ROUND 2 - Stockport style - Written - Hidden theme

1.

Which cricketer has led England in more Test matches than any other, having captained the team 54 times?

2.

Who is the only solo male artist in pop history to reach the UK top ten with his first eight singles, a feat he achieved between 1987 and 1991?

3.

What name is shared by the following:

• the man who wrote the book and starred in the film I Was Monty’s Double

• a well-known British bridge

• a man who appeared regularly in BBC TV’s Crackerjack and more recently has played trombone in the England football supporters’ band?

4.

Played by Noel Johnson from 1946 to 1949 and by Duncan Carse from 1949 to 1950, who was the title character in the first daily serial to be broadcast on BBC Radio?

5.

Who is the bass guitarist in U2?

6.

Which literary character made her first appearance in The Tuesday Night Club - a short story published in The Sketch magazine in 1926?

7.

The actress Jeanette Helen Morrison -  born in California in 1927 - was better known by which name?

8.

What was the surname of the comedy character with the first initials 'TF', which stood for ‘The Famous’?

9.

In 1938 who was a joint winner of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, making him the only person in history to have been awarded both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize?

10.

Who, together with Stuart Maconie, presents a weekday afternoon show on BBC 6 Music?

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ROUND 3 - WithQuiz style - Paired with Round 6

1.

What links Orkney & Shetland, North Devon, and Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale?

2.

Which right wing tabloid paper was merged with the Daily Mail in 1971?

3.

What name links the Tay Bridge and Maggie Smith?

4.

Before 1973 what was the name of Belize?

5.

Which TV drama series used Oasis’s Don’t Look Back in Anger as its theme music?

6.

Augustus Welby Northmore were the forenames of which celebrated architect?

7.

Manchester Grammar School has the motto 'Sapere aude'. As what does this translate?

8.

To the nearest whole degree what are the internal angles of a regular hendecagon?

9.

Which US novelist wrote Goodbye, Columbus?

10.

Since the war 4 players whose surnames start with the letter ‘C’ have captained Lancashire County Cricket Club. Name 3 of them

11.

Name both strings of 4 letters which appear consecutively in the alphabet, and can be found consecutively in at least one English word.

12.

Which comedian was known for the catchphrase 'I thank you all'?

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ROUND 4 - WithQuiz style - Picture Round

Identify the US States from the outlines shown

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

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ROUND 5 - WithQuiz style - Hidden theme

1.

What word appears most frequently at the end of scenes in the original folio of Shakespeare’s plays?

2.

Which 1960s group included band members Keith Relf, Jeff Beck, Chris Dreja, Paul Samwell-Smith and Jim McCarty?

3.

From the end of World War II until 1972 which was the main airline operator flying between Manchester Airport and Ronaldsway in the Isle of Man?

4.

Which Kent airfield was used in the 1950s and 1960s for air ferry services taking cars and their occupants to Le Touquet in northern France?

5.

Who directed the 1957 film 12 Angry Men starring Henry Fonda?

6.

After what modern day place is the element lutetium named?

7.

What was the surname of the actual journalist on which Evelyn Waugh based his character William Boot in his novel Scoop?

8.

What is the name of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle who plays the part of the knowledgeable scientist, inventor, engineer, and technological genius and wears a purple mask?

9.

Which Gilbert and Sullivan Savoy opera is subtitled The Merryman and his Maid?

10.

What sporting movement is named after a Norwegian called Paulsen?
 

11.

What is the name of the Middle Eastern food that is a deep fried ball or patty made from ground chickpeas and/or fava beans?

12.

Often nicknamed the ‘303’, what was the standard issue rifle used throughout the British army between 1895 and 1957?
 

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ROUND 6 - WithQuiz style - Paired with Round 3

1.

Who led the Liberal Party prior to Jo Grimond?

2.

Which national Sunday newspaper was bought by the Co-operative movement in 1929 and run by the movement until the paper was shut down in the 1960s?

3.

What name links Stephen Fry and the Clifton Suspension Bridge?

4.

Before 1977 what was the name of Djibouti?

5.

Which actor played the part of Jimmy Porter in the first stage production of John Osbourne’s Look Back in Anger?

6.

Which Oxford college buildings have been described as “a gothic confection, half seat of learning and half Black Forest gateau”? Nearby students at St John’s College reportedly formed a society to demolish it, “one red, white or blue brick at a time.”

7.

Stockport Grammar School has the motto 'Vincit qui patitur'. As what does this translate?

8.

How many edges are there in total on the faces of an icosahedron?

9.

Something Happened, published in 1974 is the sequel to which celebrated 1961 US novel?

10.

Since the war 4 players whose surnames start with the letter ‘H’ have captained Lancashire County Cricket Club. Name 3 of them.

11.

Apart from words including a consecutive 'fgh' or a consecutive 'rst' which is the only word in the English language containing 3 consecutive letters of the alphabet appearing consecutively, none of the letters being a vowel?

12.

Which comedian was known for the catchphrase 'You lucky people'?

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Spares - Stockport style - Written

1.

Earlier this year Marc Gawley of Denton set of new world record of 16 hours 29 minutes for visiting all 270…what?

2.

Although he is better known in a different field of entertainment, whose debut album Let Them Talk was released in May 2011 and reached number two in the UK charts?

3.

What is the name of the largest city and capital of the newly-created nation of the Republic of South Sudan?

4.

'On Old Olympus Towering Tops A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops' is a mnemonic used in medical circles to remember the order of twelve what?

5.

Which horse won this year’s Epsom Derby?

6.

Which English actor who died in June had an almost fifty-year career that included providing the voices for the Daleks and Cybermen in Doctor Who and Zippy and George in Rainbow?

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Tiebreaker

In 2007 in the UK an average weekly wage could buy you 747 Mars Bars. How many would an average weekly wage buy you in the UK in the 1950s?

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ROUND 1 - Stockport style - Verbal

1.

Who re-united thirty years ago today to perform a free concert in New York City’s Central Park?

Simon & Garfunkel

2.

Who was appointed last week as the new Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police?

Bernard Hogan-Howe

3.

In one of the more notable weddings of the summer, who did Charlene Wittstock marry in July?

Prince Albert of Monaco

4.

Which Premier League football team’s celebrity supporters include Piers Morgan, Mick Jagger, Frankie Dettori and Prince Harry?

Arsenal

5.

Which country will host the UEFA European Football Championships in 2016?

France

6.

Following Sudan’s separation in July which is now the largest country in Africa?

Algeria

7.

Who is the regular presenter of the BBC TV teatime quiz show Pointless?

Alexander Armstrong

8.

The debut of the cartoon strip Garfield, the deaths of sporting greats Herbert Sutcliffe, Joe Davis and Harold Abrahams, the running aground in France of the oil tanker Amoco Cadiz and the launch of the arcade game Space Invaders all occurred in which year?

1978

9.

Which is the most populous city in the state of Florida?

Jacksonville

10.

During the 2010–11 Premier League season, Manchester United won eighteen of their nineteen home games. Which was the only team they failed to beat at Old Trafford, the match finishing in a 2–2 draw?

West Bromwich Albion

11.

The O2 Arena is located in which London borough?

Greenwich

12.

The President of France is elected for a term-of-office of how many years?

Five

(reduced from seven in a 2000 referendum)

13.

In the Harry Potter books and films, Harry’s Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon and Cousin Dudley live at Number 4 Privet Drive in which fictitious Surrey town?

Little Whinging

14.

It has recently come to light that ‘rogue trader’ Kweku Adoboli may have lost more than $2 billion whilst working for which Swiss financial services company?

UBS

15.

Which Oscar-winning film of 1981 is based on the life of John Reed, best known for the book Ten Days That Shook the World - his first-hand account of the 1917 Russian Revolution?

Reds

16.

Based on John Reed’s book, the 1927 film October: Ten Days That Shook the World, was co-directed by Grigori Aleksandrov and which other director?

Sergei Eisenstein

17.

What is the name of the largest Travellers’ site in Britain, whose residents are currently resisting an invitation to travel from Basildon Council?

Dale Farm

18.

In the Harry Potter books and films, the Eeylops Emporium is a supplier of what?

Owls

(and related merchandise)

19.

For how many years is a US Senator elected?

Six

20.

Wembley Stadium is located in which London borough?

Brent

21.

Which was the only team to beat Manchester City in both league meetings during the 2010–11 season?

Everton

22.

Bridgeport, birthplace of Robert Mitchum and Polaroid founder Edwin Land, is the most populous city in which US state?

Connecticut

23.

The opening of Manchester’s Haçienda nightclub, the disappearance of Mark Thatcher during the Paris-Dakar rally, the financial collapse of Laker Airways and Spain becoming a member of NATO all happened in which year?

1982

24.

Who is the regular presenter of the ITV teatime quiz show The Chase?

Bradley Walsh

25.

Following the demise of The News of the World in July, which is now Britain’s best-selling national Sunday newspaper?

Mail on Sunday

26.

Which city will host the Olympic Games in 2016?

Rio de Janeiro

27.

Which Premier League football team’s celebrity supporters include Tom Hanks, cricketer Ian Bell, Prince William and David Cameron?

Aston Villa

28.

In another of the weddings of the summer, who did rock guitarist Jamie Hince marry in July?

Kate Moss

29.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt, who is set to become leader of a coalition government following last week’s Danish General Election, is the daughter-in-law of which former British political leader?

Neil Kinnock

30.

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ROUND 2 - Stockport style - Written - Hidden theme

1.

Which cricketer has led England in more Test matches than any other, having captained the team 54 times?

Mike Atherton

2.

Who is the only solo male artist in pop history to reach the UK top ten with his first eight singles, a feat he achieved between 1987 and 1991?

Rick Astley

3.

What name is shared by the following:

• the man who wrote the book and starred in the film I Was Monty’s Double

• a well-known British bridge

• a man who appeared regularly in BBC TV’s Crackerjack and more recently has played trombone in the England football supporters’ band?

Clifton

(Meyrick Clifton-James, Clifton Suspension Bridge and Bernie Clifton)

4.

Played by Noel Johnson from 1946 to 1949 and by Duncan Carse from 1949 to 1950, who was the title character in the first daily serial to be broadcast on BBC Radio?

Dick Barton

5.

Who is the bass guitarist in U2?

Adam Clayton

6.

Which literary character made her first appearance in The Tuesday Night Club - a short story published in The Sketch magazine in 1926?

Miss Marple

7.

The actress Jeanette Helen Morrison -  born in California in 1927 - was better known by which name?

Janet Leigh

8.

What was the surname of the comedy character with the first initials 'TF', which stood for ‘The Famous’?

Eccles

(in The Goon Show)

9.

In 1938 who was a joint winner of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, making him the only person in history to have been awarded both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize?

George Bernard Shaw

10.

Who, together with Stuart Maconie, presents a weekday afternoon show on BBC 6 Music?

Mark Radcliffe

Theme: Each answer contains a Greater Manchester place name

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ROUND 3 - WithQuiz style - Paired with Round 6

1.

What links Orkney & Shetland, North Devon, and Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale?

All are constituencies of former leaders of the Liberal Party

(Jo Grimond, Jeremy Thorpe and David Steel)

2.

Which right wing tabloid paper was merged with the Daily Mail in 1971?

Daily Sketch

3.

What name links the Tay Bridge and Maggie Smith?

McGonagall

(William M, author of the poem The Tay Bridge Disaster; actress who plays Minerva M in Harry Potter films)

4.

Before 1973 what was the name of Belize?

British Honduras

5.

Which TV drama series used Oasis’s Don’t Look Back in Anger as its theme music?

Our Friends in the North

6.

Augustus Welby Northmore were the forenames of which celebrated architect?

Pugin

7.

Manchester Grammar School has the motto 'Sapere aude'. As what does this translate?

'Dare to be wise'

8.

To the nearest whole degree what are the internal angles of a regular hendecagon?

147

(it’s an eleven-sided polygon) 

9.

Which US novelist wrote Goodbye, Columbus?

Philip Roth .

10.

Since the war 4 players whose surnames start with the letter ‘C’ have captained Lancashire County Cricket Club. Name 3 of them

(3 from)

Kenneth Cranston,

John Crawley,

Mark Chilton,

Glen Chapple

11.

Name both strings of 4 letters which appear consecutively in the alphabet, and can be found consecutively in at least one English word.

'rstu' and 'mnop'

 (as in collarstud and gymnopedic)

12.

Which comedian was known for the catchphrase 'I thank you all'?

Arthur Askey

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ROUND 4 - WithQuiz style - Picture Round

Identify the US States from the outlines shown

1.

Maine

2.

Idaho

3.

Oklahoma

4.

Tennessee

5.

Alabama

6.

Nevada

7.

Rhode Island

8.

Delaware

9.

California

10.

Louisiana

11.

Maryland

12.

Massachusetts

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ROUND 5 - WithQuiz style - Hidden theme

1.

What word appears most frequently at the end of scenes in the original folio of Shakespeare’s plays?

Exeunt

2.

Which 1960s group included band members Keith Relf, Jeff Beck, Chris Dreja, Paul Samwell-Smith and Jim McCarty?

Yardbirds

3.

From the end of World War II until 1972 which was the main airline operator flying between Manchester Airport and Ronaldsway in the Isle of Man?

Cambrian Airways

4.

Which Kent airfield was used in the 1950s and 1960s for air ferry services taking cars and their occupants to Le Touquet in northern France?

Lydd

5.

Who directed the 1957 film 12 Angry Men starring Henry Fonda?

Sidney Lumet

6.

After what modern day place is the element lutetium named?

Paris

(the Latin name for Paris is Lutetia)

7.

What was the surname of the actual journalist on which Evelyn Waugh based his character William Boot in his novel Scoop?

Deedes

(Bill Deedes of the Daily Telegraph)

8.

What is the name of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle who plays the part of the knowledgeable scientist, inventor, engineer, and technological genius and wears a purple mask?

Donatello
 

9.

Which Gilbert and Sullivan Savoy opera is subtitled The Merryman and his Maid?

Yeoman of the Guard

10.

What sporting movement is named after a Norwegian called Paulsen?
 

Axel jump in Ice Skating

(his name was Axel Paulsen)

11.

What is the name of the Middle Eastern food that is a deep fried ball or patty made from ground chickpeas and/or fava beans?

Falafel

12.

Often nicknamed the ‘303’, what was the standard issue rifle used throughout the British army between 1895 and 1957?
 

Lee Enfield

(repeating rifle)

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ROUND 6 - WithQuiz style - Paired with Round 3

1.

Who led the Liberal Party prior to Jo Grimond?

Clement Davies

2.

Which national Sunday newspaper was bought by the Co-operative movement in 1929 and run by the movement until the paper was shut down in the 1960s?

Reynold’s News

3.

What name links Stephen Fry and the Clifton Suspension Bridge?

Kingdom
(Fry appears in TV drama Kingdom; Isambard K Brunel designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge)

4.

Before 1977 what was the name of Djibouti?

French Somaliland

5.

Which actor played the part of Jimmy Porter in the first stage production of John Osbourne’s Look Back in Anger?

Kenneth Haigh

6.

Which Oxford college buildings have been described as “a gothic confection, half seat of learning and half Black Forest gateau”? Nearby students at St John’s College reportedly formed a society to demolish it, “one red, white or blue brick at a time.”

Keble College

7.

Stockport Grammar School has the motto 'Vincit qui patitur'. As what does this translate?

'He who endures, conquers'

8.

How many edges are there in total on the faces of an icosahedron?

30

(it’s a twenty-sided regular polyhedron)

9.

Something Happened, published in 1974 is the sequel to which celebrated 1961 US novel?

Catch-22

10.

Since the war 4 players whose surnames start with the letter ‘H’ have captained Lancashire County Cricket Club. Name 3 of them.

(3 from)

Nigel Howard,

Frank Hayes,

David Hughes,

Warren Hegg

11.

Apart from words including a consecutive 'fgh' or a consecutive 'rst' which is the only word in the English language containing 3 consecutive letters of the alphabet appearing consecutively, none of the letters being a vowel?

Calmness

12.

Which comedian was known for the catchphrase 'You lucky people'?

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Spares - Stockport style - Written

1.

Earlier this year Marc Gawley of Denton set of new world record of 16 hours 29 minutes for visiting all 270…what?

London Underground stations

2.

Although he is better known in a different field of entertainment, whose debut album Let Them Talk was released in May 2011 and reached number two in the UK charts?

Hugh Laurie

3.

What is the name of the largest city and capital of the newly-created nation of the Republic of South Sudan?

Juba

4.

'On Old Olympus Towering Tops A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops' is a mnemonic used in medical circles to remember the order of twelve what?

Cranial nerves

5.

Which horse won this year’s Epsom Derby?

Pour Moi

6.

Which English actor who died in June had an almost fifty-year career that included providing the voices for the Daleks and Cybermen in Doctor Who and Zippy and George in Rainbow?

Roy Skelton

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Tiebreaker

In 2007 in the UK an average weekly wage could buy you 747 Mars Bars. How many would an average weekly wage buy you in the UK in the 1950s?

122

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