1.

In Arthurian legend who returns Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake?

2.

In Arthurian legend who was the father of King Arthur?

3.

In a 1969 film nominated for eight Oscars Robert Syverton played by Michael Sarrazin is asked why he has committed murder.  He replies: “She asked me to.”  What are his next five words?

4.

In which 1971 film does Scorpio hijack a school bus load of children?

5.

Which novelist who wrote Jaws died in 2006?

6.

Which novelist who wrote Rosemary’s Baby died in 2007?

7.

Which character from children’s folklore is at the centre of operas by Massenet and Rossini and a Prokofiev ballet?

8.

What was Tchaikovsky’s last ballet?

1.

Which album which included Turn of the Century and Wonderous Stories was the second number one album for the group Yes?

2.

Which band’s only hit single in the UK was Fanfare for the Common Man in 1977?

3.

What was placed in orbit by Discovery on April 24, 1990?

4.

The atmosphere of the planet Mars consists of 95% what?

5.

In the human body which muscle forms the rounded contour of the shoulder?

6.

By what name is the muscular affliction mogigraphia commonly known?

7.

Who was appointed as ITV’s new chief executive on January 28 2010?

8.

Who has been Director-General of the BBC since 2004?

1.

Before he joined the BBC, mainly as a cricket commentator, what was John Arlott’s occupation?

2.

Graeme Garden the comedian was also qualified in which discipline?

3.

Which British monarch was the subject of seven attempted assassination attempts, the first by Edward Oxford and the last by Roderick Maclean?

4.

Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981?

5.

With which comedian would you associate the phrase, “Are you looking for a punch up the bracket”?

6.

With which comedian would you associate the phrase, “Hello my darlings”?

7.

What does the 'P' stand for in the writer’s name P D James?

8.

What does the 'T' stand for in the name T E Lawrence?

ROUNDS 4 & 5 - Pick your subject

In Round 4 each team member of the team going first picks a subject and is given Q1 of the pair for that subject (Q2 goes to their opposite number on the team going second).

In Round 5 the same thing happens in reverse with the team that went second in the first 4 rounds having first pick of the remaining subjects.

Modern Literature

1.

Who wrote Breakfast at Tiffany’s published in 1958?

2.

Who wrote The Old Devils published in 1986?

English Cathedral Cities

3.

Which cathedral city is situated on the River Severn between the Cotswolds and the Forest of Dean?

4.

Which city, latterly home to Edward Heath, is fictionalised in Jude the Obscure as Melchester and has a cathedral within which is housed the world’s oldest working clock?

Shakespearean Cahracters

5.

What is the name of Hamlet’s uncle?

6.

What is the name of Hamlet’s mother?

Noble Gases

7.

What colour does neon glow when a current is passed through it in an evacuated tube?

8.

What colour does argon glow when a current is passed through it in an evacuated tube?

The Usual Suspects

9.

In the film Casablanca which actor utters the immortal words, “Round up the usual suspects”?

10.

In the film The Usual Suspects which actor plays the part of the sinister lawyer Kobayashi?

British Prisons

11.

Which prison is located in Camden Road, London, N7?

12.

Which prison stands next to Hammersmith Hospital in West London?

Shakespearean Quotations

13.

Which two lines precede “This other Eden, demi-paradise”?

14.

Which two lines precede “The evil that men do lives after them”?

British Prime Ministers

15.

Which two British Prime Ministers held office in 1937?

16.

Which two British Prime Ministers held office in 1916?

1.

What name is given to a person who tells fortunes by the use of playing cards?

2.

What does a deltiologist collect?

3.

Which philosopher spent some of WWII working as a porter in Guy’s Hospital?

4.

What are the first ten words of Rousseau’s The Social Contract?

5.

Which fashion empire, founded in 1965, is based in Treviso in Italy? 

6.

Which fashion designer born in 1943 in Ebbw Vale co-launched the Warehouse chain in 1976?

7.

Which fictional cathedral city is in the same county as Ambridge?

8.

What is the name of the luxurious hotel run by Caroline Sterling in Ambridge?

ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

Lake Malawi, or Nyasa, lies between Malawi, Tanzania and which other country?

2.

Four countries surround Lake Chad: Chad, Nigeria, Niger and which other?

3.

Who did Edward II create Earl of Cornwall in 1307?

4.

The 1st Earl of Leicester was a favourite and close friend of Elizabeth I; what was his birth name?

5.

Who was an MP between 1997 and 2001 and appropriately entitled his 2000 autobiography An Accidental MP?

6.

Which politician, a fervent supporter of Plymouth Argyle, was the most long-lived leader of a major British political party?

7.

Who scored the winning goal in the 1973 FA Cup final?

8.

Who scored the winning goal in the 1988 FA Cup final?

ROUND 8 - Hidden theme

1.

Which rugby union club currently playing in The Championship – the second tier of English club rugby union – boasts many former international players including Gerald Davies, Mervyn Davies, John Dawes and Robert Ackerman?

2.

Who was the original creator of Star Trek?

3.

What was the name of the animal puppet at the centre of ATV’s pre-school children’s programme Pipkins which ran from 1973 to 1981?

4.

Which American actor was the star of the 2003 film School of Rock and the 2008 film Be Kind Rewind?

5.

What is missing from this list: cross country running, show jumping, fencing, shooting?

6.

What was the name of the sitcom created by Carla Lane and Myra Taylor which ran from 1969 to 1979 and starred amongst others Mollie Sugden, Polly James, Elizabeth Estensen and Nerys Hughes?

7.

Which Italian film director was the husband of screen goddess Sophia Loren until his death in 2007?

8.

This professional activity began in earnest in the 1880s and at its height in the 1950s employed around 15% of waged women workers in the United States.  The activity is practised by more people than ever today but has largely died out as a career.  What is it?

Spares

1.

Where in the human body are cortisones produced naturally?

2.

Who wrote the novel The End of the Affair?

3.

What does the internet chat abbreviation 'LTNS' mean?

4.

Preston North End are having a torrid time this season, bottom of the Championship table and in addition being continually taunted by opposition fans at their Deepdale home.  Which of their chants begins “Again…..”?

ROUND 1 - Pairs

1.

In Arthurian legend who returns Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake?

Sir Bedivere

2.

In Arthurian legend who was the father of King Arthur?

Uther Pendragon

3.

In a 1969 film nominated for eight Oscars Robert Syverton played by Michael Sarrazin is asked why he has committed murder.  He replies: “She asked me to.”  What are his next five words?

“They shoot horses, don’t they?”

4.

In which 1971 film does Scorpio hijack a school bus load of children?

Dirty Harry

5.

Which novelist who wrote Jaws died in 2006?

Peter Benchley

6.

Which novelist who wrote Rosemary’s Baby died in 2007?

Ira Levin

7.

Which character from children’s folklore is at the centre of operas by Massenet and Rossini and a Prokofiev ballet?

Cinderella

8.

What was Tchaikovsky’s last ballet?

The Nutcracker

1.

Which album which included Turn of the Century and Wonderous Stories was the second number one album for the group Yes?

Going for the One

2.

Which band’s only hit single in the UK was Fanfare for the Common Man in 1977?

Emerson, Lake and Palmer

3.

What was placed in orbit by Discovery on April 24, 1990?

Hubble Space Telescope

4.

The atmosphere of the planet Mars consists of 95% what?

Carbon dioxide

5.

In the human body which muscle forms the rounded contour of the shoulder?

Deltoid

6.

By what name is the muscular affliction mogigraphia commonly known?

Writer’s cramp

(accept Scrivener’s palsy)

7.

Who was appointed as ITV’s new chief executive on January 28 2010?

Adam Crozier

8.

Who has been Director-General of the BBC since 2004?

Mark Thompson

1.

Before he joined the BBC, mainly as a cricket commentator, what was John Arlott’s occupation?

Policeman

2.

Graeme Garden the comedian was also qualified in which discipline?

Medicine

3.

Which British monarch was the subject of seven attempted assassination attempts, the first by Edward Oxford and the last by Roderick Maclean?

Victoria

4.

Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981?

John Hinckley Junior

5.

With which comedian would you associate the phrase, “Are you looking for a punch up the bracket”?

Tony Hancock

6.

With which comedian would you associate the phrase, “Hello my darlings”?

Charlie Drake

7.

What does the 'P' stand for in the writer’s name P D James?

Phyllis 

8.

What does the 'T' stand for in the name T E Lawrence?

Thomas

ROUNDS 4 & 5 - Pick your subject

In Round 4 each team member of the team going first picks a subject and is given Q1 of the pair for that subject (Q2 goes to their opposite number on the team going second).

In Round 5 the same thing happens in reverse with the team that went second in the first 4 rounds having first pick of the remaining subjects.

Modern Literature

1.

Who wrote Breakfast at Tiffany’s published in 1958?

Truman Capote

2.

Who wrote The Old Devils published in 1986?

Kingsley Amis

English Cathedral Cities

3.

Which cathedral city is situated on the River Severn between the Cotswolds and the Forest of Dean?

Gloucester

4.

Which city, latterly home to Edward Heath, is fictionalised in Jude the Obscure as Melchester and has a cathedral within which is housed the world’s oldest working clock?

Salisbury

5.

What is the name of Hamlet’s uncle?

Claudius

6.

What is the name of Hamlet’s mother?

Gertrude

7.

What colour does neon glow when a current is passed through it in an evacuated tube?

Red

8.

What colour does argon glow when a current is passed through it in an evacuated tube?

Lilac or violet

(do not accept blue)

9.

In the film Casablanca which actor utters the immortal words, “Round up the usual suspects”?

10.

In the film The Usual Suspects which actor plays the part of the sinister lawyer Kobayashi?

 British Prisons

11.

Which prison is located in Camden Road, London, N7?

Holloway

12.

Which prison stands next to Hammersmith Hospital in West London?

13.

Which two lines precede “This other Eden, demi-paradise”?

14.

Which two lines precede “The evil that men do lives after them”?

“Friends, Romans and Countrymen, lend me your ears,

I come to bury Caesar not to praise him”

15.

Which two British Prime Ministers held office in 1937?

Baldwin/ & Chamberlain

16.

Which two British Prime Ministers held office in 1916?

Asquith & Lloyd George

1.

What name is given to a person who tells fortunes by the use of playing cards?

Cartomancer

2.

What does a deltiologist collect?

Picture postcards

3.

Which philosopher spent some of WWII working as a porter in Guy’s Hospital?

Ludwig Wittgenstein

4.

What are the first ten words of Rousseau’s The Social Contract?

“Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains”

5.

Which fashion empire, founded in 1965, is based in Treviso in Italy? 

Benetton

6.

Which fashion designer born in 1943 in Ebbw Vale co-launched the Warehouse chain in 1976?

Jeff Banks

7.

Which fictional cathedral city is in the same county as Ambridge?

Felpersham

8.

What is the name of the luxurious hotel run by Caroline Sterling in Ambridge?

Grey Gables

ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

Lake Malawi, or Nyasa, lies between Malawi, Tanzania and which other country?

Mozambique

2.

Four countries surround Lake Chad: Chad, Nigeria, Niger and which other?

Cameroon

3.

Who did Edward II create Earl of Cornwall in 1307?

Piers Gaveston

4.

The 1st Earl of Leicester was a favourite and close friend of Elizabeth I; what was his birth name?

Robert Dudley

5.

Who was an MP between 1997 and 2001 and appropriately entitled his 2000 autobiography An Accidental MP?

Martin Bell

6.

Which politician, a fervent supporter of Plymouth Argyle, was the most long-lived leader of a major British political party?

Michael Foot

7.

Who scored the winning goal in the 1973 FA Cup final?

Ian Porterfield

8.

Who scored the winning goal in the 1988 FA Cup final?

Lawrie Sanchez

ROUND 8 - Hidden theme

1.

Which rugby union club currently playing in The Championship – the second tier of English club rugby union – boasts many former international players including Gerald Davies, Mervyn Davies, John Dawes and Robert Ackerman?

London Welsh

2.

Who was the original creator of Star Trek?

Gene Roddenberry

3.

What was the name of the animal puppet at the centre of ATV’s pre-school children’s programme Pipkins which ran from 1973 to 1981?

Hartley the Hare

4.

Which American actor was the star of the 2003 film School of Rock and the 2008 film Be Kind Rewind?

Jack Black

5.

What is missing from this list: cross country running, show jumping, fencing, shooting?

Swimming

(disciplines in the modern pentathlon)

6.

What was the name of the sitcom created by Carla Lane and Myra Taylor which ran from 1969 to 1979 and starred amongst others Mollie Sugden, Polly James, Elizabeth Estensen and Nerys Hughes?

The Liver Birds

7.

Which Italian film director was the husband of screen goddess Sophia Loren until his death in 2007?

Carlo Ponti

8.

This professional activity began in earnest in the 1880s and at its height in the 1950s employed around 15% of waged women workers in the United States.  The activity is practised by more people than ever today but has largely died out as a career.  What is it?

Typing

Spares

1.

Where in the human body are cortisones produced naturally?

Adrenal cortex

2.

Who wrote the novel The End of the Affair?

Graham Greene

3.

What does the internet chat abbreviation 'LTNS' mean?

'Long time no see'

4.

Preston North End are having a torrid time this season, bottom of the Championship table and in addition being continually taunted by opposition fans at their Deepdale home.  Which of their chants begins “Again…..”?

“Again, we’ll never play you again”