1.

What connects the division of labour in pin manufacturing, demonstrating the magneto spark apparatus and the All Muggleton versus Dingley Dell cricket match?

2.

Of the thirteen historical figures that have adorned Bank of England banknotes since the practice was adopted in 1970 which one has the earliest birth date?

3.

Complete the set of three: Goalkeepers Neil McBain of New Brighton and Bob Suter of Halifax Town, and Outside Right …

4.

Complete the set of four: James Prinsep of Clapham Rovers, Thurston Rostron of Darwen, Wayne Rooney of Everton and out wide on the right …

5.

What was the significance when BOAC’s aircraft G-ALYP took off from Heathrow bound for Johannesburg on the second of May 1952?

6.

What was the significance when the 10:15 train from Paddington arrived in Penzance on Friday May 20th 1892?

7.

Where, precisely, can you see a statue of wartime RAF Wing Commander Sir Keith Park until May 2010?

8.

Where, precisely, can you see a work of art entitled How It Is by Miroslav Balka until April 2010?

1.

What, in computer terminology, do the initials DRAM stand for?

2.

Which Jim Henson creation advised: “Never lift more than you can eat”?

3.

Of what substance are erythrocytes the more colourful constituent?

4.

The Erskine Bridge is the most seaward crossing of which river?

5.

Which was the last team from outside the Scottish Premier League to contest the Scottish FA Cup Final?

6.

Which song from the 1963 musical Pickwick incorporates the lines: “Every day would be the first day of spring, every heart would have a new song to sing”?

7.

What was the pen name of the novelist born Amantine Dupin who spent the winter of 1838-1839 ensconced on Majorca with Frederick Chopin?

8.

What is the title of this work of art by Henri Matisse?

1.

What common fate befell the villages of Ashopton in Derbyshire, Mardale Green in Westmorland, and Nether Hambleton in Rutland?

2.

What common fate befell the villages of Imber in Wiltshire and Tyneham in Dorset?

3.

What sporting ‘club’, which only ever had 29 members, admitted its last member, Eric Hollies in 1948, and has as its only living member Sir Alec Bedser?

4.

Which sporting ‘club’ admitted Andrew Strauss into its membership in January 2010, he being the first Englishman to join since Stan Worthington in 1936?

5.

In February 1943 the SOE launched Operation Gunnarside behind enemy lines.  Led by Knut Haukelid its objective was to destroy which facility at Vemork?

6.

In December 1941 the SOE launched Operation Anthropoid behind enemy lines.  Led by Josef Gabcik its objective was to assassinate which high-ranking Nazi?

7.

Which animal pair is to be found sitting immobile 405m above Grasmere?

8.

Which tradesman is to be found plying his trade 881 metres above the banks of Loch Long?

1.

2.

3.

Name the band fronted by this vocalist who came second in the BBC sound of 2010 poll.

4.

What name appears on the back of this footballer’s shirt?

5.

Which rock, known as magnesian limestone in the USA, occurs when, under temperature and pressure, magnesium partially substitutes for calcium in limestone?

6.

If a Ferguson tractor was the first in 1949, and the Golden Hind was the second in 1952, what was the third in 1953?

7.

Name the football stadium that was the site of the world’s first nuclear chain reaction.

8.

Name the diet followed by Rastafarians who claim that it promotes livity.

1.

What feature was omitted from the official London Underground map in September 2009 for the first time in 83 years although it was still physically present?

2.

What unique symbol was removed from the official London Underground map in 1991, even though what it represented was still physically present?

3.

Which theatre, founded by Donald Albery and Margot Fonteyn, utilised a redundant hop store near Covent Garden as its venue?

4.

Which theatre was described by Michael Billington in 2002 as making “Islington a centre of enlightened internationalism”?

5.

Which British electoral first was established when Willie Gallacher won West Fife in the 1935 general election?

6.

What British electoral first was established in the Dublin St. Patrick’s constituency in the 1918 general election?

7.

Nancy Astor retained Plymouth Sutton in the by-election of 1919 for the Tories.  Who was the sitting MP whose elevation to the House of Lords created the vacancy?

8.

David Sutch contested over 40 general and by-elections, his very first being the 1963 by-election at Stratford on Avon.  Whose resignation prompted this election?

1.

Who, in 1956, did Time magazine dub ‘Jack the Dripper’?

2.

What urgent message did Jack Swigert broadcast at 03:08 GMT on April 14^th 1970?

3.

What make and model of car did Hannu Mikkola drive to victory in the 1970 London to Mexico World Cup Rally?

4.

Two rivers flow within the city walls of York.  The Ouse is one, what is the other?

5.

Name the river.

6.

Name the cathedral.

7.

What object, weighing 152kg and later to be recovered in Arbroath, was stolen by Ian Hamilton and three accomplices in London on Christmas Day 1950?

8.

Which regiment, historically tied to Inverness-shire, merged with the Seaforth Highlanders to form The Queen’s Own Highlanders in 1961?

1.

Which regular team of presenters of a current BBC2 programme includes Neil Oliver, Alice Roberts and Miranda Krestovnikov?

2.

Which regular team of presenters of a current BBC1 programme includes John Craven, Julia Bradbury and Adam Henson?

3.

According to IMF statistics for 2008 which, with a GDP per capita of less than 6900 US dollars, is the EU’s poorest member?

4.

According to IMF statistics for 2008 which, with a GDP per capita of more than 113,000 US dollars, is the EU’s richest member?

5.

What substance is produced by nymphs of the Cercopoidea family of insects, commonly called froghoppers, in order to protect themselves from predators?

6.

In an example of a symbiotic relationship what substance is produced by aphids to protect themselves from predation by ladybirds through attracting ant swarms?

7.

Canada’s flag bearer at the Vancouver Winter Olympics was speed skater Clara Hughes, the only sportsperson to win multiple medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympics.  In which sport did she win 2 bronze medals in Atlanta?

8.

The Czech Republic’s flag bearer at the Vancouver Winter Olympics was Ice Hockey legend Jaromir Jagr.  What numbered shirt did he wear throughout his illustrious NHL career?

1.

2.

In 1690 Christian Huygens, using observations made by Danish Astronomer Ole Romer of the moons of Jupiter, was the first to publish an estimate of what constant?

3.

How was John George Haigh, executed in 1949, better known?

4.

Complete this line of Macbeth in the scene on the heath where he seeks the witches’ prophesy as to the length of the line of Banquo: “What! Will the line stretch out to the ….…”.

5.

What is the nickname for Lockheed Martin’s Palmdale facility, the home of the U2 and SR71, which was registered as a trademark by the corporation in 1973?

6.

Ease on Down the Road, a minor hit for Michael Jackson and Diana Ross as a duet, was taken from which Tony award winning musical of 1975?

7.

Name the winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize for literature.

8.

1.

(For Round 2) Name the Captain of the English mounted archers at Agincourt whose family owned a large estate in Macclesfield Forest and who lies buried in Taxal church near Whaley Bridge.

2.

(For Round 4) According to the Harvard Dictionary of Music what tempo corresponds to 120 to 168 beats per minute?

3.

(For Round 6) What term was first coined by John Krafcik in the Sloan Management Review of 1988 for a management philosophy concentrating on the flow of work through the system?

4.

(For Round 8) Which Communist Revolutionary born Saloth Sar allegedly took his name from a French abbreviation?

5.

Pluto, The Kuiper Belt and The Oort cloud are all examples of TNOs.  What does TNO stand for?

6.

What structure has been built by Henry Winstanley in 1676, John Rudyard in 1709, John Smeaton in 1759 and finally by Sir James Douglas in 1882?

7.

Chimborazo volcano is the highest point of which country?

8.

Who is MP for Buckingham?

9.

What song title was also the source of the last words of Victor Mildrew?

1.

What connects the division of labour in pin manufacturing, demonstrating the magneto spark apparatus and the All Muggleton versus Dingley Dell cricket match?

All have been illustrated on Bank of England banknotes

(Smith £20, Faraday £20 & Dickens £10)

2.

Of the thirteen historical figures that have adorned Bank of England banknotes since the practice was adopted in 1970 which one has the earliest birth date?

William Shakespeare

(in April 1564, followed by John Houblon in March 1632, Christopher Wren in October 1632 and Isaac Newton in January 1643)

3.

Complete the set of three: Goalkeepers Neil McBain of New Brighton and Bob Suter of Halifax Town, and Outside Right …

Stanley Matthews of Stoke City

(all played in The Football League at the age of 50)

4.

Complete the set of four: James Prinsep of Clapham Rovers, Thurston Rostron of Darwen, Wayne Rooney of Everton and out wide on the right …

Theo Walcott of Arsenal

(all made an England debut before their eighteenth birthday)

5.

What was the significance when BOAC’s aircraft G-ALYP took off from Heathrow bound for Johannesburg on the second of May 1952?

It was the first time fare paying passengers flew on a jet aircraft

6.

What was the significance when the 10:15 train from Paddington arrived in Penzance on Friday May 20th 1892?

It was the last British broad gauge train

7.

Where, precisely, can you see a statue of wartime RAF Wing Commander Sir Keith Park until May 2010?

The fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square

8.

Where, precisely, can you see a work of art entitled How It Is by Miroslav Balka until April 2010?

In the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern

1.

What, in computer terminology, do the initials DRAM stand for?

Dynamic Random Access Memory

2.

Which Jim Henson creation advised: “Never lift more than you can eat”?

Miss Piggy

3.

Of what substance are erythrocytes the more colourful constituent?

Blood

4.

The Erskine Bridge is the most seaward crossing of which river?

The Clyde

5.

Which was the last team from outside the Scottish Premier League to contest the Scottish FA Cup Final?

Queen of the South

6.

Which song from the 1963 musical Pickwick incorporates the lines: “Every day would be the first day of spring, every heart would have a new song to sing”?

If I ruled the world

7.

What was the pen name of the novelist born Amantine Dupin who spent the winter of 1838-1839 ensconced on Majorca with Frederick Chopin?

George Sand

8.

What is the title of this work of art by Henri Matisse?

Bathers by the River

Theme: The final word of every answer can precede the word ‘bank’ and still make sense (unlike the word investment)

1.

What common fate befell the villages of Ashopton in Derbyshire, Mardale Green in Westmorland, and Nether Hambleton in Rutland?

They were all sacrificed in the construction of reservoirs

2.

What common fate befell the villages of Imber in Wiltshire and Tyneham in Dorset?

They were commandeered for military purposes during the Second World War and were never restored to civilian occupation

3.

What sporting ‘club’, which only ever had 29 members, admitted its last member, Eric Hollies in 1948, and has as its only living member Sir Alec Bedser?

Players who have dismissed Don Bradman in a Test match

4.

Which sporting ‘club’ admitted Andrew Strauss into its membership in January 2010, he being the first Englishman to join since Stan Worthington in 1936?

Players who have been dismissed by the very first ball of a test match

5.

In February 1943 the SOE launched Operation Gunnarside behind enemy lines.  Led by Knut Haukelid its objective was to destroy which facility at Vemork?

The Heavy Water plant

6.

In December 1941 the SOE launched Operation Anthropoid behind enemy lines.  Led by Josef Gabcik its objective was to assassinate which high-ranking Nazi?

Heydrich

(in Prague)

7.

Which animal pair is to be found sitting immobile 405m above Grasmere?

The Lion and the Lamb

(It being the rocky summit of Helm Crag)

8.

Which tradesman is to be found plying his trade 881 metres above the banks of Loch Long?

The Cobbler

(It being the rocky summit of Ben Arthur)

1.

Princess Michael of Kent

2.

Sir Jeremy Greenstock gave evidence to the Chilcott enquiry.  What was his role at the time of the Iraq invasion?

UK’s Ambassador to the United Nations

3.

Name the band fronted by this vocalist who came second in the BBC sound of 2010 poll.

Marina and the Diamonds

4.

What name appears on the back of this footballer’s shirt?

Maxi

(short for Maximilian Rodriguez now on loan to Liverpool)

5.

Which rock, known as magnesian limestone in the USA, occurs when, under temperature and pressure, magnesium partially substitutes for calcium in limestone?

Dolomite

(Accept dolostone but point out dolomite is required by the theme)

6.

If a Ferguson tractor was the first in 1949, and the Golden Hind was the second in 1952, what was the third in 1953?

The Supermarine Spitfire

(The sequence being Airfix kits chronology)

7.

Name the football stadium that was the site of the world’s first nuclear chain reaction.

Stagg Field

8.

Name the diet followed by Rastafarians who claim that it promotes livity.

Ital

(as in ‘vital’ without the ‘v’)

1.

What feature was omitted from the official London Underground map in September 2009 for the first time in 83 years although it was still physically present?

River Thames

(Boris Johnson later ordered its reinstatement)

2.

What unique symbol was removed from the official London Underground map in 1991, even though what it represented was still physically present?

The Bank Monument escalator link

3.

Which theatre, founded by Donald Albery and Margot Fonteyn, utilised a redundant hop store near Covent Garden as its venue?

Donmar Warehouse

(‘Don’ is for Donald, ‘Mar’ for Margot, and Warehouse because it had been one)

4.

Which theatre was described by Michael Billington in 2002 as making “Islington a centre of enlightened internationalism”?

The Almeida Theatre

5.

Which British electoral first was established when Willie Gallacher won West Fife in the 1935 general election?

He became the first Communist Party MP

6.

What British electoral first was established in the Dublin St. Patrick’s constituency in the 1918 general election?

The first woman was elected to the British House of Commons

(although Constance Markiewicz, as a Sinn Fein activist, refused to take her seat)

7.

Nancy Astor retained Plymouth Sutton in the by-election of 1919 for the Tories.  Who was the sitting MP whose elevation to the House of Lords created the vacancy?

Viscount Waldorf Astor

(her husband)

8.

David Sutch contested over 40 general and by-elections, his very first being the 1963 by-election at Stratford on Avon.  Whose resignation prompted this election?

John Profumo

1.

Who, in 1956, did Time magazine dub ‘Jack the Dripper’?

Jackson Pollock

2.

What urgent message did Jack Swigert broadcast at 03:08 GMT on April 14^th 1970?

“Houston we have a problem”

(also accept his actual words which were “Okay Houston, we’ve had a problem”)

3.

What make and model of car did Hannu Mikkola drive to victory in the 1970 London to Mexico World Cup Rally?

Ford Escort

4.

Two rivers flow within the city walls of York.  The Ouse is one, what is the other?

Foss

5.

Name the river.

Wear

(pronounced ‘weir’)

6.

Name the cathedral.

Wells

7.

What object, weighing 152kg and later to be recovered in Arbroath, was stolen by Ian Hamilton and three accomplices in London on Christmas Day 1950?

The Stone of Scone

8.

Which regiment, historically tied to Inverness-shire, merged with the Seaforth Highlanders to form The Queen’s Own Highlanders in 1961?

The Cameron Highlanders

1.

Which regular team of presenters of a current BBC2 programme includes Neil Oliver, Alice Roberts and Miranda Krestovnikov?

Coast

2.

Which regular team of presenters of a current BBC1 programme includes John Craven, Julia Bradbury and Adam Henson?

Countryfile

3.

According to IMF statistics for 2008 which, with a GDP per capita of less than 6900 US dollars, is the EU’s poorest member?

Bulgaria

4.

According to IMF statistics for 2008 which, with a GDP per capita of more than 113,000 US dollars, is the EU’s richest member?

Luxembourg

5.

What substance is produced by nymphs of the Cercopoidea family of insects, commonly called froghoppers, in order to protect themselves from predators?

Cuckoo spit

(a.k.a. snake spit in some parts of the country)

6.

In an example of a symbiotic relationship what substance is produced by aphids to protect themselves from predation by ladybirds through attracting ant swarms?

Honeydew

7.

Canada’s flag bearer at the Vancouver Winter Olympics was speed skater Clara Hughes, the only sportsperson to win multiple medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympics.  In which sport did she win 2 bronze medals in Atlanta?

Cycling

8.

The Czech Republic’s flag bearer at the Vancouver Winter Olympics was Ice Hockey legend Jaromir Jagr.  What numbered shirt did he wear throughout his illustrious NHL career?

68

(in memory of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968)

1.

Charlie George

2.

In 1690 Christian Huygens, using observations made by Danish Astronomer Ole Romer of the moons of Jupiter, was the first to publish an estimate of what constant?

The speed of light

(his estimate was 8% too slow)

3.

How was John George Haigh, executed in 1949, better known?

The Acid Bath Murderer

4.

Complete this line of Macbeth in the scene on the heath where he seeks the witches’ prophesy as to the length of the line of Banquo: “What! Will the line stretch out to the ….…”.

“Crack of Doom”

5.

What is the nickname for Lockheed Martin’s Palmdale facility, the home of the U2 and SR71, which was registered as a trademark by the corporation in 1973?

Skunk Works

6.

Ease on Down the Road, a minor hit for Michael Jackson and Diana Ross as a duet, was taken from which Tony award winning musical of 1975?

The Wiz

7.

Name the winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize for literature.

Gunter Grass

8.

Ecstasy

1.

(For Round 2) Name the Captain of the English mounted archers at Agincourt whose family owned a large estate in Macclesfield Forest and who lies buried in Taxal church near Whaley Bridge.

Roger Jauderell

(pronounced, and later spelt, Jodrell)

2.

(For Round 4) According to the Harvard Dictionary of Music what tempo corresponds to 120 to 168 beats per minute?

Allegro

3.

(For Round 6) What term was first coined by John Krafcik in the Sloan Management Review of 1988 for a management philosophy concentrating on the flow of work through the system?

Lean Production

(accept Lean Manufacturing)

4.

(For Round 8) Which Communist Revolutionary born Saloth Sar allegedly took his name from a French abbreviation?

Pol Pot

(apparently short for Politique Potentielle)

5.

Pluto, The Kuiper Belt and The Oort cloud are all examples of TNOs.  What does TNO stand for?

Trans Neptunian Object

(if this is familiar it’s because it was the last question in this week’s University Challenge when the buzzer rang just prior to Edinburgh’s answer allowing Manchester to sneak home by 5 points)

6.

What structure has been built by Henry Winstanley in 1676, John Rudyard in 1709, John Smeaton in 1759 and finally by Sir James Douglas in 1882?

Eddystone lighthouse

7.

Chimborazo volcano is the highest point of which country?

Ecuador

8.

Who is MP for Buckingham?

John Bercow

(the Speaker of the House of Commons)

9.

What song title was also the source of the last words of Victor Mildrew?

Things can only get better