ROUND 1 - Pairs

1.

With the scientific name Puffinus puffinus what bird’s common name indicates both the location of a large colony and it’s flight habits?

2.

Once predominantly rural, but now ranked 6th in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch of 2010, appearing in  67.6% of gardens included in the survey, what is the common name of the bird Columba palumbus?

3.

In which classic novel would you find Jo, the crossing sweeper and George Rouncewell, a former soldier?

4.

In which classic novel does the estate manager Caleb Garth appear?

5.

Sudan is currently the largest country in Africa.  When the proposed split into North and South Sudan takes place, which will become the largest African country by area?

6.

Which Sudanese city is recognised as the capital of the emerging state of South Sudan?

7.

Which National Heritage site comprises some 130sq km of bog and is crossed by the A82 and the rivers Ba and Gaur?

8.

What river flows through the Derbyshire village of Edale?

ROUND 2 - 'A Connections Round....well, more or less'

......and in Questions 7 & 8 the trend is reversed

1.

It now has 403 superstores across the UK but it started out in 1899 as an egg and butter stall in Rawson market in Bradford, West Yorkshire.

2.

The southernmost landlocked country in the world and the only independent state that lies entirely above 1400 metres in elevation.

3.

In pathology, the word used to denote a morbid change in the functioning or the texture of an organ.

4.

In geology, it is a mass of rocks and sediment carried down and deposited by a glacier.

5.

The county town of Northumberland.

6.

The Manchester United goalkeeper who replaced Jim Leighton for the replay of the 1990 FA Cup Final against Crystal Palace.

7.

The first public demonstration of television by John Logie Baird was made from the first floor of this famous emporium in April 1925.

8.

The only Latinate language spoken in Eastern Europe.

1.

Films

Which 1936 film starring Errol Flynn and David Niven was loosely based on a poem by Tennyson ?

2.

Quotes

”The problem that now faces society in the trade that has sprung up of presenting sadism, crime, lust, physical monstrosity and horror to the young, is an urgent and grave one.”  To what did this article in The Times of 1954 refer?

3.

Lyrics

Name the song from these lyrics: 

“Well if you told me you were drowning I would not lend a hand

I’ve seen your face before my friend but I don’t know if you know who I am”

4.

Children's TV

Who had a niece called Penny and a dog called Brains?

5.

The Body

Where on the body would you find a lunula?

6.

Myth

Who is the celtic god of the sun?

7.

TV

Which BBC sitcom (1981 - 1988)  featured a 40 year old librarian who still lived at home with his domineering mother and henpecked father?

8.

Religion

What was Mohammed before he became a religious leader ?                   

9.

Films

Which film currently on release, starring Keira Knightly, was adapted for the screen by Alex Garland from the book of the same name  by Kazuo Ishiguro?

10.

Musicals

Who wrote the musical We Will Rock You in collaboration with Brian May and Roger Taylor?

11.

Connect 3

What connects: the cat in Alien, the farmer in Animal Farm and the actor who played Deputy Marshall Gerard in the film The Fugitive?

12.

Lyrics

In which song of 1996 would you find the lyric:

 “Don’t you know you might find a better place to play"?

13.

Drink

What is added to vodka and orange juice to make a Harvey Wallbanger?

14.

Children's TV

Which character was created by Spottyman?

15.

History

Under what name did Temujin (1162 - 1227) rise to fame?

16.

History

Who married a Prussian aristocrat’s daughter, Jenny von Westphalen, on 19 June 1843, moving to Paris shortly afterwards?

17.

TV

Who, in a BBC sitcom, said: “The Germans are a cruel race. Their operas last for six hours and they have no word for fluffy"?

18.

Films

Who wrote the award winning screenplay for The Social Network?

ROUND 5 - Pairs

1.

In Greek mythology, Pegasus sprang from Medusa after she was beheaded by Perseus.  Who fathered Pegasus? 

2.

According to Norse mythology which shape-changing deity gave birth to the eight-legged horse Sleipnir?

3.

For what was Einstein awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921?

4.

Marie Curie won her first Nobel Prize in 1903.  She shared the Prize for Physics with her husband and which other scientist? 

5.

What is the mathematical name for the curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls along a straight line?

6.

What is the mathematical name for the curve that an idealised hanging chain or cable assumes when supported at its ends and acted on only by its own weight?

7.

What school of philosophy was founded by Zeno of Citium in the 3rd century BC and survived until its closure in 529 AD by Justinian I?

8.

Defined initially by Aristotle and further developed in Medieval times, what type of logical argument is illustrated by the proposition: “All men are mortal.  All Greeks are men. Therefore all Greeks are mortal.”

1.

1967 film considered groundbreaking for its positive representation of the controversial subject of interracial marriage.  It starred Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn who won her 3rd Best Actress Oscar.

2.

1944 Hollywood musical comedy-drama about a young priest taking over a parish from an old veteran which won a Best Actor Oscar for Bing Crosby as the priest?

3.

1967 Tony Award-winning play by Harold Pinter first published in 1965 and set in North London consisting of just 6 characters, 5 men all related and a woman married to one of them.  The plot centres on a visit to the rest of the family by the woman and her husband.

4.

Short-lived fictional pop group of which Anthony Royle was briefly the manager in the BBC comedy The Royle Family?

5.

The five words that follow these lines spoken by Juliet to Romeo in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet:

"Sweet, so would I,

Yet I should kill thee with much cherishing.

Good night, good night!"

6.

The line that precedes these lines from a well-known 1857 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson:

"For the black bat, night, has flown,

I am here at the gate alone;

And the woodbine spices are wafted abroad,

And the musk of the rose is blown."

7.

Founded by a decree of Louis XIV in 1680, it was a merger of the only two Parisian acting troupes of the time.  The original repertoire consisted of the collection of theatrical works by, amongst others, Molière and Jean Racine.  It today has a repertoire of 3,000 works and three theatres in Paris.

8.

Romantic novel by L P Hartley published in London in 1953.  The novel begins with the famous line: "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there."

ROUNDS 7 & 8 - Bingo Blockbuster

1.

MPFN

A top 10 hit for XTC in 1979.

2.

S

Originally a roguish clown character of the Italian Commedia dell'Arte, he was later turned into a swashbuckling hero of the French Revolution in the novels of Rafael Sabatini.  He is also named in a famous pop song.

3.

AA

Term used in the USA for what the British call positive discrimination.

4.

SLWSA

They were severed by the Gleneagles Agreement.

5.

PvS

The fixture that would have decided the outcome of World War 2 had England and Germany agreed to let their respective 1939 Cup Winners settle their differences on the football pitch.

6.

O

Material used to celebrate an 80th wedding anniversary.

7.

B

1923 novel written in Austria and famously filmed in America in 1942.  The novel was banned by the Nazis as a political allegory of their treatment of the Jews.

8.

RB

English-born world champion who died aged 34 on 25 November 2005, the same day on which George Best died.

9.

DH

Despite his ennoblement and being given a state funeral in 1928, this son of a whisky magnate was by no means universally popular.  He was once described as "The Scot who seized the opportunity to liquidate more Englishmen than anyone before him"?

10.

PR

In Sangin Province in Afghanistan, this is described as the world's most dangerous walk.                 

11.

S

Acclaimed film which ends with Detective William R Somerset quoting Hemingway's phrase, "The world is a fine place and worth fighting for" and then adding," I agree with the second part".

12.

TWIW

Continuous on radio since 1929, Lord Reith proposed it, "for the education of women, shiftworkers, the unemployed and the housebound".

13.

MT

Disgusting Roald Dahl character "who could always find a tasty morsel by sticking out his tongue and curling it sideways to explore the hairy jungle around his mouth".

14.

OLOG

National icon and patron saint of Mexico.

15.

HW

The Romans called it Vallum Aelium.

16.

WC

The image of which is famously on a bottle of Robinson's Old Tom strong ale.

17.

ABOA

In December 2010 it became the world's most expensive book ever when a copy was sold at Sotheby's for £7.3 million.

18.

F

The ship in which the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen sailed further north into the Arctic than anyone else before him.

19.

TPOTEOZ

Infamous and fraudulent anti-Semitic text which first appeared in Russia in 1903 and purports to describe a Jewish conspiracy to achieve world domination.

20.

PG

This London-born comedian and actor was typecast as a pompous twit - and was saying "Doh" on BBC Children's TV at least 40 years before Homer Simpson came along and nicked it.

Spares

1.

Eric Illsley was famously ousted from the Barnsley Central constituency, and the Liberals were famously relegated to 6th place – but who won it in March 2011?

2.

Phil Woolas lost his parliamentary seat at Oldham East and Saddleworth after his General Election victory was declared void and the seat was subsequently won by Debbie Abrahams for Labour.  Who came second in both these elections?

ROUND 1 - Pairs

1.

With the scientific name Puffinus puffinus what bird’s common name indicates both the location of a large colony and it’s flight habits?

Manx Shearwater

2.

Once predominantly rural, but now ranked 6th in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch of 2010, appearing in  67.6% of gardens included in the survey, what is the common name of the bird Columba palumbus?

Wood Pigeon

3.

In which classic novel would you find Jo, the crossing sweeper and George Rouncewell, a former soldier?

Bleak House

4.

In which classic novel does the estate manager Caleb Garth appear?

Middlemarch

5.

Sudan is currently the largest country in Africa.  When the proposed split into North and South Sudan takes place, which will become the largest African country by area?

Algeria

6.

Which Sudanese city is recognised as the capital of the emerging state of South Sudan?

Juba

7.

Which National Heritage site comprises some 130sq km of bog and is crossed by the A82 and the rivers Ba and Gaur?

Rannoch Moor

8.

What river flows through the Derbyshire village of Edale?

River Noe

ROUND 2 - 'A Connections Round....well, more or less'

......and in Questions 7 & 8 the trend is reversed

1.

It now has 403 superstores across the UK but it started out in 1899 as an egg and butter stall in Rawson market in Bradford, West Yorkshire.

Morrisons

2.

The southernmost landlocked country in the world and the only independent state that lies entirely above 1400 metres in elevation.

Lesotho

3.

In pathology, the word used to denote a morbid change in the functioning or the texture of an organ.

Lesion

4.

In geology, it is a mass of rocks and sediment carried down and deposited by a glacier.

Moraine

5.

The county town of Northumberland.

Morpeth

6.

The Manchester United goalkeeper who replaced Jim Leighton for the replay of the 1990 FA Cup Final against Crystal Palace.

Les Sealey

7.

The first public demonstration of television by John Logie Baird was made from the first floor of this famous emporium in April 1925.

Selfridges

8.

The only Latinate language spoken in Eastern Europe.

Romanian

Theme: Each answer starts with the letters 'Mor', 'Les', 'Sel' or 'Rom'

1.

Films

Which 1936 film starring Errol Flynn and David Niven was loosely based on a poem by Tennyson ?

The Charge of the Light Brigade

2.

Quotes

”The problem that now faces society in the trade that has sprung up of presenting sadism, crime, lust, physical monstrosity and horror to the young, is an urgent and grave one.”  To what did this article in The Times of 1954 refer?

Comics

3.

Lyrics

Name the song from these lyrics: 

“Well if you told me you were drowning I would not lend a hand

I’ve seen your face before my friend but I don’t know if you know who I am”

In the Air Tonight

(by Phil Collins)

4.

Children's TV

Who had a niece called Penny and a dog called Brains?

Inspector Gadget

5.

The Body

Where on the body would you find a lunula?

Fingernails

6.

Myth

Who is the celtic god of the sun?

Lugh

7.

TV

Which BBC sitcom (1981 - 1988)  featured a 40 year old librarian who still lived at home with his domineering mother and henpecked father?

Sorry

8.

Religion

What was Mohammed before he became a religious leader ?                   

A merchant

9.

Films

Which film currently on release, starring Keira Knightly, was adapted for the screen by Alex Garland from the book of the same name  by Kazuo Ishiguro?

Never Let Me Go

10.

Musicals

Who wrote the musical We Will Rock You in collaboration with Brian May and Roger Taylor?

Ben Elton

11.

Connect 3

What connects: the cat in Alien, the farmer in Animal Farm and the actor who played Deputy Marshall Gerard in the film The Fugitive?

Jones

(the actor was Tommy Lee Jones)

12.

Lyrics

In which song of 1996 would you find the lyric:

 “Don’t you know you might find a better place to play"?

Don't Look Back in Anger

(by Oasis)

13.

Drink

What is added to vodka and orange juice to make a Harvey Wallbanger?

Galliano

14.

Children's TV

Which character was created by Spottyman?

Superted

15.

History

Under what name did Temujin (1162 - 1227) rise to fame?

Genghis Khan

16.

History

Who married a Prussian aristocrat’s daughter, Jenny von Westphalen, on 19 June 1843, moving to Paris shortly afterwards?

Karl Marx

17.

TV

Who, in a BBC sitcom, said: “The Germans are a cruel race. Their operas last for six hours and they have no word for fluffy"?

Captain Edmund Blackadder

18.

Films

Who wrote the award winning screenplay for The Social Network?

Aaron Sorkin

ROUND 5 - Pairs

1.

In Greek mythology, Pegasus sprang from Medusa after she was beheaded by Perseus.  Who fathered Pegasus? 

Poseidon

2.

According to Norse mythology which shape-changing deity gave birth to the eight-legged horse Sleipnir?

Loki

3.

For what was Einstein awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921?

His explanation of the photo-electric effect

(accept photoelectric effect)

4.

Marie Curie won her first Nobel Prize in 1903.  She shared the Prize for Physics with her husband and which other scientist? 

(Antoine Henri) Becquerel

5.

What is the mathematical name for the curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls along a straight line?

Cycloid

6.

What is the mathematical name for the curve that an idealised hanging chain or cable assumes when supported at its ends and acted on only by its own weight?

Catenary

7.

What school of philosophy was founded by Zeno of Citium in the 3rd century BC and survived until its closure in 529 AD by Justinian I?

Stoics

(or Stoicism)

8.

Defined initially by Aristotle and further developed in Medieval times, what type of logical argument is illustrated by the proposition: “All men are mortal.  All Greeks are men. Therefore all Greeks are mortal.”

Syllogism

(in particular the syllogism known as Barbara)

1.

1967 film considered groundbreaking for its positive representation of the controversial subject of interracial marriage.  It starred Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn who won her 3rd Best Actress Oscar.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

2.

1944 Hollywood musical comedy-drama about a young priest taking over a parish from an old veteran which won a Best Actor Oscar for Bing Crosby as the priest?

Going My Way

3.

1967 Tony Award-winning play by Harold Pinter first published in 1965 and set in North London consisting of just 6 characters, 5 men all related and a woman married to one of them.  The plot centres on a visit to the rest of the family by the woman and her husband.

The Homecoming

4.

Short-lived fictional pop group of which Anthony Royle was briefly the manager in the BBC comedy The Royle Family?

Exit

5.

The five words that follow these lines spoken by Juliet to Romeo in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet:

"Sweet, so would I,

Yet I should kill thee with much cherishing.

Good night, good night!"

"Parting is such sweet sorrow"

6.

The line that precedes these lines from a well-known 1857 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson:

"For the black bat, night, has flown,

I am here at the gate alone;

And the woodbine spices are wafted abroad,

And the musk of the rose is blown."

"Come into the garden Maud"

7.

Founded by a decree of Louis XIV in 1680, it was a merger of the only two Parisian acting troupes of the time.  The original repertoire consisted of the collection of theatrical works by, amongst others, Molière and Jean Racine.  It today has a repertoire of 3,000 works and three theatres in Paris.

The Comédie Francaise

8.

Romantic novel by L P Hartley published in London in 1953.  The novel begins with the famous line: "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there."

The Go-Between

ROUNDS 7 & 8 - Bingo Blockbuster

1.

MPFN

A top 10 hit for XTC in 1979.

Making Plans For Nigel

2.

S

Originally a roguish clown character of the Italian Commedia dell'Arte, he was later turned into a swashbuckling hero of the French Revolution in the novels of Rafael Sabatini.  He is also named in a famous pop song.

Scaramouche

3.

AA

Term used in the USA for what the British call positive discrimination.

Affirmative Action

4.

SLWSA

They were severed by the Gleneagles Agreement.

Sporting links with South Africa

5.

PvS

The fixture that would have decided the outcome of World War 2 had England and Germany agreed to let their respective 1939 Cup Winners settle their differences on the football pitch.

Portsmouth v Schalke 04

(Schalke will suffice)

6.

O

Material used to celebrate an 80th wedding anniversary.

Oak

(.........as in coffin??)

7.

B

1923 novel written in Austria and famously filmed in America in 1942.  The novel was banned by the Nazis as a political allegory of their treatment of the Jews.

Bambi

8.

RB

English-born world champion who died aged 34 on 25 November 2005, the same day on which George Best died.

Richard Burn

(Speed Rally Champion)

9.

DH

Despite his ennoblement and being given a state funeral in 1928, this son of a whisky magnate was by no means universally popular.  He was once described as "The Scot who seized the opportunity to liquidate more Englishmen than anyone before him"?

(Earl) Douglas Haig

10.

PR

In Sangin Province in Afghanistan, this is described as the world's most dangerous walk.                 

Pharmacy Road

11.

S

Acclaimed film which ends with Detective William R Somerset quoting Hemingway's phrase, "The world is a fine place and worth fighting for" and then adding," I agree with the second part".

Seven

12.

TWIW

Continuous on radio since 1929, Lord Reith proposed it, "for the education of women, shiftworkers, the unemployed and the housebound".

The Week in Westminster

13.

MT

Disgusting Roald Dahl character "who could always find a tasty morsel by sticking out his tongue and curling it sideways to explore the hairy jungle around his mouth".

Mr Twit

14.

OLOG

National icon and patron saint of Mexico.

Our Lady of Guadeloupe

15.

HW

The Romans called it Vallum Aelium.

Hadrian's Wall

16.

WC

The image of which is famously on a bottle of Robinson's Old Tom strong ale.

Winking cat

17.

ABOA

In December 2010 it became the world's most expensive book ever when a copy was sold at Sotheby's for £7.3 million.

Audubon's Birds of America

18.

F

The ship in which the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen sailed further north into the Arctic than anyone else before him.

Fram

19.

TPOTEOZ

Infamous and fraudulent anti-Semitic text which first appeared in Russia in 1903 and purports to describe a Jewish conspiracy to achieve world domination.

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

20.

PG

This London-born comedian and actor was typecast as a pompous twit - and was saying "Doh" on BBC Children's TV at least 40 years before Homer Simpson came along and nicked it.

Peter Glaze

Spares

1.

Eric Illsley was famously ousted from the Barnsley Central constituency, and the Liberals were famously relegated to 6th place – but who won it in March 2011?

Dan Jarvis

(Labour)

2.

Phil Woolas lost his parliamentary seat at Oldham East and Saddleworth after his General Election victory was declared void and the seat was subsequently won by Debbie Abrahams for Labour.  Who came second in both these elections?

Elwyn Watkins

(Liberal)