ROUND 1 - Pairs

1.

A phrase originating from Hamlet’s 'To be or Not to Be' soliloquy, what is the title of Star Trek VI - the 1991 film which was the final appearance together of the original series' cast?

2.

Which phrase from the same original source appears in the famous Pet Shop Sketch?

3.

Whilst some have attempted to find meaning in an apparently Latin phrase, the name of this 60s band was actually taken from the Cat Club name of the manager’s Burmese Cat.  Which Band was it?

4.

Still causing trouble in Nigeria, is the organisation Boko Haram, which unfortunately does mean something.  What does it actually mean?

5.

Which is the only Stephen King film adaptation ever to have won any kind of Oscar?

6.

Excluding Twilight Zone: The Movie, John Williams has scored the music for all but two of Steven Spielberg’s feature films – name either.

7.

Which politician’s only foray into literature - The Devil’s Tune - was rewarded with the following review when published in 2003:

"I honestly wish I didn't have to say this, because it feels like kicking a man when he is down... but, really, it's terrible.  Human sympathy strains in one direction; critical judgment the other.  Terrible, terrible, terrible."

Another review read:

“He has as much chance of doing a Winston Churchill as Rapper Tony Benn has of going quadruple platinum”?

The book never even made it to paperback.

8.

Which 2012 British ‘comedy’ film, currently holds a Rotten Tomatoes score of 0%, making it one of the worst films ever made.  Reviewers wrote:

"The script must have taken longer to read than it did to write..."

and

"The only funny thing in the film is a bus sign ('T’LEEDS').  Six letters and an apostrophe. Save yourself the ticket."

Rotten Tomatoes is a website which combines all published reviews of films.

Sp1

From the 'To be or not to be' soliloquy there is a line which reads "When he himself might his quietus make with a bare bodkin?" - what is a bodkin?

Sp2

The next line in this soliloquy runs "Who would fardels bear, to grunt and sweat under a weary life?"  What is a fardel?

1.

Which ex-Tory MP, now journalist, used to be a very capable marathon runner?  His personal best was 2:32:57 recorded in 1985 at the age of 35.  No other British MP - sitting or retired - has bettered this time.

2.

3.

Whose first novels were Desperate Remedies (1871) and Under the Greenwood Tree (1872), both of which were published anonymously?  They gave the author enough confidence to use their own name with A Pair of Blue Eyes the following year.

4.

What is the name of Thomas Hardy's last novel?  Its hero is a stonemason who dreams of becoming a scholar. The other main character and love interest is his cousin.

5.

Which band, formed in Whalley Range in 1982, made little impact with their first two studio albums, but found success with Gold Mother in 1990?  In the meantime they had self-financed a live album partially through sales of distinctive t-shirts to their loyal fan-base.  These featured the band’s name in lower case Times New Roman font.

6.

Which heavy metal band was founded in 1970 in Birmingham?  The band took their name from the title of a track on Bob Dylan's John Wesley Harding album.

7.

Roger Federer won his first Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon in 2003.  Who did he beat in the final? Nicknamed ‘The Scud’, this man also lost his only other Grand Slam Final - the 1998 US Open - to compatriot Patrick Rafter.

8.

Whose first and last tennis grand slam wins, in 1990 and 2002, were at the same venue, against the same man?

Sp1

Which London hospital, dating from 1123, is the oldest surviving hospital in England?

Sp2

Variations of this song typically feature a narrator telling the story of a young man or woman "cut down in his (or her) prime" as a result of morally questionable behaviour.  Made famous by Duke Ellington, and a New Orleans Blues Standard, what is the name of the song? 

Sp3

Who wrote and presented the 2000 and 2002 BBC television documentary series A History of Britain?

Sp4

Who wrote and presented the 2007 BBC television documentary series A History of Modern Britain? 

ROUND 3 - Hidden theme

1.

Which was the first single released by T-Rex in 1970, which reached a peak position of number 2 in January 1971?

2.

Which recurring skit in The Muppet Show was a parody of science fiction programs?

3.

Which rugby league player signed for his new club in 1992 for a world record fee of £440,000 and was awarded an MBE in 1997?

4.

Although he has managed many teams, including Blackpool, Stockport County, and Bolton Wanderers, his biggest successes so far came at West Bromwich Albion managing them in the Premier League in 2002 and again in 2004.  Who was he?

5.

Named in 2007 as Britain's scariest junction, what is the name of the large, complex roundabout system at the junction of the A40, the North Circular and its eponymous thoroughfare?  The island in the middle contains a tube station and a nature reserve.

6.

Which pan-Arab political party, founded in 1947, whose name means 'renaissance' or 'resurrection', calls for unification of the Arab world into a single state?  Its motto, 'Unity, Liberty, Socialism', refers to Arab unity, and freedom from non-Arab control and interference.

7.

Which British composer has written scores for film maker Peter Greenaway and wrote the soundtrack to Jane Campion’s film The Piano?

8.

Which football ground, home to Brentford FC, is known for being the only English league football ground to have a pub on each corner?  The ground gets its name from the logo of Fuller's Brewery, which at one point owned the orchard on which the stadium was built.

Sp1

Which composer and actor, born David Davies in Cardiff, wrote Keep the Home Fires Burning, and had an affair with Siegfried Sassoon?

Sp2

Which King of England was known by a nickname which was a mistranslation of Old English meaning 'bad-counsel', for which a better translation would be 'ill-advised'?

Sp3

Which German architect was Minister of Armaments and War Production for the Third Reich?  He was the only defendant to take personal responsibility for his actions at the Nuremberg trials.

ROUND 4 - Linked pairs

Each question is in 2 parts. The last part of the answer to the first statement is the first part of the answer to the second statement.  Note that the words ‘a’ ,‘the’ , ‘and’  and ‘of’ don’t count.  Beware of 'sound-alikes'.

1.

This Belgian musician was a one-hit wonder in Britain in 1978, reaching no. 8 on the UK charts with his international hit single Ça plane pour moi, which was a pastiche of the punk movement.

and

His paternal grandfather was a Prime Minster, his father was Viscount Amberley, his secular godfather was John Stuart Mill, and he was the recipient of a Nobel Prize.

2.

This musician was part of a double act with his wife, who subsequently alleged in her autobiography that he abused her.  He was portrayed in the film adaptation by Laurence Fishburne.

3.

This edible takes its name from the German for cabbage turnip.

4.

This pianist and television presenter born 1958 is a fan of the 1960s TV series The Prisoner and owns costumes and props from the series and occasionally appears wearing the trademark brown-with-white-pipe blazer featured in it.

5.

He was the first Puerto Rican and Hispanic actor, to win an Academy Award (in 1950, for Cyrano de Bergerac).  He played the role of Toulouse-Lautrec in the fictional 1952 biopic, Moulin Rouge. Rosemary Clooney was one of his four wives.

and

The advertisement for this confection in the 1990s featured a butler wandering between party guests holding a silver tray with a pyramid of the items, with the voice-over “the Ambassador's receptions are noted in society for their host's exquisite taste that captivates his guests".

6.

This is also called human herpesvirus 4 (HHV-4) and is named after the British virologists who discovered it in the 1960s.

7.

As one of MGM's major stars during the 1940s, this actress received seven Academy Award nominations, including a record five consecutive nominations, and won the Best Actress award for a film made in 1942.  Her other starring roles include Katherine Chipping, Elizabeth Bennet, and Marie Curie.

8.

This German beverage has a label that features a glowing Christian cross seen between the antlers of a stag.  This is a reference to two patron saints of hunters, who converted to Christianity after experiencing a vision in which they saw a Christian cross between the antlers of a stag.  Its ingredients include 56 herbs, fruits, roots, and spices.

Sp.

Famous for being famous, in 2004 she released an autobiography entitled Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose.  Her love for dogs led her to create a canine apparel line named Little Lily.

ROUND 5 - Hidden theme

1.

Who was the last British Prime Minister to head his full administration from the House of Lords?

2.

Who was the actor who played the title role in the 1976 film Logan's Run?

3.

Who was the Welsh hooker born in 1948 who along with Robert Price and Charlie Faulkner were collectively known as 'the Pontypool Front Row' when they played for Wales in the 1970s?  He also played in all the tests for the British Lions in South Africa in 1974 under Willie John McBride when the Lions won 3 and drew the other of the 4 Tests.

4.

Which underground Station, in Little Venice, lies between Paddington and Maida Vale stations on the Bakerloo Line?  It is also the name of a song that reached number 3 in the UK charts in 2008.

5.

Which Film Director directed, amongst many others, Help and A Hard Day's Night?

6.

Born in Plymouth in 1944 this well known TV personality presented Amazing Greys alongside Paddy McGuinness in 2014.  She also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest when it was held at Wembley Conference Centre in 1977. Who is she?

7.

One of the original 12 Football League Clubs, this team suffered successive relegations which took them from the then 1st Division in 1983-4 down to the 4th Division at the end of the 1985-6 season.  Which team is it?

8.

Where is the Theatre Workshop Company founded by Joan Littlewood based?

Sp1

What kitchen aid present in almost all kitchens was invented in 1893 in Edinburgh by Alan MacMaster?

Sp2

What is the town celebrated in Tam o' Shanter by Robbie Burns with the lines "Wham ne'er a town surpasses for honest men and bonnie lasses", from which its football team gets its nickname?

ROUND 6 - Pairs

1.

In which city is McGill University?

2.

Which Roman Catholic university with a reputation for their American football team is located near to South Bend, Indiana?

3.

Henri Matisse, Claude Derain and Raoul Dufy were members of which artistic school, known for its extravagant use of colour?

4.

Wassily Kandinsky, August Macke and Franz Marc were members of which artistic school.

5.

What is the name of the 19th-century French mathematician generally credited with the discovery of the greenhouse effect?  He also claimed that mathematical functions could be represented by a summation of sine functions.

6.

What is the name of the 19th-century German mathematician who produced results in many fields including number theory, differential geometry, electrostatics and algebra and has been called the greatest mathematician since antiquity?  His name is associated with the bell curve of the normal probability distribution.

7.

Which well-known logo designed in 1958 is described by its inventor as: "a composite of a symbol representing an unborn baby, a dying man and the semaphore symbols for two letters"?

8.

Which international company's logo was invented in 1909 to depict its domination of the 3 domains of land, sea and air?  Nowadays the company is more associated with land.

ROUND 7 - Hidden theme

1.

What is the name of the Salford-born composer recently turned 80 who has lived in the Orkneys since the 1970s?  One of his most famous orchestral works is Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise which features a solo bagpipe .

2.

What was the name of the German ambassador to Great Britain between 1936 and 1938?  He was later German Foreign Minister before being sentenced to death at Nuremberg.

3.

Who composed By the Sleepy Lagoon and Knightsbridge, used as the introductory music for Desert Island Discs and In Town Tonight respectively?

4.

Which company was founded by Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström in 2003 and sold to eBay in 2005 for $2.3 billion?  It was later sold on to Microsoft for $8.5 billion in 2011.  Its software replaced Windows Live Messenger in 2013.

5.

What sort of music is being defined here: 'It is a music genre that originated in the mid to late 1960s when African-American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and R&B.'?

6.

Which innovative 19th-century novel published in 1868 is constructed from the narrations of some of its characters including Franklin Blake, Gabriel Betteridge and Miss Clack?

7.

What is the nationality of the discount supermarket chain Netto?

8.

What was the name of the 1935 film starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland which included footage of the 1924 Silent film The Seahawk?

Sp.

What was the name of the Conservative deputy chief whip who was killed in the Brighton bombing in 1984?

ROUND 8 - Pot pourri

1.

2.

Who wrote the music for the ballet Coppelia?

3.

Mike Leigh's 1999 film Topsy Turvy is about 15 months in the lives and careers of which 2 people?

4.

Which crime author wrote the Lewis Trilogy of books?

5.

Whose 7th album released in 1971 was called She Used to Wanna Be a Ballerina?

6.

Which word meaning 'to lose one's mind' probably comes from the name of a British Army Transit Camp?

7.

Who wrote the 1959 play Rhinoceros?

8.

Who wrote the 1980 play The Dresser?

Sp1

Which Manchester United footballer won £1000 on Double Your Money, answering questions on pop music?

Sp2

Almost uniquely in cartoons one character in American Dad is voiced by the actor with the same name.  He plays Hayley's boy-friend/husband.  What is his name?

Sp3

On which river, a tributary of the River Thames, does Guildford stand?

ROUND 1 - Pairs

1.

A phrase originating from Hamlet’s 'To be or Not to Be' soliloquy, what is the title of Star Trek VI - the 1991 film which was the final appearance together of the original series' cast?

The Undiscovered Country

2.

Which phrase from the same original source appears in the famous Pet Shop Sketch?

"Shuffled off this Mortal Coil"

3.

Whilst some have attempted to find meaning in an apparently Latin phrase, the name of this 60s band was actually taken from the Cat Club name of the manager’s Burmese Cat.  Which Band was it?

Procol Harum

4.

Still causing trouble in Nigeria, is the organisation Boko Haram, which unfortunately does mean something.  What does it actually mean?

"Western Education is forbidden"

(accept reasonably close equivalents)

5.

Which is the only Stephen King film adaptation ever to have won any kind of Oscar?

Misery

(Kathy Bates won best actress in 1990)

6.

Excluding Twilight Zone: The Movie, John Williams has scored the music for all but two of Steven Spielberg’s feature films – name either.

(either)

Duel

(music by Billy Goldenberg)

(or)

The Color Purple

(music by Quincy Jones)

7.

Which politician’s only foray into literature - The Devil’s Tune - was rewarded with the following review when published in 2003:

"I honestly wish I didn't have to say this, because it feels like kicking a man when he is down... but, really, it's terrible.  Human sympathy strains in one direction; critical judgment the other.  Terrible, terrible, terrible."

Another review read:

“He has as much chance of doing a Winston Churchill as Rapper Tony Benn has of going quadruple platinum”?

The book never even made it to paperback.

Iain Duncan Smith

8.

Which 2012 British ‘comedy’ film, currently holds a Rotten Tomatoes score of 0%, making it one of the worst films ever made.  Reviewers wrote:

"The script must have taken longer to read than it did to write..."

and

"The only funny thing in the film is a bus sign ('T’LEEDS').  Six letters and an apostrophe. Save yourself the ticket."

Rotten Tomatoes is a website which combines all published reviews of films.

Keith Lemon: The Film

(accept anything mentioning Keith Lemon)

Sp1

From the 'To be or not to be' soliloquy there is a line which reads "When he himself might his quietus make with a bare bodkin?" - what is a bodkin?

A dagger

(accept a stiletto or an awl)

Sp2

The next line in this soliloquy runs "Who would fardels bear, to grunt and sweat under a weary life?"  What is a fardel?

A burden, bundle or pack

(as in pack horse)

1.

Which ex-Tory MP, now journalist, used to be a very capable marathon runner?  His personal best was 2:32:57 recorded in 1985 at the age of 35.  No other British MP - sitting or retired - has bettered this time.

Matthew Parris

2.

John Bercow

3.

Whose first novels were Desperate Remedies (1871) and Under the Greenwood Tree (1872), both of which were published anonymously?  They gave the author enough confidence to use their own name with A Pair of Blue Eyes the following year.

Thomas Hardy

4.

What is the name of Thomas Hardy's last novel?  Its hero is a stonemason who dreams of becoming a scholar. The other main character and love interest is his cousin.

Jude the Obscure

5.

Which band, formed in Whalley Range in 1982, made little impact with their first two studio albums, but found success with Gold Mother in 1990?  In the meantime they had self-financed a live album partially through sales of distinctive t-shirts to their loyal fan-base.  These featured the band’s name in lower case Times New Roman font.

James

6.

Which heavy metal band was founded in 1970 in Birmingham?  The band took their name from the title of a track on Bob Dylan's John Wesley Harding album.

Judas Priest

7.

Roger Federer won his first Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon in 2003.  Who did he beat in the final? Nicknamed ‘The Scud’, this man also lost his only other Grand Slam Final - the 1998 US Open - to compatriot Patrick Rafter.

Mark Philippoussis

8.

Whose first and last tennis grand slam wins, in 1990 and 2002, were at the same venue, against the same man?

Pete Sampras

(US Open against Agassi)

Sp1

Which London hospital, dating from 1123, is the oldest surviving hospital in England?

St. Bartholomew’s

('Bart's')

Sp2

Variations of this song typically feature a narrator telling the story of a young man or woman "cut down in his (or her) prime" as a result of morally questionable behaviour.  Made famous by Duke Ellington, and a New Orleans Blues Standard, what is the name of the song? 

St James’ Infirmary

Sp3

Who wrote and presented the 2000 and 2002 BBC television documentary series A History of Britain?

Simon Schama

Sp4

Who wrote and presented the 2007 BBC television documentary series A History of Modern Britain? 

Andrew Marr

ROUND 3 - Hidden theme

1.

Which was the first single released by T-Rex in 1970, which reached a peak position of number 2 in January 1971?

Ride a WHITE SWAN

2.

Which recurring skit in The Muppet Show was a parody of science fiction programs?

PIGS in Space

3.

Which rugby league player signed for his new club in 1992 for a world record fee of £440,000 and was awarded an MBE in 1997?

Martin OFFIAH

4.

Although he has managed many teams, including Blackpool, Stockport County, and Bolton Wanderers, his biggest successes so far came at West Bromwich Albion managing them in the Premier League in 2002 and again in 2004.  Who was he?

Gary MEGSON

5.

Named in 2007 as Britain's scariest junction, what is the name of the large, complex roundabout system at the junction of the A40, the North Circular and its eponymous thoroughfare?  The island in the middle contains a tube station and a nature reserve.

The HANGER Lane Gyratory System

6.

Which pan-Arab political party, founded in 1947, whose name means 'renaissance' or 'resurrection', calls for unification of the Arab world into a single state?  Its motto, 'Unity, Liberty, Socialism', refers to Arab unity, and freedom from non-Arab control and interference.

BA’ATH Party

7.

Which British composer has written scores for film maker Peter Greenaway and wrote the soundtrack to Jane Campion’s film The Piano?

Michael NYMAN

8.

Which football ground, home to Brentford FC, is known for being the only English league football ground to have a pub on each corner?  The ground gets its name from the logo of Fuller's Brewery, which at one point owned the orchard on which the stadium was built.

GRIFFIN Park

Sp1

Which composer and actor, born David Davies in Cardiff, wrote Keep the Home Fires Burning, and had an affair with Siegfried Sassoon?

IVOR Novello

Sp2

Which King of England was known by a nickname which was a mistranslation of Old English meaning 'bad-counsel', for which a better translation would be 'ill-advised'?

ÆTHELred the Unready

Sp3

Which German architect was Minister of Armaments and War Production for the Third Reich?  He was the only defendant to take personal responsibility for his actions at the Nuremberg trials.

ALBERT Speer

ROUND 4 - Linked pairs

Each question is in 2 parts. The last part of the answer to the first statement is the first part of the answer to the second statement.  Note that the words ‘a’ ,‘the’ , ‘and’  and ‘of’ don’t count.  Beware of 'sound-alikes'.

1.

This Belgian musician was a one-hit wonder in Britain in 1978, reaching no. 8 on the UK charts with his international hit single Ça plane pour moi, which was a pastiche of the punk movement.

and

His paternal grandfather was a Prime Minster, his father was Viscount Amberley, his secular godfather was John Stuart Mill, and he was the recipient of a Nobel Prize.

Plastic BERTRAND/BERTRAND Russell

2.

This musician was part of a double act with his wife, who subsequently alleged in her autobiography that he abused her.  He was portrayed in the film adaptation by Laurence Fishburne.

(Jan) Van EYCK/IKE Turner

3.

This edible takes its name from the German for cabbage turnip.

Helmut KOHL/KOHLrabi

4.

This pianist and television presenter born 1958 is a fan of the 1960s TV series The Prisoner and owns costumes and props from the series and occasionally appears wearing the trademark brown-with-white-pipe blazer featured in it.

The Crown JEWELS/JOOLS Holland

5.

He was the first Puerto Rican and Hispanic actor, to win an Academy Award (in 1950, for Cyrano de Bergerac).  He played the role of Toulouse-Lautrec in the fictional 1952 biopic, Moulin Rouge. Rosemary Clooney was one of his four wives.

and

The advertisement for this confection in the 1990s featured a butler wandering between party guests holding a silver tray with a pyramid of the items, with the voice-over “the Ambassador's receptions are noted in society for their host's exquisite taste that captivates his guests".

Jose FERRER/FERRERO Rocher

6.

This is also called human herpesvirus 4 (HHV-4) and is named after the British virologists who discovered it in the 1960s.

Jacob EPSTEIN/EPSTEIN-Barr

7.

As one of MGM's major stars during the 1940s, this actress received seven Academy Award nominations, including a record five consecutive nominations, and won the Best Actress award for a film made in 1942.  Her other starring roles include Katherine Chipping, Elizabeth Bennet, and Marie Curie.

Germaine GREER/GREER Garson

8.

This German beverage has a label that features a glowing Christian cross seen between the antlers of a stag.  This is a reference to two patron saints of hunters, who converted to Christianity after experiencing a vision in which they saw a Christian cross between the antlers of a stag.  Its ingredients include 56 herbs, fruits, roots, and spices.

Chuck YEAGER/JAGERmeister

Sp.

Famous for being famous, in 2004 she released an autobiography entitled Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose.  Her love for dogs led her to create a canine apparel line named Little Lily.

Matthew PARRIS/PARIS Hilton

ROUND 5 - Hidden theme

1.

Who was the last British Prime Minister to head his full administration from the House of Lords?

Lord Salisbury

2.

Who was the actor who played the title role in the 1976 film Logan's Run?

Michael York

3.

Who was the Welsh hooker born in 1948 who along with Robert Price and Charlie Faulkner were collectively known as 'the Pontypool Front Row' when they played for Wales in the 1970s?  He also played in all the tests for the British Lions in South Africa in 1974 under Willie John McBride when the Lions won 3 and drew the other of the 4 Tests.

Bobby Windsor

4.

Which underground Station, in Little Venice, lies between Paddington and Maida Vale stations on the Bakerloo Line?  It is also the name of a song that reached number 3 in the UK charts in 2008.

Warwick Avenue

5.

Which Film Director directed, amongst many others, Help and A Hard Day's Night?

Richard Lester

6.

Born in Plymouth in 1944 this well known TV personality presented Amazing Greys alongside Paddy McGuinness in 2014.  She also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest when it was held at Wembley Conference Centre in 1977. Who is she?

Angela Rippon

7.

One of the original 12 Football League Clubs, this team suffered successive relegations which took them from the then 1st Division in 1983-4 down to the 4th Division at the end of the 1985-6 season.  Which team is it?

Wolverhampton Wanderers

8.

Where is the Theatre Workshop Company founded by Joan Littlewood based?

Theatre Royal Stratford (East)

Sp1

What kitchen aid present in almost all kitchens was invented in 1893 in Edinburgh by Alan MacMaster?

The Electric Bread Toaster

Sp2

What is the town celebrated in Tam o' Shanter by Robbie Burns with the lines "Wham ne'er a town surpasses for honest men and bonnie lasses", from which its football team gets its nickname?

Ayr

ROUND 6 - Pairs

1.

In which city is McGill University?

Montréal

2.

Which Roman Catholic university with a reputation for their American football team is located near to South Bend, Indiana?

Notre Dame

3.

Henri Matisse, Claude Derain and Raoul Dufy were members of which artistic school, known for its extravagant use of colour?

Les Fauves

4.

Wassily Kandinsky, August Macke and Franz Marc were members of which artistic school.

The Blue Rider or Der Blaue Reiter

5.

What is the name of the 19th-century French mathematician generally credited with the discovery of the greenhouse effect?  He also claimed that mathematical functions could be represented by a summation of sine functions.

Fourier

6.

What is the name of the 19th-century German mathematician who produced results in many fields including number theory, differential geometry, electrostatics and algebra and has been called the greatest mathematician since antiquity?  His name is associated with the bell curve of the normal probability distribution.

Gauss

7.

Which well-known logo designed in 1958 is described by its inventor as: "a composite of a symbol representing an unborn baby, a dying man and the semaphore symbols for two letters"?

The CND logo

8.

Which international company's logo was invented in 1909 to depict its domination of the 3 domains of land, sea and air?  Nowadays the company is more associated with land.

Mercedes-Benz

ROUND 7 - Hidden theme

1.

What is the name of the Salford-born composer recently turned 80 who has lived in the Orkneys since the 1970s?  One of his most famous orchestral works is Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise which features a solo bagpipe .

Peter Maxwell Davies

2.

What was the name of the German ambassador to Great Britain between 1936 and 1938?  He was later German Foreign Minister before being sentenced to death at Nuremberg.

(Joachim) Von Ribbentrop

3.

Who composed By the Sleepy Lagoon and Knightsbridge, used as the introductory music for Desert Island Discs and In Town Tonight respectively?

(Eric) Coates

4.

Which company was founded by Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström in 2003 and sold to eBay in 2005 for $2.3 billion?  It was later sold on to Microsoft for $8.5 billion in 2011.  Its software replaced Windows Live Messenger in 2013.

Skype

5.

What sort of music is being defined here: 'It is a music genre that originated in the mid to late 1960s when African-American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and R&B.'?

Funk

6.

Which innovative 19th-century novel published in 1868 is constructed from the narrations of some of its characters including Franklin Blake, Gabriel Betteridge and Miss Clack?

The Moonstone

7.

What is the nationality of the discount supermarket chain Netto?

Danish

8.

What was the name of the 1935 film starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland which included footage of the 1924 Silent film The Seahawk?

Captain Blood

Sp.

What was the name of the Conservative deputy chief whip who was killed in the Brighton bombing in 1984?

(Sir Anthony) Berry

ROUND 8 - Pot pourri

1.

Sophia Loren

2.

Who wrote the music for the ballet Coppelia?

Delibes

3.

Mike Leigh's 1999 film Topsy Turvy is about 15 months in the lives and careers of which 2 people?

Gilbert and Sullivan

4.

Which crime author wrote the Lewis Trilogy of books?

Peter May

5.

Whose 7th album released in 1971 was called She Used to Wanna Be a Ballerina?

Buffy Saint Marie

6.

Which word meaning 'to lose one's mind' probably comes from the name of a British Army Transit Camp?

Doolally

(accept Doolally Tap)

7.

Who wrote the 1959 play Rhinoceros?

Eugene Ionesco

8.

Who wrote the 1980 play The Dresser?

Ronald Harwood

Sp1

Which Manchester United footballer won £1000 on Double Your Money, answering questions on pop music?

Bobby Charlton

Sp2

Almost uniquely in cartoons one character in American Dad is voiced by the actor with the same name.  He plays Hayley's boy-friend/husband.  What is his name?

Jeff (Fischer)

Sp3

On which river, a tributary of the River Thames, does Guildford stand?

River Wey