1.

What right is conferred by the Second Amendment of the US Constitution?

2.

What nickname was applied to 1980s sex attacker and serial killer John Duffy, convicted in 1988, and subsequently to his accomplice David Mulcahy, convicted in 2000? (both serving minimum 30 year tariffs)

3.

Which organ of the body produces the hormone glucagon?

4.

Give any year in the (US) presidency of Howard Taft.

5.

Who composed the operas Einstein on the Beach, Satyagraha and Galileo Galilei?

6.

What was the cause of death of British photographer Janet Parker in September 1978, the last to die in such a manner?

7.

Which long jumper, a former world record holder for three years, won World titles in 1983 and 1993, and Olympic titles in 1992 and 2000, and four European golds between 1986 and 1998?

8.

Who is the current host of Channel 4's Countdown?

9.

Which book of the Bible, consisting of a single chapter, is sandwiched between the books of Amos and Jonah in the Authorised Version?

10.

Name the group and the 1988 song with the following lyric, which was used by many US television stations to mark their switch from analogue to digital this summer: “Leonard Bernstein, Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Banks, birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, BOOM”.

11.

Which actor, who is married to fellow actor Sue Nicholls, played the villainous Alan Bradley in Coronation Street 1986 - 1989?

12.

In which modern day country is the former Communism Peak, the highest point in the old Soviet Union?

13.

Who was the first Plantagenet king to be buried in Westminster Abbey?

14.

What type of bird includes species called Sabine's, Bonaparte's, Laughing and Siberian?

15.

How many miles is it from Plymouth to Portsmouth by road if you follow the recommended AA Route Planner guide (allow 15% either way)?

16.

What is prohibited by the Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution?

17.

What nickname was applied to the 1980s serial killer Kenneth Erskine sentenced to a minimum tariff of 40 years but currently in Broadmoor Hospital?

18.

Which organ of the body produces the hormone erythropoietin?

19.

Give any year in the (US) presidency of Benjamin Harrison.

20.

Who composed the operas Nixon in China, The Death of Klinghoffer and Doctor Atomic?

21.

What was the cause of death of German Chris Gueffroy who died in February 1989, the last of approximately 136 to die in such a manner?

22.

Which long jumper, a former world record holder for five years, won the Olympic long jump title in 1972, and theoretically held the world pentathlon record for 1.12 seconds before finishing second to Mary Peters in the Olympic pentathlon?

23.

Who is the current host of Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs?

24.

Which book of the Bible, consisting of a single chapter, is sandwiched between the books of Titus and Hebrews in the Authorised Version?

25.

Name the singer and the 1989 song with the lyric: “Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline, Ayatollahs in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan”.

26.

Which actor, who has now gone on to greater things in the theatrical world, played the role of Gordon Clegg in Coronation Street 1968-1995?

27.

Which is the highest mountain in the Dolomites?

28.

Who is the only wife of Henry VIII to be buried in Westminster Abbey?

29.

Which family of birds of the Western Palearctic has the largest number of species?

30.

How many miles is it from Northampton to Southampton by road if you follow the recommended AA Route Planner guide (allow 15% either way)?

1.

Who, in March 1965, became the first astronaut to make a second space flight?

2.

Which play by Shakespeare is set entirely in Vienna?

3.

Which actor's films include The Seventh Seal (1957), The Exorcist (1973) and Minority Report (2002)?

4.

In Greek mythology who was turned into a stag by Artemis after he disturbed her bathing and was then torn apart by his own hounds?

5.

Who is the only cricketer to have scored a century in an international Twenty20 game, against South Africa in the 2007 World Twenty20?

6.

By 1400 four English cities had county status.  London was one.  Name two of the other three.

7.

Who was Lord Rector of Edinburgh University 1973 - 1976?

8.

In which month is the feast of St Martin (Martinmas)?

9.

Before Lance Armstrong's seven victories in the Tour de France four men had won it five times each.  Name any three.

10.

Since 1990 five women have won the Nobel Prize for Literature.  Name any two.

1.

What BBC production, devised by Ned Sherrin and presented by David Frost, was first broadcast on 24th November 1962?

2.

Who is the current regular presenter of Radio 4’s Start the Week?

3.

What was the title of Britain's entry to Eurovision in 1972 performed by the New Seekers who finished second?

4.

Which artist performed Constant Craving, a song for which she won a Grammy award in 1993, at the opening ceremony of the Outgames in Montreal in 2006?

5.

Name this snooker player currently ranked number 22 in the world.

6.

What letter is represented by this semaphore signal?

7.

Which Henry James novel was adapted for film in 1997 and resulted in an Oscar nomination for best actress for Helena Bonham Carter?

8.

Which nineteenth century novel introduces the eponymous heroine in the opening sentence as being "handsome, clever and rich"?

1.

Where in London would you find the Sackler Crossing, The Great Pagoda and Queen Charlotte’s Cottage?

2.

Which structure collapsed on 28th December 1879 resulting in 75 fatalities?

3.

The picture shows a fragment of a work of art that, in a poll of 2003, was voted the nation's favourite of all the pieces acquired by the Art Fund.  Name the piece and the artist.

4.

Which musician had a successful 2009 sharing a Grammy with Alison Krauss for the best album, Raising Sand, and winning a Q award for an outstanding contribution to music?

5.

In Henry Reed's iconic anti war poem The Naming of Parts what should only be released with "an easy flick of the thumb"?

6.

The receipt of which communication caused Billy Bones, formerly the first mate of the Walrus, to have a fatal seizure?

7.

What was the title of Kate Bush's debut album released in February 1978?

8.

In this photograph of London what landmark lies in the foreground to the right of St Paul's Cathedral?

1.

2.

3.

Which battle concluded on,14th of November 1715, and effectively ended the Old Pretender's ambitions?

4.

The Sherman brothers won The Academy Award for Best Original Song of 1964. Sung by a character called Bert this rather cheesy number makes reference to which occupation?

5.

Mount Kosciusko, at 2228 metres, is to be found in which mountain range?

6.

What was the codename for the operation to pump petrol through pipelines to liberated France in 1944?

7.

What is the genus of both species of Orangutans?

8.

ROUND 6 - WithQuiz style - Hidden theme

1.

2.

3.

The picture shows the main battlefield ambulance used by the British Army in the Second World War.  Made by Austin what was its model designation?

4.

According to Sir Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur what did Guinevere's father, King Leodegrance, give as a wedding gift when his daughter married Arthur?

5.

Which European head of state who died on April 6^th 2005 saw active service in the Second World War as an artillery officer?

6.

Which Hollywood veteran who died on the tenth of July 1989 has the epithet "That's All Folks!" adorning his gravestone?

7.

In Greek mythology which son of the primordial God Chaos was later depicted as the darker lower half of Hades?

8.

Keiron Cunningham is the club captain of which English elite sporting entity?

1.

Which is the largest landlocked country in Africa?

2.

Which actor played Tarzan in 57 TV episodes 1966 - 68?

3.

What do winners of the Indianapolis 500 traditionally drink from the trophy?

4.

Who was Pepin the Short's most famous son?

5.

Which is the tallest hospital in the United Kingdom?

6.

The Silver Fish is the highest award in which organisation?

7.

Paul Rowan is Liberal MP for which North West constituency?

8.

Who was Princess Aura's father?

9.

Which musician was the A in A&M Records?

10.

In which year did the All England Lawn Tennis Championships become ‘Open’?

On 15th December at 18.30 there were 3,125,390 articles in the English version of Wikipedia.  How many were there in the French version?

1.

What right is conferred by the Second Amendment of the US Constitution?

The right to own and bear arms

2.

What nickname was applied to 1980s sex attacker and serial killer John Duffy, convicted in 1988, and subsequently to his accomplice David Mulcahy, convicted in 2000? (both serving minimum 30 year tariffs)

The Railway Rapists

(or Railway Killers)

3.

Which organ of the body produces the hormone glucagon?

Pancreas

4.

Give any year in the (US) presidency of Howard Taft.

1909 - 1913

5.

Who composed the operas Einstein on the Beach, Satyagraha and Galileo Galilei?

Philip Glass

6.

What was the cause of death of British photographer Janet Parker in September 1978, the last to die in such a manner?

Smallpox

7.

Which long jumper, a former world record holder for three years, won World titles in 1983 and 1993, and Olympic titles in 1992 and 2000, and four European golds between 1986 and 1998?

Heike Drechsler

8.

Who is the current host of Channel 4's Countdown?

Jeff Stelling

9.

Which book of the Bible, consisting of a single chapter, is sandwiched between the books of Amos and Jonah in the Authorised Version?

Obadiah

10.

Name the group and the 1988 song with the following lyric, which was used by many US television stations to mark their switch from analogue to digital this summer: “Leonard Bernstein, Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Banks, birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, BOOM”.

It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) by R.E.M.

11.

Which actor, who is married to fellow actor Sue Nicholls, played the villainous Alan Bradley in Coronation Street 1986 - 1989?

Mark Eden

12.

In which modern day country is the former Communism Peak, the highest point in the old Soviet Union?

Tajikistan 

13.

Who was the first Plantagenet king to be buried in Westminster Abbey?

Henry III

14.

What type of bird includes species called Sabine's, Bonaparte's, Laughing and Siberian?

Gulls

15.

How many miles is it from Plymouth to Portsmouth by road if you follow the recommended AA Route Planner guide (allow 15% either way)?

171.5 miles

(accept 145.7 - 197.3 miles) 

16.

What is prohibited by the Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution?

Cruel and unusual punishment

17.

What nickname was applied to the 1980s serial killer Kenneth Erskine sentenced to a minimum tariff of 40 years but currently in Broadmoor Hospital?

The Stockwell Strangler

18.

Which organ of the body produces the hormone erythropoietin?

Kidney

19.

Give any year in the (US) presidency of Benjamin Harrison.

1889 - 1893

20.

Who composed the operas Nixon in China, The Death of Klinghoffer and Doctor Atomic?

John Adams

21.

What was the cause of death of German Chris Gueffroy who died in February 1989, the last of approximately 136 to die in such a manner?

Shot dead trying to cross the Berlin Wall

22.

Which long jumper, a former world record holder for five years, won the Olympic long jump title in 1972, and theoretically held the world pentathlon record for 1.12 seconds before finishing second to Mary Peters in the Olympic pentathlon?

Heide Rosendahl

23.

Who is the current host of Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs?

Kirsty Young

24.

Which book of the Bible, consisting of a single chapter, is sandwiched between the books of Titus and Hebrews in the Authorised Version?

Philemon

25.

Name the singer and the 1989 song with the lyric: “Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline, Ayatollahs in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan”.

We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel 

26.

Which actor, who has now gone on to greater things in the theatrical world, played the role of Gordon Clegg in Coronation Street 1968-1995?

Bill Kenwright

(now impresario and chairman of Everton FC)

27.

Which is the highest mountain in the Dolomites?

Marmolade

28.

Who is the only wife of Henry VIII to be buried in Westminster Abbey?

Anne of Cleves

29.

Which family of birds of the Western Palearctic has the largest number of species?

Warblers

30.

How many miles is it from Northampton to Southampton by road if you follow the recommended AA Route Planner guide (allow 15% either way)?

109.9 miles

(accept 93.4 - 126.4 miles)

1.

Who, in March 1965, became the first astronaut to make a second space flight?

Virgil ‘Gus’ Grissom

2.

Which play by Shakespeare is set entirely in Vienna?

Measure for Measure

3.

Which actor's films include The Seventh Seal (1957), The Exorcist (1973) and Minority Report (2002)?

Max von Sydow

4.

In Greek mythology who was turned into a stag by Artemis after he disturbed her bathing and was then torn apart by his own hounds?

Actaeon

5.

Who is the only cricketer to have scored a century in an international Twenty20 game, against South Africa in the 2007 World Twenty20?

Chris Gayle

6.

By 1400 four English cities had county status.  London was one.  Name two of the other three.

(two from) York, Bristol and Newcastle

7.

Who was Lord Rector of Edinburgh University 1973 - 1976?

Gordon Brown

8.

In which month is the feast of St Martin (Martinmas)?

November

9.

Before Lance Armstrong's seven victories in the Tour de France four men had won it five times each.  Name any three.

(three from) Jacques Anquetil, Eddie Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain

10.

Since 1990 five women have won the Nobel Prize for Literature.  Name any two.

(two from) Nadine Gordimer, Toni Morrison, Wislawa Szymborska, Elfriede Jelinek, Doris Lessing and Herta Muller

1.

What BBC production, devised by Ned Sherrin and presented by David Frost, was first broadcast on 24th November 1962?

That Was The Week That Was

2.

Who is the current regular presenter of Radio 4’s Start the Week?

Andrew Marr

3.

What was the title of Britain's entry to Eurovision in 1972 performed by the New Seekers who finished second?

Beg Steal or Borrow

4.

Which artist performed Constant Craving, a song for which she won a Grammy award in 1993, at the opening ceremony of the Outgames in Montreal in 2006?

k.d. lang

5.

Name this snooker player currently ranked number 22 in the world.

Joe Swail

6.

What letter is represented by this semaphore signal?

E

7.

Which Henry James novel was adapted for film in 1997 and resulted in an Oscar nomination for best actress for Helena Bonham Carter?

The Wings of a Dove

8.

Which nineteenth century novel introduces the eponymous heroine in the opening sentence as being "handsome, clever and rich"?

Emma

Theme: “To be in a Northern dale now that winter's here.”

1.

Where in London would you find the Sackler Crossing, The Great Pagoda and Queen Charlotte’s Cottage?

Kew Gardens

2.

Which structure collapsed on 28th December 1879 resulting in 75 fatalities?

Tay Bridge

3.

The picture shows a fragment of a work of art that, in a poll of 2003, was voted the nation's favourite of all the pieces acquired by the Art Fund.  Name the piece and the artist.

The Kiss by Auguste Rodin

(The Rokeby Venus was second)

4.

Which musician had a successful 2009 sharing a Grammy with Alison Krauss for the best album, Raising Sand, and winning a Q award for an outstanding contribution to music?

Robert Plant

5.

In Henry Reed's iconic anti war poem The Naming of Parts what should only be released with "an easy flick of the thumb"?

The Safety Catch

6.

The receipt of which communication caused Billy Bones, formerly the first mate of the Walrus, to have a fatal seizure?

The Black Spot

7.

What was the title of Kate Bush's debut album released in February 1978?

The Kick Inside

8.

In this photograph of London what landmark lies in the foreground to the right of St Paul's Cathedral?

Cannon Street Station

1.

Who co-wrote the screenplay, directed, and also appeared in the role of Shorty in the film Malcolm X?

Spike Lee

2.

Name this footballer who scored 256 goals in 535 league appearances, the majority of which were outside the top flight of English football.

Ted MacDougall

3.

Which battle concluded on,14th of November 1715, and effectively ended the Old Pretender's ambitions?

Battle of Preston

4.

The Sherman brothers won The Academy Award for Best Original Song of 1964. Sung by a character called Bert this rather cheesy number makes reference to which occupation?

(Chimney) Sweep

(the song being Chim Chim Chee-ree)

5.

Mount Kosciusko, at 2228 metres, is to be found in which mountain range?

The Snowy Mountains

(in Australia)

6.

What was the codename for the operation to pump petrol through pipelines to liberated France in 1944?

PLUTO

(standing for pipe lines under the ocean)

7.

What is the genus of both species of Orangutans?

Pongo

8.

Name this former Minister of State for Trade who was part of the move in 2007 to create the Government of all talents.

Digby Jones

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a fictional dog...

In case of dispute they are respectively from Tom and Jerry, The Magic Roundabout, Wallace and Gromit, The Sooty Show, Tin-Tin, Mickey Mouse, The 101 Dalmatians and The Largest Dog in the World.

1.

Name this front man for the Ram Jam Band and the inspiration for a UK number 1 hit in May 1980 by another unrelated band.

Geno Washington

(inspiring Geno by Dexy's Midnight Runners)

2.

Which intrepid Englishman featured on a US commemorative half dollar coin minted in 1928 to mark an important sesquicentenary?

Captain James Cook

(marking the 150th anniversary of his discovery of Hawaii)

3.

The picture shows the main battlefield ambulance used by the British Army in the Second World War.  Made by Austin what was its model designation?

K2

4.

According to Sir Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur what did Guinevere's father, King Leodegrance, give as a wedding gift when his daughter married Arthur?

The Round Table

5.

Which European head of state who died on April 6^th 2005 saw active service in the Second World War as an artillery officer?

Prince Rainier (III) of Monaco

(p.o.i. in the French Army winning the Croix de Guerre)

6.

Which Hollywood veteran who died on the tenth of July 1989 has the epithet "That's All Folks!" adorning his gravestone?

Mel Blanc

7.

In Greek mythology which son of the primordial God Chaos was later depicted as the darker lower half of Hades?

Erebus

8.

Keiron Cunningham is the club captain of which English elite sporting entity?

St Helens Rugby League FC

Theme: Each answer includes a mountain's name

1.

Which is the largest landlocked country in Africa?

Chad

2.

Which actor played Tarzan in 57 TV episodes 1966 - 68?

Ron Ely

3.

What do winners of the Indianapolis 500 traditionally drink from the trophy?

Milk

4.

Who was Pepin the Short's most famous son?

Charlemagne

5.

Which is the tallest hospital in the United Kingdom?

Guy's

6.

The Silver Fish is the highest award in which organisation?

Girl Guides

7.

Paul Rowan is Liberal MP for which North West constituency?

Rochdale

8.

Who was Princess Aura's father?

Ming the Merciless

9.

Which musician was the A in A&M Records?

Herb Alpert

10.

In which year did the All England Lawn Tennis Championships become ‘Open’?

1968

On 15th December at 18.30 there were 3,125,390 articles in the English version of Wikipedia.  How many were there in the French version?

887,442