ROUND 1 - Pairs

1.

What is the name of Lancashire’s cricket captain who recently lifted the County Championship trophy?

2.

What is the name of the Lancashire cricket coach?

3.

With which group was the late Joe Morello the drummer between 1956 and 1967?  He played the intro to their only, widely acclaimed, top ten hit in 1961, a tune which continues to echo around the London Underground subways today as a busker’s favourite.

4.

Which instrument did Dave Brubeck himself play?

5.

Which actor, who died in 1999, links 1971 British gangster film Get Carter with TV programme Coronation Street?

6.

7.

Name five of the top six countries in the world by population.

8.

Which country is not only the richest in the world when measured by Gross National Product per person, but also the second most densely populated with 16,000 people per square kilometre?

1.

Which politician, MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill since 2004, was Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2009 to 2010 in the last Labour government?

2.

Which food company founded in Bolton in 1876 and with its headquarters still in the town, has the second biggest selling food and drink brand in the UK after Coca Cola?

3.

Which 1959 film starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason is a thriller based upon the mistaken identity of advertising executive Roger Thornhill?

4.

Which half Chinese, half English author was best known for creating Simon Templar, alias The Saint in many novels?

5.

Which controversial Church of England clergyman, bishop of Durham from 1984 to 1994, once referred to the resurrection of Christ as a “conjuring trick with bones”?

6.

Which television producer and screenwriter’s credits include Queer As Folk, Bob and Rose, Casanova, Doctor Who and Torchwood?

7.

Although there is evidence of some earlier versions, which English coin came into general usage during the reign of Edward I and existed in one form or another until it ceased to be legal tender in 1984?

8.

Which British rock band formed in Wiltshire in 1988 had hits in the early 1990s with the songs Real, Real, Real, International Bright Young Thing, and The Devil You Know?

1.

What name links the Queens Consort of William the Conqueror, Henry I and Stephen?

2.

What, amongst others are Rudchester, Birdoswald and Housesteads?

3.

Which British sanitary pottery manufacturer was founded in 1817 by Thomas Bond and in 1969 merged with a Scottish competitor to give it the name by which it is known today?    

4.

Which company in 2007 closed its Wandsworth London brewery where it had brewed since 1832, as part of its takeover by Charles Wells ?

5.

Which scriptwriter, creator of catchphrases such as “You stupid boy!”, “Hello, campers”, “Good moaning” and the likes of  “At 7 o’clock tonight my pussy’s expecting to see a friendly face”, died last month?            

6.

Which iconic Scottish folk guitarist died last week?

7.

In 2008 director and co-writer Abel Ferrara said that finding out his 1992 movie was being remade was "a horrible feeling, like when you get robbed", and that those involved in this remake "should all die in hell" and wondered how Nicolas Cage "can even have the nerve to play Harvey Keitel".  What was the title of his 1992 film?

8.

Werner Herzog (the director of The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans) remade a Murnau silent classic (Nosferatu), but what is the title of the film produced in 2000 by Nicolas Cage's production company which portrays the making of the Murnau film?

ROUND 4 - Pairs

1.

What is the name of the US wine critic whose marks-out-of-100 wine ratings are so influential they are a factor in price setting for newly released Bordeaux?

2.

Whose Antiques Price Guide and Collectables Price Guide are considered the definitive guides in the field?

3.

Which Turner Prize-winning artist's work The Upper Room is an installation of 13 paintings of rhesus macaque monkeys in a specially-designed room, each painted in a different dominant colour noted in Spanish on the elephant dung supports.

4.

Which Turner Prize-winning sculptor's work Svayambh, featured a 1.5 metre block of red wax that moved on rails through the Royal Academy in London in 2009.

5.

Name three of the six sports that have featured at every Winter Olympics program since its inception in 1924.

6.

Name two of the four summer sports that have never been absent from the Olympic program.

7.

Which British actress stars in the film, The Debt, currently on general release?

8.

Which British actor stars as George Smiley in the current film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?

ROUND 5 - Hidden theme

1.

What is the name of the beady gluten-free starch obtained from the root of the cassava?

2.

Who are the current sponsors of Everton FC?     

3.

What type of fish is used to make Arbroath smokies?

4.

In Greek mythology, the son of Neleus, the King of Pylos, and Chloris, who became king after Heracles killed his father and his siblings? 

5.

Who succeeded Greg Dyke as Director-General of the BBC?

6.

Which branch of mathematics concerned with change takes its name from the Greek word for pebble?

7.

In Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, which character’s theme is played by the French horns?  

8.

In the TV serves The Mighty Boosh what is the name of the loud, brash owner of the Zooniverse played by Rich Fulcher         

1.

Which sports team is, location-wise, linked from its past by ADT Auctions, to its present by a greyhound track, and to its future by its sport’s proposed National Stadium?

2.

“Tame birds get stung under lights in a night sky” is a cryptic reference to the nicknames of 3 top-division speedway teams.  Name 2 out of the 3 teams giving both towns/cities and nicknames.

3.

Name the three new Metrolink stops which opened in South Manchester this year.

4.

Name 4 of the 5 stops that will be opened when the line is complete in the spring of 2013.

5.

Which Italian wine is made from a blend of Sangiovese, Canaiolo and Malvasia Bianca grapes?

6.

Which Italian wine is made from a blend of Corvina Veronese, Rondinella and Molinara grapes?

7.

If you sailed due west from Perth in Australia, in which country would you next touch land?

8.

If you travelled due east from the southern tip of India, in which country would you next touch land?

ROUNDS 7 & 8 - WithQuiz Baccalaureate

Choose your subject

1.

English Lit.

“Water water every where, and all the boards did shrink
  Water water every where, nor any a drop to drink”
.......are lines from which famous poem published in 1798?

2.

Maths

How would the number 22 be expressed in binary notation?

3.

Latin

Modern man is referred to in Latin as homo sapiens.  What does this translate as in English?

4.

Geography

What important theory, first proposed by the German geophysicist and explorer Alfred Wegener in 1912, was widely criticised at the time but was proved to be correct in the 1950’s and is now measurable using GPS technology?

5.

R.E.

Which of the miracles of Jesus – the only one that is recounted in all four Gospels – took place at the town of Bethsaida?

6.

Physics

Which letter of the alphabet is used to denote Planck’s Constant?

7.

History

Which two European monarchs met at the so-called 'Field of the Cloth of Gold' in June 1520?

8.

English Lang.

In his 1856 work Modern Painters what term did John Ruskin first use to denote the ascribing of human emotions or actions to inanimate objects?

9.

Biology

Where in the human body is oestrogen principally produced?               

10.

Music

What is the major key and what is the relative minor key for the signature shown?

11.

Chemistry

What process allows large hydrocarbons to be broken down into smaller hydrocarbons?

12.

Maths 2

What is the value of n in the following?

13.

Geography 2

Meaning Holy Mother, what is the Tibetan name for Mount Everest?

14.

Spelling Test

Spell idiosyncrasy.

15.

Music 2

Which musical term indicates that a piece is to be played 'at walking pace'?

16.

History 2

What number does the Roman numeral DCLXXIV represent?

17.

Latin 2

Nouveau riche upstarts Manchester City adopted the Latin motto 'Superbia in Proelio' in 1997.  What does this translate as?

18.

English Lit. 2

Which Dickens novel takes place in the fictitious Coketown?

Spares

1.

What is the state capital of Kentucky?

2.

Which river flows through Melbourne, Australia?

3.

Of which film, set in London’s Covent Garden in 1971 when it was still the capital’s fruit and vegetable market, is this the last line: “Mr Rusk, you’re not wearing your tie.”?

4.

Which two teams competed in the first ever Premier League game to be played outside England?

5.

Who wrote the play Prometheus Bound?

ROUND 1 - Pairs

1.

What is the name of Lancashire’s cricket captain who recently lifted the County Championship trophy?

Glen Chapple

2.

What is the name of the Lancashire cricket coach?

Peter Moores

3.

With which group was the late Joe Morello the drummer between 1956 and 1967?  He played the intro to their only, widely acclaimed, top ten hit in 1961, a tune which continues to echo around the London Underground subways today as a busker’s favourite.

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

(the hit was Take Five)

4.

Which instrument did Dave Brubeck himself play?

Piano (accept keyboards)

5.

Which actor, who died in 1999, links 1971 British gangster film Get Carter with TV programme Coronation Street?

Brian Mosley

(thrown off the infamous car park by Michael Caine in the film; Alf Roberts in the Street)

6.

(bottled to death by Bob Hoskins in the film; Charlie Fairhead in Casualty)

7.

Name five of the top six countries in the world by population.

(Any 5 from)

China (1.3b),

India (1.2b),

USA (313m),

Indonesia (242m),

Brazil (197m),

Pakistan (176m)

8.

Which country is not only the richest in the world when measured by Gross National Product per person, but also the second most densely populated with 16,000 people per square kilometre?

Monaco

1.

Which politician, MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill since 2004, was Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2009 to 2010 in the last Labour government?

Liam Byrne

2.

Which food company founded in Bolton in 1876 and with its headquarters still in the town, has the second biggest selling food and drink brand in the UK after Coca Cola?

Warburtons

3.

Which 1959 film starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason is a thriller based upon the mistaken identity of advertising executive Roger Thornhill?

North By Northwest

4.

Which half Chinese, half English author was best known for creating Simon Templar, alias The Saint in many novels?

Leslie Charteris

5.

Which controversial Church of England clergyman, bishop of Durham from 1984 to 1994, once referred to the resurrection of Christ as a “conjuring trick with bones”?

David Jenkins

6.

Which television producer and screenwriter’s credits include Queer As Folk, Bob and Rose, Casanova, Doctor Who and Torchwood?

Russell T Davies

7.

Although there is evidence of some earlier versions, which English coin came into general usage during the reign of Edward I and existed in one form or another until it ceased to be legal tender in 1984?

The halfpenny

8.

Which British rock band formed in Wiltshire in 1988 had hits in the early 1990s with the songs Real, Real, Real, International Bright Young Thing, and The Devil You Know?

Jesus Jones

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a member of the current Welsh Rugby Union World Cup squad

1.

What name links the Queens Consort of William the Conqueror, Henry I and Stephen?

Matilda

(of Flanders, of Scotland, and of Boulogne)

2.

What, amongst others are Rudchester, Birdoswald and Housesteads?

Forts on Hadrian’s Wall

3.

Which British sanitary pottery manufacturer was founded in 1817 by Thomas Bond and in 1969 merged with a Scottish competitor to give it the name by which it is known today?    

Armitage Shanks

4.

Which company in 2007 closed its Wandsworth London brewery where it had brewed since 1832, as part of its takeover by Charles Wells ?

Young's

5.

Which scriptwriter, creator of catchphrases such as “You stupid boy!”, “Hello, campers”, “Good moaning” and the likes of  “At 7 o’clock tonight my pussy’s expecting to see a friendly face”, died last month?            

David Croft

6.

Which iconic Scottish folk guitarist died last week?

Bert Jansch

7.

In 2008 director and co-writer Abel Ferrara said that finding out his 1992 movie was being remade was "a horrible feeling, like when you get robbed", and that those involved in this remake "should all die in hell" and wondered how Nicolas Cage "can even have the nerve to play Harvey Keitel".  What was the title of his 1992 film?

The Bad Lieutenant

(Werner Herzog directed The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans.  He denied it was a remake and claimed never to have seen the original)

8.

Werner Herzog (the director of The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans) remade a Murnau silent classic (Nosferatu), but what is the title of the film produced in 2000 by Nicolas Cage's production company which portrays the making of the Murnau film?

Shadow of the Vampire

ROUND 4 - Pairs

1.

What is the name of the US wine critic whose marks-out-of-100 wine ratings are so influential they are a factor in price setting for newly released Bordeaux?

Robert M. Parker Jr.

(accept Parker)

2.

Whose Antiques Price Guide and Collectables Price Guide are considered the definitive guides in the field?

Judith Miller

(accept Miller’s)

3.

Which Turner Prize-winning artist's work The Upper Room is an installation of 13 paintings of rhesus macaque monkeys in a specially-designed room, each painted in a different dominant colour noted in Spanish on the elephant dung supports.

Chris Ofili

4.

Which Turner Prize-winning sculptor's work Svayambh, featured a 1.5 metre block of red wax that moved on rails through the Royal Academy in London in 2009.

Anish Kapoor

5.

Name three of the six sports that have featured at every Winter Olympics program since its inception in 1924.

(three from)

Cross-country skiing,

Figure skating,

Ice hockey,

Nordic combined,

Ski jumping,

Speed skating

6.

Name two of the four summer sports that have never been absent from the Olympic program.

(two from)

Athletics,

Swimming,

Fencing,

Artistic gymnastics

7.

Which British actress stars in the film, The Debt, currently on general release?

Helen Mirren

8.

Which British actor stars as George Smiley in the current film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?

Gary Oldman

ROUND 5 - Hidden theme

1.

What is the name of the beady gluten-free starch obtained from the root of the cassava?

Tapioca

2.

Who are the current sponsors of Everton FC?     

Chang Beer

3.

What type of fish is used to make Arbroath smokies?

Haddock

4.

In Greek mythology, the son of Neleus, the King of Pylos, and Chloris, who became king after Heracles killed his father and his siblings? 

Nestor of Gerenia

5.

Who succeeded Greg Dyke as Director-General of the BBC?

Mark Thompson

6.

Which branch of mathematics concerned with change takes its name from the Greek word for pebble?

Calculus

7.

In Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, which character’s theme is played by the French horns?  

The wolf

8.

In the TV serves The Mighty Boosh what is the name of the loud, brash owner of the Zooniverse played by Rich Fulcher         

Bob Fossil

1.

Which sports team is, location-wise, linked from its past by ADT Auctions, to its present by a greyhound track, and to its future by its sport’s proposed National Stadium?

Belle Vue (Aces) Speedway team

(their former track on Hyde Road is now occupied by ADT; their current track is at the greyhound stadium; their future home will be the National Speedway stadium for which planning permission has just been granted on Kirkmanshulme Lane)

2.

“Tame birds get stung under lights in a night sky” is a cryptic reference to the nicknames of 3 top-division speedway teams.  Name 2 out of the 3 teams giving both towns/cities and nicknames.

(two from)

Swindon Robins,

Coventry Bees,

King’s Lynn Stars

3.

Name the three new Metrolink stops which opened in South Manchester this year.

Firswood,

Chorlton,

St Werburgh’s Road

4.

Name 4 of the 5 stops that will be opened when the line is complete in the spring of 2013.

(four from)

Withington,

Burton Road,

West Didsbury,

Didsbury Village,

East Didsbury

5.

Which Italian wine is made from a blend of Sangiovese, Canaiolo and Malvasia Bianca grapes?

Chianti

6.

Which Italian wine is made from a blend of Corvina Veronese, Rondinella and Molinara grapes?

Valpolicella

7.

If you sailed due west from Perth in Australia, in which country would you next touch land?

South Africa

8.

If you travelled due east from the southern tip of India, in which country would you next touch land?

Sri Lanka

ROUNDS 7 & 8 - WithQuiz Baccalaureate

Choose your subject

1.

English Lit.

“Water water every where, and all the boards did shrink
  Water water every where, nor any a drop to drink”
.......are lines from which famous poem published in 1798?

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

2.

Maths

How would the number 22 be expressed in binary notation?

10110

3.

Latin

Modern man is referred to in Latin as homo sapiens.  What does this translate as in English?

'Wise man'

4.

Geography

What important theory, first proposed by the German geophysicist and explorer Alfred Wegener in 1912, was widely criticised at the time but was proved to be correct in the 1950’s and is now measurable using GPS technology?

Continental Drift

5.

R.E.

Which of the miracles of Jesus – the only one that is recounted in all four Gospels – took place at the town of Bethsaida?

The feeding of the 5000

6.

Physics

Which letter of the alphabet is used to denote Planck’s Constant?

h

7.

History

Which two European monarchs met at the so-called 'Field of the Cloth of Gold' in June 1520?

Henry VIII of England

Francis (Francois) I of France

8.

English Lang.

In his 1856 work Modern Painters what term did John Ruskin first use to denote the ascribing of human emotions or actions to inanimate objects?

Pathetic fallacy

9.

Biology

Where in the human body is oestrogen principally produced?               

The ovaries

10.

Music

What is the major key and what is the relative minor key for the signature shown?

11.

Chemistry

What process allows large hydrocarbons to be broken down into smaller hydrocarbons?

Cracking

12.

Maths 2

What is the value of n in the following?

13

(Pythagoras theorem)

13.

Geography 2

Meaning Holy Mother, what is the Tibetan name for Mount Everest?

Chomolungma

14.

Spelling Test

Spell idiosyncrasy.

I-D-I-O-S-Y-N-C-R-A-S-Y

15.

Music 2

Which musical term indicates that a piece is to be played 'at walking pace'?

Andante

16.

History 2

What number does the Roman numeral DCLXXIV represent?

674

17.

Latin 2

Nouveau riche upstarts Manchester City adopted the Latin motto 'Superbia in Proelio' in 1997.  What does this translate as?

'Pride in Battle'

18.

English Lit. 2

Which Dickens novel takes place in the fictitious Coketown?

Hard Times

Spares

1.

What is the state capital of Kentucky?

Frankfort

2.

Which river flows through Melbourne, Australia?

The Yarra River

3.

Of which film, set in London’s Covent Garden in 1971 when it was still the capital’s fruit and vegetable market, is this the last line: “Mr Rusk, you’re not wearing your tie.”?

Frenzy

(directed by Alfred Hitchcock)

4.

Which two teams competed in the first ever Premier League game to be played outside England?

Swansea City v Wigan Athletic

(earlier this season)

5.

Who wrote the play Prometheus Bound?

Aeschylus