1.

Who was the Poet Laureate during World War 2?

2.

Brian Connolly provided the vocals for which UK group?

3.

Which C & W singer was married to Julia Roberts between 1993 and 1995?

4.

Which German state bordering Holland contains the cities of Hanover, Wolfsburg and Hamelin?

5.

What name is given to the orange/red butterfly with black and white spots on its wings?

6.

Which medical magazine was first published in 1823 by Thomas Wakley?

7.

How was Edward of Woodstock more commonly known?

8.

In which 1992 film were the last words: “You must lower me into the steel, goodbye”?

9.

Which band of the dance band era had the signature tune Let’s Dance?

10.

At which stadium do the Boston Red Sox play their home matches?

11.

Which French port is located at the mouth of the River Seine?

12.

Which model of Lamborghini car built between 1990 and 1921 shares its name with a hot dry wind that occurs in San Francisco bay?

13.

In July this year which country won its second consecutive Copa America tournament by beating Argentina on penalties?

14.

What is the name of Hagrid’s three-headed dog in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone?

15.

Dustin Hoffman has acted in three films that went on to win the Best Picture Oscar. Rain Man and Kramer v Kramer were two. Name the third.

16.

Which poet laureate wrote the poem The Thought Fox?

17.

Jim McCarty started his musical career as the drummer in which 1960s band?

18.

For her performance in which film has Julia Roberts won the Best Actress Oscar?

19.

Bordering the French department of Moselle, which is the smallest in area of Germany’s Federal States?

20.

How is the larva of the domesticated moth Bombyx mori better known?

21.

Scyld Berry and Lawrence Booth are the most recent editors of which famous annual publication?

22.

Who was the Black Prince’s mother?

23.

Which 1964 film ended with the line: “Mein Führer, I can walk!”?

24.

Who was the main vocalist in Lew Stone’s Monseigneur Band during the British dance band era?

25.

Which NFL football team play their home matches at Candlestick Park?

26.

Bordeaux lies at the mouth of which French river?

27.

Aston Martin made a number of models that had the acronym ‘DB’ in their name. What did ‘DB’ stand for?

28.

France hosted the Euro 2016 international football tournament.  Which country came second to France in the 2009 vote to determine who hosted Euro 2016?

29.

In the Harry Potter films who plays Filius Flitwick, the Charms master and Head of the Ravenclaw house at Hogwarts?

30.

Who wrote the theme music for the film Midnight Cowboy?

Sp.

Who created the character Poldark?

ROUND 2 - Stockport format - Written

1.

Born in Mysore, India in 1924, he went on to star in such films as The Drum, Elephant Boy and The Thief of Baghdad. Who was he?

2.

Born in Smolensk in 1804, his best known opera is Ruslan and Lyudmila. Who was he?

3.

Which two basic ingredients make up a gimlet cocktail?

4.

The crime fighter Sergeant Cuff was a creation of which author?

5.

Name one of the two British referees who officiated in the Euro 2016 international tournament.

6.

Which Kurt Weill-composed American pop standard begins with the line “Well it’s a long, long time from May to December”?

7.

Name one of the four race horses trained by Fred Rimell that won the Grand National in 1956, 1961, 1970 and 1976.

8.

Name the crew member of the USS Voyager in the TV series Star Trek Voyager whose duties were specified as “advisor, morale officer, ambassador and cook”.

9.

Patrick Walden, Drew McConnell, Adam Ficek and Pete Doherty were the original members of which pop group?

10.

The 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You starring Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles was based on which Shakespeare play?

Sp.

What was founded by Robert Raikes in 1780?

ROUND 3 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme

1.

The last of Mozart’s Symphonies, Number 41 in C Major (K551), has what nickname?

2.

Which flat horse race run at Sandown and sponsored by Corals has included winners such as Dancing Brave in 1986, Nashwan in 1989 and more recently Golden Horn in 2015?

3.

Name the ‘one-hit wonder’ band formed by Pete Townsend of The Who, whose first hit record Something in the Air went to number one and stayed there for 12 weeks - and is still in demand today, mainly for use in TV commercials.

4.

What is an umpire signalling if he raises his right arm sideways at shoulder height?

5.

What is the name of the street in the City of Westminster which, until 1828, only the Royal family, the Grand Falconer and the Duke of St Albans were allowed to use? It has at its western end Wellington Barracks, home of the Brigade of Guards.

6.

Mr Creakle, Tommy Traddles and Captain Cuttle were all characters created by which author?

7.

Which TV series written by Anthony Horowitz and shown on the Family Channel between 1987 and 1989 told the story of William Tell?

8.

Which song by Vangelis, much heard during England’s successful Rugby tour ‘down under’ earlier this year, reached number 12 in the UK charts in 1981?

Sp.

Which German sportswear company based in Bavaria sponsors Arsenal during the current 2016/7 season?

ROUND 4 - WithQuiz format - Announced theme

Each answer ends with the letters 'ad'

1.

Which Asian city lies on the Musi river with a population of about 6.7 million?

2.

What was founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaine in 1952?

3.

What was the name of the act that led to prohibition being implemented in the USA 1920?

4.

In his eponymous tales who “sets ashore on what appears to be an island, but which proves to be a gigantic sleeping whale on which trees have taken root ever since the world was young”?

5.

What was the original purpose of the Lairig Ghru, a high level route that traverses the Cairngorms in Scotland?

6.

In TV terms what is Beth Webster?

7.

What is the name of the 2004 comedy horror film starring Simon Pegg?

8.

What name is given to a person from the north of the US who sympathised with the south during the American Civil War?

Sp.

Which city has a name that means literally ‘given by God’?

ROUND 5 - WithQuiz format - Announced theme

All answers contain 3 consecutive letters from a ‘wrap-around’ alphabet

1.

Which famous phrase comes from the lips of Prospero in Shakespeare’s The Tempest when he abruptly ends the ‘play within a play’ and suggests to the audience that what they have just seen is merely an illusion?

2.

What’s the name of the original version of the card game baccarat played with six decks of cards shuffled together?

3.

What was the former colonial name of Banjul, the capital of the Gambia?

4.

A well know Middle Eastern city has a modern day name that is thought locally to derive from the phrase ‘plenty of Islam’ in the language of the area - but this city has been known by two other names in its long history. What were both of these earlier names? (note that the theme is satisfied by both parts of the answer)

5.

Which popular Premiership footballer started his professional career at Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro in Buenos Aires before moving on to Espanyol in Barcelona and then in 2008 to an English Premiership club?

6.

In which art gallery would you find Rembrandt’s masterpiece The Nightwatch?

7.

D B Cooper is an epithet used by the media for an unknown character who, in 1971 between Portland and Seattle in the US, perpetrated which celebrated crime?

8.

What’s the name of the London Underground station on the Central Line between Queensway and Holland Park?

Sp.

Of which country is Herat the third largest city?

ROUND 6 - WithQuiz format - Pot pourri

1.

Whose record of Hoots Mon reached number three in the UK charts in November 1958?

2.

Who knocked number one seed Novak Djokovic out of Wimbledon this year?

3.

Jazz musician Max Geldray played which instrument?

4.

Which card game shares its name with the group that took the song The Power to number one in the UK charts in March 1990?

5.

Which former drummer of the group McFly has won Strictly Come Dancing?

6.

Michael and Vincent Hickey, James Robinson and Patrick Molloy were all convicted of killing who in 1981?

7.

Founded in 1935, what is the name of the co-educational school for 15 to 18 year olds based in Street, Somerset?

8.

“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread” and “To err is human, to forgive divine” are quotes from the works of which English poet?

Sp.

The Best Song Oscar awarded in the 2010 ceremony came from the film Toy Story 3 and was written by Randy Newman. What was its title?

1.

In total how many points did the England Rugby Union team score against Australia in the three tests in Australia this year?

2.

In 1966 England played West Indies in the First Test at Old Trafford. West Indies batted first making 484. How many did Garfield Sobers make in that innings?

1.

Who was the Poet Laureate during World War 2?

John Masefield

2.

Brian Connolly provided the vocals for which UK group?

Sweet

3.

Which C & W singer was married to Julia Roberts between 1993 and 1995?

Lyle Lovett

4.

Which German state bordering Holland contains the cities of Hanover, Wolfsburg and Hamelin?

Lower Saxony

5.

What name is given to the orange/red butterfly with black and white spots on its wings?

Painted Lady

6.

Which medical magazine was first published in 1823 by Thomas Wakley?

The Lancet

7.

How was Edward of Woodstock more commonly known?

The Black Prince

8.

In which 1992 film were the last words: “You must lower me into the steel, goodbye”?

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

9.

Which band of the dance band era had the signature tune Let’s Dance?

Benny Goodman Orchestra

10.

At which stadium do the Boston Red Sox play their home matches?

Fenway Park

11.

Which French port is located at the mouth of the River Seine?

Le Havre

12.

Which model of Lamborghini car built between 1990 and 1921 shares its name with a hot dry wind that occurs in San Francisco bay?

Diablo

13.

In July this year which country won its second consecutive Copa America tournament by beating Argentina on penalties?

Chile

14.

What is the name of Hagrid’s three-headed dog in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone?

Fluffy

15.

Dustin Hoffman has acted in three films that went on to win the Best Picture Oscar. Rain Man and Kramer v Kramer were two. Name the third.

Midnight Cowboy

16.

Which poet laureate wrote the poem The Thought Fox?

Ted Hughes

17.

Jim McCarty started his musical career as the drummer in which 1960s band?

The Yardbirds

18.

For her performance in which film has Julia Roberts won the Best Actress Oscar?

Erin Brokovich

19.

Bordering the French department of Moselle, which is the smallest in area of Germany’s Federal States?

Saarland

20.

How is the larva of the domesticated moth Bombyx mori better known?

Silkworm

21.

Scyld Berry and Lawrence Booth are the most recent editors of which famous annual publication?

Wisden’s Cricketer’s Almanac

22.

Who was the Black Prince’s mother?

Philippa of Hainault

(wife of Edward III)

23.

Which 1964 film ended with the line: “Mein Führer, I can walk!”?

Dr Strangelove

24.

Who was the main vocalist in Lew Stone’s Monseigneur Band during the British dance band era?

Al Bowlly

25.

Which NFL football team play their home matches at Candlestick Park?

San Francisco 49ers

26.

Bordeaux lies at the mouth of which French river?

Garonne

27.

Aston Martin made a number of models that had the acronym ‘DB’ in their name. What did ‘DB’ stand for?

David Brown

(the company owner between 1947 and 1972)

28.

France hosted the Euro 2016 international football tournament.  Which country came second to France in the 2009 vote to determine who hosted Euro 2016?

Turkey

29.

In the Harry Potter films who plays Filius Flitwick, the Charms master and Head of the Ravenclaw house at Hogwarts?

Warwick Davis

30.

Who wrote the theme music for the film Midnight Cowboy?

John Barry

Sp.

Who created the character Poldark?

Winston Graham

ROUND 2 - Stockport format - Written

1.

Born in Mysore, India in 1924, he went on to star in such films as The Drum, Elephant Boy and The Thief of Baghdad. Who was he?

Sabu

2.

Born in Smolensk in 1804, his best known opera is Ruslan and Lyudmila. Who was he?

(Mikhail) Glinka

3.

Which two basic ingredients make up a gimlet cocktail?

Gin and lime juice

4.

The crime fighter Sergeant Cuff was a creation of which author?

Wilkie Collins

5.

Name one of the two British referees who officiated in the Euro 2016 international tournament.

6.

Which Kurt Weill-composed American pop standard begins with the line “Well it’s a long, long time from May to December”?

September Song

7.

Name one of the four race horses trained by Fred Rimell that won the Grand National in 1956, 1961, 1970 and 1976.

either ESB (in 1956) or Nicholas Silver (in 1961) or Gay Trip (in 1970) or Rag Trade (in 1976)

8.

Name the crew member of the USS Voyager in the TV series Star Trek Voyager whose duties were specified as “advisor, morale officer, ambassador and cook”.

Neelix

9.

Patrick Walden, Drew McConnell, Adam Ficek and Pete Doherty were the original members of which pop group?

Babyshambles

10.

The 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You starring Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles was based on which Shakespeare play?

Taming of the Shrew

Sp.

What was founded by Robert Raikes in 1780?

Sunday Schools

ROUND 3 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme

1.

The last of Mozart’s Symphonies, Number 41 in C Major (K551), has what nickname?

Jupiter

2.

Which flat horse race run at Sandown and sponsored by Corals has included winners such as Dancing Brave in 1986, Nashwan in 1989 and more recently Golden Horn in 2015?

Eclipse stakes

3.

Name the ‘one-hit wonder’ band formed by Pete Townsend of The Who, whose first hit record Something in the Air went to number one and stayed there for 12 weeks - and is still in demand today, mainly for use in TV commercials.

Thunderclap Newman

4.

What is an umpire signalling if he raises his right arm sideways at shoulder height?

No ball

5.

What is the name of the street in the City of Westminster which, until 1828, only the Royal family, the Grand Falconer and the Duke of St Albans were allowed to use? It has at its western end Wellington Barracks, home of the Brigade of Guards.

Birdcage Walk

6.

Mr Creakle, Tommy Traddles and Captain Cuttle were all characters created by which author?

Charles Dickens

7.

Which TV series written by Anthony Horowitz and shown on the Family Channel between 1987 and 1989 told the story of William Tell?

Crossbow

8.

Which song by Vangelis, much heard during England’s successful Rugby tour ‘down under’ earlier this year, reached number 12 in the UK charts in 1981?

Chariots of Fire

Sp.

Which German sportswear company based in Bavaria sponsors Arsenal during the current 2016/7 season?

Puma

Theme: Each answer contains a code name used by the Allied forces for an Operation in World War 2….
Jupiter, Eclipse, Thunderclap, Noball, Birdcage, Dickens, Crossbow, Chariot and Puma

ROUND 4 - WithQuiz format - Announced theme

Each answer ends with the letters 'ad'

1.

Which Asian city lies on the Musi river with a population of about 6.7 million?

Hyderabad

2.

What was founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaine in 1952?

Mad (the magazine)

3.

What was the name of the act that led to prohibition being implemented in the USA 1920?

Volstead

4.

In his eponymous tales who “sets ashore on what appears to be an island, but which proves to be a gigantic sleeping whale on which trees have taken root ever since the world was young”?

Sinbad (the Sailor)

5.

What was the original purpose of the Lairig Ghru, a high level route that traverses the Cairngorms in Scotland?

Drove Road

6.

In TV terms what is Beth Webster?

Egghead

(she is the latest addition to the panel of Eggheads)

7.

What is the name of the 2004 comedy horror film starring Simon Pegg?

Shaun of the Dead

8.

What name is given to a person from the north of the US who sympathised with the south during the American Civil War?

Copperhead

Sp.

Which city has a name that means literally ‘given by God’?

1.

Which famous phrase comes from the lips of Prospero in Shakespeare’s The Tempest when he abruptly ends the ‘play within a play’ and suggests to the audience that what they have just seen is merely an illusion?

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on”

2.

What’s the name of the original version of the card game baccarat played with six decks of cards shuffled together?

Chemin de Fer

3.

What was the former colonial name of Banjul, the capital of the Gambia?

Bathurst

4.

A well know Middle Eastern city has a modern day name that is thought locally to derive from the phrase ‘plenty of Islam’ in the language of the area - but this city has been known by two other names in its long history. What were both of these earlier names? (note that the theme is satisfied by both parts of the answer)

Byzantium and Constaninople

(now called Istanbul)

5.

Which popular Premiership footballer started his professional career at Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro in Buenos Aires before moving on to Espanyol in Barcelona and then in 2008 to an English Premiership club?

Pablo Zabaleta

(currently of Manchester City)

6.

In which art gallery would you find Rembrandt’s masterpiece The Nightwatch?

Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam}

7.

D B Cooper is an epithet used by the media for an unknown character who, in 1971 between Portland and Seattle in the US, perpetrated which celebrated crime?

Hijacking

(he hijacked a Boeing 727, successfully demanded $200,00 and parachuted out of the plane to anonymity – D B Cooper was the false name he used when he booked in)

8.

What’s the name of the London Underground station on the Central Line between Queensway and Holland Park?

Notting Hill Gate

Sp.

Of which country is Herat the third largest city?

Afghanistan

ROUND 6 - WithQuiz format - Pot pourri

1.

Whose record of Hoots Mon reached number three in the UK charts in November 1958?

Lord Rockingham’s XI

2.

Who knocked number one seed Novak Djokovic out of Wimbledon this year?

Sam Querrey

3.

Jazz musician Max Geldray played which instrument?

Harmonica

4.

Which card game shares its name with the group that took the song The Power to number one in the UK charts in March 1990?

Snap!

5.

Which former drummer of the group McFly has won Strictly Come Dancing?

Harry Judd

6.

Michael and Vincent Hickey, James Robinson and Patrick Molloy were all convicted of killing who in 1981?

Carl Bridgewater

7.

Founded in 1935, what is the name of the co-educational school for 15 to 18 year olds based in Street, Somerset?

Millfield

8.

“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread” and “To err is human, to forgive divine” are quotes from the works of which English poet?

Alexander Pope

Sp.

The Best Song Oscar awarded in the 2010 ceremony came from the film Toy Story 3 and was written by Randy Newman. What was its title?

We Belong Together

1.

In total how many points did the England Rugby Union team score against Australia in the three tests in Australia this year?

106

(39, 23 and 44)

2.

In 1966 England played West Indies in the First Test at Old Trafford. West Indies batted first making 484. How many did Garfield Sobers make in that innings?