

What cut of beef is indicated by the question mark?

3.

Who is the only English football manager to manage a club which finished in the top four of the 14 Premiership in the last ten years?

4.

Who is the only English football manager to take a team to a European final in the last ten years?

5.

John Key is the Prime Minister of which country?

6.

Stephen Harper is the Prime Minister of which country?

7.

What is the most common element in the universe?

8.

What is the most abundant metallic element in the human body?

ROUND 5 - Missing Answers

Following last week's innovative 'missing questions' round, Round 5 this week is devoted to missing answers. Each question involves a sequence or group with one element missing - just give the missing element

1.

Sussex, Warwickshire, ..............., Sussex, Sussex, Durham, Durham

2.

Liverpool, ............., Chelsea, Manchester United, Chelsea, Spurs, Manchester United

3.

Fluorine, chlorine, bromine, ............., astatine

4.

Adenine, ............, guanine, thymine

5.

Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind, Chicago, ..............., Million Dollar Baby, Crash

6.

Forrest Gump, Braveheart, The English Patient, .........., Shakespeare in Love, American Beauty

7.

Who is missing?

8.

Who is missing?

1.

In World War II how was the tank Panzerkampfwagen V better known?

2.

In World War II how was the aircraft Mitsubishi A6M better known?

3.

Who was the last English king to lead his troops into battle?

4.

Name the African country.

5.

Name the African country.

6.

Who was the last English king to die in battle?

7.

What first did Reinhold Messner achieve on August 20th 1980?

8.

Who was Touching the Void on Mount Siula Grande in 1985?

1.

If you ordered homard in a restaurant, what would you expect to be served?

2.

What ‘anti revolutionary’ event took place 53 years ago today?

3.

Three Indian batsmen appear in the list of the ten highest run scorers in test matches in history.  Name them.

4.

What is unusual about the construction of the United States Navy ship New York, which visited its namesake city earlier this week?

5.

Whose latest album, last week's number 1, is titled Overcome?

6.

What is the name of Hamid Karzai’s rival for the Afghan presidency, who withdrew earlier this week?

7.

Who played Churchill in The Gathering Storm, the predecessor to this week’s Into the Storm ?

8.

Released next week Roland Emmerich’s latest film again concerns the end of the world, apparently as foretold by the Mayan calendar,  What is its title?

1.

In the United States this herb is known as arugula.  By what name is it known in this country?

2.

Which 1968 hit has the opening line “I was born in across fire hurricane”?

3.

What name links a Welsh university, a Welsh racecourse and a Northern Irish town?

4.

What phrase links a toy, a US fast food chain and the 1971 UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest?

5.

They were installed in Britain for the first time outside the Houses of Parliament in 1868. The first automatic ones were installed in Wolverhampton in 1927.  What are they?

6.

Which hairdressing chain has a salon in Manchester at 88 Deansgate?

7.

The most famous one was organised by Savonorola in Florence in February 1497. It is also the title of a 1987 novel and a 1990 film.  What is it?

8.

Of which 1964 film is this a description: "Three American girls find romance in Rome"?  The title song was a number one hit for Frank Sinatra.

1.

Which is the only number between 1 and 10 which does not designate a British motorway?

2.

Which major Anglo-Saxon burial site near Woodbridge, Suffolk was first excavated in 1939?

3.

Which canal is carried over the River Dee on the Pontcysyllte aqueduct?

4.

Who was the last British Prime Minister to die while still in office?

5.

Her offers of aid were refused several times by Florence Nightingale.  She built the British Hotel near Balaclava and was the first woman to enter Sevastopol after its fall in September 1855.  Who was she?

6.

Where can you find, amongst others, James Coburn, Michael Parkinson, Christopher Lee and Clement Freud?

7.

Which European capital city is heated by water piped underground from natural hot springs?

8.

In which Dickens novel does a major general spot a member of the thrush family while climbing a Munro and drinking from a Nebuchadnezzar?

1.

How is the Hwang Ho River better known?

Yellow River

2.

In the David Lean version of Great Expectations which character was played by Alec Guinness?

(Herbert) Pocket

3.

Which Benjamin Britten opera based on a work by Henry James features the characters Miles, Flora and Peter Quint?

Turn of the Screw

4.

Which singer, born Alecia Beth Moore, had a UK number one hit with The Bitterest Pill?

Pink

5.

In fiction (and films) how is Major Boothroyd known?

Q

(James Bond films)

6.

Which political leader and Prime Minister of his country from 1976-1979 was originally called Saloth Sar?

Pol Pot

7.

In which cartoon film does private investigator Eddie Valiant appear?

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

8.

What is the name given to the sequence of numbers 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, ...?

Triangular numbers

1.

Name the two teams in the recent NFL match played at Wembley Stadium.

New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers

2.

From which Rogers and Hart song do the following lyrics come: “Your looks are laughable, unphotographable - yet, you're my favourite work of art.”?

My Funny Valentine

3.

Daniel Keatings recently won a World Championship Silver medal in which sport?

Gymnastics

4.

Which football club inflicted this monstrosity on an unsuspecting public during the 1970s?

Coventry City

(this away strip has been voted the worst football strip of all time)

5.

Which football club committed this crime against good taste?

Hull City

(If you enjoyed these, please see the Football strip Hall of Shame)

6.

From which George and Ira Gershwin song do the following lyrics come “There's a somebody I'm longin' to see - I hope that he turns out to be”?

Someone To Watch Over Me

7.

In which city is de Montfort University?

Leicester

8.

Name either city in which Anglia Ruskin University is based?

Chelmsford or Cambridge

1.

If you ordered brochet in a restaurant, what fish would you expect to be served?

Pike

2.

What ‘anti-imperialist’ event took place thirty years ago today?

The seizure of hostages in the US embassy in Tehran

3.

Three Australian batsmen appear in the list of the ten highest run scorers in test matches in history.  Name them.

Ponting, Steve Waugh (both names needed), Border

4.

What is the name of the world's largest passenger ship, currently on its commissioning voyage from Finland to Florida?

Oasis of the Seas

5.

Whose latest album, number 1 in the charts, is titled 3 Words?

Cheryl Cole

6.

What is the name of the government's chief adviser on drugs who was fired last week?

David Nutt

7.

What role was played on television by Brendan Gleeson earlier this week?

Winston Churchill

(in Into the Storm)

8.

Released this week George Clooney’s latest film concerns the U.S. army’s dabbling with psychic powers and the paranormal.  What is its title?

The Men Who Stare at Goats

1.

What cut of beef is indicated by the question mark?

Sirloin

2.

What cut of beef is indicated by the question mark?

Silverside

3.

Who is the only English football manager to manage a club which finished in the top four of the 14 Premiership in the last ten years?

Sir Bobby Robson

(Newcastle finished 4th in the 2001-02 season and 3rd in the 2002-03 season)

4.

Who is the only English football manager to take a team to a European final in the last ten years?

Steve Maclaren

(Middlesborough reached the final of the UEFA Cup in the 2005-06 season)

5.

John Key is the Prime Minister of which country?

New Zealand

6.

Stephen Harper is the Prime Minister of which country?

Canada

7.

What is the most common element in the universe?

Hydrogen

8.

What is the most abundant metallic element in the human body?

Calcium

1.

Sussex, Warwickshire, ..............., Sussex, Sussex, Durham, Durham

Nottinghamshire

(Cricket County Championship winners, 2004-09)

2.

Liverpool, ............., Chelsea, Manchester United, Chelsea, Spurs, Manchester United

Middlesbrough

(League Cup winners 2004-09)

3.

Fluorine, chlorine, bromine, ............., astatine

Iodine

(Halogens)

4.

Adenine, ............, guanine, thymine

Cytosine

(DNA bases)

5.

Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind, Chicago, ..............., Million Dollar Baby, Crash

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

(accept Return of the King but NOT Lord of the Rings on its own)

(Best Picture Oscars, 2000-05)

6.

Forrest Gump, Braveheart, The English Patient, .........., Shakespeare in Love, American Beauty

Titanic

(Best Picture Oscars, 1994-99)

7.

Who is missing?

Lindsay Buckingham

(Fleetwood Mac members)

8.

Who is missing?

Bill Wyman

(Rolling Stones members)

1.

In World War II how was the tank Panzerkampfwagen V better known?

Panther

2.

In World War II how was the aircraft Mitsubishi A6M better known?

Zero

3.

Who was the last English king to lead his troops into battle?

George II

(at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743)

4.

Name the African country.

Kenya

5.

Name the African country.

Nigeria

6.

Who was the last English king to die in battle?

Richard III

(at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485)

7.

What first did Reinhold Messner achieve on August 20th 1980?

First solo ascent of Mount Everest (and without additional oxygen)

8.

Who was Touching the Void on Mount Siula Grande in 1985?

Joe Simpson

(who crawled to safety after breaking his leg on the descent and subsequently falling into a crevasse)

1.

If you ordered homard in a restaurant, what would you expect to be served?

Lobster

2.

What ‘anti revolutionary’ event took place 53 years ago today?

Soviet tanks entered Budapest to crush the Hungarian uprising

3.

Three Indian batsmen appear in the list of the ten highest run scorers in test matches in history.  Name them.

Tendulkar, Dravid, Gavaskar

4.

What is unusual about the construction of the United States Navy ship New York, which visited its namesake city earlier this week?

It is partly built with steel salvaged from the wreckage of the Twin Towers

5.

Whose latest album, last week's number 1, is titled Overcome?

Alexandra Burke

(last year's X Factor winner)

6.

What is the name of Hamid Karzai’s rival for the Afghan presidency, who withdrew earlier this week?

Abdullah Abdullah

7.

Who played Churchill in The Gathering Storm, the predecessor to this week’s Into the Storm ?

Albert Finney

8.

Released next week Roland Emmerich’s latest film again concerns the end of the world, apparently as foretold by the Mayan calendar,  What is its title?

2012

1.

In the United States this herb is known as arugula.  By what name is it known in this country?

Rocket

2.

Which 1968 hit has the opening line “I was born in across fire hurricane”?

Jumpin' Jack Fiash

(by the Roiling Stones)

3.

What name links a Welsh university, a Welsh racecourse and a Northern Irish town?

Bangor

(Bangor, Gwynedd; Bangor-on-Dee; and Bangor, County Down)

4.

What phrase links a toy, a US fast food chain and the 1971 UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest?

Jack in the Box

(The contest was in Dublin and the UK was represented by the Northern Irish singer Clodagh Rodgers.  She finished fourth behind Monaco, Spain, and Germany)

5.

They were installed in Britain for the first time outside the Houses of Parliament in 1868. The first automatic ones were installed in Wolverhampton in 1927.  What are they?

Traffic Lights

6.

Which hairdressing chain has a salon in Manchester at 88 Deansgate?

Toni and Guy

(Is this the first hairdressing question in the history of the Withington Quiz league?)

7.

The most famous one was organised by Savonorola in Florence in February 1497. It is also the title of a 1987 novel and a 1990 film.  What is it?

The Bonfire of the Vanities

(the burning of sinful objects)

8.

Of which 1964 film is this a description: "Three American girls find romance in Rome"?  The title song was a number one hit for Frank Sinatra.

Three Coins in a Fountain

1.

Which is the only number between 1 and 10 which does not designate a British motorway?

7

2.

Which major Anglo-Saxon burial site near Woodbridge, Suffolk was first excavated in 1939?

Sutton Hoo

3.

Which canal is carried over the River Dee on the Pontcysyllte aqueduct?

Llangollen canal

4.

Who was the last British Prime Minister to die while still in office?

Viscount Palmerston

(on 18th October 1865)

5.

Her offers of aid were refused several times by Florence Nightingale.  She built the British Hotel near Balaclava and was the first woman to enter Sevastopol after its fall in September 1855.  Who was she?

Mary Seacole

6.

Where can you find, amongst others, James Coburn, Michael Parkinson, Christopher Lee and Clement Freud?

On the cover of the Band on the Run album

(Paul McCartney and Wings)

7.

Which European capital city is heated by water piped underground from natural hot springs?

Reykjavik

8.

In which Dickens novel does a major general spot a member of the thrush family while climbing a Munro and drinking from a Nebuchadnezzar?

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