Withington Pub Quiz League - questions 06/02/19

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ROUND 1 - Things You Might See in a Wonderful World

Each answer contains a word that connects with the title of this round

In 1970, a single was released with songs from Paint Your Wagon. On the A-side, Lee Marvin sang Wand’rin Star. What did Clint Eastwood sing on the B-side?

On 24 June 2017 at Hampden Park in Glasgow, lead vocalist Ian Brown told the concert crowd: "Don't be sad that it's over, be happy that it happened". This led many to speculate that it would be this band’s last concert. Name this rock band formed in Manchester in 1983.

In 1927, Al Jolson performed it in The Jazz Singer. In 1946, it was the title song of a Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire film. In 1954, Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye performed it in White Christmas. It has been recorded by Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, and others. Name this song.

What is described in Wikipedia as "an information technology paradigm that enables ubiquitous access to shared pools of configurable system resources and higher-level services that can be rapidly provisioned with minimal management effort, often over the Internet."?

Robb Wilton was a Liverpool-born comedian in the music hall tradition. Famous for his filmed monologues in the 1930s and 1940s, his most popular catchphrase comprised five words taken from his opening routine for radio. The monologue continued ‘‘…my missus said to me, 'It's up to you...You've got to stop it'. I said, 'Stop what?' She said, 'The war.'’’. What were the first five words?

What phrase can be applied to a massacre of British chieftains by Saxons in c. 460, a 1934 political purge in Germany, a 1962 political purge in Britain, a 1992 Provisional IRA attack on the Irish People’s Liberation Organisation, and a 2017 political purge in South Africa?

In Norse mythology, Bifröst connects Midgard (Earth) and Asgard, the realm of the gods. What is it?

Which TV sitcom started with episode 1 The Pilot on September 22nd 1994 and concluded with episodes 235 and 236 The Last One on May 6th 2004?

This children’s novel was first published in full in 1863, and was extremely popular in England for many decades. It eventually fell out of favour, in part due to its prejudice against Irish, Jews, Catholics, Americans, and the poor. What was this novel by Charles Kingsley called?

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ROUND 2 - A Round about islands

With an area of 8.5 square miles, this Pacific island is the smallest island nation in the world. It has a population of 11,200. The only nation with fewer people is Vatican City. Formerly known as Pleasant Island, what is this island now called?

Including all overseas territories, the UK has 6,289 islands. With an estimated 221,800 islands, the majority of which are uninhabited, which country has more islands than anywhere else in the world? Even its capital is an archipelago of 14 islands

Under President Pasquale Paoli, this island seceded from France in 1794. Until the French reconquered it in 1796, it was a British client state. Which island is it?

With about 504,620 sheep and about 3,400 people, which British overseas territory has 148 times as many sheep as permanent residents?

The Sifaka, Indri, and Aye-Aye are animals unique to which island?

After Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, what is next on this list in terms of size and population?

This island comprises 14 parishes. Noel Coward is buried in St. Mary and there is also one called Manchester. The 14 parishes are grouped into the counties of Cornwall, Middlesex and Surrey. Which island is it?

With a population of under 180,000 and two Nobel Prize winners (Sir Arthur Lewis in Economics in 1979 and Derek Walcott in Literature in 1992), which sovereign country has the most Nobel laureates per head of population?

Sp1

He reached the quarter finals of the World Snooker Championship in 1988, and won the 2003 World Pool Masters Tournament. From which island nation is the former professional snooker and pool player Tony Drago?

Sp2

This island gained independence in 1967. After an almost bloodless coup on May 11th 1971, Maria-Jesu Pica became President-for-life. With its capital city of Bodoni, which nation are we referring to?

Sp3

From September 1704 to February 1709, Alexander Selkirk was castaway on the island of Más a Tierra, which is now part of Chile. What was the island renamed in 1966?

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ROUND 3 - Pubs and former Pubs in WithQuiz land

After working at Crystal Palace Zoo, ‘Monkey Jack’ Webb became a pub landlord in WithQuiz land before WW1. He brought with him a monkey, who reputedly pulled pints for him. He may also have been responsible for the stuffed duck-billed platypus, which adorned the back room of this pub, until a fire in the 1990s. Name the pub.

At one stage, he was the proprietor of the Spread Eagle Hotel on Corporation Street, but from 1865, he lived in Didsbury. The remains of many of his dogs and, reputedly, his horse are buried in the gardens of his house. Who was he?

This family-owned brewery owns more than 80 pubs, mainly in North West England. In and around WithQuiz land, it owns the Albion in Burnage, the Fletcher Moss in Didsbury, and the Friendship in Fallowfield. Which other pub does this brewery own in WithQuiz land?

Following this series of name changes, Chimes Hotel, Hotel El Morocco, Didsbury Lodge, The Barleycorn, what is it now called?

Following this series of name changes, Wellington, Grey Horse, Cavalcade, Old Grey Horse, Squires, Clock Tower, Fugu, Zizzi, what is it now called?

This brewery claims to be the world’s largest brewer of cask ale, and operates over 2,150 pubs in the UK. In and around WithQuiz land, it runs the Greenfinch in West Didsbury, the Royal Oak in Didsbury, and the Red Lion in Withington. Which other pub does this brewery own in WithQuiz land?

He was a local GP and a pioneer of social reform, who died in 1909 from the effects of self-administered strychnine. Who is this worthy, who has a bronze bass relief of his face on the Didsbury clock tower?

Crown green bowler, Noel Burrows, won the prestigious Waterloo handicap twice (1972 and 2004). Before that he ran a pub in WithQuiz land, which he had inherited from his father. Which pub?

In WithQuiz land, only two pubs share the same name. What is that name?

NB: 'The Albert', as in Albert’s Restaurant & Bar on Barlow Moor Road, the Albert Bowling & Tennis Club on Old Lansdowne Road and The Albert in Withington is not an acceptable answer.

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ROUND 4 - Gender Neutral Given Names

In each answer, we are looking for a given name that could be applied to both men and women; e.g. Who wrote Brideshead Revisited? (Evelyn Waugh)Both forename and surname are required

She was an important Christian mystic and theologian. Her Revelations of Divine Love, written around 1395, is the first book in the English language known to have been written by a woman. Who was she?

Tony Blair’s father-in-law was married four times. He married his second wife, who is probably the best-known of the four, a few days before her death from lung cancer in 1986. Who was this actress?

She made her film debut in the 1978 Halloween, and has reprised the role in 2018. In 1984, she married actor Christopher Guest of Spinal Tap fame, who became Baron Haden-Guest in 1996. By what name is The Lady Haden-Guest better known?

What first name do a founder member of Pan’s People and the original bass guitarist of the Ramones have in common?

This US rock band was formed in 1989. Early members included Daisy Berkowitz, Olivia Newton Bundy, and Zsa Zsa Speck. One of the two founders, Brian Warner is still with the band. What is his stage name, which is also the band’s name?

In the Razzie Awards, he was nominated as Worst Actor for his role in The Saint and as Worst Supporting Actor for his roles in The Ghost and the Darkness, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and Alexander. Who is he?

He was the creator, and from 1969 to 1973, the presenter of the religious programme Stars on Sunday. After his death, DNA testing proved that the biological father of his ‘daughter’ was Hughie Green. Who was he?

She wrote several novels, but she is probably best known for her poems. Giving rise to the catch phrase, A Good Time Was Had By All was published in 1937. Perhaps her best known poem, Not Waving but Drowning, was published in 1957. Who is this poet?

Sp1

HAL 9000 first appeared in Arthur C Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. What is the name of HAL’s twin, who appears in the sequel 2010: Odyssey Two?

Sp2

This American rock artist has issued 59 albums over the years, starting with Pretties for You in 1969, and most recently Paranorma in 2017. His only UK No. 1 single was School’s Out in 1972. Name him.

Sp3

This American actress is best known for her role as Olivia Walton in the CBS drama series of the 1972-79, The Waltons. What is her name?

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ROUND 5 - Reverse paired

Group Flight Surgeon ‘Doc’ Daneeka was able to point to Captain Orr as an example of which paradox?

What gift for Pope Leo X was the subject of an Albrecht Dürer woodcut?

In the C S Lewis book, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, three children visit Narnia. Their names are Lucy, Eustace, and what?

Dr Teeth and The Electric Mayhem is the virtual house band on which show?

The novelty song Axel F topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in 2005. The Swedish computer-animated character who ‘recorded’ it was originally known as ‘The Annoying Thing’. By what name is this character better known?

In the children’s book Swallows and Amazons, Nancy Blackett is the Captain of the Amazon, but Nancy is a nickname. What did her Uncle Jim point out that made her change her name from Ruth?

In casting terms, what do an opera by Verdi, which premièred in 1871, and a 1942 ballet written by Stravinsky and choreographed by Balanchine have in common?

In the TV sitcom Only Fools And Horses, what is used to demonstrate the ‘Grandfather’s Axe’ variant of the ‘Ship of Theseus’ paradox?

Sp1

Between 1718 and 1775, an estimated 52,000 British convicts were shipped to which British colony?

Sp2

As an EU national, you can get a European pet passport, which allows your pet to travel across EU borders. The passport covers cats, dogs, and which other type of animal?

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ROUND 6 - Hidden theme

As well as politics, all the people in this round’s answers have something else in common

Bakili Muluzi, Bingu wa Mutharika, Joyce Banda and Peter Mutharika have all subsequently held this same office, but who was first from 1966-1994?

Which political theorist, and revolutionary leader famously died in his bath on 13th July 1793?

Born in Acton in 1975, Asma Akhras graduated from King's College London in 1996 with a BA in computer science and French literature. After a career in investment banking, she was set to begin an MBA at Harvard. Instead, in December 2000, she married which world leader?

In 1970, who was the first Marxist to become President of a Latin American country through open elections?

Nicknamed ‘The Tiger’, he was a major contributor to the Allied victory in WW1 and helped frame the Treaty of Versailles. Who was this French Prime Minister from 16 November 1917 to 20 January 1920?

This Bosnian Serb was President of Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War. In 2016, he was sentenced to 40 years' in prison for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Who is he?

The Motorcycle Diaries is a memoir on the 1952 travels around South America by a 23-year-old student, and his friend Alberto Granado. Who is its revolutionary author?

Elected on a populist and black nationalist platform in 1957, he was President of his country until he died in 1971. His rule, based on a purged military, a rural militia, and his cult of personality, resulted in the death of 30,000 to 60,000 of his countrymen, with many more exiled. Who was he?

In the 2009 expenses scandal, he was the Shadow Cabinet Minister with the largest over-claim on expenses. In 2011, he resigned as Defence Secretary, having allegedly given a close friend inappropriate access to the MoD and allowed him to join official trips overseas. Who is this 'pillar of rectitude'?

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ROUND 7 - Famous beekeepers

Many of his observations were sound, but he thought that bees found their young in flowers; that the queen bee was a ‘king’; and that honey was not made by bees, but was distilled from dew or fell magically from the air. Born in 384BC and dying in 322BC, who was this philosopher and beekeeper?

In his nature book Notes on Virginia, he wrote about how the honey bee came to North America. He was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and, as US President, he organised the Louisiana Purchase. Who was this avid beekeeper?

He is best known for his experiments into heredity between 1856 and 1863. He also tried to breed better bees, calling them "my dearest little animals". None of his experimental results on bees survive, apart from a brief mention in the reports of Moravian Apiculture Society. Who was he?

His wife, Sonja, wrote in her diary: "The apiary has become the centre of the world for him now, and everybody has to be interested exclusively in bees!". In 1869, in his best known novel, he wrote "Moscow was empty. It was deserted as a dying, queenless hive is deserted." Who was this author?

During the Second Boer War, he successfully defended the town of Mafeking, and discovered the usefulness of well-trained boys. In a highly influential 1908 book, he wrote of bees: "They are quite a model community, for they respect their Queen and kill their unemployed". Who was he?

He joined his father’s beekeeping business in 1938, and his New Zealand passport listed his occupation as ‘apiarist’. His seasonal occupation enabled him to fund climbing trips during the northern hemisphere’s summer. Who was he?

Her father was a world authority on bumblebees, and this American took up beekeeping in June 1962, after moving to Devon. In October 1962, as her marriage was breaking up, she wrote the five Bee poems. She killed herself in February 1963. Who was she?

In Laurie R King’s 1994 novel The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, 15-year old Mary Russell is trained to be a detective by a retired gentleman in Sussex, who keeps bees. Who is this beekeeper?

Sp1

This beekeeper was president of France during the Great War. He took time out by tending his beehives behind the Presidential Palace. Who was he?

Sp2

As a youngster, he reputedly earned an Eagle Scout badge for beekeeping, and he later kept bees on his Bel Air estate. He appeared in over 90 films, including The Swarm in 1978. After portraying a beekeeper in a 1997 film, his son was named 'Beekeeper of the Year' by the Florida State Beekeeping Association. Name the actor father.

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ROUND 8 - People with the same Surname

What are the first names of these pairs of characters? To make it easier, they have the same last name

An example would be: A character from a song by the Beatles & an American inventor who, by the time he died in 1931, had 1,093 US patents in his name. The answer would be Maxwell & Thomas (as in Edison)

a Harry Potter actress;

a 1962 Nobel prize-winning molecular biologist

a singer-songwriter, who died in Paris in 1971;

a singer-songwriter, knighted in 2016 for his musical achievements and his services to tourism and charitable causes in Northern Ireland.

the Chief Justice of the United States, who chaired the Commission which investigated the assassination of John F Kennedy;

a boxing promoter who has managed 'Prince' Naseem Hamed, Nigel Benn, Joe Calzaghe, Ricky Hatton, Amir Khan, and Tyson Fury

the first child star to get a miniature Juvenile Oscar, who was later US ambassador to Ghana and to Czechoslovakia;

the Bishop of Manchester (1921–29), Archbishop of York (1929–42) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1942–44)

one of the ‘Gang of Four’ in 1981;

the UK entrant in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, who received death threats from the IRA

in 1935, he set three world records and tied another, in what has been called ‘the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport’, but he is better known for events of the following year;

this textile merchant left £96,942 in 1846 to establish a college, which eventually became Manchester University

a knight who defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, but was hanged, drawn, and quartered in 1305;

a former costermonger, best known for co-presenting BBC TV’s MasterChef and Celebrity MasterChef

an American rapper, record producer and fashion designer, he has children called North, Chicago, and Saint;

a serial killer who committed at least 12 murders between 1967 and 1987 in Gloucestershire

Sp1

a former Manchester City manager;

the composer of The Pink Panther film theme in 1963

Sp2

an astronaut;

the first African-American jazz musician to write an autobiography

Sp3

a British neurologist, who published case histories of his patients, including Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat;

the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth from 1991 to 2013

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ROUND 1 - Things You Might See in a Wonderful World

Each answer contains a word that connects with the title of this round

In 1970, a single was released with songs from Paint Your Wagon. On the A-side, Lee Marvin sang Wand’rin Star. What did Clint Eastwood sing on the B-side?

I Talk To The Trees

The Stone Roses

Blue Skies

Cloud computing

(accept any reasonable answer that includes ‘cloud’)

"The day war broke out..."

'The Night of the Long Knives'

In Norse mythology, Bifröst connects Midgard (Earth) and Asgard, the realm of the gods. What is it?

A Rainbow Bridge

Which TV sitcom started with episode 1 The Pilot on September 22nd 1994 and concluded with episodes 235 and 236 The Last One on May 6th 2004?

Friends

The Water Babies

Each answer contains an item from the lyrics of the song What a Wonderful World....

I see trees of green / Red roses too / I see them bloom / For me and for you / And I think to myself / What a wonderful world

I see skies of blue / And clouds of white / The bright blessed day /The dark sacred night / And I think to myself / What a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow / So pretty in the sky / Are also on the faces / Of people going by

I see friends shaking hands / Sayin… How do you do / They're really sayin...... I love you.

I hear babies cry / I watch them grow / They’ll learn much more / Than I’ll ever know / And I think to myself / What a wonderful world

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ROUND 2 - A Round about islands

Nauru

Sweden

Under President Pasquale Paoli, this island seceded from France in 1794. Until the French reconquered it in 1796, it was a British client state. Which island is it?

Corsica

With about 504,620 sheep and about 3,400 people, which British overseas territory has 148 times as many sheep as permanent residents?

The Falkland Islands

The Sifaka, Indri, and Aye-Aye are animals unique to which island?

Madagascar

(they are three of the 100 existing species of lemur, all of which are native only to this island)

After Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, what is next on this list in terms of size and population?

Herm

Jamaica

St. Lucia

Sp1

Malta

Sp2

This island gained independence in 1967. After an almost bloodless coup on May 11th 1971, Maria-Jesu Pica became President-for-life. With its capital city of Bodoni, which nation are we referring to?

San Serriffe

(as in the Guardian newspaper April Fool from 1977)

Sp3

From September 1704 to February 1709, Alexander Selkirk was castaway on the island of Más a Tierra, which is now part of Chile. What was the island renamed in 1966?

Robinson Crusoe Island

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ROUND 3 - Pubs and former Pubs in WithQuiz land

The Royal Oak

(in Didsbury)

Fletcher Moss

(the eagle sculpture on the ‘Eagle Gate’ of the Parsonage was rescued by him from the demolition of the Spread Eagle Hotel in 1902)

The Victoria

(in Withington owned by Hydes)

Following this series of name changes, Chimes Hotel, Hotel El Morocco, Didsbury Lodge, The Barleycorn, what is it now called?

Albert’s Restaurant & Bar

(accept any mention of Albert)

Following this series of name changes, Wellington, Grey Horse, Cavalcade, Old Grey Horse, Squires, Clock Tower, Fugu, Zizzi, what is it now called?

CAU

(Carne Argentina Unica)

The Station in Didsbury

(Dr John) Milson Rhodes

Crown green bowler, Noel Burrows, won the prestigious Waterloo handicap twice (1972 and 2004). Before that he ran a pub in WithQuiz land, which he had inherited from his father. Which pub?

The Red Lion

(in Withington)

In WithQuiz land, only two pubs share the same name. What is that name?

NB: 'The Albert', as in Albert’s Restaurant & Bar on Barlow Moor Road, the Albert Bowling & Tennis Club on Old Lansdowne Road and The Albert in Withington is not an acceptable answer.

Dog & Partridge

(one in Didsbury village, and one on Didsbury Road going down to the Griffin - accept, at a pinch, The Victoria of which there is one in Withington, and one in Burnage, which is not really WithQuiz Land.....
NB: These are the only ones the setter can think of, but the QM may accept any reasonable alternative)

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ROUND 4 - Gender Neutral Given Names

In each answer, we are looking for a given name that could be applied to both men and women; e.g. Who wrote Brideshead Revisited? (Evelyn Waugh)Both forename and surname are required

Julian of Norwich

(accept the rarely used Juliana of Norwich, although it doesn’t fit the theme)

Pat Phoenix

(the Coronation Street actress)

Jamie Lee Curtis

What first name do a founder member of Pan’s People and the original bass guitarist of the Ramones have in common?

Dee Dee

(Wilde and Ramone)

Marilyn Manson

Val Kilmer

Jess Yates

Stevie Smith

Sp1

HAL 9000 first appeared in Arthur C Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. What is the name of HAL’s twin, who appears in the sequel 2010: Odyssey Two?

SAL 9000

(accept just SAL)

Sp2

Alice Cooper

Sp3

This American actress is best known for her role as Olivia Walton in the CBS drama series of the 1972-79, The Waltons. What is her name?

Michael Learned

(her father told her: "If I had been a boy, I would have been called Caleb, but I was a girl, so I was called Michael")

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ROUND 5 - Reverse paired

Group Flight Surgeon ‘Doc’ Daneeka was able to point to Captain Orr as an example of which paradox?

Catch-22

What gift for Pope Leo X was the subject of an Albrecht Dürer woodcut?

Rhino

In the C S Lewis book, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, three children visit Narnia. Their names are Lucy, Eustace, and what?

Edmund

Dr Teeth and The Electric Mayhem is the virtual house band on which show?

The Muppet Show

Crazy Frog

In the children’s book Swallows and Amazons, Nancy Blackett is the Captain of the Amazon, but Nancy is a nickname. What did her Uncle Jim point out that made her change her name from Ruth?

"Pirates are ruthless"

In casting terms, what do an opera by Verdi, which premièred in 1871, and a 1942 ballet written by Stravinsky and choreographed by Balanchine have in common?

Elephants

(at Aida's world premiere in Cairo, one scene had 12 elephants; commissioned by the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Circus Polka: For a Young Elephant was first performed at Madison Square Garden with 50 elephants and 50 ballerinas)

In the TV sitcom Only Fools And Horses, what is used to demonstrate the ‘Grandfather’s Axe’ variant of the ‘Ship of Theseus’ paradox?

Trigger’s Broom

(Trigger wins an award for having the same broom for 20 years; it has had 17 new heads and 14 new handles; the paradox asks: "Is this the same broom?")

Sp1

Between 1718 and 1775, an estimated 52,000 British convicts were shipped to which British colony?

America

(after the War of Independence, we started sending them to Australia; approx. 164,000 between 1788 & 1868)

Sp2

As an EU national, you can get a European pet passport, which allows your pet to travel across EU borders. The passport covers cats, dogs, and which other type of animal?

Ferrets

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ROUND 6 - Hidden theme

As well as politics, all the people in this round’s answers have something else in common

Bakili Muluzi, Bingu wa Mutharika, Joyce Banda and Peter Mutharika have all subsequently held this same office, but who was first from 1966-1994?

Hastings Banda

(as President of Malawi - Joyce Banda might be considered a clue, but in fact she is no relation to him)

Which political theorist, and revolutionary leader famously died in his bath on 13th July 1793?

Jean-Paul Marat

President Bashar al-Assad

(of Syria)

In 1970, who was the first Marxist to become President of a Latin American country through open elections?

Salvador Allende

Georges Clemenceau

This Bosnian Serb was President of Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War. In 2016, he was sentenced to 40 years' in prison for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Who is he?

Radovan Karadžić

The Motorcycle Diaries is a memoir on the 1952 travels around South America by a 23-year-old student, and his friend Alberto Granado. Who is its revolutionary author?

(Ernesto) ‘Che’ Guevara

François Duvalier

(or ‘Papa Doc’ Duvalier)

Liam Fox

(currently Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade)

Theme: They were all qualified physicians

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ROUND 7 - Famous beekeepers

Aristotle

Thomas Jefferson

Gregor Mendel

Leo Tolstoy

(the book is War and Peace)

Lord Robert Baden Powell

(the book is Scouting for Boys)

Sir Edmund Hillary

Sylvia Plath

In Laurie R King’s 1994 novel The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, 15-year old Mary Russell is trained to be a detective by a retired gentleman in Sussex, who keeps bees. Who is this beekeeper?

Sherlock Holmes

Sp1

This beekeeper was president of France during the Great War. He took time out by tending his beehives behind the Presidential Palace. Who was he?

Raymond Poincaré

Sp2

Henry Fonda

(the son was Peter Fonda in Ulee’s Gold)

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ROUND 8 - People with the same Surname

What are the first names of these pairs of characters? To make it easier, they have the same last name

a Harry Potter actress;

a 1962 Nobel prize-winning molecular biologist

Emma & James (Watson)

a singer-songwriter, who died in Paris in 1971;

a singer-songwriter, knighted in 2016 for his musical achievements and his services to tourism and charitable causes in Northern Ireland.

Jim & Van (Morrison)

the Chief Justice of the United States, who chaired the Commission which investigated the assassination of John F Kennedy;

a boxing promoter who has managed 'Prince' Naseem Hamed, Nigel Benn, Joe Calzaghe, Ricky Hatton, Amir Khan, and Tyson Fury

Earl & Frank (Warren)

the first child star to get a miniature Juvenile Oscar, who was later US ambassador to Ghana and to Czechoslovakia;

the Bishop of Manchester (1921–29), Archbishop of York (1929–42) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1942–44)

Shirley & William (Temple)

one of the ‘Gang of Four’ in 1981;

the UK entrant in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, who received death threats from the IRA

Bill & Clodagh (Rodgers)

in 1935, he set three world records and tied another, in what has been called ‘the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport’, but he is better known for events of the following year;

this textile merchant left £96,942 in 1846 to establish a college, which eventually became Manchester University

‘Jesse’ & John (Owens)

(accept James for ‘Jesse’, as this was his real name)

a knight who defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, but was hanged, drawn, and quartered in 1305;

a former costermonger, best known for co-presenting BBC TV’s MasterChef and Celebrity MasterChef

William & Gregg (Wallace)

an American rapper, record producer and fashion designer, he has children called North, Chicago, and Saint;

a serial killer who committed at least 12 murders between 1967 and 1987 in Gloucestershire

Kanye & Fred (West)

(accept Rose or Rosemary in lieu of Fred, although she was only convicted of 10 murders)

Sp1

a former Manchester City manager;

the composer of The Pink Panther film theme in 1963

Roberto & Henry (Mancini)

Sp2

an astronaut;

the first African-American jazz musician to write an autobiography

Neil & Louis (Armstrong)

Sp3

a British neurologist, who published case histories of his patients, including Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat;

the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth from 1991 to 2013

Oliver & Jonathan (Sacks)

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