ROUND 1 - Hidden theme

All the answers have something in common

1.

Which brand of American whiskey has its headquarters in Lynchburg in the southern USA?

2.

By what more familiar name is that person who was born in 1831 in South Dakota as Jumping Badger better known?

3.

Who did Patrick McGoohan play in the TV series Danger Man?

4.

Which TV series featured a dog called Freeway?

5.

Which character, created in 1876, has an infatuation with Becky Thatcher?      

6.

Which one-time member of Parliament for Oldham wrote Rural Rides first published in 1830?

7.

Which tavern in the plays of Shakespeare was the favoured drinking hole of Falstaff?

8.

Which tube station in the borough of Enfield is the northern terminus for the Piccadilly Line?

1.

Name one of the islands where the original Harris tweed is spun and woven (apart from the Isle of Harris).

2.

Harris was a character in which comedy novel of 1889?

3.

The film Cabaret was based on which book by Christopher Isherwood?

4.

Which river flows through Berlin?

5.

In which war were the battles of Bunker Hill and Brandywine Creek fought?

6.

Name the French military officer that served with Washington during the War of Independence.

7.

Which former Chelsea player is now manager of Brighton & Hove Albion?

8.

Which former Manchester United player is now manager of Barnsley?

ROUND 3 - Hidden theme

All the answers have something in common – most of the theme words are part of larger words

1.

Which British heavyweight boxing champion, nicknamed the Blackpool Rock, fought world title bouts against Floyd Paterson and Muhammad Ali in the 1950’s and 1960’s?

2.

Who held the title of Her Majesty Queen of England between 1662 and 1685?

3.

By what title is the character Michael Henchard known in a famous novel of 1886?

4.

Which 1881 Gilbert and Sullivan opera is subtitled Bunthorne’s Bride?

5.

Which actor, born in Oldham in 1928, had two top ten hit singles in the 1960’s and appeared in Fawlty Towers as spoon salesman Mr Hutchinson?

6.

Which F1 racing driver admitted deliberately crashing out of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix on the orders of his Renault team?

7.

Which solid hydrocarbon, formula C₁₀H₈, was originally the principal ingredient of mothballs?

8.

Which 1996 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical was based on a 1961 film starring Hayley Mills as Kathy Bostock and Alan Bates as The Man?

ROUND 4 - Pot Pourri with an anagram

Initial letters of each answer make an anagram of the forename and surname of a fictional detective

1.

What was the name of Napoleon’s most famous horse, which carried him at the Battle of Waterloo?

2.

In which 2007 film does one of the two central characters played by Denzel Washington say: “This is my home.  My country.  Frank Lucas don’t run from nobody.  This is America”?

3.

Which four-legged plant-eating dinosaur had the longest known tail of all dinosaurs?

4.

Which highly successful company was founded in 1995, has its headquarters at Luton and has had Andrew Harrison as its chief executive officer since 2005?

5.

What was the temporary capital of the USA between 1790 and 1800?

6.

Which city on October 21 1944 was the first German city in WWII to be captured by the Allies?

7.

Which weekly magazine has been edited by Iain Macleod, Ian Gilmour and Nigel Lawson?

8.

Which British novel of 1913 centres on the story of budding young artist Paul Morel?

ROUND 5 - Hidden theme

All the answers have something in common

1.

Who in 1975 became the first and only Australian PM to have been dismissed by the Governor General?

2.

Who was assassinated in a Manhattan ballroom on February 21 1965?

3.

Which cricketer scored three consecutive test centuries against Australia in the Ashes series of 1986-87?

4.

Who created the TV series Dixon of Dock Green?

5.

In the 1986 film Mona Lisa who played the prostitute Simone?

6.

Which 1998 Oscar-nominated film was advertised with the tag line ‘All the world’s a stage’?

7.

Which band’s 2006 number one album was entitled Eyes Open?

8.

Who was the original singer and harmonica player with Manfred Mann?

1.

Whose film role characters include Henry Holland, Sidney Stratton and Colonel Nicholson?

2.

Work on which of his roles prompted Alec Guinness to comment: “Let me leave it by saying that I can now live for the rest of my life in the reasonably modest way I am now used to, that I have no debts, and that I can afford to refuse work that doesn’t appeal to me”?

3.

In chemistry, compounds in which components share electrons are known as what?

4.

In chemistry, what name is given to compounds with the same molecular formula but different structural formulas?

5.

In which National Park are the settlements of Brockenhurst and Lymington?

6.

In which National Park are the settlements of Dulverton and Porlock?

7.

By what name was Mark Felt commonly known before he revealed his true identity in 2005?

8.

Who was the White House Chief of Staff who went to prison for 18 months for his role in the Watergate affair?

ROUND 7 - Hidden theme

All the answers have something in common

1.

Which novelist and short story writer born, in 1920 and most famous for his science fiction works, wrote The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451 and Dandelion Wine?

2.

Which author, born in 1911, wrote Lord of the Flies, Pincher Martin and The Pyramid amongst others?

3.

What is the name of the American gospel, soul and R &B group, that signed to Stax Records in 1968, and had hits with Respect Yourself in 1971, I’ll Take You There in 1972 and If You’re Ready - Come Go With Me in 1973?

4.

Which concert hall designed by William Tuthill and built by a well known American philanthropist in 1891 is the principal classical music venue in New York?

5.

Which comedy duo won seven Oscars between 1943 and 1953?

6.

Which 1982 film starred Richard Gere and Debra Winger and tells the story of Gere’s struggle to become a Navy pilot?

7.

Of which natural phenomenon is this a description: “Energy that comes from a source and travels through some material or through space.  Light, heat and sound are all types of this phenomenon”?

8.

Which team won the FA Cup in 1987?

1.

Which actress, who died in 1993, was probably the most famous patron of the Givenchy brand?        

2.

Which fashion house took over Yves St Laurent in 1999?

3.

Why did Sir Michael Tippett spend three months in Wormwood Scrubs?

4.

Which composer was appointed a life peer in 1976?

5.

Which human bones might be described as either cervical, thoracic or lumbar?         

6.

Which collective of 16 human bones might be described as either scaphoid, trapezoid or capetate?

7.

Who is Spongebob Squarepants’ best friend?

8.

What is the name of the robot who is Fry’s best friend in Futurama?

1.

Which opera features Papageno, Tamino and the Queen of the Night?

2.

Which renowned 18th century Swiss mathematician solved the problem known as the Seven Bridges of Königsberg?

3.

Which sporting trophy, first competed for in 1922,  is named in honour of the grandfather of George H W Bush, President of the USA from 1989 to 1993?

4.

What name is given to the product of all positive integers less than or equal to a given number and denoted by that number followed by an exclamation mark?

5.

Which Scottish impressionist won the best TV comedy actress award at the 2003 British Comedy Awards for her work in Big Impression?

1.

Which brand of American whiskey has its headquarters in Lynchburg in the southern USA?

Jack Daniels

2.

By what more familiar name is that person who was born in 1831 in South Dakota as Jumping Badger better known?

Sitting Bull

3.

Who did Patrick McGoohan play in the TV series Danger Man?

John Drake

4.

Which TV series featured a dog called Freeway?

Hart to Hart

5.

Which character, created in 1876, has an infatuation with Becky Thatcher?      

Tom Sawyer

6.

Which one-time member of Parliament for Oldham wrote Rural Rides first published in 1830?

William Cobbett

7.

Which tavern in the plays of Shakespeare was the favoured drinking hole of Falstaff?

Boar’s Head

8.

Which tube station in the borough of Enfield is the northern terminus for the Piccadilly Line?

Cockfosters

1.

Name one of the islands where the original Harris tweed is spun and woven (apart from the Isle of Harris).

Lewis, Uist or Barra

2.

Harris was a character in which comedy novel of 1889?

Three Men in a Boat

3.

The film Cabaret was based on which book by Christopher Isherwood?

Goodbye to Berlin

4.

Which river flows through Berlin?

Spree

5.

In which war were the battles of Bunker Hill and Brandywine Creek fought?

War of American Independence

6.

Name the French military officer that served with Washington during the War of Independence.

General Lafayette

7.

Which former Chelsea player is now manager of Brighton & Hove Albion?

Gus Poyet

8.

Which former Manchester United player is now manager of Barnsley?

Mark Robins

ROUND 3 - Hidden theme

All the answers have something in common - most of the theme words are part of larger words

1.

Which British heavyweight boxing champion, nicknamed the Blackpool Rock, fought world title bouts against Floyd Paterson and Muhammad Ali in the 1950’s and 1960’s?

Brian London

2.

Who held the title of Her Majesty Queen of England between 1662 and 1685?

Catherine of Braganza

3.

By what title is the character Michael Henchard known in a famous novel of 1886?

The Mayor of Casterbridge

4.

Which 1881 Gilbert and Sullivan opera is subtitled Bunthorne’s Bride?

Patience

5.

Which actor, born in Oldham in 1928, had two top ten hit singles in the 1960’s and appeared in Fawlty Towers as spoon salesman Mr Hutchinson?

Bernard Cribbins

6.

Which F1 racing driver admitted deliberately crashing out of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix on the orders of his Renault team?

Nelson Piquet Jr

7.

Which solid hydrocarbon, formula C₁₀H₈, was originally the principal ingredient of mothballs?

Naphthalene

8.

Which 1996 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical was based on a 1961 film starring Hayley Mills as Kathy Bostock and Alan Bates as The Man?

Whistle down the Wind

1.

What was the name of Napoleon’s most famous horse, which carried him at the Battle of Waterloo?

Marengo

2.

In which 2007 film does one of the two central characters played by Denzel Washington say: “This is my home.  My country.  Frank Lucas don’t run from nobody.  This is America”?

American Gangster

3.

Which four-legged plant-eating dinosaur had the longest known tail of all dinosaurs?

Diplodocus

4.

Which highly successful company was founded in 1995, has its headquarters at Luton and has had Andrew Harrison as its chief executive officer since 2005?

EasyJet

5.

What was the temporary capital of the USA between 1790 and 1800?

Philadelphia

6.

Which city on October 21 1944 was the first German city in WWII to be captured by the Allies?

Aachen

(allow Aix-La-Chapelle)

7.

Which weekly magazine has been edited by Iain Macleod, Ian Gilmour and Nigel Lawson?

Spectator

8.

Which British novel of 1913 centres on the story of budding young artist Paul Morel?

Sons and Lovers

ROUND 5 - Hidden theme

All the answers have something in common

1.

Who in 1975 became the first and only Australian PM to have been dismissed by the Governor General?

Gough Whitlam

2.

Who was assassinated in a Manhattan ballroom on February 21 1965?

Malcolm X

3.

Which cricketer scored three consecutive test centuries against Australia in the Ashes series of 1986-87?

Chris Broad

4.

Who created the TV series Dixon of Dock Green?

Ted Willis

5.

In the 1986 film Mona Lisa who played the prostitute Simone?

Cathy Tyson

6.

Which 1998 Oscar-nominated film was advertised with the tag line ‘All the world’s a stage’?

The Truman Show

7.

Which band’s 2006 number one album was entitled Eyes Open?

Snow Patrol

8.

Who was the original singer and harmonica player with Manfred Mann?

Paul Jones

1.

Whose film role characters include Henry Holland, Sidney Stratton and Colonel Nicholson?

Alec Guinness

2.

Work on which of his roles prompted Alec Guinness to comment: “Let me leave it by saying that I can now live for the rest of my life in the reasonably modest way I am now used to, that I have no debts, and that I can afford to refuse work that doesn’t appeal to me”?

Obi-Wan Kenobi

3.

In chemistry, compounds in which components share electrons are known as what?

Covalent compounds

4.

In chemistry, what name is given to compounds with the same molecular formula but different structural formulas?

Isomers

5.

In which National Park are the settlements of Brockenhurst and Lymington?

New Forest

6.

In which National Park are the settlements of Dulverton and Porlock?

Exmoor

7.

By what name was Mark Felt commonly known before he revealed his true identity in 2005?

Deep Throat

8.

Who was the White House Chief of Staff who went to prison for 18 months for his role in the Watergate affair?

Bob Haldeman

ROUND 7 - Hidden theme

All the answers have something in common

1.

Which novelist and short story writer born, in 1920 and most famous for his science fiction works, wrote The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451 and Dandelion Wine?

Ray Bradbury

2.

Which author, born in 1911, wrote Lord of the Flies, Pincher Martin and The Pyramid amongst others?

William Golding

3.

What is the name of the American gospel, soul and R &B group, that signed to Stax Records in 1968, and had hits with Respect Yourself in 1971, I’ll Take You There in 1972 and If You’re Ready - Come Go With Me in 1973?

The Staple Singers

4.

Which concert hall designed by William Tuthill and built by a well known American philanthropist in 1891 is the principal classical music venue in New York?

Carnegie Hall

5.

Which comedy duo won seven Oscars between 1943 and 1953?

Tom and Jerry

6.

Which 1982 film starred Richard Gere and Debra Winger and tells the story of Gere’s struggle to become a Navy pilot?

An Officer and a Gentleman

7.

Of which natural phenomenon is this a description: “Energy that comes from a source and travels through some material or through space.  Light, heat and sound are all types of this phenomenon”?

Radiation

8.

Which team won the FA Cup in 1987?

Coventry City

1.

Which actress, who died in 1993, was probably the most famous patron of the Givenchy brand?        

Audrey Hepburn

2.

Which fashion house took over Yves St Laurent in 1999?

Gucci

3.

Why did Sir Michael Tippett spend three months in Wormwood Scrubs?

He was imprisoned for being a conscientious objector

4.

Which composer was appointed a life peer in 1976?

Benjamin Britten

5.

Which human bones might be described as either cervical, thoracic or lumbar?         

Vertebrae

(not just backbone)

6.

Which collective of 16 human bones might be described as either scaphoid, trapezoid or capetate?

Carpal or wrist bones

(accept wrist, but not metacarpal or hand)

7.

Who is Spongebob Squarepants’ best friend?

Patrick (the Starfish)

8.

What is the name of the robot who is Fry’s best friend in Futurama?

Bender

1.

Which opera features Papageno, Tamino and the Queen of the Night?

The Magic Flute

2.

Which renowned 18th century Swiss mathematician solved the problem known as the Seven Bridges of Königsberg?

Leonhard Euler

3.

Which sporting trophy, first competed for in 1922,  is named in honour of the grandfather of George H W Bush, President of the USA from 1989 to 1993?

The Walker Cup

4.

What name is given to the product of all positive integers less than or equal to a given number and denoted by that number followed by an exclamation mark?

Factorial

5.

Which Scottish impressionist won the best TV comedy actress award at the 2003 British Comedy Awards for her work in Big Impression?

Ronnie Ancona