1.

In which modern day country would you find the site of the ancient city of Byzantium?

2.

In which modern day country would you find the site of the ancient city of Carthage?

3.

If a dish is described as 'parmentier' what ingredient does it contain?

4.

If a dish is described as 'à la soubise' 'what ingredient does it contain?

5.

Born John Charles Carter in 1923, this actor’s most famous movie line was, “Take your stinking paws off me you damned dirty ape”.  Who was he?

6.

Born Emmanuel Goldenberg in Romania in 1893, this actor’s most famous movie line was, “Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?”.  Who was he?

7.

In heraldry the term talbot refers to which animal?

8.

In heraldry the term tiercelet refers to which bird?

1.

Who was the lead vocalist for the group Sweet from 1968 to 1978?

2.

By what name is the American musician and singer, born Vincent Damon Furnier in 1948, better known?

3.

Who played Rosalind Paters, Kenneth More’s girlfriend, in the film Genevieve?

4.

In the 1969 film The Italian Job who played computer expert Professor Simon Peach?

5.

Which alcoholic drink, manufactured by Gilbeys has an alcoholic content of 17% by volume and was introduced in 1974?

6.

Which firm, specialising in the manufacture of water biscuits, was founded in Carlisle in 1831 and is now part of United Biscuits?

7.

When Jim Laker took 19 Australian wickets in 1956 at Old Trafford who took the remaining Australian wicket?

8.

Complete this list from 1964: Ken Matthews, Mary Rand, Ann Packer and who else?

1.

Which constellation, containing the star Regulus, lies between Cancer to the west and Virgo to the east?

2.

What is the brightest star in the constellation Gemini?

3.

Which port did the Allies unsuccessfully attack on August 19 1942?

4.

Which island did the Allies invade on on the night of the 9 July/10 July 1943 under the overall command of Dwight D Eisenhower?

5.

Which king ordered the throwing of Daniel into the lions’ den?

6.

With whom, the wife of Uriah the Hittite, did David commit adultery?

7.

For which often heard song written in 1902 did A C Benson write the lyric?

8.

Which often heard song originated from a poem written by James Thompson in the 18th century?

ROUND 4 - Hidden theme

1.

Which 1962 John Ford film starred James Stewart and John Wayne?

2.

Which film of 1991 starring Billy Crystal tells the story of three friends going through various degrees of midlife crisis who sign up for a two-week cattle drive?

3.

Which group had a number one hit in 1983 with Give It Up?

4.

What surname connects a controversial Labour Foreign Secretary of the 1960’s, a Tory Cabinet Minister of the 1970’s and 1980’s and a Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper of the 1990’s?

5.

What name links a village west of Sale, a town east of Droylsden and a town south of Wigan?

6.

Which word would you associate with lions and a Premier Foods bread brand?

7.

In which Agatha Christie novel of 1930 featuring Miss Marple does she warn the protagonists against taking action only to find Colonel Protheroe, the object of their ire, dead the following morning?

8.

Which name links a British actor who appeared regularly in films of the 1940s and 1950s like The Colditz Story, A Canterbury Tale and The Good Companions, and was nominated for a Tony in 1957 for his performance in Terence Rattigan’s Separate Tables - and a former Building Society with its headquarters in Bournemouth that merged with the Nationwide in 2007?

Sp.

Which word associates something Manchester United have had to buy a lot of in recent years, but not since 2008, and somebody you would see at a racecourse?

1.

Which novel, an academic satire first published in 1954, features the unbearably pompous Professor Welch?

2.

Which 1954 novel features as one of its characters Jack Merridew, a leader of a group of choirboys?

3.

Which chemical element, atomic number 22, is nicknamed 'the space-age metal'?

4.

Which chemical element, atomic number 14, is the most common metalloid?

5.

In which city did Mary Beale dump a cat in a wheelie bin and end up paying a £250 fine?

6.

Which premier league footballer appeared in a magistrate’s court last week accused of attacking his former girlfriend?

7.

Which type of hat gave its name to Procol Harum’s follow-up single to A Whiter Shade of Pale?

8.

Which hat derives its name from a novel of 1894 which, perhaps most memorably, features a hypnotist?

1.

What name is given to the raised stern at the end of a vessel especially a sailing ship?

2.

Who was the second player in English football transferred controversially for over £1 million pounds from Wolverhampton Wanderers to Manchester City in September 1979?

3.

What is the name of the English stage and screen actor who starred in many leading Shakespearean roles but is probably most famous for his Oscar winning turn as Thomas More in A Man For All Seasons in 1966?

4.

Who invented the postage stamp and was fundamental to the establishment of the postal system in the UK and the rest of the world?

5.

Which 1980s pop star had his first solo hit with Goody Two Shoes in 1982?

6.

Who reached No.2 in the pop charts of 1976 with a song celebrating truckers and the use of CB radio called Convoy?

7.

What surname links the inventor of the flying shuttle in 1773 and a stand up comedian from the north west?

8.

The county of Lincolnshire was originally split into three administrative regions. Kesteven and Lindsey were two of them.  What was the third?

ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

Which card game, a development of Piquet with a name meaning 'correspondence' or 'association' had Winston Churchill as a famous proponent?

2.

Which gambling card game of French origin, was commonly played in gambling halls in the Old West of the USA from 1825 to 1915 and was also called ‘Bucking the Tiger’?

3.

Members of which ethnic group proclaimed the republic of Biafra in 1967 and live chiefly in south eastern Nigeria?

4.

Which is the largest of the three ethnic groups living in Burundi and Rwanda?

5.

Which nickel steel alloy notable for its uniquely low coefficient of thermal expansion was invented in 1896 by Swiss scientist Charles Édouard Guillaume?

6.

Which alloy of copper, tin and zinc, now superseded by steel for its original use, is also known as red brass in the USA?

7.

In TV’s Spooks what is the name (forename and surname) of the head of the Counter-Terrorism Unit played by Peter Firth?

8.

In Series 1-7 of TV’s Silent Witness which forensic pathologist was played by Amanda Burton?

ROUND 8 - Hidden theme

1.

Who has contested the leadership of the Conservative Party three times since 1997 and lost each time?

2.

Which former Cabinet minister has been chairman of Celtic Football Club since 2008?

3.

Which actress and comedienne is married to Adrian Edmondson?

4.

Which TV comedy series featured, amongst others, the actors Ralf Little, Craig Cash and Liz Smith?

5.

Which singer and actor is perhaps best known for his song Love Changes Everything?

6.

Which female singer’s second solo album was Raindancing, a number two hit in 1987?

7.

Who is regarded as the first European to land in North America (excluding Greenland), nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus?

8.

Which tycoon bought Van Gogh’s Irises in 1987 and was sentenced to seven years for fraud in 1997?

Spares

1.

In which film of 1968 would you hear the following: “Broadsword calling Danny Boy. Broadsword calling Danny Boy. Over.”?

2.

Which Manchester pub takes its name from an 1823 novel by Sir Walter Scott?

3.

Which dog breed derives its name from its skill at hunting a game bird, Scolopax rusticola?

4.

On which river does the North Yorkshire town of Richmond stand?

5.

In physics which composite particles are categorized into two families: baryons and mesons?

1.

In which modern day country would you find the site of the ancient city of Byzantium?

Turkey

2.

In which modern day country would you find the site of the ancient city of Carthage?

Tunisia

3.

If a dish is described as 'parmentier' what ingredient does it contain?

Potatoes

4.

If a dish is described as 'à la soubise' 'what ingredient does it contain?

Onions

(pureed)

5.

Born John Charles Carter in 1923, this actor’s most famous movie line was, “Take your stinking paws off me you damned dirty ape”.  Who was he?

Charlton Heston

 (in Planet of the Apes)

6.

Born Emmanuel Goldenberg in Romania in 1893, this actor’s most famous movie line was, “Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?”.  Who was he?

Edward G Robinson

(in Little Caesar)

7.

In heraldry the term talbot refers to which animal?

Dog

8.

In heraldry the term tiercelet refers to which bird?

Falcon

1.

Who was the lead vocalist for the group Sweet from 1968 to 1978?

Brian Connolly

2.

By what name is the American musician and singer, born Vincent Damon Furnier in 1948, better known?

Alice Cooper

3.

Who played Rosalind Paters, Kenneth More’s girlfriend, in the film Genevieve?

Kay Kendall

4.

In the 1969 film The Italian Job who played computer expert Professor Simon Peach?

Benny Hill

5.

Which alcoholic drink, manufactured by Gilbeys has an alcoholic content of 17% by volume and was introduced in 1974?

Bailey’s Irish Cream

6.

Which firm, specialising in the manufacture of water biscuits, was founded in Carlisle in 1831 and is now part of United Biscuits?

Carr’s

7.

When Jim Laker took 19 Australian wickets in 1956 at Old Trafford who took the remaining Australian wicket?

Tony Lock

8.

Complete this list from 1964: Ken Matthews, Mary Rand, Ann Packer and who else?

Lynn Davies

(GB gold medal winners  at Olympic Games)

Theme: Each answer contains the surname of a stand-up comedian

1.

Which constellation, containing the star Regulus, lies between Cancer to the west and Virgo to the east?

Leo

2.

What is the brightest star in the constellation Gemini?

Pollux

3.

Which port did the Allies unsuccessfully attack on August 19 1942?

Dieppe

4.

Which island did the Allies invade on on the night of the 9 July/10 July 1943 under the overall command of Dwight D Eisenhower?

Sicily

5.

Which king ordered the throwing of Daniel into the lions’ den?

Darius

6.

With whom, the wife of Uriah the Hittite, did David commit adultery?

Bathsheba

7.

For which often heard song written in 1902 did A C Benson write the lyric?

Land of Hope and Glory

8.

Which often heard song originated from a poem written by James Thompson in the 18th century?

Rule Britannia

ROUND 4 - Hidden theme

1.

Which 1962 John Ford film starred James Stewart and John Wayne?

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

2.

Which film of 1991 starring Billy Crystal tells the story of three friends going through various degrees of midlife crisis who sign up for a two-week cattle drive?

City Slickers

3.

Which group had a number one hit in 1983 with Give It Up?

KC and the Sunshine Band

4.

What surname connects a controversial Labour Foreign Secretary of the 1960’s, a Tory Cabinet Minister of the 1970’s and 1980’s and a Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper of the 1990’s?

Walker

(Patrick Gordon Walker, Peter Walker and Ian Walker)

5.

What name links a village west of Sale, a town east of Droylsden and a town south of Wigan?

Ashton

(on Mersey, under Lyne and in Makerfield)

6.

Which word would you associate with lions and a Premier Foods bread brand?

Pride

(pride of lions, Mother’s Pride)

7.

In which Agatha Christie novel of 1930 featuring Miss Marple does she warn the protagonists against taking action only to find Colonel Protheroe, the object of their ire, dead the following morning?

Murder at the Vicarage

8.

Which name links a British actor who appeared regularly in films of the 1940s and 1950s like The Colditz Story, A Canterbury Tale and The Good Companions, and was nominated for a Tony in 1957 for his performance in Terence Rattigan’s Separate Tables - and a former Building Society with its headquarters in Bournemouth that merged with the Nationwide in 2007?

Portman

(Eric Portman, Portman Building Society)

Sp.

Which word associates something Manchester United have had to buy a lot of in recent years, but not since 2008, and somebody you would see at a racecourse?

Turf

(turf re-laying and turf accountant)

1.

Which novel, an academic satire first published in 1954, features the unbearably pompous Professor Welch?

Lucky Jim

2.

Which 1954 novel features as one of its characters Jack Merridew, a leader of a group of choirboys?

Lord of the Flies

3.

Which chemical element, atomic number 22, is nicknamed 'the space-age metal'?

Titanium

4.

Which chemical element, atomic number 14, is the most common metalloid?

Silicon

5.

In which city did Mary Beale dump a cat in a wheelie bin and end up paying a £250 fine?

Coventry

6.

Which premier league footballer appeared in a magistrate’s court last week accused of attacking his former girlfriend?

Andy Carroll

7.

Which type of hat gave its name to Procol Harum’s follow-up single to A Whiter Shade of Pale?

Homburg

8.

Which hat derives its name from a novel of 1894 which, perhaps most memorably, features a hypnotist?

Trilby

1.

What name is given to the raised stern at the end of a vessel especially a sailing ship?

Poop deck

2.

Who was the second player in English football transferred controversially for over £1 million pounds from Wolverhampton Wanderers to Manchester City in September 1979?

Steve Daley

3.

What is the name of the English stage and screen actor who starred in many leading Shakespearean roles but is probably most famous for his Oscar winning turn as Thomas More in A Man For All Seasons in 1966?

Paul Schofield

4.

Who invented the postage stamp and was fundamental to the establishment of the postal system in the UK and the rest of the world?

(Sir) Rowland Hill

5.

Which 1980s pop star had his first solo hit with Goody Two Shoes in 1982?

Adam Ant

6.

Who reached No.2 in the pop charts of 1976 with a song celebrating truckers and the use of CB radio called Convoy?

C W McCall

7.

What surname links the inventor of the flying shuttle in 1773 and a stand up comedian from the north west?

Kay

8.

The county of Lincolnshire was originally split into three administrative regions. Kesteven and Lindsey were two of them.  What was the third?

Holland

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a current TV presenter:

Declan Donnelly, Tess Daley, Philip Schofield, Harry Hill, Anthony McPartlin, Davina McCall, Vernon Kay, Jools Holland

ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

Which card game, a development of Piquet with a name meaning 'correspondence' or 'association' had Winston Churchill as a famous proponent?

Bezique

2.

Which gambling card game of French origin, was commonly played in gambling halls in the Old West of the USA from 1825 to 1915 and was also called ‘Bucking the Tiger’?

Faro

3.

Members of which ethnic group proclaimed the republic of Biafra in 1967 and live chiefly in south eastern Nigeria?

Ibo

(or Igbo)

4.

Which is the largest of the three ethnic groups living in Burundi and Rwanda?

Hutu

5.

Which nickel steel alloy notable for its uniquely low coefficient of thermal expansion was invented in 1896 by Swiss scientist Charles Édouard Guillaume?

Invar

6.

Which alloy of copper, tin and zinc, now superseded by steel for its original use, is also known as red brass in the USA?

Gunmetal

7.

In TV’s Spooks what is the name (forename and surname) of the head of the Counter-Terrorism Unit played by Peter Firth?

Harry Pearce

8.

In Series 1-7 of TV’s Silent Witness which forensic pathologist was played by Amanda Burton?

Sam Ryan

ROUND 8 - Hidden theme

1.

Who has contested the leadership of the Conservative Party three times since 1997 and lost each time?

Kenneth Clarke

2.

Which former Cabinet minister has been chairman of Celtic Football Club since 2008?

John Reid

3.

Which actress and comedienne is married to Adrian Edmondson?

Jennifer Saunders

4.

Which TV comedy series featured, amongst others, the actors Ralf Little, Craig Cash and Liz Smith?

The Royle Family

5.

Which singer and actor is perhaps best known for his song Love Changes Everything?

Michael Ball

6.

Which female singer’s second solo album was Raindancing, a number two hit in 1987?

Alison Moyet

7.

Who is regarded as the first European to land in North America (excluding Greenland), nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus?

Leif Ericson

8.

Which tycoon bought Van Gogh’s Irises in 1987 and was sentenced to seven years for fraud in 1997?

Alan Bond

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a former manager of Manchester City

Spares

1.

In which film of 1968 would you hear the following: “Broadsword calling Danny Boy. Broadsword calling Danny Boy. Over.”?

Where Eagles Dare

2.

Which Manchester pub takes its name from an 1823 novel by Sir Walter Scott?

Peveril of the Peak

3.

Which dog breed derives its name from its skill at hunting a game bird, Scolopax rusticola?

Cocker spaniel

(woodcock)

4.

On which river does the North Yorkshire town of Richmond stand?

Swale

5.

In physics which composite particles are categorized into two families: baryons and mesons?

Hadrons