WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League QUESTION PAPER 30th April 2014 |
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WithQuiz League paper 30/04/14 |
Set by: 'Knocked Out United' |
QotW: R6/Q8 |
Average Aggregate Score: 71.5 (Season's Ave. Agg.: 68.8) |
At the end of the evening after a few hurried conflabs all four finalist teams opted for The Opsimaths' Round 3 (K-A-T for C-A-T) as their round of the night. |
ROUND 1 - 'The Pub' (submitted by The History Men)Eight questions loosely connected to that great British (and Irish) institution, the Public House |
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Located in Manchester what is the name of the largest pub in England? |
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2. |
Who wrote the 1946 essay The Moon Under Water in which the author describes his ideal London pub, the fictional 'The Moon Under Water'? |
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3. |
In which Greater Manchester town six miles north west of Glossop is 'The Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn' the pub with the longest name in the UK, and 'Q' the one with the shortest? |
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4. |
In existence since 1189 where is 'Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem' which claims to be the oldest inn in England? |
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5. |
George Cornell was murdered at the 'Blind Beggar' public house in Whitechapel on 9th March 1966. He had allegedly once called his assailant “a fat poof”. The killer died in Broadmoor hospital in 1995. Who was he? |
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6. |
David Blakely was murdered outside the 'Magdala' public house in Hampstead on Easter Sunday 1955. As is often the case the killer is better remembered than the victim. Name the murderer. |
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7. |
What was the name of the writing group that included C S Lewis and J R R Tolkien who met informally at the 'Eagle and Child' public house in Oxford on Tuesday lunchtimes in the 1930s and 1940s? |
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8. |
Which momentous discovery was first announced to fellow lunchtime drinkers at the 'Eagle' public house in Cambridge on 28th February 1953? |
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ROUND 2 - Hidden theme - '...which my cause annoyance' (submitted by I've Never Been to One) |
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1. |
What unit of measurement (using the Imperial system) is equal to five fluid ounces? |
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2. |
Which royal led the English armies at the battles of Crecy and Poitiers but, owing to his early death, never became King? |
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3. |
Which of the constituent colleges of Cambridge University, founded in 1979, is the most recent to have been established? |
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4. |
What is the Scottish Gaelic word for a strait (a narrow stretch of water separating two larger bodies of water)? |
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5. |
What famous British company was founded in 1910 in Malvern and continues to manufacture there up to the present day? |
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6. |
Who is the only Englishman to win the award of the European Golden Shoe as the leading goal scorer in a season in league matches from the top division of any European league? He won in the 1999/2000 season. |
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7. |
What title did the historian Hugh Trevor-Roper take on his elevation to the peerage in 1979? |
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8. |
Roll up, roll up, two for the price of one. Which freshwater fish, genus Thymallus, can be Arctic, Mongolian, East Siberian, Baikal Black or Yellow Spotted, among others? |
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Sp. |
What is Ringo Starr’s real name? |
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ROUND 3 - Hidden theme - K-A-T spells C-A-T or, possibly a bad day at the Guardian typesetter office (submitted by The Opsimaths)All answers are connected by a common theme but with a twist! |
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1. |
Which group had a No. 1 UK single hit in 2008 with Sex on Fire from their album Only by the Night? |
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2. |
Its creator called this item of gym/dance wear a maillot. The French now call it a justaucorps or, more often, a collant. What do we call it in English? |
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3. |
Earlier this year the following were all in the news: in the UK Joanna Dennehy with 3, in Australia Andy Albury with maybe 15 or more, in the USA Miranda Barbour with 22+. What do they have in common that made them newsworthy? |
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4. |
On 13 September 2009, who, at the age of 92, became the oldest living artist to make it to No. 1 in the British album chart? |
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5. |
The French astronomer Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille created fourteen constellations for the southern sky to fill some faint regions. In 1756 he created Antlia to commemorate an invention by the French physicist Denis Papin. By what name is Antlia known in English? |
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6. |
On 2nd April 2014, in a return of the 'Punch and Judy' politics David Cameron and Ed Miliband both said they wanted to abolish, the PM called Miliband a Muppet, in response to Miliband calling him a what? |
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7. |
A 1975 film starring Clint Eastwood included John Cleare, Dougal Haston, and Hamish MacInnes as consultants in the film crew. What was the film called? |
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8. |
What is the capital of the largest oil producer in South America? |
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Sp1 |
Directed by Jonathan Miller, this 1981 film starred Jonathan Pryce, with John Bird and John Fortune in the cast. It includes such LOL lines as:
Name the Shakespeare play. |
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Sp2 |
Canopic jars contained the four human organs that the ancient Egyptians believed would be needed in the afterlife. They contained the stomach, intestines, lungs and which other organ? |
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ROUND 4 - Pairs (submitted by Albert) |
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Snowball’s Chance by John Reed is a 2002 parody sequel to which novel? |
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2. |
The Starlight Barking is the sequel to which 1956 novel? |
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3. |
The ikurinna is the red, white and green flag of which autonomous community of Europe? |
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4. |
Which Italian city’s flag is identical to the English cross of St George? It was adopted after the city’s participation in the crusades enriched it enormously. |
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5. |
In 1990, Hollywood actress Raquel Welch’s son married the daughter of which sportsman and professional northerner? |
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6. |
In 1966, Mel Tormé married the daughter of which English actress and professional northerner? |
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7. |
Which constituent college of the University of London styles itself as London’s ‘evening university’ as most of the teaching takes place at that time? |
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8. |
Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro, Anne Enright and Toby Litt are all alumni of which university’s creative writing MA? |
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ROUND 5 - Pairs (submitted by Compulsory Meat Raffle) |
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Which Ukrainian-born Russian 19th century author is best known for his surreal tales such as The Overcoat, Diary of a Madman and The Nose? |
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2. |
Celebrated author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who died in Mexico on April 17th this year, was born in which country? |
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3. |
Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor is the birth name of which teenage New Zealand born singer and song-writer who made history in 2013 when her single Royals made her the first performer from her country ever to have a Billboard number 1 single in the USA? |
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4. |
What is the name of the Swedish DJ duo, comprising Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo, who scored an international hit in 2012 with the single I Love It? |
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5. |
Put the following events in chronological order:
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6. |
Put the following TV chefs in order of age (youngest first):
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7. |
What was first launched by the BBC in 1950, and has used the opening theme of Barwick Green, a maypole dance, in every episode? |
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8. |
Which BBC radio series was first broadcast in 1978, with the original cast and producer John Lloyd being reunited for a special live broadcast this March? The writer was unable to attend. |
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ROUND 6 - Hidden theme - 'Seconds Out' (submitted by The Men They Couldn't Hang) |
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1. |
Which village lies just outside the town of Much Benham, 12 miles from the fashionable seaside resort of Danemouth, and once had a direct rail connection to Paddington? Its High Street is home to the Blue Boar pub. |
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2. |
Which bastion of Victorian England wrote the following lines of verse in 1876:
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3. |
Appearing in a recent anthology by Nigel Cawthorne, which fabled bastion of middle England wrote the following in October 1954:
(Give the writer's nom de plume) |
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4. |
For which team did Sir Jack Brabham drive when he won the Formula 1 World Championship in 1959 and 1960? |
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5. |
Once upon a time there was a Kingdom ruled by King Harold and Queen Lillian, the parents of Princess Fiona who married Shrek. What was it called? |
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6. |
Which bird correctly the scolopax rusticola is native to the UK although you will be lucky to see one? A secretive bird, well camouflaged for life on the woodland floor; the males might be spotted at dawn or dusk performing their distinctive 'roding' display flight around the woodland’s canopy? |
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7. |
Who was born in Columbus, Mississippi on March 26 1911 and twice won a Pulitzer Prize? After his death in New York in 1983 he was buried in St Louis, Missouri contrary to his expressed desire to be buried at sea. |
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Which educational institution, founded in 1895 by some Fabian Society members including George Bernard Shaw, has as its motto 'Rerum cognoscere causas' translated as 'to know the causes of things'? |
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Sp. |
Who had to wait until 14th of January 2014 when they won by 2 goals to nil at Welling United for their first victory in the Skrill Conference in the season just finishing? |
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ROUND 7 - Hidden theme - 'Doo doo doo doo doo….' (submitted by The Bards) |
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1. |
Which mythical character was the son of Zeus and the twin brother of Artemis? |
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2. |
Who won the 1994 best actress Oscar for her performance in The Piano? |
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3. |
Which aircraft manufacturer had a base in Heaton Chapel? |
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4. |
What 1977 song starts with the words "Start spreading the news"? |
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5. |
Which popular Internet game invites players to create rows of the same coloured sweet? |
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6. |
Which record label did Chris Blackwell and Graeme Goodall found in 1959 in Jamaica? |
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7. |
Which teenage magazine had a problem page answered by Cathy and Claire? |
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8. |
Who was a Democratic senator for Delaware from January 3rd 1973 until his resignation on 15th January 2009? |
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Sp. |
Whose films included East of Eden and Giant? |
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ROUND 8 - Pairs (submitted by a variety of WithQuiz teams) |
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In which city would you find the following:
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2. |
Which city is the 18th largest in the UK, hosted the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2011, and was the birthplace of author C S Lewis? |
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3. |
What composer connects the films Babe and Beauty & The Beast, and the theme tune to the TV show Jonathan Creek? |
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4. |
What composer connects a piece of music on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, the film Fantasia and the theme tune to the TV Show The New Statesman? |
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5. |
Which 20th century US president is to date the only former haberdasher to have been elected to the presidency? |
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6. |
Which 20th century US president is to date the only former labour (trade) union leader to have been elected to the presidency? |
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7. |
Which director became the first female director to win the Oscar for best director for her 2009 film The Hurt Locker? |
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8. |
Martin Scorsese finally won his first, and so far only, directing Oscar for which 2007 film? |
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Go to Round 8 questions with answers |
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Which children’s TV character has a business partner called Wendy and a cat named Pilchard? |
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2. |
Which children’s TV character lives and works in Pontypandy? |
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3. |
What singer wrote the following lyrics:
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4. |
And in the Ian Dury & the Blockheads song There Aren't Half Been Some Clever Bastards, of whom did Ian Dury say:
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5. |
Which football club founded by students in 1911 takes its name from a band of guerrilla fighters who fought their Ottoman Empire oppressors from the seventeenth century onwards? |
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6. |
Which football club founded by students in 1899 takes its name from the German for 'river peninsula' on account of their original home ground being located on such a feature close to the mouth of the River Weser? |
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7. |
The staff in The Office frequented which watering hole? |
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8. |
Who drank at the Kebab and Calculator? |
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Go to Spare questions with answers |
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1. |
How many verses are there in the New Testament book The Second Epistle of Peter? |
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2. |
How many medals (gold, silver and bronze) did Norway win at the 1994 Winter Olympics held at Lillehammer? |
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3. |
The late great Maurice Flitcroft, who must surely some day be canonised as the patron saint of rabbit golfers, entered the 1976 Open qualifying round as a 'professional golfer' and had the highest total ever over 18 holes in an Open qualifier. How many strokes did he take to get round? |
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Go to Tiebreaker questions with answers
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ROUND 1 -
'The Pub' (submitted by
The History Men)
Eight questions loosely connected to that great British (and
Irish) institution, the Public House |
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1. |
Located in Manchester what is the name of the largest pub in England? |
The Moon Under Water |
2. |
Who wrote the 1946 essay The Moon Under Water in which the author describes his ideal London pub, the fictional 'The Moon Under Water'? |
George Orwell |
3. |
In which Greater Manchester town six miles north west of Glossop is 'The Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn' the pub with the longest name in the UK, and 'Q' the one with the shortest? |
Stalybridge |
4. |
In existence since 1189 where is 'Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem' which claims to be the oldest inn in England? |
Nottingham |
5. |
George Cornell was murdered at the 'Blind Beggar' public house in Whitechapel on 9th March 1966. He had allegedly once called his assailant “a fat poof”. The killer died in Broadmoor hospital in 1995. Who was he? |
Ronnie Kray |
6. |
David Blakely was murdered outside the 'Magdala' public house in Hampstead on Easter Sunday 1955. As is often the case the killer is better remembered than the victim. Name the murderer. |
Ruth Ellis |
7. |
What was the name of the writing group that included C S Lewis and J R R Tolkien who met informally at the 'Eagle and Child' public house in Oxford on Tuesday lunchtimes in the 1930s and 1940s? |
The Inklings |
8. |
Which momentous discovery was first announced to fellow lunchtime drinkers at the 'Eagle' public house in Cambridge on 28th February 1953? |
The (double helix) structure of DNA |
Go back to Round 1 questions without answers
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ROUND 2 - Hidden theme - '...which my cause annoyance' (submitted by I've Never Been to One) |
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1. |
What unit of measurement (using the Imperial system) is equal to five fluid ounces? |
Gill |
2. |
Which royal led the English armies at the battles of Crecy and Poitiers but, owing to his early death, never became King? |
Edward, the Black Prince |
3. |
Which of the constituent colleges of Cambridge University, founded in 1979, is the most recent to have been established? |
Robinson College |
4. |
What is the Scottish Gaelic word for a strait (a narrow stretch of water separating two larger bodies of water)? |
Kyle |
5. |
What famous British company was founded in 1910 in Malvern and continues to manufacture there up to the present day? |
The Morgan Motor Company |
6. |
Who is the only Englishman to win the award of the European Golden Shoe as the leading goal scorer in a season in league matches from the top division of any European league? He won in the 1999/2000 season. |
Kevin Phillips (playing for Sunderland) |
7. |
What title did the historian Hugh Trevor-Roper take on his elevation to the peerage in 1979? |
Baron Dacre of Glanton (Lord Dacre is acceptable) |
8. |
Roll up, roll up, two for the price of one. Which freshwater fish, genus Thymallus, can be Arctic, Mongolian, East Siberian, Baikal Black or Yellow Spotted, among others? |
Grayling |
Sp. |
What is Ringo Starr’s real name? |
Richard Starkey |
Theme: Each answer contains the name of someone who has been described as among the rudest or most unpleasant people in Britain: A A Gill; Cilla Black; Anne Robinson; Jeremy Kyle; Piers Morgan; Melanie Phillips; Paul Dacre; (you get two for the price of one for question 8) philosopher A C or politician Chris, Grayling; David Starkey None of them has any wit or redeeming features whatsoever! |
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Go back to Round 2 questions without answers
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ROUND 3 - Hidden theme - K-A-T spells C-A-T or, possibly a bad day at the Guardian typesetter office (submitted by The Opsimaths)All answers are connected by a common theme but with a twist! |
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1. |
Which group had a No. 1 UK single hit in 2008 with Sex on Fire from their album Only by the Night? |
The Kings of Leon |
2. |
Its creator called this item of gym/dance wear a maillot. The French now call it a justaucorps or, more often, a collant. What do we call it in English? |
Leotard |
3. |
Earlier this year the following were all in the news: in the UK Joanna Dennehy with 3, in Australia Andy Albury with maybe 15 or more, in the USA Miranda Barbour with 22+. What do they have in common that made them newsworthy? |
Serial Killers |
4. |
On 13 September 2009, who, at the age of 92, became the oldest living artist to make it to No. 1 in the British album chart? |
Dame Vera Lynn (with We’ll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn) |
5. |
The French astronomer Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille created fourteen constellations for the southern sky to fill some faint regions. In 1756 he created Antlia to commemorate an invention by the French physicist Denis Papin. By what name is Antlia known in English? |
The Pump (Originally ‘Antlia pneumatica’ or air pump) |
6. |
On 2nd April 2014, in a return of the 'Punch and Judy' politics David Cameron and Ed Miliband both said they wanted to abolish, the PM called Miliband a Muppet, in response to Miliband calling him a what? |
A Dunce (in exchanges on the price of Royal Mail shares, Mr Miliband said the PM was "not so much the 'Wolf of Wall Street' as the 'Dunce of Downing Street’") |
7. |
A 1975 film starring Clint Eastwood included John Cleare, Dougal Haston, and Hamish MacInnes as consultants in the film crew. What was the film called? |
The Eiger Sanction |
8. |
What is the capital of the largest oil producer in South America? |
Caracas (the capital of Venezuela) |
Sp1 |
Directed by Jonathan Miller, this 1981 film starred Jonathan Pryce, with John Bird and John Fortune in the cast. It includes such LOL lines as:
Name the Shakespeare play. |
Timon of Athens |
Sp2 |
Canopic jars contained the four human organs that the ancient Egyptians believed would be needed in the afterlife. They contained the stomach, intestines, lungs and which other organ? |
Liver |
Theme: Each answer contains the name of a mis-spelled Big Cat: Lion/Leopard/Serval/Lynx/Puma/Ounce/Tiger/Caracal/Tigon/Liger |
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Go back to Round 3 questions without answers
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ROUND 4 - Pairs (submitted by Albert) |
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1. |
Snowball’s Chance by John Reed is a 2002 parody sequel to which novel? |
Animal Farm |
2. |
The Starlight Barking is the sequel to which 1956 novel? |
The Hundred and One Dalmatians |
3. |
The ikurinna is the red, white and green flag of which autonomous community of Europe? |
Basque country |
4. |
Which Italian city’s flag is identical to the English cross of St George? It was adopted after the city’s participation in the crusades enriched it enormously. |
Genoa |
5. |
In 1990, Hollywood actress Raquel Welch’s son married the daughter of which sportsman and professional northerner? |
Fred Trueman |
6. |
In 1966, Mel Tormé married the daughter of which English actress and professional northerner? |
Thora Hird |
7. |
Which constituent college of the University of London styles itself as London’s ‘evening university’ as most of the teaching takes place at that time? |
Birkbeck |
8. |
Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro, Anne Enright and Toby Litt are all alumni of which university’s creative writing MA? |
University of East Anglia |
Go back to Round 4 questions without answers
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ROUND 5 - Pairs (submitted by Compulsory Meat Raffle) |
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1. |
Which Ukrainian-born Russian 19th century author is best known for his surreal tales such as The Overcoat, Diary of a Madman and The Nose? |
Nikolai Gogol |
2. |
Celebrated author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who died in Mexico on April 17th this year, was born in which country? |
Colombia |
3. |
Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor is the birth name of which teenage New Zealand born singer and song-writer who made history in 2013 when her single Royals made her the first performer from her country ever to have a Billboard number 1 single in the USA? |
Lorde |
4. |
What is the name of the Swedish DJ duo, comprising Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo, who scored an international hit in 2012 with the single I Love It? |
Icona Pop |
5. |
Put the following events in chronological order:
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1. Wrigley’s Spearmint (1893 - originally marketed by being given away free with baking soda), 2. Crème Eggs (1963 - initially sold as Fry’s Crème Egg and changing to Cadbury’s in 1971), 3. Rowntree’s acquisition (1969 - when they acquired John Mackintosh & Co), 4. Hobnob (1985 - from a commercial recipe, made the Tollcross factory in Glasgow) |
6. |
Put the following TV chefs in order of age (youngest first):
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1. Gordon Ramsey (aged 47), 2. Nigella Lawson (aged 54), 3. Nigel Slater (aged 56), 4. Antony Worrall Thompson (aged 62) |
7. |
What was first launched by the BBC in 1950, and has used the opening theme of Barwick Green, a maypole dance, in every episode? |
The Archers |
8. |
Which BBC radio series was first broadcast in 1978, with the original cast and producer John Lloyd being reunited for a special live broadcast this March? The writer was unable to attend. |
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy |
Go back to Round 5 questions without answers
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ROUND 6 - Hidden theme - 'Seconds Out' (submitted by The Men They Couldn't Hang) |
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1. |
Which village lies just outside the town of Much Benham, 12 miles from the fashionable seaside resort of Danemouth, and once had a direct rail connection to Paddington? Its High Street is home to the Blue Boar pub. |
St Mary Mead |
2. |
Which bastion of Victorian England wrote the following lines of verse in 1876:
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Lewis Carroll (from the Hunting of the Snark) (QM obviously accept the answer Charles Dodgson but point out that the theme requires the given answer) |
3. |
Appearing in a recent anthology by Nigel Cawthorne, which fabled bastion of middle England wrote the following in October 1954:
(Give the writer's nom de plume) |
(Angry and) Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells (the anthology is of letters that appeared in the Tunbridge Wells Advertiser. Cawthorne contends that the letters from Disgusted, Disillusioned, Old Fashioned et al were written by the editor himself to liven up the moribund paper) |
4. |
For which team did Sir Jack Brabham drive when he won the Formula 1 World Championship in 1959 and 1960? |
Cooper |
5. |
Once upon a time there was a Kingdom ruled by King Harold and Queen Lillian, the parents of Princess Fiona who married Shrek. What was it called? |
Far Far Away |
6. |
Which bird correctly the scolopax rusticola is native to the UK although you will be lucky to see one? A secretive bird, well camouflaged for life on the woodland floor; the males might be spotted at dawn or dusk performing their distinctive 'roding' display flight around the woodland’s canopy? |
Woodcock |
7. |
Who was born in Columbus, Mississippi on March 26 1911 and twice won a Pulitzer Prize? After his death in New York in 1983 he was buried in St Louis, Missouri contrary to his expressed desire to be buried at sea. |
Tennessee Williams |
8. |
Which educational institution, founded in 1895 by some Fabian Society members including George Bernard Shaw, has as its motto 'Rerum cognoscere causas' translated as 'to know the causes of things'? |
London School of Economics |
Sp. |
Who had to wait until 14th of January 2014 when they won by 2 goals to nil at Welling United for their first victory in the Skrill Conference in the season just finishing? |
Hyde |
Theme: Each answer contains the name of a holder of the British Heavyweight Boxing Championship: Neville Meade, Lennox Lewis, Billy Wells, Henry Cooper, Tommy Farr, Bruce Woodcock, Johnny Williams, Brian London and Herbie Hyde |
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Go back to Round 6 questions without answers
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ROUND 7 - Hidden theme - 'Doo doo doo doo doo….' (submitted by The Bards) | ||
1. |
Which mythical character was the son of Zeus and the twin brother of Artemis? |
Apollo |
2. |
Who won the 1994 best actress Oscar for her performance in The Piano? |
Holly Hunter |
3. |
Which aircraft manufacturer had a base in Heaton Chapel? |
Fairey Aviation |
4. |
What 1977 song starts with the words "Start spreading the news"? |
New York, New York |
5. |
Which popular Internet game invites players to create rows of the same coloured sweet? |
Candy Crush Saga |
6. |
Which record label did Chris Blackwell and Graeme Goodall found in 1959 in Jamaica? |
Island |
7. |
Which teenage magazine had a problem page answered by Cathy and Claire? |
Jackie |
8. |
Who was a Democratic senator for Delaware from January 3rd 1973 until his resignation on 15th January 2009? |
Joe Biden |
Sp. |
Whose films included East of Eden and Giant? |
James Dean |
Theme: Each answer contains a word mentioned in Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side |
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Go back to Round 7 questions without answers
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ROUND 8 - Pairs (submitted by a variety of WithQuiz teams) |
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1. |
In which city would you find the following:
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Birmingham |
2. |
Which city is the 18th largest in the UK, hosted the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2011, and was the birthplace of author C S Lewis? |
Belfast |
3. |
What composer connects the films Babe and Beauty & The Beast, and the theme tune to the TV show Jonathan Creek? |
Camille Saint-Saens (Symphony No 3, The Aquarium and Danse Macabre respectively) |
4. |
What composer connects a piece of music on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, the film Fantasia and the theme tune to the TV Show The New Statesman? |
Modest Mussorgsky (Night On Disco / Bald Mountain, Pictures From An Exhibition respectively) |
5. |
Which 20th century US president is to date the only former haberdasher to have been elected to the presidency? |
Harry Truman |
6. |
Which 20th century US president is to date the only former labour (trade) union leader to have been elected to the presidency? |
Ronald Reagan (as President of the Screen Actors Guild) |
7. |
Which director became the first female director to win the Oscar for best director for her 2009 film The Hurt Locker? |
Catherine Bigelow |
8. |
Martin Scorsese finally won his first, and so far only, directing Oscar for which 2007 film? |
The Departed |
Go back to Round 8 questions without answers
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1. |
Which children’s TV character has a business partner called Wendy and a cat named Pilchard? |
Bob the Builder |
2. |
Which children’s TV character lives and works in Pontypandy? |
Fireman Sam |
3. |
What singer wrote the following lyrics:
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Ian Dury |
4. |
And in the Ian Dury & the Blockheads song There Aren't Half Been Some Clever Bastards, of whom did Ian Dury say:
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Einstein |
5. |
Which football club founded by students in 1911 takes its name from a band of guerrilla fighters who fought their Ottoman Empire oppressors from the seventeenth century onwards? |
Hajduk Split
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6. |
Which football club founded by students in 1899 takes its name from the German for 'river peninsula' on account of their original home ground being located on such a feature close to the mouth of the River Weser? |
Werder Bremen |
7. |
The staff in The Office frequented which watering hole? |
Poor Richards |
8. |
Who drank at the Kebab and Calculator? |
The Young Ones |
Go back to Spare questions without answers
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1. |
How many verses are there in the New Testament book The Second Epistle of Peter? |
61 |
2. |
How many medals (gold, silver and bronze) did Norway win at the 1994 Winter Olympics held at Lillehammer? |
26 (10 gold, 11 silver, 5 bronze) |
3. |
The late great Maurice Flitcroft, who must surely some day be canonised as the patron saint of rabbit golfers, entered the 1976 Open qualifying round as a 'professional golfer' and had the highest total ever over 18 holes in an Open qualifier. How many strokes did he take to get round? |
121 (49 over par) |