ROUND 1 - Miscellany

All the answers have something in common

1.

The band’s first No.1 single, Some Might Say, was in 1995.  The then line-up comprised Tony McCarroll, Paul Arthurs, Paul McGuigan, and which two other people?

2.

Who was the last Liberal to be British Prime Minister?

3.

Who won the 1939 Best Actor Oscar for his part in Goodbye Mr. Chips?

4.

Who won the 2010 Booker Prize?

5.

Which English player is probably best remembered for dancing on the pitch with the Jules Rimet trophy in one hand and his false teeth in the other?

6.

Which author and intellectual is best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater published in 1821?

7.

She first came to the public’s attention as the director and choreographer of Hot Gossip, which she formed in 1974, and achieved mainstream fame in Strictly Come Dancing.  Who is she?

8.

This comedienne and singer/pianist won TV’s New Faces in 1974.  As part of the Manchester International Festival in July 2011, That Day We Sang described as 'a Manchester love story - with singing', was premiered at the Opera House.  Who is she?

Sp1

In Formula 1, who is Team Principle of the Mercedes GP team?

Sp2

As Gunner 'Lofty' Sugden from the 70s sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum, he and Windsor Davies, had a No. 1 hit in 1975 with a version of Whispering Grass.  Name the actor.

1.

What comes next in this sequence: stone, chamber, prisoner, goblet and what?

2.

Which pianist, trained at the RNCM, won the 1961 London Liszt Competition and, in 1962, was joint winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, along with Vladimir Ashkenazy?

3.

In various TV series Frank Windsor played the part of DS/DCS Watt, while Stratford Johns played the part of DCI/DCS who?

4.

What word links the fish rutilus rutilus and a slang word for the butt of a marijuana cigarette?

5.

Which tyre company has its headquarters in Akron, Ohio?

6.

Despite having the fastest serve of his day (153 mph), this American only ever won one Grand Slam title, the Australian Open in January 1977.  Bjőrn Borg beat him in the 1979 Wimbledon final.  Who is he?

7.

In 1737, which infamous person is supposed to have ridden from London to York in just 15 hours?

8.

What is the state capital of Nevada?

Sp1

What is the name of the set of formulas and tables used in cricket to address the problem of one-day cricket matches delayed for reasons of rain, poor light and floodlight failures etc.?

Sp2

In 1995, which film won Best Sound and Best Sound Effects Editing Oscars and was nominated for Best Film Editing?

ROUND 3 - Miscellany

All the answers have something in common

1.

In 1934, it introduced Blue Grass, which is considered the first all-American scent, and remains on the market today.  The company's signature fragrance is now Red Door.  Name the company.

2.

In the TV series Lewis, what is the name of Inspector Lewis’s sidekick?

3.

In over 20,000 games in 80+ years, they have the highest winning percentage of any professional sports team in the world.  Past players include Meadowlark Lemon, ‘Curly’ Neal, and ‘Goose’ Tatum.  Their signature tune is Sweet Georgia Brown. Name the team.

4.

Based on a 1946 Pulitzer prize-winning novel by Robert Penn Warren, the 1949 film won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actress. The 2006 film starring Sean Penn, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins and Kate Winslet won nothing.  Name the book/films.

5.

In France, the Dominicans are known as Jacobins because their first convent in Paris was built near the church of Saint Jacques.  By what nickname are they known as in this country?

6.

Who, in some versions of the Bible, beheaded Holophernes and had a book named after her for doing so?

7.

In 1886, David McConnell hired Mrs Persus Foster Eames Albee to become the first what?

8.

What links Johann Sebastian Bach, Jacques Loussier, and Gregor ‘Baldy Man’ Fisher?

Sp1

Name the artist.  His breakthrough came with the 1944 triptych Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion.  Other notable works include Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X and Study for a Self Portrait -Triptych, 1985-86.

Sp2

Opening in 1952, it has the longest continuous initial run of any play in history, with over 24,000 performances so far.  It is the longest running show (of any type) of the modern era.  What is it called?

Sp3

The food writer Madhur Jaffrey won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 15th Berlin International Film Festival for her performance in which 1965 Merchant Ivory film?

ROUND 4 - An Animated Round

1.

Which cartoon character had vital statistics of 19-19-19?

2.

The feature length animated film Fritz the Cat was released in the US in 1972.  What first did it achieve in the US?

3.

In 1975, who won Music Week magazine’s Best Selling Singles Group award?

4.

Which film prevented Nick Park’s A Grand Day Out from winning the 1990 Best Animated Short Film Oscar?

5.

TV-am was a UK breakfast television station from 1983 to 1992.  Who joined the ailing network in 1983 and was generally regarded as its saviour?  After a couple of months on TV-am, he took the audience from 100,000 to 1.8 million.

6.

Starting as Jasper and Jinx, they were soon renamed.  The original series (1940 – 1957) won the Animated Short Film Oscar seven times, tying with Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies as the animated series with the most Oscars.  How are the pair better known?

7.

Which blue-skinned cartoon characters took North America by storm in 1981?

8.

Complete this series, which starts in 1959 and ends in 1974: Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog, Pingwings, Pogles' Wood, The Clangers and what?

Sp1

Which film contains the line "Is that a rabbit in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"

Sp2

In 1975 Jasper Carrott had a top 10 hit with the song Funky Moped.  The record was however banned by the BBC, because of the monologue on the B-side.  What was the monologue called?

Sp3

Only three animated films have ever been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.  The nominations were in 1991, 2009 and 2010.  Name any one of them.

ROUND 5 - Hidden theme

1.

Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967.  Yellow Submarine in 1969.  What in 1968?

2.

Which 1959 album by Miles Davis is considered by many critics to be the best jazz album of all time and may well be the biggest selling jazz album ever?

3.

In 1968, The Move had their only UK single No. 1 hit.  What was it called?

4.

This actress has appeared in films including The Horse Whisperer and Girl with a Pearl Earring. She has also sung with The Jesus and Mary Chain and with David Bowie, as well as releasing albums called Anywhere I Lay My Head and Break Up.  Who is she? (first name is needed for the theme)

5.

Mahler’s 8th, composed in 1906, is commonly known by what title?

6.

In 1955 Jimmy Young had a UK No. 1 hit with it; the 1965 version by The Righteous Brothers became a jukebox standard; and it regained massive popularity when used in the 1990 film Ghost.  Name that tune.

7.

Which R&B girl band featured, among others, Beyoncé Knowles and LeToya Luckett and had UK No. 1 hits in 2000 with Independent Women Part 1 and Survivor?

8.

What name connects a music track by Portishead, a Manchester rock band, a Stoke-on-Trent rock band and a London ska funk band?

Sp1

This symphonic poem for orchestra by Debussy, lasting approximately 10 minutes, was first performed in Paris in 1894.  By what name, French or English, is it known?

Sp2

In the children's song I Can Sing a Rainbow, what is the next colour: "Red and yellow and pink and…..."?

ROUND 6 - A Science & Technology Round

1.

Complete this series: Enterprise, Challenger, Columbia, Discovery, Endeavour and… what?

2.

Who, in November 1952, declined to become the second President of Israel, saying "All my life I have dealt with objective matters, hence I lack both the natural aptitude and the experience to deal properly with people and to exercise official function"?

3.

In alphabetical order, what is the first element in the periodic table?

4.

Who is missing from this Piccadilly Gardens line-up: The Duke of Wellington, Queen Victoria, Sir Robert Peel and....?

5.

Nine Nobel prizes for Chemistry have been awarded to people at Manchester University.  Who was the first of the nine?  He was awarded the prize in 1908, for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements and the chemistry of radioactive substances.

6.

What is next in this sequence: Shenzhou, Space Shuttle, Apollo, Soyuz, Gemini, Voskhod, Mercury and… what?

7.

Who is the only person to appear on TV’s The Simpsons and Star Trek: The Next Generation and also on a Pink Floyd soundtrack?

8.

Only two element names end with a 'y'.  What are they?

Sp1

There are three naturally occurring carbon isotopes on Earth.  In total, how many protons and neutrons does the most common form have?

Sp2

93% of the mass of the human body is made up of only three elements.  Name the three elements.

ROUND 7 - A Numbers Round

1.

How many books did Douglas Adams write in his Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series?

2.

How many witches are there in Shakespeare’s Macbeth?

3.

£25 in a ‘pony’, £500 in a ‘monkey’, how many pounds in an ‘Archer’?

4.

What is the next number in this sport-related sequence:  1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18?

5.

What is the next number in this sequence:  ½, 1, 3, 6, 12, 24?

6.

How often is a Preston Guild held?

7.

In Norse mythology, how many legs did Odin’s horse Sleipnir have?

8.

Traditionally, how many Stations of the Cross are there?

Sp1

In a game of chess, assuming that white doesn’t immediately resign, how many possible opening moves does he or she have?

Sp2

In the cricket’s 1995 Hamer Cup semi-final against Heaton, Steve Dublin of Kearsley scored a record number of runs in an over.  How many runs did he score?

ROUND 8 - 'Been there, done that, got the T-shirt'

This round has no theme other than the setter has been to all the places mentioned and the visits (including spares) are in chronological order

1.

It was widely famed as the home of Ada Unsworth’s Formation Dance Team, which frequently appeared on BBC’s Come Dancing.  It also has the largest industrial estate in single private ownership in Europe.  A few people might know it as the setting for the TV sitcom The Office.  Name this town.

2.

There are only two doubly landlocked countries in the world i.e. countries surrounded only by other landlocked countries.  Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan.  What is the capital of the other one?

3.

It was founded in c. 660 BC, opposite ‘The City of the Blind’.  The man who rebuilt and re-consecrated it as an imperial capital renamed it in 330 AD.  It was later re-named again.  What is it now called?

4.

The 2011 film about West Indies Cricket under Clive Lloyd between 1975 and 1984, was called Fire in ….. where?

5.

Which city was the site of a 1943 conference attended by Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin?

6.

There are only two states in the world that have square flags.  One is Switzerland.  What is the other?

7.

Which capital city ultimately took its name from the main cities in the region i.e. Oea, Sbrt'n' and Lpqy?  Helpful hint: the city names are Phoenician, but the answer derives from another language.

8.

Which English town is twinned with the French town of Béziers, and with the German town of Heilbronn?

Sp1

Which is the second largest primarily French-speaking city in the world, after Paris?

Sp2

In which European city would you find a football venue called The Stadium of Light, other than in Sunderland?

Sp3

Which capital city’s name translates into English as ‘Blackpool’?

ROUND 1 - Miscellany

All the answers have something in common

1.

The band’s first No.1 single, Some Might Say, was in 1995.  The then line-up comprised Tony McCarroll, Paul Arthurs, Paul McGuigan, and which two other people?

Liam and Noel Gallagher

2.

Who was the last Liberal to be British Prime Minister?

David Lloyd George

3.

Who won the 1939 Best Actor Oscar for his part in Goodbye Mr. Chips?

Robert Donat

4.

Who won the 2010 Booker Prize?

Howard Jacobson

5.

Which English player is probably best remembered for dancing on the pitch with the Jules Rimet trophy in one hand and his false teeth in the other?

Norbert ‘Nobby’ Stiles

6.

Which author and intellectual is best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater published in 1821?

Thomas de Quincey

7.

She first came to the public’s attention as the director and choreographer of Hot Gossip, which she formed in 1974, and achieved mainstream fame in Strictly Come Dancing.  Who is she?

Arlene Phillips

8.

This comedienne and singer/pianist won TV’s New Faces in 1974.  As part of the Manchester International Festival in July 2011, That Day We Sang described as 'a Manchester love story - with singing', was premiered at the Opera House.  Who is she?

Victoria Wood

Sp1

In Formula 1, who is Team Principle of the Mercedes GP team?

Ross Brawn

Sp2

As Gunner 'Lofty' Sugden from the 70s sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum, he and Windsor Davies, had a No. 1 hit in 1975 with a version of Whispering Grass.  Name the actor.

Don Estelle

1.

What comes next in this sequence: stone, chamber, prisoner, goblet and what?

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2.

Which pianist, trained at the RNCM, won the 1961 London Liszt Competition and, in 1962, was joint winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, along with Vladimir Ashkenazy?

John Ogdon

3.

In various TV series Frank Windsor played the part of DS/DCS Watt, while Stratford Johns played the part of DCI/DCS who?

Charlie Barlow

4.

What word links the fish rutilus rutilus and a slang word for the butt of a marijuana cigarette?

Roach

5.

Which tyre company has its headquarters in Akron, Ohio?

Goodyear

6.

Despite having the fastest serve of his day (153 mph), this American only ever won one Grand Slam title, the Australian Open in January 1977.  Bjőrn Borg beat him in the 1979 Wimbledon final.  Who is he?

Roscoe Tanner

7.

In 1737, which infamous person is supposed to have ridden from London to York in just 15 hours?

Dick Turpin

8.

What is the state capital of Nevada?

Carson City

Sp1

What is the name of the set of formulas and tables used in cricket to address the problem of one-day cricket matches delayed for reasons of rain, poor light and floodlight failures etc.?

The Duckworth Lewis method

Sp2

In 1995, which film won Best Sound and Best Sound Effects Editing Oscars and was nominated for Best Film Editing?

Speed

ROUND 3 - Miscellany

All the answers have something in common

1.

In 1934, it introduced Blue Grass, which is considered the first all-American scent, and remains on the market today.  The company's signature fragrance is now Red Door.  Name the company.

Elizabeth Arden

2.

In the TV series Lewis, what is the name of Inspector Lewis’s sidekick?

DS James Hathaway

3.

In over 20,000 games in 80+ years, they have the highest winning percentage of any professional sports team in the world.  Past players include Meadowlark Lemon, ‘Curly’ Neal, and ‘Goose’ Tatum.  Their signature tune is Sweet Georgia Brown. Name the team.

The Harlem Globetrotters

4.

Based on a 1946 Pulitzer prize-winning novel by Robert Penn Warren, the 1949 film won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actress. The 2006 film starring Sean Penn, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins and Kate Winslet won nothing.  Name the book/films.

All the King’s Men

5.

In France, the Dominicans are known as Jacobins because their first convent in Paris was built near the church of Saint Jacques.  By what nickname are they known as in this country?

The Black Friars
 

6.

Who, in some versions of the Bible, beheaded Holophernes and had a book named after her for doing so?

Judith

(in Catholic/Eastern Orthodox Bibles; excluded by Protestants)

7.

In 1886, David McConnell hired Mrs Persus Foster Eames Albee to become the first what?

Avon Lady

8.

What links Johann Sebastian Bach, Jacques Loussier, and Gregor ‘Baldy Man’ Fisher?

Hamlet cigar advertising

Sp1

Name the artist.  His breakthrough came with the 1944 triptych Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion.  Other notable works include Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X and Study for a Self Portrait -Triptych, 1985-86.

Francis Bacon
 

Sp2

Opening in 1952, it has the longest continuous initial run of any play in history, with over 24,000 performances so far.  It is the longest running show (of any type) of the modern era.  What is it called?

The Mousetrap

Sp3

The food writer Madhur Jaffrey won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 15th Berlin International Film Festival for her performance in which 1965 Merchant Ivory film?

Shakespeare Wallah

ROUND 4 - An Animated  Round

1.

Which cartoon character had vital statistics of 19-19-19?

Olive Oyl

(from Popeye)

2.

The feature length animated film Fritz the Cat was released in the US in 1972.  What first did it achieve in the US?

First X-rated animated film

3.

In 1975, who won Music Week magazine’s Best Selling Singles Group award?

The Wombles

4.

Which film prevented Nick Park’s A Grand Day Out from winning the 1990 Best Animated Short Film Oscar?

Creature Comforts

(by Nick Park - which was also nominated in 1990)

5.

TV-am was a UK breakfast television station from 1983 to 1992.  Who joined the ailing network in 1983 and was generally regarded as its saviour?  After a couple of months on TV-am, he took the audience from 100,000 to 1.8 million.

Roland Rat

(described as "the only rat to join a sinking ship")

6.

Starting as Jasper and Jinx, they were soon renamed.  The original series (1940 – 1957) won the Animated Short Film Oscar seven times, tying with Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies as the animated series with the most Oscars.  How are the pair better known?

Tom & Jerry

7.

Which blue-skinned cartoon characters took North America by storm in 1981?

The Smurfs

(Created in 1958 by the Belgian cartoonist Peyo, The Smurfs didn't make their way to North America until 1981 when they joined NBC)

8.

Complete this series, which starts in 1959 and ends in 1974: Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog, Pingwings, Pogles' Wood, The Clangers and what?

Bagpuss

(All made by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin at Smallfilms)

Sp1

Which film contains the line "Is that a rabbit in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Sp2

In 1975 Jasper Carrott had a top 10 hit with the song Funky Moped.  The record was however banned by the BBC, because of the monologue on the B-side.  What was the monologue called?
 

Magic Roundabout

(After the initial greetings, it continues: "Dillon", said Dougal.  "Yes", said Dillon.  "I wonder if Florence is a virgin?"  "Drops 'em for certain", said Dillon....and it descends from there

Sp3

Only three animated films have ever been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.  The nominations were in 1991, 2009 and 2010.  Name any one of them.

Beauty and the Beast (1991),

Up (2009)

Toy Story 3 (2010)

ROUND 5 - Hidden theme

1.

Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967.  Yellow Submarine in 1969.  What in 1968?

The White Album

(but accept The Beatles, which is what the album was actually called, but indicate that The White Album is necessary for the theme)

2.

Which 1959 album by Miles Davis is considered by many critics to be the best jazz album of all time and may well be the biggest selling jazz album ever?

Kind of Blue

3.

In 1968, The Move had their only UK single No. 1 hit.  What was it called?

Blackberry Way

4.

This actress has appeared in films including The Horse Whisperer and Girl with a Pearl Earring. She has also sung with The Jesus and Mary Chain and with David Bowie, as well as releasing albums called Anywhere I Lay My Head and Break Up.  Who is she? (first name is needed for the theme)

Scarlett Johansson
 

5.

Mahler’s 8th, composed in 1906, is commonly known by what title?

The Symphony of a Thousand

6.

In 1955 Jimmy Young had a UK No. 1 hit with it; the 1965 version by The Righteous Brothers became a jukebox standard; and it regained massive popularity when used in the 1990 film Ghost.  Name that tune.

Unchained Melody

7.

Which R&B girl band featured, among others, Beyoncé Knowles and LeToya Luckett and had UK No. 1 hits in 2000 with Independent Women Part 1 and Survivor?

Destiny’s Child

8.

What name connects a music track by Portishead, a Manchester rock band, a Stoke-on-Trent rock band and a London ska funk band?

The Mysterons

Sp1

This symphonic poem for orchestra by Debussy, lasting approximately 10 minutes, was first performed in Paris in 1894.  By what name, French or English, is it known?

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

(or Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun)

Sp2

In the children's song I Can Sing a Rainbow, what is the next colour: "Red and yellow and pink and…..."?

Green

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a character from the TV series Captain Scarlet & the Mysterons

ROUND 6 - A Science & Technology Round

1.

Complete this series: Enterprise, Challenger, Columbia, Discovery, Endeavour and… what?

Atlantis

(Space Shuttles)

2.

Who, in November 1952, declined to become the second President of Israel, saying "All my life I have dealt with objective matters, hence I lack both the natural aptitude and the experience to deal properly with people and to exercise official function"?

Albert Einstein

3.

In alphabetical order, what is the first element in the periodic table?

Actinium

4.

Who is missing from this Piccadilly Gardens line-up: The Duke of Wellington, Queen Victoria, Sir Robert Peel and....?

James Watt
 

5.

Nine Nobel prizes for Chemistry have been awarded to people at Manchester University.  Who was the first of the nine?  He was awarded the prize in 1908, for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements and the chemistry of radioactive substances.

Ernest Rutherford
 

6.

What is next in this sequence: Shenzhou, Space Shuttle, Apollo, Soyuz, Gemini, Voskhod, Mercury and… what?

Vostok

(Manned space missions – most recent first)

7.

Who is the only person to appear on TV’s The Simpsons and Star Trek: The Next Generation and also on a Pink Floyd soundtrack?

Stephen Hawking

8.

Only two element names end with a 'y'.  What are they?

Antimony and Mercury

Sp1

There are three naturally occurring carbon isotopes on Earth.  In total, how many protons and neutrons does the most common form have?

12

(99% of the carbon is carbon-12, 1% is carbon-13, and carbon-14 only occurs in trace amounts)

Sp2

93% of the mass of the human body is made up of only three elements.  Name the three elements.

Oxygen 65%.

Carbon 18.6%.

Hydrogen 9.7%

(Every organic molecule contains carbon, and since 65-90% of each body cell consists of water - by weight - oxygen and hydrogen are also major components of the body.  Other main constituents include nitrogen 3.2%, calcium 1.8%, and phosphorus 1.0%)

ROUND 7 - A Numbers Round

1.

How many books did Douglas Adams write in his Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series?

5

(It is often described as a trilogy in five parts' - a 6th book was written by Eoin Colfer after Douglas Adams’ death)

2.

How many witches are there in Shakespeare’s Macbeth?

4

(The three Weird Sisters and Hecate, Queen of the Witches)

3.

£25 in a ‘pony’, £500 in a ‘monkey’, how many pounds in an ‘Archer’?

£2,000

4.

What is the next number in this sport-related sequence:  1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18?

25

(Number of points given to an F1 Grand Prix winner)

5.

What is the next number in this sequence:  ½, 1, 3, 6, 12, 24?

30

(Pre-decimal British coinage)

6.

How often is a Preston Guild held?

Every 20 years

7.

In Norse mythology, how many legs did Odin’s horse Sleipnir have?

8

8.

Traditionally, how many Stations of the Cross are there?

14

Sp1

In a game of chess, assuming that white doesn’t immediately resign, how many possible opening moves does he or she have?
 

20

(16 pawn moves and 4 knight moves)

Sp2

In the cricket’s 1995 Hamer Cup semi-final against Heaton, Steve Dublin of Kearsley scored a record number of runs in an over.  How many runs did he score?

48

(In the 25th over - extended by three no-balls - Dublin scored eight sixes)

ROUND 8 - 'Been there, done that, got the T-shirt'

This round has no theme other than the setter has been to all the places mentioned and the visits (including spares) are in chronological order

1.

It was widely famed as the home of Ada Unsworth’s Formation Dance Team, which frequently appeared on BBC’s Come Dancing.  It also has the largest industrial estate in single private ownership in Europe.  A few people might know it as the setting for the TV sitcom The Office.  Name this town.

Slough

2.

There are only two doubly landlocked countries in the world i.e. countries surrounded only by other landlocked countries.  Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan.  What is the capital of the other one?

Vaduz

(is the capital of Liechtenstein)

3.

It was founded in c. 660 BC, opposite ‘The City of the Blind’.  The man who rebuilt and re-consecrated it as an imperial capital renamed it in 330 AD.  It was later re-named again.  What is it now called?

Istanbul
 

4.

The 2011 film about West Indies Cricket under Clive Lloyd between 1975 and 1984, was called Fire in ….. where?

Babylon

5.

Which city was the site of a 1943 conference attended by Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin?

Tehran

6.

There are only two states in the world that have square flags.  One is Switzerland.  What is the other?

The Vatican

7.

Which capital city ultimately took its name from the main cities in the region i.e. Oea, Sbrt'n' and Lpqy?  Helpful hint: the city names are Phoenician, but the answer derives from another language.

Tripoli

(Greek meaning 'Three Cities')

8.

Which English town is twinned with the French town of Béziers, and with the German town of Heilbronn?

Stockport

Sp1

Which is the second largest primarily French-speaking city in the world, after Paris?

Montreal

Sp2

In which European city would you find a football venue called The Stadium of Light, other than in Sunderland?

Lisbon

(The Estádio da Luz is the home stadium of SL Benfica)

Sp3

Which capital city’s name translates into English as ‘Blackpool’?

Dublin