ROUND 1 - Papal Names

Each answer includes the regnal name of a pope; for example, Lando Calrissian (yes, there was a Pope Lando in the 10^th century)

Both forename and surname are required in this round, and the papal name may be part of a longer word or surname

1.

Charlie Brown’s best friend, which Peanuts character is well known for his intelligence and his attachment to a security blanket?

2.

At the 1981 BAFTA Awards, the Scottish film-maker Bill Forsyth was nominated for Best Direction and won the award for Best Screenplay for his work on which film?

3.

Since the European Cup became the Champions League in 1992, only one teenager has started a Champions League final in defence.  Which English footballer was it?

4.

Only two people have won four Pulitzer Prizes in the same category.  Robert Frost is one.  The other person won three Pulitzers in the 1920s, for the works Beyond the Horizon, Anna Christie and Strange Interlude.  The final award, in 1957, was posthumous.  Who was he?

5.

Who played Lieutenant Starbuck in the original version of Battlestar Galactica?  His most famous role is probably that of another lieutenant, Templeton Arthur Peck, in an American 1980s TV show, although the character of Peck is much more widely known by a nickname.

6.

Paintings by which artist include Madame X, Gassed and The Misses Vickers, the latter being voted the worst picture of 1886 by the Pall Mall Gazette?

7.

Born in Scotland, which commander in the service of the United States captured the British warship HMS Serapis off Flamborough Head in 1779?  He shares his name with a rock musician who formed a ‘supergroup’ called Them Crooked Vultures with Josh Homme and Dave Grohl.

8.

Oscar and Lucinda and The True History of the Kelly Gang are Booker Prize-winning novels by which author?

Sp

Released in 2009, a book subtitled The Prostrate Years is the last in a series about which titular character?  The first book in the series was released in 1982.

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ROUND 2 - Hidden theme

1.

Which singer and guitarist founded the bands Good Earth in 1968 and Mungo Jerry in 1970?  (surname only required)

2.

Which pioneer of electronic music partly composed and performed the original theme tune to Doctor Who, though she would not receive an onscreen credit for her work until 2013?  (surname only required)

3.

Which British actress would win three Emmys, for her work in 1970’s The Forsyte Saga, 1971’s The First Churchills and 1973’s Vanity Fair?  (given name and surname required)

4.

Which RAF officer took command of 617 Squadron after its first commander, Guy Gibson, was withdrawn from flying to take part in publicity tours?  In the post-war period, he endowed the disability charity now named after him.  (given name and surname required)

5.

'David Albert Cook’ is the real name of which British singer and actor?  He played the character ‘Che’ in the original production of the stage musical Evita, but is probably best known for his hit single Rock On?  (given name and surname required)

6.

In a well-known comics universe, what name did Kal-El adopt after his spaceship crash-landed on Earth?  (given name and surname required)

7.

Which British wheelchair tennis player is currently ranked number three in the world?  He has seven single and five doubles Grand Slam titles, as well as winning Paralympic gold medals in 2004 and 2008, plus a silver in 2012?  (surname only required)

8.

Slavery was banned in Britain and Ireland following a 1772 case named for which man, an enslaved African purchased in America and brought to the UK in 1769?  (surname only required)

Sp

Which pioneer of naval aviation is best known for his involvement at a 1916 naval battle, for which he would receive a rhyming nickname?  (surname only required)

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ROUND 3 - ‘Sick and Tired all the time you’ve been hangin on me’

The answers in this round all include the three-letter combination J-A-N, whether at the start of the word, the middle, or at the end

1.

Who created the fictional creatures who live in a valley to the south of Daddy Jones' Kingdom, on the Gulf of Finland?  They communicate by whistling.  (surname only required)

2.

Who performed A Message To Your Heart, Britain’s entry in the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest? She went on to play Mandy in the tv sitcom Game On.  (first name and surname required)

3.

Which Flemish artist painted the portrait of around 1433 entitled Man in the Red Turban?  It is generally considered to be a self-portrait.  (first name and surname required)

4.

Which 2012 film does a popular reference source describe as "a revisionist Western film… directed by Quentin Tarantino… a highly stylized tribute to Spaghetti Westerns"?

5.

Goliath, Freud, Fifi, Frodo, Spring Goblin and David Greybeard were among the chimpanzees named and studied by which British primatologist?  (first name and surname required)

6.

"A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can."  Who wrote those words in a novel published posthumously in 1818?  (first name and surname needed)

7.

Indicating a country of origin, what short informal demonym may be applied to Sir Frank Worrell, Gordon Greenidge and the popular music performer, Rihanna?

8.

"Call me 'Old Girl' again and I'll spit in your eye!".  Which Doctor Who companion made this memorable utterance, in an episode first broadcast in 1975?  (at least two names required)

Sp

Which European capital is situated on a river that flows into the Sava, a tributary of the Danube

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ROUND 4 - ‘On This Day’

This round is themed around a single event of January 30^th – the execution of Charles Stuart in 1649

1.

Which Stockport-born jurist presided over the trial of Charles I?  You need to give just the surname, which he shares with a series of railway guides frequently mentioned in Sherlock Holmes stories.

2.

In reading the death sentence, Bradshaw described Charles as a "tyrant".  Give any ONE of the three uncomplimentary words or expressions that immediately followed the word "tyrant".

3.

Charles had begun his war on his own people when he marched on Scotland in an attempt to impose uniform religious practices.  How are these wars of 1639 and 1640 usually known?  The term in question refers to the Episcopalian system favoured by Charles.

4.

In November 1640, to raise money after the Bishop’s Wars, Charles summoned which assembly? The historian Macaulay described it as "entitled to the reverence and gratitude of all those who… enjoy the blessings of constitutional government"?  (precise two-word answer required)

5.

In which midlands city did Charles raise his standard in August 1642, thus beginning the English Civil War?

6.

Cromwell before the Coffin of Charles I is an 1849 painting by Paul Delaroche.  The same artist completed a painting of the execution of which other royal figure?  It may be seen in the National Gallery.

7.

Born in Antwerp in 1599, who painted Triple Portrait of Charles the First, now in the Royal Collection?  (surname only required)

8.

Charles was executed outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall.  Early in his reign, which Flemish artist did he commission to paint its ceiling.   (surname only)

Sp1

In 1650, which poet wrote of Charles the First’s execution, "He nothing common did or mean / Upon that memorable scene"?

Sp2

What two-digit number links: the period of turmoil from the start of the Chinese Cultural Revolution to the death of Mao; Charles the First's attempt to rule without parliament, and the duration of Margaret Thatcher's premiership?

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ROUND 5 - Hidden theme

1.

By what name, in either English or Italian, is Venice’s main opera house known, somewhat appropriately, as it has burned down no less than three times?

2.

Which London landmark separates The Mall from Trafalgar Square?

3.

Now a museum ship in Belfast, which British warship is the last surviving vessel from the Battle of Jutland?

4.

Which 1993 film, starring Johnny Depp, Darlene Cates and Leonardo DiCaprio, was adapted from a 1991 novel by Peter Hedges?

5.

The film character Indiana Jones was heavily influenced by the protagonist of which 1885 novel, who searches for the lost treasures of a Biblical figure?

6.

Who is the only career officer in the United States Army to win the Nobel Peace Prize?  He won in 1953 for his work as Secretary of State under Harry S Truman?  (surname only required)

7.

In 2014, which American CEO became the first CEO of a Fortune 500 company to come out as gay?  He was made CEO of the company in 2011, shortly before the previous Chief Executive and co-founder of the company died of pancreatic cancer.  (first name and surname required)

8.

Which historical figure, a German nobleman, is the main antagonist of the second Flashman novel, Royal Flash?  He was notably depicted in a cartoon by John Tenniel, entitled Dropping the Pilot, following his resignation in March 1890.  (surname only required)

Sp

What two-word name is given to mutual aid organisations generally formed for the purposes of providing financial services to members of the group?  Liverpool Victoria is the largest such organisation in the UK.

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ROUND 6 - 70s and 80s Pairs 

I’m not sure if there is anything scarier to a member of the Shrimps than the mention of the 1970s and 1980s.  We moan about those decades a lot, probably too much.  Hopefully you’ll appreciate this round, therefore, as it’s written by the Shrimp who is mostly ignorant of ‘Old Man Questions’.  Please feel free to laugh at the level of difficulty – or otherwise…

1.

With the atomic number 108, which element has a name derived from that of the German federal state where it was first synthesised in 1984?

2.

3.

In the sitcom Are You Being Served?, what is the name of the character, a floorwalker at Grace Brothers who served in World War 2?  He was played by Frank Thornton.

4.

In the sitcom Allo Allo!, what is the name of the Gestapo officer and godson of Himmler who is played by, first, Richard Gibson and then by David Janson in the ninth series?

5.

Born in London in 1957, who achieved their only UK Singles Number 1 in 1985 with the song 19 (Nineteen)?

6.

Formed in Leicester in 1973, which band had their only UK Singles Number 1 in 1976 with Under the Moon of Love?

7.

Who won the 1985 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Prizzi’s Honor, thereby joining her father and grandfather as Oscar winners?  (first name and surname required)

8.

Who has won the Best Actress Oscar twice, for the 1979 film Norma Rae and the 1984 film Places in the Heart?  (first name and surname required)

Sp

In 1980, Sissy Spacek won an Oscar for Best Actress for the film Coal Miner’s Daughter.  Which American singer-songwriter did she play in that film?

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ROUND 7 - Hidden theme

1.

Guy's Tower and Caesar's Tower are features of which castle in the Midlands?

2.

Which National Museum has its headquarters on the site of the former Bethlem Royal Hospital in Southwark?

3.

What religious concept links an island nation off the coast of Venezuela with a rugby league club formerly known as the 'Wildcats'?

4.

To prevent destruction, what precise status was declared for Paris in June 1940 and Rome in August 1943?  (you should give a specific two-word term that appears in the title of a 1945 film by Roberto Rossellini)

5.

Set in an eponymous Massachusetts coastal town, which 2016 film starred Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams and Lucas Hedges?  (precise four-word title required)

6.

What two-word name links the largest city of Newfoundland with the capital of Antigua and Barbuda?

7.

What single-word name links the birthplace of the cricketer Sir Richard Hadlee with the Dorset parliamentary constituency of Sir Christopher Chope?

8.

The name of what city name links: a 1988 sports romantic comedy starring Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon with the tomb of St Cuthbert?

Sp

The author Dorothy L Sayers used which Oxford institution as the basis of her fictional Shrewsbury College?  It is named after a science writer born in the Scottish Borders in 1780.

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ROUND 8 - Pairs

1.

First released in 2010 and based on a classic fairytale, which animated Disney film featured the songs Mother Knows Best and I See the Light?

2.

Which 2009 animated Disney film, set in New Orleans, featured the songs Almost There and When We're Human?

3.

Which 1982 play concerns the on-and-off stage antics of a theatre group as they attempt to stage a farce entitled Nothing On?

4.

Born in 1939, which British playwright wrote the plays A Chorus of Disapproval and Absurd Person Singular?

5.

First broadcast in 2006, in which Radio 4 comedy panel show are guests invited to deliver a lecture on a given subject which will be mostly false, except for five hidden facts which they must attempt to smuggle past their fellow panellists?  It is hosted by David Mitchell.

6.

Who became chair of Radio 4''s long-running News Quiz, following Sandi Toksvig's departure in 2015?   (first name and surname required)

7.

Which pop star released the smash hit single Thank U, Next in 2018?  It broke Youtube records by racking up over a million views in its first thirty-four minutes on the site?

8.

Thank U, Next was surprisingly kept from the coveted UK Christmas number one slot by a paean to sausage rolls by LadBaby, which parodied which classic 80s pop anthem?

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ROUND 1 - Papal Names

Each answer includes the regnal name of a pope; for example, Lando Calrissian (yes, there was a Pope Lando in the 10^th century)

Both forename and surname are required in this round, and the papal name may be part of a longer word or surname

1.

Charlie Brown’s best friend, which Peanuts character is well known for his intelligence and his attachment to a security blanket?

(prompt for the surname, of course)

2.

At the 1981 BAFTA Awards, the Scottish film-maker Bill Forsyth was nominated for Best Direction and won the award for Best Screenplay for his work on which film?

Gregory’s Girl

3.

Since the European Cup became the Champions League in 1992, only one teenager has started a Champions League final in defence.  Which English footballer was it?

Trent Alexander-Arnold

4.

Only two people have won four Pulitzer Prizes in the same category.  Robert Frost is one.  The other person won three Pulitzers in the 1920s, for the works Beyond the Horizon, Anna Christie and Strange Interlude.  The final award, in 1957, was posthumous.  Who was he?

Eugene O’Neill

5.

Who played Lieutenant Starbuck in the original version of Battlestar Galactica?  His most famous role is probably that of another lieutenant, Templeton Arthur Peck, in an American 1980s TV show, although the character of Peck is much more widely known by a nickname.

Dirk Benedict

6.

Paintings by which artist include Madame X, Gassed and The Misses Vickers, the latter being voted the worst picture of 1886 by the Pall Mall Gazette?

John Singer Sargent

7.

Born in Scotland, which commander in the service of the United States captured the British warship HMS Serapis off Flamborough Head in 1779?  He shares his name with a rock musician who formed a ‘supergroup’ called Them Crooked Vultures with Josh Homme and Dave Grohl.

John Paul Jones

8.

Oscar and Lucinda and The True History of the Kelly Gang are Booker Prize-winning novels by which author?

Peter Carey

Sp

Released in 2009, a book subtitled The Prostrate Years is the last in a series about which titular character?  The first book in the series was released in 1982.

Adrian Mole

The regnal names were....

Linus, Gregory, Alexander, Eugene, Benedict, John, John Paul, Peter, Adrian

ROUND 2 - Hidden theme

1.

Which singer and guitarist founded the bands Good Earth in 1968 and Mungo Jerry in 1970?  (surname only required)

(Ray) Dorset

2.

Which pioneer of electronic music partly composed and performed the original theme tune to Doctor Who, though she would not receive an onscreen credit for her work until 2013?  (surname only required)

(Delia) Derbyshire

3.

Which British actress would win three Emmys, for her work in 1970’s The Forsyte Saga, 1971’s The First Churchills and 1973’s Vanity Fair?  (given name and surname required)

4.

Which RAF officer took command of 617 Squadron after its first commander, Guy Gibson, was withdrawn from flying to take part in publicity tours?  In the post-war period, he endowed the disability charity now named after him.  (given name and surname required)

5.

'David Albert Cook’ is the real name of which British singer and actor?  He played the character ‘Che’ in the original production of the stage musical Evita, but is probably best known for his hit single Rock On?  (given name and surname required)

David Essex

6.

In a well-known comics universe, what name did Kal-El adopt after his spaceship crash-landed on Earth?  (given name and surname required)

7.

Which British wheelchair tennis player is currently ranked number three in the world?  He has seven single and five doubles Grand Slam titles, as well as winning Paralympic gold medals in 2004 and 2008, plus a silver in 2012?  (surname only required)

8.

Slavery was banned in Britain and Ireland following a 1772 case named for which man, an enslaved African purchased in America and brought to the UK in 1769?  (surname only required)

Sp

Which pioneer of naval aviation is best known for his involvement at a 1916 naval battle, for which he would receive a rhyming nickname?  (surname only required)

Frederick Rutland

('Rutland of Jutland')

Theme:  Each answer contains the name of an English county

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ROUND 3 - ‘Sick and Tired all the time you’ve been hangin on me’

The answers in this round all include the three-letter combination J-A-N, whether at the start of the word, the middle, or at the end

1.

Who created the fictional creatures who live in a valley to the south of Daddy Jones' Kingdom, on the Gulf of Finland?  They communicate by whistling.  (surname only required)

(Tove) Jansson

2.

Who performed A Message To Your Heart, Britain’s entry in the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest? She went on to play Mandy in the tv sitcom Game On.  (first name and surname required)

Samantha Janus

3.

Which Flemish artist painted the portrait of around 1433 entitled Man in the Red Turban?  It is generally considered to be a self-portrait.  (first name and surname required)

Jan Van Eyck

4.

Which 2012 film does a popular reference source describe as "a revisionist Western film… directed by Quentin Tarantino… a highly stylized tribute to Spaghetti Westerns"?

Django Unchained

5.

Goliath, Freud, Fifi, Frodo, Spring Goblin and David Greybeard were among the chimpanzees named and studied by which British primatologist?  (first name and surname required)

Jane Goodall

6.

"A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can."  Who wrote those words in a novel published posthumously in 1818?  (first name and surname needed)

Jane Austen

(referring to Catherine Morland, in Northanger Abbey)

7.

Indicating a country of origin, what short informal demonym may be applied to Sir Frank Worrell, Gordon Greenidge and the popular music performer, Rihanna?

Bajan

8.

"Call me 'Old Girl' again and I'll spit in your eye!".  Which Doctor Who companion made this memorable utterance, in an episode first broadcast in 1975?  (at least two names required)

Sarah Jane (Smith)

(in The Ark in Space)

Sp

Which European capital is situated on a river that flows into the Sava, a tributary of the Danube

Ljubljana

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ROUND 4 - ‘On This Day’

This round is themed around a single event of January 30^th – the execution of Charles Stuart in 1649

1.

Which Stockport-born jurist presided over the trial of Charles I?  You need to give just the surname, which he shares with a series of railway guides frequently mentioned in Sherlock Holmes stories.

(John) Bradshaw

2.

In reading the death sentence, Bradshaw described Charles as a "tyrant".  Give any ONE of the three uncomplimentary words or expressions that immediately followed the word "tyrant".

"traitor" or "murderer" or "public enemy"

3.

Charles had begun his war on his own people when he marched on Scotland in an attempt to impose uniform religious practices.  How are these wars of 1639 and 1640 usually known?  The term in question refers to the Episcopalian system favoured by Charles.

(first and second) Bishop's Wars

4.

In November 1640, to raise money after the Bishop’s Wars, Charles summoned which assembly? The historian Macaulay described it as "entitled to the reverence and gratitude of all those who… enjoy the blessings of constitutional government"?  (precise two-word answer required)

Long Parliament

(NOT ‘Short Parliament’, summoned in April)

5.

In which midlands city did Charles raise his standard in August 1642, thus beginning the English Civil War?

Nottingham

6.

Cromwell before the Coffin of Charles I is an 1849 painting by Paul Delaroche.  The same artist completed a painting of the execution of which other royal figure?  It may be seen in the National Gallery.

(Lady) Jane Grey

7.

Born in Antwerp in 1599, who painted Triple Portrait of Charles the First, now in the Royal Collection?  (surname only required)

(Anthony) Van Dyke

8.

Charles was executed outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall.  Early in his reign, which Flemish artist did he commission to paint its ceiling.   (surname only)

(Peter Paul) Rubens

Sp1

In 1650, which poet wrote of Charles the First’s execution, "He nothing common did or mean / Upon that memorable scene"?

(Andrew) Marvell

Sp2

What two-digit number links: the period of turmoil from the start of the Chinese Cultural Revolution to the death of Mao; Charles the First's attempt to rule without parliament, and the duration of Margaret Thatcher's premiership?

 eleven (11)

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ROUND 5 - Hidden theme

1.

By what name, in either English or Italian, is Venice’s main opera house known, somewhat appropriately, as it has burned down no less than three times?

La Fenice / The Phoenix

2.

Which London landmark separates The Mall from Trafalgar Square?

Admiralty Arch

3.

Now a museum ship in Belfast, which British warship is the last surviving vessel from the Battle of Jutland?

HMS Caroline

4.

Which 1993 film, starring Johnny Depp, Darlene Cates and Leonardo DiCaprio, was adapted from a 1991 novel by Peter Hedges?

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape

5.

The film character Indiana Jones was heavily influenced by the protagonist of which 1885 novel, who searches for the lost treasures of a Biblical figure?

King Solomon’s Mines

6.

Who is the only career officer in the United States Army to win the Nobel Peace Prize?  He won in 1953 for his work as Secretary of State under Harry S Truman?  (surname only required)

(General George C) Marshall

7.

In 2014, which American CEO became the first CEO of a Fortune 500 company to come out as gay?  He was made CEO of the company in 2011, shortly before the previous Chief Executive and co-founder of the company died of pancreatic cancer.  (first name and surname required)

(Apple Inc)

8.

Which historical figure, a German nobleman, is the main antagonist of the second Flashman novel, Royal Flash?  He was notably depicted in a cartoon by John Tenniel, entitled Dropping the Pilot, following his resignation in March 1890.  (surname only required)

(Otto von) Bismarck

Sp

What two-word name is given to mutual aid organisations generally formed for the purposes of providing financial services to members of the group?  Liverpool Victoria is the largest such organisation in the UK.

Friendly Societies

Theme:  Each answer contains the name of an island group in the Pacific

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ROUND 6 - 70s and 80s Pairs 

I’m not sure if there is anything scarier to a member of the Shrimps than the mention of the 1970s and 1980s.  We moan about those decades a lot, probably too much.  Hopefully you’ll appreciate this round, therefore, as it’s written by the Shrimp who is mostly ignorant of ‘Old Man Questions’.  Please feel free to laugh at the level of difficulty – or otherwise…

1.

With the atomic number 108, which element has a name derived from that of the German federal state where it was first synthesised in 1984?

Hassium

2.

Seaborgium

(NB: Ernest Lawrence died in 1958; lawrencium named in 1961)

3.

In the sitcom Are You Being Served?, what is the name of the character, a floorwalker at Grace Brothers who served in World War 2?  He was played by Frank Thornton.

Captain (Stephen) Peacock

4.

In the sitcom Allo Allo!, what is the name of the Gestapo officer and godson of Himmler who is played by, first, Richard Gibson and then by David Janson in the ninth series?

(Herr Otto) Flick

5.

Born in London in 1957, who achieved their only UK Singles Number 1 in 1985 with the song 19 (Nineteen)?

(Paul) Hardcastle

6.

Formed in Leicester in 1973, which band had their only UK Singles Number 1 in 1976 with Under the Moon of Love?

Showaddywaddy

7.

Who won the 1985 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Prizzi’s Honor, thereby joining her father and grandfather as Oscar winners?  (first name and surname required)

Anjelica Huston

8.

Who has won the Best Actress Oscar twice, for the 1979 film Norma Rae and the 1984 film Places in the Heart?  (first name and surname required)

Sp

In 1980, Sissy Spacek won an Oscar for Best Actress for the film Coal Miner’s Daughter.  Which American singer-songwriter did she play in that film?

(accept Loretta Webb)

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ROUND 7 - Hidden theme

1.

Guy's Tower and Caesar's Tower are features of which castle in the Midlands?

Warwick

2.

Which National Museum has its headquarters on the site of the former Bethlem Royal Hospital in Southwark?

Imperial War Museum

(IWM)

3.

What religious concept links an island nation off the coast of Venezuela with a rugby league club formerly known as the 'Wildcats'?

Trinity

(Trinidad and Tobago; Wakefield)

4.

To prevent destruction, what precise status was declared for Paris in June 1940 and Rome in August 1943?  (you should give a specific two-word term that appears in the title of a 1945 film by Roberto Rossellini)

Open City

5.

Set in an eponymous Massachusetts coastal town, which 2016 film starred Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams and Lucas Hedges?  (precise four-word title required)

Manchester by the Sea

6.

What two-word name links the largest city of Newfoundland with the capital of Antigua and Barbuda?

St John’s

7.

What single-word name links the birthplace of the cricketer Sir Richard Hadlee with the Dorset parliamentary constituency of Sir Christopher Chope?

Christchurch

8.

The name of what city name links: a 1988 sports romantic comedy starring Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon with the tomb of St Cuthbert?

Durham

(Bull Durham, set in North Carolina, of course)

Sp

The author Dorothy L Sayers used which Oxford institution as the basis of her fictional Shrewsbury College?  It is named after a science writer born in the Scottish Borders in 1780.

Somerville (College)

Theme:  Each answer contains the name of a team that has won University Challenge since 1994

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ROUND 8 - Pairs

1.

First released in 2010 and based on a classic fairytale, which animated Disney film featured the songs Mother Knows Best and I See the Light?

Tangled

2.

Which 2009 animated Disney film, set in New Orleans, featured the songs Almost There and When We're Human?

The Princess and the Frog

3.

Which 1982 play concerns the on-and-off stage antics of a theatre group as they attempt to stage a farce entitled Nothing On?

Noises Off

(by Michael Frayn)

4.

Born in 1939, which British playwright wrote the plays A Chorus of Disapproval and Absurd Person Singular?

(Alan) Ayckbourn

5.

First broadcast in 2006, in which Radio 4 comedy panel show are guests invited to deliver a lecture on a given subject which will be mostly false, except for five hidden facts which they must attempt to smuggle past their fellow panellists?  It is hosted by David Mitchell.

(The) Unbelievable Truth

6.

Who became chair of Radio 4''s long-running News Quiz, following Sandi Toksvig's departure in 2015?   (first name and surname required)

Miles Jupp

7.

Which pop star released the smash hit single Thank U, Next in 2018?  It broke Youtube records by racking up over a million views in its first thirty-four minutes on the site?

Ariana Grande

8.

Thank U, Next was surprisingly kept from the coveted UK Christmas number one slot by a paean to sausage rolls by LadBaby, which parodied which classic 80s pop anthem?

We Built This City

(by Starship)

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