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WithQuiz Cup paper  23/05/18

Set by: 'Knocked Out United'

QotW: R8Q7

Average Aggregate Score:   74.0

(Season's Ave. Agg. to-date: 72.4)

"This was a suitably interesting paper with which to close the 2017/18 campaign proving that when everyone pulls together the sum of WithQuiz's parts can be greater than any one team's contribution."

"The Charas' Rhyming Couplets Round was voted the best of the evening - it was a great idea."

 

ROUND 1Pairs

Set by 'Knocked Out United'

Qs 1 and 2 set by The History Men

1.

Which of the UK’s current dukes has held his title for the longest time (i.e. his personal tenure, not the oldest dukedom)?

2.

Which of the UK’s current dukes is the youngest in age (that is physically youngest, not the most recent dukedom)?

Qs 3 and 4 set by Compulsory Mantis Shrimp

3.

Which 1978 number one single shares its name with an 1847 novel?

4.

What was the name of the 1987 number 1 hit for T'Pau whose lyrics refer to the plot of the novel Frankenstein?

Qs 5 and 6 set by Ethel Rodin

5.

Handel lived at 25 Brook Street London.  Which famous musician lived at 23 Brook Street between 1968 and 1969, a fact commemorated by a blue plaque?

6.

Which artist born in Munich in 1860 of German Danish descent lived in Mornington Crescent, Camden Town?  A fact commemorated by a blue plaque.

Qs 7 and 8 set by Albert

7.

In the 1992 Disney film Aladdin, what is the Shakespearean name of the sarcastic parrot companion of the film’s main villain Jafar?

8.

What is the name of the lead character in the Pixar film Cars?  Although it was widely supposed to be named after an actor and racing driver, it was actually named in tribute to a Pixar animator.

Go to Round 1 questions with answers

ROUND 2 - Hidden theme

Set by The Bards of Didsbury

Usual caveats apply

1.

The Italian dish cervella frita is based on what key ingredient?

2.

Gangster Bugsy Siegel, boxer Mike Tyson and filmmaker Spike Lee all hail from which borough of New York ?

3.

What musical instrument was played by John Entwistle, Lemmy Kilminster and John Paul Jones?

4.

What is the generic name for clay minerals used as absorbents, for example in cat litter?

5.

Which air race was won in 1929 by the Supermarine S6, a forerunner to the Spitfire?

6.

Which Bradford theatre was built in 1913 and bought by the city council in 1974?

7.

What name links Patrick, the villain in American Psycho; Jason, a US actor famous for the films Juno, Paul and Hancock among others and the home of Rudyard Kipling?

8.

Who made up the supergroup The Highwaymen with Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson?

Go to Round 2 questions with answers

ROUND 3 - Hidden theme

Set by Ethel Rodin

Usual caveats apply

1.

To which Royal house did the Kings of Italy belong from 1861 to 1946?

2.

From which song written in 1927 by Irving Berlin do the following lyrics come: "Dressed up like a million-dollar trooper / Tryin' hard to look like Gary Cooper (Super duper) / Come let's mix where Rock-a-fellas Walk with sticks / or umbrellas In their mitts"?

3.

It has been said many times but who most famously said "always go to the bathroom when you have a chance"?

4.

Eldridge Pope brewery is in which English town?

5.

Perhaps the only test cricketer to be born in Peru, who was the Northamptonshire and England cricketer who captained both sides in 1949?  (both names required)

6.

Which footballer who has played for 24 professional clubs between 1983 and the present day and is currently player manager of Salisbury broadcasts regularly on Radio 5 live?

7.

Where in London did Bertie Wooster and Harry Flashman live and Lady Agatha D'Ascogne fall to her death in the film Kind Hearts and Coronets after her hot air balloon was hit by an arrow?

8.

Which singer/guitarist associated with the mod era died at the age of 44 in 1991 in a fire in his home in Essex?

Sp

What is the name of the pewter alloy which consists of 92% tin, 6% antimony, and 2% copper?

Go to Round 3 questions with answers

ROUND 4 - Pairs with a fairly 'easy to spot' theme

Set by Compulsory Mantis Shrimp

Usual caveats apply

1.

Which 1982 musical comedy stars Julie Andrews as a cabaret performer who poses as a female impersonator?

2.

Which baseball-themed stage and screen musical, which first opened on Broadway in 1955, features the song Whatever Lola Wants?

3.

Which 1980 single by Canadian band Martha and the Muffins gave the group their only UK top ten hit?

4.

Which German new wave band, who are named for a 1965 Jean-Luc Godard film, are probably best known for their 1984 UK top 20 single Big in Japan?

5.

Which famous Manhattan landmark has played host to numerous notable literary guests such as Arthur C Clarke, Allen Ginsberg and Dylan Thomas, who died there?  It was the scene of a grizzly and infamous murder in 1978 and inspired a scandalous song by Leonard Cohen?

6.

Which 1988 Peter Carey novel earned him the first of his two Booker Prizes?

7.

Which Australian actress and singer began her career on Neighbours and has had several top 10 hit singles in the UK including Innocent Eyes, Lost Without You and Born to Try?

8.

What is the name of the long-running police drama which was first broadcast in 1980 and originally starred Stephanie Turner in the title role?

Go to Round 4 questions with answers

ROUND 5 - Rhyming Couplet Pairs

Set by The Charabancs of Fire

Each question contains TWO separate questions - the TWO answers will form a rhyming couplet.  So not only will your two answers need to rhyme, they will also have to scan, i.e. have the same number of syllables.  So for example....

The man in the old TV advert who always says "Yes"  AND  The man who managed the Italian football team at the Euro 2016 tournament

A: The Man from Del Monte / Antonio Conte

1.

Graham Greene novel describing the adventures of retired bank manager Henry Pulling and his troublesome relative.

Influential philosopher who lived all his life in Kónigsberg, East Prussia and is perhaps best remembered for his Categorical Imperative.

2.

Popular name given to a major and pivotal event in the history of Ireland.

Form of marketing communication disdainfully described by Orwell as "the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket".

3.

A former Manchester sporting venue.  A place where partisan citizens often went to wonder – and sometimes wondered why they went.

Rhinella marina, the largest of its species.  Native to Central America, it was introduced into Australia with disastrous results for that country's biodiversity.

4.

Surname of European philosopher, theologian, poet and social critic born in 1813.  He is generally considered to be the father of modern existentialist philosophy.

Object that ably stood in for Roy Hattersley when the politician failed to show up for a 1993 BBC recording of Have I Got News For You.

5.

Currently the MP for Maidenhead in Berkshire.

Also known as crema catalana, this dessert consists of a rich custard base topped with a contrasting layer of hard caramel.

6.

County Fermanagh born current leader of Northern Ireland's DUP party.

The medical name for the viral disease commonly known as shingles.

7.

One word German term that summed up the ideological principle of the Nazi Party that provided justification for German territorial expansion into east and central Europe.

Pen name of the New York born author of the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

8.

The French word for Grapefruit.

Itinerant and influential ballet company founded in Paris in 1909 by Sergei Diaghilev.

Sp1

The spectacle that is said to have caused Chrysippus, a 3rd Century BC Greek Stoic philosoper, to die from excessive laughter.

Much valued members of the WithQuiz community famous for their porcine charm and wit.

Sp2

Pompous, irasible, and jingoistic British cartoon character.  David Low was inspired to create him after overhearing two military men in a Turkish bath defending the right of cavalry officers to wear their spurs inside tanks.

Much valued members of the WithQuiz community admired for their youth, conviviality and academic attainment – as many as five 'O' levels in some cases!

Go to Round 5 questions with answers

ROUND 6 - Hidden theme

Set by The History Men

Usual caveats apply

1.

Following the killing of the incumbent British king Natanleod which kingdom was founded by Cerdic and Cynric?

2.

Which Sinead O’Connor hit was the second single from her second studio album and became the second biggest seller of 1990?

3.

 Which political consultancy firm has filed for bankruptcy on 1st May 2018 following a data use scandal?

4.

The head of Oliver Cromwell is said to be buried in which Cambridge college?  He was an undergraduate there in his youth but did not graduate.

5.

Directed by Oliver Stone and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt which biopic was released in 2016 to critical acclaim but failed to recoup its production costs?

6.

Directed by Harry Hawks and starring Gary Cooper which biopic was released in 1941?  Cooper won an Oscar for his portrayal of the title character.

7.

Rangers were the first team to win the Scottish League Cup in 1947 but which were the first team to win the trophy three times?

8.

Which Tottenham Hotspur player (1990-2000) is currently manager of Leyton Orient?

Go to Round 6 questions with answers

ROUND 7 - Announced theme - British Birds

Set by Albert

1.

Designated ‘4468’, which holder of a world record set at Stoke Bank near Grantham can now be seen in York?

2.

Who was the first African-born person to win an Oscar in a major acting category?

3.

Which cornetist, one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, was best known for his composition In the Mist?  He lent his name to a television series of the 1980s starring James Bolam.

4.

What was the nickname of the character Nick Bradshaw, co-pilot to Tom Cruise’s ‘Maverick’, in the film Top Gun?

5.

Harley Davidson was founded in 1903 in which American city, still the site of its headquarters?

6.

How are James Bourne, Matt Willis and Charlie Simpson collectively known?

7.

Which river rises on Axe Edge Moor and flows southwards to its confluence with the River Trent at Newton Solney, cutting through a series of picturesque limestone gorges?

8.

How were the sixty-one children born with golden eyes and silvery skin known, in the title of a 1957 science fiction novel?

Sp1

Which TV series revolved around the feuding factions of the Gioberti and Channing families in the Californian wine industry?

Sp2

Dubbed ‘the most trusted man in America’, who was the anchorman for CBS’s Evening News for 19 years from 1962-1981?  He was known for his sign-off “And that’s the way it is” followed by the broadcast date.

Go to Round 7 questions with answers

ROUND 8 - Pairs

Set by 'Knocked Out United'

Qs 1 and 2 set by Albert

1.

Which river, whose name has been much in the news of late, flows through the Cotswold village of Bourton-on-the-Water?

2.

On which river would you find the waterfall High Force and the cascade Cauldron Snout?

Qs 3 and 4 set by The Bards of Didsbury

3.

Why does the Royal Navy call soldiers 'pongos'?

4.

Similarly, what is a 'Jolly' in the parlance of the Royal Navy?

Qs 5 and 6 set by Ethel Rodin

5.

Which English Cathedral has one of the best surviving copies of Magna Carta and whose clock dating from 1386 has no dial?

6.

What specifically links the dioceses of Bristol, Chester, Gloucester, Oxford, Peterborough?

Qs 7 and 8 set by The Charabancs of Fire

7.

What sort of trip did Albert Hofmann take on his bicycle for the very first time in Basel on April 19th 1943?  People of a similar persuasion still celebrate April 19th throughout the world as Bicycle Day.

8.

Jacques Offenbach had posthumous success with his final opera The Tales of Hoffmann. But what was the title of his first big success? A witty operetta written in a mock Chinese style, it was so popular in Paris that a new music- hall was built in a mock Chinese style on the Boulevard Voltaire and given the same name. This music-hall later became a venue for rock concerts.

Spares 1 and 2 set by The Bards of Didsbury

Sp1

What were the 'Magnificent Seven' in 19th century London?  They included Kensal Green and Brompton.

Sp2

Which author is thought to have borrowed many of her character names, Nutkins and Brock for example, from the headstones in Brompton Cemetery?

Spares 3 and 4 set by The History Men

Sp3

Give a year in the life of the musician Thomas Tallis.

Sp4

Give a year in the life of the musician Claudio Monteverdi.

Go to Round 8 questions with answers

Tiebreakers

1.

Of the 650 seats in Westminster, how many are currently held by women MPs?

2.

Averaging only 1 kill per year since 2011, Larry, the Downing Street Cat, continues to perform dismally as a mouser.  As a result of this, how many times did Theresa May have to call out Pest Control to her Downing Street abode in 2017?

3.

Gaza ranks as the third most densely populated polity in the world.  How many square kilometres of it are the 1.85 million Palestinian population allowed access to?

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ROUND 1 - Pairs

Set by 'Knocked Out United'

Qs 1 and 2 set by The History Men

1.

Which of the UK’s current dukes has held his title for the longest time (i.e. his personal tenure, not the oldest dukedom)?

Duke of Kent

(for over 75 years)

2.

Which of the UK’s current dukes is the youngest in age (that is physically youngest, not the most recent dukedom)?

Duke of Westminster

(he is 27)

Qs 3 and 4 set by Compulsory Mantis Shrimp

3.

Which 1978 number one single shares its name with an 1847 novel?

Wuthering Heights

4.

What was the name of the 1987 number 1 hit for T'Pau whose lyrics refer to the plot of the novel Frankenstein?

China In Your Hand

Qs 5 and 6 set by Ethel Rodin

5.

Handel lived at 25 Brook Street London.  Which famous musician lived at 23 Brook Street between 1968 and 1969, a fact commemorated by a blue plaque?

Jimi Hendrix

6.

Which artist born in Munich in 1860 of German Danish descent lived in Mornington Crescent, Camden Town?  A fact commemorated by a blue plaque.

Walter Sickert

Qs 7 and 8 set by Albert

7.

In the 1992 Disney film Aladdin, what is the Shakespearean name of the sarcastic parrot companion of the film’s main villain Jafar?

Iago

8.

What is the name of the lead character in the Pixar film Cars?  Although it was widely supposed to be named after an actor and racing driver, it was actually named in tribute to a Pixar animator.

Lightning McQueen

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ROUND 2 - Hidden theme

Set by The Bards of Didsbury

Usual caveats apply

1.

The Italian dish cervella frita is based on what key ingredient?

Brains

2.

Gangster Bugsy Siegel, boxer Mike Tyson and filmmaker Spike Lee all hail from which borough of New York ?

Brooklyn

3.

What musical instrument was played by John Entwistle, Lemmy Kilminster and John Paul Jones?

Bass guitar

4.

What is the generic name for clay minerals used as absorbents, for example in cat litter?

Fuller's earth

5.

Which air race was won in 1929 by the Supermarine S6, a forerunner to the Spitfire?

The Schneider Trophy

6.

Which Bradford theatre was built in 1913 and bought by the city council in 1974?

The Alhambra

7.

What name links Patrick, the villain in American Psycho; Jason, a US actor famous for the films Juno, Paul and Hancock among others and the home of Rudyard Kipling?

Bateman

8.

Who made up the supergroup The Highwaymen with Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson?

Waylon Jennings

Theme: Beers and their breweries

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ROUND 3 - Hidden theme

Set by Ethel Rodin

Usual caveats apply

1.

To which Royal house did the Kings of Italy belong from 1861 to 1946?

Savoy

2.

From which song written in 1927 by Irving Berlin do the following lyrics come: "Dressed up like a million-dollar trooper / Tryin' hard to look like Gary Cooper (Super duper) / Come let's mix where Rock-a-fellas Walk with sticks / or umbrellas In their mitts"?

Putting on the Ritz

3.

It has been said many times but who most famously said "always go to the bathroom when you have a chance"?

King George 5th

4.

Eldridge Pope brewery is in which English town?

Dorchester

5.

Perhaps the only test cricketer to be born in Peru, who was the Northamptonshire and England cricketer who captained both sides in 1949?  (both names required)

Freddie Brown

6.

Which footballer who has played for 24 professional clubs between 1983 and the present day and is currently player manager of Salisbury broadcasts regularly on Radio 5 live?

Steve Claridge

7.

Where in London did Bertie Wooster and Harry Flashman live and Lady Agatha D'Ascogne fall to her death in the film Kind Hearts and Coronets after her hot air balloon was hit by an arrow?

Berkeley Square

8.

Which singer/guitarist associated with the mod era died at the age of 44 in 1991 in a fire in his home in Essex?

Steve Marriott

Sp

What is the name of the pewter alloy which consists of 92% tin, 6% antimony, and 2% copper?

Britannia metal

Theme: Hotels

Go back to Round 3 questions without answers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROUND 4 - Pairs with a fairly 'easy to spot' theme

Set by Compulsory Mantis Shrimp

Usual caveats apply

1.

Which 1982 musical comedy stars Julie Andrews as a cabaret performer who poses as a female impersonator?

Victor/Victoria

2.

Which baseball-themed stage and screen musical, which first opened on Broadway in 1955, features the song Whatever Lola Wants?

Damn Yankees

3.

Which 1980 single by Canadian band Martha and the Muffins gave the group their only UK top ten hit?

Echo Beach

4.

Which German new wave band, who are named for a 1965 Jean-Luc Godard film, are probably best known for their 1984 UK top 20 single Big in Japan?

Alphaville

5.

Which famous Manhattan landmark has played host to numerous notable literary guests such as Arthur C Clarke, Allen Ginsberg and Dylan Thomas, who died there?  It was the scene of a grizzly and infamous murder in 1978 and inspired a scandalous song by Leonard Cohen?

Hotel Chelsea

6.

Which 1988 Peter Carey novel earned him the first of his two Booker Prizes?

Oscar and Lucinda

7.

Which Australian actress and singer began her career on Neighbours and has had several top 10 hit singles in the UK including Innocent Eyes, Lost Without You and Born to Try?

Delta Goodrem

8.

What is the name of the long-running police drama which was first broadcast in 1980 and originally starred Stephanie Turner in the title role?

Juliet Bravo

Theme: NATO phonetic alphabet

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ROUND 5 - Rhyming Couplet Pairs

Set by The Charabancs of Fire

Each question contains TWO separate questions - the TWO answers will form a rhyming couplet.  So not only will your two answers need to rhyme, they will also have to scan, i.e. have the same number of syllables.  So for example....

The man in the old TV advert who always says "Yes"  AND  The man who managed the Italian football team at the Euro 2016 tournament

A: The Man from Del Monte / Antonio Conte

1.

Graham Greene novel describing the adventures of retired bank manager Henry Pulling and his troublesome relative.

Influential philosopher who lived all his life in Kónigsberg, East Prussia and is perhaps best remembered for his Categorical Imperative.

Travels With My Aunt /

Immanuel Kant

2.

Popular name given to a major and pivotal event in the history of Ireland.

Form of marketing communication disdainfully described by Orwell as "the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket".

(The) Easter Rising /  Advertising

3.

A former Manchester sporting venue.  A place where partisan citizens often went to wonder – and sometimes wondered why they went.

Rhinella marina, the largest of its species.  Native to Central America, it was introduced into Australia with disastrous results for that country's biodiversity.

Maine Road /

Cane Toad

4.

Surname of European philosopher, theologian, poet and social critic born in 1813.  He is generally considered to be the father of modern existentialist philosophy.

Object that ably stood in for Roy Hattersley when the politician failed to show up for a 1993 BBC recording of Have I Got News For You.

Kierkegaard /

Tub of Lard

5.

Currently the MP for Maidenhead in Berkshire.

Also known as crema catalana, this dessert consists of a rich custard base topped with a contrasting layer of hard caramel.

Theresa May /

Creme Brulée

6.

County Fermanagh born current leader of Northern Ireland's DUP party.

The medical name for the viral disease commonly known as shingles.

Arlene Foster /

Herpes Zoster

7.

One word German term that summed up the ideological principle of the Nazi Party that provided justification for German territorial expansion into east and central Europe.

Pen name of the New York born author of the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Lebensraum /

L Frank Baum

8.

The French word for Grapefruit.

Itinerant and influential ballet company founded in Paris in 1909 by Sergei Diaghilev.

Pamplemousse /

Ballets Russes

Sp1

The spectacle that is said to have caused Chrysippus, a 3rd Century BC Greek Stoic philosoper, to die from excessive laughter.

Much valued members of the WithQuiz community famous for their porcine charm and wit.

Donkey Eating Figs /

The Electric Pigs

Sp2

Pompous, irasible, and jingoistic British cartoon character.  David Low was inspired to create him after overhearing two military men in a Turkish bath defending the right of cavalry officers to wear their spurs inside tanks.

Much valued members of the WithQuiz community admired for their youth, conviviality and academic attainment – as many as five 'O' levels in some cases!

Colonel Blimp /

Mantis Shrimp

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ROUND 6 - Hidden theme

Set by The History Men

Usual caveats apply

1.

Following the killing of the incumbent British king Natanleod which kingdom was founded by Cerdic and Cynric?

Wessex

2.

Which Sinead O’Connor hit was the second single from her second studio album and became the second biggest seller of 1990?

Nothing Compares 2 U

3.

 Which political consultancy firm has filed for bankruptcy on 1st May 2018 following a data use scandal?

Cambridge Analytica

4.

The head of Oliver Cromwell is said to be buried in which Cambridge college?  He was an undergraduate there in his youth but did not graduate.

Sidney Sussex

5.

Directed by Oliver Stone and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt which biopic was released in 2016 to critical acclaim but failed to recoup its production costs?

Snowden

6.

Directed by Harry Hawks and starring Gary Cooper which biopic was released in 1941?  Cooper won an Oscar for his portrayal of the title character.

Sergeant York

7.

Rangers were the first team to win the Scottish League Cup in 1947 but which were the first team to win the trophy three times?

East Fife

8.

Which Tottenham Hotspur player (1990-2000) is currently manager of Leyton Orient?

Justin Edinburgh

Theme: Each answer contains a title bestowed on the groom in Royal Weddings....

Earl of Wessex (Prince Edward), Nothing (Mark Phillips and Timothy Lawrence), Duke of Cambridge (Prince William), Duke of Sussex (Prince Harry), Earl of Snowdon (Anthony Armstrong Jones), Duke of York (Prince Andrew), Duke of Fife (Alexander Duff, then Earl Fife), and Duke of Edinburgh (Philip Mountbatten)

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ROUND 7 - Announced theme - British Birds

Set by Albert

1.

Designated ‘4468’, which holder of a world record set at Stoke Bank near Grantham can now be seen in York?

The Mallard

2.

Who was the first African-born person to win an Oscar in a major acting category?

Charlize Theron

(Heron)

3.

Which cornetist, one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, was best known for his composition In the Mist?  He lent his name to a television series of the 1980s starring James Bolam.

Bix Beiderbecke

(Eider)

4.

What was the nickname of the character Nick Bradshaw, co-pilot to Tom Cruise’s ‘Maverick’, in the film Top Gun?

Goose

5.

Harley Davidson was founded in 1903 in which American city, still the site of its headquarters?

Milwaukee

(Auk)

6.

How are James Bourne, Matt Willis and Charlie Simpson collectively known?

Busted

(Bustard)

7.

Which river rises on Axe Edge Moor and flows southwards to its confluence with the River Trent at Newton Solney, cutting through a series of picturesque limestone gorges?

River Dove

(Bustard)

8.

How were the sixty-one children born with golden eyes and silvery skin known, in the title of a 1957 science fiction novel?

The Midwich Cuckoos

Sp1

Which TV series revolved around the feuding factions of the Gioberti and Channing families in the Californian wine industry?

Falcon Crest

Sp2

Dubbed ‘the most trusted man in America’, who was the anchorman for CBS’s Evening News for 19 years from 1962-1981?  He was known for his sign-off “And that’s the way it is” followed by the broadcast date.

Walter Cronkite

(Kite)

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ROUND 8 - Pairs

Set by 'Knocked Out United'

Qs 1 and 2 set by Albert

1.

Which river, whose name has been much in the news of late, flows through the Cotswold village of Bourton-on-the-Water?

Windrush

2.

On which river would you find the waterfall High Force and the cascade Cauldron Snout?

Tees

Qs 3 and 4 set by The Bards of Didsbury

3.

Why does the Royal Navy call soldiers 'pongos'?

After a (tailless) ape of the Orangutan family

(which digs holes in times of danger - the Navy thought the Army was always digging trenches and filling them in again)

4.

Similarly, what is a 'Jolly' in the parlance of the Royal Navy?

A Royal Marine

Qs 5 and 6 set by Ethel Rodin

5.

Which English Cathedral has one of the best surviving copies of Magna Carta and whose clock dating from 1386 has no dial?

Salisbury Cathedral

6.

What specifically links the dioceses of Bristol, Chester, Gloucester, Oxford, Peterborough?

They were created by Henry VIII after the dissolution of the monasteries

Qs 7 and 8 set by The Charabancs of Fire

7.

What sort of trip did Albert Hofmann take on his bicycle for the very first time in Basel on April 19th 1943?  People of a similar persuasion still celebrate April 19th throughout the world as Bicycle Day.

An LSD Trip

(The Swiss chemist was the first to synthesize LSD and he self-experimented by ingesting 250 micrograms and riding his bicycle home to determine the drug's true effect on body and mind (NB – if you ever decide to celebrate Bicycle Day in Warsaw please do so quietly – April 19th 1943 was also the day when German forces entered the Warsaw Ghetto)

8.

Jacques Offenbach had posthumous success with his final opera The Tales of Hoffmann. But what was the title of his first big success? A witty operetta written in a mock Chinese style, it was so popular in Paris that a new music- hall was built in a mock Chinese style on the Boulevard Voltaire and given the same name. This music-hall later became a venue for rock concerts.

Bataclan

(the rock venue where 90 people died in a coordinated terrorist attack in November 2015)

Spares 1 and 2 set by The Bards of Didsbury

Sp1

What were the 'Magnificent Seven' in 19th century London?  They included Kensal Green and Brompton.

Cemeteries

Sp2

Which author is thought to have borrowed many of her character names, Nutkins and Brock for example, from the headstones in Brompton Cemetery?

Beatrix Potter

Spares 3 and 4 set by The History Men

Sp3

Give a year in the life of the musician Thomas Tallis.

1505-1585

Sp4

Give a year in the life of the musician Claudio Monteverdi.

1567-1643

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Tiebreakers

1.

Of the 650 seats in Westminster, how many are currently held by women MPs?

208

2.

Averaging only 1 kill per year since 2011, Larry, the Downing Street Cat, continues to perform dismally as a mouser.  As a result of this, how many times did Theresa May have to call out Pest Control to her Downing Street abode in 2017?

40

3.

Gaza ranks as the third most densely populated polity in the world.  How many square kilometres of it are the 1.85 million Palestinian population allowed access to?

362

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