ROUND 1 - Stockport format - Oral

1.

Which footballer first played for Melchester Rovers in 1954, and finished his playing career there in 1993?  (first name and surname are required)

2.

By what name are the duo Cherilyn Sarkisian and Salvatore Bono better known?

3.

Everybody remembers Silvio Berlusconi, but who has been Prime Minister of Italy since December 2016?

4.

On which country’s flag would you find ‘Allahu akbar’ written 22 times?

5.

Who hosted the BBC quiz show Eggheads before Jeremy Vine?

6.

Which hobby or pastime translates literally as ‘Loving + exemption from tax’?

7.

In what historical event of 14 July 1789 were 7 prisoners released?

8.

Norville Rogers is a cowardly character from a children’s TV series.  By what name is he better known?

9.

What 1984 event was the astronaut Bruce McCandless describing, when he said: "That may have been ‘one small step’ for Neil, but it’s a heck of a big leap for me"?

10.

On this day in 1779, who was killed at Kealakelua Bay on the island of Hawaii?

11.

Super Bowl LII was played on February 4, 2018, at the US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.  Who did the Philadelphia Eagles beat 41-33 in this match?

12.

The stage direction "Exit, pursued by a bear" appears in Act III, Scene 3 of which play?

13.

Called in English The Soldier's Song, this is the national anthem of which European country?

14.

The Blackshirts, were formed by Oswald Mosley in 1932, and disbanded in 1940.  What was his political party officially called?

15.

Antonio Carluccio died in November 2017.  With which other Italian chef did he appear in the BBC2 TV series Two Greedy Italians? 

16.

Which working class, ‘hard as nails’ runner, known as ‘The Tough of the Track’ first appeared on the scene in 1949, and continued competing until 1992?  (first name and surname are required)

17.

By what name are the double act Thomas Derbyshire and Robert Harper better known?

18.

Since May 2016, Binali Yildirim has been Prime Minister of which country?

19.

On the national flag of which Commonwealth member would you find an AK-47 assault rifle?

20.

Presenting Mastermind from 1998 to 2000, who is missing from this list: Magnus Magnusson, Clive Anderson, John Humphrys? 

21.

Who was the first US actress to appear on a postage stamp?

22.

Which historical event of 20 June 1756 started with 146 people, but finished with only 23?

23.

The character Hiram K. Hackenbacker is a brilliant engineer from a children’s TV series.  By what name is he better known?

24.

Name either of the Apollo 13 astronauts in the following, often misquoted, dialogue, from 13th April 1970

Command Module Pilot: "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here."

Mission Control: "This is Houston. Say again, please."

Mission Commander: "Uh, Houston, we've had a problem."

25.

On this day in 1849 in New York City, who became the first serving President of the USA to have his photograph taken?

26.

The 2017 Tour de France was won by Chris Froome of Team Sky.  Who was runner-up?

27.

The stage direction "The men climb the Andes" appears in Act I, Scene 8 of which play?

28.

Called in English ‘Unity and Justice and Freedom’, this is the national anthem of which European country?

29.

John Parker Mosley, a Manchester hatter, was made a baronet in 1781.  Oswald Mosley inherited the title in 1928, as 6th Baronet of where?

30.

Starting with the TV series Sicily Unpacked in 2012 through to Rome Unpacked in 2018, the British art historian and broadcaster Andrew Graham-Dixon has toured Italy with which Italian chef?

Sp1

Born Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, this Roman Emperor is better known by what nickname? 

Sp2

Born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, how is this Roman Emperor better known?

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ROUND 2 - Stockport format - Written

1.

In a 1962 film, he was driving a Series II Sunbeam Alpine. By 2015, he was driving a bespoke Aston Martin DB10. Who is he?

2.

Due the demands of coin production as the UK converted to decimal currency, the Royal Mint began moving out of London in 1967. Nowadays, which town is ‘The Hole with the Mint’?

3.

Two albums released by the group Queen in 1975 and 1976, had the same titles as two films starring the Marx Brothers in 1935 and 1937.  What are the two titles?

4.

Which actor did Mae West invite with the often misquoted "Why don't you come up sometime and see me"?

5.

In which hobby or pastime might you find, among others: ‘the Adams’, a ‘Royal Wulff’, a ‘Woolly Bugger’ or ‘Dave’s Hopper’?

6.

Which country’s name translates as ‘Land of the Pure’?

7.

Winning in 1936, who is the only US playwright to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?

8.

Which bird of the crow family, is included in the Cornish coat of arms with a tin miner and a fisherman? 

9.

In Test matches against Australia, who was the only Englishman to take a hat trick in the 20th Century?

10.

Polytetrafluoroethylene is better known by which brand name?

Sp

The American Daniel Handler is the author of several children's books, including A Series of Unfortunate Events.  By what pen name is he better known?

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ROUND 3 - WithQuiz format - A Round of Hoaxes, April Fools & the Like

1.

Using a plank of wood, rope, and a baseball cap fitted with a loop of wire, Doug Bower and Dave Chorley claim to have started what craze in 1978?

2.

In 1917 and 1920, what did the young cousins Elsie Wright and Francis Griffiths photograph at Cottingley, near Bradford?

3.

In 1997, the Hungarian Peter Guzli went to New York.  What did he add to one of his holiday snaps a few years later?

4.

The political lobbyist George M. Willing claimed it was a Shoshone term meaning ‘the sun comes from the mountains’ or ‘gem of the mountains’, but later said he made up the name, after a girl he knew.  What is the name of the 43rd US state, which was admitted to the Union in 1890?

5.

The 1958 Walt Disney documentary White Wilderness is noted for its propagation of which misconception?

6.

In 1983, for what did the German magazine Stern pay 9.3 million Deutsche Marks (£2.33 million)?

7.

In 1720, the pirate John ‘Calico Jack’ Rackham and his crew were arrested, tried, and sentenced to be hanged. Two of the crew, Read and Bonny, were granted a temporary stay of execution.  Why?

8.

Certain traditions state that, in the medieval period, when a new Pope was elected, he would be made to sit in a chair with a hole cut in the seat.  There would then be a visual or manual examination of his genitalia.  If the examiner was convinced that the new Pope was a man he shouted "Testiculos habit et bene pendents!" ("He has testicles, and they hang well!").  This test was supposedly instituted after the reign of which pope?

Sp1

The fossilised remains of Eoanthropus Dawsoni are more commonly known by what name?
 

Sp2

This country gained independence in 1967, and, following an almost bloodless coup on May 11th 1971, Maria-Jesu Pica became President-for-life.  Which nation are we referring to?

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1.

This country is home to the World Championships for Wife Carrying, Mobile Phone Throwing, Air Guitar, and Swamp Soccer.  For the unsuccessful, October 13th is ‘National Failure Day’, which aims to encourage people to cast off their fear of failing.  Name the country.

2.

In hopefully unrelated facts, this country is the most sexually active in the world with 87% of its population having sex weekly, and, with 4 million, it has the highest population of goats in the EU.  Name the country.

3.

This country reputedly brews more than 1500 beers.  The global headquarters of the world’s largest beer brewer is here, and, in 1999, the world’s first beer academy was opened here.  Name the country.

4.

Between 1950 and 1956, which national football team recorded 42 victories, 7 draws and just one defeat?

5.

Athletes from this country include a tennis player who won more than 100 ATP titles, but never Wimbledon, (being the defeated finalist in 1972 and 1976), and a high-scoring gymnast, who won gold at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics.  From which country do they come?

6.

According to a 2014 report, which country has the highest annual per capita consumption of beer in the world?

7.

Which country had a king who succeeded to the throne on 2nd August 1830 following his father’s abdication, only to abdicate in favour of his nephew 20 minutes later?

8.

Which country has festivals which include ‘The Burial of the Sardine’, ‘Powder Day’, a ‘Battle of Wine’, ‘Baby Jumping’ and, until 2002, ‘Goat Throwing’?

Sp1

Until trumped by Singapore with 1560 people in 2014, which country held the record for the biggest gathering of people dressed as storybook characters, with 453 people in March 2011, at Chiswick High School?

Sp2

After the Northern Mariana Islands, this country has the lowest ratio of males to females in the world (84 males per 100 females).  As a totally unrelated fact, couples from this country have won 11 of the 21 annual Wife Carrying World Championships.  Name this country.

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ROUND 5 - WithQuz format - Hidden theme

Answers to the 8 questions and 2 spares include references to 10 from a group of 12

1.

In 2006, the Royal Institution of Great Britain named The Periodic Table the best science book ever written. Name the Italian chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor, who wrote it.

2.

She had a five-year relationship with Paul McCartney in the 60’s, but eventually married the illustrator Gerald Scarfe.  Who is this actress, author, and cake maker?

3.

In 2015, this glam rock singer was jailed for 16 years for sexually abusing three young girls between 1975 and 1980.  What is his real name?

4.

Who is missing from this list of cover stars: Korky the Cat, Cuddles and Dimples, Jak, Harry Hill, Bananaman?
 

5.

Nicknamed ‘The Angel of Death’, this SS officer and physician in Auschwitz died in 1979 in Brazil, when he suffered a stroke while swimming and drowned.  Who was he?  (full name is required)

6.

Born in Birmingham in 1958 this writer, dub poet and Rastafarian, is an honorary patron of The Vegan Society. When offered an OBE in 2003, his response was "No way Mr Blair, no way Mrs Queen. I am profoundly anti-empire."  Who is he?  (full name is required)

7.

 In the TV series The Magic Roundabout, what was the original French name for the character Zebedee?  It is also the given name of the grandfather in the long running TV series The Waltons.

8.

Tom Conti earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his role as Gowan McGland in a 1983 comedy-drama. McGland, a drunken Scottish poet who hasn’t written a word in years, starts work again after meeting a beautiful young woman.  Being his final words as a dog bounds towards him, what is the film called?
 

Sp1

He first appeared as the title character in an 1880 novel by Lew Wallace.  He was famously played in film by Charlton Heston, and more recently, Jack Huston.  Name this character.  (full name is required)

Sp2

He was Tsar of Bulgaria from 1943 to 1946.  He is one of the three last living heads of state from the time of WWII and is the only living person to have borne the title ‘Tsar’.  He was also Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2001 to 2005.  What is his given name?

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ROUND 6 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme

1.

This men’s grooming product was presented at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, by the perfumer Édouard Pinaud.  Its name was also used for the film Grease when it was released in Quebec, Canada.  What is it called?

2.

What name connects the oldest extant newspaper in France, and a retro-styled convertible made by Nissan in 1991?

3.

Which Elton John single, from his album Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player, was released in October 1973, and became his first US number one single?

4.

 Complete this list of siblings. Snoopy, Andy, Belle, Marbles, Olaf, Molly, Rover, and who?

5.

This comic strip by Alex Graham first appeared in the Daily Mail on 8 July 1963.  Since 1991, it has been drawn by Michael Martin, and can still be seen in The Mail On Sunday.  What is this comic strip called?

6.

This sect was founded in the 1740’s in Bolton, but then spread to the USA.  At its peak, there were 6,000 believers.  On January 2, 2017, Sister Frances Carr died aged 89.  The two remaining members Brother Arnold Hadd, aged 58, and Sister June Carpenter, 77, hope that sincere newcomers will join them in New Gloucester, Maine.  What is this sect commonly called?

7.

According to a 2009 report, this recreational activity has more than 11 million active participants worldwide, and it will be represented at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.  What is this sport called?

8.

The fictional town Royston Vasey in the BBC series The League of Gentlemen is named after a British stand-up comedian.  What is the stage name of this comedian, who made a cameo appearance as the town's mayor?

Sp1

The 'County Islands' was designed by Frank Blackmore of the British Transport and Road Research Laboratory, and constructed in 1972 near Swindon Town FC’s County Ground.  Voted the fourth scariest junction in Britain, in a 2009 poll by Britannia Rescue, what is this road junction now called?

Sp2

This strait is about 20 miles long and between 2½ and 5 miles wide, and is the only place in Europe with a regular hovercraft passenger service.  The service has operated since 1965, but in 1971, five people died in the world’s first fatal accident involving a commercially operated hovercraft.  What is this strait called?

Sp3

He began producing short films in 1915 with the comedian Harold Lloyd, and later employed Will Rogers, Harry Langdon, and Laurel & Hardy, among others.  In 1984, he received an honorary Academy Award.  He died in 1992, aged 100.  Who was he?

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Tiebreakers

1.

According to the 2011 census, what was the combined population figure of the City of Manchester and Stockport?

2.

Mittwoch aus Licht (Wednesday from Light) is an opera by Karlheinz Stockhausen.  Scene 3 involves a string quartet, audio and video equipment and technicians, and what else?
 

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ROUND 1 - Stockport format - Oral

1.

Which footballer first played for Melchester Rovers in 1954, and finished his playing career there in 1993?  (first name and surname are required)

2.

By what name are the duo Cherilyn Sarkisian and Salvatore Bono better known?

Sonny and Cher

3.

Everybody remembers Silvio Berlusconi, but who has been Prime Minister of Italy since December 2016?

Paolo Gentiloni

4.

On which country’s flag would you find ‘Allahu akbar’ written 22 times?

Iran

5.

Who hosted the BBC quiz show Eggheads before Jeremy Vine?

Dermot Murnaghan

6.

Which hobby or pastime translates literally as ‘Loving + exemption from tax’?

Philately

(or Stamp Collecting)

7.

In what historical event of 14 July 1789 were 7 prisoners released?

Storming of the Bastille

8.

Norville Rogers is a cowardly character from a children’s TV series.  By what name is he better known?

Shaggy

(from Scooby-Doo)

9.

What 1984 event was the astronaut Bruce McCandless describing, when he said: "That may have been ‘one small step’ for Neil, but it’s a heck of a big leap for me"?

First untethered space walk

10.

On this day in 1779, who was killed at Kealakelua Bay on the island of Hawaii?

Captain James Cook

11.

Super Bowl LII was played on February 4, 2018, at the US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.  Who did the Philadelphia Eagles beat 41-33 in this match?

New England Patriots

12.

The stage direction "Exit, pursued by a bear" appears in Act III, Scene 3 of which play?

The Winter’s Tale

13.

Called in English The Soldier's Song, this is the national anthem of which European country?

Ireland

14.

The Blackshirts, were formed by Oswald Mosley in 1932, and disbanded in 1940.  What was his political party officially called?

British Union of Fascists (accept also 'British Union of Fascists and National Socialists' or just 'British Union')

15.

Antonio Carluccio died in November 2017.  With which other Italian chef did he appear in the BBC2 TV series Two Greedy Italians? 

Gennaro Contaldo

16.

Which working class, ‘hard as nails’ runner, known as ‘The Tough of the Track’ first appeared on the scene in 1949, and continued competing until 1992?  (first name and surname are required)

Alf Tupper

17.

By what name are the double act Thomas Derbyshire and Robert Harper better known?

Cannon and Ball

18.

Since May 2016, Binali Yildirim has been Prime Minister of which country?

Turkey

19.

On the national flag of which Commonwealth member would you find an AK-47 assault rifle?

Mozambique

20.

Presenting Mastermind from 1998 to 2000, who is missing from this list: Magnus Magnusson, Clive Anderson, John Humphrys? 

Peter Snow

21.

Who was the first US actress to appear on a postage stamp?

Grace Kelly

(1956 in Monaco when she got married, and 1993 in the USA and Monaco)

22.

Which historical event of 20 June 1756 started with 146 people, but finished with only 23?

The Black Hole of Calcutta 

23.

The character Hiram K. Hackenbacker is a brilliant engineer from a children’s TV series.  By what name is he better known?

Brains

(from Thunderbirds)

24.

Name either of the Apollo 13 astronauts in the following, often misquoted, dialogue, from 13th April 1970

Command Module Pilot: "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here."

Mission Control: "This is Houston. Say again, please."

Mission Commander: "Uh, Houston, we've had a problem."

Jack Swigert (or) Jim Lovell

25.

On this day in 1849 in New York City, who became the first serving President of the USA to have his photograph taken?

James K Polk

26.

The 2017 Tour de France was won by Chris Froome of Team Sky.  Who was runner-up?

Rigoberto Urán

27.

The stage direction "The men climb the Andes" appears in Act I, Scene 8 of which play?

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

(by Peter Shaffer)

28.

Called in English ‘Unity and Justice and Freedom’, this is the national anthem of which European country?

Germany

29.

John Parker Mosley, a Manchester hatter, was made a baronet in 1781.  Oswald Mosley inherited the title in 1928, as 6th Baronet of where?

Ancoats

30.

Starting with the TV series Sicily Unpacked in 2012 through to Rome Unpacked in 2018, the British art historian and broadcaster Andrew Graham-Dixon has toured Italy with which Italian chef?

Giorgio Locatelli

Sp1

Born Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, this Roman Emperor is better known by what nickname? 

Caligula

Sp2

Born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, how is this Roman Emperor better known?

Nero

ROUND 2 - Stockport format - Written

1.

In a 1962 film, he was driving a Series II Sunbeam Alpine. By 2015, he was driving a bespoke Aston Martin DB10. Who is he?

James Bond

(accept also 007)

2.

Due the demands of coin production as the UK converted to decimal currency, the Royal Mint began moving out of London in 1967. Nowadays, which town is ‘The Hole with the Mint’?

Llantrisant

3.

Two albums released by the group Queen in 1975 and 1976, had the same titles as two films starring the Marx Brothers in 1935 and 1937.  What are the two titles?

A Night at the Opera and

A Day at the Races

4.

Which actor did Mae West invite with the often misquoted "Why don't you come up sometime and see me"?

Cary Grant

(in the 1933 film She Done Him Wrong)

5.

In which hobby or pastime might you find, among others: ‘the Adams’, a ‘Royal Wulff’, a ‘Woolly Bugger’ or ‘Dave’s Hopper’?

Fishing (or angling)

(specifically Fly Fishing)

6.

Which country’s name translates as ‘Land of the Pure’?

Pakistan

7.

Winning in 1936, who is the only US playwright to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?

Eugene O’Neill

8.

Which bird of the crow family, is included in the Cornish coat of arms with a tin miner and a fisherman? 

Chough

9.

In Test matches against Australia, who was the only Englishman to take a hat trick in the 20th Century?

Darren Gough

(Ian Healy, Stuart MacGill, and Colin Miller at Sydney Cricket Ground on 2nd January 1999)

10.

Polytetrafluoroethylene is better known by which brand name?

Teflon

Sp

The American Daniel Handler is the author of several children's books, including A Series of Unfortunate Events.  By what pen name is he better known?

Lemony Snicket

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ROUND 3 - WithQuiz format - A Round of Hoaxes, April Fools & the Like

1.

Using a plank of wood, rope, and a baseball cap fitted with a loop of wire, Doug Bower and Dave Chorley claim to have started what craze in 1978?

Making Crop Circles

2.

In 1917 and 1920, what did the young cousins Elsie Wright and Francis Griffiths photograph at Cottingley, near Bradford?

Fairies

(Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as a spiritualist, interpreted these photographs as clear evidence of psychic phenomena)

3.

In 1997, the Hungarian Peter Guzli went to New York.  What did he add to one of his holiday snaps a few years later?

Boeing 757

(Peter Guzli is ‘tourist guy’ standing on the roof of the World Trade Center, seemingly seconds before the plane hits the tower)

4.

The political lobbyist George M. Willing claimed it was a Shoshone term meaning ‘the sun comes from the mountains’ or ‘gem of the mountains’, but later said he made up the name, after a girl he knew.  What is the name of the 43rd US state, which was admitted to the Union in 1890?

Idaho
 

5.

The 1958 Walt Disney documentary White Wilderness is noted for its propagation of which misconception?

The mass suicide of lemmings
 

6.

In 1983, for what did the German magazine Stern pay 9.3 million Deutsche Marks (£2.33 million)?

Hitler’s Diaries

(despite being authenticated for the Sunday Times by the historian Hugh Trevor-Roper, they were subsequently found to be forgeries, as they were written on modern paper, using modern ink, and had some historical inaccuracies)

7.

In 1720, the pirate John ‘Calico Jack’ Rackham and his crew were arrested, tried, and sentenced to be hanged. Two of the crew, Read and Bonny, were granted a temporary stay of execution.  Why?

They were pregnant

(do not accept just that they were women; if they had not been pregnant, they would have been hanged with the rest of the crew)
(Mary Read died in prison, probably from a fever from childbirth; no one knows what happened to Anne Bonny)

8.

Certain traditions state that, in the medieval period, when a new Pope was elected, he would be made to sit in a chair with a hole cut in the seat.  There would then be a visual or manual examination of his genitalia.  If the examiner was convinced that the new Pope was a man he shouted "Testiculos habit et bene pendents!" ("He has testicles, and they hang well!").  This test was supposedly instituted after the reign of which pope?

Pope Joan

Sp1

The fossilised remains of Eoanthropus Dawsoni are more commonly known by what name?
 

Piltdown Man
 

Sp2

This country gained independence in 1967, and, following an almost bloodless coup on May 11th 1971, Maria-Jesu Pica became President-for-life.  Which nation are we referring to?

San Serriffe

(the 10th anniversary of the island’s independence was commemorated in the Guardian newspaper on April 1st 1977)

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ROUND 4 -  WithQuiz format - 'Our EU Neighbours'
All the answers in this round are, currently at least, our EU neighbours

1.

This country is home to the World Championships for Wife Carrying, Mobile Phone Throwing, Air Guitar, and Swamp Soccer.  For the unsuccessful, October 13th is ‘National Failure Day’, which aims to encourage people to cast off their fear of failing.  Name the country.

Finland

2.

In hopefully unrelated facts, this country is the most sexually active in the world with 87% of its population having sex weekly, and, with 4 million, it has the highest population of goats in the EU.  Name the country.

Greece

(according to a 2016 survey by Durex, and EU figures from 2015)

3.

This country reputedly brews more than 1500 beers.  The global headquarters of the world’s largest beer brewer is here, and, in 1999, the world’s first beer academy was opened here.  Name the country.

Belgium

(the brewer is Anheuser-Busch InBev in Leuven, and the academy is in Herk-de-Stad)

4.

Between 1950 and 1956, which national football team recorded 42 victories, 7 draws and just one defeat?

Hungary

(the team broke up due to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution; the one defeat was by West Germany in the 1954 World Cup final)

5.

Athletes from this country include a tennis player who won more than 100 ATP titles, but never Wimbledon, (being the defeated finalist in 1972 and 1976), and a high-scoring gymnast, who won gold at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics.  From which country do they come?

Romania

(Ilie Năstase and Nadia Comăneci)

6.

According to a 2014 report, which country has the highest annual per capita consumption of beer in the world?

The Czech Republic

(142.6 litres; the Seychelles are 2nd with 114.6 litres, and the UK is a measly 28th with 67.7 litres)

7.

Which country had a king who succeeded to the throne on 2nd August 1830 following his father’s abdication, only to abdicate in favour of his nephew 20 minutes later?

France

(Charles X was succeeded by Louis XIX, who abdicated in favour of Henri V)

8.

Which country has festivals which include ‘The Burial of the Sardine’, ‘Powder Day’, a ‘Battle of Wine’, ‘Baby Jumping’ and, until 2002, ‘Goat Throwing’?

Spain
 

Sp1

Until trumped by Singapore with 1560 people in 2014, which country held the record for the biggest gathering of people dressed as storybook characters, with 453 people in March 2011, at Chiswick High School?

Malta
 

Sp2

After the Northern Mariana Islands, this country has the lowest ratio of males to females in the world (84 males per 100 females).  As a totally unrelated fact, couples from this country have won 11 of the 21 annual Wife Carrying World Championships.  Name this country.

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ROUND 5 - WithQuz format - Hidden theme

Answers to the 8 questions and 2 spares include references to 10 from a group of 12

1.

In 2006, the Royal Institution of Great Britain named The Periodic Table the best science book ever written. Name the Italian chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor, who wrote it.

Primo Levi
 

2.

She had a five-year relationship with Paul McCartney in the 60’s, but eventually married the illustrator Gerald Scarfe.  Who is this actress, author, and cake maker?

Jane Asher
 

3.

In 2015, this glam rock singer was jailed for 16 years for sexually abusing three young girls between 1975 and 1980.  What is his real name?

Paul Gadd

(aka Gary Glitter)

4.

Who is missing from this list of cover stars: Korky the Cat, Cuddles and Dimples, Jak, Harry Hill, Bananaman?
 

5.

Nicknamed ‘The Angel of Death’, this SS officer and physician in Auschwitz died in 1979 in Brazil, when he suffered a stroke while swimming and drowned.  Who was he?  (full name is required)

Josef Mengele
 

6.

Born in Birmingham in 1958 this writer, dub poet and Rastafarian, is an honorary patron of The Vegan Society. When offered an OBE in 2003, his response was "No way Mr Blair, no way Mrs Queen. I am profoundly anti-empire."  Who is he?  (full name is required)

Benjamin Zephaniah
 

7.

 In the TV series The Magic Roundabout, what was the original French name for the character Zebedee?  It is also the given name of the grandfather in the long running TV series The Waltons.

Zebulon
 

8.

Tom Conti earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his role as Gowan McGland in a 1983 comedy-drama. McGland, a drunken Scottish poet who hasn’t written a word in years, starts work again after meeting a beautiful young woman.  Being his final words as a dog bounds towards him, what is the film called?
 

Reuben, Reuben

(McGland prepares to hang himself, but then regains his will to write.  Unfortunately, an old English sheepdog named Reuben bounds into the room, causing McGland to lose his balance before he can undo the noose, turning the aborted suicide into accidental asphyxiation)

Sp1

He first appeared as the title character in an 1880 novel by Lew Wallace.  He was famously played in film by Charlton Heston, and more recently, Jack Huston.  Name this character.  (full name is required)

Judah Ben-Hur
 

Sp2

He was Tsar of Bulgaria from 1943 to 1946.  He is one of the three last living heads of state from the time of WWII and is the only living person to have borne the title ‘Tsar’.  He was also Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2001 to 2005.  What is his given name?

Simeon

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ROUND 6 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme

1.

This men’s grooming product was presented at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, by the perfumer Édouard Pinaud.  Its name was also used for the film Grease when it was released in Quebec, Canada.  What is it called?

Brilliantine

2.

What name connects the oldest extant newspaper in France, and a retro-styled convertible made by Nissan in 1991?

Figaro

3.

Which Elton John single, from his album Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player, was released in October 1973, and became his first US number one single?

Crocodile Rock

4.

 Complete this list of siblings. Snoopy, Andy, Belle, Marbles, Olaf, Molly, Rover, and who?

Spike

5.

This comic strip by Alex Graham first appeared in the Daily Mail on 8 July 1963.  Since 1991, it has been drawn by Michael Martin, and can still be seen in The Mail On Sunday.  What is this comic strip called?

Fred Basset
 

6.

This sect was founded in the 1740’s in Bolton, but then spread to the USA.  At its peak, there were 6,000 believers.  On January 2, 2017, Sister Frances Carr died aged 89.  The two remaining members Brother Arnold Hadd, aged 58, and Sister June Carpenter, 77, hope that sincere newcomers will join them in New Gloucester, Maine.  What is this sect commonly called?

The Shakers

(properly 'The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing')

7.

According to a 2009 report, this recreational activity has more than 11 million active participants worldwide, and it will be represented at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.  What is this sport called?

Skateboarding
 

8.

The fictional town Royston Vasey in the BBC series The League of Gentlemen is named after a British stand-up comedian.  What is the stage name of this comedian, who made a cameo appearance as the town's mayor?

Roy 'Chubby' Brown
 

Sp1

The 'County Islands' was designed by Frank Blackmore of the British Transport and Road Research Laboratory, and constructed in 1972 near Swindon Town FC’s County Ground.  Voted the fourth scariest junction in Britain, in a 2009 poll by Britannia Rescue, what is this road junction now called?

The Magic Roundabout
 

Sp2

This strait is about 20 miles long and between 2½ and 5 miles wide, and is the only place in Europe with a regular hovercraft passenger service.  The service has operated since 1965, but in 1971, five people died in the world’s first fatal accident involving a commercially operated hovercraft.  What is this strait called?

The Solent

(The ferry company Hovertravel operates between Southsea, Portsmouth and Ryde, IoW)

Sp3

He began producing short films in 1915 with the comedian Harold Lloyd, and later employed Will Rogers, Harry Langdon, and Laurel & Hardy, among others.  In 1984, he received an honorary Academy Award.  He died in 1992, aged 100.  Who was he?

Hal Roach
 

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Tiebreakers

1.

According to the 2011 census, what was the combined population figure of the City of Manchester and Stockport?

2.

Mittwoch aus Licht (Wednesday from Light) is an opera by Karlheinz Stockhausen.  Scene 3 involves a string quartet, audio and video equipment and technicians, and what else?
 

Helicopters

(A string quartet is introduced to the audience by a moderator.  The players then go to four waiting helicopters, followed by video cameras transmitting back to television monitors in the auditorium. While flying in the helicopters, they play a synchronized, polyphonic composition, while reacting to the sounds of the rotor blades.)

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