ROUND 1 - Pairs

1.

Which English culinary delight was devised by Crosse and Blackwell in 1922 and named after a suburb of Burton-on-Trent?

2.

Which English culinary delight was devised by the Cheese Bureau in the 1950s?

3.

Who first used the phrase 'Land of Nod' to mean sleep in a novel of 1735?

4.

The location of the biblical Land of Nod is also the name of an American novel published in 1952 which was made into a cult film in 1955.  Name it.

5.

Which retail business is associated with the phrase 'Pile it high and sell it cheap'?

6.

Which British retail chain takes its name from a town in southern Greece?

7.

The name of which Asian country translates into English as 'Land of the Pure'?

8.

The name of which African country translates into English as 'Land of Honest Men'?

1.

What is the name of the poem by Shakespeare in which the hero is killed by a wild boar?

2.

Who did Rocky Balboa defeat to become World Heavyweight Champion in the film Rocky?

3.

Which world famous retailer of luxury goods has a retail outlet at 31 King Street, Manchester?

4.

The long running 1980s American detective series Magnum P. I. featured two Dobermans, the sworn enemies of Thomas Magnum.  One of the dogs was called Apollo – what was the name of the other?

5.

What was the home planet of Mr Spock in the Star Trek series?

6.

Which flower takes its name from the Greek word for rainbow?

7.

What name links a station on the Media City and Eccles metrolink lines, a derelict pub on Gorton Road in East Manchester and the Professor of Herbology and Head of Hufflepuff House in the Harry Potter books?

8.

What heavenly body is the largest object in the Kuiper Belt?

ROUND 3 - Pairs

1.

In which borough of New York would you find Yankee Stadium?

2.

In which borough of New York would you find Flushing Meadows?

3.

Which film had the following tagline 'Love is in the hair'?

4.

Which film had the following tagline 'The mission is a man'?

5.

Which European football team are informally known as 'Los Colchoneros', or the mattress-makers, due to their striped shirts which resemble old fashioned mattresses?

6.

Which Italian football team is known as 'The Flying Pigs'?

7.

Who is the only person to have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and to have played a girlfriend of Ken Barlow’s in Coronation Street?

8.

Apart from Bainbridge, who is the only person to have judged the Booker Prize and to have played a girlfriend of Ken Barlow’s on Coronation Street?

ROUND 4 - Hidden theme

1.

Which sporting superstar had a secondary career playing minor league baseball in 1994 before returning to the sport for which he was best known?

2.

Who played Mary Beth Lacey on television between 1981 and 1988?

3.

Which UK confectionery brand held a Big Brother-style eviction campaign in 2008 in which customers could vote to replace one of the flavours?  The replacement flavour, strawberry, lasted only six months before the original was quietly reinstated.

4.

Which actor was informally adopted by Alistair Sim aged 15 and lived with the Sim family until he was 27?  He played his most famous role over eleven series from 1979 to 1994 but later confessed that he disliked the character intensely?

5.

What word means a framework worn under the back of a woman’s skirt to expand support and display the full cut and drape of a dress?

6.

What is the common name of the gastropod littorina littorea, native to the Atlantic Ocean?

7.

What is the stage name of the singer Peter Gene Hernandez who had three number one hits in 2010 and 2011 including Grenade?

8.

In the novel, From Russia With Love, which sartorial choice does Bond say is the mark of a cad?

ROUND 5 - Pairs

1.

The postcode for which famous residence is SW1A 1AA?

2.

The postcode for which famous residence is SW1A 2AA?

3.

What was Mr Darcy’s first name in Pride and Prejudice?

4.

What was the first name of Mr Darcy in Bridget Jones’s Diary?

5.

What is the full name of AMPAS, the organisation responsible for the Oscar awards?

6.

For what is JPEG an abbreviation?

7.

Which novelist, best known for a dystopian satire, gave a eulogy at Benny Hill’s memorial service in which he compared the comedian to Falstaff, Rabelais and George Formby?

8.

Which British Nobel prize winner used to write for the Dick Emery Show?

ROUND 6 - Events of 2013

1.

Which firm blamed its shops’ demise on changing fashions?

2.

Which TV Dragon rescued camera retailer Jessops?

3.

His middle name is Chapman and he resigned in May after nearly 27 years in the same job.  Who is he?

4.

Who resigned as an MP to become head of the International Rescue Committee in New York?

5.

Which Hollywood star said "Anyone who is famous is a moron if they’re on Twitter"?

6.

7.

Lean and Solemn is an anagram of the name of which Nobel prize winner who died in 2013?

8.

Soldiers Sing is an anagram of the name of which Nobel prize winner who died in 2013?

ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

What first was achieved by British snowboarder Billy Morgan at the Sochi Winter Olympics?

2.

What first was achieved by Jenny Jones at Sochi Winter Olympics?

3.

The song Hopelesssly Devoted comes from which musical?

4.

The song Old Bamboo comes from which musical?

5.

What is the derivation of the name of Tribeca, an area of Manhattan?

6.

What is the derivation of the name of Nolita, an area of Manhattan?

7.

Ombrophobia is a fear of what?

8.

Musophobia is a fear of what?

ROUND 8 - Pot pourri

1.

The Alderley Edge drinking establishment Brasingaens, much beloved by footballers in the late 1990s, was a mis-spelling of a place in the title of a children’s book by which author who grew up in the village?

2.

What phrase, generally attributed to journalist John L O’Sullivan in 1845, describes the widely held belief in the US that early American settlers were fated to expand throughout the continent?

3.

What is the surname of the billionaire brothers who, since 1993, have owned the tiny Channel Island of Brecqhou, separated from Sark by a narrow sound?

4.

The black centre of a remembrance poppy now bears the words 'Poppy Appeal' in the centre.  Until 1994 what was written there?

5.

Which European country indirectly elects its monarch every five years?

6.

What is Patrick Clifton’s TV profession?

7.

Name one of the two Asian island countries that are connected to the main land mass by a bridge or a causeway.  One is connected by the King Fahd Causeway, the other by the Johor Causeway.

8.

What is Dorothy’s apt surname in The Wizard of Oz?

Spares

1.

What is the only country with a capital city which is an anagram of the river it stands on?  The river’s name is the Ubangi.

2.

Which future MP, then a journalist, chaired the live studio debate between Brian Clough and Don Revie at Yorkshire TV on the day Brian Clough was sacked by Leeds United?

3.

Which is the only non-silent film to have won Best Picture Oscar without having any credited female speaking roles?

4.

What is the sobriquet of Rumpole of the Bailey’s wife?

5.

With which confectionery does the White Witch persuade Edmund to betray his siblings in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?

6.

Who were the Republican and Democratic nominees in the US presidential race with the widest age difference between the candidates?

ROUND 1 - Pairs

1.

Which English culinary delight was devised by Crosse and Blackwell in 1922 and named after a suburb of Burton-on-Trent?

2.

Which English culinary delight was devised by the Cheese Bureau in the 1950s?

The Ploughman’s Lunch

3.

Who first used the phrase 'Land of Nod' to mean sleep in a novel of 1735?

Jonathan Swift

4.

The location of the biblical Land of Nod is also the name of an American novel published in 1952 which was made into a cult film in 1955.  Name it.

East of Eden

5.

Which retail business is associated with the phrase 'Pile it high and sell it cheap'?

Tesco

6.

Which British retail chain takes its name from a town in southern Greece?

Argos (Argova)

7.

The name of which Asian country translates into English as 'Land of the Pure'?

Pakistan

8.

The name of which African country translates into English as 'Land of Honest Men'?

Burkina Faso

1.

What is the name of the poem by Shakespeare in which the hero is killed by a wild boar?

Venus and Adonis

2.

Who did Rocky Balboa defeat to become World Heavyweight Champion in the film Rocky?

Apollo Creed

3.

Which world famous retailer of luxury goods has a retail outlet at 31 King Street, Manchester?

Hermes

4.

The long running 1980s American detective series Magnum P. I. featured two Dobermans, the sworn enemies of Thomas Magnum.  One of the dogs was called Apollo – what was the name of the other?

Zeus

5.

What was the home planet of Mr Spock in the Star Trek series?

Vulcan

6.

Which flower takes its name from the Greek word for rainbow?

(Iris is also a messenger of the gods)

7.

What name links a station on the Media City and Eccles metrolink lines, a derelict pub on Gorton Road in East Manchester and the Professor of Herbology and Head of Hufflepuff House in the Harry Potter books?

Pomona

8.

What heavenly body is the largest object in the Kuiper Belt?

Pluto

ROUND 3 - Pairs

1.

In which borough of New York would you find Yankee Stadium?

The Bronx

2.

In which borough of New York would you find Flushing Meadows?

Queens

3.

Which film had the following tagline 'Love is in the hair'?

There’s Something about Mary

4.

Which film had the following tagline 'The mission is a man'?

Saving Private Ryan

5.

Which European football team are informally known as 'Los Colchoneros', or the mattress-makers, due to their striped shirts which resemble old fashioned mattresses?

Atletico Madrid

6.

Which Italian football team is known as 'The Flying Pigs'?

Chievo Verona

7.

Who is the only person to have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and to have played a girlfriend of Ken Barlow’s in Coronation Street?

Beryl Bainbridge

8.

Apart from Bainbridge, who is the only person to have judged the Booker Prize and to have played a girlfriend of Ken Barlow’s on Coronation Street?

Joanna Lumley

ROUND 4 - Hidden theme

1.

Which sporting superstar had a secondary career playing minor league baseball in 1994 before returning to the sport for which he was best known?

Michael Jordan

2.

Who played Mary Beth Lacey on television between 1981 and 1988?

Tyne Daley

3.

Which UK confectionery brand held a Big Brother-style eviction campaign in 2008 in which customers could vote to replace one of the flavours?  The replacement flavour, strawberry, lasted only six months before the original was quietly reinstated.

Revels

4.

Which actor was informally adopted by Alistair Sim aged 15 and lived with the Sim family until he was 27?  He played his most famous role over eleven series from 1979 to 1994 but later confessed that he disliked the character intensely?

George Cole

5.

What word means a framework worn under the back of a woman’s skirt to expand support and display the full cut and drape of a dress?

Bustle

6.

What is the common name of the gastropod littorina littorea, native to the Atlantic Ocean?

Winkle

(or periwinkle)

7.

What is the stage name of the singer Peter Gene Hernandez who had three number one hits in 2010 and 2011 including Grenade?

Bruno Mars

8.

In the novel, From Russia With Love, which sartorial choice does Bond say is the mark of a cad?

A Windsor knot

(in a tie)

ROUND 5 - Pairs

1.

The postcode for which famous residence is SW1A 1AA?

Buckingham Palace

2.

The postcode for which famous residence is SW1A 2AA?

10 Downing Street

3.

What was Mr Darcy’s first name in Pride and Prejudice?

Fitzwilliam

4.

What was the first name of Mr Darcy in Bridget Jones’s Diary?

Mark

5.

What is the full name of AMPAS, the organisation responsible for the Oscar awards?

Academy for Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences

6.

For what is JPEG an abbreviation?

Joint Photographic Experts Group

7.

Which novelist, best known for a dystopian satire, gave a eulogy at Benny Hill’s memorial service in which he compared the comedian to Falstaff, Rabelais and George Formby?

8.

Which British Nobel prize winner used to write for the Dick Emery Show?

Harold Pinter

ROUND 6 - Events of 2013

1.

Which firm blamed its shops’ demise on changing fashions?

Tie Rack

2.

Which TV Dragon rescued camera retailer Jessops?

Peter Jones

3.

His middle name is Chapman and he resigned in May after nearly 27 years in the same job.  Who is he?

Sir Alex Ferguson

4.

Who resigned as an MP to become head of the International Rescue Committee in New York?

David Miliband

5.

Which Hollywood star said "Anyone who is famous is a moron if they’re on Twitter"?

George Clooney

6.

Angelina Jolie

7.

Lean and Solemn is an anagram of the name of which Nobel prize winner who died in 2013?

Nelson Mandela

8.

Soldiers Sing is an anagram of the name of which Nobel prize winner who died in 2013?

Doris Lessing

ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

What first was achieved by British snowboarder Billy Morgan at the Sochi Winter Olympics?

He was the first athlete from any nation to take to the snow

2.

What first was achieved by Jenny Jones at Sochi Winter Olympics?

She was the first Briton to win an Olympic medal on snow

(in Snowboard Slopestyle)

3.

The song Hopelesssly Devoted comes from which musical?

Grease

4.

The song Old Bamboo comes from which musical?

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

(original paper had Mary Poppins as the answer)

5.

What is the derivation of the name of Tribeca, an area of Manhattan?

Triangle below Canal Street

6.

What is the derivation of the name of Nolita, an area of Manhattan?

North of Little Italy

7.

Ombrophobia is a fear of what?

Rain

8.

Musophobia is a fear of what?

Mice

ROUND 8 - Pot pourri

1.

The Alderley Edge drinking establishment Brasingaens, much beloved by footballers in the late 1990s, was a mis-spelling of a place in the title of a children’s book by which author who grew up in the village?

Alan Garner

2.

What phrase, generally attributed to journalist John L O’Sullivan in 1845, describes the widely held belief in the US that early American settlers were fated to expand throughout the continent?

'manifest destiny'

3.

What is the surname of the billionaire brothers who, since 1993, have owned the tiny Channel Island of Brecqhou, separated from Sark by a narrow sound?

Barclay

4.

The black centre of a remembrance poppy now bears the words 'Poppy Appeal' in the centre.  Until 1994 what was written there?

5.

Which European country indirectly elects its monarch every five years?

Andorra

6.

What is Patrick Clifton’s TV profession?

7.

Name one of the two Asian island countries that are connected to the main land mass by a bridge or a causeway.  One is connected by the King Fahd Causeway, the other by the Johor Causeway.

(either)

Bahrain

(or)

Singapore

8.

What is Dorothy’s apt surname in The Wizard of Oz?

Gale

Spares

1.

What is the only country with a capital city which is an anagram of the river it stands on?  The river’s name is the Ubangi.

Central African Republic

(the capital being Bangui)

2.

Which future MP, then a journalist, chaired the live studio debate between Brian Clough and Don Revie at Yorkshire TV on the day Brian Clough was sacked by Leeds United?

Austin Mitchell

3.

Which is the only non-silent film to have won Best Picture Oscar without having any credited female speaking roles?

Lawrence of Arabia

4.

What is the sobriquet of Rumpole of the Bailey’s wife?

'She who must be obeyed'

5.

With which confectionery does the White Witch persuade Edmund to betray his siblings in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?

Turkish Delight

6.

Who were the Republican and Democratic nominees in the US presidential race with the widest age difference between the candidates?

Barack Obama and John McCain