ROUND 1 - Pairs

1.

The state of Texas shares a border with four other US states.  Name two.

2.

The state of Wisconsin shares a border with four other US states.  Name two.

3.

Which Newcastle born scientist, now resident in Edinburgh, shared the 2013 Nobel Prize for Physics with Francois Englert?

4.

In 1987 Johannes Bednorz and Karl Muller, both working as research scientists for IBM, won the Nobel Prize for Physics for their work in discovering and developing what property in the ceramic material lanthanum barium copper oxide?

5.

Which artist, the creator of the Mae West Lips Sofa in 1937, also owned a pet ocelot called Babou in the 1960s?  His friend, the actor Carlos Lozano, wrote “I only saw it smile once. The day it escaped and sent the guests at the Hotel Meurice scurrying like rats for cover.”

6.

Which celebrity released a fragrance in 2010 called Tease which she said had been inspired by Marilyn Monroe?  Her pet kinkajou, Baby Luv, clearly wasn’t a contender to be her new best friend once it had bit her on the arm prompting a visit to the ER for a tetanus boost.

7.

The following are just four of the eleven British entries in a list of the world’s largest twenty five: the London Array, Kentish Flats, Sheringham Shoal and Gunfleet Sands.  What are they?

8.

What site has been chosen for the next nuclear power station to be built in the UK according to an announcement by Ed Davey last October?

Sp.

Which fictional character has been played on the big screen by Alan Ladd in 1947, by Robert Redford in 1974 and most recently by Leonardo Dicaprio last year?

ROUND 2 - Hidden theme

There are sound-alikes

1.

What nickname was shared by Harold Sugden, a character in a BBC comedy from 1974 to 1981, because he wasn’t; and by George Holloway, a character who departed a BBC production in 1988, because he was?

2.

Which 1938 novel opens with a young man, William Boot, living in genteel poverty by earning a crust as the contributor of nature notes to Lord Copper’s Daily Beast?

3.

Which veteran of Radio Caroline presented the BBC World Service programme A Jolly Good Show from 1981 to 2001 that, according to Aung San Suu Kyi, was a lifeline during her period of house arrest?

4.

Who released the single Bonkers on his own Dirtee Stank Record label on the 17th of May, 2009?  It reached number 1 in the UK singles chart the following week.

5.

Who according to Will Hutton writing in The Observer last year “has colluded cheerfully with George Osborne to knock local government back to being no more than rat catchers and managers of street lighting”?

6.

Burgh Island comprises of three houses, a hotel made famous by Agatha Christie, and an inn named after a local delicacy that is the chief ingredient in stargazy pie.  What is the name of the inn?

7.

Over which course at Newmarket are the classic races the 1000 and 2000 Guineas contested?

8.

The Caledonian MacBrayne 'Small Isles' ferry service sails out of Mallaig on the mainland to serve Rhum, Canna, Eigg and which other inhabited island, the smallest of the four?

Sp.

Which infuriating character in The Sims Medieval for iPhone, shares his name with the colloquialism for the seed heads of plants from the genus Arctium which were to inspire Swiss inventor Georges de Mistral in the early 1940s?

ROUND 3 - Pairs

1.

John Chapter 11 Verse 35 is the shortest in the King James Bible consisting of just two words.  Which two?

2.

Visit the Palmerston Lounge Bar a few miles north of the border, and before too long a crusty old doonhamer will start waxing lyrical about a biblical passage.  Who, according to Matthew chapter 12, verse 42, "came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon"?

3.

What achievement is limited to just these three men: Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Martin-Leake, Captain Noel Chavasse, both of the Royal Army Medical Corps and Captain Charles Upham of the New Zealand Military Forces?

4.

Eighteen Victoria Crosses, the most in a single day, were awarded on the 16th November 1857 for action seen while relieving the siege of which city, now the capital of Uttar Pradesh?

5.

Buff tailed, Broken Belted and the recently re-introduced Short Haired, are amongst our 24 native species of which insect genus?

6.

Bee, Lady’s Slipper and Early Purple are amongst the UK’s native species of which family of plant?

7.

Howick Hall in Northumberland was the ancestral home of which nineteenth century Prime Minister?  Legend has it that the hard water supply prompted a change to the family’s preferred liquid refreshment thus conferring 'naming rights' which are still in use to this day.

8.

Knowsley Hall near Liverpool was the ancestral home of which nineteenth century Prime Minister?  Legend has it that it was the toss of a coin which gave his grandfather the right to name a prestigious event that is still being held annually to this day.

Sp.

What activity was undertaken by the following during the First World War: Walt Disney, Dashiell Hammett, Ernest Hemingway and Somerset Maugham?

ROUND 4 - Hidden theme

There are sound-alikes

1.

A part time scout with the US Third Cavalry also had a contract to supply the teams constructing the Kansas Pacific Railroad with meat between the late 1860s and early 1870s.  What lifelong nickname resulted from his success in this venture?

2.

Which singer, born Ernest Evans in 1941, reputedly took his stage name in homage to his idol Fats Domino?  He had to sue Hewlett Packard in 2013 after they released an app using his stage name, that purported to be able to estimate the size of a man’s penis.

3.

Can you name the BBC foreign correspondent accused in 2004 of a 'deep seated bias against Israel' by the Israeli Government?  Although she shares her unusual surname with another famous female journalist, also born in Dublin, they are not related.

4.

In France they use the word 'ouistiti' which translates to mean marmoset in English; in Bulgaria it is the word 'zele' which translates to cabbage, in Korea it is 'Kimchi', a traditional vegetarian dish, and in India it is 'paneer'.  What word do we use in English?

5.

Which pair of nut obsessed Walt Disney characters made their debut in the 1943 short Private Pluto?

6.

What was the appropriately descriptive name of the faithful border bin liner who rescued The Brotherhood of Man after they became stuck down a well in 2007?

7.

Which river flows through the town of Buckfastleigh?

8.

Mermaids’ Purses are the remains of the protective cases in which certain species of fish lay their already fertilised eggs.  What is the English name for a group of cartilaginous fish covering about 200 species, the largest of which, Dipturus batis, can weigh up to 100 kg, that give birth in this way?

Sp.

What did Dave Wagstaffe become the first man in England to receive at 15.36 on Saturday the 2nd of October 1976 and which presumably ruined his afternoon?

ROUND 5 - Pairs

1.

Which actress, the winner of the National Television Award for best serial drama performance earlier this month, is currently appearing at the Royal Exchange in Blindsided?

2.

Which actress, the winner of the Best Actress Award at the 2009 Tokyo International Film Festival for her role as Elsa in Huit fois debout, was in the news earlier this month for her role in a very French farce?

3.

Peter Tapsell is the current Father of the House having served continuously since 1966.  Four fabled MPs stand ready to replace him, having all been elected in 1970.  Name two of them.

4.

Who was the longest serving Father of the House in the twentieth century?  He held the title from 1929 until 1945 when he was elevated to the Lords.  At the time of his elevation he had represented Caernarvon Borough for fifty five years.

5.

Who wrote the The Dance of the Knights for a ballet that premiered in 1938?  The music achieved a wide audience when it was chosen as the introduction to the BBC’s The Apprentice.

6.

Which German composer wrote O Fortuna first performed as part of his twenty four movement cantata in 1937?  It achieved a wide audience when it was chosen as the music for the judges’ entrance in The X Factor.

7.

Most specifically what part of the human body is affected by the medical condition podogra?

8.

What part of the human body is affected by the medical condition nephrolithiasis?

Sp.

At which sporting venue would you find Amen Corner?

ROUND 6 - Hidden theme

There are sound-alikes

1.

What connects the following: a Middlesbrough hospital that opened in 2006, the Royal Research Ship that made its maiden voyage in 2007, a 3,724 metre high mountain that was first climbed on Christmas Day 1894, and the least populous nation competing in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup finals?

2.

Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring uniquely calls for five timpani to be played by two players.  What is the common English name for this instrument?

3.

What is the term for a male ferret?

4.

Which black and white film of 1960 saw Johnny Briggs, later of Coronation Street, and Roy Castle, later of Record Breakers, both have non-credited roles as Able Seamen aboard HMS Prince of Wales?

5.

Which National Hunt course is the only racecourse in the county of Northamptonshire?

6.

Who, despite having a name closely resembling that of an infamous twentieth century tyrant, won the inaugural Britain’s Got Talent in June 2007 with a rendition of Nessun Dorma in the final?

7.

Who were replaced by Ruby Flipper in a slot on a weekly BBC television production in April 1976?

8.

Who, although born in Switzerland, represented Iran in the downhill skiing in the 1964 Winter Olympics, and also owned the 2004 Irish Derby Winner, Alamshar?

Sp.

Which organisation employing a total of 11,000 people in 2011 had its headquarters in Chester House, Stretford until moving out in 2012?

ROUND 7 - 'WC' Pairs

Apart from the answer to the spare question, each answer is 2 words long with the words starting with the letters 'W' and 'C'

1.

What WC was once lauded by Orwell, and is now beloved by Wallace?  First produced by Cistercian monks who founded Jervaulx Abbey in Yorkshire during the Twelfth Century it was granted Protected Geographic Indicator status last month.

2.

Which WC is a designated Geographical Unit in the South African wine classification system and comprises six regions, including Breede River Valley and Kleine Karoo?

3.

Which WC, a member of the Royal Academy, painted the oil on canvas A View of Tinherir in 1951?  It realised what was then a record price for its Nobel Prize winning artist when it sold for £612,800 at Sotheby’s in 2006.

4.

Which WC was elevated to the title 1st Baron Burghley in 1571 by Queen Elizabeth I and served as Lord High Treasurer from 1572 until his death in 1598?

5.

Which WC comes next as you travel north on the Bakerloo line after Queen’s Park, Kensal Green, Willesden Junction, Harlesdon and Stonebridge Park?

6.

Which WC was the location in London of the burrow that featured in a children’s novel written by Elisabeth Beresford and first published in 1968?

7.

What WC, now defunct, was last won by the United Kingdom at the Royal Albert Hall in 1978?  It was only their 10th success in fifty attempts?

8.

Which WC was the starting point for the 1908 Olympic Games marathon?  It was a linear race and finished at the White City.

Sp.

How many permutations of the available 21 cards can be put in the envelope at the start of a game of Cluedo?

ROUND 8 - Hidden theme with pairing

The pairing is Q1 to Q4, Q2 to Q3, Q5 to Q8 and Q6 to Q7; there are sound-alikes

1.

Which UK number one single of 1971 included the following lyrics: “I'd like to see the world for once all standing hand in hand and hear them echo through the hills for peace throughout the land” and resulted in a commercial organisation making a donation of £80,000 to UNICEF?

2.

Which British Lion, a veteran of the victorious 1971 tour of New Zealand where he scored the long range drop goal to tie the final test, was once described as “charging around with his bloodied headband like a wounded bison”?

3.

Which British Lion, a veteran of the victorious 1971 tour of New Zealand where he scored 2 penalties and a conversion in the final decisive test, was once described as: “darting about like a dragonfly on the anvil of destruction”?

4.

Which UK number one single from 1979 includes the lyrics: “When Tommy turned around they said, 'Hey look! ol' yellow's leavin' but you coulda heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and locked the door”?

5.

Which reality television show broadcast the following gems of self-adulation: “I’m fit, I’m flirty and I’ve got double Fs” by Holly aged 18 and from Middlesbrough; and (my personal favourite) “I’ve got a bangin' body and the banter to match” by Rebecca also 18 and from Newcastle?

6.

Which song from the 1921 musical revue Shuffle Along was appropriated by President Truman to serve as the campaign song in his successful re-election of 1948?

7.

Which song appeared the Wailers’ album Burnin' of 1973 and also on Eric Clapton’s album 461 Ocean Boulevard of 1974?

8.

Name the actress who won the 2013 BAFTA for Best Leading Actress on TV for her eponymous Mrs Biggs and was last seen on The 7:39 earlier this month.

Sp.

Which club, currently playing in the Southern Football League, have the distinction of competing in every FA Cup competition ever played except for the 1910/11 season, and were once semi-finalists in 1882?

ROUND 1 - Pairs

1.

The state of Texas shares a border with four other US states.  Name two.

(2 from)

New Mexico, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma

2.

The state of Wisconsin shares a border with four other US states.  Name two.

(2 from)

Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois

3.

Which Newcastle born scientist, now resident in Edinburgh, shared the 2013 Nobel Prize for Physics with Francois Englert?

Peter Higgs

4.

In 1987 Johannes Bednorz and Karl Muller, both working as research scientists for IBM, won the Nobel Prize for Physics for their work in discovering and developing what property in the ceramic material lanthanum barium copper oxide?

Superconductivity

5.

Which artist, the creator of the Mae West Lips Sofa in 1937, also owned a pet ocelot called Babou in the 1960s?  His friend, the actor Carlos Lozano, wrote “I only saw it smile once. The day it escaped and sent the guests at the Hotel Meurice scurrying like rats for cover.”

Salvador Dali

6.

Which celebrity released a fragrance in 2010 called Tease which she said had been inspired by Marilyn Monroe?  Her pet kinkajou, Baby Luv, clearly wasn’t a contender to be her new best friend once it had bit her on the arm prompting a visit to the ER for a tetanus boost.

Paris Hilton

7.

The following are just four of the eleven British entries in a list of the world’s largest twenty five: the London Array, Kentish Flats, Sheringham Shoal and Gunfleet Sands.  What are they?

Offshore Wind farms

8.

What site has been chosen for the next nuclear power station to be built in the UK according to an announcement by Ed Davey last October?

Hinkley Point

Sp.

Which fictional character has been played on the big screen by Alan Ladd in 1947, by Robert Redford in 1974 and most recently by Leonardo Dicaprio last year?

Jay Gatsby

ROUND 2 - Hidden theme

There are sound-alikes

1.

What nickname was shared by Harold Sugden, a character in a BBC comedy from 1974 to 1981, because he wasn’t; and by George Holloway, a character who departed a BBC production in 1988, because he was?

Lofty

(It Ain’t Half Hot Mum and EastEnders)

2.

Which 1938 novel opens with a young man, William Boot, living in genteel poverty by earning a crust as the contributor of nature notes to Lord Copper’s Daily Beast?

Scoop

3.

Which veteran of Radio Caroline presented the BBC World Service programme A Jolly Good Show from 1981 to 2001 that, according to Aung San Suu Kyi, was a lifeline during her period of house arrest?

Dave Lee Travis

4.

Who released the single Bonkers on his own Dirtee Stank Record label on the 17th of May, 2009?  It reached number 1 in the UK singles chart the following week.

Dizzee Rascal

5.

Who according to Will Hutton writing in The Observer last year “has colluded cheerfully with George Osborne to knock local government back to being no more than rat catchers and managers of street lighting”?

Eric Pickles

6.

Burgh Island comprises of three houses, a hotel made famous by Agatha Christie, and an inn named after a local delicacy that is the chief ingredient in stargazy pie.  What is the name of the inn?

The Pilchard Inn

7.

Over which course at Newmarket are the classic races the 1000 and 2000 Guineas contested?

The Rowley Mile

8.

The Caledonian MacBrayne 'Small Isles' ferry service sails out of Mallaig on the mainland to serve Rhum, Canna, Eigg and which other inhabited island, the smallest of the four?

Muck

Sp.

Which infuriating character in The Sims Medieval for iPhone, shares his name with the colloquialism for the seed heads of plants from the genus Arctium which were to inspire Swiss inventor Georges de Mistral in the early 1940s?

Sticky Bob

Theme: 'Can we answer it?  YES WE CAN!' - All answers contain the name of a character from the Bob the Builder BBC children's cartoon programme

ROUND 3 - Pairs

1.

John Chapter 11 Verse 35 is the shortest in the King James Bible consisting of just two words.  Which two?

"Jesus wept"

2.

Visit the Palmerston Lounge Bar a few miles north of the border, and before too long a crusty old doonhamer will start waxing lyrical about a biblical passage.  Who, according to Matthew chapter 12, verse 42, "came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon"?

The Queen of the South

(it is a myth that QotS are the only team to be mentioned in the bible. Proverbs 13:23 makes reference to a poor man’s field)

3.

What achievement is limited to just these three men: Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Martin-Leake, Captain Noel Chavasse, both of the Royal Army Medical Corps and Captain Charles Upham of the New Zealand Military Forces?

They are the only men to win two Victoria Crosses

(accept Victoria Cross and Bar)

4.

Eighteen Victoria Crosses, the most in a single day, were awarded on the 16th November 1857 for action seen while relieving the siege of which city, now the capital of Uttar Pradesh?

Lucknow

(a mere 11 were awarded at Rorke’s Drift, 7 to the 2nd Battalion of the 24th Foot)

5.

Buff tailed, Broken Belted and the recently re-introduced Short Haired, are amongst our 24 native species of which insect genus?

Bombus or Bumblebees

6.

Bee, Lady’s Slipper and Early Purple are amongst the UK’s native species of which family of plant?

Orchidicae or Orchid

7.

Howick Hall in Northumberland was the ancestral home of which nineteenth century Prime Minister?  Legend has it that the hard water supply prompted a change to the family’s preferred liquid refreshment thus conferring 'naming rights' which are still in use to this day.

Earl Grey

(Earl Grey Tea was reputedly blended to mask the lime)

8.

Knowsley Hall near Liverpool was the ancestral home of which nineteenth century Prime Minister?  Legend has it that it was the toss of a coin which gave his grandfather the right to name a prestigious event that is still being held annually to this day.

Earl of Derby

Sp.

What activity was undertaken by the following during the First World War: Walt Disney, Dashiell Hammett, Ernest Hemingway and Somerset Maugham?

Driving ambulances

ROUND 4 - Hidden theme

There are sound-alikes

1.

A part time scout with the US Third Cavalry also had a contract to supply the teams constructing the Kansas Pacific Railroad with meat between the late 1860s and early 1870s.  What lifelong nickname resulted from his success in this venture?

Buffalo Bill

2.

Which singer, born Ernest Evans in 1941, reputedly took his stage name in homage to his idol Fats Domino?  He had to sue Hewlett Packard in 2013 after they released an app using his stage name, that purported to be able to estimate the size of a man’s penis.

Chubby Checker

3.

Can you name the BBC foreign correspondent accused in 2004 of a 'deep seated bias against Israel' by the Israeli Government?  Although she shares her unusual surname with another famous female journalist, also born in Dublin, they are not related.

Orla Guerin

4.

In France they use the word 'ouistiti' which translates to mean marmoset in English; in Bulgaria it is the word 'zele' which translates to cabbage, in Korea it is 'Kimchi', a traditional vegetarian dish, and in India it is 'paneer'.  What word do we use in English?

'Cheese'

(as in what you say when you have your photograph taken)

5.

Which pair of nut obsessed Walt Disney characters made their debut in the 1943 short Private Pluto?

Chip and Dale

6.

What was the appropriately descriptive name of the faithful border bin liner who rescued The Brotherhood of Man after they became stuck down a well in 2007?

Black Bag

(from the Viz magazine)

7.

Which river flows through the town of Buckfastleigh?

Dart

8.

Mermaids’ Purses are the remains of the protective cases in which certain species of fish lay their already fertilised eggs.  What is the English name for a group of cartilaginous fish covering about 200 species, the largest of which, Dipturus batis, can weigh up to 100 kg, that give birth in this way?

Skate

(if queried note that rays give birth to live young which differentiates them from skates)

Sp.

What did Dave Wagstaffe become the first man in England to receive at 15.36 on Saturday the 2nd of October 1976 and which presumably ruined his afternoon?

Red card in a football league game

(...for Blackburn playing against Orient.  George Best was the second in the 67th minute for foul language playing for Fulham)

Theme: 'Well bored with this round?' - All answers contain a word which can precede the word 'board' and still make sense.  If there is query regarding Q3 simply put on your best railway porter accent and shout “ALL ABOARD”

ROUND 5 - Pairs

1.

Which actress, the winner of the National Television Award for best serial drama performance earlier this month, is currently appearing at the Royal Exchange in Blindsided?

Julie Hesmondhalgh

2.

Which actress, the winner of the Best Actress Award at the 2009 Tokyo International Film Festival for her role as Elsa in Huit fois debout, was in the news earlier this month for her role in a very French farce?

Julie Gayet

3.

Peter Tapsell is the current Father of the House having served continuously since 1966.  Four fabled MPs stand ready to replace him, having all been elected in 1970.  Name two of them.

(2 from)

Ken Clarke, Gerald Kaufman, Michael Meacher and Dennis Skinner

4.

Who was the longest serving Father of the House in the twentieth century?  He held the title from 1929 until 1945 when he was elevated to the Lords.  At the time of his elevation he had represented Caernarvon Borough for fifty five years.

David Lloyd George

5.

Who wrote the The Dance of the Knights for a ballet that premiered in 1938?  The music achieved a wide audience when it was chosen as the introduction to the BBC’s The Apprentice.

Sergei Prokofiev

6.

Which German composer wrote O Fortuna first performed as part of his twenty four movement cantata in 1937?  It achieved a wide audience when it was chosen as the music for the judges’ entrance in The X Factor.

Carl Orff

7.

Most specifically what part of the human body is affected by the medical condition podogra?

Big toe

(gout)

8.

What part of the human body is affected by the medical condition nephrolithiasis?

Kidneys

(stones)

Sp.

At which sporting venue would you find Amen Corner?

Augusta National Golf Club

ROUND 6 - Hidden theme

There are sound-alikes

1.

What connects the following: a Middlesbrough hospital that opened in 2006, the Royal Research Ship that made its maiden voyage in 2007, a 3,724 metre high mountain that was first climbed on Christmas Day 1894, and the least populous nation competing in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup finals?

They were all named after Captain James Cook

2.

Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring uniquely calls for five timpani to be played by two players.  What is the common English name for this instrument?

Kettle drums

3.

What is the term for a male ferret?

Hob

4.

Which black and white film of 1960 saw Johnny Briggs, later of Coronation Street, and Roy Castle, later of Record Breakers, both have non-credited roles as Able Seamen aboard HMS Prince of Wales?

Sink the Bismarck!

5.

Which National Hunt course is the only racecourse in the county of Northamptonshire?

Towcester

6.

Who, despite having a name closely resembling that of an infamous twentieth century tyrant, won the inaugural Britain’s Got Talent in June 2007 with a rendition of Nessun Dorma in the final?

Paul Potts

(I think both names are needed given the size of the steer)

7.

Who were replaced by Ruby Flipper in a slot on a weekly BBC television production in April 1976?

Pan’s People

(Top of the Pops)

8.

Who, although born in Switzerland, represented Iran in the downhill skiing in the 1964 Winter Olympics, and also owned the 2004 Irish Derby Winner, Alamshar?

Aga Khan

Sp.

Which organisation employing a total of 11,000 people in 2011 had its headquarters in Chester House, Stretford until moving out in 2012?

Greater Manchester Police

Theme: 'If you can’t stand the heat.....' - all answers contain something that can be found in a kitchen

ROUND 7 - 'WC' Pairs

Apart from the answer to the spare question, each answer is 2 words long with the words starting with the letters 'W' and 'C'

1.

What WC was once lauded by Orwell, and is now beloved by Wallace?  First produced by Cistercian monks who founded Jervaulx Abbey in Yorkshire during the Twelfth Century it was granted Protected Geographic Indicator status last month.

Wensleydale Cheese

(Orwell claimed it was second only to Stilton amongst British cheeses in his Defence of English Cooking)

2.

Which WC is a designated Geographical Unit in the South African wine classification system and comprises six regions, including Breede River Valley and Kleine Karoo?

Western Cape

3.

Which WC, a member of the Royal Academy, painted the oil on canvas A View of Tinherir in 1951?  It realised what was then a record price for its Nobel Prize winning artist when it sold for £612,800 at Sotheby’s in 2006.

Winston Churchill

4.

Which WC was elevated to the title 1st Baron Burghley in 1571 by Queen Elizabeth I and served as Lord High Treasurer from 1572 until his death in 1598?

William Cecil

5.

Which WC comes next as you travel north on the Bakerloo line after Queen’s Park, Kensal Green, Willesden Junction, Harlesdon and Stonebridge Park?

Wembley Central

6.

Which WC was the location in London of the burrow that featured in a children’s novel written by Elisabeth Beresford and first published in 1968?

Wimbledon Common

7.

What WC, now defunct, was last won by the United Kingdom at the Royal Albert Hall in 1978?  It was only their 10th success in fifty attempts?

Wightman Cup

8.

Which WC was the starting point for the 1908 Olympic Games marathon?  It was a linear race and finished at the White City.

Windsor Castle

Sp.

How many permutations of the available 21 cards can be put in the envelope at the start of a game of Cluedo?

324

(9 x 6 x 6)

ROUND 8 - Hidden theme with pairing

The pairing is Q1 to Q4, Q2 to Q3, Q5 to Q8 and Q6 to Q7; there are sound-alikes

1.

Which UK number one single of 1971 included the following lyrics: “I'd like to see the world for once all standing hand in hand and hear them echo through the hills for peace throughout the land” and resulted in a commercial organisation making a donation of £80,000 to UNICEF?

I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing

2.

Which British Lion, a veteran of the victorious 1971 tour of New Zealand where he scored the long range drop goal to tie the final test, was once described as “charging around with his bloodied headband like a wounded bison”?

J P R Williams

3.

Which British Lion, a veteran of the victorious 1971 tour of New Zealand where he scored 2 penalties and a conversion in the final decisive test, was once described as: “darting about like a dragonfly on the anvil of destruction”?

Barry John

4.

Which UK number one single from 1979 includes the lyrics: “When Tommy turned around they said, 'Hey look! ol' yellow's leavin' but you coulda heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and locked the door”?

The Coward of the County

5.

Which reality television show broadcast the following gems of self-adulation: “I’m fit, I’m flirty and I’ve got double Fs” by Holly aged 18 and from Middlesbrough; and (my personal favourite) “I’ve got a bangin' body and the banter to match” by Rebecca also 18 and from Newcastle?

Geordie Shore

6.

Which song from the 1921 musical revue Shuffle Along was appropriated by President Truman to serve as the campaign song in his successful re-election of 1948?

Wild About Harry

7.

Which song appeared the Wailers’ album Burnin' of 1973 and also on Eric Clapton’s album 461 Ocean Boulevard of 1974?

I Shot the Sherriff

8.

Name the actress who won the 2013 BAFTA for Best Leading Actress on TV for her eponymous Mrs Biggs and was last seen on The 7:39 earlier this month.

Sheridan Smith

Sp.

Which club, currently playing in the Southern Football League, have the distinction of competing in every FA Cup competition ever played except for the 1910/11 season, and were once semi-finalists in 1882?

Marlow

Theme: 'We will make a drama out of a question.' - All answers contain the name of a renowned playwright