ROUND 1 - 'A Small Tribute to a Great Man'

All the answers include the name or part of the name of a non-league football team based in the North-East of England (there is one sound-alike)

1.

Who in 1971 became the first person to sail single-handedly non-stop round the world in a westerly direction?

2.

Which city hosted the 2011 Rugby World Cup final?

3.

Who in 1973 became only the second boxer to defeat Muhammad Ali?

4.

This city is the home of the oldest university in California.  It was the first community in California not to have a name of Spanish or Native American origin.  What is it called?

5.

In the novel by Charlotte Bronte this town is the childhood home of Jane Eyre.  In 1934 J B Priestley wrote of it that “no true civilisation could have produced such a town”.  What is it called?

6.

What name links an actor best known for playing Dr Cameron in Dr Finlay’s casebook and a TV presenter whose series include Britain’s Best Buildings and Around the World in 80 Treasures?

7.

They were introduced in 1958 and phased out in 1991.  They are said to have inspired the 1973 Genesis album Selling England by the Pound.  What are they?

8.

This soul singer made a number of albums in the 1960s backed by the Ram Jam Band.  He was the inspiration behind a number one hit in 1980.  What is his name?

Sp.

Which author is the creator of a series of books featuring Detective Inspector Tom Thorne?  The latest in the series Die of Shame is currently the best-selling paperback novel in the UK.

1.

In Mathematics which lower case letter is used to represent the base of natural logarithms?

2.

Pressburg is the former name of which city on the Danube?

3.

Ragusa is the former name of which Dalmatian city?

4.

The Three Choirs Festival is rotated between which 3 cathedrals?

5.

Which Armenian composer (although born in Georgia) wrote the ballets Gayaneh and Spartacus?  Music from Spartacus became famous in this country as the theme music to a TV series of the 1970s.

6.

In Physics which lower case letter is used to represent Planck’s constant?

7.

Which are the only two English cathedrals with three spires?

8.

Who composed the opera Hansel and Gretel?  His namesake has represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Sp.

What alliterative nickname was given to Harold the first of England?

ROUND 3 - Hidden theme

All the answers have something in common

1.

Which rock band was formed by Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilminster in 1975?

2.

Which jewellery firm founded in St Petersburg was nationalised by the Bolsheviks in 1918?

3.

Which New York-born TV, stage and film actress relocated to London with her family after her father was blacklisted in 1952?

4.

What is the most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere?

5.

What is the decorated container filled with toys or sweets used in festivities in Mexico?

6.

John Le Carré’s sixth novel, from 1971, departed from the theme of espionage.  What was its title?

7.

Which cemetery contains the remains of Molière, Balzac and Sarah Bernhardt?

8.

Which 'entertainment' consists of poems by Edith Sitwell set to music by William Walton?

Sp1

Which satirical comedy by Robert Altman is set during Paris fashion week?

Sp2

The founder of which famous car firm, of Dutch and Polish origin, had a name meaning 'lemon' in Dutch before the dieresis was added in France?

1.

Which is Germany’s second largest city by population?

2.

Which musician produced the albums Let’s Dance (by David Bowie), Like A Virgin (by Madonna) and The Reflex (by Duran Duran), amongst many other recordings?

3.

Which church has the tallest spire in the world?

4.

Where is Noma, the restaurant voted the best in the world four times, in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014?

5.

What was Fred Astaire’s original surname?

6.

What is the capital of Saxony?

7.

Which chicken dish is sautéed with garlic and tomatoes and traditionally garnished with fried eggs and crayfish?

8.

Which oil tanker ran aground off the coast of Brittany in 1978 resulting in the largest oil spill in history up to that date?

Sp1

Which team currently lie second in the Bundesliga table?

Sp2

Which London Underground station is the only one which serves all three of the Bakerloo, Northern and Jubilee lines?

ROUND 5 - Linked pairs

Each question consists of two answers joined together - the last word of the answer to the first statement is the first word of the answer to the second statement - e.g. 'Yogi Bear Grylls' - though probably not that mildly amusing!

Give your answer as a continuous sentence

Apologies to The Charas for nicking their format

1.

Highly paid Hollywood actress known for starring in 'screwball comedies';

260 metre thoroughfare often compared to Wall Street

2.

Eighteenth century German / British astronomer;

South African cricketer memorably sledged by Steve Waugh in 1999 with the words “you’ve just dropped the World Cup”

3.

British actor best known for his role as Sebastien Flyte;

Close harmony group of the 30s and 40s best known for Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

4.

Controversial Academy Award winning actor and director;

Musical instrument favoured by Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend and Marc Bolan amongst many others  (specific answer required)

5.

The Queen of Soul;

American manufacturer and marketer of coins, jewellery, dolls and 'collectibles' often to be found advertising its wares in mid market tabloids

6.

Current mayor of Chicago and former Chief of Staff to Barack Obama and senior advisor to Bill Clinton;

Centrist front runner for the French Presidency

7.

American singer / songwriter who has written over 100 U S chart hits;

American businessman who invented an essential item for male grooming at the start of the twentieth century

8.

1968 hit for The Hollies;

Flaky pastry filled with currants

Sp.

Six time Olympic gold medallist;

Lead singer of The First Edition

1.

The United Kingdom joined the European Economic Community on 1 January 1973 together with Ireland and which other country?

2.

Which country voted to leave the European Economic Community in a referendum held in 1982?

3.

What is the most southerly capital city in the European Union?

4.

What is the most northerly capital city in the European Union?

5.

Why has Fabian Picardo been in the news recently?

6.

Kaiane Aldorino Lopez, the recently-elected Mayor of Gibraltar, was the winner of which international competition in 2009?

7.

Who last year described Britain as “a cake-filled, misery-laden, grey old island”?

8.

Who recently said of the UK “We already miss you. Thank you and goodbye”?

Sp1

The title of which Booker Prize winning novel is also the capital of an EU member state?
 

Sp2

Who was the only Conservative MP to vote against triggering Article 50?

1.

In the musical Oklahoma what had a fringe on top?

2.

Who was the principal conductor of the Hallé orchestra from 1992 to 1999?

3.

Which cricketer, who died on March 1st this year, scored a century at Lords on his test debut but only played seven further tests?

4.

Arundel Castle is the family seat of which duke?

5.

Which fictional TV station created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes was broadcast from 1975 to 1976?  Sketches included The Cretin Club and The Old Gay Whistle Test.

6.

Which RAF pilot received the Victoria Cross in 1944 and was made a life peer in 1991?  He became more famous as a philanthropist and for his charity work.

7.

Which cheese was first made in Inverness in the 1970s as an alternative to Stilton?  Most of the cheese is currently made in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire although since 2010 it has also been manufactured in the county of its name.

8.

Which singer had top ten hits in the 1970s with Rock On and Oh What a Circus?

Sp1

What was the real name of the magician ‘The Great Soprendo’ who was married to Victoria Wood from 1980 to 2002?

Sp2

Which bowler took 9 wickets for 57 runs against South Africa at the Oval in 1994?

ROUND 8 - 'And finally…… if you thought 2016 was bad well 2017 is barely 100 days old and yet….'

Themed round, usual caveats about sound-alikes and answers appearing in longer words may apply

1.

Which film won the best picture Oscar at the 2010 awards?

2.

Which actress won the best actress Oscar at the 2002 awards?

3.

Who designed The Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851?

4.

Which construction company built the Mulberry harbours for D Day, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, nuclear power stations at Hinkley Point, Wylfa and Hartlepool and the National Assembly building for Wales, amongst many other projects?

5.

Who is England’s youngest ever full international male footballer?

6.

Who is the only recipient (so far) of the Football League’s 'Manager of the Decade' award?

7.

Who is Britain’s most successful female Paralympian of all time with a total of 14 gold medals?

8.

Which boy band vocalist won the 2015 series of Strictly Come Dancing?

Sp1

Who was the first player to be sent off in an FA Cup final?

Sp2

Which sportsman made himself unavailable for a winter tour because he wanted to contest a parliamentary seat for the Tories against Jim Callaghan, lost and then decided he could tour after all?

1.

How many goals have been scored in this season’s Premier league so far?

2.

According to the final official count, how many more votes did Hillary Clinton receive than Donald Trump in last November’s US Presidential election?

3.

How many Booker Prize winners contain the word 'The' in their title?

1.

Who in 1971 became the first person to sail single-handedly non-stop round the world in a westerly direction?

Chay Blyth

2.

Which city hosted the 2011 Rugby World Cup final?

Auckland

3.

Who in 1973 became only the second boxer to defeat Muhammad Ali?

Ken Norton

4.

This city is the home of the oldest university in California.  It was the first community in California not to have a name of Spanish or Native American origin.  What is it called?

Stockton

5.

In the novel by Charlotte Bronte this town is the childhood home of Jane Eyre.  In 1934 J B Priestley wrote of it that “no true civilisation could have produced such a town”.  What is it called?

Gateshead

6.

What name links an actor best known for playing Dr Cameron in Dr Finlay’s casebook and a TV presenter whose series include Britain’s Best Buildings and Around the World in 80 Treasures?

Cruickshank

(Andrew and Dan)

7.

They were introduced in 1958 and phased out in 1991.  They are said to have inspired the 1973 Genesis album Selling England by the Pound.  What are they?

Green Shield Stamps

8.

This soul singer made a number of albums in the 1960s backed by the Ram Jam Band.  He was the inspiration behind a number one hit in 1980.  What is his name?

Geno Washington

Sp.

Which author is the creator of a series of books featuring Detective Inspector Tom Thorne?  The latest in the series Die of Shame is currently the best-selling paperback novel in the UK.

Mark Billingham

1.

In Mathematics which lower case letter is used to represent the base of natural logarithms?

e

2.

Pressburg is the former name of which city on the Danube?

Bratislava

3.

Ragusa is the former name of which Dalmatian city?

Dubrovnik

4.

The Three Choirs Festival is rotated between which 3 cathedrals?

Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester

5.

Which Armenian composer (although born in Georgia) wrote the ballets Gayaneh and Spartacus?  Music from Spartacus became famous in this country as the theme music to a TV series of the 1970s.

(Aram) Khachaturian

6.

In Physics which lower case letter is used to represent Planck’s constant?

h

7.

Which are the only two English cathedrals with three spires?

Lichfield and Truro

8.

Who composed the opera Hansel and Gretel?  His namesake has represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Engelbert Humperdinck

Sp.

What alliterative nickname was given to Harold the first of England?

Harefoot

ROUND 3 - Hidden theme

All the answers have something in common

1.

Which rock band was formed by Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilminster in 1975?

Motörhead

2.

Which jewellery firm founded in St Petersburg was nationalised by the Bolsheviks in 1918?

Fabergé

3.

Which New York-born TV, stage and film actress relocated to London with her family after her father was blacklisted in 1952?

Zoë Wanamaker

4.

What is the most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere?

São Paulo

5.

What is the decorated container filled with toys or sweets used in festivities in Mexico?

A piñata

6.

John Le Carré’s sixth novel, from 1971, departed from the theme of espionage.  What was its title?

The NaÏve and Sentimental Lover

7.

Which cemetery contains the remains of Molière, Balzac and Sarah Bernhardt?

Père Lachaise

8.

Which 'entertainment' consists of poems by Edith Sitwell set to music by William Walton?

Façade

Sp1

Which satirical comedy by Robert Altman is set during Paris fashion week?

Prét à Porter

Sp2

The founder of which famous car firm, of Dutch and Polish origin, had a name meaning 'lemon' in Dutch before the dieresis was added in France?

(André) Citroën

1.

Which is Germany’s second largest city by population?

Hamburg

2.

Which musician produced the albums Let’s Dance (by David Bowie), Like A Virgin (by Madonna) and The Reflex (by Duran Duran), amongst many other recordings?

Nile Rodgers

3.

Which church has the tallest spire in the world?

Ulm Minster

(161.5 metres)

4.

Where is Noma, the restaurant voted the best in the world four times, in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014?

Copenhagen

5.

What was Fred Astaire’s original surname?

Austerlitz

6.

What is the capital of Saxony?

Dresden

7.

Which chicken dish is sautéed with garlic and tomatoes and traditionally garnished with fried eggs and crayfish?

Chicken Marengo

8.

Which oil tanker ran aground off the coast of Brittany in 1978 resulting in the largest oil spill in history up to that date?

Amoco Cadiz

Sp1

Which team currently lie second in the Bundesliga table?

Rasenballsport Leipzig

(accept RB Leipzig)

Sp2

Which London Underground station is the only one which serves all three of the Bakerloo, Northern and Jubilee lines?

Each question consists of two answers joined together - the last word of the answer to the first statement is the first word of the answer to the second statement - e.g. 'Yogi Bear Grylls' - though probably not that mildly amusing!

Give your answer as a continuous sentence

Apologies to The Charas for nicking their format

1.

Highly paid Hollywood actress known for starring in 'screwball comedies';

260 metre thoroughfare often compared to Wall Street

Carole Lombard Street

2.

Eighteenth century German / British astronomer;

South African cricketer memorably sledged by Steve Waugh in 1999 with the words “you’ve just dropped the World Cup”

William Herschel(le) Gibbs

3.

British actor best known for his role as Sebastien Flyte;

Close harmony group of the 30s and 40s best known for Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Anthony (The) Andrews Sisters

4.

Controversial Academy Award winning actor and director;

Musical instrument favoured by Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend and Marc Bolan amongst many others  (specific answer required)

Mel Gibson Les Paul

5.

The Queen of Soul;

American manufacturer and marketer of coins, jewellery, dolls and 'collectibles' often to be found advertising its wares in mid market tabloids

Aretha Franklin Mint

6.

Current mayor of Chicago and former Chief of Staff to Barack Obama and senior advisor to Bill Clinton;

Centrist front runner for the French Presidency

Rahm Emanuel Macron

7.

American singer / songwriter who has written over 100 U S chart hits;

American businessman who invented an essential item for male grooming at the start of the twentieth century

Carole King Gillette

8.

1968 hit for The Hollies;

Flaky pastry filled with currants

Jennifer Eccles cake

Sp.

Six time Olympic gold medallist;

Lead singer of The First Edition

Jason Kenny Rogers

1.

The United Kingdom joined the European Economic Community on 1 January 1973 together with Ireland and which other country?

Denmark

2.

Which country voted to leave the European Economic Community in a referendum held in 1982?

Greenland

3.

What is the most southerly capital city in the European Union?

Nicosia

4.

What is the most northerly capital city in the European Union?

Helsinki

5.

Why has Fabian Picardo been in the news recently?

He is the Chief Minister of Gibraltar

6.

Kaiane Aldorino Lopez, the recently-elected Mayor of Gibraltar, was the winner of which international competition in 2009?

Miss World
 

7.

Who last year described Britain as “a cake-filled, misery-laden, grey old island”?

Emma Thompson

8.

Who recently said of the UK “We already miss you. Thank you and goodbye”?

Donald Tusk

(the President of the European Council)

Sp1

The title of which Booker Prize winning novel is also the capital of an EU member state?
 

Amsterdam

(by Ian McEwan - winner in 1998)

Sp2

Who was the only Conservative MP to vote against triggering Article 50?

Kenneth Clarke

ROUND 7 - Hidden theme

Beware one of the theme words no longer qualifies as part of the theme

1.

In the musical Oklahoma what had a fringe on top?

Surrey

2.

Who was the principal conductor of the Hallé orchestra from 1992 to 1999?

Kent Nagano

3.

Which cricketer, who died on March 1st this year, scored a century at Lords on his test debut but only played seven further tests?

John (or Jack) Hampshire

4.

Arundel Castle is the family seat of which duke?

Duke of Norfolk

5.

Which fictional TV station created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes was broadcast from 1975 to 1976?  Sketches included The Cretin Club and The Old Gay Whistle Test.

Rutland Weekend TV

6.

Which RAF pilot received the Victoria Cross in 1944 and was made a life peer in 1991?  He became more famous as a philanthropist and for his charity work.

Leonard Cheshire

7.

Which cheese was first made in Inverness in the 1970s as an alternative to Stilton?  Most of the cheese is currently made in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire although since 2010 it has also been manufactured in the county of its name.

Shropshire Blue

8.

Which singer had top ten hits in the 1970s with Rock On and Oh What a Circus?

David Essex

Sp1

What was the real name of the magician ‘The Great Soprendo’ who was married to Victoria Wood from 1980 to 2002?

Geoffrey Durham

Sp2

Which bowler took 9 wickets for 57 runs against South Africa at the Oval in 1994?

Devon Malcolm

ROUND 8 - 'And finally…… if you thought 2016 was bad well 2017 is barely 100 days old and yet….'

Themed round, usual caveats about sound-alikes and answers appearing in longer words may apply

1.

Which film won the best picture Oscar at the 2010 awards?

The Hurt Locker

2.

Which actress won the best actress Oscar at the 2002 awards?

Hallé Berry

3.

Who designed The Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851?

Joseph Paxton

4.

Which construction company built the Mulberry harbours for D Day, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, nuclear power stations at Hinkley Point, Wylfa and Hartlepool and the National Assembly building for Wales, amongst many other projects?

Taylor Woodrow

(now Taylor Wimpey - accept either)

5.

Who is England’s youngest ever full international male footballer?

Theo Walcott

(17 years 74 days)

6.

Who is the only recipient (so far) of the Football League’s 'Manager of the Decade' award?

Eddie Howe

7.

Who is Britain’s most successful female Paralympian of all time with a total of 14 gold medals?

Sarah Storey

8.

Which boy band vocalist won the 2015 series of Strictly Come Dancing?

Sp1

Who was the first player to be sent off in an FA Cup final?

Kevin Moran

Sp2

Which sportsman made himself unavailable for a winter tour because he wanted to contest a parliamentary seat for the Tories against Jim Callaghan, lost and then decided he could tour after all?

Theme: Each answer contains the name of someone who has sadly departed in 2017....

John Hurt, Chuck Berry, Bill Paxton, Graham Taylor, Derek Walcott, Darcus Howe, David Storey, Martin McGuinness, Ronnie Moran and Colin Dexter

1.

How many goals have been scored in this season’s Premier league so far?

883

2.

According to the final official count, how many more votes did Hillary Clinton receive than Donald Trump in last November’s US Presidential election?

2,864,974

3.

How many Booker Prize winners contain the word 'The' in their title?

22