ROUND 1 - 'Questions Revisited' submitted by The Prodigals

Shamelessly plagiarising a theme created by Mike Bath, this round consists of 'Questions of the Week' from previous WithQuiz years

1.

In American politics, who are 'Potus' and 'Flotus'?

(Snoopy Friends 2004)

2.

Which three words appearing consecutively in the dictionary have these definitions:

• Perfect or fully-skilled;

• sexual completion;

• a pulmonary disease?

(Electric Pigs 2006)

3.

Which Chinese expression meaning ‘work together’ is used in English to denote mindless enthusiasm?

(Ethel Rodin 2008)

4.

In the 1960s, Sheridan Morley began an interview with a junior pensions minister with the words “It has been said England is a great place to live if you are neither poor nor black”.  The response was “Well, I’m not, am I”.  Which noted British politician said this?

(Albert 2007)

5.

The line "From Lake Geneva to the Finland station" from West End Girls by the Pet Shop Boys refers to which specific event of historic significance?

(X-Pats 2008)

6.

If Bruce Wayne was Batman and Clarke Kent was Superman, who was Eric Twinge?

(St Caths 2006)

7.

Only two male actors have been nominated for acting Oscars in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.  Jack Nicholson is one, who is the other?

(Albert Park 2007)

8.

What name is shared by an opening move in chess, a suburb of London in the borough of Richmond and the surname of a character in the television series Dallas?

(The Men They Couldn’t Hang 2008)

Sp.

Which English word, which is in common usage, is derived from the Italian word meaning ‘loaded portrait’?

(Stockport Quiz League 2008)

ROUND 2 - Hidden theme combined with head to head pairing submitted by The Men They Couldn't Hang

Beware of mild homophones

1.

You happen to find yourself on the Arhus, Denmark, to Berlin ICE Express train.  After passing through Rendsburg station the train runs through a full 360 degree loop to gain 42 metres in height to cross what watercourse via a high level bridge?

2.

You happen to find yourself on the 23.21 out of Victoria.  Moston, Mills Hill, Castleton, Rochdale, Smithy Bridge, Littleborough, Walsden, Todmorden......What comes next?

3.

Which company was appointed the US Government’s official banking agent in London in 1802, proving their worth by facilitating the Louisana Purchase later that year?

4.

What is being described in this advice from Lawson-West Commercial solicitors: “It has been seen as better than cash as it cannot be miscounted and can only be paid to the named payee.  It is, in effect, a cheque that won’t bounce.”?

5.

Which football club were founder members of the Second Division in 1892, finished bottom of the fourth division in 1982 with just 27 points, but were voted the Football League’s most admired club in 2006 by readers of fourfourtwo magazine?

6.

Which football club joined the old Second Division in 1905, were bottom of the Football League in November 1998 but were promoted to the Premiership in May 2008?  Their home strip of 1992-3 was voted the 7th most ugly strip of all time on the caughtoffside website?

7.

Which novel published in 1939 centres around a hod carrier who has fallen to his death?  The opening and final sentence are both unfinished but combine to brings us “by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.”

8.

Which novel published in 1889 centres around the 1745 Revolution?  The Durie family decide on a strategy whereby the elder son joined the Jacobite cause while the younger fought with the loyalists, thus ensuring the estate would be preserved.

Sp.

What device was introduced to the public in E E Smith’s 1931 novel Spacehounds of IPC?  It was an essential element to many of the storylines in the Star Wars franchise, where, according to Joak Quiller, it could be confused by deploying a Shroud, a wave layered bomb containing highly reflective particles.

ROUND 3 - 'What's Your Poison?' a bingo round submitted by Ethel Rodin

1.

Belladonna

Between 1956 and 1973 Giorgio Belladonna won the Bermuda cup 16 times with the 4-man squadra azzura.  At which game is the Bermuda cup the world championship?

2.

Phosgene

Phosgene may be formed by subjecting which commonly used dry cleaning substance and former refrigerant to high temperatures?  It is said that even smoking in the fumes of the substance is sufficient to produce the poisonous gas.

3.

Strychnine

What does Tom Lehrer enjoy doing with strychnine?

4.

Aconite

In the novel Bear Island by Alistair Maclean aconite is administered to several of the characters by disguising its bitter taste in which condiment?  The carrot-like white roots of wolfbane from which aconite may be derived can be mistaken for roots of the plant from which the condiment is obtained.

5.

Cyanide

Cyanide was used as the poison which killed 900 members of the People's Temple sect in 1978 in Jonestown, a town named after the cult's leader. In which country was Jamestown?     

6.

Hemlock

The self-styled 'Greatest detective in the world' Sherlock Hemlock with his catchphrase 'Egad' is a character found in which TV series?

7.

Ricin

The highly toxic poison ricin is produced within the seeds of the plant Ricinus Communis, but what is obtained if the seeds of the plant are pressed?

8.

Mercury

Which deviant characteristic of the planet Mercury first recognised by the astronomer Urbain Le Verrier in 1859, can be explained by Einstein's theory of general relativity?

9.

Arsenide

The arsenide of which chemical element number 31 in group 13 is the most common semiconductor in use after doped silicon?

10.

Carbon Monoxide

Who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Paris at the age of 62 in 1902 having spent 9 months in exile in England 3 years previously to avoid being jailed for criminal libel?

ROUND 4 - Hidden theme submitted by The Electric Pigs

In one of the answers the theme word is incorporated into a longer word

1.

When Peter Gabriel left Genesis and Phil Collins took over lead vocals, who was the drummer employed by the band to replace Collins on all live performances from 1977 to 1997?

2.

Born Colin Vearncombe in Liverpool in 1962 what is the recording name of the smoky-voiced singer/songwriter whose biggest hit single, taken from a 1987 album of the same name, has a title similar to an iconic Frank Capra film?  He also founded his own record label called Nero Schwarz.

3.

This Australian fast bowler first came to prominence when he took 41 wickets at an average of 12.85 in the 1978/79 Ashes in Australia.  He went on to become vice captain to Kim Hughes in the 1985 Ashes series in England. Who is he?

4.

W G Grace played cricket for which English county?

5.

Which long running TV series was first broadcast in 1962 and featured Shaw Taylor with his catchphrase “Keep ‘em peeled”?

6.

Use of this composite building material dates back at least 6000 years. Wooden strips are woven together and combined with a sticky material made from wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw.  Used to construct walls, what is its name?

7.

Road signs welcoming you to the 'Ancient capital of Mercia' can be found on the approach to which Staffordshire town?

8.

Sp.

By what nickname is the Lake District fell Blencathra, the 14th highest summit in England, also known?  Wainwright did not approve of it.

ROUND 5 - 'It's Got Bells On' submitted by The Men They Couldn't Hang

Each answer contains a word that may precede the word 'bell' or 'bells' and still make sense

1.

In a 2011 film based on a 1974 novel what codename was assigned to the character Percy Alleline, played by Toby Jones, by the head of the Circus, played by John Hurt?

2.

Who resigned his commission in the 10th Royal Hussars, nicknamed the Shiny Tenth, on account of their ornate uniforms, rather than be posted to Manchester in 1798?  He lived extravagantly and had a statue erected in his honour in Jermyn Street, London in 2002.

3.

What unofficial accolade did United States take on the 15th of July 1952 with a time of 3 days, 12 hours and 12 minutes?

4.

Which medical advance dating from 1961 was celebrated on The Mumps Bridge, demolished in 2011, which famously welcomed you to 'Oldham home of the.......'?

5.

What was the surname of Arthur who opened an eponymous shop in Regent Street in 1875 selling ornaments, fabrics and objet d’art from Japan and the East?

6.

What according to cartoonist Simon Bond in 1988 has 101 uses including, somewhat controversially, number 48 as a pencil sharpener?

7.

What mechanical contraption shares its name with the title of a Pinter play which revolves around two professional hitmen, Ben and Gus, waiting in a basement for their instructions to come down from above?

8.

In 1978 the band Warsaw changed their name to avoid confusion with punk band Warsaw Pact.  They took the  inspiration for their new name from the novella House of Dolls by Auschwitz survivor Ka Tzetnik 135633 which was set in a Nazi concentration camp. What was the new name?

Sp.

In 1982 which single posed the question “Hey little sister what’s your vice and wish?” when it reached number 6 in the UK singles chart?

ROUND 6 - Head to head paired questions submitted by Albert

1.

In Greek mythology who was punished for the theft of fire by having his liver eaten by an eagle?

2.

In Greek mythology who was punished by having to stand in water which receded every time he tried to drink?

3.

Two of Donald Ducks nephews were named Hughie and Louie but was the name of the third nephew?

4.

Two of the 3 Stooges were Curly and Larry but was the name of the third Stooge?

5.

A U2 Album is entitled The Joshua Tree but in which US state will you find the Joshua Tree National Park?

6.

Many Westerns have used Monument Valley National Park as their setting but in which US state is it located?

7.

Of which Argentine Football Club is Pope Francis a keen supporter?

8.

Osama Bin Laden spent part of his youth in England.  Of which Premiership Football Club is he said to have been a supporter, frequenting the Clock End at their home games?

Sp.

Which US City is named in honour of a British Prime Minister and is also home to the Andy Warhol Museum?

ROUND 7 - Hidden theme submitted by The Bards

1.

Which Sean O’Casey play, the second in his Dublin trilogy, concerns the mother of the Doyle family trying to hold her family together against a drunken husband celebrating away an inheritance, and protecting her one-armed son from an IRA reprisal?

2.

Which 2015 television murder mystery is set in an Arctic mining town?

3.

What was the name of the campaign waged by the National Trust to acquire and protect as much of the UK coastline as possible?

4.

Jalousie, Thermal and Rose are types of what?

5.

Which 1986 film starring Sylvester Stallone and Brigitte Nielsen concerned the efforts of a Police Officer to protect a witness from a murderous cult?

6.

In 1609 James the First instructed his Lords Lieutenant of the Shires to force Landowners to purchase and plant what at a cost of six shillings a thousand?

7.

Which town in Surrey, once a fashionable spa town in Georgian England, gave its name to a mineral that chemically is a hepta-hydrated Magnesium Sulphate, after deposits in the locality were described in 1806?  Its presence was due to the proximity of the North Downs.

8.

What trilogy by Evelyn Waugh features the adventures of Guy Crouchback as Officer in the Royal Corps of Halbardiers?

Sp.

Which city, the 42nd largest in the USA and situated on the Missouri River, is home to the Union Pacific Railroad, Gallup Polls and Warren Buffet and claims to be 'The Gateway to The West'?

ROUND 8 - Pot Pourri made up from questions submitted by all the six 'Knocked Out United' teams

1.

The dance of the reed-flutes from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky was used in the advertisement for what product?

2.

Which painting by Holman Hunt, currently on display in Manchester City Gallery, depicts a scene from the Book of Leviticus 16 about the ritual of expulsion on the Day of Atonement?

3.

A recording made on February the 3rd 1972 at the Locarno Ballroom, Coventry, by an American rock icon would be his only UK and US number one single.  Name that icon.

4.

What word is the name of a University founded in 1701, a low-lying farmland area in JRR Tolkien’s Shire, and a mythical goat-like beast with large horns that can swivel in any direction?

5.

Which author, who shared her surname with her famous literary great grandfather, wrote the Follyfoot series of children's books?

6.

What does an object pertain to, or resemble, if it is described as being pavonine?

7.

Who commanded the British troops against the French at the skirmish of Jumonville Glen in the colony of Pennsylvania?  Hostilities escalated to such an extent that The Seven Years War erupted two years later.

8.

What is the name of the limestone escarpment that runs for almost twenty miles in a north easterly direction from Craven Arms?  It was celebrated in a poem by A E Housman that concludes “Today the Roman and his trouble are ashes under Uricon”.

Sp.

What connects Rene Artois, the owner of an eponymous café bar in Nouvion, with the Lockheed F117 stealth fighter?

Tiebreaker

1.

FC United of Manchester were the best supported team in the Evo Stik Northern Premier Football League in the 2014-2015 season.  What was their average home gate?

2.

Mickleover Sports were the most prolific team in the Evo-Stik Northern Premier Football League in the 2014-2015 season.  How many goals did they score?

3.

 Stafford Rangers were the most parsimonious team in the Evo-Stik Northern Premier Football League in the 2014-2015 season.  How many goals did they concede?

ROUND 1 - 'Questions Revisited' submitted by The Prodigals

Shamelessly plagiarising a theme created by Mike Bath, this round consists of 'Questions of the Week' from previous WithQuiz years

1.

In American politics, who are 'Potus' and 'Flotus'?

(Snoopy Friends 2004)

The President and First Lady of the US

(accept Barack and Michelle Obama)

2.

Which three words appearing consecutively in the dictionary have these definitions:

• Perfect or fully-skilled;

• sexual completion;

• a pulmonary disease?

(Electric Pigs 2006)

Consummate,

Consummation,

Consumption

3.

Which Chinese expression meaning ‘work together’ is used in English to denote mindless enthusiasm?

(Ethel Rodin 2008)

Gung Ho

4.

In the 1960s, Sheridan Morley began an interview with a junior pensions minister with the words “It has been said England is a great place to live if you are neither poor nor black”.  The response was “Well, I’m not, am I”.  Which noted British politician said this?

(Albert 2007)

Margaret Thatcher

5.

The line "From Lake Geneva to the Finland station" from West End Girls by the Pet Shop Boys refers to which specific event of historic significance?

(X-Pats 2008)

Lenin’s return to Russia from exile

6.

If Bruce Wayne was Batman and Clarke Kent was Superman, who was Eric Twinge?

(St Caths 2006)

Bananaman

7.

Only two male actors have been nominated for acting Oscars in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.  Jack Nicholson is one, who is the other?

(Albert Park 2007)

Michael Caine

8.

What name is shared by an opening move in chess, a suburb of London in the borough of Richmond and the surname of a character in the television series Dallas?

(The Men They Couldn’t Hang 2008)

Barnes

Sp.

Which English word, which is in common usage, is derived from the Italian word meaning ‘loaded portrait’?

(Stockport Quiz League 2008)

Caricature

ROUND 2 - Hidden theme combined with head to head pairing submitted by The Men They Couldn't Hang

Beware of mild homophones

1.

You happen to find yourself on the Arhus, Denmark, to Berlin ICE Express train.  After passing through Rendsburg station the train runs through a full 360 degree loop to gain 42 metres in height to cross what watercourse via a high level bridge?

Kiel Canal

2.

You happen to find yourself on the 23.21 out of Victoria.  Moston, Mills Hill, Castleton, Rochdale, Smithy Bridge, Littleborough, Walsden, Todmorden......What comes next?

Hebden Bridge

3.

Which company was appointed the US Government’s official banking agent in London in 1802, proving their worth by facilitating the Louisana Purchase later that year?

Francis Baring and Company

4.

What is being described in this advice from Lawson-West Commercial solicitors: “It has been seen as better than cash as it cannot be miscounted and can only be paid to the named payee.  It is, in effect, a cheque that won’t bounce.”?

Banker’s Draft

5.

Which football club were founder members of the Second Division in 1892, finished bottom of the fourth division in 1982 with just 27 points, but were voted the Football League’s most admired club in 2006 by readers of fourfourtwo magazine?

Crewe Alexandra

6.

Which football club joined the old Second Division in 1905, were bottom of the Football League in November 1998 but were promoted to the Premiership in May 2008?  Their home strip of 1992-3 was voted the 7th most ugly strip of all time on the caughtoffside website?

Hull City

7.

Which novel published in 1939 centres around a hod carrier who has fallen to his death?  The opening and final sentence are both unfinished but combine to brings us “by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.”

Finnegan’s Wake

8.

Which novel published in 1889 centres around the 1745 Revolution?  The Durie family decide on a strategy whereby the elder son joined the Jacobite cause while the younger fought with the loyalists, thus ensuring the estate would be preserved.

The Master of Ballantrae

Sp.

What device was introduced to the public in E E Smith’s 1931 novel Spacehounds of IPC?  It was an essential element to many of the storylines in the Star Wars franchise, where, according to Joak Quiller, it could be confused by deploying a Shroud, a wave layered bomb containing highly reflective particles.

Tractor beam

ROUND 3 - 'What's Your Poison?' a bingo round submitted by Ethel Rodin

1.

Belladonna

Between 1956 and 1973 Giorgio Belladonna won the Bermuda cup 16 times with the 4-man squadra azzura.  At which game is the Bermuda cup the world championship?

Contract bridge

2.

Phosgene

Phosgene may be formed by subjecting which commonly used dry cleaning substance and former refrigerant to high temperatures?  It is said that even smoking in the fumes of the substance is sufficient to produce the poisonous gas.

Carbon tetrachloride

3.

Strychnine

What does Tom Lehrer enjoy doing with strychnine?

"Poisoning pigeons in the Park"

4.

Aconite

In the novel Bear Island by Alistair Maclean aconite is administered to several of the characters by disguising its bitter taste in which condiment?  The carrot-like white roots of wolfbane from which aconite may be derived can be mistaken for roots of the plant from which the condiment is obtained.

Horseradish sauce

5.

Cyanide

Cyanide was used as the poison which killed 900 members of the People's Temple sect in 1978 in Jonestown, a town named after the cult's leader. In which country was Jamestown?     

Guyana

6.

Hemlock

The self-styled 'Greatest detective in the world' Sherlock Hemlock with his catchphrase 'Egad' is a character found in which TV series?

Sesame Street

7.

Ricin

The highly toxic poison ricin is produced within the seeds of the plant Ricinus Communis, but what is obtained if the seeds of the plant are pressed?

Castor oil

8.

Mercury

Which deviant characteristic of the planet Mercury first recognised by the astronomer Urbain Le Verrier in 1859, can be explained by Einstein's theory of general relativity?

The anomaly of the precession of the (perihelion of the) orbit

9.

Arsenide

The arsenide of which chemical element number 31 in group 13 is the most common semiconductor in use after doped silicon?

Gallium

10.

Carbon Monoxide

Who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Paris at the age of 62 in 1902 having spent 9 months in exile in England 3 years previously to avoid being jailed for criminal libel?

Emile Zola

ROUND 4 - Hidden theme submitted by The Electric Pigs

In one of the answers the theme word is incorporated into a longer word

1.

When Peter Gabriel left Genesis and Phil Collins took over lead vocals, who was the drummer employed by the band to replace Collins on all live performances from 1977 to 1997?

Chester Thompson

2.

Born Colin Vearncombe in Liverpool in 1962 what is the recording name of the smoky-voiced singer/songwriter whose biggest hit single, taken from a 1987 album of the same name, has a title similar to an iconic Frank Capra film?  He also founded his own record label called Nero Schwarz.

Black

(Wonderful Life)

3.

This Australian fast bowler first came to prominence when he took 41 wickets at an average of 12.85 in the 1978/79 Ashes in Australia.  He went on to become vice captain to Kim Hughes in the 1985 Ashes series in England. Who is he?

Rodney Hogg

4.

W G Grace played cricket for which English county?

Gloucestershire

5.

Which long running TV series was first broadcast in 1962 and featured Shaw Taylor with his catchphrase “Keep ‘em peeled”?

Police 5

6.

Use of this composite building material dates back at least 6000 years. Wooden strips are woven together and combined with a sticky material made from wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw.  Used to construct walls, what is its name?

Wattle and daub

7.

Road signs welcoming you to the 'Ancient capital of Mercia' can be found on the approach to which Staffordshire town?

Tamworth

8.

Potbelly

(blot, yelp)

Sp.

By what nickname is the Lake District fell Blencathra, the 14th highest summit in England, also known?  Wainwright did not approve of it.

Saddleback

ROUND 5 - 'It's Got Bells On' submitted by The Men They Couldn't Hang

Each answer contains a word that may precede the word 'bell' or 'bells' and still make sense

1.

In a 2011 film based on a 1974 novel what codename was assigned to the character Percy Alleline, played by Toby Jones, by the head of the Circus, played by John Hurt?

Tinker

(from Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)

2.

Who resigned his commission in the 10th Royal Hussars, nicknamed the Shiny Tenth, on account of their ornate uniforms, rather than be posted to Manchester in 1798?  He lived extravagantly and had a statue erected in his honour in Jermyn Street, London in 2002.

(George) 'Beau' Brummell

3.

What unofficial accolade did United States take on the 15th of July 1952 with a time of 3 days, 12 hours and 12 minutes?

The Blue Riband

4.

Which medical advance dating from 1961 was celebrated on The Mumps Bridge, demolished in 2011, which famously welcomed you to 'Oldham home of the.......'?

Tubular bandage

5.

What was the surname of Arthur who opened an eponymous shop in Regent Street in 1875 selling ornaments, fabrics and objet d’art from Japan and the East?

Liberty

6.

What according to cartoonist Simon Bond in 1988 has 101 uses including, somewhat controversially, number 48 as a pencil sharpener?

A dead cat

(Catbells being the pretty hill on the west side of Derwentwater)

7.

What mechanical contraption shares its name with the title of a Pinter play which revolves around two professional hitmen, Ben and Gus, waiting in a basement for their instructions to come down from above?

The Dumb Waiter

8.

In 1978 the band Warsaw changed their name to avoid confusion with punk band Warsaw Pact.  They took the  inspiration for their new name from the novella House of Dolls by Auschwitz survivor Ka Tzetnik 135633 which was set in a Nazi concentration camp. What was the new name?

Joy Division

Sp.

In 1982 which single posed the question “Hey little sister what’s your vice and wish?” when it reached number 6 in the UK singles chart?

White Wedding

ROUND 6 - Head to head paired questions submitted by Albert

1.

In Greek mythology who was punished for the theft of fire by having his liver eaten by an eagle?

Prometheus

2.

In Greek mythology who was punished by having to stand in water which receded every time he tried to drink?

Tantalus

3.

Two of Donald Ducks nephews were named Hughie and Louie but was the name of the third nephew?

Dewey

4.

Two of the 3 Stooges were Curly and Larry but was the name of the third Stooge?

Moe

(accept Shemp who occasionally stood in for Curly)

5.

A U2 Album is entitled The Joshua Tree but in which US state will you find the Joshua Tree National Park?

California

6.

Many Westerns have used Monument Valley National Park as their setting but in which US state is it located?

Utah

7.

Of which Argentine Football Club is Pope Francis a keen supporter?

San Lorenzo

8.

Osama Bin Laden spent part of his youth in England.  Of which Premiership Football Club is he said to have been a supporter, frequenting the Clock End at their home games?

Arsenal

Sp.

Which US City is named in honour of a British Prime Minister and is also home to the Andy Warhol Museum?

Pittsburgh

ROUND 7 - Hidden theme submitted by The Bards

1.

Which Sean O’Casey play, the second in his Dublin trilogy, concerns the mother of the Doyle family trying to hold her family together against a drunken husband celebrating away an inheritance, and protecting her one-armed son from an IRA reprisal?

Juno and the Paycock

2.

Which 2015 television murder mystery is set in an Arctic mining town?

Fortitude

3.

What was the name of the campaign waged by the National Trust to acquire and protect as much of the UK coastline as possible?

Operation Neptune

4.

Jalousie, Thermal and Rose are types of what?

Window

5.

Which 1986 film starring Sylvester Stallone and Brigitte Nielsen concerned the efforts of a Police Officer to protect a witness from a murderous cult?

Cobra

6.

In 1609 James the First instructed his Lords Lieutenant of the Shires to force Landowners to purchase and plant what at a cost of six shillings a thousand?

Mulberry Trees

(many are still to be found in Oxbridge Colleges and the Inns of Court)

7.

Which town in Surrey, once a fashionable spa town in Georgian England, gave its name to a mineral that chemically is a hepta-hydrated Magnesium Sulphate, after deposits in the locality were described in 1806?  Its presence was due to the proximity of the North Downs.

Epsom

(Epsom salts were originally produced from the mineral, epsomite)

8.

What trilogy by Evelyn Waugh features the adventures of Guy Crouchback as Officer in the Royal Corps of Halbardiers?

Sword of Honour

Sp.

Which city, the 42nd largest in the USA and situated on the Missouri River, is home to the Union Pacific Railroad, Gallup Polls and Warren Buffet and claims to be 'The Gateway to The West'?

Omaha

(Nebraska)

ROUND 8 - Pot Pourri made up from questions submitted by all the six 'Knocked Out United' teams

1.

The dance of the reed-flutes from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky was used in the advertisement for what product?

Cadbury's fruit and nut

2.

Which painting by Holman Hunt, currently on display in Manchester City Gallery, depicts a scene from the Book of Leviticus 16 about the ritual of expulsion on the Day of Atonement?

The Scapegoat

3.

A recording made on February the 3rd 1972 at the Locarno Ballroom, Coventry, by an American rock icon would be his only UK and US number one single.  Name that icon.

Chuck Berry

(the song was My Ding-a-Ling)

4.

What word is the name of a University founded in 1701, a low-lying farmland area in JRR Tolkien’s Shire, and a mythical goat-like beast with large horns that can swivel in any direction?

Yale

5.

Which author, who shared her surname with her famous literary great grandfather, wrote the Follyfoot series of children's books?

Monica Dickens

6.

What does an object pertain to, or resemble, if it is described as being pavonine?

Peacock

7.

Who commanded the British troops against the French at the skirmish of Jumonville Glen in the colony of Pennsylvania?  Hostilities escalated to such an extent that The Seven Years War erupted two years later.

(Major) George Washington

8.

What is the name of the limestone escarpment that runs for almost twenty miles in a north easterly direction from Craven Arms?  It was celebrated in a poem by A E Housman that concludes “Today the Roman and his trouble are ashes under Uricon”.

Wenlock Edge

Sp.

What connects Rene Artois, the owner of an eponymous café bar in Nouvion, with the Lockheed F117 stealth fighter?

Both have the codename 'Nighthawk'

Tiebreaker

1.

FC United of Manchester were the best supported team in the Evo Stik Northern Premier Football League in the 2014-2015 season.  What was their average home gate?

2155

2.

Mickleover Sports were the most prolific team in the Evo-Stik Northern Premier Football League in the 2014-2015 season.  How many goals did they score?

105

3.

 Stafford Rangers were the most parsimonious team in the Evo-Stik Northern Premier Football League in the 2014-2015 season.  How many goals did they concede?

33