ROUND 1 - 'The Culture Round'

Each answer contains a city (not necessarily a capital city) that was a European Capital of Culture between the years 1985 and 1999; in these years there was a single city per year and we have chosen the one that most people have heard of

1.

Max Bygraves second biggest chart success reached No 3 in the UK singles chart in 1958.  It was a double A-side release.  One song was You Need Hands.  What was the other song called?

2.

Which band has had studio albums entitled Lungs, Ceremonials and How Big How Blue How Beautiful and was the headlining act in Glastonbury in 2015?

3.

Which city was the birthplace of Edward III's third son and has been a venue for the summer Olympics?

4.

Which city hosted the 1956 summer Olympic equestrian events as strict quarantine laws prevented easy horse movement to Melbourne?  Chemical element 67 derives its name from the Latin name of the city.

5.

Which celebrity, named one of the '100 Hottest Women of All Time' by Men's Health magazine, has trademarked the phrase 'That's hot' for her commercial activities?

6.

Which co-founder of the Spartacist League died with her colleague Karl Liebknecht following a failed uprising in Berlin in 1919?

7.

What name connects the surname of the troubled sisters in the Jeffrey Eugenides novel The Virgin Suicides and a European Union Treaty?

8.

"It is not only large, it is magnificent".  Which footballer's penis has been described thus by Alex Ferguson?  Radio 1 DJ Sarah Cox (no sniggering at the back) said that a friend who experienced coitus described it as "the length and width of two cans of Stella stacked end to end".

Sp.

What is the title of Michael Frayn's 1998 play on a meeting held in 1941 between physicists Werner Heisenberg and Niels Bohr?

1.

In Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mocking Bird what was the name of Scout and Jem Finch's friend who spends every summer with them in Maycomb?  He was based on the author's cousin Truman Capote. (forename only required)

2.

Sir Isaac Newton held which office from 1700 to 1727 during which time he secured the conviction and execution of several people?

3.

Which story by Edgar Allen Poe is often cited as the first detective story and featured C Auguste Dupin solving a series of Parisian killings?

4.

Who is the CEO of WPP plc the world's largest advertising and PR company?

5.

What is the nickname of Warren Buffet, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway?

6.

Which of President John F Kennedy's siblings, who had learning difficulties, was subjected to the now discredited operation of frontal lobotomy resulting in a disastrous loss of physical and mental functioning?  She spent most of the rest of her life in a house near St Coletta Institute for Backward Youth in Wisconsin (later renamed St Coletta School for Exceptional Children).

7.

Which architect mainly working in the modernist/brutalist style produced works including Edinburgh University Library, New Zealand Parliament Building, Trawsfyndd Nuclear Power Station, the British Embassy in Rome and Glasgow Airport?

8.

Two men have each trained four winners of the Grand National in their racing career.  One is Fred Rimell.  Who is the other?

Sp.

What is the name of the princess in Disney's 1992 film Aladdin?  She was the sixth Disney princess and the first non-white.

1.

Born in Yorkshire in 1915 which scientist said, "It is better to be interesting and wrong than to be boring and right"?

2.

Following the death of Gerald Kaufman who is the current Father of the House of Commons?  Elected in June 1970, he only holds that title because he was sworn in just before 'the Beast of Bolsover', Dennis Skinner.

3.

Which Japanese dish consists of raw fish thinly sliced?

4.

Which French cinematographer said, "Talking films are a very interesting invention, but I do not believe they will remain long in fashion"? (surname only required)

5.

Which1969 stop-motion children's television series included the characters Lord Belborough, his butler Brackett, his gardener Bilton, and his train Bessie?  The episodes ended with serf-like biscuit factory workers dancing to his lordship's organ.

6.

Which foreign secretary won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the Locarno Pact?  His half brother later became Prime Minister.

7.

TV and radio presenter Maggie Philbin was married from 1982 to 1993 to which fellow presenter of Multi-coloured Swap Shop?

8.

Which classic horror story of 1902 ends with the lines:

"The knocking ceased suddenly, although the echoes of it were still in the house.  He heard the chair drawn back, and the door opened.  A cold wind rushed up the staircase, and a long loud wail of disappointment and misery from his wife gave him courage to run down to her side, and then to the gate beyond.  The street lamp flickering opposite shone on a quiet and deserted road."

1.

Which classic horror story of 1842 ends with the lines:

"There was a discordant hum of human voices!  There was a loud blast as of many trumpets! There was a harsh grating as of a thousand thunders!  The fiery walls rushed back!  An outstretched arm caught my own as I fell, fainting, into the abyss.  It was that of General Lasalle.  The French army
had entered Toledo.  The Inquisition was in the hands of its enemies."

2.

Which broadcaster best known for her work on Radio 2 is the elder sister of Keith Chegwin?

3.

Arthur Henderson won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts at a disarmament conference.  Under which Prime Minister did he serve as Foreign Secretary?

4.

The stop-motion children's television series Bagpuss first shown in1974 was very popular.  What is the name of the girl who owned (and loved) Bagpuss?  She was the real life daughter of creator Peter Firmin.

5.

Which French-Swiss film director said, "Every film should have a beginning, a middle and an end but not necessarily in that order"?

6.

Which South American dish consists of raw fish marinated in citrus juice?

7.

Who is Father of the House of Lords?  Entitled to sit since 1940 he is the last surviving member of the Churchill, Eden and MacMillan governments and the cabinets of Douglas-Home and Heath.

8.

Which actress when asked how many husbands she had had said, "You mean apart from my own?"?

1.

Douglas Hurd, Shaun Woodward, BLANK, Robert Courts

2.

The White Tiger (2008), BLANK (2009), The Finkler Question (2010), The Sense of an Ending (2011), Bring Up the Bodies (2012)

3.

Willie Mays Alex Rodriguez BLANK Hank Aaron Barry Bonds

4.

Rope, Dagger, Revolver, Lead pipe, BLANK, Spanner

5.

Princess Eugenie, Earl of Wessex, Viscount Severn, BLANK, Princess Anne

6.

 Tuvalu, Serbia, Switzerland, East Timor, BLANK, South Sudan

7.

Leo XIII (thirteenth), St Pius X (tenth), BLANK, Pius XI (eleventh), Ven. Pius XII (twelfth), St John XXIII (twenty-third), Blessed Paul VI (sixth), SD John Paul I (first), St John Paul II (second)

8.

BLANK, BLANK, BLANK, Moira Shearer, BLANK, Angela Ripon, Jan Leeming, Ulrika Johnson

1.

The building of Amiens cathedral in the 13th century was initiated to house a head which was part of the loot from the Fourth Crusade.  Although later lost, a 19th century replica still provides a focus for prayer and meditation.  Whose head is it?

2.

Since its inception in 1948 only two Germans have won the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year Award.  Name either.

3.

Which US State means 'Great River' in the native Iroquoian language?  It is also the name of the major and therefore tautologically named river in the state.

4.

Give a year in the life of Sir John Houblon who was pictured on the little used £50 note from 1994 to 2011.

5.

Give a year in the life of Matthew Boulton who along with James Watt has replaced Sir John Houblon on the £50 note.

6.

Although there is a Puffin Island near Anglesey another British island derives its name from the Norse phrase meaning 'puffin island'.   With a population of 24 it was the first marine conservation zone in the UK and England's first statutory marine nature reserve.  Name the island.

7.

Three football managers have won the League Cup four times.  Alex Ferguson is one.  Name either of the other two.

8.

The right hand of Saint Stephen is on display and a focus for prayer and meditation in which city's cathedral?

1.

Monday's Child is fair of face, but how is Sunday's Child described?

2.

In 2005 which watercolour was voted 'Britain's Favourite Painting'?  2005 also marked a significant anniversary that could have been coincidental.

3.

What was the middle name of science fiction writer Philip K Dick?

4.

In Ancient Greek philosophy what was the name for the concept of the desirable middle way between the extremes of excess and deficiency?

5.

Which band, three of whose members grew up in the Isle of Wight, signed for Elite Records in 1980 before moving to Polydor?  1986 saw their highest UK singles chart position with Lessons in Love.

6.

Which song, written by W C Handy in 1914, is still part of the jazz repertoire?  Musicians including Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Glenn Miller, Count Basie and The Boston Pops orchestra have recorded it.

7.

The short life of Franklyn Joseph Lymon was dramatized in the 1998 film Why Do Fools Fall In Love?.  What was the name of the vocal group most associated with him?

8.

What is the heavily industrialised area of Gateshead that has now rapidly developed as a business park and retail outlet?  The river that runs through it before joining the Tyne (and which gives the site its name) was once heavily polluted.

Sp.

Eight Royal Navy ships have borne this name.  The first was launched in 1764, captured by the French in 1779 and recaptured in 1782.  She was renamed HMS Tiger and sold in 1784.  The last ship of this name was a Type 21 frigate.  Launched in 1975, she was attacked and sunk by Argentine aircraft in May 1982.

1.

Which former MP for Derbyshire West is currently the parliamentary sketch writer for the Times and presenter of Radio Four's Great Lives?

2.

Three members of the 'Carry on' team made more than 20 appearances with 25, 24 and 23 films each.  Name any two of the three

3.

By what name is Coronation Anthem No 1 for the Coronation of King George II and Queen Caroline better known?

4.

Why did the Spice Girls sing a re-written version on Manfred Mann's hit 5-4-3-2-1 as 1-2-3-4-5 on Easter Sunday 1997?

5.

Born on this day in 1935 this Irish singer is the only female to have had five singles in the top 20 simultaneously. Name her.

6.

The incumbents are called Hardey, Cedric, Hugine, Munin, Gwyllum, Thor and Odin.  Their predecessors have been in this post since the reign of Charles II.  Who are these individuals?

7.

Which capital city has given its name to a type of rose, a small fruit, a fabric, and a metal and its assorted knives?

8.

Donald Tusk was re-elected to the post of President of the European Council on March 9th 2017 by 27 votes to 1.  Which country voted against him?

9.

Who is the only UN secretary-general not to have been given a second term in office?

10.

Which golfer, a multiple winner of Grand Slam events, rather blew his chances in the 2016 Masters when he five putted from three feet on the very first green?

11.

The Crown Prince of Greece in 1960 and the Crown Prince of Norway in 1928 won Olympic Gold medals in which sport?

12.

Why has a video of Robert E Kelly had 23 million YouTube hits this month?

1.

Max Bygraves second biggest chart success reached No 3 in the UK singles chart in 1958.  It was a double A-side release.  One song was You Need Hands.  What was the other song called?

Tulips from Amsterdam

(1987 Amsterdam)

2.

Which band has had studio albums entitled Lungs, Ceremonials and How Big How Blue How Beautiful and was the headlining act in Glastonbury in 2015?

Florence and the Machine (1986 Florence)

3.

Which city was the birthplace of Edward III's third son and has been a venue for the summer Olympics?

Antwerp

(1993 Antwerp)

4.

Which city hosted the 1956 summer Olympic equestrian events as strict quarantine laws prevented easy horse movement to Melbourne?  Chemical element 67 derives its name from the Latin name of the city.

Stockholm

(1998 Stockholm)

5.

Which celebrity, named one of the '100 Hottest Women of All Time' by Men's Health magazine, has trademarked the phrase 'That's hot' for her commercial activities?

Paris Hilton

(1989 Paris)

6.

Which co-founder of the Spartacist League died with her colleague Karl Liebknecht following a failed uprising in Berlin in 1919?

Rosa Luxemburg

(1995 Luxembourg)

7.

What name connects the surname of the troubled sisters in the Jeffrey Eugenides novel The Virgin Suicides and a European Union Treaty?

Lisbon

(1994 Lisbon)

8.

"It is not only large, it is magnificent".  Which footballer's penis has been described thus by Alex Ferguson?  Radio 1 DJ Sarah Cox (no sniggering at the back) said that a friend who experienced coitus described it as "the length and width of two cans of Stella stacked end to end".

Dion Dublin

(1991 Dublin)

Sp.

What is the title of Michael Frayn's 1998 play on a meeting held in 1941 between physicists Werner Heisenberg and Niels Bohr?

Copenhagen

(1996 Copenhagen)

1.

In Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mocking Bird what was the name of Scout and Jem Finch's friend who spends every summer with them in Maycomb?  He was based on the author's cousin Truman Capote. (forename only required)

Dill (Harris)

2.

Sir Isaac Newton held which office from 1700 to 1727 during which time he secured the conviction and execution of several people?

Master of the Mint

3.

Which story by Edgar Allen Poe is often cited as the first detective story and featured C Auguste Dupin solving a series of Parisian killings?

Murders in the Rue Morgue

4.

Who is the CEO of WPP plc the world's largest advertising and PR company?

Sir Martin Sorrell

5.

What is the nickname of Warren Buffet, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway?

Sage of Omaha

6.

Which of President John F Kennedy's siblings, who had learning difficulties, was subjected to the now discredited operation of frontal lobotomy resulting in a disastrous loss of physical and mental functioning?  She spent most of the rest of her life in a house near St Coletta Institute for Backward Youth in Wisconsin (later renamed St Coletta School for Exceptional Children).

Rosemary
 

7.

Which architect mainly working in the modernist/brutalist style produced works including Edinburgh University Library, New Zealand Parliament Building, Trawsfyndd Nuclear Power Station, the British Embassy in Rome and Glasgow Airport?

Basil Spence
 

8.

Two men have each trained four winners of the Grand National in their racing career.  One is Fred Rimell.  Who is the other?

Ginger McCain
 

Sp.

What is the name of the princess in Disney's 1992 film Aladdin?  She was the sixth Disney princess and the first non-white.

Jasmine
 

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a herb

1.

Born in Yorkshire in 1915 which scientist said, "It is better to be interesting and wrong than to be boring and right"?

Fred Hoyle
 

2.

Following the death of Gerald Kaufman who is the current Father of the House of Commons?  Elected in June 1970, he only holds that title because he was sworn in just before 'the Beast of Bolsover', Dennis Skinner.

Kenneth Clarke
 

3.

Which Japanese dish consists of raw fish thinly sliced?

Sashimi

(not sushi)

4.

Which French cinematographer said, "Talking films are a very interesting invention, but I do not believe they will remain long in fashion"? (surname only required)

(Louis-Jean) Lumière

5.

Which1969 stop-motion children's television series included the characters Lord Belborough, his butler Brackett, his gardener Bilton, and his train Bessie?  The episodes ended with serf-like biscuit factory workers dancing to his lordship's organ.

Chigley

6.

Which foreign secretary won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the Locarno Pact?  His half brother later became Prime Minister.

Austen Chamberlain

7.

TV and radio presenter Maggie Philbin was married from 1982 to 1993 to which fellow presenter of Multi-coloured Swap Shop?

Keith Chegwin
 

8.

Which classic horror story of 1902 ends with the lines:

"The knocking ceased suddenly, although the echoes of it were still in the house.  He heard the chair drawn back, and the door opened.  A cold wind rushed up the staircase, and a long loud wail of disappointment and misery from his wife gave him courage to run down to her side, and then to the gate beyond.  The street lamp flickering opposite shone on a quiet and deserted road."

The Monkey's Paw

1.

Which classic horror story of 1842 ends with the lines:

"There was a discordant hum of human voices!  There was a loud blast as of many trumpets! There was a harsh grating as of a thousand thunders!  The fiery walls rushed back!  An outstretched arm caught my own as I fell, fainting, into the abyss.  It was that of General Lasalle.  The French army
had entered Toledo.  The Inquisition was in the hands of its enemies."

The Pit and the Pendulum

2.

Which broadcaster best known for her work on Radio 2 is the elder sister of Keith Chegwin?

Janice Long

3.

Arthur Henderson won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts at a disarmament conference.  Under which Prime Minister did he serve as Foreign Secretary?

Ramsay McDonald

4.

The stop-motion children's television series Bagpuss first shown in1974 was very popular.  What is the name of the girl who owned (and loved) Bagpuss?  She was the real life daughter of creator Peter Firmin.

Emily

5.

Which French-Swiss film director said, "Every film should have a beginning, a middle and an end but not necessarily in that order"?

Jean-Luc Godard

6.

Which South American dish consists of raw fish marinated in citrus juice?

Ceviche

7.

Who is Father of the House of Lords?  Entitled to sit since 1940 he is the last surviving member of the Churchill, Eden and MacMillan governments and the cabinets of Douglas-Home and Heath.

(Peter) Lord Carrington
 

8.

Which actress when asked how many husbands she had had said, "You mean apart from my own?"?

Zsa Zsa Gabor

1.

Douglas Hurd, Shaun Woodward, BLANK, Robert Courts

David Cameron

(MPs for Whitney 1983 to present)

2.

The White Tiger (2008), BLANK (2009), The Finkler Question (2010), The Sense of an Ending (2011), Bring Up the Bodies (2012)

Wolf Hall

(winners of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction)

3.

Willie Mays Alex Rodriguez BLANK Hank Aaron Barry Bonds

Babe Ruth

(ascending list of most baseball home runs scored)

4.

Rope, Dagger, Revolver, Lead pipe, BLANK, Spanner

Candlestick

(Cluedo murder weapons)

5.

Princess Eugenie, Earl of Wessex, Viscount Severn, BLANK, Princess Anne

Lady Louise Windsor

(line of succession from highest 8th to 12th)

6.

 Tuvalu, Serbia, Switzerland, East Timor, BLANK, South Sudan

Montenegro

(countries that joined UN between 2000 and the present)

7.

Leo XIII (thirteenth), St Pius X (tenth), BLANK, Pius XI (eleventh), Ven. Pius XII (twelfth), St John XXIII (twenty-third), Blessed Paul VI (sixth), SD John Paul I (first), St John Paul II (second)

Benedict XV (fifteenth)(progressive list of 20th century popes; note NOT Benedict XVI - he was 21st century pope)

8.

BLANK, BLANK, BLANK, Moira Shearer, BLANK, Angela Ripon, Jan Leeming, Ulrika Johnson

Katie Boyle

(hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest when staged in UK; Katie Boyle hosted in 1960, 1963, 1968 and 1974)

1.

The building of Amiens cathedral in the 13th century was initiated to house a head which was part of the loot from the Fourth Crusade.  Although later lost, a 19th century replica still provides a focus for prayer and meditation.  Whose head is it?

John the Baptist

2.

Since its inception in 1948 only two Germans have won the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year Award.  Name either.

(either) Bert Trautmann (1956) or Jurgen Klinsmann (1995)

3.

Which US State means 'Great River' in the native Iroquoian language?  It is also the name of the major and therefore tautologically named river in the state.

Ohio

4.

Give a year in the life of Sir John Houblon who was pictured on the little used £50 note from 1994 to 2011.

1632-1712

5.

Give a year in the life of Matthew Boulton who along with James Watt has replaced Sir John Houblon on the £50 note.

1728-1809

6.

Although there is a Puffin Island near Anglesey another British island derives its name from the Norse phrase meaning 'puffin island'.   With a population of 24 it was the first marine conservation zone in the UK and England's first statutory marine nature reserve.  Name the island.

Lundy

7.

Three football managers have won the League Cup four times.  Alex Ferguson is one.  Name either of the other two.

(either) Brian Clough or Jose Mourinho

8.

The right hand of Saint Stephen is on display and a focus for prayer and meditation in which city's cathedral?

Budapest

ROUND 7 - 'A Spirited Round'

A word in each answer can be preceded or followed by the word 'spirit' to make another meaningful word or phrase

The phrases referenced may be revealed following the spare question

1.

Monday's Child is fair of face, but how is Sunday's Child described?

"Bonnie and blithe and good and gay"

2.

In 2005 which watercolour was voted 'Britain's Favourite Painting'?  2005 also marked a significant anniversary that could have been coincidental.

The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last Berth to be Broken up

(accept The Fighting Temeraire)

3.

What was the middle name of science fiction writer Philip K Dick?

Kindred

4.

In Ancient Greek philosophy what was the name for the concept of the desirable middle way between the extremes of excess and deficiency?

The Golden Mean
 

5.

Which band, three of whose members grew up in the Isle of Wight, signed for Elite Records in 1980 before moving to Polydor?  1986 saw their highest UK singles chart position with Lessons in Love.

Level 42

6.

Which song, written by W C Handy in 1914, is still part of the jazz repertoire?  Musicians including Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Glenn Miller, Count Basie and The Boston Pops orchestra have recorded it.

St Louis Blues
 

7.

The short life of Franklyn Joseph Lymon was dramatized in the 1998 film Why Do Fools Fall In Love?.  What was the name of the vocal group most associated with him?

The Teenagers
 

8.

What is the heavily industrialised area of Gateshead that has now rapidly developed as a business park and retail outlet?  The river that runs through it before joining the Tyne (and which gives the site its name) was once heavily polluted.

Team Valley
 

Sp.

Eight Royal Navy ships have borne this name.  The first was launched in 1764, captured by the French in 1779 and recaptured in 1782.  She was renamed HMS Tiger and sold in 1784.  The last ship of this name was a Type 21 frigate.  Launched in 1975, she was attacked and sunk by Argentine aircraft in May 1982.

HMS Ardent
 

1.

Which former MP for Derbyshire West is currently the parliamentary sketch writer for the Times and presenter of Radio Four's Great Lives?

Matthew Parris

2.

Three members of the 'Carry on' team made more than 20 appearances with 25, 24 and 23 films each.  Name any two of the three

(two of) Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims or Charles Hawtrey

3.

By what name is Coronation Anthem No 1 for the Coronation of King George II and Queen Caroline better known?

Zadok the Priest

4.

Why did the Spice Girls sing a re-written version on Manfred Mann's hit 5-4-3-2-1 as 1-2-3-4-5 on Easter Sunday 1997?

For the launch night of Channel 5

5.

Born on this day in 1935 this Irish singer is the only female to have had five singles in the top 20 simultaneously. Name her.

Ruby Murray

6.

The incumbents are called Hardey, Cedric, Hugine, Munin, Gwyllum, Thor and Odin.  Their predecessors have been in this post since the reign of Charles II.  Who are these individuals?

Ravens in the Tower of London

7.

Which capital city has given its name to a type of rose, a small fruit, a fabric, and a metal and its assorted knives?

Damascus

8.

Donald Tusk was re-elected to the post of President of the European Council on March 9th 2017 by 27 votes to 1.  Which country voted against him?

Poland
 

9.

Who is the only UN secretary-general not to have been given a second term in office?

Boutros Boutros-Ghali

10.

Which golfer, a multiple winner of Grand Slam events, rather blew his chances in the 2016 Masters when he five putted from three feet on the very first green?

Ernie Els

11.

The Crown Prince of Greece in 1960 and the Crown Prince of Norway in 1928 won Olympic Gold medals in which sport?

Yachting

12.

Why has a video of Robert E Kelly had 23 million YouTube hits this month?

He was the political analyst whose interview with BBC News was gate-crashed by his young children and their harassed mother