ROUND 1 - Stockport format - Oral

1.

In the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, who won both the 1500m and 5000m on the same day?

2.

The Ingmar Bergman file The Seventh Seal takes its title from which book of the Bible?

3.

The colony of Maryland, originally founded as a potential haven for Catholics, was named after whom in 1632?

4.

Which literary figure, who often received locks of hair from adoring female fans, sometimes reciprocated by sending clippings from his pet dog Boatswain?

5.

Who was named European Footballer of the Year in 1990, followed a year later by being the inaugural World Footballer of the Year?  (full name required)

6.

Which actress regularly left nothing to the imagination while climbing a ladder on the set of Lifeboat in 1944? When someone complained about her antics, Hitchcock’s reply was: “I don’t know whether that’s a concern for wardrobe or hairdressing”.

7.

In mahjong, what action is known as 'the twittering of the sparrows'?

8.

Which British First Lord of the Treasury/Prime Minister served for the longest overall time?

9.

Who was the first Englishman to explore parts of Australia and the first to circumnavigate the world 3 times? He rescued Alexander Selkirk, the possible inspiration for Robinson Crusoe.  (surname will suffice)

10.

Which English statesman was abducted as a baby by his grandfather’s pet monkey?  In the frontispiece of a 1664 satirical cookbook, purporting to be by his wife Elizabeth, she appears with a monkey on her shoulder.

11.

Which Booker Prize-winning author (in 1988 and 2001) was accused of snubbing the Queen by declining an invitation to meet her after winning the Commonwealth Writers Prize for his novel Jack Maggs (1997)?

12.

This person was born into poverty on the Wirral as Emy Lyons.  She became the mistress of Charles Greville, MP for Warwick.  She later married his uncle thereby taking the name by which she is best known.  Renowned for her beauty, she is one of the most painted Englishwomen of all time but died in poverty in Calais in 1815.  Who is she?

13.

What is the connection between the names of the capitals of the following American States: Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin?

14.

What is the surname of the 1918 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry who co-invented a method to synthesize ammonia, who is also considered the 'father of chemical warfare' for his work developing and weaponising chlorine and other poisonous gases during WW1?

15.

Which film, directed by Federico Fellini, contributed the term paparazzi to the English language, derived from Paparazzo, the name of a photographer in the film?

16.

The 'NightMoves' award-winning actress Stephanie Clifford has become known recently for her starring role in a real life drama.  By what name is she better known?

17.

The 1974 Nobel Prize for Physics was the first to be awarded for astronomy.  Give the surname of either of the co-recipients, one of whom was the Astronomer Royal, the other identified pulsars.

18.

What is the connection between the names of the states whose capitals are: Bismarck, Columbia, and Charleston?

19.

This person, one of the most brilliant men of his age, was born in 1527 and has been the model for many fictional characters from Prospero to Dumbledore.  He edited and introduced the first English translation of Euclid’s Elements.  He was a spy for Queen Elizabeth, signing his letters to her ‘007’.

20.

His real name is Peter Finlay.  In 2003, he became the third Australian-born author to win the Booker Prize for fiction for a book about a teenager whose best friend murders their classmates.  What is his pen name?

21.

22.

Which 16th-century explorer claimed Canada for France?  Initially, this was the territory on the shores of the St. Lawrence River.  (surname will suffice)

23.

Which US President spent the shortest time in office?

24.

Which pastime, originally known as a 'dissection', is believed to have been initiated by the cartographer John Spilsbury in 1760 as a teaching aid?

25.

In 1939, the premiere of a film was held in Loew’s Grand in Atlanta.  Which of the film’s performers was absent from the screening due to the mores of the time?

26.

Who is the only person to have both played for, and managed, the 'Big Three'of Dutch football?  He was a member of the Holland team that won the UEFA Championship in 1988 and was captain in the 1994 World Cup.  (full name required)

27.

Which poet laureate, who wrote The Inchcape Rock, also published The Story of the Three Bears, an early version of the tale in which Goldilocks was originally an old woman?  (surname will suffice)

28.

Originally named ‘V-beer’, Carlsberg Special Brew was originally brewed in honour of which statesman to commemorate his visit to Copenhagen in 1950?  His favourite drink was cognac, so the brewers created a stronger lager with cognac flavours.  (surname will suffice)

29.

According to Chapter 6 of the Book of Revelations, what materialised when the Lamb broke the first 4 of the 7 seals from a scroll?

30.

In the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, who won the 10,000m, 5,000m and marathon, despite having never previously raced a marathon?

Sp1

Which US president, who used to be a patent attorney, is the only president to have obtained a US patent?  He designed a method for keeping vessels afloat when traversing shallow waters through the use of empty metal air chambers attached to their sides.

Sp2

Who is the only US President to have been awarded a PhD?   He gained his doctorate in political science from Johns Hopkins University in 1886.

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ROUND 2 - Stockport format - Written - Hidden theme

The theme word may be part of a longer word - full answers are required

1.

Who is the oldest winner, aged 82, of an Academy Award for acting?

2.

Which Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford was the author of The Last Days of Hitler in 1947?  His reputation was damaged in 1983 when he authenticated the Hitler Diaries shortly before they were shown to be forgeries.

3.

Which neighbourhood of Manhattan, also known as Clinton and once a bastion of poor and working class Irish Americans, is traditionally considered to be bordered by 34th Street, 59th Street, Eighth Avenue, and the Hudson River?

4.

Who won gold at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics, representing Great Britain in the T44 men's 100 metres?

5.

Which Glam Rock hit of 1973 was inspired by an incident when the band was performing at the Grand Hall in Kilmarnock and they were driven offstage by a barrage of bottles?

6.

Born in Bury in 1976, what is the nickname of the presenter who joined Test Match Special in 2012, following a career as a fast medium bowler for Warwickshire and Leicestershire?

7.

Which Rolling Stones album, released in 1994, was the first album without Bill Wyman, and includes the single Love Is Strong?

8.

Which stadium's last event was a concert by Paul McCartney in August 2014, before it was demolished in 2015?

9.

Which is the oldest cultural institution in the USA, housed in three buildings named after Presidents Jefferson, Adams and Madison?

10.

Among the ingredients mentioned in the witch's brew in Macbeth are "eye of newt" and "toe of frog".  "Toe of frog" is a buttercup.  What is "eye of newt"?

Sp

Which building houses the second largest pipe organ in the UK and is mentioned in the Beatles song A Day in the Life?  In 1968, it was the venue for the Eurovision Song Contest and has also staged the Miss World contest.

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ROUND 3 - WithQuiz format - Pairs

1.

The name of which synthetic fibre, developed by Joseph Shivers at Dupont and introduced in 1962, is an anagram of its defining property?

2.

Who is England’s most-married Queen, with four husbands?  She published two books during her reign: Psalms or Prayers and Prayers or Meditations, later followed by The Lamentations of a Sinner.

3.

On 1st May 1930, 11 year old Venetia Burney from Oxford won a competition to name which object?  The name was subsequently used until 1953 for the only one of a group of movie characters who doesn’t speak.

4.

Which unofficial holiday was last celebrated on April 4th 2016?  We will have to wait until May 5th 2025 for the next one.

5.

Based on the American style of writing dates, which unofficial annual holiday is celebrated by scientists between 2 minutes past 6 in the morning and 2 minutes past 6 in the evening on October 23rd?

6.

The scientific paper Stereospecific Polymerization of Isoprene was purportedly authored by the wife of a European leader.  Following her death due to unnatural causes on December 25th 1989, it was revealed that her scientific credentials were a hoax and that all the research published under her name was written by a team of scientists in her name in order to obtain a fraudulent doctorate.  What is her surname?

7.

Who was the first elected world leader to give birth while in office?

8.

Which is the only number that, when spelt, has its letters in alphabetical order?

Sp1

Which US President served as President of Princeton University from 1902-1910?

Sp2

Who was the French Prime Minister before, and at the end of, the First World War? He was also the owner of the daily newspaper L’Aurore, which published Zola’s J’accuse.  (surname will suffice)

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ROUND 4 - WithQuiz format - 'You Can Say That Again!'

1.

What name connects a Pixar film that won an Academy Award for Best Original Song (Remember Me), and Nicolai Poliakoff?

2.

Which English novelist was named for his Pre-Raphaelite painter grandfather and wrote The Good Solider?

3.

Which Cameroonian footballer, born on 4th May 1981, started his senior career with Nantes, before transferring to Manchester United and Aston Villa?  (surname will suffice)

4.

Which Hollywood performer who gained worldwide fame during the silent era, star of 27 films such as The Clash of the Wolves, was rescued from a World War I battlefield by an American soldier?

5.

What is the name of the knighted entertainment mogul who founded one of the largest film production companies and the dominant television company in Hong Kong?  In 2004, he established an eponymous prize for Astronomy, Life Science and Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences, widely regarded as the 'Nobel of the East'.

6.

Released in 1976, which was David Bowie’s 10th studio album, in which he took on the persona of the Thin White Duke, and contained the track Golden Years?

7.

Which human condition occurs as result of thiamine deficiency?  It is divided into four categories: wet, dry, infantile and gastrointestinal.

8.

What name connects Salvatore Schillaci, and a dog that appeared in a series of novels first published in 1900?

Sp

Which artist born in 1957 was the artistic consultant on the National Stadium for the 2008 Olympics and, in 2010, displayed 100 million handmade and painted porcelain sunflower seeds at the Tate Museum?  (surname will suffice)

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ROUND 5 - WithQuz format - 'D C Thomson's Finest'

1.

What is the title of the third and final number one hit in the UK for Brotherhood of Man?

2.

Emeralds, aquamarines and heliodors are varieties of which mineral?

3.

What is the more common name for laparoscopy?

4.

Played by Lionel Barrymore, what is the surname of the owner of the bank in Bedford Falls?

5.

What is the subtitle of Star Wars: Episode I?

6.

What is the title of Pulp’s second consecutive number two single that refers to ecstasy and speed?

7.

What is the title of the Terry Pratchett novel published in 2012, whose eponymous character is inspired by a Charles Dickens character?

8.

The poet born Quintus Flaccus is better known by what name?  He was an officer in the republican army that was defeated at the Battle of Philippi.  His works include Satires and Epodes.

Sp1

What was the nickname of the tennis player who, in 1953, became the first woman to win all four Grand Slam tournaments during the same calendar year?

Sp2

What nickname was shared by the cricketer Pelham Warner and P G Wodehouse? .

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ROUND 6 - WithQuiz format - The Name's the Same'

Each question is in two parts - the two answers are different people (real or fictional) with the same given name and surname, allowing for sound-alikes and slight spelling differences

1.

Born with the surname Woodward, this winner of the 2000 Brit Award for Best British Male played himself in Tim Burton’s film Mars Attacks!

2.

3.

The American co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994 for his contribution to game theory.

4.

Edinburgh-born recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2015.

5.

Former director of Leicester City and Chairman of the Football League who took up his current Chairmanship in 2016.

MP for Tunbridge and Wells and a current cabinet minister.

6.

British Prime Minister of the 1830s known as Viscount Howick.

7.

The man whose most famous invention in the 1990s was in response to the need to communicate information about AIDS to the people of Africa.

8.

Fashion model who was painted nude by Lucien Freud.

Sp

Disgraced sprinter who, 11 years later in 1999, was hired by Gaddafi to act as a football coach for his son.

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Tiebreakers

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ROUND 1 - Stockport format - Oral

1.

In the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, who won both the 1500m and 5000m on the same day?

Paavo Nurmi

2.

The Ingmar Bergman file The Seventh Seal takes its title from which book of the Bible?

Revelation or The Apocalypse

3.

The colony of Maryland, originally founded as a potential haven for Catholics, was named after whom in 1632?

Queen Henrietta Maria (accept Charles I’s wife, who, although French, was known as Queen Mary in England)

4.

Which literary figure, who often received locks of hair from adoring female fans, sometimes reciprocated by sending clippings from his pet dog Boatswain?

Byron

5.

Who was named European Footballer of the Year in 1990, followed a year later by being the inaugural World Footballer of the Year?  (full name required)

Lothar Matthäus

6.

Which actress regularly left nothing to the imagination while climbing a ladder on the set of Lifeboat in 1944? When someone complained about her antics, Hitchcock’s reply was: “I don’t know whether that’s a concern for wardrobe or hairdressing”.

Tallulah Bankhead

7.

In mahjong, what action is known as 'the twittering of the sparrows'?

Shuffling the tiles

8.

Which British First Lord of the Treasury/Prime Minister served for the longest overall time?

Robert Walpole

(1721-1742)

9.

Who was the first Englishman to explore parts of Australia and the first to circumnavigate the world 3 times? He rescued Alexander Selkirk, the possible inspiration for Robinson Crusoe.  (surname will suffice)

(William) Dampier

10.

Which English statesman was abducted as a baby by his grandfather’s pet monkey?  In the frontispiece of a 1664 satirical cookbook, purporting to be by his wife Elizabeth, she appears with a monkey on her shoulder.

Oliver Cromwell

11.

Which Booker Prize-winning author (in 1988 and 2001) was accused of snubbing the Queen by declining an invitation to meet her after winning the Commonwealth Writers Prize for his novel Jack Maggs (1997)?

Peter Carey

12.

This person was born into poverty on the Wirral as Emy Lyons.  She became the mistress of Charles Greville, MP for Warwick.  She later married his uncle thereby taking the name by which she is best known.  Renowned for her beauty, she is one of the most painted Englishwomen of all time but died in poverty in Calais in 1815.  Who is she?

Lady (Emma) Hamilton

13.

What is the connection between the names of the capitals of the following American States: Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin?

They contain the name of a US President

(Jackson, Jefferson City, Lincoln, Madison)

14.

What is the surname of the 1918 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry who co-invented a method to synthesize ammonia, who is also considered the 'father of chemical warfare' for his work developing and weaponising chlorine and other poisonous gases during WW1?

(Fritz) Haber

15.

Which film, directed by Federico Fellini, contributed the term paparazzi to the English language, derived from Paparazzo, the name of a photographer in the film?

La Dolce Vita

16.

The 'NightMoves' award-winning actress Stephanie Clifford has become known recently for her starring role in a real life drama.  By what name is she better known?

Stormy Daniels

17.

The 1974 Nobel Prize for Physics was the first to be awarded for astronomy.  Give the surname of either of the co-recipients, one of whom was the Astronomer Royal, the other identified pulsars.

either (Martin) Ryle or (Antony) Hewish

18.

What is the connection between the names of the states whose capitals are: Bismarck, Columbia, and Charleston?

They begin with a compass direction

(North Dakota, South Carolina, West Virginia)

19.

This person, one of the most brilliant men of his age, was born in 1527 and has been the model for many fictional characters from Prospero to Dumbledore.  He edited and introduced the first English translation of Euclid’s Elements.  He was a spy for Queen Elizabeth, signing his letters to her ‘007’.

(Dr) John Dee

20.

His real name is Peter Finlay.  In 2003, he became the third Australian-born author to win the Booker Prize for fiction for a book about a teenager whose best friend murders their classmates.  What is his pen name?

DBC Pierre

21.

Catherine de’ Medici

22.

Which 16th-century explorer claimed Canada for France?  Initially, this was the territory on the shores of the St. Lawrence River.  (surname will suffice)

(Jacques) Cartier

23.

Which US President spent the shortest time in office?

William (Henry) Harrison

(32 days)

24.

Which pastime, originally known as a 'dissection', is believed to have been initiated by the cartographer John Spilsbury in 1760 as a teaching aid?

Jigsaw puzzles

25.

In 1939, the premiere of a film was held in Loew’s Grand in Atlanta.  Which of the film’s performers was absent from the screening due to the mores of the time?

Hattie McDaniel

(because Atlanta society was segregated at the time and she was black)

26.

Who is the only person to have both played for, and managed, the 'Big Three'of Dutch football?  He was a member of the Holland team that won the UEFA Championship in 1988 and was captain in the 1994 World Cup.  (full name required)

27.

Which poet laureate, who wrote The Inchcape Rock, also published The Story of the Three Bears, an early version of the tale in which Goldilocks was originally an old woman?  (surname will suffice)

(Robert) Southey

28.

Originally named ‘V-beer’, Carlsberg Special Brew was originally brewed in honour of which statesman to commemorate his visit to Copenhagen in 1950?  His favourite drink was cognac, so the brewers created a stronger lager with cognac flavours.  (surname will suffice)

(Winston) Churchill

29.

According to Chapter 6 of the Book of Revelations, what materialised when the Lamb broke the first 4 of the 7 seals from a scroll?

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

30.

In the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, who won the 10,000m, 5,000m and marathon, despite having never previously raced a marathon?

Emil Zátopek

Sp1

Which US president, who used to be a patent attorney, is the only president to have obtained a US patent?  He designed a method for keeping vessels afloat when traversing shallow waters through the use of empty metal air chambers attached to their sides.

Abraham Lincoln

Sp2

Who is the only US President to have been awarded a PhD?   He gained his doctorate in political science from Johns Hopkins University in 1886.

Woodrow Wilson

ROUND 2 - Stockport format - Written - Hidden theme

The theme word may be part of a longer word - full answers are required

1.

Who is the oldest winner, aged 82, of an Academy Award for acting?

Christopher Plummer

2.

Which Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford was the author of The Last Days of Hitler in 1947?  His reputation was damaged in 1983 when he authenticated the Hitler Diaries shortly before they were shown to be forgeries.

Hugh Trevor-Roper

3.

Which neighbourhood of Manhattan, also known as Clinton and once a bastion of poor and working class Irish Americans, is traditionally considered to be bordered by 34th Street, 59th Street, Eighth Avenue, and the Hudson River?

Hell's Kitchen

4.

Who won gold at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics, representing Great Britain in the T44 men's 100 metres?

Jonnie Peacock

5.

Which Glam Rock hit of 1973 was inspired by an incident when the band was performing at the Grand Hall in Kilmarnock and they were driven offstage by a barrage of bottles?

The Ballroom Blitz

(by Sweet)

6.

Born in Bury in 1976, what is the nickname of the presenter who joined Test Match Special in 2012, following a career as a fast medium bowler for Warwickshire and Leicestershire?

Daggers

(Charles Dagnall)

7.

Which Rolling Stones album, released in 1994, was the first album without Bill Wyman, and includes the single Love Is Strong?

Voodoo Lounge

8.

Which stadium's last event was a concert by Paul McCartney in August 2014, before it was demolished in 2015?

9.

Which is the oldest cultural institution in the USA, housed in three buildings named after Presidents Jefferson, Adams and Madison?

Library of Congress

10.

Among the ingredients mentioned in the witch's brew in Macbeth are "eye of newt" and "toe of frog".  "Toe of frog" is a buttercup.  What is "eye of newt"?

A mustard seed

Sp

Which building houses the second largest pipe organ in the UK and is mentioned in the Beatles song A Day in the Life?  In 1968, it was the venue for the Eurovision Song Contest and has also staged the Miss World contest.

(Royal) Albert Hall

Theme: Each answer contains a word from the name of a character, murder weapon or room from the board game Cluedo

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ROUND 3 - WithQuiz format - Pairs

1.

The name of which synthetic fibre, developed by Joseph Shivers at Dupont and introduced in 1962, is an anagram of its defining property?

Spandex

(anagram of 'expands')

2.

Who is England’s most-married Queen, with four husbands?  She published two books during her reign: Psalms or Prayers and Prayers or Meditations, later followed by The Lamentations of a Sinner.

Catherine Parr

3.

On 1st May 1930, 11 year old Venetia Burney from Oxford won a competition to name which object?  The name was subsequently used until 1953 for the only one of a group of movie characters who doesn’t speak.

Pluto

4.

Which unofficial holiday was last celebrated on April 4th 2016?  We will have to wait until May 5th 2025 for the next one.

Square Root Day

(Celebrated on days when both the day of the month and the month are the square root of the last two digits of the year, e.g., 4/4/16 and 5/5/25)

5.

Based on the American style of writing dates, which unofficial annual holiday is celebrated by scientists between 2 minutes past 6 in the morning and 2 minutes past 6 in the evening on October 23rd?

Mole Day

(accept Avogadro’s Day - in the American style of writing dates, the time and date is 6:02 10/23, which represents Avogadro's number, which is approximately 6.02 × 1023, defining the number of atoms or molecules in one mole of substance)

6.

The scientific paper Stereospecific Polymerization of Isoprene was purportedly authored by the wife of a European leader.  Following her death due to unnatural causes on December 25th 1989, it was revealed that her scientific credentials were a hoax and that all the research published under her name was written by a team of scientists in her name in order to obtain a fraudulent doctorate.  What is her surname?

(Elena) Ceaușescu

7.

Who was the first elected world leader to give birth while in office?

Benazir Bhutto

8.

Which is the only number that, when spelt, has its letters in alphabetical order?

Forty

Sp1

Which US President served as President of Princeton University from 1902-1910?

Woodrow Wilson

Sp2

Who was the French Prime Minister before, and at the end of, the First World War? He was also the owner of the daily newspaper L’Aurore, which published Zola’s J’accuse.  (surname will suffice)

(Georges) Clemenceau

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ROUND 4 -  WithQuiz format - 'You Can Say That Again!'

1.

What name connects a Pixar film that won an Academy Award for Best Original Song (Remember Me), and Nicolai Poliakoff?

 Coco

2.

Which English novelist was named for his Pre-Raphaelite painter grandfather and wrote The Good Solider?

Ford Madox Ford

3.

Which Cameroonian footballer, born on 4th May 1981, started his senior career with Nantes, before transferring to Manchester United and Aston Villa?  (surname will suffice)

(Eric) Djemba-Djemba

4.

Which Hollywood performer who gained worldwide fame during the silent era, star of 27 films such as The Clash of the Wolves, was rescued from a World War I battlefield by an American soldier?

Rin Tin Tin

5.

What is the name of the knighted entertainment mogul who founded one of the largest film production companies and the dominant television company in Hong Kong?  In 2004, he established an eponymous prize for Astronomy, Life Science and Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences, widely regarded as the 'Nobel of the East'.

Run Run Shaw

6.

Released in 1976, which was David Bowie’s 10th studio album, in which he took on the persona of the Thin White Duke, and contained the track Golden Years?

Station to Station

7.

Which human condition occurs as result of thiamine deficiency?  It is divided into four categories: wet, dry, infantile and gastrointestinal.

Beriberi

8.

What name connects Salvatore Schillaci, and a dog that appeared in a series of novels first published in 1900?

Toto

Sp

Which artist born in 1957 was the artistic consultant on the National Stadium for the 2008 Olympics and, in 2010, displayed 100 million handmade and painted porcelain sunflower seeds at the Tate Museum?  (surname will suffice)

(Ai) Weiwei

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ROUND 5 - WithQuz format - 'D C Thomson's Finest'

1.

What is the title of the third and final number one hit in the UK for Brotherhood of Man?

Figaro

2.

Emeralds, aquamarines and heliodors are varieties of which mineral?

Beryl

3.

What is the more common name for laparoscopy?

Keyhole surgery

4.

Played by Lionel Barrymore, what is the surname of the owner of the bank in Bedford Falls?

(Henry) Potter

(in It’s a Wonderful Life)

5.

What is the subtitle of Star Wars: Episode I?

The Phantom Menace

6.

What is the title of Pulp’s second consecutive number two single that refers to ecstasy and speed?

Sorted for E’s and Wizz

7.

What is the title of the Terry Pratchett novel published in 2012, whose eponymous character is inspired by a Charles Dickens character?

Dodger

8.

The poet born Quintus Flaccus is better known by what name?  He was an officer in the republican army that was defeated at the Battle of Philippi.  His works include Satires and Epodes.

Horace

Sp1

What was the nickname of the tennis player who, in 1953, became the first woman to win all four Grand Slam tournaments during the same calendar year?

Little Mo

(Maureen Connolly)

Sp2

What nickname was shared by the cricketer Pelham Warner and P G Wodehouse? .

Plum

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ROUND 6 - WithQuiz format - The Name's the Same'

Each question is in two parts - the two answers are different people (real or fictional) with the same given name and surname, allowing for sound-alikes and slight spelling differences

1.

Born with the surname Woodward, this winner of the 2000 Brit Award for Best British Male played himself in Tim Burton’s film Mars Attacks!

Tom Jones

2.

3.

The American co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994 for his contribution to game theory.

John Nash

4.

Edinburgh-born recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2015.

Angus Dea(y)ton

5.

Former director of Leicester City and Chairman of the Football League who took up his current Chairmanship in 2016.

MP for Tunbridge and Wells and a current cabinet minister.

Greg Clark(e)

6.

British Prime Minister of the 1830s known as Viscount Howick.

Charles Grey/Gray

7.

The man whose most famous invention in the 1990s was in response to the need to communicate information about AIDS to the people of Africa.

Trevor Baylis(s)

8.

Fashion model who was painted nude by Lucien Freud.

Kate Moss(e)

Sp

Disgraced sprinter who, 11 years later in 1999, was hired by Gaddafi to act as a football coach for his son.

Ben Jo(h)nson

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Tiebreakers

Add the answers to the following questions together - the team that gets nearest to the total is the winner.

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