ROUND 1 - Paired with Round 3

1.

Who was the male host of the 1950s/1960s quiz game show Double Your Money usually broadcast on Thursday evenings, and the 1970s quiz game show The Sky’s the Limit usually broadcast on Friday evenings?

2.

 In the New Testament how did the woman with an issue of blood achieve a miraculous cure?

3.

Eight year old James Phipps, milkmaid Sarah Nelmes and a cow called Blossom (whose hide now hangs in St George’s Medical School Library) were key players in the search for a vaccine against which disease?

4.

Which author, who died in 1982, wrote 34 detective novels featuring gentleman detective Roderick Alleyn of the London Metropolitan Police, though four of them were set in New Zealand?

5.

In which county are the following attractions: Cragside, St Cuthbert’s Head, Thirlwall Castle and Wallington?

6.

Which is Cambridge University’s oldest college, founded 1284?

7.

Only three men resigned (as opposed to being expelled) from the Privy Council in the whole of the 20^th century.  Name any one of them.

8.

Which poet, who died in 1821, has as his epitaph “Here lies one whose name was writ in water”?

1.

Which eponymous line (named after a naturalist) separates the islands of Bali and Lombok?

2.

What was held for the first time in Lugano, Switzerland on May 24^th 1956 and won by the host nation?

3.

On which river is the French town of Amiens?

4.

Which future king of England was born in 1457?  His mother was a 13 year old widow.

5.

Which future king of England fathered a child at the age of 14 with his 12 year old wife, but the baby born in 1382 lived only a few days?

6.

On which river is the German city of Essen?

7.

What was held for the first time on March 29th 1981 and won by Dick Beardsley and Inge Simonsen?

8.

In which ocean trench is the Challenger Deep, the deepest point in the Pacific?

ROUND 3 - Paired with Round 1

1.

Which comic who died in 2002 has an epitaph in Irish “Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite” which translates as “I told you I was ill”?

2.

Which former Labour MP became the first to be expelled from the Privy Council in the 21^st century following a conviction for false accounting?

3.

Which was the last women’s college of Oxford University to admit men?

4.

In which county are the following attractions: Barrington Court, Beckington Castle, Montacute House and the Polden Hills?

5.

Which author who died in 1966 wrote 19 novels featuring gentleman investigator/adventurer Albert Campion?

6.

Nine year old Joseph Meister, later in life the caretaker at the Pasteur Institute until his death in 1940, was the first person to be vaccinated against which disease?

7.

The miraculous cure of Sister Marie Simon-Pierre from Parkinson's disease has led to the beatification of which deceased Roman Catholic?

8.

Who was the New Zealand born male host of the 1950s/1960s quiz game show Take Your Pick usually broadcast on Friday evenings?

ROUND 4 - Stated theme - 'Water , Water, Everywhere'

All the answers contain the name - or the sound of the name - of a body or channel of water

1.

Who is the founder and principal song-writer of the band Talking Heads?

2.

In children’s literature which Beatrix Potter character is deceived by a fox but rescued before she is eaten?  Unfortunately the rescuers eat her eggs.

3.

What was the character name of the 'Doctor Who' girl played by actress Karen Gillan since 2010?

4.

Who was the first wife of tennis player Andre Agassi?

5.

Which film of 1960 starring Frank Sinatra was remade in 2001 starring George Clooney?

6.

Which actress who died aged 50 in 1973 was acclaimed for femme fatale roles and made four films in the 1940s partnering Alan Ladd?

7.

Briton Darren Appleton is the current world champion in which sport?

8.

Which Welsh seaside town was the birth place of actress Nerys Hughes and the hanged killer Ruth Ellis?

ROUND 5 - Stated theme - 'Cabinet Secretaries'

Each answer contains the name of one of the eleven men (there have been no women) to have held the office of Secretary to the Cabinet - the eight Cabinet

1.

Which darts player, a world champion in 2000 and 2009, is nicknamed 'The Count'?

2.

Which 1995 film based on a novel of the same name was set in Iowa and starred Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep?

3.

Which actress played the role of Kelly Smith in EastEnders 2001-2004 but has subsequently become well known in her campaign against knife crime following the death of her half brother Ben?

4.

Played by actress Maggie Jones who was the mother of Coronation Street character Deirdre Barlow?

5.

Who in 1968 was the oldest solo singer to have a No 1 single in the UK charts?

6.

According to the Biblical book of Genesis Joseph whilst in prison interpreted dreams for two of Pharaoh’s servants.  One was a baker.  What was the occupation of the other?

7.

Which actor, a former microbiologist in Stobhill Hospital Glasgow, is currently playing a physician on Saturday night television?

8.

Jim Dobbin, a former microbiologist at the Royal Oldham Hospital, has represented which Greater Manchester constituency since 1997?

ROUND 6 - Picture Round

1.

Name this European city.

2.

Name this European city.

3.

Name this politician whose name has entered the lexicon.

4.

Name this estate manager whose name has entered the lexicon. 

5.

Now aged 54 and a vet in New York State, as a 13 year old he co-starred in a well-loved film of 1971.  He never made another. Name the film or the book on which it was based.

6.

Now aged 57 and a jazz pianist in Sweden, as a 15 year old he co-starred in which critically acclaimed, though controversial, film of 1971?  It was his only international film.

7.

Who was this Canadian born pianist who died aged 50 in 1982?  Possibly on the autistic spectrum he is pictured in the chair his father made for his 18th birthday and from which he performed all his concerts.

8.

Who was this Russian born pianist and friend of Rachmaninoff who died aged 86 in 1989?  He once joked: “There are three kinds of pianists - Jewish pianists, homosexual pianists and bad pianists.”

ROUND 7 - Halloween Special 'The Night of the Witches'

1.

Named after a Basildon drill inventor, which band had a UK No 4 hit in 1970 with The Witch’s Promise?

2.

Which Native American rock group had a UK No 2 hit in 1971 with Witch Queen of New Orleans?

3.

Acacia kempeana is the Latin name for which plant that hosts a native food delicacy?

4.

According to folklore which tree or shrub, named Sambucus nigra, contains a witch, to whom you should apologise before cutting it?  If you make a cradle from its wood the witch will steal your child.

5.

This is the picture of the home of a famous witch.  Who is the witch, who also appears in the title of a piece Mussorgsky composed in 1874?

6.

Name the British company which used this saucy advert to clean up the image of witches in 1899.  The caption to the advert read:

"Whither oh whither maiden so high

To write the name of _____ in the sky

Why go so far from the land of your birth

Because it is written all over the earth."

7.

In which film of 1987 does Jane Spofford, under the influence of the devil, ignite her instrument when playing the Dvorak Cello Concerto?

8.

James Device, James Bulcock and John Ramsden were part of a larger group placed on trial. Lawrence Haye was also accused but never got to trial. By what name is the trial of some 20 individuals collectively known?

Sp.

Which king of Israel visited the witch of Endor and received a terrible prophecy from the ghost of the prophet Samuel?

ROUND 8 - Bond Special

To mark the 50^th anniversary of the James Bond film series a round devoted to 007 and his cinematic outings and his licence to thrill!

1.

James Bond is an orphan but how did his parents die?

2.

Which Bond villain shares his surname with a Yorkshire coal fired power station?

3.

For which Bond film of 1985 is this the UK film poster?

4.

For which Bond film of 1987 is this the UK film poster?

5.

Which singer is missing in this sequence: Wings, Lulu, Carly Simon, Shirley Bassey, ________, Rita Coolidge?

6.

Which of the following is NOT a Bond girl: Pussy Galore, Holly Goodhead, Mary Goodnight, Felicity Shagwell, Plenty O’Toole, Kara Milovy, Kissy Suzuki, Xenia Onatopp, Strawberry Fields, Chew Mee?

7.

Which Bond villain is killed when Bond pushes a shark gun pellet in his mouth which causes him to inflate like a balloon and explode?  Give either his character name or nickname.

8.

Which Bond villain dies when he is lowered into his own reactor coolant and is boiled to death, being unable to escape because of his metal hands?

Sp.

Who is the only Bond girl to have subsequently gone on to win a Best Actress Oscar (though not for the Bond film role)?

Spares

1.

Who was the defeated captain at this year’s (2012) Ryder Cup Golf Match?

2.

Which celebrity was first to be eliminated in this season’s (2012) Strictly Come Dancing series?

3.

In 1989 when Ian Hislop said: “If that’s justice then I’m a banana,” who had been just awarded £600,000 libel damages, later reduced to £60,000 on appeal?

4.

Which is the largest of the Dodecanese islands?

5.

Which actor played the role of Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films?

6.

Count Fosco and Sir Percival Glyde are the villains in which novel first serialised in 1859?

7.

In which Village is Dove Cottage, home of the Wordsworth museum?

8.

Who was the first British driver to win the F1 World Championship twice (in 1963 and 1965)?

ROUND 1 - Paired with Round 3

1.

Who was the male host of the 1950s/1960s quiz game show Double Your Money usually broadcast on Thursday evenings, and the 1970s quiz game show The Sky’s the Limit usually broadcast on Friday evenings?

Hughie Green

2.

 In the New Testament how did the woman with an issue of blood achieve a miraculous cure?

She touched the hem of Jesus’s garment

3.

Eight year old James Phipps, milkmaid Sarah Nelmes and a cow called Blossom (whose hide now hangs in St George’s Medical School Library) were key players in the search for a vaccine against which disease?

Smallpox

4.

Which author, who died in 1982, wrote 34 detective novels featuring gentleman detective Roderick Alleyn of the London Metropolitan Police, though four of them were set in New Zealand?

Ngaio Marsh

5.

In which county are the following attractions: Cragside, St Cuthbert’s Head, Thirlwall Castle and Wallington?

Northumberland

6.

Which is Cambridge University’s oldest college, founded 1284?

Peterhouse

7.

Only three men resigned (as opposed to being expelled) from the Privy Council in the whole of the 20^th century.  Name any one of them.

Jonathan Aitken

8.

Which poet, who died in 1821, has as his epitaph “Here lies one whose name was writ in water”?

John Keats

1.

Which eponymous line (named after a naturalist) separates the islands of Bali and Lombok?

Wallace’s Line

2.

What was held for the first time in Lugano, Switzerland on May 24^th 1956 and won by the host nation?

Eurovision Song Contest

3.

On which river is the French town of Amiens?

Somme

4.

Which future king of England was born in 1457?  His mother was a 13 year old widow.

Henry VII (seventh)

5.

Which future king of England fathered a child at the age of 14 with his 12 year old wife, but the baby born in 1382 lived only a few days?

Henry IV (fourth)

6.

On which river is the German city of Essen?

Ruhr

7.

What was held for the first time on March 29th 1981 and won by Dick Beardsley and Inge Simonsen?

The London Marathon

8.

In which ocean trench is the Challenger Deep, the deepest point in the Pacific?

Marianas Trench

ROUND 3 - Paired with Round 1

1.

Which comic who died in 2002 has an epitaph in Irish “Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite” which translates as “I told you I was ill”?

2.

Which former Labour MP became the first to be expelled from the Privy Council in the 21^st century following a conviction for false accounting?

Elliot Morley

3.

Which was the last women’s college of Oxford University to admit men?

4.

In which county are the following attractions: Barrington Court, Beckington Castle, Montacute House and the Polden Hills?

Somerset

5.

Which author who died in 1966 wrote 19 novels featuring gentleman investigator/adventurer Albert Campion?

6.

Nine year old Joseph Meister, later in life the caretaker at the Pasteur Institute until his death in 1940, was the first person to be vaccinated against which disease?

Rabies

7.

The miraculous cure of Sister Marie Simon-Pierre from Parkinson's disease has led to the beatification of which deceased Roman Catholic?

Pope John-Paul II (second)

8.

Who was the New Zealand born male host of the 1950s/1960s quiz game show Take Your Pick usually broadcast on Friday evenings?

Michael Miles

ROUND 4 - Stated theme - 'Water , Water, Everywhere'

All the answers contain the name - or the sound of the name - of a body or channel of water

1.

Who is the founder and principal song-writer of the band Talking Heads?

David Byrne

2.

In children’s literature which Beatrix Potter character is deceived by a fox but rescued before she is eaten?  Unfortunately the rescuers eat her eggs.

Jemima Puddle-Duck

3.

What was the character name of the 'Doctor Who' girl played by actress Karen Gillan since 2010?

Amy Pond

4.

Who was the first wife of tennis player Andre Agassi?

Brooke Shields

5.

Which film of 1960 starring Frank Sinatra was remade in 2001 starring George Clooney?

Ocean’s Eleven

6.

Which actress who died aged 50 in 1973 was acclaimed for femme fatale roles and made four films in the 1940s partnering Alan Ladd?

Veronica Lake

7.

Briton Darren Appleton is the current world champion in which sport?

Pool

8.

Which Welsh seaside town was the birth place of actress Nerys Hughes and the hanged killer Ruth Ellis?

Rhyl

ROUND 5 - Stated theme - 'Cabinet Secretaries'

Each answer contains the name of one of the eleven men (there have been no women) to have held the office of Secretary to the Cabinet - the eight Cabinet

1.

Which darts player, a world champion in 2000 and 2009, is nicknamed 'The Count'?

Ted Hankey

2.

Which 1995 film based on a novel of the same name was set in Iowa and starred Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep?

The Bridges of Madison County

3.

Which actress played the role of Kelly Smith in EastEnders 2001-2004 but has subsequently become well known in her campaign against knife crime following the death of her half brother Ben?

Brooke Kinsella

4.

Played by actress Maggie Jones who was the mother of Coronation Street character Deirdre Barlow?

Blanche Hunt

5.

Who in 1968 was the oldest solo singer to have a No 1 single in the UK charts?

Louis Armstrong

6.

According to the Biblical book of Genesis Joseph whilst in prison interpreted dreams for two of Pharaoh’s servants.  One was a baker.  What was the occupation of the other?

Butler

7.

Which actor, a former microbiologist in Stobhill Hospital Glasgow, is currently playing a physician on Saturday night television?

Richard Wilson

8.

Jim Dobbin, a former microbiologist at the Royal Oldham Hospital, has represented which Greater Manchester constituency since 1997?

Heywood and Middleton

ROUND 6 - Picture Round

1.

Name this European city.

Amsterdam

2.

Name this European city.

Venice

3.

Name this politician whose name has entered the lexicon.

(Vidkun) Quisling

4.

Name this estate manager whose name has entered the lexicon. 

(Charles) Boycott

5.

Now aged 54 and a vet in New York State, as a 13 year old he co-starred in a well-loved film of 1971.  He never made another. Name the film or the book on which it was based.

(either)

Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (film)

(or)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (book)

(this is Peter Ostrum who played Charlie Bucket)

6.

Now aged 57 and a jazz pianist in Sweden, as a 15 year old he co-starred in which critically acclaimed, though controversial, film of 1971?  It was his only international film.

Death in Venice

(this is Bjorn Andresen who played Tadzio)

7.

Who was this Canadian born pianist who died aged 50 in 1982?  Possibly on the autistic spectrum he is pictured in the chair his father made for his 18th birthday and from which he performed all his concerts.

Glenn Gould

8.

Who was this Russian born pianist and friend of Rachmaninoff who died aged 86 in 1989?  He once joked: “There are three kinds of pianists - Jewish pianists, homosexual pianists and bad pianists.”

Vladimir Horowitz

ROUND 7 - Halloween Special 'The Night of the Witches'

1.

Named after a Basildon drill inventor, which band had a UK No 4 hit in 1970 with The Witch’s Promise?

Jethro Tull

2.

Which Native American rock group had a UK No 2 hit in 1971 with Witch Queen of New Orleans?

Redbone

3.

Acacia kempeana is the Latin name for which plant that hosts a native food delicacy?

Witchetty bush

4.

According to folklore which tree or shrub, named Sambucus nigra, contains a witch, to whom you should apologise before cutting it?  If you make a cradle from its wood the witch will steal your child.

The elder

5.

This is the picture of the home of a famous witch.  Who is the witch, who also appears in the title of a piece Mussorgsky composed in 1874?

Baba Yaga

6.

Name the British company which used this saucy advert to clean up the image of witches in 1899.  The caption to the advert read:

"Whither oh whither maiden so high

To write the name of _____ in the sky

Why go so far from the land of your birth

Because it is written all over the earth."

Pear’s

(Soap)

7.

In which film of 1987 does Jane Spofford, under the influence of the devil, ignite her instrument when playing the Dvorak Cello Concerto?

The Witches of Eastwick

8.

James Device, James Bulcock and John Ramsden were part of a larger group placed on trial. Lawrence Haye was also accused but never got to trial. By what name is the trial of some 20 individuals collectively known?

The Pendle Witch Trials

Sp.

Which king of Israel visited the witch of Endor and received a terrible prophecy from the ghost of the prophet Samuel?

Saul

ROUND 8 - Bond Special

To mark the 50^th anniversary of the James Bond film series a round devoted to 007 and his cinematic outings and his licence to thrill!

1.

James Bond is an orphan but how did his parents die?

In a ski-ing accident

(in the French Alps)

2.

Which Bond villain shares his surname with a Yorkshire coal fired power station?

(Hugo) Drax

3.

For which Bond film of 1985 is this the UK film poster?

A View to a Kill

(the last to star Roger Moore)

4.

For which Bond film of 1987 is this the UK film poster?

The Living Daylights

(the first to star Timothy Dalton)

5.

Which singer is missing in this sequence: Wings, Lulu, Carly Simon, Shirley Bassey, ________, Rita Coolidge?

Sheena Easton

6.

Which of the following is NOT a Bond girl: Pussy Galore, Holly Goodhead, Mary Goodnight, Felicity Shagwell, Plenty O’Toole, Kara Milovy, Kissy Suzuki, Xenia Onatopp, Strawberry Fields, Chew Mee?

Felicity Shagwell

(she is in an Austin Powers film)

7.

Which Bond villain is killed when Bond pushes a shark gun pellet in his mouth which causes him to inflate like a balloon and explode?  Give either his character name or nickname.

(either)

Dr Kananga

(or)

Mr Big

8.

Which Bond villain dies when he is lowered into his own reactor coolant and is boiled to death, being unable to escape because of his metal hands?

Dr (Julius) No

Sp.

Who is the only Bond girl to have subsequently gone on to win a Best Actress Oscar (though not for the Bond film role)?

Halle Berry

Spares

1.

Who was the defeated captain at this year’s (2012) Ryder Cup Golf Match?

Davis Love III

2.

Which celebrity was first to be eliminated in this season’s (2012) Strictly Come Dancing series?

Johnny Ball

3.

In 1989 when Ian Hislop said: “If that’s justice then I’m a banana,” who had been just awarded £600,000 libel damages, later reduced to £60,000 on appeal?

Sonia Sutcliffe

4.

Which is the largest of the Dodecanese islands?

Rhodes

5.

Which actor played the role of Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films?

Richard Harris

6.

Count Fosco and Sir Percival Glyde are the villains in which novel first serialised in 1859?

The Woman in White

7.

In which Village is Dove Cottage, home of the Wordsworth museum?

Grasmere

8.

Who was the first British driver to win the F1 World Championship twice (in 1963 and 1965)?

Jim Clark