Dedicated to Dave Barras. A genial giant and a master quiz setter.  With grateful thanks for the many hours of enjoyment your quizzes and your company have afforded us.

1.

Who is missing from this list: Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matt Le Blanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer?

2.

Who wrote the stories Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?

3.

The multinational drinks company Diageo was formed in 1997 when Grand Metropolitan merged with which other company?

4.

What is the SI unit of electrical inductance?

5.

Which 1954 film based on a 1951 Pullitzer Prize winning novel by Herman Wouk starred Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer, Van Johnson and Fred MacMurray?  It received seven Oscar nominations including Best Film, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor and was the second highest grossing film in the USA of that year?

6.

Which French jockey has been champion flat racing jockey four times in his own country and won the Derby in 1998 on High Rise and the 2000 Guineas in 2007 riding Cockney Rebel?

7.

Who was Britain’s first Formula One World Champion in 1958?

8.

This Derbyshire town lies at the conference of the Goyt and Sett rivers.  What is it?

Sp.

Kathryn Bigelow is the only female director to win the Best Director Oscar.  For which film did she win the award?

ROUND 2 - Pairs

This round has been set by the fruits of the Pigs’ youth policy, Thomas McColm, who introduces it thus...

"A round of pairs obvious to a 20 year old (I’m getting used to WithQuiz questions that are common knowledge to people a little longer in the tooth than me so here are some questions obvious to people my age)."

1.

Which 26 year old actress who is known as Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games films, as well as Aurora Lane in the 2016 film Passengers, has been the highest paid actress in the world for the past 2 years, earning $46 million in 2016 according to Forbes?

2.

Which 44 year old actor, who is known as 'The Rock' in the WWE ring, and played Maui in the 2016 film Moana, was the highest paid actor of 2016 earning $64.5 million according to Forbes?

3.

Which 27 year old Swedish YouTuber has been the most subscribed YouTuber since 18th February 2013?  He currently has over 50 million subscribers and is in the news currently because of supposedly anti-semitic videos.

4.

James Corden was involved in the most watched YouTube video of 2016, currently with over 151 million views. It features him in a carpool Karaoke session with an established star.  Who is that star?

5.

Currently in the charts only 4 songs in the top 20 aren't by Ed Sheeran.  Three of them are by Katy Perry, The Chainsmokers ft. Coldplay, and Rag’n’Bone Man.  The fourth is called Big for Your Boots and is by a 23 year old grime artist from London.  Who is the artist?

6.

Lin Manuel Miranda has won, a Pulitzer prize, 2 Grammies, an Emmy, and has been nominated for an Academy award.  He has played a number of bit roles but shot to prominence in 2015 for being the writer of the book, lyrics and music, as well being co-star of which Broadway musical?

7.

What is the name of Damien Hirst’s artwork, a diamond encrusted skull, housed in the White Cube London?  The name supposedly derives from a comment made by the artist’s mother.

8.

Which Macclesfield born artist won the Turner prize in 2016 for the projects Lunar Nibs at the 56th Venice Biennale and her solo exhibition Eucalyptus Let Us In at Greene Naftali in New York?

Sp1

Which actor appeared as Sully in Monsters Inc. and is currently in cinemas playing Bill Randa in Kong: Skull Island?

Sp2

Which actor appeared as Marlin in Finding Nemo and was in the film The Secret Life of Pets last year playing the role of the Hawk Tiberius?

ROUND 3 - Hidden theme

A theme round where a word in each of the answers links to the theme - there are no sound-alikes or repetitions

1.

What position did Henry Addington hold from 1801 to 1804?

2.

Which 1934 film was the first to win all five major Oscars including best actor and actress for Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert?

3.

What stands today on the site of the Shirley Institute?

4.

In which nursery rhyme does the following line appear: "leave them alone and they'll come home"?

5.

What accounting principle is the assumption that an entity will remain in business for the foreseeable future?

6.

Which Father of the House succeeded Bernard Braine in the position in 1992 and was in turn succeeded by Tam Dalyell in 2001?

7.

What was the title of the second volume of memoirs by David Niven published in 1975?

8.

Which forename links a British comedy actor who appeared in over 100 films including Genevieve, The Titfield Thunderbolt and Lucky Jim, an American stand-up comedian active on the British comedy circuit, and a former Conservative politician who served as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer?

Sp1

Which Creedence Clearwater Revival song reached number one in the British singles charts on 16th August 1969?

Sp2

Often known as The Desert Rats, but what was the official name of Montgomery's forces at El Alamein?

ROUND 4 - A Crossword Round

Select your clue from the grid and fill in the answers crossword-wise as you go

1.

(Down) Complex Greek hero. (7)

2.

(Down) Old coin for William or Mary? (4,5)

3.

(Down) Franklin’s cure for depression? (3,4)

4.

(Across) Raged about Shakespeare’s Poor Tom. (5)

5.

(Down) Terry Thomas and Carmichael at school in 1960 - or Martin and Caine on the Riviera in 1988? (10)

6.

(Across) Amsterdam author we can untangle after Marlowe primarily (6)

7.

(Across) Gilliam’s Baron swinging the lead? (10)

8.

(Across) Drinks to the Spanish symbol of the RAF (7)

ROUND 5 - Hidden theme

There are plenty of theme words which are part of longer words, and 3 which are also homophones, all of which are also part of longer words

1.

Which TV programme is missing from the following chronological list of Gerry Anderson supermarionation films: Four Feather Falls, Supercar, -------------, Stingray, Thunderbirds?

2.

Which Pink Floyd song, originally a singles B-side, appears on their LP Umma Gumma as a live recording and was also re-recorded (minus vocals) for the soundtrack of the film Zabriskie Point, for which it was re-titled Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up?

3.

What name is given to the mark on a ship’s hull indicating the maximum depth to which the ship may be safely immersed when loaded with cargo?

4.

What forename connects the former character Ricky Butcher in EastEnders, an English rock star born John Ritchie and an actor / comedian born Solomon Cohen ?

5.

Which politician was MP for South Suffolk between 1983 and 2015?  He was Minister for the Environment and Countryside in John Major’s government but was the first ministerial casualty of Major’s ‘Back To Basics’ campaign, resigning when his ‘love child’ from an affair with a conservative councillor was born in 1993.

6.

This transport structure opened in 1963.  An extension of it in 1980 doubled its capacity.  It was then significantly augmented further in 1991 and underwent a pioneering operational change in 2014.  What is it?

7.

Which act of English law, now long abolished, was invoked by medieval English monarchs to confiscate land and property, hereditary titles (and sometimes the lives) of nobles and political enemies?

8.

Which Devon river flows through the town that was the birthplace of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and into the English Channel at Budleigh Salterton?  It is the only river in England to currently host a breeding population of beavers - curiously given the river’s name.

Sp.

Which Polish Art Deco portrait painter (1898-1980) was patronised by European high society and aristocracy in almost equal measure to the extent they were also scandalised by her hedonistic and libidinous bi-sexual lifestyle?

1.

Which 1983 comedy-drama film covers thirty years of the relationship between Aurora and Emma and won five Academy Awards?

2.

Which former England footballer with 59 caps to his name finished his playing career with Fulham, then Hartlepool and finally with Melbourne Knights?

3.

Which sauce traditionally served with steak is light yellow and opaque in appearance and takes its name from one of the traditional Provinces of France located in south-west France?

4.

Which independently-owned single track railway runs currently between Bishop Auckland and Stanhope?

5.

Who played DS Tony Clarke in the BBC TV series Between the Lines?

6.

By what other name is the avocado known?

7.

Which material produced by some molluscs is also known as nacre?

8.

What was the title of Katie Melua’s first album, released in 2003 and reaching number one in the UK album chart in January 2004?

Sp.

Located in North West Territories, what is the name of the largest lake that is situated entirely within Canada?

1.

Name the RAF club associated with Archie McIndoe during the Second World War.

2.

 What was the emblem of King Richard III of England (the answer includes a colour)?

3.

Captain Link Hogthrob was the star of which TV story?

4.

She became linked to a famous historical figure after the suicide of Geli Raubal and later made two suicide attempts herself. Who was she?

5.

Schweinshaxe is a Bavarian delicacy much appreciated at German beer festivals.  Which part of the pig does it use?

6.

Edward Lear’s piggy-wig stood where and with what?

7.

Tavla is a popular pastime in Turkey.  Give its English name.

8.

Nigel Lawson and Stephen Fry were born here and John Constable and Hugh Gaitskell are buried here.  Where is it?

Sp1

Name the pig which is the pride and joy of Lord Emsworth.

Sp2

What was a Humber Pig, which was used extensively the 1950s and 60s?

Sp3

Name the painter of Three Studies of Lucian Freud, which sold for 142.4 million dollars in 2013.

ROUND 8 - Blockbuster Bingo

Choose your initials

1.

TID

Which song, originally sung by Don Quixote in the 1965 Broadway musical The Man from La Mancha has been recorded by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey and by Andy Williams as featured in an epic advertisement for Honda?

2.

ALLIADT

Which line from Alexander Pope’s Essay On Criticism precedes the following: “....drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring”?

3.

GR

What name was given to the last successful invasion of England – by an Anglo-Dutch force – which established the monarchy of William III and Mary II in 1688?

4.

CEL

What is the Latin motto of Manchester City Council which translates as 'by effort and wisdom'?

5.

TLP

Which 17th century English folksong contains the refrain “O ‘tis my delight on a Friday night in the season of the year”?

6.

AOS

Which piece of legislation, enacted by an English monarch in 1534, was repealed by one of his successors in 1555 and reinstated by another successor in 1559?

7.

PSM

Featuring at no. 26 in Lonely Planet’s list of the best 500 places on the planet, it is described thus: “It’s pointless staring impatiently at that famous clock tower.  The waiters rush for no one, which gives you time to contemplate the historical shenanigans that the square has witnessed over the past millennia through the Middle Ages and Renaissance period, to now – the age of the disgruntled tourist…”  Where is it?

8.

SIP

What is the Latin motto of Manchester City football club which translates into English as 'Pride in battle'?

9.

EW

What was the name of the steamship that arrived at Tilbury on June 22nd 1948 from Australia via Kingston, Jamaica?

10.

WL

Featuring at no. 388 in Lonely Planet’s list of the best 500 places on the planet, it is described thus: “From June 1941 to November 1944 Hitler was frequently hunkered down in what is now eastern Poland.  The site comprises an eerie 18 hectares of overgrown forest peppered with massive concrete bunkers…”  What is this place known as?

11.

TEIHTFD

Which line from Alexander Pope’s Essay On Criticism follows these lines; “Ah ne'er so dire a Thirst of Glory boast, Nor in the Critick let the Man be lost! Good-Nature and Good-Sense must ever join.....”?

12.

TMR

This song, which has become a standard of many folk music performers, was written by Ewan McColl in 1932 to commemorate the mass trespass of Kinder Scout which took place in that year.  What is it called?

1.

Who is missing from this list: Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matt Le Blanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer?

Courtney Cox

(forename and surname required - cast list of Friends)

2.

Who wrote the stories Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?

Washington Irving

(forename and surname required)

3.

The multinational drinks company Diageo was formed in 1997 when Grand Metropolitan merged with which other company?

Guinness

4.

What is the SI unit of electrical inductance?

Henry

5.

Which 1954 film based on a 1951 Pullitzer Prize winning novel by Herman Wouk starred Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer, Van Johnson and Fred MacMurray?  It received seven Oscar nominations including Best Film, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor and was the second highest grossing film in the USA of that year?

The Caine Mutiny

6.

Which French jockey has been champion flat racing jockey four times in his own country and won the Derby in 1998 on High Rise and the 2000 Guineas in 2007 riding Cockney Rebel?

Olivier Peslier

(forename and surname required)

7.

Who was Britain’s first Formula One World Champion in 1958?

Mike Hawthorn

(forename and surname required)

8.

This Derbyshire town lies at the conference of the Goyt and Sett rivers.  What is it?

New Mills

Sp.

Kathryn Bigelow is the only female director to win the Best Director Oscar.  For which film did she win the award?

The Hurt Locker

ROUND 2 - Pairs

This round has been set by the fruits of the Pigs’ youth policy, Thomas McColm, who introduces it thus...

"A round of pairs obvious to a 20 year old (I’m getting used to WithQuiz questions that are common knowledge to people a little longer in the tooth than me so here are some questions obvious to people my age)."

1.

Which 26 year old actress who is known as Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games films, as well as Aurora Lane in the 2016 film Passengers, has been the highest paid actress in the world for the past 2 years, earning $46 million in 2016 according to Forbes?

Jennifer Lawrence

2.

Which 44 year old actor, who is known as 'The Rock' in the WWE ring, and played Maui in the 2016 film Moana, was the highest paid actor of 2016 earning $64.5 million according to Forbes?

Dwayne Johnson

3.

Which 27 year old Swedish YouTuber has been the most subscribed YouTuber since 18th February 2013?  He currently has over 50 million subscribers and is in the news currently because of supposedly anti-semitic videos.

Pewdie Pie

(Felix Kjellberg)

4.

James Corden was involved in the most watched YouTube video of 2016, currently with over 151 million views. It features him in a carpool Karaoke session with an established star.  Who is that star?

Adele

5.

Currently in the charts only 4 songs in the top 20 aren't by Ed Sheeran.  Three of them are by Katy Perry, The Chainsmokers ft. Coldplay, and Rag’n’Bone Man.  The fourth is called Big for Your Boots and is by a 23 year old grime artist from London.  Who is the artist?

Stormzy

6.

Lin Manuel Miranda has won, a Pulitzer prize, 2 Grammies, an Emmy, and has been nominated for an Academy award.  He has played a number of bit roles but shot to prominence in 2015 for being the writer of the book, lyrics and music, as well being co-star of which Broadway musical?

Hamilton

7.

What is the name of Damien Hirst’s artwork, a diamond encrusted skull, housed in the White Cube London?  The name supposedly derives from a comment made by the artist’s mother.

For the Love of God

8.

Which Macclesfield born artist won the Turner prize in 2016 for the projects Lunar Nibs at the 56th Venice Biennale and her solo exhibition Eucalyptus Let Us In at Greene Naftali in New York?

Helen Martin

Sp1

Which actor appeared as Sully in Monsters Inc. and is currently in cinemas playing Bill Randa in Kong: Skull Island?

John Goodman

Sp2

Which actor appeared as Marlin in Finding Nemo and was in the film The Secret Life of Pets last year playing the role of the Hawk Tiberius?

Albert Brooks

1.

What position did Henry Addington hold from 1801 to 1804?

Prime Minister

2.

Which 1934 film was the first to win all five major Oscars including best actor and actress for Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert?

It Happened One Night

3.

What stands today on the site of the Shirley Institute?

The Towers Business Park

4.

In which nursery rhyme does the following line appear: "leave them alone and they'll come home"?

Little Bo Peep

5.

What accounting principle is the assumption that an entity will remain in business for the foreseeable future?

Going concern

6.

Which Father of the House succeeded Bernard Braine in the position in 1992 and was in turn succeeded by Tam Dalyell in 2001?

Ted Heath

(accept Edward)

7.

What was the title of the second volume of memoirs by David Niven published in 1975?

Bring on the Empty Horses

8.

Which forename links a British comedy actor who appeared in over 100 films including Genevieve, The Titfield Thunderbolt and Lucky Jim, an American stand-up comedian active on the British comedy circuit, and a former Conservative politician who served as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer?

Reginald

(Beckwith, D. Hunter and Maudling)

Sp1

Which Creedence Clearwater Revival song reached number one in the British singles charts on 16th August 1969?

Bad Moon Rising

Sp2

Often known as The Desert Rats, but what was the official name of Montgomery's forces at El Alamein?

The Eighth Army

ROUND 4 - A Crossword Round

Select your clue from the grid and fill in the answers crossword-wise as you go

1.

(Down) Complex Greek hero. (7)

Oedipus

2.

(Down) Old coin for William or Mary? (4,5)

Half Crown

3.

(Down) Franklin’s cure for depression? (3,4)

New Deal

4.

(Across) Raged about Shakespeare’s Poor Tom. (5)

Edgar

5.

(Down) Terry Thomas and Carmichael at school in 1960 - or Martin and Caine on the Riviera in 1988? (10)

Scoundrels

6.

(Across) Amsterdam author we can untangle after Marlowe primarily (6)

McEwan

7.

(Across) Gilliam’s Baron swinging the lead? (10)

Munchausen

8.

(Across) Drinks to the Spanish symbol of the RAF (7)

Roundel

ROUND 5 - Hidden theme

There are plenty of theme words which are part of longer words, and 3 which are also homophones, all of which are also part of longer words

1.

Which TV programme is missing from the following chronological list of Gerry Anderson supermarionation films: Four Feather Falls, Supercar, -------------, Stingray, Thunderbirds?

Fireball XL5

2.

Which Pink Floyd song, originally a singles B-side, appears on their LP Umma Gumma as a live recording and was also re-recorded (minus vocals) for the soundtrack of the film Zabriskie Point, for which it was re-titled Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up?

Careful With That Axe, Eugene

3.

What name is given to the mark on a ship’s hull indicating the maximum depth to which the ship may be safely immersed when loaded with cargo?

Plimsoll Line

4.

What forename connects the former character Ricky Butcher in EastEnders, an English rock star born John Ritchie and an actor / comedian born Solomon Cohen ?

Sid

(Owen / Vicious / James)

5.

Which politician was MP for South Suffolk between 1983 and 2015?  He was Minister for the Environment and Countryside in John Major’s government but was the first ministerial casualty of Major’s ‘Back To Basics’ campaign, resigning when his ‘love child’ from an affair with a conservative councillor was born in 1993.

Tim Yeo

6.

This transport structure opened in 1963.  An extension of it in 1980 doubled its capacity.  It was then significantly augmented further in 1991 and underwent a pioneering operational change in 2014.  What is it?

The Dartford Crossing

(opened as one tunnel; a second tunnel was built in 1980; the Queen Elizabeth II bridge was built, opening in 1991; the booth-free & retrospective ‘Dart Charge’ payment system was introduced in 2014)

7.

Which act of English law, now long abolished, was invoked by medieval English monarchs to confiscate land and property, hereditary titles (and sometimes the lives) of nobles and political enemies?

Attainder

8.

Which Devon river flows through the town that was the birthplace of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and into the English Channel at Budleigh Salterton?  It is the only river in England to currently host a breeding population of beavers - curiously given the river’s name.

River Otter

(Coleridge’s birth place is Ottery St. Mary)

Sp.

Which Polish Art Deco portrait painter (1898-1980) was patronised by European high society and aristocracy in almost equal measure to the extent they were also scandalised by her hedonistic and libidinous bi-sexual lifestyle?

Tamara de Lempicka

1.

Which 1983 comedy-drama film covers thirty years of the relationship between Aurora and Emma and won five Academy Awards?

Terms of Endearment

2.

Which former England footballer with 59 caps to his name finished his playing career with Fulham, then Hartlepool and finally with Melbourne Knights?

Peter Beardsley

3.

Which sauce traditionally served with steak is light yellow and opaque in appearance and takes its name from one of the traditional Provinces of France located in south-west France?

Bearnaise

4.

Which independently-owned single track railway runs currently between Bishop Auckland and Stanhope?

Weardale Railway

5.

Who played DS Tony Clarke in the BBC TV series Between the Lines?

Neil Pearson

6.

By what other name is the avocado known?

Alligator pear

7.

Which material produced by some molluscs is also known as nacre?

Mother-of-pearl

8.

What was the title of Katie Melua’s first album, released in 2003 and reaching number one in the UK album chart in January 2004?

Call off the Search

Sp.

Located in North West Territories, what is the name of the largest lake that is situated entirely within Canada?

Great Bear Lake

1.

Name the RAF club associated with Archie McIndoe during the Second World War.

The Guinea Pig Club

(for badly burned service men)

2.

 What was the emblem of King Richard III of England (the answer includes a colour)?

The White Boar

(a pun on Ebor)

3.

Captain Link Hogthrob was the star of which TV story?

Pigs in Space

(featured in The Muppets)

4.

She became linked to a famous historical figure after the suicide of Geli Raubal and later made two suicide attempts herself. Who was she?

Eva Braun

5.

Schweinshaxe is a Bavarian delicacy much appreciated at German beer festivals.  Which part of the pig does it use?

Ham hocks

(or knuckles)

6.

Edward Lear’s piggy-wig stood where and with what?

"In a wood with a ring at the end of his nose"

7.

Tavla is a popular pastime in Turkey.  Give its English name.

Backgammon

8.

Nigel Lawson and Stephen Fry were born here and John Constable and Hugh Gaitskell are buried here.  Where is it?

Hampstead

Sp1

Name the pig which is the pride and joy of Lord Emsworth.

The Empress of Blandings

Sp2

What was a Humber Pig, which was used extensively the 1950s and 60s?

A lightly armoured truck or APC

(used in N Ireland by the army and the RUC)

Sp3

Name the painter of Three Studies of Lucian Freud, which sold for 142.4 million dollars in 2013.

Francis Bacon

1.

TID

Which song, originally sung by Don Quixote in the 1965 Broadway musical The Man from La Mancha has been recorded by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey and by Andy Williams as featured in an epic advertisement for Honda?

The Impossible Dream

2.

ALLIADT

Which line from Alexander Pope’s Essay On Criticism precedes the following: “....drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring”?

"A little learning is a dangerous thing"

3.

GR

What name was given to the last successful invasion of England – by an Anglo-Dutch force – which established the monarchy of William III and Mary II in 1688?

Glorious Revolution

4.

CEL

What is the Latin motto of Manchester City Council which translates as 'by effort and wisdom'?

'Concilio Et Labore'

5.

TLP

Which 17th century English folksong contains the refrain “O ‘tis my delight on a Friday night in the season of the year”?

The Lincolnshire Poacher

6.

AOS

Which piece of legislation, enacted by an English monarch in 1534, was repealed by one of his successors in 1555 and reinstated by another successor in 1559?

Act Of Supremacy

7.

PSM

Featuring at no. 26 in Lonely Planet’s list of the best 500 places on the planet, it is described thus: “It’s pointless staring impatiently at that famous clock tower.  The waiters rush for no one, which gives you time to contemplate the historical shenanigans that the square has witnessed over the past millennia through the Middle Ages and Renaissance period, to now – the age of the disgruntled tourist…”  Where is it?

Piazza San Marco

8.

SIP

What is the Latin motto of Manchester City football club which translates into English as 'Pride in battle'?

'Superbia in Proelio'

9.

EW

What was the name of the steamship that arrived at Tilbury on June 22nd 1948 from Australia via Kingston, Jamaica?

Empire Windrush

10.

WL

Featuring at no. 388 in Lonely Planet’s list of the best 500 places on the planet, it is described thus: “From June 1941 to November 1944 Hitler was frequently hunkered down in what is now eastern Poland.  The site comprises an eerie 18 hectares of overgrown forest peppered with massive concrete bunkers…”  What is this place known as?

Wolf’s Lair

11.

TEIHTFD

Which line from Alexander Pope’s Essay On Criticism follows these lines; “Ah ne'er so dire a Thirst of Glory boast, Nor in the Critick let the Man be lost! Good-Nature and Good-Sense must ever join.....”?

"To err is human, to forgive divine"

12.

TMR

This song, which has become a standard of many folk music performers, was written by Ewan McColl in 1932 to commemorate the mass trespass of Kinder Scout which took place in that year.  What is it called?

The Manchester Rambler