ROUND 1 - Where am I?

All of the questions in this round relate to world cities

1.

River Yamuna, Humayun’s Tomb, Jama Masjid and Khan Market.

2.

Bahia Palace, Medina, Jemaa el Fna (Place of the Dead) and Saadian Tombs.

3.

Boca Juniors, Recoleta Cemetery, Casa Rosado and Café Tortoni.

4.

Changhi airport, Orchard Road, Sentosa and Snow City.       

5.

St Lawrence Market, CN Tower and Hockey Hall of Fame.

6.

Armistead Maupin, Nob Hill, Fisherman’s Wharf and Candlestick Park.

7.

Tivoli gardens, Little Mermaid, Amalienborg Palace and Christiania.

8.

Fernsehturm, River Spree, KaDaWe (pronounced car-dar-vey) and Museum Island.

Sp1

Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Bantry Bay, Newlands Cricket ground and Robben Island.

Sp2

Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Galata Tower, and Grand Bazar.

1.

Which TV presenter was broadcast in 2007 running naked over a line of cows as part of a Hamar tribe coming of age ceremony in Ethiopia?

2.

Which Blue Peter presenter left after 7 years in June 2006 taking his dog Meg with him?

3.

Who wrote The Old Devils which won the Booker prize in 1986?

4.

Which actor was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2009 for his performance in The Lovely Bones?

5.

At the start of the World War 2 which was the 2nd busiest airport in the UK?

6.

After World War 2 which British company offered men the chance to buy a full suit, at a reasonable price allegedly becoming the origin of the phrase 'The Full Monty'?

7.

What was the title of Blur's third album, released in 1994?

8.

Who had a hit with Suzanne Beware of the Devil in 1972?

ROUND 3 - 'It's all a bit last year'

1.

Name the Chilean president, who was seen throughout the Chilean miners crisis and who welcomed the miners to the surface.

2.

What was the name of the oil rig belonging to BP that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 people?

3.

What was the real name of ‘The Stig’, the anonymous driver in BBC’s Top Gear who outed himself in August?

4.

Who scored the first goal of the FIFA World Cup 2010?

5.

Name the winner of the 2010 TV series of The Apprentice.

6.

As part of the ‘Tea Party’ in America, who declared herself not to be a witch?

7.

After which village in Cornwall is David and Samantha Camerons’ daughter named?

8.

Which two broadcast presenters used the same profanity within two hours to describe a certain Secretary of State?

Sp.

In the episodes celebrating the 50th anniversary of Coronation Street,  who died in the much heralded ‘Four funerals and a wedding’?

ROUND 4 - Hidden theme

1.

Name the 1999 film produced, written, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson for which Tom Cruise was nominated for best supporting actor Oscar.

2.

Name the Fourth President of the United States who was the principal author of the United States Constitution, and is often called the 'Father of the Bill of Rights'.

3.

Which US state is home to the HQs of Amazon, Boeing and Starbucks?

4.

What is the Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything?

5.

In 1939 Hitler was named man of the year by which publication?

6.

On which album did the songs Goodbye Cruel World, Comfortably Numb and Mother appear?

7.

On which road did Richard and Judy live when they lived in Didsbury?

8.

A collaboration between the USA, UK and Canada to develop the first atomic bomb was given which code name?

Sp1

In the Rugby World Cup, what is the name of the trophy for which the teams compete?

Sp2

Where is the home of the National Maritime Museum and the Cutty Sark, which also happens to be one of the five boroughs for 2012 ?

ROUND 5 - Hidden theme

1.

What is roughly the size of a golf ball,  is made of a platinum-iridium alloy and is stored in a vault at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in Sèvres, France?

2.

What’s the 3rd closest star to Earth?

3.

Formed as Huff Daland Dusters (crop spraying) and now the world's largest airline operating under a single certificate which is this airline operating out of Atlanta, Georgia?

4.

What character was played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje on the ABC television series Lost?

5.

In which country is the book White Tiger set? 

6.

Which playwright, novelist and human rights activist wrote the original texts behind Les Miserables and the Hunchback of Notre Dame?

7.

What links ‘Big Easy’, the ‘Black Knight’,’ El Nino’,’ Golden Bear’ and the ‘Great White Shark’?

8.

Betting: what is the commonly used term for a wager on four selections and consisting of 11 separate bets: 6 doubles, 4 trebles and a fourfold accumulator?

Sp.

What 1989 film starred Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell?

1.

What is the name of the caretaker at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series of books and films?

2.

What apocalyptic science fiction novel by John Wyndham was published in the UK in 1953?

3.

There are five living monotremes, or egg-laying mammals: the duck-billed platypus and four species of what?

4.

What is the largest eagle found in the Americas?

5.

6.

Who played Emperor Commodus in the 2000 film Gladiator?

7.

According to the series Stargate Atlantis, what galaxy was the lost city of Atlantis found in?

8.

In which 1978 film did Richard Burton have 'a talent for disaster'?

Sp.

What genus of radially symmetric fresh-water animals do not appear to die of old age?

ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

What was Burkina Faso formerly known as?

2.

What was known as Netherlands East Indies until 1945?

3.

Who was born Eleanora Fagan?

4.

Who was born William Michael Albert Broad?

5.

Who wrote the novel La Planète des Singes on which the movie Planet of the Apes was based?

6.

Who wrote the novella on which Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds was based?

7.

How many letters are there in the Russian Cyrillic alphabet?

8.

How many letters are there in the Arabic alphabet?

Sp1

Who was born Calvin Broadus?

Sp2

Amharic is the second most widely spoken semitic language in the world after Arabic. Of which country is it the official language?

ROUND 8 - Hidden theme

1.

Ranking Roger was a singer with which band formed in Birmingham in 1978?

2.

George Hamilton was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1980 for his role in which comedy horror film?

3.

What was the name of the 2005 film, set in a Northampton shoe factory, which featured a drag queen called Lola?

4.

Which early 1960's US TV series starred Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates?

5.

In advertising what term is given to a short slogan attached to a brand name in order to draw attention to it - e.g. 'Heineken refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach'? 

6.

Which brand of ladies underwear launched in 2000 started a new trend in body shaping garments and was endorsed by Oprah Winfrey?

7.

What government position did Jacqui Smith hold from May 2006 to June 2007?

8.

Who wrote La Philosophie dans le Boudoir in 1795?

ROUND 1 - Where am I?

All of the questions in this round relate to world cities

1.

River Yamuna, Humayun’s Tomb, Jama Masjid and Khan Market.

Delhi

2.

Bahia Palace, Medina, Jemaa el Fna (Place of the Dead) and Saadian Tombs.

Marrakech

3.

Boca Juniors, Recoleta Cemetery, Casa Rosado and Café Tortoni.

Buenos Aries

4.

Changhi airport, Orchard Road, Sentosa and Snow City.       

Singapore

5.

St Lawrence Market, CN Tower and Hockey Hall of Fame.

Toronto

6.

Armistead Maupin, Nob Hill, Fisherman’s Wharf and Candlestick Park.

San Francisco

7.

Tivoli gardens, Little Mermaid, Amalienborg Palace and Christiania.

Copenhagen

8.

Fernsehturm, River Spree, KaDaWe (pronounced car-dar-vey) and Museum Island.

Berlin

Sp1

Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Bantry Bay, Newlands Cricket ground and Robben Island.

Cape Town

Sp2

Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Galata Tower, and Grand Bazar.

Istanbul

1.

Which TV presenter was broadcast in 2007 running naked over a line of cows as part of a Hamar tribe coming of age ceremony in Ethiopia?

Bruce Parry

2.

Which Blue Peter presenter left after 7 years in June 2006 taking his dog Meg with him?

Matt Baker

3.

Who wrote The Old Devils which won the Booker prize in 1986?

Kingsley Amis

4.

Which actor was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2009 for his performance in The Lovely Bones?

Stanley Tucci

5.

At the start of the World War 2 which was the 2nd busiest airport in the UK?

Liverpool’s Speke Airport

6.

After World War 2 which British company offered men the chance to buy a full suit, at a reasonable price allegedly becoming the origin of the phrase 'The Full Monty'?

Burton

(Montague Burton)

7.

What was the title of Blur's third album, released in 1994?

Parklife

8.

Who had a hit with Suzanne Beware of the Devil in 1972?

Dandy Livingstone

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a famous African Explorer:

James Bruce, Samuel Baker, Mary Kingsley, Henry Morton Stanley, John Hanning Speke, Sir Richard Burton, Mungo Park, David Livingstone

ROUND 3 - 'It's all a bit last year'

1.

Name the Chilean president, who was seen throughout the Chilean miners crisis and who welcomed the miners to the surface.

Miguel (Juan Sebastián) Piñera

2.

What was the name of the oil rig belonging to BP that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 people?

Deep Water Horizon

3.

What was the real name of ‘The Stig’, the anonymous driver in BBC’s Top Gear who outed himself in August?

Ben Collins

4.

Who scored the first goal of the FIFA World Cup 2010?

Siphiwe Tshabalala

(South Africa)

5.

Name the winner of the 2010 TV series of The Apprentice.

Stella English

(Stella is acceptable)

6.

As part of the ‘Tea Party’ in America, who declared herself not to be a witch?

Christine O’Donnell

7.

After which village in Cornwall is David and Samantha Camerons’ daughter named?

(Florence Rose) Endellion

(Endellion is required)

8.

Which two broadcast presenters used the same profanity within two hours to describe a certain Secretary of State?

James Naughtie and Andrew Marr

(about Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt which rhymes with a very rude word!)

Sp.

In the episodes celebrating the 50th anniversary of Coronation Street,  who died in the much heralded ‘Four funerals and a wedding’ ?

Molly Dobbs, Ashley Peacock, Charlotte Hoyle and a cab driver

(accept first names and anonymous for the cab driver)

ROUND 4 - Hidden theme

1.

Name the 1999 film produced, written, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson for which Tom Cruise was nominated for best supporting actor Oscar.

Magnolia

2.

Name the Fourth President of the United States who was the principal author of the United States Constitution, and is often called the 'Father of the Bill of Rights'.

James Madison

3.

Which US state is home to the HQs of Amazon, Boeing and Starbucks?

Washington

4.

What is the Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything?

42

5.

In 1939 Hitler was named man of the year by which publication?

Time Magazine

6.

On which album did the songs Goodbye Cruel World, Comfortably Numb and Mother appear?

The Wall

(by Pink Floyd)

7.

On which road did Richard and Judy live when they lived in Didsbury?

Old Broadway

8.

A collaboration between the USA, UK and Canada to develop the first atomic bomb was given which code name?

The Manhattan Project

Sp1

In the Rugby World Cup, what is the name of the trophy for which the teams compete?

Webb Ellis Trophy

Sp2

Where is the home of the National Maritime Museum and the Cutty Sark, which also happens to be one of the five boroughs for 2012 ?

Greenwich

Theme: Each answer contains the name of an area of New York City:

Magnolia Bakery, Madison Avenue, Washington Square and Washington Heights, 42^nd Street, Times Square, Wall Street, Broadway, Manhattan, Ellis Island, Greenwich village

ROUND 5 - Hidden theme

1.

What is roughly the size of a golf ball,  is made of a platinum-iridium alloy and is stored in a vault at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in Sèvres, France?

International Prototype Kilogram

(accept kilo)

2.

What’s the 3rd closest star to Earth?

Alpha Centauri

(after the sun and Proxima Centauri)

3.

Formed as Huff Daland Dusters (crop spraying) and now the world's largest airline operating under a single certificate which is this airline operating out of Atlanta, Georgia?

Delta Airlines

4.

What character was played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje on the ABC television series Lost?

Mr Eko

5.

In which country is the book White Tiger set? 

India

6.

Which playwright, novelist and human rights activist wrote the original texts behind Les Miserables and the Hunchback of Notre Dame?

Victor Hugo

7.

What links ‘Big Easy’, the ‘Black Knight’,’ El Nino’,’ Golden Bear’ and the ‘Great White Shark’?

They are the nicknames of golfers

(Ernie Els, Gary Player, Sergio Garcia, Jack Nicklaus and Greg Norman)

8.

Betting: what is the commonly used term for a wager on four selections and consisting of 11 separate bets: 6 doubles, 4 trebles and a fourfold accumulator?

Yankee

Sp.

What 1989 film starred Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell?

Tango & Cash

Theme: Each answer contains one of the words, or a soundalike of one of the words, used in the phonetic alphabet

1.

What is the name of the caretaker at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series of books and films?

Argus Filch

2.

What apocalyptic science fiction novel by John Wyndham was published in the UK in 1953?

The Kraken Wakes

3.

There are five living monotremes, or egg-laying mammals: the duck-billed platypus and four species of what?

(or spiny anteater)

4.

What is the largest eagle found in the Americas?

The harpy eagle

5.

(Most tortoiseshells are female as the primary gene for coat colour is on the X chromosome and an XXY cat would be sterile)

6.

Who played Emperor Commodus in the 2000 film Gladiator?

Joaquin Phoenix

7.

According to the series Stargate Atlantis, what galaxy was the lost city of Atlantis found in?

The Pegasus galaxy

8.

In which 1978 film did Richard Burton have 'a talent for disaster'?

The Medusa Touch

Sp.

What genus of radially symmetric fresh-water animals do not appear to die of old age?

Hydra   

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a mythical creature

ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

What was Burkina Faso formerly known as?

Upper Volta

2.

What was known as Netherlands East Indies until 1945?

Indonesia

3.

Who was born Eleanora Fagan?

Billie Holiday 

4.

Who was born William Michael Albert Broad?

Billy Idol

5.

Who wrote the novel La Planète des Singes on which the movie Planet of the Apes was based?

Pierre Boulle

6.

Who wrote the novella on which Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds was based?

Daphne du Maurier

7.

How many letters are there in the Russian Cyrillic alphabet?

33

(21 consonants, 10 vowels and 2 silent -  one soft and one hard)

8.

How many letters are there in the Arabic alphabet?

28

(plus the hamza which is not considered a letter)

Sp1

Who was born Calvin Broadus?

Snoop Dogg

Sp2

Amharic is the second most widely spoken semitic language in the world after Arabic. Of which country is it the official language?

Ethiopia

ROUND 8 - Hidden theme

1.

Ranking Roger was a singer with which band formed in Birmingham in 1978?

The Beat

2.

George Hamilton was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1980 for his role in which comedy horror film?

Love at First Bite

3.

What was the name of the 2005 film, set in a Northampton shoe factory, which featured a drag queen called Lola?

Kinky Boots

4.

Which early 1960's US TV series starred Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates?

Rawhide

5.

In advertising what term is given to a short slogan attached to a brand name in order to draw attention to it - e.g. 'Heineken refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach'? 

Strapline

6.

Which brand of ladies underwear launched in 2000 started a new trend in body shaping garments and was endorsed by Oprah Winfrey?

Spanx

7.

What government position did Jacqui Smith hold from May 2006 to June 2007?

Chief Whip

8.

Who wrote La Philosophie dans le Boudoir in 1795?

Marquis de Sade

Theme: Each answer contains a word connected to S & M