ROUND 1 - Stockport style - Verbal

Where the answer is a name the surname alone is sufficient

1.

Which two alpine countries are connected by the Brenner Pass?

2.

Who is the newsworthy MP for Liverpool Wavertree?

3.

Which organ in the human body is home to the ciliary muscle?

4.

Which Shipping Forecast area includes the coastline around the Scottish city of Inverness?

5.

What was the real first name of rock and roll pioneer ‘Buddy’ Holly?

6.

Mike Summerbee left Manchester City to join which club in June 1975?

7.

Which UK radio comedy, broadcast from 1958 to 1964, was the predecessor to Round the Horne?

8.

The traditional source of the River Thames can be visited at Thames Head, near the village of Kemble in which English county?

9.

In Rolling Stone magazine’s iconic edition featuring the '500 Greatest Albums of All Time', published in 2003 and updated in 2012, which Beatles album was ranked number one?

10.

Named after an eighteenth-century British navigator, the Furneaux Islands are part of which country?

11.

Who is the only British monarch to have been born and to have died at Buckingham Palace?

12.

‘On old Olympus's towering tops, a Finn and German viewed some hops’ is a mnemonic used in medical circles to remember the names and order of what?

13.

Feedback and The Hype are former names of which rock band?

14.

Opening on the M1 on 2 November 1959, which is Britain’s oldest motorway service station?

15.

In 1923 who became the first footballer to score at the newly-opened Wembley Stadium?  His move from Bolton to Arsenal in 1928 was the first in British football history to involve a transfer fee of £10,000 or more?

16.

Which centre forward’s move from Chelsea to Notts County in 1947 was the first in British football history to involve a transfer fee of £20,000 or more?

17.

What is the name of the only service station on the M6 Toll Road?

18.

Pectoralz and Starfish are former names of which band?

19.

‘Some lovers try positions that they can't handle’ is a mnemonic used in medical circles to remember the names and order of what?

20.

Who is the only British monarch to have been born and to have died at Sandringham?

21.

After the mainland and Tasmania which is the third largest of the islands that make up Australia?  It lies just off the coast of Darwin.

22.

In Rolling Stone magazine’s iconic edition featuring the '500 Greatest Songs of All Time', published in 2004 and updated in 2010, which Bob Dylan song was ranked number one?

23.

Which English county is home to Biddulph Moor, the traditional source of the River Trent?

24.

Broadcast in 1983 and 1984, It Sticks Out Half a Mile was a UK radio sitcom about the renovation of a seaside pier.  To which popular television comedy of the 1960s and ‘70s was it a sequel?

25.

Brian Kidd left Manchester United to join which club in July 1974?

26.

What was the real first name of rock and roll pioneer ‘Fats’ Domino?

27.

The Scottish islands of Mull, Islay and Arran lie within which Shipping Forecast area?

28.

In which organ of the human body would you find the canals of Lambert?

29.

Which prominent politician is MP for the West London constituency of Hayes and Harlington?

30.

Which two alpine countries are connected by the Simplon Tunnel?

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ROUND 2 - Stockport style - Written

(Note: there is no theme running through the answers or questions in this round)

1.

What don’t/didn’t William Wordsworth, Michael Hutchence, Stevie Wonder and Bill Pullman have?  Harry Redknapp used to have one, but lost it following a car crash.

2.

Which British band could have been called Anderson Council if they had taken their name from the surnames, rather than first names, of two American blues musicians?

3.

Which former member of Hear’Say announced this week that we she will quit her role as Michelle Connor in Coronation Street?

4.

In addition to the national flag, public ceremonies and events in Wales frequently feature the flag of St David.  What are its two colours?

5.

Name either of the two footballers who can be seen on the cover of the Oasis album Definitely Maybe.

6.

Which BBC Radio 4 programme receives regular correspondence from ‘Mrs Trellis of North Wales’?

7.

According to tradition one of the aliases of Robin Hood was ‘Robin of Loxley’.  Of which British city is Loxley a suburb?

8.

The bird Sturnus vulgaris is more commonly known by which name?

9.

Who became the first group to have a UK number one single, when they topped the charts with Broken Wings in April 1953?

10.

Nancy Barbato was the first in 1939 and Barbara Marx became the fourth and last in 1976.  Name either of the other two.

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ROUND 3 - WithQuiz style - Film Quotes

A round based on an American Film Institute survey of the 100 best quotes in movie history

(Use discretion for Q2, Q4 and Spare – answers needn’t be 100% word perfect)

1.

In which 1983 film, the fourth in the Dirty Harry series, does Clint Eastwood famously say: “Go ahead, make my day”?

2.

Spoken by Judy Garland, what are the last five words of The Wizard of Oz?

3.

In which film does Captain Louis Renault utter the famous line: “Round up the usual suspects”?

4.

Which words complete this quote from a 1933 RKO Pictures film that was re-made in 1976 and 2005: “Oh no, it wasn’t the airplanes. It was...”?

5.

In a 1939 film, which character says: “As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.”?

6.

In which 1944 film does Lauren Bacall say: “You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.”?

7.

Give the full name of either the character or the actor who, in an Oscar-winning 1974 film, utters the line: “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer”.

8.

In which 1987 film would you hear the line “Nobody puts Baby in a corner”?

Sp

Which eight-word phrase, from a film already mentioned in this round, was voted the best quote in movie history?

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ROUND 4 - WithQuiz style - Hidden theme

1.

What was the title of Nelson Mandela’s autobiography published in 1994?  A similarly-titled film version, starring Idris Elba, was released in 2013.

2.

Which city in Queensland hosted last year’s Commonwealth Games?

3.

The real-life story of Australian concert pianist David Helfgott was the inspiration for which 1996 film?  The movie’s male star picked up the Academy Award for Best Actor.

4.

Stretching between Ouistreham and Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, what code name was given to the easternmost of the Normandy beaches assaulted on 6 June 1944 and whose capture was chiefly the responsibility of British forces?

5.

London-born rapper and occasional TV presenter Stephen Manderson usually performs under which stage name?

6.

In September 1297 William Wallace and Andrew Moray led a Scottish army to victory over a larger English force at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.  Which river is spanned by the aforementioned bridge?

7.

Raymond Chandler’s detective Philip Marlowe first appeared in which novel of 1939?

8.

Which small town in the Peak District stands at the confluence of the Rivers Goyt and Sett?

Sp

According to the terrace chant, in which make of car did Sheikh Mansour travel to Spain to bring back Manuel Pellegrini?

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ROUND 5 - WithQuiz style - "If music be the food of love...."

Every answer is a 'food-related' musical act

e.g. "Who had a 1970 UK top ten hit with Make It With You?"  Answer: Bread

1.

Which Irish band released the 1993 chart-topping album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We??

2.

Sometimes abbreviated to BFS, which US band had their biggest UK hit in 2002 with Girl All the Bad Guys Want?

3.

What is the name of the backing group of the American singer with the real name August Darnell?

4.

Icelandic singer Björk was the lead singer with which band from 1986 to 1992?

5.

Which group was founded by Shaun Ryder and Bez following the demise of the Happy Mondays in 1993?

6.

Christine McVie left which band to join Fleetwood Mac in 1970?

7.

Billy Corgan was a founder member and the lead singer of which group formed in Chicago in 1988?

8.

Which American group had a 1976 worldwide hit with the song Play That Funky Music?

Sp

Which band’s final studio album was The Gift in 1982?

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ROUND 6 - WithQuiz style - Hidden theme

1.

In 1956 the Lord Mayor of London and the Mayor of Lytham St Annes became the first and second people ever to buy what?

2.

In which 1997 Luc Besson-directed sci-fi film does Bruce Willis play 23rd-century taxi driver Korben Dallas?

3.

Which short-lived US band of the late 1990s was led by Gregg Alexander?  They had a top ten UK hit in 1998 with You Get What You Give, whose lyrics include a threat to “kick the ass in” of celebrities such as Courtney Love and Marilyn Manson.

4.

Civil aircraft from the Netherlands have registration numbers containing which two-letter prefix?

5.

Which character did Steve Coogan play in the Terry Jones-directed 1996 version of The Wind in the Willows?

6.

According to a 1968 hit song, which two-word invention had life-changing effects upon Robert Tony, Old Ebineezer, Jonny Hammer and Aunt Milly, amongst others?

7.

Which actor, who first came to prominence in the late 1970s as Jodie Dallas in the US sitcom Soap, hosted the Academy Awards ceremony nine times between 1990 and 2012?

8.

What is the surname of Michael, boxing’s most famous ring announcer renowned for his trademarked catchphrase “Let’s Get Ready to Rumble”?

Sp

Perdana, Persona and Iriz are models produced by which Asian car manufacturer?

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ROUND 7 Extra time (if required) - Stockport style - Written

(Note: there is no theme running through the answers or questions in this round)

1.

Who is the current Prime Minister of Pakistan?

2.

At the Academy Awards ceremony in April 1965 - to honour films released in 1964 - four of the five nominees for Best Actor were British, including the winner.  Name any three of the nominees.

3.

Only three managers have ever led Manchester United to the First Division/Premier League title.  Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alex Ferguson were two; who was the third?  He is the only man to have managed both Manchester City and Manchester United.

4.

The Battle of Attu Island was fought between the USA and Japan in May 1943. In the context of the Second World War, how was it unique?

5.

Which Austrian city’s international airport is named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

6.

What was the one-word title of Ed Sheeran’s first UK number single, which topped the charts in 2014?

7.

Played by Simon Day in the BBC TV comedy The Fast Show, what was the full name of the Australian presenter of That’s Amazing?  His guests invariably turned out to be somewhat less-than-amazing and were told to “get off my show”?  He shares his name with a West Indian cricketer who played for Lancashire in the early 2000s.

8.

Which Scottish actress plays Oliver Hardy’s wife Lucille in this year’s box office hit Stan & Ollie?

9.

Which Roman Emperor succeeded Tiberius in 37 A.D.?

10.

Who is appearing as Grandad in the stage musical version of Only Fools and Horses, which opened recently at London’s Haymarket theatre?

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Tiebreakers

1.

According to the Office of Rail and Road statistics, in the calendar year 2017–2018 how many passengers used Manchester Piccadilly station?

2.

According to Guinness World Records, how many eggs were used to create the world’s largest omelette in Santarém, Portugal in August 2012?

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ROUND 1 - Stockport style - Verbal

Where the answer is a name the surname alone is sufficient

1.

Which two alpine countries are connected by the Brenner Pass?

Italy and Austria

2.

Who is the newsworthy MP for Liverpool Wavertree?

Luciana Berger

3.

Which organ in the human body is home to the ciliary muscle?

The eye

4.

Which Shipping Forecast area includes the coastline around the Scottish city of Inverness?

Cromarty

5.

What was the real first name of rock and roll pioneer ‘Buddy’ Holly?

Charles

6.

Mike Summerbee left Manchester City to join which club in June 1975?

Burnley

7.

Which UK radio comedy, broadcast from 1958 to 1964, was the predecessor to Round the Horne?

Beyond Our Ken

8.

The traditional source of the River Thames can be visited at Thames Head, near the village of Kemble in which English county?

Gloucestershire

9.

In Rolling Stone magazine’s iconic edition featuring the '500 Greatest Albums of All Time', published in 2003 and updated in 2012, which Beatles album was ranked number one?

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

10.

Named after an eighteenth-century British navigator, the Furneaux Islands are part of which country?

Australia

11.

Who is the only British monarch to have been born and to have died at Buckingham Palace?

Edward VII

12.

‘On old Olympus's towering tops, a Finn and German viewed some hops’ is a mnemonic used in medical circles to remember the names and order of what?

Cranial nerves

13.

Feedback and The Hype are former names of which rock band?

U2

14.

Opening on the M1 on 2 November 1959, which is Britain’s oldest motorway service station?

Watford Gap

15.

In 1923 who became the first footballer to score at the newly-opened Wembley Stadium?  His move from Bolton to Arsenal in 1928 was the first in British football history to involve a transfer fee of £10,000 or more?

David Jack

16.

Which centre forward’s move from Chelsea to Notts County in 1947 was the first in British football history to involve a transfer fee of £20,000 or more?

17.

What is the name of the only service station on the M6 Toll Road?

18.

Pectoralz and Starfish are former names of which band?

Coldplay

19.

‘Some lovers try positions that they can't handle’ is a mnemonic used in medical circles to remember the names and order of what?

20.

Who is the only British monarch to have been born and to have died at Sandringham?

George VI

21.

After the mainland and Tasmania which is the third largest of the islands that make up Australia?  It lies just off the coast of Darwin.

Melville Island

22.

In Rolling Stone magazine’s iconic edition featuring the '500 Greatest Songs of All Time', published in 2004 and updated in 2010, which Bob Dylan song was ranked number one?

Like A Rolling Stone

23.

Which English county is home to Biddulph Moor, the traditional source of the River Trent?

Staffordshire

24.

Broadcast in 1983 and 1984, It Sticks Out Half a Mile was a UK radio sitcom about the renovation of a seaside pier.  To which popular television comedy of the 1960s and ‘70s was it a sequel?

Dad’s Army

25.

Brian Kidd left Manchester United to join which club in July 1974?

Arsenal

26.

What was the real first name of rock and roll pioneer ‘Fats’ Domino?

Antoine

27.

The Scottish islands of Mull, Islay and Arran lie within which Shipping Forecast area?

Malin

28.

In which organ of the human body would you find the canals of Lambert?

The lung(s)

29.

Which prominent politician is MP for the West London constituency of Hayes and Harlington?

John McDonnell

30.

Which two alpine countries are connected by the Simplon Tunnel?

Switzerland and Italy

ROUND 2 - Stockport style - Written

(Note: there is no theme running through the answers or questions in this round)

1.

What don’t/didn’t William Wordsworth, Michael Hutchence, Stevie Wonder and Bill Pullman have?  Harry Redknapp used to have one, but lost it following a car crash.

A sense of smell

2.

Which British band could have been called Anderson Council if they had taken their name from the surnames, rather than first names, of two American blues musicians?

Pink Floyd

(named after ‘Pink’ Anderson and Floyd Council)

3.

Which former member of Hear’Say announced this week that we she will quit her role as Michelle Connor in Coronation Street?

Kym Marsh

4.

In addition to the national flag, public ceremonies and events in Wales frequently feature the flag of St David.  What are its two colours?

Yellow and Black

(yellow cross on a black background)

5.

Name either of the two footballers who can be seen on the cover of the Oasis album Definitely Maybe.

(one of)

George Best or Rodney Marsh

6.

Which BBC Radio 4 programme receives regular correspondence from ‘Mrs Trellis of North Wales’?

I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue

7.

According to tradition one of the aliases of Robin Hood was ‘Robin of Loxley’.  Of which British city is Loxley a suburb?

Sheffield

8.

The bird Sturnus vulgaris is more commonly known by which name?

Starling

9.

Who became the first group to have a UK number one single, when they topped the charts with Broken Wings in April 1953?

The Stargazers

10.

Nancy Barbato was the first in 1939 and Barbara Marx became the fourth and last in 1976.  Name either of the other two.

(wives of Frank Sinatra)

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ROUND 3 - WithQuiz style - Film Quotes

A round based on an American Film Institute survey of the 100 best quotes in movie history

(Use discretion for Q2, Q4 and Spare – answers needn’t be 100% word perfect)

1.

In which 1983 film, the fourth in the Dirty Harry series, does Clint Eastwood famously say: “Go ahead, make my day”?

Sudden Impact

2.

Spoken by Judy Garland, what are the last five words of The Wizard of Oz?

“There’s no place like home”

3.

In which film does Captain Louis Renault utter the famous line: “Round up the usual suspects”?

Casablanca

4.

Which words complete this quote from a 1933 RKO Pictures film that was re-made in 1976 and 2005: “Oh no, it wasn’t the airplanes. It was...”?

5.

In a 1939 film, which character says: “As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.”?

6.

In which 1944 film does Lauren Bacall say: “You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.”?

To Have and Have Not

7.

Give the full name of either the character or the actor who, in an Oscar-winning 1974 film, utters the line: “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer”.

8.

In which 1987 film would you hear the line “Nobody puts Baby in a corner”?

Dirty Dancing

Sp

Which eight-word phrase, from a film already mentioned in this round, was voted the best quote in movie history?

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ROUND 4 - WithQuiz style - Hidden theme

1.

What was the title of Nelson Mandela’s autobiography published in 1994?  A similarly-titled film version, starring Idris Elba, was released in 2013.

Long Walk to Freedom

2.

Which city in Queensland hosted last year’s Commonwealth Games?

Gold Coast

3.

The real-life story of Australian concert pianist David Helfgott was the inspiration for which 1996 film?  The movie’s male star picked up the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Shine

4.

Stretching between Ouistreham and Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, what code name was given to the easternmost of the Normandy beaches assaulted on 6 June 1944 and whose capture was chiefly the responsibility of British forces?

Sword

5.

London-born rapper and occasional TV presenter Stephen Manderson usually performs under which stage name?

Professor Green

6.

In September 1297 William Wallace and Andrew Moray led a Scottish army to victory over a larger English force at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.  Which river is spanned by the aforementioned bridge?

River Forth

7.

Raymond Chandler’s detective Philip Marlowe first appeared in which novel of 1939?

The Big Sleep

8.

Which small town in the Peak District stands at the confluence of the Rivers Goyt and Sett?

New Mills

Sp

According to the terrace chant, in which make of car did Sheikh Mansour travel to Spain to bring back Manuel Pellegrini?

Lamborghini

Theme: Each answer contains a word from the lyrics of Hubert Parry’s hymn Jerusalem...
walk, gold, shine, sword, green, forth, sleep, mills, lamb

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ROUND 5 - WithQuiz style - "If music be the food of love...."

Every answer is a 'food-related' musical act

e.g. "Who had a 1970 UK top ten hit with Make It With You?"  Answer: Bread

1.

Which Irish band released the 1993 chart-topping album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We??

The Cranberries

2.

Sometimes abbreviated to BFS, which US band had their biggest UK hit in 2002 with Girl All the Bad Guys Want?

Bowling for Soup

3.

What is the name of the backing group of the American singer with the real name August Darnell?

The Coconuts

4.

Icelandic singer Björk was the lead singer with which band from 1986 to 1992?

The Sugarcubes

5.

Which group was founded by Shaun Ryder and Bez following the demise of the Happy Mondays in 1993?

Black Grape

6.

Christine McVie left which band to join Fleetwood Mac in 1970?

Chicken Shack

7.

Billy Corgan was a founder member and the lead singer of which group formed in Chicago in 1988?

Smashing Pumpkins

8.

Which American group had a 1976 worldwide hit with the song Play That Funky Music?

Wild Cherry

Sp

Which band’s final studio album was The Gift in 1982?

The Jam

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ROUND 6 - WithQuiz style - Hidden theme

1.

In 1956 the Lord Mayor of London and the Mayor of Lytham St Annes became the first and second people ever to buy what?

Premium bonds

2.

In which 1997 Luc Besson-directed sci-fi film does Bruce Willis play 23rd-century taxi driver Korben Dallas?

The Fifth Element

3.

Which short-lived US band of the late 1990s was led by Gregg Alexander?  They had a top ten UK hit in 1998 with You Get What You Give, whose lyrics include a threat to “kick the ass in” of celebrities such as Courtney Love and Marilyn Manson.

New Radicals

4.

Civil aircraft from the Netherlands have registration numbers containing which two-letter prefix?

PH

5.

Which character did Steve Coogan play in the Terry Jones-directed 1996 version of The Wind in the Willows?

Mole

6.

According to a 1968 hit song, which two-word invention had life-changing effects upon Robert Tony, Old Ebineezer, Jonny Hammer and Aunt Milly, amongst others?

(from Lily the Pink)

7.

Which actor, who first came to prominence in the late 1970s as Jodie Dallas in the US sitcom Soap, hosted the Academy Awards ceremony nine times between 1990 and 2012?

Billy Crystal

8.

What is the surname of Michael, boxing’s most famous ring announcer renowned for his trademarked catchphrase “Let’s Get Ready to Rumble”?

Buffer

Sp

Perdana, Persona and Iriz are models produced by which Asian car manufacturer?

Proton

Theme: Each answer contains a term used in chemistry...

bond, element, radical, pH, compound, mole, crystal, buffer, proton

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ROUND 7 - Extra time (if required) - Stockport style - Written

(Note: there is no theme running through the answers or questions in this round)

1.

Who is the current Prime Minister of Pakistan?

Imran Khan

2.

At the Academy Awards ceremony in April 1965 - to honour films released in 1964 - four of the five nominees for Best Actor were British, including the winner.  Name any three of the nominees.

3.

Only three managers have ever led Manchester United to the First Division/Premier League title.  Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alex Ferguson were two; who was the third?  He is the only man to have managed both Manchester City and Manchester United.

Ernest Mangnall

4.

The Battle of Attu Island was fought between the USA and Japan in May 1943. In the context of the Second World War, how was it unique?

5.

Which Austrian city’s international airport is named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

Salzburg

6.

What was the one-word title of Ed Sheeran’s first UK number single, which topped the charts in 2014?

Sing

7.

Played by Simon Day in the BBC TV comedy The Fast Show, what was the full name of the Australian presenter of That’s Amazing?  His guests invariably turned out to be somewhat less-than-amazing and were told to “get off my show”?  He shares his name with a West Indian cricketer who played for Lancashire in the early 2000s.

Carl Hooper

8.

Which Scottish actress plays Oliver Hardy’s wife Lucille in this year’s box office hit Stan & Ollie?

Shirley Henderson

9.

Which Roman Emperor succeeded Tiberius in 37 A.D.?

10.

Who is appearing as Grandad in the stage musical version of Only Fools and Horses, which opened recently at London’s Haymarket theatre?

Paul Whitehouse

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Tiebreakers

1.

According to the Office of Rail and Road statistics, in the calendar year 2017–2018 how many passengers used Manchester Piccadilly station?

27,724,962

2.

According to Guinness World Records, how many eggs were used to create the world’s largest omelette in Santarém, Portugal in August 2012?

145,000

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