ROUND 1 - Hidden theme

1.

Which battle of 17th June 1775 takes its name from a location on the Charlestown Peninsular north of Boston, and saw an assault on artillery positions that had been established on high ground there in order to bombard the city which was being besieged across the Charles River? (N.B. the name of the battle, not the siege!)

2.

What links the dates 5th November 1955, 21st October 2015 and 2nd September 1885?

3.

Which musician, songwriter and composer is the BBC Concert Orchestra’s current composer-in-residence, and has composed the scores the films such as There Will Be Blood (2007) and We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011), but is perhaps best known as a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist for the rock band Radiohead?

4.

In Arthurian legend, particularly in later works such as Mallory’s Le Morte D’Arthur, who was son of Sir Ector and foster brother to King Arthur?

5.

Which adventure novel published originally in German in 1812 was written by Johann David Wyss (pronounced 'viss'), and has had many subsequent versions and adaptations produced since, including a 1960 feature film made by Walt Disney?

6.

Which rock band formed in Birmingham in 1964, and found success in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a string of concept albums including In Search of the Lost Chord, On the Threshold of a Dream and A Question of Balance?

7.

In Monty Python’s Life of Brian, what is the surname of the eponymous hero played by Graham Chapman?

8.

Which English writer and man-of-letters’ only published play is entitled Irene and was first performed in 1749?

Sp

Which actress and screenwriter wrote The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit, published in 2012 – an addition to the famous series of books by Beatrix Potter?

ROUND 2 - 'Tricks'

Instead of setting a Halloween round about things that go bump in the night, I thought that one round on tricks and one round on treats (Round 8) would be fun.

All of the questions in this round are related to notable hoaxes, practical jokes and urban myths.

1.

A police report which mentioned the presence of a half-eaten sandwich at the scene of a sudden death led to a persistent urban myth surrounding the cause of death of which pop legend of the 1960s?

2.

Who became the most famous victim of the 'Cottingley Fairies' hoax when he used fairy photographs taken by two little girls from Bradford to illustrate an article he was writing on spiritual psychic manifestations for the 1920 Christmas edition of The Strand?

3.

In 2009, a six-year old boy named Falcon Heene was found hiding in the attic of  his home, ending a desperate search for the boy which had begun when his parents had informed the media that what bizarre fate had befallen their son?

4.

Which British anarcho-punk band were revealed to have been behind the notorious 'Thatchergate' scandal in 1983 in which recordings of supposedly private phone calls between Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan about military actions taken during the Falklands war, were leaked to the British and American press?

5.

What was the name of the automaton, constructed by Wolfgang von Kempelen in the late 18th century, which became something of an international sensation as it appeared to be able to play a competent game of chess against some of Europe's finest chess players, until it was revealed to contain a chess grand master operating the controls?

6.

What was the name of the 'made-up' drug, which apparently affected a part of the brain known as Shatner's Bassoon, that Conservative MP David Amis was persuaded to ask a question about in parliament, but which turned out to be a hoax by Chris Morris' Channel 4 series Brass Eye?

7.

In 1957, Panorama broadcast a celebrated April Fool's joke in the form of a documentary about the cultivation of which crop?

8.

Though it was never intended to be a hoax, which 'mockumentary', broadcast on the BBC in 1992 on Halloween featured a cast including Michael Parkinson, Sarah Greene and Craig Charles who were supposedly making a documentary about a haunted building?  It drew complaints from viewers who felt the BBC had deliberately attempted to mislead them into believing the programme was factual, even though it had been described as a drama in TV listings.

ROUND 3 - 'It's not Rocket Science - or is it?'

1.

The only British satellite to be launched on a British-built rocket was named after which character from The Tempest?

2.

Which American professor was, in 1926, the first person to build and launch a liquid-fuelled rocket?

3.

Most rocket engines burn two different components.  One is the fuel.  What is the other, which allows rockets to work in a vacuum?

4.

What name is given to a rocket fuel which is its own oxidiser?

5.

A thruster which uses electromagnetism to accelerate a gas, instead of a chemical reaction is known as what?

6.

The shock diamonds commonly observed in rocket exhausts and other supersonic flows are named after which Austrian physicist?

7.

“Houston, we have a problem”.  We’ve all heard it, but what was the problem?

8.

The point in a satellite’s orbit where it is closest to the Earth is given which name?

Sp.

Which prolific sci-fi author popularised the concept of a geostationary orbit?

ROUND 4 - Hidden theme

1.

Which intellectual resistance group was composed of students from the University of Munich, including Hans and Sophie Scholl, and has inspired one of Germany’s leading literary prizes and several operas?

2.

Alfonso Ribeiro played which American sitcom character from 1990 to 1996, referred to by the main character variously as 'Stumpy', 'Squidget', 'Snigglet', or 'Boogaloo Shrip'?

3.

Which university traces its roots to a school founded in 1865 and located in a single room located on the ground floor of the Taylor Institution on St Giles?  Now Located on Gipsy Lane, it was formally instituted by act of parliament in 1992 and its current Chancellor is Shami Chakrabati.

4.

Which University traces its roots to The Queen’s College, founded in 1875, which specialised in providing training in domestic science?  After a final amalgamation, and by act of parliament, the university was formally instituted in 1993. Now located on Cowcaddens Road, its current Chancellor is Muhammad Yunus.

5.

What was the name of Robert E Lee’s famed horse, celebrated in song and verse?

6.

Proposed by the Whigs and opposed by the Pittite factions in Parliament, especially in the House of Lords, this legislation’s full title is 'An Act to amend the representation of the people in England and Wales'.  By what name is it more commonly known?

7.

Which eighteenth century actor, playwright and theatre manager is associated with the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane which he managed for 29 years?  One of the theories for the origin of the theatrical idiom 'Break a leg!' ascribes the creation to this actor’s performance of Richard III in which he was so entranced in the performance that he was unaware of a fracture.  At his death in 1779, he was buried in Poet’s Corner.

8.

The Edgar Wood Centre in Fallowfield, a former Church of Christ Scientist building, constructed in 1905, was considered by Pevsner to be “the only religious building in Lancashire that would be indispensable in a survey of twentieth century church design in all England.” Grade 1 listed since 1963, of which international design movement especially prominent in the British Isles, is it a striking architectural example?

Sp.

There are conflicting accounts of this philosopher’s death in Corinth in 323 BCE.  He was alleged variously to have held his breath; to have become ill from eating raw octopus; or to have suffered an infected dog bite. Who was this philosopher, who in life made a virtue of poverty and became notorious for his philosophical stunts?

ROUNDS 5 & 6 - 'A Day in the Life of a Student'

As the Withington Quiz League’s resident young’uns, we’d thought we’d give you a special insight into the life of a fairly typical University of Manchester student (well, a lazy social sciences one).  Questions are vaguely related to the activities listed…

1.

Politics lecture

Add together the number of chambers in Germany’s legislative system and the presidential number of George W Bush and then divide that figure by the given number of the current French Republic.  What the result?

2.

Library

Joanna Trollope has just released a reworking of which classic 1811 novel?  A comedy of manners, it explores the trials and tribulations of 3 sisters as they fall in and out of love.

3.

Gym class

What physical fitness regime, named after its 20th century German developer, is a form of body conditioning, focusing on the spinal centring and breathing?

4.

Dinner

What is the official fruit of the state of Kentucky? The largest global producer of them is Mexico and its botanical name is Rubis fruticosus.

5.

Philosophy lecture

What is the name of a type of philosophical argument that is used justify the possible existence of God, the first use of which is thought to have been formulated bu Anslem of Canterbury in his 1078 work Proslogion.

6.

Lunchtime Concert

Shostakovich’s first denunciation (he was denounced twice!) in 1936 followed Stalin having attended which of his operas?  It was based on a novel of the same name by Nikolai Leskov and is about a woman who becomes so unhappy, having fallen in love with one of her husband’s workers, she turns to murder.

7.

Library

Who was named as the first ever UK Children’s Laureate in 1999?  Although a prolific children’s author, he is probably best known for his illustrations for another author’s work.

8.

Drinks

What cocktail is made using the following ingredients: 9 parts white rum, 4 parts lime juice, 1 part simple syrup, served straight up with a slice of lime?

9.

Tutorials

Which moral philosopher is most famous for his magnum opus A Theory of Justice, published in 1971, which employs a number of thought experiments to try and determine principles of social justice? Followers of his political philosophy belong to a school of thought named after him.

10.

Language class

‘False friends’ are words in a foreign language that sounds very much like an English word but actually mean something different.  With this is mind, what does the French word 'tissu' translate into in English?               

11.

Sport

Korfball, which is a cross between netball and basketball, is said to be UK universities’ fastest-growing sport.  From which country does the sport originate?

12.

Pub quiz

What is the name of the probability puzzle that solves the question of which of three doors you should pick when appearing on a game show, when there are 2 goats and a car hidden behind them respectively?  The problem is named after a game-show host from the 1970s.

13.

Economics lecture

Who won the 1979 Nobel Prize for Economics, for his contributions to the field of development economics?  He lectured at the University of Manchester, where a building is named after him.

14.

Meeting with lecturer

Which famous scientist, a former Manchester academic, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1935 for his discovery of the neutron?  He later became the leading member of the British scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project.

15.

Night club

Take the total number of basic positions of the feet in ballet and add them to the translation of the word ‘pasodoble’.  What number do you get?

16.

Takeaway

The ‘inventor’ of which common late-night food stuff died, aged 80, in Berlin this past week?

17.

Lie in

The ‘Great Bed of Ware’ is one of the largest beds in the world and is currently in the V&A.  In which of his plays does Shakespeare mention it?  The play was modernised in the 2006 film She’s the Man.

18.

Tutorial

Which school of political philosophy centres around the idea of freedom being the highest political end, with agents initially fully owning themselves?  Greatly influenced by John Locke and Thomas Paine, the modern day movement gained significance after the 1974 publication of Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, State, and Utopia.

19.

Dinner

What food stuff, often found in a student’s kitchen cupboard, is given the appealing Sainsbury’s Basics tagline: 'Less white, still alright'?

20.

Film night

Who has won more Academy Awards than any other woman?  She is thought to have been the inspiration for the character Edna Mode in the 2004 Pixar/Disney film The Incredibles.

ROUND 7 - Pot Pourri

This round consists of random general knowledge questions; HOWEVER, all answers must be given as a list of US States whose official two-letter abbreviations spell out the correct answer to the question (N.B. Some states will be used more than once!)

1.

Which 1982 film, the winner of eight Academy Awards, is notable for containing the largest number of extras in a single scene, with Guinness World Records putting the figure at 300,000?

2.

Which French scientist, mathematician and scholar formulated a law of fluid mechanics, posited a theorem of geometry, and a devised a piece of Christian apologetic reasoning, each of which still bears his name? (surname only required)

3.

Early designs for a similar type of development to this were called 'Type 223' and 'Super-Caravelle'; its first buyers were PanAm, BOAC and Air France; and although Harold Macmillan changed its spelling in the UK by dropping the final letter, it was soon changed back, and we still use the French spelling today.  What is it?

4.

Which Spanish city in the autonomous community of Andalusia is the sixth largest in the country by population and was the birthplace of Pablo Picasso?

5.

The word Amygdaloid is used to describe things that are shaped like what edible seed?

6.

Terms used to describe those people from a specific, country, region or ethnic group, such as 'Briton', 'Spaniard', 'Swede' or 'Turk', are known as what, from the Greek for the name of the populace?

7.

Daw Mill, near Coventry, was the largest of these in the UK until it was forced to shut following a fire in March of this year.  What was it?

8.

In Greek mythology, who was kidnapped by Zeus in the form of an eagle, so that they might serve as cup-bearer to the Gods on Olympus, and for whom a moon of Jupiter is named?

ROUND 8 - 'Treats'

The answers in this round are all some kind of sweet treat!

1.

In the novel The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, with what confectionary does the White Witch bribe Edmund in order to persuade him to betray his siblings?

2.

In Clement Moore's poem A Visit From St. Nick (aka 'Twas the Night Before Christmas), visions of what are dancing in the children's heads?

3.

The French town of Montelimar is particularly celebrated for manufacturing which confection, which originated in Cremona in the 17th century?

4.

Which British confection, popular with climbers due to its high energy content, is named after the Cumbria town in which it was originally made?

5.

Which English band had a hit in 1982 with a cover of the Strangeloves 1965 song I Want Candy?

6.

Which cult TV cartoon crime-fighting trio, comprising Bubbles, Buttercup and Blossom, were made, according to their show's introduction, from 'Sugar, Spice and everything nice' by their creator Professor Utopium?

7.

Which English pop duo, formed in Harrow in the late 1970s, had their biggest UK chart hit in 1982 with Living on the Ceiling?

8.

In the popular comic strip and cartoon series, Eric Wimp, usually referred to as 'Little Eric', turns into which superhero when he consumes a certain type of fruit?

ROUND 1 - Hidden theme

1.

Which battle of 17th June 1775 takes its name from a location on the Charlestown Peninsular north of Boston, and saw an assault on artillery positions that had been established on high ground there in order to bombard the city which was being besieged across the Charles River? (N.B. the name of the battle, not the siege!)

The Battle of Bunker Hill

(accept The Battle of Breeder’s Hill)

2.

What links the dates 5th November 1955, 21st October 2015 and 2nd September 1885?

They are the dates that Marty McFly travels to in the Back to the Future Trilogy

3.

Which musician, songwriter and composer is the BBC Concert Orchestra’s current composer-in-residence, and has composed the scores the films such as There Will Be Blood (2007) and We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011), but is perhaps best known as a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist for the rock band Radiohead?

Jonny Greenwood

4.

In Arthurian legend, particularly in later works such as Mallory’s Le Morte D’Arthur, who was son of Sir Ector and foster brother to King Arthur?

Sir Kay

5.

Which adventure novel published originally in German in 1812 was written by Johann David Wyss (pronounced 'viss'), and has had many subsequent versions and adaptations produced since, including a 1960 feature film made by Walt Disney?

The Swiss Family Robinson

6.

Which rock band formed in Birmingham in 1964, and found success in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a string of concept albums including In Search of the Lost Chord, On the Threshold of a Dream and A Question of Balance?

The Moody Blues

7.

In Monty Python’s Life of Brian, what is the surname of the eponymous hero played by Graham Chapman?

Cohen

8.

Which English writer and man-of-letters’ only published play is entitled Irene and was first performed in 1749?

Dr Samuel Johnson

Sp.

Which actress and screenwriter wrote The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit, published in 2012 – an addition to the famous series of books by Beatrix Potter?

Emma Thompson

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a member of England’s victorious 2003 Rugby World Cup winning squad who played in the final:

Richard Hill, Neil Back, Will Greenwood, Ben Kay, Jason Robinson, Lewis Moody, Ben Cohen, Martin Johnson, and Steve Thompson

ROUND 2 - 'Tricks'

Instead of setting a Halloween round about things that go bump in the night, I thought that one round on tricks and one round on treats (Round 8) would be fun.

All of the questions in this round are related to notable hoaxes, practical jokes and urban myths.

1.

A police report which mentioned the presence of a half-eaten sandwich at the scene of a sudden death led to a persistent urban myth surrounding the cause of death of which pop legend of the 1960s?

'Mama' Cass Elliott

(although many people persist in believing that Cass Elliott choked to death on a sandwich, the autopsy found no evidence of any airway obstruction - her cause of death was officially attributed to heart failure following sudden and extreme weight loss)

2.

Who became the most famous victim of the 'Cottingley Fairies' hoax when he used fairy photographs taken by two little girls from Bradford to illustrate an article he was writing on spiritual psychic manifestations for the 1920 Christmas edition of The Strand?

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

3.

In 2009, a six-year old boy named Falcon Heene was found hiding in the attic of  his home, ending a desperate search for the boy which had begun when his parents had informed the media that what bizarre fate had befallen their son?

They claimed that their son had floated away in a UFO shaped
helium balloon

(accept anything to do with being carried off by a balloon; when the balloon eventually came to rest miles away with no sign of Falcon, there was great concern for his safety, until he was found alive and well in his parents' attic and it was revealed that the whole thing was a publicity stunt on the part of his parents)

4.

Which British anarcho-punk band were revealed to have been behind the notorious 'Thatchergate' scandal in 1983 in which recordings of supposedly private phone calls between Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan about military actions taken during the Falklands war, were leaked to the British and American press?

Crass

(the 'secret phone conversations', were actually spliced together by members of the band from recordings of speeches by the two leaders involved)

5.

What was the name of the automaton, constructed by Wolfgang von Kempelen in the late 18th century, which became something of an international sensation as it appeared to be able to play a competent game of chess against some of Europe's finest chess players, until it was revealed to contain a chess grand master operating the controls?

The Turk

6.

What was the name of the 'made-up' drug, which apparently affected a part of the brain known as Shatner's Bassoon, that Conservative MP David Amis was persuaded to ask a question about in parliament, but which turned out to be a hoax by Chris Morris' Channel 4 series Brass Eye?

Cake

7.

In 1957, Panorama broadcast a celebrated April Fool's joke in the form of a documentary about the cultivation of which crop?

Spaghetti

8.

Though it was never intended to be a hoax, which 'mockumentary', broadcast on the BBC in 1992 on Halloween featured a cast including Michael Parkinson, Sarah Greene and Craig Charles who were supposedly making a documentary about a haunted building?  It drew complaints from viewers who felt the BBC had deliberately attempted to mislead them into believing the programme was factual, even though it had been described as a drama in TV listings.

Ghost Watch

ROUND 3 - 'It's not Rocket Science - or is it?'

1.

The only British satellite to be launched on a British-built rocket was named after which character from The Tempest?

Prospero

2.

Which American professor was, in 1926, the first person to build and launch a liquid-fuelled rocket?

Robert Goddard

3.

Most rocket engines burn two different components.  One is the fuel.  What is the other, which allows rockets to work in a vacuum?

Oxidiser

4.

What name is given to a rocket fuel which is its own oxidiser?

Monopropellant

5.

A thruster which uses electromagnetism to accelerate a gas, instead of a chemical reaction is known as what?

Ion drive or ion thruster

6.

The shock diamonds commonly observed in rocket exhausts and other supersonic flows are named after which Austrian physicist?

Ernst Mach

7.

“Houston, we have a problem”.  We’ve all heard it, but what was the problem?

An oxygen tank exploding

8.

The point in a satellite’s orbit where it is closest to the Earth is given which name?

Perigee

Sp.

Which prolific sci-fi author popularised the concept of a geostationary orbit?

Arthur C Clarke

ROUND 4 - Hidden theme

1.

Which intellectual resistance group was composed of students from the University of Munich, including Hans and Sophie Scholl, and has inspired one of Germany’s leading literary prizes and several operas?

The White Rose

2.

Alfonso Ribeiro played which American sitcom character from 1990 to 1996, referred to by the main character variously as 'Stumpy', 'Squidget', 'Snigglet', or 'Boogaloo Shrip'?

Carlton Banks

(from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air)

3.

Which university traces its roots to a school founded in 1865 and located in a single room located on the ground floor of the Taylor Institution on St Giles?  Now Located on Gipsy Lane, it was formally instituted by act of parliament in 1992 and its current Chancellor is Shami Chakrabati.

 Oxford Brookes

4.

Which University traces its roots to The Queen’s College, founded in 1875, which specialised in providing training in domestic science?  After a final amalgamation, and by act of parliament, the university was formally instituted in 1993. Now located on Cowcaddens Road, its current Chancellor is Muhammad Yunus.

Glasgow Caledonian University

5.

What was the name of Robert E Lee’s famed horse, celebrated in song and verse?

Traveller

6.

Proposed by the Whigs and opposed by the Pittite factions in Parliament, especially in the House of Lords, this legislation’s full title is 'An Act to amend the representation of the people in England and Wales'.  By what name is it more commonly known?

The Great Reform Act

(accept The First Reform Act)

7.

Which eighteenth century actor, playwright and theatre manager is associated with the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane which he managed for 29 years?  One of the theories for the origin of the theatrical idiom 'Break a leg!' ascribes the creation to this actor’s performance of Richard III in which he was so entranced in the performance that he was unaware of a fracture.  At his death in 1779, he was buried in Poet’s Corner.

David Garrick

8.

The Edgar Wood Centre in Fallowfield, a former Church of Christ Scientist building, constructed in 1905, was considered by Pevsner to be “the only religious building in Lancashire that would be indispensable in a survey of twentieth century church design in all England.” Grade 1 listed since 1963, of which international design movement especially prominent in the British Isles, is it a striking architectural example?

The Arts and Crafts Movement

Sp.

There are conflicting accounts of this philosopher’s death in Corinth in 323 BCE.  He was alleged variously to have held his breath; to have become ill from eating raw octopus; or to have suffered an infected dog bite. Who was this philosopher, who in life made a virtue of poverty and became notorious for his philosophical stunts?

Diogenes 'The Cynic' of Sinope

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a London Gentlemen’s Club:

Whites, Carlton, Brooks, Caledonian, Travellers, Reform, Garrick, Arts, Diogenes

ROUNDS 5 & 6 - 'A Day in the Life of a Student'

As the Withington Quiz League’s resident young’uns, we’d thought we’d give you a special insight into the life of a fairly typical University of Manchester student (well, a lazy social sciences one).  Questions are vaguely related to the activities listed…

1.

Politics lecture

Add together the number of chambers in Germany’s legislative system and the presidential number of George W Bush and then divide that figure by the given number of the current French Republic.  What the result?

9

(2 German chambers, 43rd President, 5th Republic of France)

2.

Library

Joanna Trollope has just released a reworking of which classic 1811 novel?  A comedy of manners, it explores the trials and tribulations of 3 sisters as they fall in and out of love.

Sense and Sensibility

3.

Gym class

What physical fitness regime, named after its 20th century German developer, is a form of body conditioning, focusing on the spinal centring and breathing?

Pilates

4.

Dinner

What is the official fruit of the state of Kentucky? The largest global producer of them is Mexico and its botanical name is Rubis fruticosus.

Blackberry

5.

Philosophy lecture

What is the name of a type of philosophical argument that is used justify the possible existence of God, the first use of which is thought to have been formulated bu Anslem of Canterbury in his 1078 work Proslogion.

Ontological argument

6.

Lunchtime Concert

Shostakovich’s first denunciation (he was denounced twice!) in 1936 followed Stalin having attended which of his operas?  It was based on a novel of the same name by Nikolai Leskov and is about a woman who becomes so unhappy, having fallen in love with one of her husband’s workers, she turns to murder.

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District

7.

Library

Who was named as the first ever UK Children’s Laureate in 1999?  Although a prolific children’s author, he is probably best known for his illustrations for another author’s work.

Quentin Blake

8.

Drinks

What cocktail is made using the following ingredients: 9 parts white rum, 4 parts lime juice, 1 part simple syrup, served straight up with a slice of lime?

Daiquiri

9.

Tutorials

Which moral philosopher is most famous for his magnum opus A Theory of Justice, published in 1971, which employs a number of thought experiments to try and determine principles of social justice? Followers of his political philosophy belong to a school of thought named after him.

John Rawls

(1921 – 2002)

10.

Language class

‘False friends’ are words in a foreign language that sounds very much like an English word but actually mean something different.  With this is mind, what does the French word 'tissu' translate into in English?

Fabric or material

(the French for tissue is 'mouchoir en papier'. although they are more commonly called 'un Kleenex')

11.

Sport

Korfball, which is a cross between netball and basketball, is said to be UK universities’ fastest-growing sport.  From which country does the sport originate?

The Netherlands

12.

Pub quiz

What is the name of the probability puzzle that solves the question of which of three doors you should pick when appearing on a game show, when there are 2 goats and a car hidden behind them respectively?  The problem is named after a game-show host from the 1970s.

The ‘Monty Hall Problem’

13.

Economics lecture

Who won the 1979 Nobel Prize for Economics, for his contributions to the field of development economics?  He lectured at the University of Manchester, where a building is named after him.

Arthur Lewis

14.

Meeting with lecturer

Which famous scientist, a former Manchester academic, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1935 for his discovery of the neutron?  He later became the leading member of the British scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project.

Sir James Chadwick

15.

Night club

Take the total number of basic positions of the feet in ballet and add them to the translation of the word ‘pasodoble’.  What number do you get?

8

(6 ballet positions of the feet: first, second, third, fourth crossed, fourth open, fifth and pasodoble translates to double-step or 2 step)

16.

Takeaway

The ‘inventor’ of which common late-night food stuff died, aged 80, in Berlin this past week?

Doner kebab

(inventor Kadir Nurman’s contribution to fast food was formally recognised by the Association of Turkish Doner Manufacturers in 2011)

17.

Lie in

The ‘Great Bed of Ware’ is one of the largest beds in the world and is currently in the V&A.  In which of his plays does Shakespeare mention it?  The play was modernised in the 2006 film She’s the Man.

Twelfth Night

18.

Tutorial

Which school of political philosophy centres around the idea of freedom being the highest political end, with agents initially fully owning themselves?  Greatly influenced by John Locke and Thomas Paine, the modern day movement gained significance after the 1974 publication of Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, State, and Utopia.

 Libertarianism

19.

Dinner

What food stuff, often found in a student’s kitchen cupboard, is given the appealing Sainsbury’s Basics tagline: 'Less white, still alright'?

Instant mashed potato

20.

Film night

Who has won more Academy Awards than any other woman?  She is thought to have been the inspiration for the character Edna Mode in the 2004 Pixar/Disney film The Incredibles.

Edith Head

ROUND 7 - Pot Pourri

This round consists of random general knowledge questions; HOWEVER, all answers must be given as a list of US States whose official two-letter abbreviations spell out the correct answer to the question (N.B. Some states will be used more than once!)

1.

Which 1982 film, the winner of eight Academy Awards, is notable for containing the largest number of extras in a single scene, with Guinness World Records putting the figure at 300,000?

Georgia, North Dakota, Hawaii

(GA-ND-HI = Gandhi)

2.

Which French scientist, mathematician and scholar formulated a law of fluid mechanics, posited a theorem of geometry, and a devised a piece of Christian apologetic reasoning, each of which still bears his name? (surname only required)

Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Alabama

(PA-SC-AL = Pascal)

3.

Early designs for a similar type of development to this were called 'Type 223' and 'Super-Caravelle'; its first buyers were PanAm, BOAC and Air France; and although Harold Macmillan changed its spelling in the UK by dropping the final letter, it was soon changed back, and we still use the French spelling today.  What is it?

Colorado, North Carolina, Oregon, Delaware

(CO-NC-OR-DE = Concorde)

4.

Which Spanish city in the autonomous community of Andalusia is the sixth largest in the country by population and was the birthplace of Pablo Picasso?

Massachusetts, Louisiana, Georgia

(MA-LA-GA = Malaga)

5.

The word Amygdaloid is used to describe things that are shaped like what edible seed?

Alabama, Missouri, North Dakota

(AL-MO-ND = Almond)

6.

Terms used to describe those people from a specific, country, region or ethnic group, such as 'Briton', 'Spaniard', 'Swede' or 'Turk', are known as what, from the Greek for the name of the populace?

Delaware, Missouri, New York, Mississippi

(DE-MO-NY-MS = Demonyms)

7.

Daw Mill, near Coventry, was the largest of these in the UK until it was forced to shut following a fire in March of this year.  What was it?

Colorado, Alabama, Michigan, Nebraska

(CO-AL-MI-NE = Coal mine)

8.

In Greek mythology, who was kidnapped by Zeus in the form of an eagle, so that they might serve as cup-bearer to the Gods on Olympus, and for whom a moon of Jupiter is named?

Georgia, New York, Maine, Delaware

(GA-NY-ME-DE = Ganymede)

ROUND 8 - 'Treats'

The answers in this round are all some kind of sweet treat!

1.

In the novel The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, with what confectionary does the White Witch bribe Edmund in order to persuade him to betray his siblings?

Turkish Delight

2.

In Clement Moore's poem A Visit From St. Nick (aka 'Twas the Night Before Christmas), visions of what are dancing in the children's heads?

Sugar plums

3.

The French town of Montelimar is particularly celebrated for manufacturing which confection, which originated in Cremona in the 17th century?

Nougat

4.

Which British confection, popular with climbers due to its high energy content, is named after the Cumbria town in which it was originally made?

Kendal Mint Cake

5.

Which English band had a hit in 1982 with a cover of the Strangeloves 1965 song I Want Candy?

Bow Wow Wow

6.

Which cult TV cartoon crime-fighting trio, comprising Bubbles, Buttercup and Blossom, were made, according to their show's introduction, from 'Sugar, Spice and everything nice' by their creator Professor Utopium?

Power Puff Girls

7.

Which English pop duo, formed in Harrow in the late 1970s, had their biggest UK chart hit in 1982 with Living on the Ceiling?

Blancmange

8.

In the popular comic strip and cartoon series, Eric Wimp, usually referred to as 'Little Eric', turns into which superhero when he consumes a certain type of fruit?

Bananaman