ROUND 1 - Hidden theme

1.

Which actor played the lead role in Confessions of a Window Cleaner in 1973 and starred in three more films in the series?

2.

What was the surname of the character played by Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry and four other films in the same series?

3.

As well as appearing in the new sit com Heading Out, Dawn French is currently starring in a series of adverts for what?

4.

What was Blakey’s catchphrase from 1969 to 1973?

5.

Which surname links a current Guardian columnist and a Welsh mezzo-soprano opera singer with a conflict which began in 1739?

6.

Which Tamla Motown hit got to number one in the British charts on 26^th March 1969? 

7.

Which annual Islamic religious holiday is expected to begin in August this year?

8.

Which organisation, founded in 1866, concerns itself with improving conditions in prisons and for fewer people to be imprisoned?

Sp1

Name the England and Surrey cricket captain from the 1950s.

Sp2

Which supermarket chain has come out of the horsemeat scandal extremely well by championing its integrated farm to slaughterhouse to supermarket supply chain?

1.

Which three words, consecutive in the dictionary, mean:

• a mingled noise like that of small bells

• a blustering patriot and supporter of bellicose policy

• to move elusively?

2.

Which three words, consecutive in the dictionary, mean:

• the size given to folding a sheet of paper twice

• a kind of mineral

• to reject as not valid?

3.

Which Leyland based logistics and support business with revenues of over £1.1 billion and over 13,000 employees this week announced its sale to the Spanish company Ferrovial for £385m?

4.

Which listed company, tracing its roots back to central Manchester in the 1850s, is one of the leading internet and catalogue shopping companies with revenues of £0.75 billion, has over 3,000 staff and has a founder, shareholder and non-executive Director with the title Lord Alliance of Manchester (and Didsbury)?

5.

New Faces Old Hands, The Hustler, A Night In and A Day Out are the first four episodes of which classic 1970s comedy series?

6.

Gunfight at the OK Laundrette, The Beer Hunter, All Mod Cons and A Star Is Gorn are episodes in which long-running TV comedy-drama series of the 1980s?

7.

Flame tests are used in Chemistry to detect the presence of metal ions, often in salt solutions - what colour would be expected if Barium ions were present?

8.

Similarly what colour would be expected from Potassium?

Sp1

Which football club owner unsuccessfully proposed the merger of Oxford United and Reading to form a new club Thames Valley Royals?

Sp2

Which football club owner got Premier League approval to move Wimbledon FC to Dublin before they decided instead on the more prosaic but no less outrageous move and sale of their ‘franchise’ to Milton Keynes and a consortium led by Pete Winkleman?

ROUND 3 - 'It's all Greek to me'

1.

2.

From the Latin meaning 'he has sworn', which legal term refers to a statement that has been written under oath?

3.

Which literary term from the German refers to a novel that is concerned with the early life and education of its hero?

4.

Which slang term for Britain derives from the Hindi word for foreigner?

5.

Which ballroom dance takes its name from the Spanish meaning two step? 

6.

Which style of music popular in the 1950’s and 60’s translates from the Portuguese as 'new wave'?

7.

From the Greek meaning, 'scattering', what term is used to describe a group of people who, by force of circumstance, have settled far away from their ancestral homeland?

8.

From the Portuguese meaning 'act of faith', and initially used during the Spanish Inquisition, what term refers to a period of public penance (usually involving torture) which takes place prior to punishment?

Sp.

Which hymn written by Thomas Aquinas and most famously set to music by Cesar Franck translates from the Latin as 'Bread of the Angels'?

ROUND 4 - Picture Round

Each answer begins and ends with a vowel

1.

Name this animal.

2.

Name this animal.

3.

Name this recent award winner.

4.

Name this recent award nominee.

5.

Name the owner of this eponymous facial hair.

6.

Name the owner of this eponymous facial hair (anglicised spelling required to provide the starting and ending vowels).

7.

Name this sporting venue.

8.

Name this sporting city.

ROUND 5 - Hidden theme

..... for questions 1 to 6 with questions 7 and 8 being questions on the theme that has been hidden in the first 6 questions

1.

28 original bronzes of this sculpture were cast but the very first one, finished in 1902, is now in the Paris museum named after the sculptor.  What is the name of the artwork?

2.

Which firm of bookmakers, buyers of the Tote from the government in 2011, twice paid out punters who had backed Manchester United to win the Premier League title, when ultimately those titles, in 1998 and 2012, were won by other teams (Arsenal and Manchester City)?

3.

In 1979 the rock band The Eagles released an album that was their only one in a 30 plus years' period – 3 years after Hotel California in 1976 and 28 years before Long Road Out Of Eden in 2007.  What was it called ?

4.

This bird was, in mythology, sacred to the goddess Athena, from which it derives its scientific name.  What is the bird’s common name?

5.

Which family-owned brewery’s beers include Kingsdown Ale, originally brewed to commemorate its town’s football club's winning of the League Cup in 1969?

6.

By what name is the stage of the Arab-Israeli conflict immediately following the 6 Days War, and lasting from 1967 to 1970, known?

7.

In the history of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, what was unique about Dawn Run’s victory in 1986?

8.

In the history of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, what was unique about Kauto Star’s victory in 2009?

ROUND 6 - Hidden theme

1.

Which singer-songwriter, winner of 4 Grammy awards, has albums titled Angel with a Lariat, Shadowland, Absolute Torch and Twang, Hymns of the 49^th Parallel and Drag?

2.

Which toy, launched in the UK in 1966, had complementary off-shoots in the forms of a comic (1996 – 2006) and 2 TV series in 1995 and 2000?  Manufacture ceased in 2006, save for a later but ultimately doomed revival as a Tesco-only line in 2009.

3.

Idris Elba plays the title character in which British psychological crime TV series, first shown in 2010 and for which he has won a Best Actor Golden Globe award?

4.

Which Danish speedway rider, whose 3 British League teams were Newcastle, Wolverhampton and Coventry, was world champion 3 times in the 1970’s?

5.

6.

Which American songwriter wrote the Broadway musicals Finian’s Rainbow and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (including, of course, the title song), and other songs such as Old Devil Moon, How are Things In Glocca Morra? and How about You?

7.

In Rugby League, what links Ellery Hanley, Paul Sculthorpe and Andy Farrell and makes them unique as the only players to have achieved this feat ?

8.

Which Granada-produced TV programme ran for 18 series between 1977 and 1995, and returned in 2009 hosted by Ben Shephard?

ROUND 7 - Picture Round

1.

Name the bridge, the water crossed and give the Greater Manchester location.

2.

3.

4.

 Co-ordinates 37º 45´N 14º 59´E - name the mountain and location.

5.

6.

7.

8.

ROUND 8 - Famous Bradfordians

In honour of Bradford City’s appearance in the Capital One Cup Final (pity about the result)

1.

Born in 1981, the daughter of your inquisitor’s school music teacher, this singer won a place in the girl group Girls Aloud in 2002.  She has just embarked on a solo career and appeared in the 2012 series of Strictly Come Dancing.  Who is she?

2.

This singer was born Pauline Matthews in 1947.  She is best known for a 1976 duet which reached No.1 and was the biggest selling UK single of that year.  Who is she?

3.

Born in 1953 this actor is best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC TV programme Spooks. Who is he?

4.

Born in 1957 this comedian, actor and writer began his career as a stand up comic in the early 1980s.  He was a stalwart of The Comic Strip presents… series.  Who is he?

5.

Born in 1982 this magician has shot to stardom in recent years with his TV programme Magician Impossible where he has performed such feats as walking across the River Thames without the aid of a bridge and levitating comedian Matt Lucas 4 feet off the ground.  Who is he?

6.

These footballing brothers both enjoyed careers primarily in the top flight of English football. The eldest, born in 1947, began his career at Leeds United before joining Newcastle United in 1971. He played in the 1974 FA Cup final before moving to Birmingham City in 1975. He went back to Newcastle in 1978 before retiring in the early 1980s. He died of cancer in 1994. The younger, born in 1951, began his career at Bradford Park Avenue before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1968. He played for Wolves for 18 years until 1986. A 2 year spell followed at Coventry City before he finished his career at Bristol Rovers. Who are they?

7.

Born in 1940 in the outlying village of Mirfield this actor has starred in many Shakespearian roles and has appeared in numerous roles including the X Men series. He is most famous for captaining a space ship in an iconic sci-fi franchise.  Who is he?

8.

Born in 1917 this Labour politician was MP for Leeds East from 1955 to 1992 and was Secretary of State for Defence and Chancellor of the Exchequer.  Who is he?

Sp.

This band formed in 1965 shot to fame as part of the 'Chinnichap' stable in the mid 1970s.  Hits include Don’t Play Your Rock n’ Roll to Me, If You Think You Know How to Love Me and Lay Back In the Arms of Someone.  Who are they?

Spares

1.

2.

3.

"To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth." are the opening words of which novel of 1939?

4.

5.

6.

ROUND 1 - Hidden theme

1.

Which actor played the lead role in Confessions of a Window Cleaner in 1973 and starred in three more films in the series?

2.

What was the surname of the character played by Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry and four other films in the same series?

Callahan

3.

As well as appearing in the new sit com Heading Out, Dawn French is currently starring in a series of adverts for what?

Churchill Insurance

4.

What was Blakey’s catchphrase from 1969 to 1973?

(accept anything that sounds like Stephen Lewis’s catchphrase from On The Buses but gets the surname right for the theme link)

5.

Which surname links a current Guardian columnist and a Welsh mezzo-soprano opera singer with a conflict which began in 1739?

(Simon Jenkins, Katherine Jenkins and The War of Jenkins’ Ear)

6.

Which Tamla Motown hit got to number one in the British charts on 26^th March 1969? 

I Heard it Through the Grapevine

7.

Which annual Islamic religious holiday is expected to begin in August this year?

Eid

8.

Which organisation, founded in 1866, concerns itself with improving conditions in prisons and for fewer people to be imprisoned?

The Howard League for Penal Reform

Sp1

Name the England and Surrey cricket captain from the 1950s.

Peter May

Sp2

Which supermarket chain has come out of the horsemeat scandal extremely well by championing its integrated farm to slaughterhouse to supermarket supply chain?

Morrisons

1.

Which three words, consecutive in the dictionary, mean:

• a mingled noise like that of small bells

• a blustering patriot and supporter of bellicose policy

• to move elusively?

Jingle,

jingo,

jink

2.

Which three words, consecutive in the dictionary, mean:

• the size given to folding a sheet of paper twice

• a kind of mineral

• to reject as not valid?

quash

3.

Which Leyland based logistics and support business with revenues of over £1.1 billion and over 13,000 employees this week announced its sale to the Spanish company Ferrovial for £385m?

Enterprise PLC

4.

Which listed company, tracing its roots back to central Manchester in the 1850s, is one of the leading internet and catalogue shopping companies with revenues of £0.75 billion, has over 3,000 staff and has a founder, shareholder and non-executive Director with the title Lord Alliance of Manchester (and Didsbury)?

N Brown Group PLC

5.

New Faces Old Hands, The Hustler, A Night In and A Day Out are the first four episodes of which classic 1970s comedy series?

Porridge

6.

Gunfight at the OK Laundrette, The Beer Hunter, All Mod Cons and A Star Is Gorn are episodes in which long-running TV comedy-drama series of the 1980s?

Minder

7.

Flame tests are used in Chemistry to detect the presence of metal ions, often in salt solutions - what colour would be expected if Barium ions were present?

(accept green)

8.

Similarly what colour would be expected from Potassium?

Lilac

Sp1

Which football club owner unsuccessfully proposed the merger of Oxford United and Reading to form a new club Thames Valley Royals?

Robert Maxwell

Sp2

Which football club owner got Premier League approval to move Wimbledon FC to Dublin before they decided instead on the more prosaic but no less outrageous move and sale of their ‘franchise’ to Milton Keynes and a consortium led by Pete Winkleman?

Sam Hammam 

ROUND 3 - 'It's all Greek to me'

1.

Meunière

2.

From the Latin meaning 'he has sworn', which legal term refers to a statement that has been written under oath?

3.

Which literary term from the German refers to a novel that is concerned with the early life and education of its hero?

4.

Which slang term for Britain derives from the Hindi word for foreigner?

5.

Which ballroom dance takes its name from the Spanish meaning two step? 

6.

Which style of music popular in the 1950’s and 60’s translates from the Portuguese as 'new wave'?

Bossa nova

7.

From the Greek meaning, 'scattering', what term is used to describe a group of people who, by force of circumstance, have settled far away from their ancestral homeland?

8.

From the Portuguese meaning 'act of faith', and initially used during the Spanish Inquisition, what term refers to a period of public penance (usually involving torture) which takes place prior to punishment?

Sp.

Which hymn written by Thomas Aquinas and most famously set to music by Cesar Franck translates from the Latin as 'Bread of the Angels'?

ROUND 4 - Picture Round

Each answer begins and ends with a vowel

1.

Name this animal.

Okapi

2.

Name this animal.

Alpaca

3.

Name this recent award winner.

4.

Name this recent award nominee.

(Oldest ever Best actress Oscar nominee)

5.

Name the owner of this eponymous facial hair.

Emiliano Zapata

(Zapata moustache)

6.

Name the owner of this eponymous facial hair (anglicised spelling required to provide the starting and ending vowels).

Anthony Van Dyke

(Van Dyke beard)

7.

Name this sporting venue.

Allianz Arena

(in Munich)

8.

Name this sporting city.

(home of the Masters golf tournament)

ROUND 5 - Hidden theme

..... for questions 1 to 6 with questions 7 and 8 being questions on the theme that has been hidden in the first 6 questions

1.

28 original bronzes of this sculpture were cast but the very first one, finished in 1902, is now in the Paris museum named after the sculptor.  What is the name of the artwork?

(in the Musée Rodin)

2.

Which firm of bookmakers, buyers of the Tote from the government in 2011, twice paid out punters who had backed Manchester United to win the Premier League title, when ultimately those titles, in 1998 and 2012, were won by other teams (Arsenal and Manchester City)?

3.

In 1979 the rock band The Eagles released an album that was their only one in a 30 plus years' period – 3 years after Hotel California in 1976 and 28 years before Long Road Out Of Eden in 2007.  What was it called ?

The Long Run

4.

This bird was, in mythology, sacred to the goddess Athena, from which it derives its scientific name.  What is the bird’s common name?

(Athene noctua)

5.

Which family-owned brewery’s beers include Kingsdown Ale, originally brewed to commemorate its town’s football club's winning of the League Cup in 1969?

(of Swindon)

6.

By what name is the stage of the Arab-Israeli conflict immediately following the 6 Days War, and lasting from 1967 to 1970, known?

The War of Attrition

7.

In the history of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, what was unique about Dawn Run’s victory in 1986?

Only horse to have won the Champion Hurdle and Gold Cup

8.

In the history of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, what was unique about Kauto Star’s victory in 2009?

(Do not accept any answer that doesn’t convey the 'regained' concept)

ROUND 6 - Hidden theme

1.

Which singer-songwriter, winner of 4 Grammy awards, has albums titled Angel with a Lariat, Shadowland, Absolute Torch and Twang, Hymns of the 49^th Parallel and Drag?

k d Lang

2.

Which toy, launched in the UK in 1966, had complementary off-shoots in the forms of a comic (1996 – 2006) and 2 TV series in 1995 and 2000?  Manufacture ceased in 2006, save for a later but ultimately doomed revival as a Tesco-only line in 2009.

Action Man

3.

Idris Elba plays the title character in which British psychological crime TV series, first shown in 2010 and for which he has won a Best Actor Golden Globe award?

Luther

4.

Which Danish speedway rider, whose 3 British League teams were Newcastle, Wolverhampton and Coventry, was world champion 3 times in the 1970’s?

Ole Olsen

5.

6.

Which American songwriter wrote the Broadway musicals Finian’s Rainbow and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (including, of course, the title song), and other songs such as Old Devil Moon, How are Things In Glocca Morra? and How about You?

Burton Lane

7.

In Rugby League, what links Ellery Hanley, Paul Sculthorpe and Andy Farrell and makes them unique as the only players to have achieved this feat ?

They are the only multiple winners of the end-of-season 'Man Of Steel' player of the year awards

8.

Which Granada-produced TV programme ran for 18 series between 1977 and 1995, and returned in 2009 hosted by Ben Shephard?

The Krypton Factor

ROUND 7 - Picture Round

1.

Name the bridge, the water crossed and give the Greater Manchester location.

2.

Name the bridge, the water crossed and give the Greater Manchester location.

3.

Co-ordinates 28º 16´N 16º 38´W - name the mountain and location.

4.

Co-ordinates 37º 45´N 14º 59´E - name the mountain and location.

5.

Give the name of the picture, the artist and where it is on show.

5.

Give the name of the picture, the artist and where it is on show.

7.

8.

ROUND 8 - Famous Bradfordians

In honour of Bradford City’s appearance in the Capital One Cup Final (pity about the result)

1.

Born in 1981, the daughter of your inquisitor’s school music teacher, this singer won a place in the girl group Girls Aloud in 2002.  She has just embarked on a solo career and appeared in the 2012 series of Strictly Come Dancing.  Who is she?

Kimberley Walsh

2.

This singer was born Pauline Matthews in 1947.  She is best known for a 1976 duet which reached No.1 and was the biggest selling UK single of that year.  Who is she?

Kiki Dee

3.

Born in 1953 this actor is best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC TV programme Spooks. Who is he?

Peter Firth

4.

Born in 1957 this comedian, actor and writer began his career as a stand up comic in the early 1980s.  He was a stalwart of The Comic Strip presents… series.  Who is he?

Adrian Edmondson

5.

Born in 1982 this magician has shot to stardom in recent years with his TV programme Magician Impossible where he has performed such feats as walking across the River Thames without the aid of a bridge and levitating comedian Matt Lucas 4 feet off the ground.  Who is he?

Dynamo

6.

These footballing brothers both enjoyed careers primarily in the top flight of English football. The eldest, born in 1947, began his career at Leeds United before joining Newcastle United in 1971. He played in the 1974 FA Cup final before moving to Birmingham City in 1975. He went back to Newcastle in 1978 before retiring in the early 1980s. He died of cancer in 1994. The younger, born in 1951, began his career at Bradford Park Avenue before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1968. He played for Wolves for 18 years until 1986. A 2 year spell followed at Coventry City before he finished his career at Bristol Rovers. Who are they?

Terry and Kenny Hibbitt

7.

Born in 1940 in the outlying village of Mirfield this actor has starred in many Shakespearian roles and has appeared in numerous roles including the X Men series. He is most famous for captaining a space ship in an iconic sci-fi franchise.  Who is he?

Patrick Stewart

8.

Born in 1917 this Labour politician was MP for Leeds East from 1955 to 1992 and was Secretary of State for Defence and Chancellor of the Exchequer.  Who is he?

Dennis Healey

Sp.

This band formed in 1965 shot to fame as part of the 'Chinnichap' stable in the mid 1970s.  Hits include Don’t Play Your Rock n’ Roll to Me, If You Think You Know How to Love Me and Lay Back In the Arms of Someone.  Who are they?

Smokie

Spares

1.

2.

3.

"To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth." are the opening words of which novel of 1939?

4.

5.

6.