ROUND 1 - Hidden theme

1.

In which film does Sean Connery's character say the following lines:

"It reminds me of the heady days of Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin when the world trembled at the sound of our rockets”?

2.

Andy Street is the Chief Executive of which retailer?  Founded in 1864 it has around 38,000 employees and in 2013 a turnover of around £4 billion.

3.

Which poet lamented in a 1978 poem that: "he’d never seen a nipple in the Daily Express"?

4.

Whose souvenirs included a stone hammer; a wooden spoon; a sheriff’s badge; a jolly roger flag and a parrot’s feather, amongst others?

5.

Romney’s, Wilson’s and Quiggin’s are the only manufacturers of which food product which was invented in 1869 by Joseph Wipers?

6.

Founded in 1846, which is the world’s largest museum and research complex?  It has 19 museums and galleries and contains 137 million objects.

7.

Which early literary work, the third in a series, is a revenge story by Oswald, a bad-tempered skinny man who was once a carpenter?

8.

Which literary character’s last words in an 1883 book were: “Darby McGraw, fetch aft the rum.”?

Sp1

Which word, taken from the Hindi word for circle or wheel, can mean a period of play in sport and a type of ankle boot?

Sp2

Which footballer, who now plays for the mighty Delhi Dynamos, was a World Cup winner in 2006?  He has the record number of appearances and is the record goal scorer for Juventus.

ROUND 2 - Given theme

All answers contain a word, name or phrase that have featured in the coverage of the upcoming general election

1.

Which football club was founded in 1900 by Arnold Hills, the owner of the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company?

2.

As well as a dagger, with which two weapons would a retiarius be armed?

3.

Known for its independent and ethical approach, which music and arts festival has since 2003 been held at the Glanusk Estate in the Brecon Beacons?

4.

Which song, side one track two, on The Clash’s London Calling album was a cover of a 1959 Vince Taylor B-side? It’s opening line is: "Driiiiiiive!!!, Driiiiiiive!!!"

5.

Which right-wing Christian movement was founded in 1979 by Jerry Falwell?  The organisation campaigned against what it perceived as negative cultural trends, especially legalised abortion, the Women’s movement and the gay rights movement.

6.

Which term was used by the Bush administration to describe those states who militarily or verbally supported the invasion of Iraq in 2003?  At one point there were 49 members but only the UK, Australia and Poland contributed to the invasion force.

7.

Since 2007 where would you go to visit the iconic art installation called Another Place?

8.

Jaffy’s are the last remaining producers of which product in the Port of Mallaig?  This product, once the lifeblood of Mallaig, was so popular that it had its own train service to transport it to England and beyond.

Sp1

Which was the sixth studio album by Roxy Music?  Released in 1979, it featured songs such as Angel Eyes, Trash and Dance Away.

Sp2

Which 2007 film starring Denzell Washington and Forest Whittaker was based on the true story of Melvin B Tolson, a professor at the Wiley University, Texas?

ROUND 3 - Given theme

Each answer refers to, or includes, an English parliamentary constituency that is one of UKIP's main target seats in the forthcoming General Election, as reported by Sky News

1.

Town on the southern side of a major estuary containing the UK's largest port by tonnage and Europe's biggest concentration of cold storage facilities.

2.

District once separated from the mainland by the Wantsum Channel.  More recently it is where Billericay Dicky had a rendezvous with Janet, according to Ian Dury.

3.

Triangular wooded plateau near the Welsh border which saw Bread Riots in 1795 and 1801 and was the birthplace of playwright, Dennis Potter, and Lord Mayor of London, Dick Whittington.

4.

Area of outstanding natural beauty in central England with an Iron Age fort called Castle Ring at its highest point. It has 'canine' connections with a former Liverpool footballer.

5.

This sharply named constituency, created in 1983, covers a group of small places in Essex, including Canvey Island and Thundersley.  It was represented by the Father of the House Sir Bernard Braine from 1987 to 1992.

6.

This constituency pairs a historic town which contains England's largest parish church and was ranked as a Hanseatic League port in the thirteenth century, and a famously bracing seaside resort.  (both place names are required)

7.

Home counties town, a stronghold of the Parliamentary forces in the English Civil War.  It is strongly associated with aquatic birds.  The trial of the Great Train Robbers was held there.

8.

South coast town which contains Britain's largest concentration of stone-age flint mines.  Oscar Wilde wrote The Importance of Being Earnest there in 1894.

Sp.

Sedentary sounding commuter settlement on the edge of London, formerly a centre of brick-making.  A bronze statue of a Thames bargeman is a town centre landmark and the constituency pairs it with an ovine island.  (both place names are required)

ROUND 4 - Given theme

All answers contain the names (or the major part of the names) of small parties contesting this general election

1.

This song was first released in 1965 by Otis Redding but is more famously associated with Aretha Franklin, who first had a hit with it in 1968.  It has also been covered, with varying degrees of success by Ike and Tina Turner, Janis Joplin and Dexy’s Midnight Runners. Name the song.

2.

Born in 1914, she became an ardent devotee of Adolf Hitler. Her sister Diana, was married to Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists. Name this very famous socialite. (both names required)

3.

Name the British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1965 to 1978, co-written by, and starring, comedian Charlie Drake. It revolved around a man who has been dismissed from hundreds of jobs due to unfortunate accidents, or his incompetence.

4.

She was born sometime around 1700, in Cork, Ireland.  A character based on her appears in the video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.  What was the profession of Anne Bonny?

5.

Which London underground line starts at Edgware, or High Barnet, passes through Mornington Crescent, and terminates at Morden?

6.

Created by John F Kennedy in 1961, and still going strong today, which organisation has sent more than 200,000 young Americans to countries all around the world to help build and educate communities, and promote friendship?

7.

Who manufactures the perfumes Poison and Dune?

8.

On a Monopoly board, If 'GO' is zero, and 'Old Kent Road' is one, what is on square 20?

Sp.

To the ancient Greeks this phrase translated as 'the many'.  In English, it tends to mean the working class, commoners, the masses or common people in a derogatory sense.  What is this two word phrase?

ROUND 5 - Hidden theme

1.

She was born Linda Susan Boreman in 1949.  She shot to fame in 1972, after starring in a notorious film.  Her later autobiography Ordeal detailed the traumas she suffered in the making of the movie, and in her life in general.  She died in 2002.  What was her stage name?

2.

What was the name of the police officer nemesis of Top Cat, voiced by actor Allen Jenkins in the original TV series?

3.

Which presenter of The Xtra Factor and I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here Now! has recently been named as one of the main presenters on the upcoming series of The X Factor alongside Olly Murs?

4.

Which writer wrote a 1953 play as an allegory of McCarthyism, a time when the US Government blacklisted accused communists?  The writer himself was called before the House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee but refused to identify any people present at meetings he had attended.

5.

Founded in Stoke-on-Trent in 1796 by Thomas, the patriarch, this family business produced a diverse portfolio of products, from industrial and decorative tiles to Parian ware and fine bone china.  Now owned by the Waterford, Wedgwood and Royal Doulton Group, name this famous brand name.

6.

A member of the carrot family, this plant is known by various names including Persian Cumin and Meridian Fennel. Its seeds are often used in baking amongst other things. Name this plant?

7.

Which former England football international am I describing?  He started his career at Manchester United, and the last club he was involved with was Manchester City.  His clubs in between included Aston Villa and Arsenal.  He shares his name with a prominent soap opera character.

8.

Recently made into a stage musical, this 2010 film starring Sally Hawkins told the story of a group of female workers fighting for equal pay in the late 1960s.  Name this film.

Sp1

Which British coin was in circulation from 1860 to 1956?  Up until 1936 it had an image of Britannia on it.  After 1936 this was changed to a wren.

Sp2

Since 1995 which character has James Hooten played in Emmerdale?  (both names required)

ROUND 6 - Hidden theme - 'Off with their Heads!'

There is one 'sound-alike' in this round

1.

Which singer/songwriter and former member of Clannad has had album hits with Watermark and Shepherd Moons and has songs included in films such as The Lord of the Rings and The Age of Innocence?

2.

Which film’s closing text explains that two leading gang members go off to Rio de Janeiro, have 17 children and start a leper colony, and Ken, having lost his speech impediment, becomes Master of Ceremonies at London’s Sea World while the immoral Otto becomes Minister of Justice in (the then apartheid) South Africa?

3.

Who was Joan Fontaine's sister?  Together they were the only siblings to have won Oscars for leading roles in films.

4.

Which actor writer whose credits include: The League of Gentlemen, Psychoville and Chasing Shadows, is currently Inside Number Nine?

5.

This is the start of which piece of music by Beethoven?

6.

Which 1985 Kurosawa film was loosely based on King Lear, the three daughters being replaced by three rotten sons?

7.

Which 1985 book, by neurologist Oliver Sacks, author of Awakenings, was made into an opera by Michael Nyman in 1986?

8.

Whose first novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2003?  The novel centred around the London equivalent of Manchester’s Curry Mile.

ROUNDS 7 & 8 - 'Game Show Bingo'

The grid shows the names of some of the BBC’s plethora of game shows and panel games that have featured on TV and radio over the last 70 or so years; pick a name and number and the question will follow

1.

Top of the Form

Founded in 1935 by Jack ‘Boss’ Meyer, which Somerset independent school with a high sporting reputation lists Lily Allen, John Sergeant and Tony Blackburn amongst its former pupils?

2.

Ask the Family

Which country’s monarchy dates back to Gorm the Old who reigned in the 10th century?  It is recognised as the oldest surviving monarchy in Europe.

3.

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral

Found primarily in South East Asia, Australia and India with 34 recognized species, the Boiga is a large genus of which creature?

4.

Round Britain Quiz

Situated at the northern edge of the Glennifer Braes, what is the most populous Scottish town not to currently have city status?

5.

In It To Win It

Which notable monetarist, who died in 2006, won the 1976 Nobel Prize for Economics?

6.

The News Quiz

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is the mayor of which US city?

7.

Popmaster

A UK number one single for two separate acts in both 1969 and 1991, which song contains the lines: "Then I held you close to me and kissed you and my heart began to melt"?

8.

Shooting Stars

The powerful meteor showers the Lyrids occur annually during which month?

9.

Trivia Test Match

In cricket, who is the only wicket keeper to have over 500 test dismissals to his name?  He retired in 2012.

10.

The Write Stuff

The home of which Nobel prize-winning author contains a fountain made out of a urinal which was stolen from his favourite bar?  He maintained that he had pissed away so much money into the urinal that he owned it.

11.

Counterpoint

The jazz musicians Art Blakey, Gene Krupa and Max Roach were most noted for their proficiency with which instrument?

12.

Today’s The Day

On May 6th, 52.46 million Americans tuned in to the final episode of the TV sitcom Friends.  In which year?           

13.

14.

Hidden Treasures

The presence of what artefact in Lirey, France was referred to in a 1390 memorandum which Bishop Pierre d’Arcis wrote to Antipope Clement VII?

15.

Brain of Sport

Which annual sporting award was first manufactured by Brook Brothers and has since been made by different tailors including John Alfieri and Henry Cullom?

16.

The Monday Movie Quiz

In his long career, Robert Redford has received only one Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.  It was for his role in which film?

17.

The Generation Game

Roald Dahl was the maternal grandfather of the model Sophie Dahl.  Which actor and entertainer was her paternal grandfather?  He received a Tony nomination for a role he played on stage which he reprised on film, winning an Oscar in the process.

18.

Telly Addicts

Which BBC TV comedy drama serial, which ran between 1994 and 1997, starred amongst others Edward Woodward, June Whitfield and Roy Hudd and centred on a crew of binmen threatened by privatisation?

19.

Going for Gold

According to statistics provided by the US Geological Survey, China was the leading producer of gold in 2014.  Which country was second?

20.

The Quizeum

L’Homme Qui Marche I (also known as The Walking Man I or The Striding Man I) sold at Sotheby’s for US$104.3 million making it the most expensive sculpture sold at auction.  Who was the sculptor?

21.

Only Connect

Which surname links a 21st century Nobel Peace Prize laureate; a 21st century Rugby World Cup winner; a British actress who was made a CBE in the 21st century and a 21st century Disney live action film based on a book by Edgar Rice Burroughs?

22.

Big Break

The operas Tancredi and L’italiana in Algeri were early successes for which classical composer?

23.

Call My Bluff

Which three consecutive entries in the Concise Oxford Dictionary have these definitions:

• a public hall for dancing

• a covered litter for one, carried on two horizontal poles

• pleasant to the taste.

24.

Mock The Week

Sydney Strube (pronounced Stroobee) was at one point the highest paid man in Fleet Street.  He was the editorial cartoonist for which national daily newspaper between 1912 and 1948?

Tiebreaker

ROUND 1 - Hidden theme

1.

In which film does Sean Connery's character say the following lines:

"It reminds me of the heady days of Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin when the world trembled at the sound of our rockets”?

The Hunt for Red October

2.

Andy Street is the Chief Executive of which retailer?  Founded in 1864 it has around 38,000 employees and in 2013 a turnover of around £4 billion.

John Lewis Partnership

3.

Which poet lamented in a 1978 poem that: "he’d never seen a nipple in the Daily Express"?

John Cooper Clarke

4.

Whose souvenirs included a stone hammer; a wooden spoon; a sheriff’s badge; a jolly roger flag and a parrot’s feather, amongst others?

Mr Benn

5.

Romney’s, Wilson’s and Quiggin’s are the only manufacturers of which food product which was invented in 1869 by Joseph Wipers?

Kendal Mint Cake

6.

Founded in 1846, which is the world’s largest museum and research complex?  It has 19 museums and galleries and contains 137 million objects.

The Smithsonian Institution

7.

Which early literary work, the third in a series, is a revenge story by Oswald, a bad-tempered skinny man who was once a carpenter?

The Reeve’s Tale

(from The Canterbury Tales)

8.

Which literary character’s last words in an 1883 book were: “Darby McGraw, fetch aft the rum.”?

Captain Flint

(in Treasure Island)

Sp1

Which word, taken from the Hindi word for circle or wheel, can mean a period of play in sport and a type of ankle boot?

Chukka

Sp2

Which footballer, who now plays for the mighty Delhi Dynamos, was a World Cup winner in 2006?  He has the record number of appearances and is the record goal scorer for Juventus.

Alessandro del Piero

ROUND 2 - Given theme

All answers contain a word, name or phrase that have featured in the coverage of the upcoming general election

1.

Which football club was founded in 1900 by Arnold Hills, the owner of the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company?

West Ham United

(Dave’s new favourite team!)

2.

As well as a dagger, with which two weapons would a retiarius be armed?

A trident and a net

3.

Known for its independent and ethical approach, which music and arts festival has since 2003 been held at the Glanusk Estate in the Brecon Beacons?

Green Man Festival

4.

Which song, side one track two, on The Clash’s London Calling album was a cover of a 1959 Vince Taylor B-side? It’s opening line is: "Driiiiiiive!!!, Driiiiiiive!!!"

Brand New Cadillac

(ref: Russell Brand)

5.

Which right-wing Christian movement was founded in 1979 by Jerry Falwell?  The organisation campaigned against what it perceived as negative cultural trends, especially legalised abortion, the Women’s movement and the gay rights movement.

The Moral Majority

6.

Which term was used by the Bush administration to describe those states who militarily or verbally supported the invasion of Iraq in 2003?  At one point there were 49 members but only the UK, Australia and Poland contributed to the invasion force.

'The Coalition of the Willing'

7.

Since 2007 where would you go to visit the iconic art installation called Another Place?

Crosby Beach

(ref: Lynton Crosby)

8.

Jaffy’s are the last remaining producers of which product in the Port of Mallaig?  This product, once the lifeblood of Mallaig, was so popular that it had its own train service to transport it to England and beyond.

Kippers

(NB: not Herrings)

Sp1

Which was the sixth studio album by Roxy Music?  Released in 1979, it featured songs such as Angel Eyes, Trash and Dance Away.

Manifesto

Sp2

Which 2007 film starring Denzell Washington and Forest Whittaker was based on the true story of Melvin B Tolson, a professor at the Wiley University, Texas?

The Great Debaters

ROUND 3 - Given theme

Each answer refers to, or includes, an English parliamentary constituency that is one of UKIP's main target seats in the forthcoming General Election, as reported by Sky News

1.

Town on the southern side of a major estuary containing the UK's largest port by tonnage and Europe's biggest concentration of cold storage facilities.

Grimsby

2.

District once separated from the mainland by the Wantsum Channel.  More recently it is where Billericay Dicky had a rendezvous with Janet, according to Ian Dury.

Isle of Thanet

(accept Thanet or South Thanet)

3.

Triangular wooded plateau near the Welsh border which saw Bread Riots in 1795 and 1801 and was the birthplace of playwright, Dennis Potter, and Lord Mayor of London, Dick Whittington.

Forest of Dean

4.

Area of outstanding natural beauty in central England with an Iron Age fort called Castle Ring at its highest point. It has 'canine' connections with a former Liverpool footballer.

Cannock Chase

(Stan Collymore was caught dogging there)

5.

This sharply named constituency, created in 1983, covers a group of small places in Essex, including Canvey Island and Thundersley.  It was represented by the Father of the House Sir Bernard Braine from 1987 to 1992.

Castle Point

6.

This constituency pairs a historic town which contains England's largest parish church and was ranked as a Hanseatic League port in the thirteenth century, and a famously bracing seaside resort.  (both place names are required)

Boston and Skegness

7.

Home counties town, a stronghold of the Parliamentary forces in the English Civil War.  It is strongly associated with aquatic birds.  The trial of the Great Train Robbers was held there.

Aylesbury

8.

South coast town which contains Britain's largest concentration of stone-age flint mines.  Oscar Wilde wrote The Importance of Being Earnest there in 1894.

Worthing

Sp.

Sedentary sounding commuter settlement on the edge of London, formerly a centre of brick-making.  A bronze statue of a Thames bargeman is a town centre landmark and the constituency pairs it with an ovine island.  (both place names are required)

Sittingbourne and Sheppey

ROUND 4 - Given theme

All answers contain the names (or the major part of the names) of small parties contesting this general election

1.

This song was first released in 1965 by Otis Redding but is more famously associated with Aretha Franklin, who first had a hit with it in 1968.  It has also been covered, with varying degrees of success by Ike and Tina Turner, Janis Joplin and Dexy’s Midnight Runners. Name the song.

Respect

(Respect party has 4 candidates standing, including George Galloway)

2.

Born in 1914, she became an ardent devotee of Adolf Hitler. Her sister Diana, was married to Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists. Name this very famous socialite. (both names required)

Unity Mitford

(Left Unity party has 10 candidates standing)

3.

Name the British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1965 to 1978, co-written by, and starring, comedian Charlie Drake. It revolved around a man who has been dismissed from hundreds of jobs due to unfortunate accidents, or his incompetence.

The Worker

(Workers' Revolutionary Party has 7 candidates standing)

4.

She was born sometime around 1700, in Cork, Ireland.  A character based on her appears in the video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.  What was the profession of Anne Bonny?

Pirate

(Pirate Party UK has 6 candidates standing)

5.

Which London underground line starts at Edgware, or High Barnet, passes through Mornington Crescent, and terminates at Morden?

Northern Line

(Northern Party has 5 candidates standing)

6.

Created by John F Kennedy in 1961, and still going strong today, which organisation has sent more than 200,000 young Americans to countries all around the world to help build and educate communities, and promote friendship?

The Peace Corps

(Peace party has 4 candidates standing)

7.

Who manufactures the perfumes Poison and Dune?

Christian Dior

(accept just 'Dior')

(Christian Peoples Alliance has 17 candidates standing)

8.

On a Monopoly board, If 'GO' is zero, and 'Old Kent Road' is one, what is on square 20?

Free Parking

(Free UK Party has 1 candidate standing)

Sp.

To the ancient Greeks this phrase translated as 'the many'.  In English, it tends to mean the working class, commoners, the masses or common people in a derogatory sense.  What is this two word phrase?

Hoi Polloi

(Hoi Polloi party has 1 candidate standing, in Hornsey and Wood Green)

ROUND 5 - Hidden theme

1.

She was born Linda Susan Boreman in 1949.  She shot to fame in 1972, after starring in a notorious film.  Her later autobiography Ordeal detailed the traumas she suffered in the making of the movie, and in her life in general.  She died in 2002.  What was her stage name?

Linda Lovelace

(the film was Deep Throat)

2.

What was the name of the police officer nemesis of Top Cat, voiced by actor Allen Jenkins in the original TV series?

Officer Dibble

3.

Which presenter of The Xtra Factor and I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here Now! has recently been named as one of the main presenters on the upcoming series of The X Factor alongside Olly Murs?

Caroline Flack

4.

Which writer wrote a 1953 play as an allegory of McCarthyism, a time when the US Government blacklisted accused communists?  The writer himself was called before the House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee but refused to identify any people present at meetings he had attended.

Arthur Miller

5.

Founded in Stoke-on-Trent in 1796 by Thomas, the patriarch, this family business produced a diverse portfolio of products, from industrial and decorative tiles to Parian ware and fine bone china.  Now owned by the Waterford, Wedgwood and Royal Doulton Group, name this famous brand name.

Minton

6.

A member of the carrot family, this plant is known by various names including Persian Cumin and Meridian Fennel. Its seeds are often used in baking amongst other things. Name this plant?

Caraway

7.

Which former England football international am I describing?  He started his career at Manchester United, and the last club he was involved with was Manchester City.  His clubs in between included Aston Villa and Arsenal.  He shares his name with a prominent soap opera character.

David Platt

8.

Recently made into a stage musical, this 2010 film starring Sally Hawkins told the story of a group of female workers fighting for equal pay in the late 1960s.  Name this film.

Made in Dagenham

Sp1

Which British coin was in circulation from 1860 to 1956?  Up until 1936 it had an image of Britannia on it.  After 1936 this was changed to a wren.

Farthing

Sp2

Since 1995 which character has James Hooten played in Emmerdale?  (both names required)

Sam Dingle

ROUND 6 - Hidden theme - 'Off with their Heads!'

There is one 'sound-alike' in this round

1.

Which singer/songwriter and former member of Clannad has had album hits with Watermark and Shepherd Moons and has songs included in films such as The Lord of the Rings and The Age of Innocence?

Enya

2.

Which film’s closing text explains that two leading gang members go off to Rio de Janeiro, have 17 children and start a leper colony, and Ken, having lost his speech impediment, becomes Master of Ceremonies at London’s Sea World while the immoral Otto becomes Minister of Justice in (the then apartheid) South Africa?

A Fish Called Wanda

3.

Who was Joan Fontaine's sister?  Together they were the only siblings to have won Oscars for leading roles in films.

Olivia de Havilland

4.

Which actor writer whose credits include: The League of Gentlemen, Psychoville and Chasing Shadows, is currently Inside Number Nine?

Reece Shearsmith

5.

This is the start of which piece of music by Beethoven?

Für Elise

(Bagatelle No.25 in A minor)

6.

Which 1985 Kurosawa film was loosely based on King Lear, the three daughters being replaced by three rotten sons?

Ran

7.

Which 1985 book, by neurologist Oliver Sacks, author of Awakenings, was made into an opera by Michael Nyman in 1986?

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

8.

Whose first novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2003?  The novel centred around the London equivalent of Manchester’s Curry Mile.

Monica Ali

(the book was Brick Lane)

ROUNDS 7 & 8 - 'Game Show Bingo'

The grid shows the names of some of the BBC’s plethora of game shows and panel games that have featured on TV and radio over the last 70 or so years; pick a name and number and the question will follow

1.

Top of the Form

Founded in 1935 by Jack ‘Boss’ Meyer, which Somerset independent school with a high sporting reputation lists Lily Allen, John Sergeant and Tony Blackburn amongst its former pupils?

Millfield School

2.

Ask the Family

Which country’s monarchy dates back to Gorm the Old who reigned in the 10th century?  It is recognised as the oldest surviving monarchy in Europe.

Denmark

3.

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral

Found primarily in South East Asia, Australia and India with 34 recognized species, the Boiga is a large genus of which creature?

Snake

4.

Round Britain Quiz

Situated at the northern edge of the Glennifer Braes, what is the most populous Scottish town not to currently have city status?

Paisley

5.

In It To Win It

Which notable monetarist, who died in 2006, won the 1976 Nobel Prize for Economics?

Milton Friedman

6.

The News Quiz

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is the mayor of which US city?

Baltimore

7.

Popmaster

A UK number one single for two separate acts in both 1969 and 1991, which song contains the lines: "Then I held you close to me and kissed you and my heart began to melt"?

Dizzy

8.

Shooting Stars

The powerful meteor showers the Lyrids occur annually during which month?

April

9.

Trivia Test Match

In cricket, who is the only wicket keeper to have over 500 test dismissals to his name?  He retired in 2012.

Mark Boucher

10.

The Write Stuff

The home of which Nobel prize-winning author contains a fountain made out of a urinal which was stolen from his favourite bar?  He maintained that he had pissed away so much money into the urinal that he owned it.

Ernest Hemmingway

11.

Counterpoint

The jazz musicians Art Blakey, Gene Krupa and Max Roach were most noted for their proficiency with which instrument?

Drums

12.

Today’s The Day

On May 6th, 52.46 million Americans tuned in to the final episode of the TV sitcom Friends.  In which year?           

2004

13.

Vietnam

14.

Hidden Treasures

The presence of what artefact in Lirey, France was referred to in a 1390 memorandum which Bishop Pierre d’Arcis wrote to Antipope Clement VII?

Turin Shroud

15.

Brain of Sport

Which annual sporting award was first manufactured by Brook Brothers and has since been made by different tailors including John Alfieri and Henry Cullom?

US Masters Green Jacket

16.

The Monday Movie Quiz

In his long career, Robert Redford has received only one Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.  It was for his role in which film?

The Sting

17.

The Generation Game

Roald Dahl was the maternal grandfather of the model Sophie Dahl.  Which actor and entertainer was her paternal grandfather?  He received a Tony nomination for a role he played on stage which he reprised on film, winning an Oscar in the process.

Stanley Holloway

(the role was Alfred Doolittle in My Fair Lady)

18.

Telly Addicts

Which BBC TV comedy drama serial, which ran between 1994 and 1997, starred amongst others Edward Woodward, June Whitfield and Roy Hudd and centred on a crew of binmen threatened by privatisation?

Common as Muck

19.

Going for Gold

According to statistics provided by the US Geological Survey, China was the leading producer of gold in 2014.  Which country was second?

Australia

20.

The Quizeum

L’Homme Qui Marche I (also known as The Walking Man I or The Striding Man I) sold at Sotheby’s for US$104.3 million making it the most expensive sculpture sold at auction.  Who was the sculptor?

Alberto Giacometti

21.

Only Connect

Which surname links a 21st century Nobel Peace Prize laureate; a 21st century Rugby World Cup winner; a British actress who was made a CBE in the 21st century and a 21st century Disney live action film based on a book by Edgar Rice Burroughs?

Carter

(Jimmy, Dan, Helena and John)

22.

Big Break

The operas Tancredi and L’italiana in Algeri were early successes for which classical composer?

(Giaochino) Rossini

(surname only is acceptable)

23.

Call My Bluff

Which three consecutive entries in the Concise Oxford Dictionary have these definitions:

Palais;

Palanquin;

Palatable

24.

Mock The Week

Sydney Strube (pronounced Stroobee) was at one point the highest paid man in Fleet Street.  He was the editorial cartoonist for which national daily newspaper between 1912 and 1948?

Daily Express

Tiebreaker