ROUND 1 - 'It's Christmas!!!!'

Who had a Christmas hit with the following lyrics?

1.

"I'll protect you from the hooded claw

Keep the vampires from your door"

2.

"They got cars big as bars

They got rivers of gold

But the wind goes right through you 

It's no place for the old"        

3.

"Hey, Mr. Churchill comes over here

To say we're doing splendidly

But it's very cold out here in the snow

Marching to win from the enemy"

4.

"They said there'll be snow at Christmas

They said there'll be peace on Earth

Hallelujah Noel be it Heaven or Hell

The Christmas you get you deserve"

5.

"Once bitten twice shy

I keep my distance

But you still catch my eye

Tell me baby do you recognise me

Well

It’s been a year

It doesn’t surprise me"    

6.

7.

"When the snowman brings the snow

Well he just might like to know

He's put a great big smile, on somebody's face

If you jump into your bed

Quickly cover up your head

Don't you lock the doors

You know that sweet Santa Claus in on the way"

8.

"While shepherds watch their flock by night, 

they see a bright new shining star, 

they hear a choir sing a song, the music seem to come from afar"

Sp.

"Bells will be ringing the glad, glad news

Oh what a Christmas to have the blues 

My baby's gone (my baby's gone) I have no friends 

To wish me greetings once again"                      

1.

Which poet wrote The Rape of the Lock?

2.

What was the name of the satirical 18th century poem that describes an individual who fundamentally changes his principles to remain in office throughout the upheavals of the 17th century?

3.

Which band was sued unsuccessfully in 1990 for allegedly including a subliminal message in one of their songs that led to the suicide of a teenager?

4.

Which Scottish band in the 1980s released the albums Raintown and When the World Knows Your Name, and is still performing?

5.

Which comedian, who lives in South Manchester, had his own stand-up show on Saturday nights on BBC 1 this summer?

6.

Which TV scriptwriter wrote a Manchester-based TV series originally based on his experiences growing up on a Burnley council estate?

7.

Which 1917 born singer and actor had the car number plate DRUNKY?

8.

Which 1917 born jazz pianist’s trademark beret and dark glasses features in the sign of Manchester’s Band on the Wall?

Sp1

Which knighted theatre director is married to the actor Imogen Stubbs?

Sp2

Which US baseball team are second only to the New York Yankees in the number of world series titles they hold?

1.

Who has been the host of Radio 4’s Brain of Britain for the last two series?

2.

3.

4.

Complete the line-up of this popular British 1960s pop group: Lenny Davidson, Rick Huxley, Denny Payton, Mike Smith?

5.

6.

Who did Estelle Morris succeed as secretary of state for Education and Skills in 2001?

7.

8.

Born on this day in 1894, which American author wrote the original short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?

ROUND 4 - 'For Openers'

To which works are these the opening lines?

1.

(Disney film)

"Listen, they are beautiful, no?  So many colours of sounds.  So many changing moods.  Because you know, they do not all ring themselves."

2.

(Disney film)

"My story begins in London.  Not so very long ago.  And yet so much has happened since then that it seems more like an eternity.  At that time, I lived with my pet, in a bachelor flat."

3.

(Novel)

"Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun."

4.

(Novel)

"When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem, got his arm badly broken at the elbow."   

5.

(Shelley poem)

"Hail to thee Blithe Spirit!"

6.

(Keats poem)

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever."

7.

Which Beatles song vocal begins with 10 syllables all on the note B in three bars?

8.

Which Beatles song vocal begins with 3 crotchet As followed by 4 sets of  falling crotchet AGFs in the next 4 bars?

Sp.

(Iconic film)

"I owe everything to George Bailey. Help him, Dear Father."

1.

"A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.”   To whom is this quote attributed?

2.

 Who was arrested for assault at the 1996 Brit awards for invading the stage during Michael Jackson’s performance of Earth Song (but was later released without charge)?

3.

Staying with the Brits.......Who presented the award for Best international Album in 2006 to Green Day for their appropriately named album, American Idiot?

4.

The attached sheet music are the intro bars for which piece of classical music?

5.

Who is the person in the picture and why have they been in the news recently?

6.

Which occasional character in Coronation Street does Charles Lawson play?

7.

What was the name of the character played by Peter Bowles, opposite Penelope Keith, in the British sitcom To the Manor Born?

8.

Which influential musician, who died in a house fire in 1991, was awarded a posthumous Ivor Novello award in 1996 for his 'Outstanding contribution to British music'?

Sp1

From which 1942 film does the iconic song White Christmas come?

Sp2

In 1964 Marshall Mcluhan, a writer and lecturer of mass media, coined which phrase in his books The Gutenberg Galaxy, The Making of Typographical Man and Understanding Media?

1.

In which European country are the breweries Hurlimann and Cardinal?

2.

Born on this day in 1953, which American actress won an Oscar for her role in the film LA Confidential?

3.

In the American Civil War, in which US state was the battle of Chancellorsville?

4.

Who did Stephen Byers succeed as secretary of state for Trade and Industry in 1998?

5.

According to official figures, which BBC2  programme was the most popular streamed television series on the BBC iPlayer?

6.

Complete the line-up of this popular British 1970s pop group: Dave Hill, Jim Lea, Don Powell.

7.

Who has been the host of Radio 4’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue for the last two series?

8.

Give a year in the life of the composer Henry Purcell.

ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

Astana is the capital of which country?

2.

Dushanbe is the capital of which country?

3.

Which Swiss Mathematician is regarded as the inventor of the game Sudoku?

4.

Which failed US businessman is regarded as the inventor of  the game Monopoly and sold it to Parker Brothers, consequently becoming a successful businessman?

5.

Jennifer Thompson was in the news earlier this year.  Why? 

6.

25 year old Keith MacDonald was in the news earlier this year.  Why?

7.

Which Rugby Union club plays at Kingsholm?

8.

Which Rugby Union club plays at the Memorial Stadium?

ROUND 8 - Pairs

1.

Which Corporation is headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA?

2.

Which major Corporation started life in the Battle Creek Sanitarium, Michigan, USA?

3.

In the Periodic Table, one group is called the Alkali Metals.  Which one is missing from this list: Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, Francium?

4.

In the Periodic Table, one group is called the Noble Gases.  Which one is missing from this list: Helium, Neon, Krypton, Xenon, Radon?

5.

Name the American Author who died this year aged 91.  His most famous work featured the character Holden Caulfield who had previously appeared in a short story, Slight Rebellion of Madison.

6.

Name the American Actor who died this year aged 74.  He appeared in some of the most significant US films of the 60s and 70s including Apocalypse Now, but started his film career in the 50s with James Dean in Rebel without a Cause and Giant.

7.

Which author won the Man Booker Prize for 2010?

8.

Which group won the Mercury Prize for best album of 2010?

Spares

1.

Who was the partner of the Disney character Nala?

2.

What is the ‘real’ name of the Disney character Mr Incredible?

ROUND 1 - 'It's Christmas!!!!'

Who had a Christmas hit with the following lyrics?

1.

"I'll protect you from the hooded claw

Keep the vampires from your door"

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

(The Power of Love)

2.

"They got cars big as bars

They got rivers of gold

But the wind goes right through you 

It's no place for the old"        

The Pogues

(featuring Kirsty MacColl)

(The Fairytale of New York)

3.

"Hey, Mr. Churchill comes over here

To say we're doing splendidly

But it's very cold out here in the snow

Marching to win from the enemy"

Jona Lewie

(Stop the Cavalry)

4.

"They said there'll be snow at Christmas

They said there'll be peace on Earth

Hallelujah Noel be it Heaven or Hell

The Christmas you get you deserve"

Greg Lake

(I believe in Father Christmas)

5.

"Once bitten twice shy

I keep my distance

But you still catch my eye

Tell me baby do you recognise me

Well

It’s been a year

It doesn’t surprise me"    

Wham!

(Last Christmas)

6.

 Mariah Carey

(All I Want for Christmas is You)

7.

"When the snowman brings the snow

Well he just might like to know

He's put a great big smile, on somebody's face

If you jump into your bed

Quickly cover up your head

Don't you lock the doors

You know that sweet Santa Claus in on the way"

Wizzard

(I Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday)

8.

"While shepherds watch their flock by night, 

they see a bright new shining star, 

they hear a choir sing a song, the music seem to come from afar"

Boney M

(Mary’s Boy Child)

Sp.

"Bells will be ringing the glad, glad news

Oh what a Christmas to have the blues 

My baby's gone (my baby's gone) I have no friends 

To wish me greetings once again"                      

(Please Come Home for Christmas)

(QM – also accept the Eagles)

1.

Which poet wrote The Rape of the Lock?

Alexander Pope

2.

What was the name of the satirical 18th century poem that describes an individual who fundamentally changes his principles to remain in office throughout the upheavals of the 17th century?

3.

Which band was sued unsuccessfully in 1990 for allegedly including a subliminal message in one of their songs that led to the suicide of a teenager?

4.

Which Scottish band in the 1980s released the albums Raintown and When the World Knows Your Name, and is still performing?

Deacon Blue

5.

Which comedian, who lives in South Manchester, had his own stand-up show on Saturday nights on BBC 1 this summer?

John Bishop

6.

Which TV scriptwriter wrote a Manchester-based TV series originally based on his experiences growing up on a Burnley council estate?

Paul Abbot

(Shameless)

7.

Which 1917 born singer and actor had the car number plate DRUNKY?

Dean Martin

8.

Which 1917 born jazz pianist’s trademark beret and dark glasses features in the sign of Manchester’s Band on the Wall?

Thelonious Monk

Sp1

Which knighted theatre director is married to the actor Imogen Stubbs?

Trevor Nunn

Sp2

Which US baseball team are second only to the New York Yankees in the number of world series titles they hold?

1.

Who has been the host of Radio 4’s Brain of Britain for the last two series?

2.

1445 –1510

3.

4.

Complete the line-up of this popular British 1960s pop group: Lenny Davidson, Rick Huxley, Denny Payton, Mike Smith?

Dave Clark

5.

6.

Who did Estelle Morris succeed as secretary of state for Education and Skills in 2001?

7.

8.

Born on this day in 1894, which American author wrote the original short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?

ROUND 4 - 'For Openers'

To which works are these the opening lines?

1.

(Disney film)

"Listen, they are beautiful, no?  So many colours of sounds.  So many changing moods.  Because you know, they do not all ring themselves."

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

2.

(Disney film)

"My story begins in London.  Not so very long ago.  And yet so much has happened since then that it seems more like an eternity.  At that time, I lived with my pet, in a bachelor flat."

101 Dalmatians

3.

(Novel)

"Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun."

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

4.

(Novel)

"When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem, got his arm badly broken at the elbow."   

To Kill a Mockingbird

5.

(Shelley poem)

"Hail to thee Blithe Spirit!"

To a Skylark

6.

(Keats poem)

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever."

Endymion

7.

Which Beatles song vocal begins with 10 syllables all on the note B in three bars?

Help!

8.

Which Beatles song vocal begins with 3 crotchet As followed by 4 sets of  falling crotchet AGFs in the next 4 bars?

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Sp.

(Iconic film)

"I owe everything to George Bailey. Help him, Dear Father."

It’s a Wonderful Life

1.

"A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.”   To whom is this quote attributed?

W C Fields

2.

 Who was arrested for assault at the 1996 Brit awards for invading the stage during Michael Jackson’s performance of Earth Song (but was later released without charge)?

Jarvis Cocker

3.

Staying with the Brits.......Who presented the award for Best international Album in 2006 to Green Day for their appropriately named album, American Idiot?

Paris Hilton

4.

The attached sheet music are the intro bars for which piece of classical music?

Rule Britannia

5.

Who is the person in the picture and why have they been in the news recently?

Jack Warner, the Trinidad and Tobago FIFA representative and FIFA vice-president accused of corruption by BBC’s Panorama

6.

Which occasional character in Coronation Street does Charles Lawson play?

Jim McDonald

7.

What was the name of the character played by Peter Bowles, opposite Penelope Keith, in the British sitcom To the Manor Born?

Richard DeVere

8.

Which influential musician, who died in a house fire in 1991, was awarded a posthumous Ivor Novello award in 1996 for his 'Outstanding contribution to British music'?

Steve Marriott

Sp1

From which 1942 film does the iconic song White Christmas come?

Holiday Inn

Sp2

In 1964 Marshall Mcluhan, a writer and lecturer of mass media, coined which phrase in his books The Gutenberg Galaxy, The Making of Typographical Man and Understanding Media?

'The Global Village'

1.

In which European country are the breweries Hurlimann and Cardinal?

Switzerland

2.

Born on this day in 1953, which American actress won an Oscar for her role in the film LA Confidential?

Kim Basinger

3.

In the American Civil War, in which US state was the battle of Chancellorsville?

Virginia

4.

Who did Stephen Byers succeed as secretary of state for Trade and Industry in 1998?

Peter Mandelson

5.

According to official figures, which BBC2  programme was the most popular streamed television series on the BBC iPlayer?

Top Gear

6.

Complete the line-up of this popular British 1970s pop group: Dave Hill, Jim Lea, Don Powell.

Noddy Holder

7.

Who has been the host of Radio 4’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue for the last two series?

Jack Dee

8.

Give a year in the life of the composer Henry Purcell.

1659–1695

ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

Astana is the capital of which country?

Kazakhstan

2.

Dushanbe is the capital of which country?

Tajikistan

3.

Which Swiss Mathematician is regarded as the inventor of the game Sudoku?

Leonhard Euler

4.

Which failed US businessman is regarded as the inventor of  the game Monopoly and sold it to Parker Brothers, consequently becoming a successful businessman?

Charles Darrow

5.

Jennifer Thompson was in the news earlier this year.  Why? 

She is the prostitute who allegedly slept with Wayne Rooney

(or Wazza to his mates; she charged him £1250 a go including a £250 ugly tax)

6.

25 year old Keith MacDonald was in the news earlier this year.  Why?

He has 8 children by 8 different women and had made 2 more pregnant going for the grand total of 10 children by 10 different women.

(Apparently he picks them up at bus stops.  Who said public transport was safe?)

7.

Which Rugby Union club plays at Kingsholm?

Gloucester

8.

Which Rugby Union club plays at the Memorial Stadium?

Bristol

ROUND 8 - Pairs

1.

Which Corporation is headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA?

Microsoft

2.

Which major Corporation started life in the Battle Creek Sanitarium, Michigan, USA?

Kelloggs

(Treatments included dietary reform and frequent enemas)

3.

In the Periodic Table, one group is called the Alkali Metals.  Which one is missing from this list: Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, Francium?

Lithium

4.

In the Periodic Table, one group is called the Noble Gases.  Which one is missing from this list: Helium, Neon, Krypton, Xenon, Radon?

Argon

5.

Name the American Author who died this year aged 91.  His most famous work featured the character Holden Caulfield who had previously appeared in a short story, Slight Rebellion of Madison.

JD Salinger

(Catcher in the Rye)

6.

Name the American Actor who died this year aged 74.  He appeared in some of the most significant US films of the 60s and 70s including Apocalypse Now, but started his film career in the 50s with James Dean in Rebel without a Cause and Giant.

Dennis Hopper

7.

Which author won the Man Booker Prize for 2010?

Howard Jacobson

(for The Finkler Question)

8.

Which group won the Mercury Prize for best album of 2010?

The XX

(for The XX)

Spares

1.

Who was the partner of the Disney character Nala?

Simba

(from The Lion King)

2.

What is the ‘real’ name of the Disney character Mr Incredible?

Bob Parr