ROUND 1 - 'Like Mother like Daughter'

Each question indicates a mother and daughter who have worked in the same activity, role or profession. Give both names in full.

1.

1976 Olympic team event / 2012 Olympic team event

2.

1988 Olympic 10,000 m / 2012 Olympic 3,000m steeplechase

3.

Hever Castle, Kent / Hatfield House, Hertfordshire

4.

Last of the Hapsburgs / Place de la Concorde

5.

1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry / 1935 Nobel Prize for Chemistry

6.

Vindication of the Rights of Women / A Modern Prometheus

7.

Psycho / Halloween

8.

The Birds / Working Girl

Sp.

Private Benjamin / You, Me and Dupree

ROUND 2 - 'And Now for Something Completely Different'

Note: Quizmasters should be lenient with the wording of the answers – we don’t want a 5 minute argument, still less the full half hour!

1.

What is to be found at 706 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury where you can get 'crottin de chavignol' and 'delice des cremières'?

2.

This might have been found in Whitehall and has inspired a festival held in St. Mary’s, St. Agnes and St. Martin’s, now in its eighth year.

3.

What links: Alan Bennett, Fred Trueman, James Cook and Guy Fawkes ?

4.

What links characters famously played by Ian Carmichael and Hugh Laurie, and the real life Boris Johnson once a year?

5.

Name two rivers in South-West England: the first is mostly in Devon and runs from near Simonsbath south to the coast; the second runs from Thorney Mills Springs in Dorset through Somerset to the Bristol Channel.

6.

This river, also known as the Acu, runs through northern Brazil and flows out to the Atlantic Ocean.  Add to this a TV series running from 1972 to 1976 about the Hammond family who ran a haulage business and you get what?

7.

Combine a theory in behavioural science and economics, which argues a way of achieving compliance by positive reinforcement and was originated by Thaler and Sunstein; and a search engine known as ‘the people search engine’.

8.

Tito, Hoxha, Bukharin and Prachanda Path would be a fearsome team tonight if we were playing what?

ROUND 3 - Scattered pairs (with Round 4)

1.

Fast Eddie Felson won what for whom in 1986, having failed at the first attempt in 1961?

2.

What is the stage name of Steven Gene Wold, a virtuoso on the Three-Stringed Trance Wonder and the One-Stringed Diddley Bo?

3.

In the world of economics which countries are known as the MINT economies?

4.

In October 2008 how did Georgina Baillie come to public attention, having become involved in a scandal through no fault of her own?

5.

"Stand up Damned of the Earth; Stand up Prisoners of Starvation" is the literal translation of the first lines of which song by Eugene Pottier first heard in 1871?

6.

Who succeeded David Gill as CEO of Manchester United in the summer of 2013?  (if only his namesake could score an equaliser now and then...)

7.

L'Homme Qui Marche 1, the world's most expensive sculpture when it sold for $104.3 million in 2010, was created by which sculptor?

8.

Since 1888 The Star Ferry has been operating in which city?

ROUND 4 - Scattered pairs (with Round 3)

1.

How did Chesley Sullenberger become a national hero in the USA on 15 January 2009?  He was later awarded the 'Key to the City' by the Mayor of New York.

2.

Which is the only film character to have won two best acting Oscars played by different actors?

3.

Ian Kilminster, who is normally known by a different name, founded which rock band in 1975?  The name is a slang word for someone who is a heavy user of amphetamines.

4.

Who recently succeeded Ben Bernanke as Chair of the Federal Reserve?  She is the first woman to hold the post.

5.

Nancy Rothwell, a scientist, succeeded Alan Gilbert, a historian, in which role in July 2010?

6.

Which sculpture by Thomas Heatherwick was first seen on 27th July 2012?  A previous sculpture of his, first seen in 2002 at a similar location, had to be dismantled due to structural problems.

7.

Name either of the racecourses run by the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

8.

"Arise children of the Fatherland, the day of glory has arrived" is the literal translation of the first lines of which song written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle?

Sp1

Which song by The Pink Floyd was inspired by singer Syd Barrett having a neighbour who had a strange hobby of stealing women's underwear from washing lines?

Sp2

Which was the first band to perform at Live Aid 1985?

ROUND 5 - Given theme

Each answer contains a word commonly used with the suffix '-esque'

1.

What has been sitting on a bench in Manchester's Sackville Park since 23 June 2001?

2.

When I died in 1924 I left clear instructions for all my writings to be destroyed.  My friend Max Brod ignored this and published them instead.  Who am I?

3.

In the 1970s TV comedy series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, the hero founded a company making deliberately useless products such as soluble umbrellas.  It turned out to be a massive success.  What was the company called?

4.

Which four letter word links the singer of The Ugly Bug Ball and a bulbous tree outgrowth that yields wood highly prized for its figured grain?

5.

Provide the controversial name of the first UK single by The Cure.  It was inspired by the Albert Camus novel L'Etranger and released at the end of 1978.

6.

Name the spacecraft launched by NASA in 2011 that is expected to begin orbiting the planet Jupiter in July 2016.

7.

Who in 2010 became the first Formula One driver to start 300 races, winning just 11?

8.

Which 1972 Peter Bogdanovich film was set in small-town Texas and won Best Supporting Actor and Actress Oscars for Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman?

Sp.

Which winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature first came to prominence as an actor under the stage name David Baron?

ROUND 6 - Hidden theme

1.

What word for a place of worship derives from the Latin, meaning tent or hut, and in Hebrew means residence?

2.

Which Richard Strauss’ opera contains The Dance of the Seven Veils?

3.

What is the correct term for a cultivator of bees?

4.

What is the name of the device used to measure humidity in the atmosphere?

5.

What is the name of the French Hussar from the Napoleonic wars, featured in a series of comic stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

6.

With a name which translates as 'The Wolves' which Mexican/American band had a 1987 hit with a cover of La Bamba?

7.

The Whole Woman was a 1999 sequel to which seminal 1970 book?

8.

What word describes the change of any substance from solid to gas without passing through the liquid phase?

Sp.

What 10 letter word is “the thief of joy” according to a quote from Theodore Roosvelt?

ROUNDS 7 & 8 - 20th Century Bingo

Pick a year and a subject

1.

1901: New Beginnings

On January 1st 1901, Edmund Barton, a member of the Protectionist party, was elected the first prime minister of which country?

2.

1903: Agreed!

Finalized in 1903, the Cuban-American Treaty granted the United States a lease to use which territory as a coaling and naval station?

3.

1907: 'And the Winner Is'

In 1907, who was the first British author to win the Nobel Literature Prize?

4.

1913: Atomic

Introduced in 1913, which Danish physicist's atomic model depicts the atom as similar in structure to the solar system?

5.

1919: Football

In 1919, which American Football team was founded by Earl ‘Curly’ Lambeau and
George Whitney Calhoun in Wisconsin. They are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL and have won the Superbowl four times?

6.

1922: Académie Française

First staged in Paris in 1922, the play Antigone, based on the original text written by Sophocles, was by which French playwright?

7.

1926: General Knowledge

During the 1926 General Strike, which prominent Briton took exception to the suggestions that the strikers were revolutionaries and was quoted as saying “Try living on their wages before you judge them”?

8.

1930: Wedding Bells

On July 25th 1930, which actor married the actress Jill Esmond?

9.

1934: Shot In The Dark

On October 9th 1934, which monarch was assassinated in Marseilles during a state visit to France?

10.

1935: Arty-farty

Currently on show at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, The Fever Van is a 1935 work by which artist?

11.

1941: Earworm

In 1941, which composer completed his Symphony Number 7, which is also known as The Leningrad Symphony?

12.

1948: Discovery

In 1948, Gerald Kuiper discovered the satellite Miranda.  It is the innermost major moon of which planet?            

13.

1951: Monstrous Carbuncle

Erected in 1951 to commemorate the Festival of Britain, what name was given to the futuristic cigar-shaped structure located by the Thames that apparently floated above the ground.  It was removed in 1952 on the orders of Winston Churchill.

14.

1956: Land of My Fathers

In 1956, which area of Wales was the first place in the British Isles to be designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty?

15.

1957: Guilty or Not Guilty?

Whose directorial debut was the 1957 film Twelve Angry Men for which he received an Academy Award nomination?

16.

1964: All The Way

Which Republican candidate did Lyndon B Johnson defeat in the 1964 Presidential election?

17.

1969: Words of Wisdom

Which UK number one single of 1969 contains the lyrics:

“They say that when you get married, it’ll be to a millionaire. But they don’t realise where you came from. And I wonder if they really care, or give a damn.”?

18.

1974: World Service

In 1974, which tennis player won the first two of her 18 Grand Slam singles titles by winning both the French Open and Wimbledon?

19.

1979: On Your Own Two Feet

Two island countries in the Caribbean declared independence from the United Kingdom in 1979? Name either country.

20.

1986: Four

First broadcast in 1986, which Radio 4 programme was originally presented by Ned
Sherrin until 2006 and since then has been regularly hosted by both Clive Anderson and Peter Curran?

21.

1988: Read All About It

Set in the fictional city of Rummidge, which 1988 novel centres on the relationship between Robyn Penrose, a feminist university academic, and Vic Wilcox, a manager of
an engineering firm?

22.

1991: Up, Up and Away

Who became the first Briton in space, when she was a research cosmonaut on the Soyuz TM-12 mission in 1991?

23.

1994: Flying Solo

In 1994, which iconic British singer released his second solo album Vauxhall and I which was listed by Q magazine as one of the top ten albums of the year?

24.

1999: The End

'Gotcha', 'Grab a Grand' and 'The Big Pork Pie' were all regular features on which
Saturday night TV show, which ended in 1999?

ROUND 1 - 'Like Mother like Daughter'

Each question indicates a mother and daughter who have worked in the same activity, role or profession. Give both names in full.

1.

1976 Olympic team event / 2012 Olympic team event

Princess Anne and Zara Phillips

2.

1988 Olympic 10,000 m / 2012 Olympic 3,000m steeplechase

Liz McColgan and Eilish McColgan

3.

Hever Castle, Kent / Hatfield House, Hertfordshire

Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I

(their childhood homes)

4.

Last of the Hapsburgs / Place de la Concorde

Empress Maria Theresa and Marie Antoinette

(scene of Marie Antoinette's death)

5.

1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry / 1935 Nobel Prize for Chemistry

Marie Curie and Irene Joliet-Curie

6.

Vindication of the Rights of Women / A Modern Prometheus

Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley

7.

Psycho / Halloween

Janet Leigh and Jamie Lee Curtis

8.

The Birds / Working Girl

Tippi Hedren and Melanie Griffiths

Sp.

Private Benjamin / You, Me and Dupree

Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson

ROUND 2 - 'And Now for Something Completely Different'

Note: Quizmasters should be lenient with the wording of the answers – we don’t want a 5 minute argument, still less the full half hour!

1.

What is to be found at 706 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury where you can get 'crottin de chavignol' and 'delice des cremières'?

A Cheese Shop

(The Cheese Hamlet to be specific)

2.

This might have been found in Whitehall and has inspired a festival held in St. Mary’s, St. Agnes and St. Martin’s, now in its eighth year.

(festival is called 'Walk Scilly 2014')

3.

What links: Alan Bennett, Fred Trueman, James Cook and Guy Fawkes ?

(They are) Four Yorkshiremen

4.

What links characters famously played by Ian Carmichael and Hugh Laurie, and the real life Boris Johnson once a year?

(actors who've played Bertie Wooster)

5.

Name two rivers in South-West England: the first is mostly in Devon and runs from near Simonsbath south to the coast; the second runs from Thorney Mills Springs in Dorset through Somerset to the Bristol Channel.

(Dead Parrot)

6.

This river, also known as the Acu, runs through northern Brazil and flows out to the Atlantic Ocean.  Add to this a TV series running from 1972 to 1976 about the Hammond family who ran a haulage business and you get what?

(River Piranha; The Brothers TV drama)

7.

Combine a theory in behavioural science and economics, which argues a way of achieving compliance by positive reinforcement and was originated by Thaler and Sunstein; and a search engine known as ‘the people search engine’.

8.

Tito, Hoxha, Bukharin and Prachanda Path would be a fearsome team tonight if we were playing what?

ROUND 3 - Scattered pairs (with Round 4)

1.

Fast Eddie Felson won what for whom in 1986, having failed at the first attempt in 1961?

Best Actor Oscar for Paul Newman

(The Hustler / Colour of Money)

2.

What is the stage name of Steven Gene Wold, a virtuoso on the Three-Stringed Trance Wonder and the One-Stringed Diddley Bo?

Seasick Steve

3.

In the world of economics which countries are known as the MINT economies?

Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey

4.

In October 2008 how did Georgina Baillie come to public attention, having become involved in a scandal through no fault of her own?

She was the subject of the phone call to Andrew Sachs in the Ross/ Brand scandal

(she is Sachs' granddaughter)

5.

"Stand up Damned of the Earth; Stand up Prisoners of Starvation" is the literal translation of the first lines of which song by Eugene Pottier first heard in 1871?

The Internationale

(the original French is "Debout les damnés de la terre; debout les forcats de la faim")

6.

Who succeeded David Gill as CEO of Manchester United in the summer of 2013?  (if only his namesake could score an equaliser now and then...)

Ed(ward) Woodward

7.

L'Homme Qui Marche 1, the world's most expensive sculpture when it sold for $104.3 million in 2010, was created by which sculptor?

Alberto Giacometti

8.

Since 1888 The Star Ferry has been operating in which city?

Hong Kong

ROUND 4 - Scattered pairs (with Round 3)

1.

How did Chesley Sullenberger become a national hero in the USA on 15 January 2009?  He was later awarded the 'Key to the City' by the Mayor of New York.

He was the pilot who safely crash-landed flight 1549 on the Hudson River

2.

Which is the only film character to have won two best acting Oscars played by different actors?

Vito Corleone

(Brando, best actor and de Niro, best supporting actor)

3.

Ian Kilminster, who is normally known by a different name, founded which rock band in 1975?  The name is a slang word for someone who is a heavy user of amphetamines.

Motorhead

4.

Who recently succeeded Ben Bernanke as Chair of the Federal Reserve?  She is the first woman to hold the post.

Janet Yellen

5.

Nancy Rothwell, a scientist, succeeded Alan Gilbert, a historian, in which role in July 2010?

Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester

(NB: answer must be Vice Chancellor - Chancellor is incorrect)

6.

Which sculpture by Thomas Heatherwick was first seen on 27th July 2012?  A previous sculpture of his, first seen in 2002 at a similar location, had to be dismantled due to structural problems.

Olympic Cauldron

(B of the Bang outside the Manchester Commonwealth Games venue was pulled down in 2009)

7.

Name either of the racecourses run by the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

(either)

Happy Valley

(or)

Sha Tin

8.

"Arise children of the Fatherland, the day of glory has arrived" is the literal translation of the first lines of which song written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle?

La Marseillaise

(French National Anthem)

Sp1

Which song by The Pink Floyd was inspired by singer Syd Barrett having a neighbour who had a strange hobby of stealing women's underwear from washing lines?

Arnold Layne

Sp2

Which was the first band to perform at Live Aid 1985?

Band of the Coldstream Guards

(The Royal Salute)

ROUND 5 - Given theme

Each answer contains a word commonly used with the suffix '-esque'

1.

What has been sitting on a bench in Manchester's Sackville Park since 23 June 2001?

Statue of Alan Turing

(accept Alan Turing but advise of the link)

2.

When I died in 1924 I left clear instructions for all my writings to be destroyed.  My friend Max Brod ignored this and published them instead.  Who am I?

Franz Kafka

3.

In the 1970s TV comedy series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, the hero founded a company making deliberately useless products such as soluble umbrellas.  It turned out to be a massive success.  What was the company called?

Grot

4.

Which four letter word links the singer of The Ugly Bug Ball and a bulbous tree outgrowth that yields wood highly prized for its figured grain?

Burl

(the song was most famously sung by Burl Ives)

5.

Provide the controversial name of the first UK single by The Cure.  It was inspired by the Albert Camus novel L'Etranger and released at the end of 1978.

Killing an Arab

6.

Name the spacecraft launched by NASA in 2011 that is expected to begin orbiting the planet Jupiter in July 2016.

Juno

7.

Who in 2010 became the first Formula One driver to start 300 races, winning just 11?

Rubens Barrichello

8.

Which 1972 Peter Bogdanovich film was set in small-town Texas and won Best Supporting Actor and Actress Oscars for Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman?

The Last Picture Show

Sp.

Which winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature first came to prominence as an actor under the stage name David Baron?

ROUND 6 - Hidden theme

1.

What word for a place of worship derives from the Latin, meaning tent or hut, and in Hebrew means residence?

Tabernacle

2.

Which Richard Strauss’ opera contains The Dance of the Seven Veils?

Salome

3.

What is the correct term for a cultivator of bees?

Apiarist

4.

What is the name of the device used to measure humidity in the atmosphere?

Hygrometer

(EXACT answer required)

5.

What is the name of the French Hussar from the Napoleonic wars, featured in a series of comic stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

Brigadier Gerard

6.

With a name which translates as 'The Wolves' which Mexican/American band had a 1987 hit with a cover of La Bamba?

Los Lobos

7.

The Whole Woman was a 1999 sequel to which seminal 1970 book?

The Female Eunuch

8.

What word describes the change of any substance from solid to gas without passing through the liquid phase?

Sublimation

Sp.

What 10 letter word is “the thief of joy” according to a quote from Theodore Roosvelt?

Comparison

ROUNDS 7 & 8 - 20th Century Bingo

Pick a year and a subject

1.

1901: New Beginnings

On January 1st 1901, Edmund Barton, a member of the Protectionist party, was elected the first prime minister of which country?

Australia

2.

1903: Agreed!

Finalized in 1903, the Cuban-American Treaty granted the United States a lease to use which territory as a coaling and naval station?

Guantanamo Bay

3.

1907: 'And the Winner Is'

In 1907, who was the first British author to win the Nobel Literature Prize?

Rudyard Kipling

4.

1913: Atomic

Introduced in 1913, which Danish physicist's atomic model depicts the atom as similar in structure to the solar system?

Niels Bohr

5.

1919: Football

In 1919, which American Football team was founded by Earl ‘Curly’ Lambeau and
George Whitney Calhoun in Wisconsin. They are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL and have won the Superbowl four times?

Green Bay Packers

6.

1922: Académie Française

First staged in Paris in 1922, the play Antigone, based on the original text written by Sophocles, was by which French playwright?

Jean Cocteau

7.

1926: General Knowledge

During the 1926 General Strike, which prominent Briton took exception to the suggestions that the strikers were revolutionaries and was quoted as saying “Try living on their wages before you judge them”?

King George V

(accept just 'the King')

8.

1930: Wedding Bells

On July 25th 1930, which actor married the actress Jill Esmond?

Laurence Olivier

9.

1934: Shot In The Dark

On October 9th 1934, which monarch was assassinated in Marseilles during a state visit to France?

King Alexander of Yugoslavia

(accept just 'King Alexander')

10.

1935: Arty-farty

Currently on show at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, The Fever Van is a 1935 work by which artist?

L S Lowry
 

11.

1941: Earworm

In 1941, which composer completed his Symphony Number 7, which is also known as The Leningrad Symphony?

Dimitri Shostakovich

12.

1948: Discovery

In 1948, Gerald Kuiper discovered the satellite Miranda.  It is the innermost major moon of which planet?            

Uranus
 

13.

1951: Monstrous Carbuncle

Erected in 1951 to commemorate the Festival of Britain, what name was given to the futuristic cigar-shaped structure located by the Thames that apparently floated above the ground.  It was removed in 1952 on the orders of Winston Churchill.

Skylon

14.

1956: Land of My Fathers

In 1956, which area of Wales was the first place in the British Isles to be designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty?

Gower Peninsula

15.

1957: Guilty or Not Guilty?

Whose directorial debut was the 1957 film Twelve Angry Men for which he received an Academy Award nomination?

Sidney Lumet

16.

1964: All The Way

Which Republican candidate did Lyndon B Johnson defeat in the 1964 Presidential election?

Barry Goldwater

17.

1969: Words of Wisdom

Which UK number one single of 1969 contains the lyrics:

“They say that when you get married, it’ll be to a millionaire. But they don’t realise where you came from. And I wonder if they really care, or give a damn.”?

Where Do You Go To My Lovely?

18.

1974: World Service

In 1974, which tennis player won the first two of her 18 Grand Slam singles titles by winning both the French Open and Wimbledon?

19.

1979: On Your Own Two Feet

Two island countries in the Caribbean declared independence from the United Kingdom in 1979? Name either country.

(either)

St Vincent & The Grenadines

(or)

St Lucia

20.

1986: Four

First broadcast in 1986, which Radio 4 programme was originally presented by Ned
Sherrin until 2006 and since then has been regularly hosted by both Clive Anderson and Peter Curran?

21.

1988: Read All About It

Set in the fictional city of Rummidge, which 1988 novel centres on the relationship between Robyn Penrose, a feminist university academic, and Vic Wilcox, a manager of
an engineering firm?

Nice Work

22.

1991: Up, Up and Away

Who became the first Briton in space, when she was a research cosmonaut on the Soyuz TM-12 mission in 1991?

Helen Sharman

23.

1994: Flying Solo

In 1994, which iconic British singer released his second solo album Vauxhall and I which was listed by Q magazine as one of the top ten albums of the year?

Morrissey

24.

1999: The End

'Gotcha', 'Grab a Grand' and 'The Big Pork Pie' were all regular features on which
Saturday night TV show, which ended in 1999?