1.

Which current England test cricketer revels in the nickname Bunny?

2.

John Crawley, the former England test batsman, recently retired from first class cricket.  What nickname did he revel in?

3.

Name the artist whose design has been selected to be the Arcelor Mittal Orbit at the London Olympic site.

4.

Name the artist who has been commissioned to produce an artwork to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Lowry consisting of a lot of naked people in front of the building.

5.

Which Prime Minister was born in Dublin, most probably at 24 Upper Merrion St, but possibly at a neighbouring property, or even aboard the Dublin packet, on or around the May 1^st 1769?

6.

Which Prime Minister was born in the crown colony of New Brunswick on the Sixteenth of September 1858 the only Prime Minister to be born outside Britain or Ireland?

7.

Which style of curry when translated into English means ‘onions twice’?

8.

Which style of curry when translated into English means ‘marinade in garlic’?

1.

Which Oscar winning actor, born John Carter in 1923, said in a 1997 speech to the National Press Club: “Now I doubt any of you would prefer a rolled up newspaper as a weapon against a dictator or criminal intruder”?

2.

Which television character has been played by actress June Brown since 1985?

3.

Which Yorkshire town was home to both Wistow Colliery, famous for breaking the UK weekly production record, and the shipyard that built the Rainbow Warrior in 1957?

4.

Spica is the brightest star in which constellation?

5.

How is a random signal with a flat power spectral density more commonly called?

6.

Which fictitious villain, created by Sax Rohmer, made his debut in the short story The Zayat Kiss published in 1912?

7.

What is reputed to have adorned the desk of Gustave Flaubert while he wrote Un Coeur Simple and inspired a 1984 novel by Julian Barnes?

8.

Sandwiched between Gilbert O’Sullivan’s Clare and Jimmy Osmond’s Long-haired Lover from Liverpool, what single spent four weeks as UK’s number one despite Mary Whitehouse’s best efforts to have it banned?

1.

Who is the only man to have won the Triple Crown of the Formula 1 title, the Le Mans 24 hours and the Indianapolis 500?

2.

Which English rugby player played on the winning side of both the 2001 and 2002 Heineken Cup, the 2003 World Cup, and, in 2005 at the age of 36, became the oldest ever Lion?

3.

Which orchestral piece by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov closes Act III Scene I of his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan where the magical Swan Bird changes Prince Gvidon into an insect?

4.

Which orchestral piece by Modeste Mussorsky takes its inspiration from a Russian folk tale of a witches Sabbath and is also the penultimate piece in Walt Disney’s 1940 film Fantasia?

5.

In 2001 Jim Irsay paid 2.4 million dollars for a 120 feet long scroll of tracing paper sheets taped together.  Which novel was typed on it that made it so valuable?

6.

With which novel did Iris Murdoch win her only Booker Prize in 1978?

7.

Which UK number 1 single of 1981 incorporates the lyrics “I said do you speak my language, he just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich”?

8.

Which UK number 17 single of 1983, which shared its title with the band’s name, incorporated the lyric “dreams stay with you like a lover’s voice fires the mountainside stay alive”?

ROUND 4 - Announced theme

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird The Hangmen have concocted a round where all the answers include either the name of a character or a vignette from the book

1.

Who was the first actor to win an Academy award for best actor posthumously for his role in Network in 1976?

2.

Who had a 1978 hit in the UK with Glad to be Gay?

3.

Complete the next line of a song written by Noel Coward: “In Bangkok at twelve o’clock they foam at the mouth and run….”.

4.

There are only three public schools left in England which are both 100% male and 100% boarding.  Eton and Harrow are two.  What is the third?

5.

How is the herb, correctly called Anethum Graveolens and used in particular to season gravad lax, borscht and pickles, more commonly known?

6.

Which is the only team from outside the USA to win a World Series in baseball?

7.

Which post has been held by TV presenter Bear Grylls since July 11th 2009 when he replaced former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan?

8.

What is the name of the odious club owner and compère played by Jim Broadbent in the film Little Voice?

1.

Collected avidly by Victorians what was scrimshaw?

2.

Consulted avidly by Victorians what was a Bradshaw?

3.

What is the chemical element number 34 that takes its name from the Greek word for the moon?

4.

What is the chemical element number 27 that takes its name from the German for a goblin?

5.

In which year was the first London marathon run? (one year leeway either way)

6.

Although originally called the Pilton festival in which year was the first Glastonbury festival held? (one year leeway either way)

7.

Which body of water separates the heel from the toe of Italy?

8.

Which body of water separates the west coast of Finland from the east coast of Sweden?

1.

According to the Institute for Food Research which apple variety accounts for just over 50% of the acreage of UK dessert apple production?

2.

Which football club are nicknamed the Staggies and play at the Victoria Park, Dingwall?

3.

Who murdered John Comyn on the February 10th 1306 before the high altar of the church of the Greyfriars monastery in Dumfries; an act for which he was excommunicated?

4.

Which local government district council is based at Skipton?

5.

What is the common name for the Gruidae family of birds which comprises 15 species including the Siberian, the Wattled, and the Whooping?

6.

What is the common name for the mammal correctly called Uncia Uncia, a corruption of which gave rise to its old English name of the ounce?

7.

For which film did a composition by Elton John and Tim Rice win the Academy Award for Best Original song in 1994?

8.

Which Nina Simone song, recorded in 1970, was a tribute to her close friend the playwright Lorraine Hansberry?

1.

During the making of which film is this photograph of a tea break between shots taken?

2.

Who is the unfortunate subject of this painting by Caravaggio?

3.

Who is this writer, comedian and regular contestant on Just a Minute?

4.

Who is this footballer who won 2 England caps in 1980?

5.

Who is this singer and actress photographed in 1985?

6.

Born Stanley Burrell in 1962 how is this pioneer of hip hop better known?

7.

Which railway station is depicted at its opening in 1852?

8.

Which iconic structure is partially depicted, although in a pose not seen every day?

ROUND 8 - Announced theme

All the answers are people whose name is also a personality trait - a bit like Disney’s seven dwarves….

1.

Who was stripped of his knighthood and removed as Honorary Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1979?

2.

Complete the original line-up. Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and…

3.

Complete this set of five nominations for an Academy Award: Cliff Robertson in Charly, Alan Arkin in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Alan Bates in The Fixer, Peter O’Toole in The Lion in Winter and…

4.

Who was the UEFA Club footballer of the year for the 2008/9 season?

5.

Who was born John Ritchie on May 10th 1957 and took his stage name from a friend’s pet hamster?

6.

Complete this set of five: Bill Oddie, Simon King, Chris Packham, Martin Hughes-Games and…

7.

Who’s next in this list: Franz Beckanbaeur, Carlos Parreira, Aime Jacquet, Luis Felipe Scolari and ….?

8.

Which writer born in the Weimar republic of Germany, and selected by Time Magazine as one of the 25 icons and heroes of the Twentieth century, had her best selling autobiography, Het Actherhuis, published posthumously in 1947?

1.

(Round 2) The motto of the London Stock Exchange is “Dictum meum pactum”. How does this translate into English?

2.

(Round 3) In which county in Northern Ireland is the town of Bangor?

3.

(Round 4) What was the name of the old prison colony, now a tourist destination, on Tasmania that was the scene for a mass killing in 1996 when Martin Bryant murdered 35 people?

4.

(Round 6) In medieval England what official was appointed to keep the peace and supervise the lands for a lord - and provides the origin of the word sheriff?

5.

6.

(Round 8) Born William Broad on November 30th 1955 how is the original lead singer of Generation X better known?

7.

To who did Lloyd Bentsen say “Senator you are no Jack Kennedy”?

8.

The city of Koblenz stands on the confluence of the Rhine and which other river?

9.

Which Olympic sport will be staged at Horse Guards Parade in 2012?

10.

What word describes the number of chemical bonds formed by the atoms of a given element?

1.

2.

3.

1.

Which current England test cricketer revels in the nickname Bunny?

Graham Onions

2.

John Crawley, the former England test batsman, recently retired from first class cricket.  What nickname did he revel in?

Creepy

3.

Name the artist whose design has been selected to be the Arcelor Mittal Orbit at the London Olympic site.

Anish Kapoor

4.

Name the artist who has been commissioned to produce an artwork to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Lowry consisting of a lot of naked people in front of the building.

Stanley Tunick

5.

Which Prime Minister was born in Dublin, most probably at 24 Upper Merrion St, but possibly at a neighbouring property, or even aboard the Dublin packet, on or around the May 1^st 1769?

The Duke of Wellington

6.

Which Prime Minister was born in the crown colony of New Brunswick on the Sixteenth of September 1858 the only Prime Minister to be born outside Britain or Ireland?

Andrew Bonar Law

7.

Which style of curry when translated into English means ‘onions twice’?

Dopiaza

8.

Which style of curry when translated into English means ‘marinade in garlic’?

Vindaloo

1.

Which Oscar winning actor, born John Carter in 1923, said in a 1997 speech to the National Press Club: “Now I doubt any of you would prefer a rolled up newspaper as a weapon against a dictator or criminal intruder”?

Charlton Heston

2.

Which television character has been played by actress June Brown since 1985?

Dot Cotton

(in EastEnders)

3.

Which Yorkshire town was home to both Wistow Colliery, famous for breaking the UK weekly production record, and the shipyard that built the Rainbow Warrior in 1957?

Selby

(the Ouse is navigable and Selby yard specialised in building fishing vessels)

4.

Spica is the brightest star in which constellation?

Virgo

5.

How is a random signal with a flat power spectral density more commonly called?

White Noise

6.

Which fictitious villain, created by Sax Rohmer, made his debut in the short story The Zayat Kiss published in 1912?

Fu Manchu

7.

What is reputed to have adorned the desk of Gustave Flaubert while he wrote Un Coeur Simple and inspired a 1984 novel by Julian Barnes?

A stuffed parrot

(Barnes’s novel was Flaubert’s Parrot)

8.

Sandwiched between Gilbert O’Sullivan’s Clare and Jimmy Osmond’s Long-haired Lover from Liverpool, what single spent four weeks as UK’s number one despite Mary Whitehouse’s best efforts to have it banned?

My Ding-a-Ling

(by Chuck Berry)

1.

Who is the only man to have won the Triple Crown of the Formula 1 title, the Le Mans 24 hours and the Indianapolis 500?

Graham Hill

2.

Which English rugby player played on the winning side of both the 2001 and 2002 Heineken Cup, the 2003 World Cup, and, in 2005 at the age of 36, became the oldest ever Lion?

Neil Back

3.

Which orchestral piece by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov closes Act III Scene I of his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan where the magical Swan Bird changes Prince Gvidon into an insect?

The Flight of the Bumble Bee

4.

Which orchestral piece by Modeste Mussorsky takes its inspiration from a Russian folk tale of a witches Sabbath and is also the penultimate piece in Walt Disney’s 1940 film Fantasia?

A Night on the Bare Mountain

5.

In 2001 Jim Irsay paid 2.4 million dollars for a 120 feet long scroll of tracing paper sheets taped together.  Which novel was typed on it that made it so valuable?

On the Road

6.

With which novel did Iris Murdoch win her only Booker Prize in 1978?

The Sea, the Sea

7.

Which UK number 1 single of 1981 incorporates the lyrics “I said do you speak my language, he just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich”?

Down Under

8.

Which UK number 17 single of 1983, which shared its title with the band’s name, incorporated the lyric “dreams stay with you like a lover’s voice fires the mountainside stay alive”?

Big Country

1.

Who was the first actor to win an Academy award for best actor posthumously for his role in Network in 1976?

Peter Finch

(Atticus Finch, the main character)

2.

Who had a 1978 hit in the UK with Glad to be Gay?

Tom Robinson Band

(Tom Robinson being the black man accused of rape and defended by Atticus)

3.

Complete the next line of a song written by Noel Coward: “In Bangkok at twelve o’clock they foam at the mouth and run….”.

“But mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun”

(Atticus shoots a mad dog)

4.

There are only three public schools left in England which are both 100% male and 100% boarding.  Eton and Harrow are two.  What is the third?

Radley College

(character Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley)

5.

How is the herb, correctly called Anethum Graveolens and used in particular to season gravad lax, borscht and pickles, more commonly known?

Dill

(…being the wimpy cousin who stays with the Finch family every summer)

6.

Which is the only team from outside the USA to win a World Series in baseball?

Toronto Blue Jays

(Atticus advises ”that you can kill all the blue jays you like but remember it is sin to kill a mockingbird”)

7.

Which post has been held by TV presenter Bear Grylls since July 11th 2009 when he replaced former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan?

Chief Scout

(Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, the narrator)

8.

What is the name of the odious club owner and compère played by Jim Broadbent in the film Little Voice?

Mr Boo

(character Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley

1.

Collected avidly by Victorians what was scrimshaw?

Carvings from a marine mammal’s bone or tusk

2.

Consulted avidly by Victorians what was a Bradshaw?

A railway timetable

3.

What is the chemical element number 34 that takes its name from the Greek word for the moon?

Selenium

4.

What is the chemical element number 27 that takes its name from the German for a goblin?

Cobalt

5.

In which year was the first London marathon run? (one year leeway either way)

1981 (accept 1980 or 1982)

6.

Although originally called the Pilton festival in which year was the first Glastonbury festival held? (one year leeway either way)

1970 (accept 1969 or 1971)

7.

Which body of water separates the heel from the toe of Italy?

Gulf of Taranto

8.

Which body of water separates the west coast of Finland from the east coast of Sweden?

Gulf of Bothnia

1.

According to the Institute for Food Research which apple variety accounts for just over 50% of the acreage of UK dessert apple production?

Cox’s Orange Pippin

2.

Which football club are nicknamed the Staggies and play at the Victoria Park, Dingwall?

Ross County FC

3.

Who murdered John Comyn on the February 10th 1306 before the high altar of the church of the Greyfriars monastery in Dumfries; an act for which he was excommunicated?

Robert the Bruce

4.

Which local government district council is based at Skipton?

Craven

5.

What is the common name for the Gruidae family of birds which comprises 15 species including the Siberian, the Wattled, and the Whooping?

Crane

6.

What is the common name for the mammal correctly called Uncia Uncia, a corruption of which gave rise to its old English name of the ounce?

Snow leopard

7.

For which film did a composition by Elton John and Tim Rice win the Academy Award for Best Original song in 1994?

The Lion King

(the song being Can You Feel the Love Tonight)

8.

Which Nina Simone song, recorded in 1970, was a tribute to her close friend the playwright Lorraine Hansberry?

To Be Young Gifted and Black

1.

During the making of which film is this photograph of a tea break between shots taken?

1984

2.

Who is the unfortunate subject of this painting by Caravaggio?

Saint Peter

3.

Who is this writer, comedian and regular contestant on Just a Minute?

Tony Hawks

4.

Who is this footballer who won 2 England caps in 1980?

Eric Gates

5.

Who is this singer and actress photographed in 1985?

Jane Birkin

6.

Born Stanley Burrell in 1962 how is this pioneer of hip hop better known?

MC Hammer

7.

Which railway station is depicted at its opening in 1852?

Kings Cross

8.

Which iconic structure is partially depicted, although in a pose not seen every day?

Tower Bridge

ROUND 8 - Announced theme

All the answers are people whose name is also a personality trait - a bit like Disney’s seven dwarves….

1.

Who was stripped of his knighthood and removed as Honorary Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1979?

Anthony Blunt

2.

Complete the original line-up. Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and…

Tom Petty

(the original lineup for the Travelling Wilburies)

3.

Complete this set of five nominations for an Academy Award: Cliff Robertson in Charly, Alan Arkin in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Alan Bates in The Fixer, Peter O’Toole in The Lion in Winter and…

Ron Moody in Oliver! (nominees for best actor in 1968)

4.

Who was the UEFA Club footballer of the year for the 2008/9 season?

Lionel Messi

5.

Who was born John Ritchie on May 10th 1957 and took his stage name from a friend’s pet hamster?

Sid Vicious

6.

Complete this set of five: Bill Oddie, Simon King, Chris Packham, Martin Hughes-Games and…

Kate Humble

(presenters of Springwatch on BBC TV)

7.

Who’s next in this list: Franz Beckanbaeur, Carlos Parreira, Aime Jacquet, Luis Felipe Scolari and ….?

Marcello Lippi

(the last five Football World Cup winning managers)

8.

Which writer born in the Weimar republic of Germany, and selected by Time Magazine as one of the 25 icons and heroes of the Twentieth century, had her best selling autobiography, Het Actherhuis, published posthumously in 1947?

Anne Frank

(born in Frankfurt am Main her parents moved to Holland when the Nazis came to power in 1933; Het Actherhuis translates to The Annexe)

1.

(Round 2) The motto of the London Stock Exchange is “Dictum meum pactum”. How does this translate into English?

“My word is my bond”

2.

(Round 3) In which county in Northern Ireland is the town of Bangor?

Down

3.

(Round 4) What was the name of the old prison colony, now a tourist destination, on Tasmania that was the scene for a mass killing in 1996 when Martin Bryant murdered 35 people?

Port Arthur

4.

(Round 6) In medieval England what official was appointed to keep the peace and supervise the lands for a lord - and provides the origin of the word sheriff?

Reeve

(a shire-reeve being contracted to ‘sheriff’)

5.

3 Colours Red

6.

(Round 8) Born William Broad on November 30th 1955 how is the original lead singer of Generation X better known?

Billy Idol

7.

To who did Lloyd Bentsen say “Senator you are no Jack Kennedy”?

Dan Quayle

8.

The city of Koblenz stands on the confluence of the Rhine and which other river?

Moselle

9.

Which Olympic sport will be staged at Horse Guards Parade in 2012?

Beach Volleyball

10.

What word describes the number of chemical bonds formed by the atoms of a given element?

Valence

(or valency)

1.

1877

2.

1922

3.

1972