1.

What name links: a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of 1975 by Saul Bellow; a Prussian geographer and naturalist born in 1769; and a Patagonian hog-nosed skunk?

2.

What name links: Joseph Smith's successor as leader of the Mormons; the musician who released Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere; and the modulus of elasticity?

3.

In June 1993, which politician cancelled an appearance on Have I Got News For You and was replaced by ‘The Right Honourable Tub of Lard MP'?

4.

On the TV show Spitting Image, which Conservative politician - the MP for Mole Valley from 1983 to 1997 - was often depicted as a slug?

5.

In 2016 HBO remade the film Westworld as a television series.  Who wrote and directed the original 1973 film which starred Yul Brynner and James Brolin?

6.

Amazon has recently produced two television series of The Man in the High Castle starring Rufus Sewell as John Smith.  Who wrote the 1962 novel on which it is based?

7.

In 1969, this Canadian-born anthropologist popularized the phrase ‘male bonding’ in his book Men in Groups, but he sounds more like a zoologist.  Who is he?

8.

In 1955, this Brussels-born anthropologist published Tristes Tropiques.  He is a pioneer of structural anthropology but sounds more like a clothier.  Who is he?

Sp1

Add the final two words to these lines from the poem Song of Myself by Walt Whitman: "Do I contradict myself?  Very well then I contradict myself.  I am large, I..."

Sp2

Name the short story in which Samuel Beckett wrote these oft-quoted words: "Ever tried.  Ever failed.  No matter.  Try again.  Fail again.  Fail better."

1.

Married to the Duke of Albany and obsessed with overthrowing her father, who, in the Shakespeare play, is the eldest of King Lear’s three daughters?

2.

Which pioneering novel of 1868 is narrated by: Gabriel Betteredge, Drusilla Clark, Mr. Bruff, and Ezra Jennings?  It was adapted into a miniseries by the BBC in 2016.

3.

In 1981, which pop group asked the following two questions: "Do you speak-a my language?" and "Are you trying to tempt me because I come from the land of plenty?"?

4.

In 1941, which musician painted the slogan "This machine kills fascists" on his guitar?

5.

Andrew Parker is the Director General of which agency?  Since the mid-1990s it has operated from Thames House, adjacent to London’s Lambeth Bridge.

6.

‘Prestidigitation’ and ‘legerdemain’ are synonyms for which three-word phrase, defined by the OED as "manual dexterity, typically in performing conjuring tricks"?

7.

In which year of the twentieth century was: the premiere of The Rite of Spring met with rioting; and Woodrow Wilson first inaugurated as President of the United States?

8.

Which year of the nineteenth century marked the beginning of the Greek War of Independence and the death of Napoleon Bonaparte?

Sp1

Which TV series, created by Cyril Abraham, ran from 1971 to 1980, starred Peter Gilmore and used a piece by Khachaturian as its theme tune?

Sp2

Now that you’ve been given the theme, which year saw the death of the Roman historian Sallust and Mark Antony’s invasion of Armenia?

Sp3

A 1965 Bob Dylan song has a split title.  The second part is No Limit.  What comes first?

ROUND 3 - Famous Mancunians

The questions are not about Manchester, but each answer gives the full name, or contains the surname of, somebody born or bred in Greater Manchester

1.

Which notorious figure of the mid-twentieth century has been played on screen by Rupert Everett in Another Country and by Alan Bates in An Englishman Abroad?

2.

Which mythical figure is first mentioned in Daniel Defoe’s Four Years’ Voyages of Capt. George Roberts?  He was portrayed in the Pirates of the Caribbean series by Bill Nighy.

3.

Published two years before its author’s death, which book of 1939 features the characters HCE and ALP, and children called Shem, Shaun, and Issy?

4.

Which English author and social reformer, born in 1819, is known for novels including Hypatia, Westward Ho! and Alton Locke?

5.

Which rotund Irish golfer won the 2009 Irish Open as an amateur before winning the Bridgestone Invitational in 2015 and finishing as runner-up at the 2016 US Open?

6.

Which Australian batsman with the nickname ‘Pup’ retired in August 2015 with 8,643 Test runs and a top score of 329 not out?

7.

Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before, but which French idiomatic phrase translates into English as “I’m fed up”?

8.

Cryptic clue: Sodium swallowed by Morse character actor.

Sp1

Which Liverpool-born actor’s roles include The Governor in The Waking Dead and MP Stephen Collins in State of Play?

Sp2

Which American lawman has been played on screen by James Coburn, Patrick Wayne, and William Petersen?

ROUND 4 - "Read all about it!"

Each answer contains the suffix of a British local or regional newspaper

1.

In 1993, the actor Brandon Lee - the son of the martial arts star Bruce - suffered a fatal accident during the filming of which dark, fantasy action movie?

2.

Which Arthur C Clarke short story was used as the starting point for both the novel and the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey?

3.

In terms of area, what is the fifth-largest African country?  Known as ‘the dead heart of Africa’, it shares land borders with Niger and Cameroon.

4.

Which American tennis player is the youngest man to have reached the singles final of all four Grand Slam tournaments?  He achieved this feat aged 22 in July 1993.

5.

Set to the tune of To Anacreon in Heaven, the 1814 Francis Scott Key poem Defence of Fort McHenry provides the lyrics to which rousing song?

6.

Which thoroughfare in SW1 witnessed, in the space of ten years, three assassination attempts upon Queen Victoria and a horse-riding accident which killed Sir Robert Peel?

7.

The phrase ‘Only Fools and Horses’ was first used by the writer John Sullivan as an episode title for which of his earlier sitcoms?

8.

In 1997, the TV show Brass Eye hoodwinked celebrities including Noel Edmonds and Rolf Harris into speaking out against a fictitious Eastern European drug.  A Tory MP even asked a question about it in the Commons. What was the drug called?

Sp.

Formed in 1965 by Long John Baldry, which British blues band included Rod Stewart, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger among its members?

1.

Which French composer, who died in 2016, misheard at a party the names of Paul Simon and his then-wife Peggy Harper?  He mistakenly called them Al and Betty, and so inspired Simon’s worldwide hit You Can Call Me Al.  (his full name is needed for the theme)

2.

Born in Manchester in 1977, which sportswoman is, with a total of 14 gold medals, Britain’s most successful female Paralympian?

3.

Nicknamed ‘the Hammer’, which statesman - also known as the 'Mayor of the Palace' - led the Frankish and Burgundian forces at the Battle of Tours in the year 732?

4.

From 2004 to 2009, which actress played the title role in the ITV series Marple?  In the early 1990s she won a BAFTA for her performance in Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit.

5.

Which Anglican clergyman, formerly the Bishop of Bath and Wells, succeeded Robert Runcie as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1991?

6.

As Taoiseach of Ireland, who was twice preceded and succeeded by Charles Haughey?  In 1985 he signed the Anglo-Irish Agreement with Margaret Thatcher.

7.

Which inner city area of Manchester takes its name from the Old Norse for ‘land surrounded by water or marsh', thus suggesting that Norse invaders settled there under Danelaw?

8.

Who wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the 1998 film Bulworth?  It was a political satire focusing on an American senator who takes out a contract on his own life.

Sp1

Which role on a popular TV show was played by American actor Ken Kercheval between 1978 and 1991?  He reprised the role in the show’s revival in 2012?

Sp2

Patricia Booker and Anna Torv were the first two wives of which global figure who was born in 1931?

This is a paired round on 2016

1.

In December 2016, the Gambia elected Adama Barrow as president.  While living in London in the early 2000s, Barrow worked as a security guard for which British retailer?

2.

Also in December 2016, defeat in a constitutional referendum led to the resignation of Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.  Of which city was he mayor from 2009 to 2014?

3.

Who are these two literary figures who died in the first half of 2016?  First, the American who wrote Go Set A Watchman; second, the Italian author of The Prague Cemetry.

4.

Who are these two literary figures who died in the second half of 2016?  First, the American who wrote Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; second, the Italian who wrote Accidental Death of an Anarchist.

5.

Alejandro Inarritu won the 2016 Academy Award for Best Director for which film about the nineteenth-century frontiersman Hugh Glass?

6.

Which film about the Boston Globe’s investigation into the Catholic Church won the 2016 Academy Award for Best Picture?

7.

In November, Clinton lost to Trump.  In which state was her defeat closest in terms of percentage?  Known as the 'Wolverine State', it is worth 16 votes in the electoral college.

8.

In the EU referendum, which voting area - included on this occasion within the South-West England region - voted most heavily to Remain, casting 96% of ballots that way?

Sp1

In 2016, the English Test cricket team lost 8 matches, their joint most losses in a calendar year.  Name any one of the three other years in which England also lost 8 Test matches.

Sp2

In Formula One in 2016, Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis won 19 Grand Prix between them.  In 2014 and 2015 they won 16 Grand Prix between them.  Name either of the two driving partnerships to have won 15 Grand Prix in the same season.

Sp3

Which 2016 film sequel was marketed with the tagline: "We had twenty years to prepare…so did they"?

Sp4

Which 2016 film spin-off was marketed with the tagline: "Save the Rebellion.  Save the dream."?

1.

2.

Beijing, Delhi, Washington DC, and _____.

3.

Sophia Dorothea, Caroline of Ansbach, Charlotte of Mecklenburg, and _____.

4.

Philip II of Spain, none, William of Orange, and _______.

5.

68: Beggars Banquet, 69: Let It Bleed, 71: Sticky Fingers, and 72: _____ .

6.

84: The Unforgettable Fire, 87: The Joshua Tree, 88: Rattle and Hum, and 91: _____.

7.

02: Ronaldo, 06: Andrea Pirlo, 10: Andres Iniesta, and 14: ____.

8.

03: Jonny Wilkinson, 07: Victor Matfield, 11: Thierry Dusatoir, and 15: _____.

Sp1

Johnson, Hammond, Hague, _____.

Sp2

Rudd, May, Johnson, ____.

Sp3

Ben Nevis, Snowdon, Scaffell Pike, ____.

Sp4

Stirling, Newry, Wells, _____.

ROUND 8 - 'University Challenge' Bingo

There are 16 names of Universities or Colleges who have won University Challenge since its inception - pick one to get a related question

1.

Birkbeck

Birkbeck College began as the London Mechanics’ Institute. The world’s first Mechanics’ Institute was founded in Edinburgh in 1821.  By what name is it now known?

2.

Bradford

Who was the MP for Bradford West between 2012 and 2015?

3.

Churchill

To celebrate his 80th birthday, both Houses of Parliament commissioned a portrait of Winston Churchill that was later destroyed on the orders of his wife, Clementine. Who painted it?

4.

Emmanuel

In 1789 Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes, also known as the Abbe Sieyes, wrote the effective manifesto of the French Revolution.  What was its title?

5.

Imperial

In the title of his 1917 text, how did Vladimir Lenin specifically define 'imperialism'?

6.

Jesus

"Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine."  So begins which song by Patti Smith? It is the reworking of a song written originally by Van Morrison.

7.

Magdalen

8.

Manchester

An early favourite for this year’s Academy Award for Best Actor, who is the star of Manchester By The Sea?  His brother won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1998.

9.

Merton

10.

New

There are four American states that begin with the word 'new'.  In terms of population, which is the smallest?

11.

Open

Which golf club has been sadly - but rightly - removed from the Open Championship rota on account of its refusal to admit female members?

12.

Oriel

Built in 1864 and designed by modernist architect Peter Ellis, the Grade 1 listed Oriel Chambers is the world’s first building to feature a metal-framed glass curtain wall.  It is located on Water Street in which northern city?

13.

Queen's

14.

Somerville

Jimmy Somerville was one half of the ‘80s pop duo The Communards.  Which broadcaster and Anglican minister was the other?

15.

Trinity

16.

University

1.

What name links: a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of 1975 by Saul Bellow; a Prussian geographer and naturalist born in 1769; and a Patagonian hog-nosed skunk?

Humboldt

(Humboldt's Gift, Alexander von Humboldt and Humboldt's Hog-Nosed Skunk)

2.

What name links: Joseph Smith's successor as leader of the Mormons; the musician who released Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere; and the modulus of elasticity?

Young

3.

In June 1993, which politician cancelled an appearance on Have I Got News For You and was replaced by ‘The Right Honourable Tub of Lard MP'?

Roy Hattersley

4.

On the TV show Spitting Image, which Conservative politician - the MP for Mole Valley from 1983 to 1997 - was often depicted as a slug?

Kenneth Baker

5.

In 2016 HBO remade the film Westworld as a television series.  Who wrote and directed the original 1973 film which starred Yul Brynner and James Brolin?

Michael Crichton

6.

Amazon has recently produced two television series of The Man in the High Castle starring Rufus Sewell as John Smith.  Who wrote the 1962 novel on which it is based?

Philip K Dick

7.

In 1969, this Canadian-born anthropologist popularized the phrase ‘male bonding’ in his book Men in Groups, but he sounds more like a zoologist.  Who is he?

Lionel Tiger

8.

In 1955, this Brussels-born anthropologist published Tristes Tropiques.  He is a pioneer of structural anthropology but sounds more like a clothier.  Who is he?

Claude Levi-Strauss

Sp1

Add the final two words to these lines from the poem Song of Myself by Walt Whitman: "Do I contradict myself?  Very well then I contradict myself.  I am large, I..."

‘…contain multitudes’

Sp2

Name the short story in which Samuel Beckett wrote these oft-quoted words: "Ever tried.  Ever failed.  No matter.  Try again.  Fail again.  Fail better."

Worstward Ho

(not Westward Ho!)

1.

Married to the Duke of Albany and obsessed with overthrowing her father, who, in the Shakespeare play, is the eldest of King Lear’s three daughters?

Goneril

2.

Which pioneering novel of 1868 is narrated by: Gabriel Betteredge, Drusilla Clark, Mr. Bruff, and Ezra Jennings?  It was adapted into a miniseries by the BBC in 2016.

The Moonstone

3.

In 1981, which pop group asked the following two questions: "Do you speak-a my language?" and "Are you trying to tempt me because I come from the land of plenty?"?

Men At Work

4.

In 1941, which musician painted the slogan "This machine kills fascists" on his guitar?

Woody Guthrie

5.

Andrew Parker is the Director General of which agency?  Since the mid-1990s it has operated from Thames House, adjacent to London’s Lambeth Bridge.

MI5

(accept Security Service)

6.

‘Prestidigitation’ and ‘legerdemain’ are synonyms for which three-word phrase, defined by the OED as "manual dexterity, typically in performing conjuring tricks"?

Sleight of Hand

7.

In which year of the twentieth century was: the premiere of The Rite of Spring met with rioting; and Woodrow Wilson first inaugurated as President of the United States?

1913

8.

Which year of the nineteenth century marked the beginning of the Greek War of Independence and the death of Napoleon Bonaparte?

1821

Sp1

Which TV series, created by Cyril Abraham, ran from 1971 to 1980, starred Peter Gilmore and used a piece by Khachaturian as its theme tune?

The Onedin Line

Sp2

Now that you’ve been given the theme, which year saw the death of the Roman historian Sallust and Mark Antony’s invasion of Armenia?

34 BC

Sp2

A 1965 Bob Dylan song has a split title.  The second part is No Limit.  What comes first?

Love Minus Zero

1.

Which notorious figure of the mid-twentieth century has been played on screen by Rupert Everett in Another Country and by Alan Bates in An Englishman Abroad?

Guy Burgess

(Manc = Anthony Burgess)

2.

Which mythical figure is first mentioned in Daniel Defoe’s Four Years’ Voyages of Capt. George Roberts?  He was portrayed in the Pirates of the Caribbean series by Bill Nighy.

Davy Jones

(Manc = Davy Jones)

3.

Published two years before its author’s death, which book of 1939 features the characters HCE and ALP, and children called Shem, Shaun, and Issy?

Finnegan's Wake

(Manc = Judy Finnegan)

4.

Which English author and social reformer, born in 1819, is known for novels including Hypatia, Westward Ho! and Alton Locke?

Charles Kingsley

(Manc = Ben Kingsley)

5.

Which rotund Irish golfer won the 2009 Irish Open as an amateur before winning the Bridgestone Invitational in 2015 and finishing as runner-up at the 2016 US Open?

Shane Lowry

(Manc = LS Lowry)

6.

Which Australian batsman with the nickname ‘Pup’ retired in August 2015 with 8,643 Test runs and a top score of 329 not out?

Michael Clarke

(Manc = John Cooper Clarke)

7.

Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before, but which French idiomatic phrase translates into English as “I’m fed up”?

"J’en ai marre"

(Manc = Johnny Marr)

8.

Cryptic clue: Sodium swallowed by Morse character actor.

(Robert) Donat

(Manc = Robert Donat)

Sp1

Which Liverpool-born actor’s roles include The Governor in The Waking Dead and MP Stephen Collins in State of Play?

David Morrissey

(Manc = Morrissey)

Sp2

Which American lawman has been played on screen by James Coburn, Patrick Wayne, and William Petersen?

Pat Garrett

(Manc = George Garrett - a pioneer of submarining)

1.

In 1993, the actor Brandon Lee - the son of the martial arts star Bruce - suffered a fatal accident during the filming of which dark, fantasy action movie?

The Crow

(The Royston Crow)

2.

Which Arthur C Clarke short story was used as the starting point for both the novel and the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey?

The Sentinel

(The Stoke Sentinel)

3.

In terms of area, what is the fifth-largest African country?  Known as ‘the dead heart of Africa’, it shares land borders with Niger and Cameroon.

Chad

(The Mansfield & Ashfield Chad)

4.

Which American tennis player is the youngest man to have reached the singles final of all four Grand Slam tournaments?  He achieved this feat aged 22 in July 1993.

Jim Courier

(Halifax Evening Courier and others)

5.

Set to the tune of To Anacreon in Heaven, the 1814 Francis Scott Key poem Defence of Fort McHenry provides the lyrics to which rousing song?

The Star-spangled Banner

(The Arran Banner - the only newspaper in the world to be named after a potato)

6.

Which thoroughfare in SW1 witnessed, in the space of ten years, three assassination attempts upon Queen Victoria and a horse-riding accident which killed Sir Robert Peel?

(The Tyrone Constitution)

7.

The phrase ‘Only Fools and Horses’ was first used by the writer John Sullivan as an episode title for which of his earlier sitcoms?

(The Gloucester Citizen and others)

8.

In 1997, the TV show Brass Eye hoodwinked celebrities including Noel Edmonds and Rolf Harris into speaking out against a fictitious Eastern European drug.  A Tory MP even asked a question about it in the Commons. What was the drug called?

Cake

(The Banbury Cake)

Sp.

Formed in 1965 by Long John Baldry, which British blues band included Rod Stewart, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger among its members?

Steampacket

1.

Which French composer, who died in 2016, misheard at a party the names of Paul Simon and his then-wife Peggy Harper?  He mistakenly called them Al and Betty, and so inspired Simon’s worldwide hit You Can Call Me Al.  (his full name is needed for the theme)

Pierre Boulez

2.

Born in Manchester in 1977, which sportswoman is, with a total of 14 gold medals, Britain’s most successful female Paralympian?

Sarah Storey

3.

Nicknamed ‘the Hammer’, which statesman - also known as the 'Mayor of the Palace' - led the Frankish and Burgundian forces at the Battle of Tours in the year 732?

(Charles) Martel

4.

From 2004 to 2009, which actress played the title role in the ITV series Marple?  In the early 1990s she won a BAFTA for her performance in Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit.

Geraldine McEwan

5.

Which Anglican clergyman, formerly the Bishop of Bath and Wells, succeeded Robert Runcie as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1991?

6.

As Taoiseach of Ireland, who was twice preceded and succeeded by Charles Haughey?  In 1985 he signed the Anglo-Irish Agreement with Margaret Thatcher.

Garret Fitzgerald

7.

Which inner city area of Manchester takes its name from the Old Norse for ‘land surrounded by water or marsh', thus suggesting that Norse invaders settled there under Danelaw?

Hulme

8.

Who wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the 1998 film Bulworth?  It was a political satire focusing on an American senator who takes out a contract on his own life.

Warren Beatty

Sp1

Which role on a popular TV show was played by American actor Ken Kercheval between 1978 and 1991?  He reprised the role in the show’s revival in 2012?

Cliff  Barnes

(the show was Dallas)

Sp2

Patricia Booker and Anna Torv were the first two wives of which global figure who was born in 1931?

Rupert Murdoch

1.

In December 2016, the Gambia elected Adama Barrow as president.  While living in London in the early 2000s, Barrow worked as a security guard for which British retailer?

Argos

2.

Also in December 2016, defeat in a constitutional referendum led to the resignation of Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.  Of which city was he mayor from 2009 to 2014?

Florence

3.

Who are these two literary figures who died in the first half of 2016?  First, the American who wrote Go Set A Watchman; second, the Italian author of The Prague Cemetry.

Harper Lee and Umberto Eco

4.

Who are these two literary figures who died in the second half of 2016?  First, the American who wrote Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; second, the Italian who wrote Accidental Death of an Anarchist.

Edward Albee and Dario Fo

5.

Alejandro Inarritu won the 2016 Academy Award for Best Director for which film about the nineteenth-century frontiersman Hugh Glass?

The Revenant

6.

Which film about the Boston Globe’s investigation into the Catholic Church won the 2016 Academy Award for Best Picture?

Spotlight

7.

In November, Clinton lost to Trump.  In which state was her defeat closest in terms of percentage?  Known as the 'Wolverine State', it is worth 16 votes in the electoral college.

Michigan

8.

In the EU referendum, which voting area - included on this occasion within the South-West England region - voted most heavily to Remain, casting 96% of ballots that way?

Gibraltar

Sp1

In 2016, the English Test cricket team lost 8 matches, their joint most losses in a calendar year.  Name any one of the three other years in which England also lost 8 Test matches.

1984 or 1986 or 1993

Sp2

In Formula One in 2016, Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis won 19 Grand Prix between them.  In 2014 and 2015 they won 16 Grand Prix between them.  Name either of the two driving partnerships to have won 15 Grand Prix in the same season.

or Schumacher and Barrichello

Sp3

Which 2016 film sequel was marketed with the tagline: "We had twenty years to prepare…so did they"?

(accept Independence Day 2)

Sp4

Which 2016 film spin-off was marketed with the tagline: "Save the Rebellion.  Save the dream."?

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (accept Rogue One)

ROUND 7 - Only Connect

As on the TV show work out the connection and state what comes fourth in the sequence - the questions are paired

1.

(the capitals of the four largest countries, in descendingorder; a couple of sources have China and the USA reversed, but given that Beijing is mentioned in the question, this should not be off-putting)

2.

Beijing, Delhi, Washington DC, and _____.

(the capitals of the four most populous countries, descending)

3.

Sophia Dorothea, Caroline of Ansbach, Charlotte of Mecklenburg, and _____.

(the wives of the first four Georges, going forward)

4.

Philip II of Spain, none, William of Orange, and _______.

(husbands of English queens, going forward)

5.

68: Beggars Banquet, 69: Let It Bleed, 71: Sticky Fingers, and 72: _____ .

(Rolling Stones albums in chronological order)

6.

84: The Unforgettable Fire, 87: The Joshua Tree, 88: Rattle and Hum, and 91: _____.

(U2 albums in chronological order)

7.

02: Ronaldo, 06: Andrea Pirlo, 10: Andres Iniesta, and 14: ____.

(the last four men-of-the-match in FIFA World Cup finals)

8.

03: Jonny Wilkinson, 07: Victor Matfield, 11: Thierry Dusatoir, and 15: _____.

(the last four men-of-the-match in Rugby World Cup finals)

Sp1

Johnson, Hammond, Hague, _____.
 

(the last four Foreign Secretaries of the UK)

Sp2

Rudd, May, Johnson, ____.

(the last four Home Secretaries of the UK)

Sp3

Ben Nevis, Snowdon, Scaffell Pike, ____.

(the tallest mountain in each UK country, getting smaller)

Sp4

Stirling, Newry, Wells, _____.

(the smallest city in each UK country, getting smaller)

1.

Birkbeck

Birkbeck College began as the London Mechanics’ Institute. The world’s first Mechanics’ Institute was founded in Edinburgh in 1821.  By what name is it now known?

Heriot-Watt University

2.

Bradford

Who was the MP for Bradford West between 2012 and 2015?

George Galloway

3.

Churchill

To celebrate his 80th birthday, both Houses of Parliament commissioned a portrait of Winston Churchill that was later destroyed on the orders of his wife, Clementine. Who painted it?

Graham Sutherland

4.

Emmanuel

In 1789 Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes, also known as the Abbe Sieyes, wrote the effective manifesto of the French Revolution.  What was its title?

What is the Third Estate?

5.

Imperial

In the title of his 1917 text, how did Vladimir Lenin specifically define 'imperialism'?

"The highest stage of Capitalism"

6.

Jesus

"Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine."  So begins which song by Patti Smith? It is the reworking of a song written originally by Van Morrison.

7.

Magdalen

8.

Manchester

An early favourite for this year’s Academy Award for Best Actor, who is the star of Manchester By The Sea?  His brother won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1998.

Casey Affleck

9.

Merton

10.

New

There are four American states that begin with the word 'new'.  In terms of population, which is the smallest?

11.

Open

Which golf club has been sadly - but rightly - removed from the Open Championship rota on account of its refusal to admit female members?

12.

Oriel

Built in 1864 and designed by modernist architect Peter Ellis, the Grade 1 listed Oriel Chambers is the world’s first building to feature a metal-framed glass curtain wall.  It is located on Water Street in which northern city?

13.

Queen's

14.

Somerville

Jimmy Somerville was one half of the ‘80s pop duo The Communards.  Which broadcaster and Anglican minister was the other?

15.

Trinity

16.

University

Bologna