ROUND 1 - 'Finders of the Lost Arc'

All answers include the word arc, that is a-r-c, hidden somewhere in a longer word within the answer

1.

What is the common name for the fungi Russula cyanoxantha?  It shares this name with an occupation that was common throughout Europe until the eighteenth century and which was added to the Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Germany in December 2014.

2.

In which cathedral was Bishop Grantly succeeded by the more evangelical Bishop Proudie in a novel published in 1857?

3.

Which Australian bowler took 22 wickets in 8 matches in the 2015 World cup with a strike rate of 17.4 balls between wickets winning the Player of the Tournament in the process?

4.

Which massively multiplayer on-line role-playing game was spun out of an existing real time strategy video game by Blizzard Entertainment in 2004?  It quickly became the world’s largest subscription-based mmorpg with a peak of 11.5 million subscribers in 2008?

5.

Which painting by Sir Edwin Landseer has been owned by Diageo since their takeover of John Dewar and is on display at the National Museum of Scotland?

6.

Name the son of the river nymph Liriope who was punished by Nemesis but still gave his name to a genus of plants.

7.

Which band, fronted by a female vocalist, released the single Birthday that was selected by John Peel as his Festive Fifty number one for 1987?  It was the first time that this honour was bestowed on an act from outside British shores.

8.

(You buy one you get one free, I say you buy one you get one free!  Q8 has two arcs to find)

What were named in honour of Bernardo O’Higgins in 1948, Sir Douglas Mawson in 1954, Sir Edmund Halley in 1956, and Lieutenant Archibald MacMurdo also in 1956?

Sp.

Why is a 10-pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum that was purchased by Clyde Dawson at 08.01 on the 26th of June 1974 in a supermarket in Troy Ohio on display in the Smithsonian Institution?

ROUND 2 - Pairs

1.

Name the artist born in the Austro Hungarian Empire in 1890 who was imprisoned by the authorities in 1912 for exhibiting erotic drawings in a place accessible to children.  He died on the 31st of October 1918, a victim of the Spanish flu pandemic, three days after his wife.

2.

Name the artist born in the German Reich in 1891, a pioneer in the Dada movement, who was interred by the Nazis as an undesirable but escaped from France in 1941 with the help of Penny Guggenheim who he later married.

3.

Which consumer product, concocted by an accountant with a liking for the colour pink, has given its name to a genre of music?  One of the first singles to be labelled as being of the genre was Green Tambourine by the Lemon Pipers which reached number 7 in the UK singles chart in 1968, forty years after the product was launched.

4.

What pitch in baseball, of which Carl Hubbell was a leading exponent, gave its name to a genre of film?  The first film to be labelled as being of the genre was It Happened One Night which was released in 1934; the same year that Hubbell was striking out 5 batters, including Babe Ruth, in succession in the All Star game

5.

'No Frills' is a bottled bitter brewed by Torrside Brewery and takes its name from the lyrics of a track by Half Man Half Biscuit.  In which one time mill town is it brewed?

6.

Believed to be brewed specifically for Father Megson, Feckless is a bottle conditioned bitter brewed by Red Willow Brewery in which one time mill town?  It is just 13 miles from New Mills when using the B5470 through Kettleshulme?

7.

What was the nickname of the organisation that was correctly the MVSN?  It translates to 'Uncle Gunnysack' in English, a fearsome bogeyman who would snare unruly children in a hessian sack and cart them off to be eaten at breakfast.

8.

Savak was the secret police and intelligence service that operated from 1957 to 1972 on behalf of which failed regime?

Sp.

The River Rothay is the primary outflow of Grasmere, flowing for just 400 metres eastwards before becoming the primary inflow of which body of water?

ROUND 3 - 'The Beautiful Game through the ages'

1.

What 10 letter word is used to describe a specific three day period, and derives part of its name from the Middle English word that means to confess and receive absolution?

2.

Which trade union was founded in 1897, has 29,500 members, and the slogan 'For Leaders. For Learners'?

3.

What is the brand name of the range of bagged cement products sold in the UK by the multinational Cemex?  The brand name is also the location of the largest cement kiln in the UK with an annual capacity of 1.8 million tonnes that is operated by the same company.

4.

Which company, currently a constituent of the FTSE 100, was founded by Sir Ernest Oppenheimer and JP Morgan with capital of one million pounds that was raised from sources in both the UK and the USA?

5.

Which band, now described by themselves as being purveyors of simian soul and primate punk on their website, saw their most successful single, It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way, reach number 5 in the UK Singles chart in 1987?

6.

C P Snow wrote the following lines in The Search: “For the first time I saw a medley of haphazard facts fall into line and order.  All the jumbles and recipes and hotchpotch seemed to fit into the scheme before my eyes - as though one was standing beside a jungle and it suddenly transformed itself into a Dutch garden.”  What was he writing about?

7.

Complete the binomial scientific name of the bird of prey commonly called the Eurasian hobby: Falco…..

8.

In which science fiction media franchise, created by Hironobu Sakaguchi and originally published by Squaresoft does Tellah famously insult Edward by calling him “a spoony bard”?

Sp.

Which single that reached number 8 in the UK singles chart in 1985 had the following opening lyrics: “I used to think maybe you loved me, now, baby, I'm sure, and I just can't wait till the day when you knock on my door, now every time I go for the mailbox, gotta hold myself down, 'cos I just can't wait till you write me you're coming around.”?

ROUND 4 - Hidden theme

1.

Which Noel Coward play first performed in 1941 concerns socialite novelist Charles Condomine who invites the eccentric medium Madame Arcati to his house to conduct a séance?  She unintentionally summons up the ghost of his first wife, Elvira, who is intent on causing mischief.

2.

The Council of London of 1075 decreed that the all episcopal Sees should be located in centres of population.  This led to the diocese centred on the cathedral church at Selsey Abbey being transferred to a cathedral being constructed in which city?

3.

What two words are missing from the title of the work by John Constable painted in 1821 and now in the possession of Manchester City Galleries View from……..looking towards Harrow?

4.

Which public amenity was renamed on the 7th of May 1942 but was “melting in the dark” in a 1968 song written by Jimmy Webb?

5.

Who was canonised by Pope Gregory IX on the 16th of July 1228, within 2 years of his death and within 4 years of him apparently being afflicted by the phenomenon of stigmata?

6.

Nathaniel who was born in Geneva on May the 23rd 1557 and died in Cambridge in 1580 could make what particular claim to fame?  His given name was chosen because it translates from 'given by god' in Hebrew.

7.

From which US air force base in California did the B29 Superfortress that was carrying Chuck Yeager in his X1 take off from on the 14th of October 1947?

8.

Who was next: Iwan Thomas, Anthony Ogogo, Daniel O’Donnell?

Sp.

Whose arrival on Sodor was described in Troublesome Engines?  Bearing the number 6 he was brought in to perform shunting duties after Gordon, Henry and James had protested about having to shunt their own trains.

ROUND 5 - Pairs

1.

Which John Sturges film released in 1957 was inspired by an event of the 26th October 1881 that lasted just 30 seconds?

2.

Which Michael Hodges film released in 1971 was inspired by the novel Jack’s Return Home?

3.

Complete this connected Derbyshire trio: Howden, Derwent and……

4.

Complete this connected Derbyshire quartet: Lose Hill, Back Tor, Hollins Cross and……

5.

The Duchess of Westminster who died at Lochmore Lodge on her estate in Sutherland in 2003 was known for her passion for horse racing.  Name either of the two horses who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup when wearing her gold and black colours.

6.

Which racehorse, who won 17 out of 18 starts in his career, was sired by Queen’s Hussar and named after an Arthur Conan Doyle character, a Hussar in the French army who saw action at Marengo?

7.

What is the common name for the chemical compound with the formula C₃H₅N₃O₉ that was prescribed to Alfred Nobel to treat his angina pectoris a few months before his death in 1896?

8.

How is the chemical compound with the formula of C₇H₅N₃O₆, that was first prepared by Julius Wilbrand in 1863 and used as a yellow dye until its other properties were fully comprehended, commonly known?

Sp.

Buttermere Dubs is the primary outflow of Buttermere, flowing for just 500 metres in a north westerly direction before becoming the primary inflow of Crummock Water.  What river forms the primary outflow of that body of water?

ROUND 6 - 'A road trip through Britain from North to South'

All answers include the name of a British town consisting of 5 letters

1.

Which MP, elected to the House of Commons in 1987 for the seat that he still represents, was born in what was then the British Crown colony of Aden in 1956?

2.

To which 2014 World Champion did Small Talk of the Guardian (aka John Ashdown) pose the opening question “so presumably you have a couple of cracking jokes to tell us?”?

3.

Who is the third highest points scorer for the Welsh Rugby Union team with 476 points behind Neil Jenkins and Stephen Jones?

4.

What did Lieutenant Pierre Francois Bouchard uncover while working on improving the defences of Fort Julien on the 15th of July 1799?

5.

Which fictional character scolds one of his guests with “It wasn’t very civil of you to sit down without being invited”?

6.

(You buy one you get one free, I say you buy one you get one free!  Q6 has two qualifying towns in the answer but the surname would have been question 2 in the North to South sequence whereas the first name is correctly positioned.)

Name the English folk singer and songwriter who wrote Who Knows Where the Time Goes in 1967.  The following year she joined Fairport Convention who recorded the song for their 1969 album Unhalfbricking.

7.

Name the mistress of Louis XV who was executed on the guillotine on the 8th of December 1793 and gave her name to a variety of dishes involving cooked cauliflower on account of her favoured wigs resembling the vegetable.

8.

What name connects a commissioned officer in the Royal Engineers who won the Victoria Cross in 1879 with the common name of a vegetable that is a sub species of beta vulgaris?

Sp.

Which American bank became the world’s most valuable bank when measured by market value in July 2015 after turbulence in the Chinese stock exchange saw a slump in the value of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China?

ROUND 7 - 'The Ending is in Sight'

Each answer includes a word that can precede the word 'sight' or 'site' and still make sense

1.

Mary Queen of Scots was the Queen Consort of which French monarch who reigned from 1559 to 1560?

2.

Who in an eponymous woodcut dating from 1498 by Albrecht Durer are seen carrying a bow, a sword, a set of scales and a trident?

3.

What is the name of the skyscraper built in New York City at the intersection of 42nd street and Lexington Avenue that was the tallest building in the world for just 11 months from May 1930?

4.

Name the double international who played football for Notts County, Nottingham Forest and England, and cricket for Nottinghamshire and England, and who founded a sporting goods supply company with Nottingham businessman Thomas James Moore in 1885 that still has its operational base in the city to this day.

5.

At the head of which Scottish sea loch, some 20 miles in length, can the village of Arrochar be found?  An important centre for hillwalking, including the Cobbler, the village was also home to the Torpedo Testing Station, which until 1980 found the loch’s very straight nature perfect for its task.

6.

Located in the Catoctin Mountain Park it is officially the Naval Support Facility Thurmont.  However it is more commonly known by the unofficial name given to it by a former five star general.  What is that common name?

7.

Into what was the message “some pig” woven overnight in order to save the life of Wilbur?

8.

Name the hostelry close to the hamlet of Bolventor that was built in 1750, made famous in 1936, and given grade II listed building status in 1988.

Sp.

Which hieroglyph was used to symbolise sacrifice, restoration and healing?

ROUND 8 - Hidden theme

1.

Which brand of blended Scotch Whisky was named after the coaching inn on the royal mile in Edinburgh from where the London stagecoach departed?

2.

Which rugby league club were founder members of Super League in 1996 when they adopted the soubriquet of Blue Sox despite a poll in the local paper showing public support for Bombers?

3.

Which semi-precious gemstone, technically an aggregate of microquartz and chalcedony, was used by Josiah Wedgwood as the name to market a type of pottery from the 1770s, although the pottery chiefly comprised of barium sulphate, clay and flint.

4.

Who painted Arrangement in Grey and Black Number 1 in 1871 which now hangs in the Musee d’Orsay, Paris?  It featured in a series of US postage stamps issued in 1934 to honour the Mothers of America.

5.

Which nursery rhyme first published in 1784 has a Roud Folk song index of 6488?  It makes possible reference to the treatment meted out to Catholic priests during the Reformation.

6.

Which Oxford College was founded in 1555 by merchant Sir Thomas White to provide a source of Roman Catholic priests to support Queen Mary’s Counter Reformation?

7.

You are travelling north on the Wirral line: Rock Ferry, Green Lane, Birkenhead Central but what comes next?

8.

Name the Lieutenant Colonel who commanded the 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers defending the Ypres Salient during the early months of 1916 while still serving as one of the two Members of Parliament representing the constituency of Dundee.

Sp.

You happen to find yourself on the 19:30 train that departs from Bulwayo every evening.  On which railway station will you be if you disembark at the train’s final station stop at 10:30 the following morning?

ROUND 1 - 'Finders of the Lost Arc'

All answers include the word arc, that is a-r-c, hidden somewhere in a longer word within the answer

1.

What is the common name for the fungi Russula cyanoxantha?  It shares this name with an occupation that was common throughout Europe until the eighteenth century and which was added to the Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Germany in December 2014.

Charcoal burner

2.

In which cathedral was Bishop Grantly succeeded by the more evangelical Bishop Proudie in a novel published in 1857?

Barchester

3.

Which Australian bowler took 22 wickets in 8 matches in the 2015 World cup with a strike rate of 17.4 balls between wickets winning the Player of the Tournament in the process?

Mitchell Starc

4.

Which massively multiplayer on-line role-playing game was spun out of an existing real time strategy video game by Blizzard Entertainment in 2004?  It quickly became the world’s largest subscription-based mmorpg with a peak of 11.5 million subscribers in 2008?

World of Warcraft

5.

Which painting by Sir Edwin Landseer has been owned by Diageo since their takeover of John Dewar and is on display at the National Museum of Scotland?

Monarch of the Glen

6.

Name the son of the river nymph Liriope who was punished by Nemesis but still gave his name to a genus of plants.

Narcissus

7.

Which band, fronted by a female vocalist, released the single Birthday that was selected by John Peel as his Festive Fifty number one for 1987?  It was the first time that this honour was bestowed on an act from outside British shores.

The Sugarcubes

8.

(You buy one you get one free, I say you buy one you get one free!  Q8 has two arcs to find)

What were named in honour of Bernardo O’Higgins in 1948, Sir Douglas Mawson in 1954, Sir Edmund Halley in 1956, and Lieutenant Archibald MacMurdo also in 1956?

Antarctica Research stations

Sp.

Why is a 10-pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum that was purchased by Clyde Dawson at 08.01 on the 26th of June 1974 in a supermarket in Troy Ohio on display in the Smithsonian Institution?

Barcode

(It was the first thing bought by a member of the public that was scanned for its barcode)

ROUND 2 - Pairs

1.

Name the artist born in the Austro Hungarian Empire in 1890 who was imprisoned by the authorities in 1912 for exhibiting erotic drawings in a place accessible to children.  He died on the 31st of October 1918, a victim of the Spanish flu pandemic, three days after his wife.

(Egon) Schiele

2.

Name the artist born in the German Reich in 1891, a pioneer in the Dada movement, who was interred by the Nazis as an undesirable but escaped from France in 1941 with the help of Penny Guggenheim who he later married.

(Max) Ernst

3.

Which consumer product, concocted by an accountant with a liking for the colour pink, has given its name to a genre of music?  One of the first singles to be labelled as being of the genre was Green Tambourine by the Lemon Pipers which reached number 7 in the UK singles chart in 1968, forty years after the product was launched.

Bubblegum

4.

What pitch in baseball, of which Carl Hubbell was a leading exponent, gave its name to a genre of film?  The first film to be labelled as being of the genre was It Happened One Night which was released in 1934; the same year that Hubbell was striking out 5 batters, including Babe Ruth, in succession in the All Star game

Screwball

5.

'No Frills' is a bottled bitter brewed by Torrside Brewery and takes its name from the lyrics of a track by Half Man Half Biscuit.  In which one time mill town is it brewed?

New Mills

('its got no frills but its handy for the hills, that’s why we all want to live in New Mills')

6.

Believed to be brewed specifically for Father Megson, Feckless is a bottle conditioned bitter brewed by Red Willow Brewery in which one time mill town?  It is just 13 miles from New Mills when using the B5470 through Kettleshulme?

Macclesfield

7.

What was the nickname of the organisation that was correctly the MVSN?  It translates to 'Uncle Gunnysack' in English, a fearsome bogeyman who would snare unruly children in a hessian sack and cart them off to be eaten at breakfast.

Tonton Macoute

8.

Savak was the secret police and intelligence service that operated from 1957 to 1972 on behalf of which failed regime?

The Shah of Iran

Sp.

The River Rothay is the primary outflow of Grasmere, flowing for just 400 metres eastwards before becoming the primary inflow of which body of water?

Rydal Water

ROUND 3 - 'The Beautiful Game through the ages'

1.

What 10 letter word is used to describe a specific three day period, and derives part of its name from the Middle English word that means to confess and receive absolution?

Shrovetide

2.

Which trade union was founded in 1897, has 29,500 members, and the slogan 'For Leaders. For Learners'?

National Association of Head Teachers

3.

What is the brand name of the range of bagged cement products sold in the UK by the multinational Cemex?  The brand name is also the location of the largest cement kiln in the UK with an annual capacity of 1.8 million tonnes that is operated by the same company.

Rugby

4.

Which company, currently a constituent of the FTSE 100, was founded by Sir Ernest Oppenheimer and JP Morgan with capital of one million pounds that was raised from sources in both the UK and the USA?

Anglo-American

5.

Which band, now described by themselves as being purveyors of simian soul and primate punk on their website, saw their most successful single, It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way, reach number 5 in the UK Singles chart in 1987?

The Blow Monkeys

6.

C P Snow wrote the following lines in The Search: “For the first time I saw a medley of haphazard facts fall into line and order.  All the jumbles and recipes and hotchpotch seemed to fit into the scheme before my eyes - as though one was standing beside a jungle and it suddenly transformed itself into a Dutch garden.”  What was he writing about?

The periodic table

7.

Complete the binomial scientific name of the bird of prey commonly called the Eurasian hobby: Falco…..

Subbuteo

8.

In which science fiction media franchise, created by Hironobu Sakaguchi and originally published by Squaresoft does Tellah famously insult Edward by calling him “a spoony bard”?

Final Fantasy

Sp.

Which single that reached number 8 in the UK singles chart in 1985 had the following opening lyrics: “I used to think maybe you loved me, now, baby, I'm sure, and I just can't wait till the day when you knock on my door, now every time I go for the mailbox, gotta hold myself down, 'cos I just can't wait till you write me you're coming around.”?

Walking On Sunshine

ROUND 4 - Hidden theme

1.

Which Noel Coward play first performed in 1941 concerns socialite novelist Charles Condomine who invites the eccentric medium Madame Arcati to his house to conduct a séance?  She unintentionally summons up the ghost of his first wife, Elvira, who is intent on causing mischief.

Blithe Spirit

2.

The Council of London of 1075 decreed that the all episcopal Sees should be located in centres of population.  This led to the diocese centred on the cathedral church at Selsey Abbey being transferred to a cathedral being constructed in which city?

Chichester

3.

What two words are missing from the title of the work by John Constable painted in 1821 and now in the possession of Manchester City Galleries View from……..looking towards Harrow?

Hampstead Heath

4.

Which public amenity was renamed on the 7th of May 1942 but was “melting in the dark” in a 1968 song written by Jimmy Webb?

MacArthur Park

5.

Who was canonised by Pope Gregory IX on the 16th of July 1228, within 2 years of his death and within 4 years of him apparently being afflicted by the phenomenon of stigmata?

Francis of Assisi

6.

Nathaniel who was born in Geneva on May the 23rd 1557 and died in Cambridge in 1580 could make what particular claim to fame?  His given name was chosen because it translates from 'given by god' in Hebrew.

(Being the first) Son of John Knox

7.

From which US air force base in California did the B29 Superfortress that was carrying Chuck Yeager in his X1 take off from on the 14th of October 1947?

Edwards

(accept Muroc its name prior to 1949)

8.

Who was next: Iwan Thomas, Anthony Ogogo, Daniel O’Donnell?

Ainsley Harriott

(celebrities leaving order in Strictly Come Dancing 2015)

Sp.

Whose arrival on Sodor was described in Troublesome Engines?  Bearing the number 6 he was brought in to perform shunting duties after Gordon, Henry and James had protested about having to shunt their own trains.

Percy

ROUND 5 - Pairs

1.

Which John Sturges film released in 1957 was inspired by an event of the 26th October 1881 that lasted just 30 seconds?

Gunfight at the OK Corral

2.

Which Michael Hodges film released in 1971 was inspired by the novel Jack’s Return Home?

Get Carter!

3.

Complete this connected Derbyshire trio: Howden, Derwent and……

Ladybower

(being the reservoirs on the river Derwent)

4.

Complete this connected Derbyshire quartet: Lose Hill, Back Tor, Hollins Cross and……

Mam Tor

(being the summits on the Great Ridge on the skyline to the north of Castleton)

5.

The Duchess of Westminster who died at Lochmore Lodge on her estate in Sutherland in 2003 was known for her passion for horse racing.  Name either of the two horses who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup when wearing her gold and black colours.

Arkle or Ten Up

6.

Which racehorse, who won 17 out of 18 starts in his career, was sired by Queen’s Hussar and named after an Arthur Conan Doyle character, a Hussar in the French army who saw action at Marengo?

Brigadier Gerard

7.

What is the common name for the chemical compound with the formula C₃H₅N₃O₉ that was prescribed to Alfred Nobel to treat his angina pectoris a few months before his death in 1896?

Nitroglycerin

8.

How is the chemical compound with the formula of C₇H₅N₃O₆, that was first prepared by Julius Wilbrand in 1863 and used as a yellow dye until its other properties were fully comprehended, commonly known?

Tri-nitro toluene or TNT

Sp.

Buttermere Dubs is the primary outflow of Buttermere, flowing for just 500 metres in a north westerly direction before becoming the primary inflow of Crummock Water.  What river forms the primary outflow of that body of water?

River Cocker

ROUND 6 - 'A road trip through Britain from North to South'

All answers include the name of a British town consisting of 5 letters

1.

Which MP, elected to the House of Commons in 1987 for the seat that he still represents, was born in what was then the British Crown colony of Aden in 1956?

Keith Vaz

2.

To which 2014 World Champion did Small Talk of the Guardian (aka John Ashdown) pose the opening question “so presumably you have a couple of cracking jokes to tell us?”?

Mark Selby

(the question was on account of him being the 'Jester from Leicester')

3.

Who is the third highest points scorer for the Welsh Rugby Union team with 476 points behind Neil Jenkins and Stephen Jones?

Leigh Halfpenny

(yes Selby is more northerly than Leigh)

4.

What did Lieutenant Pierre Francois Bouchard uncover while working on improving the defences of Fort Julien on the 15th of July 1799?

The Rosetta Stone

5.

Which fictional character scolds one of his guests with “It wasn’t very civil of you to sit down without being invited”?

The Mad March Hare

6.

(You buy one you get one free, I say you buy one you get one free!  Q6 has two qualifying towns in the answer but the surname would have been question 2 in the North to South sequence whereas the first name is correctly positioned.)

Name the English folk singer and songwriter who wrote Who Knows Where the Time Goes in 1967.  The following year she joined Fairport Convention who recorded the song for their 1969 album Unhalfbricking.

Sandy Denny

7.

Name the mistress of Louis XV who was executed on the guillotine on the 8th of December 1793 and gave her name to a variety of dishes involving cooked cauliflower on account of her favoured wigs resembling the vegetable.

Madame du Barry

8.

What name connects a commissioned officer in the Royal Engineers who won the Victoria Cross in 1879 with the common name of a vegetable that is a sub species of beta vulgaris?

Chard

Sp.

Which American bank became the world’s most valuable bank when measured by market value in July 2015 after turbulence in the Chinese stock exchange saw a slump in the value of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China?

Wells Fargo

ROUND 7 - 'The Ending is in Sight'

Each answer includes a word that can precede the word 'sight' or 'site' and still make sense

1.

Mary Queen of Scots was the Queen Consort of which French monarch who reigned from 1559 to 1560?

Francis the Second

2.

Who in an eponymous woodcut dating from 1498 by Albrecht Durer are seen carrying a bow, a sword, a set of scales and a trident?

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

3.

What is the name of the skyscraper built in New York City at the intersection of 42nd street and Lexington Avenue that was the tallest building in the world for just 11 months from May 1930?

The Chrysler Building

4.

Name the double international who played football for Notts County, Nottingham Forest and England, and cricket for Nottinghamshire and England, and who founded a sporting goods supply company with Nottingham businessman Thomas James Moore in 1885 that still has its operational base in the city to this day.

(William) Gunn

5.

At the head of which Scottish sea loch, some 20 miles in length, can the village of Arrochar be found?  An important centre for hillwalking, including the Cobbler, the village was also home to the Torpedo Testing Station, which until 1980 found the loch’s very straight nature perfect for its task.

Loch Long

6.

Located in the Catoctin Mountain Park it is officially the Naval Support Facility Thurmont.  However it is more commonly known by the unofficial name given to it by a former five star general.  What is that common name?

Camp David

7.

Into what was the message “some pig” woven overnight in order to save the life of Wilbur?

Charlotte’s Web

8.

Name the hostelry close to the hamlet of Bolventor that was built in 1750, made famous in 1936, and given grade II listed building status in 1988.

Jamaica Inn

Sp.

Which hieroglyph was used to symbolise sacrifice, restoration and healing?

The Eye of Horus

ROUND 8 - Hidden theme

1.

Which brand of blended Scotch Whisky was named after the coaching inn on the royal mile in Edinburgh from where the London stagecoach departed?

White Horse

2.

Which rugby league club were founder members of Super League in 1996 when they adopted the soubriquet of Blue Sox despite a poll in the local paper showing public support for Bombers?

Halifax

3.

Which semi-precious gemstone, technically an aggregate of microquartz and chalcedony, was used by Josiah Wedgwood as the name to market a type of pottery from the 1770s, although the pottery chiefly comprised of barium sulphate, clay and flint.

Jasper

4.

Who painted Arrangement in Grey and Black Number 1 in 1871 which now hangs in the Musee d’Orsay, Paris?  It featured in a series of US postage stamps issued in 1934 to honour the Mothers of America.

(James) Whistler

5.

Which nursery rhyme first published in 1784 has a Roud Folk song index of 6488?  It makes possible reference to the treatment meted out to Catholic priests during the Reformation.

Goosey, Goosey Gander

6.

Which Oxford College was founded in 1555 by merchant Sir Thomas White to provide a source of Roman Catholic priests to support Queen Mary’s Counter Reformation?

St John’s

7.

You are travelling north on the Wirral line: Rock Ferry, Green Lane, Birkenhead Central but what comes next?

Hamilton Square

8.

Name the Lieutenant Colonel who commanded the 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers defending the Ypres Salient during the early months of 1916 while still serving as one of the two Members of Parliament representing the constituency of Dundee.

Sir Winston Churchill

Sp.

You happen to find yourself on the 19:30 train that departs from Bulwayo every evening.  On which railway station will you be if you disembark at the train’s final station stop at 10:30 the following morning?

Victoria Falls