ROUND 1 - Reverse Pairs

1.

Which UK Foreign Secretary had the longest tenure of the 20th century and ended his career as Ambassador to the USA?  He is best remembered for his comments about Europe’s descent into World War 1.

2.

Which West Indies island is the birthplace of Gary Sobers, Gordon Greenidge and Joel Garner who is currently president of its cricket association?

3.

Which expression derived from the world of music has now become a sporting cliché but first appeared in print in a sports report of a tied college basketball game from the Dallas Morning News in March 1976?

4.

Composer Leonard Bernstein was a professor at Harvard University in the academic year 1972/3 in which subject?

5.

Author Vladimir Nabokov was part time curator at Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology specialising in which creatures?

6.

A large opera singer in a dress split at the seam was the last advert for which product in a long running campaign ending in 2002?

7.

Which West Indies island is the birthplace of Andy Roberts, Viv Richards, Richie Richardson and Curtly Ambrose?

8.

Which UK Foreign Secretary came close to becoming Prime Minister in the twentieth century despite being born with a missing left hand?

Go to Round 1 questions with answers

ROUND 2 - Reverse Pairs

1.

Cheating Russian Alexander Krushelnitskiy was stripped of his bronze medal at this year’s Winter Olympic Games when he tested positive for a banned drug.  In which discipline was he performing?

2.

Which NBC American comedy/drama/detective series running from 1982 to 1987 helped launch the career of actor Pierce Brosnan?

3.

Distinguished neurologist Sir Roger Bannister died this month.  He was one of six Britons to hold the world mile record in the twentieth century.  Name three of the other five.

4.

Pink Floyd’s first studio album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn derives its title from Chapter 7 of which novel of 1908?

5.

The Marcel Duchamp artwork The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even inspired the title of which singer’s fifth solo album in 1978?

6.

Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett and Steve Cram also held the world record in the 1500m.  The three most recent holders of the record have however been Africans.  Name any one of them.

7.

The ITV science fiction/fantasy series Sapphire and Steele running from 1979 to 1982 starred Joanna Lumley as Sapphire and which Scottish-born actor as Steele?

8.

Which country won a bronze medal in the women’s 3000m short track speed skating relay in this year’s Winter Olympics despite not actually making the final?  Their time was a new world record and nearly four seconds faster than the gold medallists.

Go to Round 2 questions with answers

ROUND 3 - Announced theme

It might help (or not) to know that every answer contains the surname, or the title, of one of the 25 men (they were all men) who held the office of First Lord of the Treasury (de facto Prime Minister) between 1721-1850.

It might also help (or not) to know that they appear in chronological order (including the spares).

1.

With a population of 72, 846 which is the most populous city in the state of Delaware?  Perhaps surprisingly it is the 5th most dangerous city in the USA with a homicide rate ten times the national average.

2.

Which action-adventure crime film based on a book by Morton Freedgood was released in 1974 starring Robert Shaw and Walter Matthau and was remade in 2009 starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta?

3.

What name connects the Lithuanian Goddess of Wisdom, an anti-inflammatory drug for horses and St Andrews Medical School?

4.

Which group had a novelty No 1 hit in 1958 which was many years later used to advertise Maynard’s Wine Gums but with a line changed to “there’s juice loose about this hoose”?

5.

Name either of the two largest islands of a 10 island archipelago 400 miles east of New Zealand which is one of the first places on earth to see a new day despite being slightly east of the International Date Line.

6.

Alfred Hitchcock made cameo appearances in many of his films.  In which does he appear getting off a train carrying a cello case?

7.

Which businessman/astronomer founded an observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona in 1894 to search for Planet X? Long after his death Pluto was discovered from here and his initials were incorporated into Pluto’s astronomical symbol?  (full name required)

8.

Now part of the West Ham parliamentary constituency which district of the London borough of Newham is the site of the former Royal Docks on the north side of the Thames?  Charles Dickens had much to say about its squalor and it remains in the top 5% of deprived areas in the UK.

Sp1

Which TV drama series now in its 13th season is set in Seattle and is ABC’s highest-rated drama?

Sp2

Which city’s Olympic games were opened by the Duke of Edinburgh?

Sp3

Who succeeded Cathy Gayle and preceded Tara King?

Go to Round 3 questions with answers

ROUND 4 - Announced theme

The first year of our league concluded in 1978 but what else happened in that year?

1.

1978 was the Year of Three Popes (the first since 1605).  What were the birth surnames of the two deceased Italians?

2.

What was the unusual cause of death of the mathematician Kurt Gödel on January 14th 1978 in Princeton, New Jersey?

3.

Which serial killer (at least 30-35 female victims) was captured in Florida on 15th February 1978 and later executed by electrocution in 1989?

4.

Which former premier League footballer was born on 20th June 1978?  He played 106 times for England scoring 29 goals.   He has 11 GCSEs including an A* in Latin.

5.

On 25th July 1978 Louise Brown became the first test tube baby when she was delivered by Patrick Steptoe in the Royal Oldham Hospital.  Which scientist was to win a long delayed Nobel Prize for his work in 2010?

6.

The novel The Sea, The Sea won the Booker Prize in 1978.  Who was the author?

7.

Which musician born in Singapore on 27th October 1978 represented Thailand in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics but finished last in the giant slalom?

8.

The future spouses of both of Princess Anne’s children were born in 1978.  Name both of them.

Go to Round 4 questions with answers

ROUND 5 - Reverse Pairs

1.

Which island country's flag features three common-centred triangles on a cerulean blue field which represent The Pitons, which are iconic twin peaks in this country?

2.

By adding a letter can you name a musical duo formed in 1981 that had ten UK top ten hits; and a diptych pop art painting from 1963 hanging in the Tate Modern Gallery?

3.

Rufus has been employed at Wimbledon for the past 10 years. His shift starts at 5am and lasts for 4 hours.  He works for the whole Wimbledon fortnight and is the smallest employee.  What is his job?

4.

Bordering Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet this tiny Indian state ceased being an independent monarchy and became part of India in 1975.  The world's third tallest mountain Kanchenjunga lies on its border with Nepal and its capital is Gangtok.  Can you name this state?

5.

The sobriquet 'Tollywood' is used for the movie industry in the Telugu language based in which Indian City?  This city is home to the Sunrisers IPL cricket team and is India's fourth largest city by population.

6.

The Wimbledon Men’s Singles trophy features which fruit at its summit?  Reputedly it was placed there because this fruit was an item of luxury and a status symbol in Victorian times.

7.

By changing one letter can you name both an American Football quarterback born in 1961 who played for the Miami Dolphins and a country whose official date of founding is 301 AD, and is sometimes referred to as 'The Most Serene Republic of....'?

8.

The flag of which European country features the national coat of arms containing an image of its highest peak, the 9396 foot high Mount Triglav, under three stars?

Go to Round 5 questions with answers

ROUND 6 - Reverse Pairs

1.

The first televised by-election night was in Rochdale in 1958.  Who was the defeated Liberal candidate?  He was a broadcaster who died in 2009 and he was married to dancer Moira Shearer.

2.

Which popular BBC game show running from 1965 to 1977 was compèred by Max Robertson and had as its theme music The Birds by Respighi?

3.

Rock Around The Clock, Ain’t That A Shame, Maybe Baby and Green Onions were all on the soundtrack of which George Lucas film of 1973?

4.

Which was the last and greatest battle in which oar-propelled ships were used?  It took place in 1571.

5.

Which Briton with Rochdale connections died in 1824 at a place not far from the site of the battle of Lepanto?

6.

Which 1954 musical film set in Oregon starred Howard Keel and Jane Powell?  It was nominated for best picture Academy Award but lost out to On the Waterfront.

7.

Why does BBC1 play the Te Deum by Charpentier every May?

8.

Who was the defeated Liberal candidate for the Hereford constituency in the 1959 general election?  Better known as a television journalist and broadcaster he died in 2000.

Go to Round 6 questions with answers

ROUND 7 - A Round dedicated to the Celebration of our 40th (ruby) anniversary

1.

The song Forty Shades of Green which waxes lyrical on Ireland sounds like a traditional Irish ballad but the words and melody were composed and performed in 1961 by which country and western singer?

2.

Which playwright’s first West End production in 1967 was the popular Forty Year’s On set in a public school called Albion House?

3.

Which chemical element with the atomic number 40 derives its name from the Persian for gold-coloured?  It is also the last chemical element alphabetically.

4.

The A40 road starts in London and ends in which Welsh town?

5.

Ruby Walsh is a notable National Hunt jockey on both sides of the Irish Sea.  Who is his sister-in-law who has also had a successful racing career finishing four of the six Grand Nationals in which she has competed?

6.

Ruby was a No 1 hit for the Kaiser Chiefs in 2007 but in which country are the Kaizer Chiefs a team in the Premier Soccer League?

7.

A ruby worn at Agincourt by Henry V, and allegedly at Bosworth Field by Richard III, is currently in the Imperial State Crown.  By what name is it better known? 

8.

Who was convicted of underage sex with Ruby Rubacuori and sentenced to seven year’s imprisonment?  However the conviction was overturned on appeal (and the innocent man spent no time in prison).

Sp1

Popular 1950s singer Ruby Murray, whose name is now Cockney rhyming slang for a curry, was born in which UK city?

Sp2

Which brothers both had a symphony No 40, one composed in 1763 and one in 1789.  Both were in the key of F major.

Go to Round 7 questions with answers

ROUND 8 - Pick Your Own Lucky Dip

No theme again, in fact no pairs either. Just 13 questions on random unconnected topics.

Pick a number from 1 to 13 for your question.

1.

Pointless, Graceless, Aimless, and Feckless are cows, and Viper a horse from which 1932 novel that was number 57 in The Guardian's all time top 100 novels?

2.

If dust is the lowest grade and orange pekoe is the highest what are we grading?

3.

Which two countries are partially separated by the hundred mile long Strait of Juan de Fuca (no sniggering)?  It is named after the Greek navigator who sailed in 1592 to seek the fabled Strait of Anian that was believed to mark the boundary of North America and Asia.

4.

Which car first manufactured in 1948 and remaining in production for 40 years, in its design briefing had to have the ability “To be able to cross a ploughed field without breaking eggs in a basket on a seat” and also “To be able to carry a medium sized pig in the back”?

5.

6.

Which is the only English football league city whose name does not have any letters that can be filled in by a biro?

7.

Which British Olympic gold medallist has released a series of children's books called Evie’s Magic Bracelet?  So far three books have been published with another four planned.

8.

Formerly Mount McKinley, this mountain's current name means 'the high one' in the native Athabaskan language.  It is also the name of the 24,000 square kilometre national park it resides in.  What is its current name?

9.

Peter Finch famously won the Best Actor award posthumously for Network in 1977 having passed away on January 14th 1977.  Which former British Prime Minister also died on that day?

10.

Geoffrey Rush won Best Actor Oscar in 1997 for his performance in a film that made much use of Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto in the plot.  Which film?

11.

Alexander and Periander thought of constructing the Corinth Canal.  The Emperor Nero actually started digging with a golden spade but unsurprisingly gave up.  In which decade of the 1800s was the project completed?

12.

Which disease was known in the 1500s as 'the Great Pox' to distinguish it from 'the Small Pox' which was also causing much mortality at the time?

13.

Which UK highly marginal constituency was represented by eight men between 1955 and 1983?  These eight included a solicitor, a teacher, a farmer, a publican, two future Dukes (of Westminster and of Abercorn) and two convicted felons.  Three of these men were 'Babies of the House' at their time of election.

Go to Round 8 questions with answers

ROUND 1 - Reverse Pairs

1.

Which UK Foreign Secretary had the longest tenure of the 20th century and ended his career as Ambassador to the USA?  He is best remembered for his comments about Europe’s descent into World War 1.

Sir Edward Grey

(later Viscount Grey - accept Lord Grey)

2.

Which West Indies island is the birthplace of Gary Sobers, Gordon Greenidge and Joel Garner who is currently president of its cricket association?

Barbados

3.

Which expression derived from the world of music has now become a sporting cliché but first appeared in print in a sports report of a tied college basketball game from the Dallas Morning News in March 1976?

("The opera/It) Ain’t over till the fat lady sings"

4.

Composer Leonard Bernstein was a professor at Harvard University in the academic year 1972/3 in which subject?

Poetry

5.

Author Vladimir Nabokov was part time curator at Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology specialising in which creatures?

Butterflies

(and moths - i.e. lepidoptery)

6.

A large opera singer in a dress split at the seam was the last advert for which product in a long running campaign ending in 2002?

Silk Cut cigarettes

7.

Which West Indies island is the birthplace of Andy Roberts, Viv Richards, Richie Richardson and Curtly Ambrose?

Antigua

8.

Which UK Foreign Secretary came close to becoming Prime Minister in the twentieth century despite being born with a missing left hand?

Viscount Halifax

(later Earl of Halifax - accept Lord Halifax)

ROUND 2 - Reverse Pairs

1.

Cheating Russian Alexander Krushelnitskiy was stripped of his bronze medal at this year’s Winter Olympic Games when he tested positive for a banned drug.  In which discipline was he performing?

Curling

2.

Which NBC American comedy/drama/detective series running from 1982 to 1987 helped launch the career of actor Pierce Brosnan?

Remington Steele

3.

Distinguished neurologist Sir Roger Bannister died this month.  He was one of six Britons to hold the world mile record in the twentieth century.  Name three of the other five.

(three from) Sydney Wooderson, Derek Ibbotson, Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett and Steve Cram

4.

Pink Floyd’s first studio album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn derives its title from Chapter 7 of which novel of 1908?

The Wind In The Willows

5.

The Marcel Duchamp artwork The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even inspired the title of which singer’s fifth solo album in 1978?

Bryan Ferry

6.

Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett and Steve Cram also held the world record in the 1500m.  The three most recent holders of the record have however been Africans.  Name any one of them.

(one from) Said Aouta, Noureddine Morceli and Hicham El Guerrouj

7.

The ITV science fiction/fantasy series Sapphire and Steele running from 1979 to 1982 starred Joanna Lumley as Sapphire and which Scottish-born actor as Steele?

David McCallum

8.

Which country won a bronze medal in the women’s 3000m short track speed skating relay in this year’s Winter Olympics despite not actually making the final?  Their time was a new world record and nearly four seconds faster than the gold medallists.

Netherlands

Go back to Round 2 questions without answers

ROUND 3 - Announced theme

It might help (or not) to know that every answer contains the surname, or the title, of one of the 25 men (they were all men) who held the office of First Lord of the Treasury (de facto Prime Minister) between 1721-1850.

It might also help (or not) to know that they appear in chronological order (including the spares).

1.

With a population of 72, 846 which is the most populous city in the state of Delaware?  Perhaps surprisingly it is the 5th most dangerous city in the USA with a homicide rate ten times the national average.

Wilmington

2.

Which action-adventure crime film based on a book by Morton Freedgood was released in 1974 starring Robert Shaw and Walter Matthau and was remade in 2009 starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta?

The Taking of Pelham 123

3.

What name connects the Lithuanian Goddess of Wisdom, an anti-inflammatory drug for horses and St Andrews Medical School?

Bute

4.

Which group had a novelty No 1 hit in 1958 which was many years later used to advertise Maynard’s Wine Gums but with a line changed to “there’s juice loose about this hoose”?

Lord Rockingham’s XI

5.

Name either of the two largest islands of a 10 island archipelago 400 miles east of New Zealand which is one of the first places on earth to see a new day despite being slightly east of the International Date Line.

Chatham Island  or Pitt Island

6.

Alfred Hitchcock made cameo appearances in many of his films.  In which does he appear getting off a train carrying a cello case?

North by Northwest

7.

Which businessman/astronomer founded an observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona in 1894 to search for Planet X? Long after his death Pluto was discovered from here and his initials were incorporated into Pluto’s astronomical symbol?  (full name required)

Percival Lowell

8.

Now part of the West Ham parliamentary constituency which district of the London borough of Newham is the site of the former Royal Docks on the north side of the Thames?  Charles Dickens had much to say about its squalor and it remains in the top 5% of deprived areas in the UK.

Canning Town

Sp1

Which TV drama series now in its 13th season is set in Seattle and is ABC’s highest-rated drama?

Grey’s Anatomy

Sp2

Which city’s Olympic games were opened by the Duke of Edinburgh?

Melbourne

Sp3

Who succeeded Cathy Gayle and preceded Tara King?

Emma Peel

(in The Avengers)

Go back to Round 3 questions without answers

ROUND 4 - Announced theme

The first year of our league concluded in 1978 but what else happened in that year?

1.

1978 was the Year of Three Popes (the first since 1605).  What were the birth surnames of the two deceased Italians?

Montini and Luciani

2.

What was the unusual cause of death of the mathematician Kurt Gödel on January 14th 1978 in Princeton, New Jersey?

(he would only eat food prepared by her as he feared poisoning)

3.

Which serial killer (at least 30-35 female victims) was captured in Florida on 15th February 1978 and later executed by electrocution in 1989?

Ted Bundy

4.

Which former premier League footballer was born on 20th June 1978?  He played 106 times for England scoring 29 goals.   He has 11 GCSEs including an A* in Latin.

Frank Lampard

5.

On 25th July 1978 Louise Brown became the first test tube baby when she was delivered by Patrick Steptoe in the Royal Oldham Hospital.  Which scientist was to win a long delayed Nobel Prize for his work in 2010?

Robert Edwards

6.

The novel The Sea, The Sea won the Booker Prize in 1978.  Who was the author?

Iris Murdoch

7.

Which musician born in Singapore on 27th October 1978 represented Thailand in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics but finished last in the giant slalom?

Vanessa Mae

8.

The future spouses of both of Princess Anne’s children were born in 1978.  Name both of them.

Mike Tindall and Autumn Kelly

Go back to Round 4 questions without answers

ROUND 5 - Reverse Pairs

1.

Which island country's flag features three common-centred triangles on a cerulean blue field which represent The Pitons, which are iconic twin peaks in this country?

St Lucia

2.

By adding a letter can you name a musical duo formed in 1981 that had ten UK top ten hits; and a diptych pop art painting from 1963 hanging in the Tate Modern Gallery?

Wham! & Whaam!

(the latter being a painting by Roy Lichtenstein)

3.

Rufus has been employed at Wimbledon for the past 10 years. His shift starts at 5am and lasts for 4 hours.  He works for the whole Wimbledon fortnight and is the smallest employee.  What is his job?

To chase away the pigeons (Rufus is a Harris Hawk)

4.

Bordering Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet this tiny Indian state ceased being an independent monarchy and became part of India in 1975.  The world's third tallest mountain Kanchenjunga lies on its border with Nepal and its capital is Gangtok.  Can you name this state?

Sikkim

5.

The sobriquet 'Tollywood' is used for the movie industry in the Telugu language based in which Indian City?  This city is home to the Sunrisers IPL cricket team and is India's fourth largest city by population.

Hyderabad

6.

The Wimbledon Men’s Singles trophy features which fruit at its summit?  Reputedly it was placed there because this fruit was an item of luxury and a status symbol in Victorian times.

Pineapple

7.

By changing one letter can you name both an American Football quarterback born in 1961 who played for the Miami Dolphins and a country whose official date of founding is 301 AD, and is sometimes referred to as 'The Most Serene Republic of....'?

Dan Marino & San Marino

8.

The flag of which European country features the national coat of arms containing an image of its highest peak, the 9396 foot high Mount Triglav, under three stars?

Slovenia

Go back to Round 5 questions without answers

ROUND 6 - Reverse Pairs

1.

The first televised by-election night was in Rochdale in 1958.  Who was the defeated Liberal candidate?  He was a broadcaster who died in 2009 and he was married to dancer Moira Shearer.

Ludovic Kennedy

2.

Which popular BBC game show running from 1965 to 1977 was compèred by Max Robertson and had as its theme music The Birds by Respighi?

Going For A Song

3.

Rock Around The Clock, Ain’t That A Shame, Maybe Baby and Green Onions were all on the soundtrack of which George Lucas film of 1973?

American Graffiti

4.

Which was the last and greatest battle in which oar-propelled ships were used?  It took place in 1571.

Lepanto

5.

Which Briton with Rochdale connections died in 1824 at a place not far from the site of the battle of Lepanto?

(Baron Byron of Rochdale)

6.

Which 1954 musical film set in Oregon starred Howard Keel and Jane Powell?  It was nominated for best picture Academy Award but lost out to On the Waterfront.

Seven Brides For Seven Brothers

7.

Why does BBC1 play the Te Deum by Charpentier every May?

It’s the theme music for the Eurovision Broadcasting Union

(accept theme music for Eurovision Song Contest)

8.

Who was the defeated Liberal candidate for the Hereford constituency in the 1959 general election?  Better known as a television journalist and broadcaster he died in 2000.

Robin Day

Go back to Round 6 questions without answers

ROUND 7 - A Round dedicated to the Celebration of our 40th (ruby) anniversary

1.

The song Forty Shades of Green which waxes lyrical on Ireland sounds like a traditional Irish ballad but the words and melody were composed and performed in 1961 by which country and western singer?

Johnny Cash

2.

Which playwright’s first West End production in 1967 was the popular Forty Year’s On set in a public school called Albion House?

Alan Bennett

3.

Which chemical element with the atomic number 40 derives its name from the Persian for gold-coloured?  It is also the last chemical element alphabetically.

Zirconium

4.

The A40 road starts in London and ends in which Welsh town?

Fishguard

5.

Ruby Walsh is a notable National Hunt jockey on both sides of the Irish Sea.  Who is his sister-in-law who has also had a successful racing career finishing four of the six Grand Nationals in which she has competed?

Nina Carberry

6.

Ruby was a No 1 hit for the Kaiser Chiefs in 2007 but in which country are the Kaizer Chiefs a team in the Premier Soccer League?

South Africa

7.

A ruby worn at Agincourt by Henry V, and allegedly at Bosworth Field by Richard III, is currently in the Imperial State Crown.  By what name is it better known? 

The Black Prince’s Ruby

8.

Who was convicted of underage sex with Ruby Rubacuori and sentenced to seven year’s imprisonment?  However the conviction was overturned on appeal (and the innocent man spent no time in prison).

Silvio Berlusconi

Sp1

Popular 1950s singer Ruby Murray, whose name is now Cockney rhyming slang for a curry, was born in which UK city?

Belfast

Sp2

Which brothers both had a symphony No 40, one composed in 1763 and one in 1789.  Both were in the key of F major.

Joseph and Michael Haydn

Go back to Round 7 questions without answers

ROUND 8 - Pick Your Own Lucky Dip

No theme again, in fact no pairs either. Just 13 questions on random unconnected topics.

Pick a number from 1 to 13 for your question.

1.

Pointless, Graceless, Aimless, and Feckless are cows, and Viper a horse from which 1932 novel that was number 57 in The Guardian's all time top 100 novels?

2.

If dust is the lowest grade and orange pekoe is the highest what are we grading?

3.

Which two countries are partially separated by the hundred mile long Strait of Juan de Fuca (no sniggering)?  It is named after the Greek navigator who sailed in 1592 to seek the fabled Strait of Anian that was believed to mark the boundary of North America and Asia.

4.

Which car first manufactured in 1948 and remaining in production for 40 years, in its design briefing had to have the ability “To be able to cross a ploughed field without breaking eggs in a basket on a seat” and also “To be able to carry a medium sized pig in the back”?

5.

6.

Which is the only English football league city whose name does not have any letters that can be filled in by a biro?

Hull City

7.

Which British Olympic gold medallist has released a series of children's books called Evie’s Magic Bracelet?  So far three books have been published with another four planned.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

8.

Formerly Mount McKinley, this mountain's current name means 'the high one' in the native Athabaskan language.  It is also the name of the 24,000 square kilometre national park it resides in.  What is its current name?

Denali

9.

Peter Finch famously won the Best Actor award posthumously for Network in 1977 having passed away on January 14th 1977.  Which former British Prime Minister also died on that day?

10.

Geoffrey Rush won Best Actor Oscar in 1997 for his performance in a film that made much use of Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto in the plot.  Which film?

11.

Alexander and Periander thought of constructing the Corinth Canal.  The Emperor Nero actually started digging with a golden spade but unsurprisingly gave up.  In which decade of the 1800s was the project completed?

12.

Which disease was known in the 1500s as 'the Great Pox' to distinguish it from 'the Small Pox' which was also causing much mortality at the time?

13.

Which UK highly marginal constituency was represented by eight men between 1955 and 1983?  These eight included a solicitor, a teacher, a farmer, a publican, two future Dukes (of Westminster and of Abercorn) and two convicted felons.  Three of these men were 'Babies of the House' at their time of election.

Go back to Round 8 questions without answers