ROUND 1 - Complete the Sequence

1.

Henry V; Henry VI; Edward IV;....?

2.

Unforgiven; Schindler’s List; Forrest Gump;....?

3.

England; Brazil; West Germany;....?

4.

Hilton; Wilding; Todd;....?

5.

Which country comes next alphabetically: Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria;....?

6.

Greenland; New Guinea; Borneo;....?

7.

Hartnell; Troughton; Pertwee;....?

8.

Bonar Law; Baldwin; MacDonald;....?

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ROUND 2 - 'Judicial Bingo'

It has not gone unnoticed by the Albert that there remains discord between certain members of the Withquiz fraternity and the harmless bingo format. In a bid to establish some kind of rapprochement between the two we are pleased to present ‘Judicial Bingo’. All answers contain a word with a connection to a court of law. Soundalikes and words within other words apply.

Pick your own question number.

1.

Which light metro system, opened in 1987, was the UK’s first driverless train system?

2.

Which tennis player was the female half of the 1987 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles winning partnership?

3.

Which brewery operated in the town of Trowbridge from 1824 until 2000?

4.

What is the name of the Manchester-based clothing company, founded in 1989, specialising in streetwear?

5.

Danny Foster and Noel Sullivan were members of which 5 piece pop group.  Their hits included Pure and Simple?

6.

In 2013, which footballer applied to register a logo based on his 'heart' goal celebration?

7.

What does the abbreviation 'PDNFTT' stand for in internet slang?

8.

The epitaph on the tombstone of the poet John Keats bears the words "Here lies one whose name was ……".  Which three words follow?

9.

Which of his former co-stars has been highly critical of Sean Connery’s status as a tax exile?  She rejected a CBE in 2002 claiming to be a republican.

10.

Jeremy Corbyn joined which body of advisers to the sovereign last month?

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ROUND 3 - Pot pourri

1.

Former Indian PM, Morarji Desai, actress Sarah Miles and, if rumours were true, author J D Salinger, were all advocates of the therapeutic benefits of which drink?

2.

Which duo first met in a sixth grade production of Alice in Wonderland in 1953 in Queens, New York?

3.

Labour leadership candidate, Liz Kendall, was for several years in a relationship with which comedian and actor? They split a few months before the 2015 General Election.

4.

When Dexy’s Midnight Runners appeared on Top of the Pops in 1982 with their song Jackie Wilson Said, a photograph of which sportsman was used as their backdrop?

5.

In Alice in Wonderland, which creature is a caricature of the author - the name bearing a similarity to the way in which he introduced himself with a stammer?

6.

Which country’s cabinet held an underwater meeting in 2009 to draw attention to rising sea levels?  If they continue to rise it is expected to be the first country to be completely submerged.

7.

Tavern, Mound, Allen, Warner, Compton, Edrich are all what?

8.

What stage announcement was first made by Horace Lee Logan on 15 December 1956 in Shreveport, Louisiana, in an attempt to persuade the audience to leave and not wait for an encore?

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ROUND 4 - Paired 'Pick Your Own'

The same subjects are offered as choices in Round 5

1.

Printing:

In typesetting, what is kerning?

2.

American Spellings: 

Which 17th century French philosopher, physicist and mathematician has a law, a wager, the SI unit of pressure and a programming language named after him?  Spell the answer (surname only) using the US postal service official State abbreviations and give the names of the States.

3.

Greek Myths:

Whose death in the Trojan War led Achilles to stop sulking in his tent and fight?

4.

Misquotations:

The observation "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned", is a misquotation of the couplet "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned/Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned".  By whom was it written?

5.

USA:

Four States in the USA describe themselves as 'the Commonwealth of...'.  Name three of them.

6.

Chemical Spellings:

Which football team achieved the Premier League and FA Cup double in the 1996/97 and 2001/02 seasons.  Spell the answer using standard symbols for elements in the periodic table and give the names of the elements.  For example, the answer 'coal' would be given as cobalt and aluminium.

7.

Lik:

In 2014, Phantom by the American artist, Peter Lik, was sold for a reported 6.5 million dollars, a record for an artwork of its kind.  What kind of artwork is it?

8.

Expansions:

Which organisations form the Troika, which dealt so sympathetically with the Greek financial crisis?

9.

Arrests:

In July 1910, an American man was arrested on board the SS Montrose as it approached Quebec City having sailed from London.  Who was he?

10.

Pseudonyms:

How was Marion Morrison, who died in 1979 at the age of 72, better known?

11.

Laws:

Whose law states that the number of transistors in a closely integrated circuit doubles approximately every ten years?

12.

Fictional Places:

How is Aristophanes’s Nephelokokkygia now widely known?

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ROUND 5 - Paired 'Pick Your Own'

The same subjects are offered as choices in Round 4

1.

Printing:

In typesetting, what is 'leading'?

2.

American Spellings:

Which campaigner for his country’s independence was assassinated by a Hindu nationalist gunman on 30 January 1948?  Spell the answer (surname only) using the US postal service official State abbreviations and give the names of the States, for example, the answer 'Mine' would be given as Michigan and Nebraska.

3.

Greek Myths:

Whose sisters were Sthenno and Euryale?  They were immortal but their sister could be killed.

4.

Misquotations:

The phrase 'to gild the lily' is a misquotation of the phrase 'to paint the lily', and comes from which play by Shakespeare?

5.

USA:

Four Corners Monument lies at the only place in the USA where four States meet.  Name any three of them.

6.

Chemical Spellings:

Which London Premier League team won the FA Cup in 1964, 1975 and 1980?  Spell the answer using standard symbols for elements in the periodic table and give the names of the elements.

7.

Lik:

What was invented by the Chinese pharmacist, Hon Lik, in 2003?  It now sells in the millions, although some claim to be concerned about its safety.

8.

Expansions:

During crises, the government body, the COBRA committee, meets.  What does COBRA stand for?

9.

Arrests:

In May 2015, several senior members of FIFA were arrested at a hotel in Zurich.  What was the name of the hotel?

10.

Pseudonyms:

How was Shirley Crabtree, who died 1997 at the age of 67, better known?

11.

Laws:

Whose law states that any online discussion will sooner or later include mention of Hitler and/or the Nazis?

12.

Fictional Places:

Samuel Butler called his Erewhon.  Following a similar theme but with more attention to detail, what did Dylan Thomas call his?

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ROUND 6 - Cryptic Clues

For each cryptic clue, there are two answers - add a letter to the first word to give the answer to the second clue, e.g. annoy a relative is bother/brother

1.

Discuss with others about a pine tree.

2.

Lords it over everyone then packs it all in.

3.

A seafood favourite to put a light in your eye.

4.

Make false notes then suffer a memory loss.

5.

Frighten off when things aren’t plentiful.

6.

A Mediterranean island where you could use your skills to make something

7.

Feeling healthier, go for a fried treat

8.

Here’s the sound of bells ringing then find some precious objects.

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ROUND 7 - Picture Round - 'Christmas Traditions'

In Catalonia, the figure of a pooping Catalan peasant man is an established part of any Nativity scene.  He is called the Caganer, which means crapper in Catalan.  The tradition also dictates that you can replace the jolly man with a world figure, celebrity or other person of note.  Name the following celebrity poopers. Q9 has no picture.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

Which Turner Prize winning artist won with a portrayal of the Virgin Mary using elephant dung?   

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ROUND 8 - Hidden theme

1.

Which author won the Booker Prize in 1993?  His first three novels were known as the Barrytown Trilogy.

2.

The film Roxanne starring Steve Martin and Darryl Hannah, was based on which play by Edmond Rostand?

3.

Which novel, the first of Dickens’ two historical novels, is subtitled A Tale of the Riots of '80?

4.

Which American poet, who died in 1963 at the age of 88, had "promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep"?

5.

In which Buckinghamshire town might you, if lucky, eat at The Hand and Flowers, which contains the only pub restaurant in England to have been awarded two Michelin stars?

6.

Which American actress and later diplomat, who died in 2014 at the age of 86, successfully sued Graham Greene for libel as a result of a film review he wrote in 1937?

7.

Which American actor and dancer who died in 1986 aged 86, won Best Actor Oscar in 1943 for Yankee Doodle Dandy?

8.

Which county town in the Republic of Ireland is known for its opera festival which has been held every year, bar one, since 1951?

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ROUND 1 - Complete the Sequence

1.

Henry V; Henry VI; Edward IV;....?

Edward V

(successive English Kings)

2.

Unforgiven; Schindler’s List; Forrest Gump;....?

Braveheart

(Academy Award for Best Film 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)

3.

England; Brazil; West Germany;....?

Argentina

(Football World Cup Winners 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978)

4.

Hilton; Wilding; Todd;....?

Fisher

(Elizabeth Taylor’s first four husbands)

5.

Which country comes next alphabetically: Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria;....?

Andorra

6.

Greenland; New Guinea; Borneo;....?

Madagascar

(four largest islands in the world)

7.

Hartnell; Troughton; Pertwee;....?

Baker

(first four Doctor Whos)

8.

Bonar Law; Baldwin; MacDonald;....?

Baldwin

(successive British PMs)

ROUND 2 - 'Judicial Bingo'

It has not gone unnoticed by the Albert that there remains discord between certain members of the Withquiz fraternity and the harmless bingo format. In a bid to establish some kind of rapprochement between the two we are pleased to present ‘Judicial Bingo’. All answers contain a word with a connection to a court of law. Soundalikes and words within other words apply.

Pick your own question number.

1.

Which light metro system, opened in 1987, was the UK’s first driverless train system?

Docklands Light Railway

2.

Which tennis player was the female half of the 1987 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles winning partnership?

Jo Durie

3.

Which brewery operated in the town of Trowbridge from 1824 until 2000?

Ushers

4.

What is the name of the Manchester-based clothing company, founded in 1989, specialising in streetwear?

Bench

5.

Danny Foster and Noel Sullivan were members of which 5 piece pop group.  Their hits included Pure and Simple?

Hear’Say

6.

In 2013, which footballer applied to register a logo based on his 'heart' goal celebration?

Gareth Bale

7.

What does the abbreviation 'PDNFTT' stand for in internet slang?

'Please Do Not Feed The Trolls'

8.

The epitaph on the tombstone of the poet John Keats bears the words "Here lies one whose name was ……".  Which three words follow?

"Writ in water"

9.

Which of his former co-stars has been highly critical of Sean Connery’s status as a tax exile?  She rejected a CBE in 2002 claiming to be a republican.

Honor Blackman

10.

Jeremy Corbyn joined which body of advisers to the sovereign last month?

The Privy Council

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ROUND 3 - Pot pourri

1.

Former Indian PM, Morarji Desai, actress Sarah Miles and, if rumours were true, author J D Salinger, were all advocates of the therapeutic benefits of which drink?

Their own urine

2.

Which duo first met in a sixth grade production of Alice in Wonderland in 1953 in Queens, New York?

Simon and Garfunkel

3.

Labour leadership candidate, Liz Kendall, was for several years in a relationship with which comedian and actor? They split a few months before the 2015 General Election.

Greg Davies

4.

When Dexy’s Midnight Runners appeared on Top of the Pops in 1982 with their song Jackie Wilson Said, a photograph of which sportsman was used as their backdrop?

Jockie Wilson

5.

In Alice in Wonderland, which creature is a caricature of the author - the name bearing a similarity to the way in which he introduced himself with a stammer?

Dodo

(Charles Do-Do-Dodgson)

6.

Which country’s cabinet held an underwater meeting in 2009 to draw attention to rising sea levels?  If they continue to rise it is expected to be the first country to be completely submerged.

The Maldives

7.

Tavern, Mound, Allen, Warner, Compton, Edrich are all what?

Stands at Lords cricket ground

8.

What stage announcement was first made by Horace Lee Logan on 15 December 1956 in Shreveport, Louisiana, in an attempt to persuade the audience to leave and not wait for an encore?

"Elvis has left the building"

Go back to Round 3 questions without answers

ROUND 4 - Paired 'Pick Your Own'

The same subjects are offered as choices in Round 5

1.

Printing:

In typesetting, what is kerning?

Adjusting the spacing between letters to achieve a more pleasing appearance

2.

American Spellings: 

Which 17th century French philosopher, physicist and mathematician has a law, a wager, the SI unit of pressure and a programming language named after him?  Spell the answer (surname only) using the US postal service official State abbreviations and give the names of the States.

Pascal:

Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Alabama

3.

Greek Myths:

Whose death in the Trojan War led Achilles to stop sulking in his tent and fight?

Patroclus

4.

Misquotations:

The observation "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned", is a misquotation of the couplet "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned/Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned".  By whom was it written?

Congreve

(from The Mourning Bride)

5.

USA:

Four States in the USA describe themselves as 'the Commonwealth of...'.  Name three of them.

(three from)

Massachusetts,

Pennsylvania,

Kentucky,

Virginia

6.

Chemical Spellings:

Which football team achieved the Premier League and FA Cup double in the 1996/97 and 2001/02 seasons.  Spell the answer using standard symbols for elements in the periodic table and give the names of the elements.  For example, the answer 'coal' would be given as cobalt and aluminium.

Arsenal:

Argon, Selenium, Nitrogen, Aluminium

7.

Lik:

In 2014, Phantom by the American artist, Peter Lik, was sold for a reported 6.5 million dollars, a record for an artwork of its kind.  What kind of artwork is it?

A photograph

8.

Expansions:

Which organisations form the Troika, which dealt so sympathetically with the Greek financial crisis?

The EU, the IMF and the ECB

9.

Arrests:

In July 1910, an American man was arrested on board the SS Montrose as it approached Quebec City having sailed from London.  Who was he?

Dr Crippen

10.

Pseudonyms:

How was Marion Morrison, who died in 1979 at the age of 72, better known?

John Wayne

11.

Laws:

Whose law states that the number of transistors in a closely integrated circuit doubles approximately every ten years?

Moore

12.

Fictional Places:

How is Aristophanes’s Nephelokokkygia now widely known?

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Go back to Round 4 questions without answers

ROUND 5 - Paired 'Pick Your Own'

The same subjects are offered as choices in Round 4

1.

Printing:

In typesetting, what is 'leading'?

Inserting small amounts of extra space between lines of text to achieve a more pleasing appearance

2.

American Spellings:

Which campaigner for his country’s independence was assassinated by a Hindu nationalist gunman on 30 January 1948?  Spell the answer (surname only) using the US postal service official State abbreviations and give the names of the States, for example, the answer 'Mine' would be given as Michigan and Nebraska.

Gandhi:

Georgia, North Dakota, Hawaii

3.

Greek Myths:

Whose sisters were Sthenno and Euryale?  They were immortal but their sister could be killed.

Medusa

4.

Misquotations:

The phrase 'to gild the lily' is a misquotation of the phrase 'to paint the lily', and comes from which play by Shakespeare?

King John

5.

USA:

Four Corners Monument lies at the only place in the USA where four States meet.  Name any three of them.

(three from)

Utah,

Arizona,

New Mexico,

Colorado

6.

Chemical Spellings:

Which London Premier League team won the FA Cup in 1964, 1975 and 1980?  Spell the answer using standard symbols for elements in the periodic table and give the names of the elements.

West Ham:

Tungsten, Einsteinium, Thorium, Americium

(allow Tritium and Hydrogen instead of Thorium)

7.

Lik:

What was invented by the Chinese pharmacist, Hon Lik, in 2003?  It now sells in the millions, although some claim to be concerned about its safety.

e-cigarette

8.

Expansions:

During crises, the government body, the COBRA committee, meets.  What does COBRA stand for?

Cabinet Office Briefing Room A

9.

Arrests:

In May 2015, several senior members of FIFA were arrested at a hotel in Zurich.  What was the name of the hotel?

Baur Au Lac

10.

Pseudonyms:

How was Shirley Crabtree, who died 1997 at the age of 67, better known?

Big Daddy

11.

Laws:

Whose law states that any online discussion will sooner or later include mention of Hitler and/or the Nazis?

Godwin

12.

Fictional Places:

Samuel Butler called his Erewhon.  Following a similar theme but with more attention to detail, what did Dylan Thomas call his?

Llaregub

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ROUND 6 - Cryptic Clues

For each cryptic clue, there are two answers - add a letter to the first word to give the answer to the second clue, e.g. annoy a relative is bother/brother

1.

Discuss with others about a pine tree.

confer and conifer

2.

Lords it over everyone then packs it all in.

reigns and resigns

3.

A seafood favourite to put a light in your eye.

winkle and twinkle

4.

Make false notes then suffer a memory loss.

forge and forget

5.

Frighten off when things aren’t plentiful.

scare and scarce

6.

A Mediterranean island where you could use your skills to make something

Crete and create

7.

Feeling healthier, go for a fried treat

fitter and fritter

8.

Here’s the sound of bells ringing then find some precious objects.

peals and pearls

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ROUND 7 - Picture Round - 'Christmas Traditions'

In Catalonia, the figure of a pooping Catalan peasant man is an established part of any Nativity scene.  He is called the Caganer, which means crapper in Catalan.  The tradition also dictates that you can replace the jolly man with a world figure, celebrity or other person of note.  Name the following celebrity poopers. Q9 has no picture.

1.

John Lennon

2.

Pope Benedict XVI

3.

Cristiano Ronaldo

4.

Fernando Alonso

5.

Spongebob Squarepants

6.

Hello Kitty

7.

Angela Merkel

8.

Barack Obama

9.

Which Turner Prize winning artist won with a portrayal of the Virgin Mary using elephant dung?   

Chris Ofili

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ROUND 8 - Hidden theme

1.

Which author won the Booker Prize in 1993?  His first three novels were known as the Barrytown Trilogy.

Roddy Doyle

2.

The film Roxanne starring Steve Martin and Darryl Hannah, was based on which play by Edmond Rostand?

Cyrano de Bergerac

3.

Which novel, the first of Dickens’ two historical novels, is subtitled A Tale of the Riots of '80?

Barnaby Rudge

4.

Which American poet, who died in 1963 at the age of 88, had "promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep"?

Robert Frost

5.

In which Buckinghamshire town might you, if lucky, eat at The Hand and Flowers, which contains the only pub restaurant in England to have been awarded two Michelin stars?

Marlow

6.

Which American actress and later diplomat, who died in 2014 at the age of 86, successfully sued Graham Greene for libel as a result of a film review he wrote in 1937?

Shirley Temple

7.

Which American actor and dancer who died in 1986 aged 86, won Best Actor Oscar in 1943 for Yankee Doodle Dandy?

James Cagney

8.

Which county town in the Republic of Ireland is known for its opera festival which has been held every year, bar one, since 1951?

Wexford

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a fictional detective

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