ROUND 1 - Given theme - 'Equine Musings'

Beware sound-alikes may have been used!

1.

Officially called 'Barnard 33' this dark nebula in the constellation of Orion was first recorded and photographed in 1888.  From its appearance and shape what is it more popularly known as?

2.

This 2006 horror film centres around six friends who think that they are entering a house of prostitution but encounter something considerably grimmer instead.  The title is taken from a rhythm and blues tune popularised by Wilson Pickett and later featured in several movies.  What is it called?

3.

4.

Name this British actress of stage, film and theatre who has also had television roles in such productions as Shine on Harvey Moon, Pie in the Sky, Born and Bred and Jam and Jerusalem.  Her most recent TV role was as Joyce Murray in EastEnders.

5.

Called in English, 'The Sea of Showers' or 'The Sea of Rains' what is the officially designated Latin name for this vast lunar basin?

6.

One of the oldest and most important works in the ballet repertory, this comic ballet dates back as far as 1789.  One variant English translation of its title is The Girl Who Needed Watching.  How is it better known?

7.

Played by Paul Bettany, what was the name of the lead character in the 2004 romcom Wimbledon which featured the unlikely scenario of an ageing English tennis player playing his last Wimbledon and going on to win it!  It co-starred American actress, Kirsten Dunst in the role of Lizzie Bradbury, a fellow tennis player and his love interest.

8.

What interesting offer was made to Sir William Catesby in the final act of this Shakespeare play by the title character?

Sp1

This black police service horse was trained and ridden by the Queen at the Trooping of the Colour for 18 consecutive years until it was retired in 1986.  It was also the last horse ever ridden in public by the Queen.  Its name was the same as an adjective describing an East Asian country.  What was it?

Sp2

What is the name of the Oxfordshire village associated with the Bronze Age figure of a white horse carved in chalk on nearby White Horse Hill?

Go to Round 1 questions with answers

ROUND 2 - Hidden theme - 'Bad Moon Rising'

Beware sound-alikes may have been used!

1.

What name was given to the winter festivities that occasionally took place in London?  The first recorded one was in 1608 and the last one in 1814 was notable for an elephant being led on foot across the river Thames below Blackfriars Bridge.

2.

What is the title of Peter Hoeg's best selling 1992 novel which won a Crime Writers' Silver Dagger award but is in reality an exploration of the cultural differences and friction between Denmark and the inhabitants of Greenland?

3.

Produced by the revolutionary sound engineer, Joe Meek (known as the 'Phil Spector of the Holloway Road') which instrumental group became in 1962 the first English group to achieve a No 1 hit in the US singles chart.

4.

Founded in 1973 by Notting Hill market-stall trader Peter Simon, which fashion chain claims to be the most ethical clothing retailer in the high street today?  The Ethical Consumer magazine, however, is not fully supportive of this claim, suggesting that “the best of a very bad bunch” might be a more accurate description.

5.

Which sound ,or narrow sea channel, off the west coast of Scotland separates the south eastern side of the Isle of Skye from Morar, Knoydart and Glenelg on the Scottish mainland?

6.

Which Irish political party is still sometimes disdainfully referred to as 'The Blueshirts' in reference to its founding in 1933 when the National Centre Party merged with The National Guard, an ultra Catholic with strong Fascist leanings.

7.

In American football what name is given to a pass made in desperation with time running out and with only a small chance of success.

8.

What four word phrase, reported to have first been said after the battle of Rossbach, a disastrous defeat for the French, was adopted as the motto of the RAF 617 squadron after their successful raids on German dams in the Ruhr region?

Sp1

Star of such film classics as Count Rakula and Da Vagina Code who continues to give Donald Trump sleepless nights by refusing to keep quiet about her alleged affair with the future president in 2006?

Sp2

Carole King wrote her song You've Got A Friend in response to the James Taylor refrain “I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend”.  In which song does Taylor sing this refrain?

Sp3

Poetically what completes this quintet: The Burial of the Dead, A Game of Chess, The Fire Sermon, Death by Water, and .......?

Go to Round 2 questions with answers

ROUND 3 - Connection Round

Question pairs with a common feature to the answers

1.

What scientific name is given to the most powerful type of electromagnetic radiation?

2.

In Linnaean Taxonomy which group is above (i.e. more general than) the grouping 'Order'?

3.

More properly called Blencathra and famous for the aptly named Sharp Edge, which provides one of the most challenging scrambles in the Lake District, by what descriptive name is this mountain commonly known?

4.

Ben Arthur in the Southern Highlands has a very distinctive three-peaked profile and is often regarded as a more interesting climb than the nearby Ben Lomand, despite not achieving Munro status.  By what workmanlike name is it better known?

5.

Which Charles Dickens novel serialised between 1855 and 1857 is set largely in the Marshalsea Prison, where his own father had been incarcerated for debt?

6.

Which Scottish poet and author (1721-1771) was best known for his picaresque novels, such as The Adventures of Roderick Random and The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, which influenced later novelists including Charles Dickens?

7.

With whom did Freddie Mercury record his 1988 album, Barcelona?

8.

Which musical performer and writer was joined by the Brodsky Quartet on the 1993 album The Juliet Letters?

Sp.

What is the (specific) common name for the declining but still plentiful bird with the Latin name 'passer domesticus'?

Go to Round 3 questions with answers

ROUND 4 - Pot luck

1.

Which English actor played Dr Who’s assistant Mickey Smith and went on to write Kidulthood, write and star in Brotherhood and write and direct Adulthood?

2.

Which author who died in August 2018 won a Booker prize in 1971 for In a Free State and won the Nobel prize for Literature in 2001?

3.

Of which country is Yaounde the capital?

4.

In the Bible who was the first husband of Bathsheba ?

5.

What 5 words were reported to have been said by Ronald Reagan after the assassination attempt by John Hinckley?

6.

Identify this classic novel of 1874 from some of it’s chapter headings: Gabriel’s Resolve - the Visit - the Mistake; Boldwood in Meditation - Regret and Fanny’s revenge?

7.

The 1971 film The Last Picture Show starring Jeff Bridges and Timothy Bottoms was based on a semi-autobiographical book by which writer?

8.

Which Irish actor who played Jim Moriarty in Sherlock is to play the love interest of Phoebe Waller Bridge’s Fleabag in the second series on BBC3?

Sp.

Which three words with the following meanings run consecutively in the dictionary:

• a tall grass-like plant

• a wall-like fortification

• a tramp/layabout/ beggar?

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ROUND 5 - A Round on 'pairs' (though not necessarily paired)

Beware sound-alikes may have been used!

1.

Two actors received Best Actor awards at the recent Oscars for their portrayal of roles connected with British Queens (one a monarch, the other a pop group).  Name them both.

2.

In the recent award winning film The Favourite which 2 actresses, both of whom were nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the recent Oscars, portrayed the two rivals for Queen Anne's affections?

3.

At the annual Laureus World Sports Awards held recently in Monaco, the awards for Best Sportsman and Best Sportswoman of 2019 went to a male tennis player and a female gymnast. Name them both.

4.

In Greek and Roman mythology, the twins Castor and Pollux were different from each other in a crucial way.  What was that crucial difference between them?

5.

In which Hans Christian Andersen fairy-tale are Gerda and Kay the main protagonists with Gerda searching for Kay who is being kept prisoner in the palace of this supernatural entity?

6.

Père Joseph, was a French Capuchin friar considered to be the original 'éminence grise' or 'grey eminence', a powerful advisor or decision-maker who operates secretly or unofficially behind the scenes.  Which historical personality of the first half of the 17th century did he advise in this way?

7.

Which former female Wimbledon champion partnered Jamie Murray, brother of Andy, to win the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2017, twenty years after she won Wimbledon?

8.

This nickname was assigned by the British press of the time to Lord Sumner (a judge) and Lord Cunliffe (a banker).  They were a pair of British delegates sent to Versailles to negotiate the amount of reparations to be paid by Germany as part of the treaty to end the First World War.  The same nickname is popularly assigned to another pair referred to in another question of this round.  What was it?

Sp1

Père Lachaise cemetery, the largest burial ground in Paris, is named after Francois de la Chaise, who lived on the site of the present cemetery during the reign of Louis XIV.  What function did he fulfil for the King?

Sp2

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ROUND 6 - Given theme - 'Beware of Geeks bearing gifts'

Each answer contains the name of a computer programming language

Watch out for part words and sound-alikes

1.

Name the 1992 neo-noir erotic thriller directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas.

2.

The proposition that: “humans bet with their lives that God either exists or does not” was published by which seventeenth century philosopher and mathematician, after whom this argument or 'wager' is named?

3.

Often a childhood disease and caused by a virus belonging to the genus rubulavirus it can have complications such as painful swelling of the parotid salivary glands and in adults in can result in other complications.  What is its common name?

4.

The star Beta Persei is a variable star also known as the Demon Star.  By what common name is this eclipsing binary star commonly known?

5.

Which body of water with a surface area of 39,000 sq km but a maximum depth of only 14m is bordered to the north-west by Ukraine and to the south-east by Russia?

6.

Which is the world’s most highly populated island with a population of 145 million despite only ranking 13th in terms of area?  It is separated from its nearest neighbour to the west by the Sunda Strait.

7.

Born Jeanne Antoinette Poisson in 1721 she became the official chief mistress of Louis XV and was an advisor to him until her death in 1764.  How is she better known today?

8.

A native of south and south-east Asia, this non-venomous snake is the longest in the world, regularly growing to over 6m.  What is its scientific name?

Sp.

What affliction was shared by King Pedro of Castille (1334-1369), Mike Tyson, Thomas Jefferson and Jonathon Ross?

Go to Round 6 questions with answers

ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

2.

Who was the manager of Burnley FC before Sean Dyche was appointed in October 2012?

3.

“Where Sky, Lincolnshire and Water meet” is a quotation from and neatly sets up the place and theme of which poem by Philip Larkin?

4.

“What will survive of us is love” is the surprisingly optimistic last line of which Philip Larkin poem.

5.

The first what opened in Muswell Hill in London in 1979?  The chain was founded by Tim Martin who named it partly after a character in the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard and partly after one of his teachers who told him that he would never amount to anything.

6.

A plaque in Angel Yard, Loughborough celebrates the site where local publishers Wills and Hepworth set up which small publishing company to provide “pure and healthy literature for children” during the First World War?  Their publishing house quickly became one of Britain’s most distinctive and best – loved brands.  What was it called?

7.

The Discalced Carmelites is a mendicant order of nuns established in 1593 by two Spanish saints, St Teresa of Avila and St John of the Cross.  What does the word 'discalced' mean in this context?

8.

Combining two words that rarely appear together in modern day Britain, who in 1652 sculpted The Ecstasy of St Teresa?  His first name was Gianlorenzo and his father, Pietro, was also a distinguished sculptor.

Sp1

In its heyday the Windmill Theatre in London stayed within the law which allowed artistically posed naked women on stage but only if they did not move.  How did the Attercliffe Empire in Sheffield cunningly get round this law and advertise itself as the only venue in the country with “moving nude ladies”?

Sp2

Where did singer/songwriter Nick Drake get the title for his 1969 debut album Five Leaves Left?

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ROUND 8 - Pop Quiz

Pick your era to get a question

1.

1960s:  In which 60’s song would you find these lyrics?

“In a cap she looked much older and the bag across her shoulder made her look a little like a military man”

2.

1990s:  Which American band had hits in the 90s with Everybody, I want it that way and As long as you love me?

3.

1960s:  In which 60’s song would you find these lyrics?

“The simple things in life are all complicated I look pretty young but I’m just backdated”

4.

1990s:  Who was getting “Jiggy with it “ in 1997?

5.

1970s:  Which song of 1971 begins:

“Well I can’t forget this evening or your face as you were leaving”?

6.

1970s:  Who had hits in 1972 with Love Train and Back Stabbers?

7.

1980s:  Who had hits in the 80’s with The Longest Time, Tell Her About It and She’s Got a Way?

8.

1980s:  In the 80’s Michael Jackson and Prince became the first male African American artists to be shown on MTV.  Who was the first African American woman on MTV (she died in 2012)?

9

10.

1990s: Which group got their name from the phenomena spotted by aircraft pilots in WW2?  They had hits with Best of You and Long Road to Ruin.

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ROUND 1 - Given theme - 'Equine Musings'

Beware sound-alikes may have been used!

1.

Officially called 'Barnard 33' this dark nebula in the constellation of Orion was first recorded and photographed in 1888.  From its appearance and shape what is it more popularly known as?

The Horsehead Nebula

2.

This 2006 horror film centres around six friends who think that they are entering a house of prostitution but encounter something considerably grimmer instead.  The title is taken from a rhythm and blues tune popularised by Wilson Pickett and later featured in several movies.  What is it called?

Mustang Sally

3.

Something that was half man and half donkey

(or ass)

4.

Name this British actress of stage, film and theatre who has also had television roles in such productions as Shine on Harvey Moon, Pie in the Sky, Born and Bred and Jam and Jerusalem.  Her most recent TV role was as Joyce Murray in EastEnders.

Maggie Steed

5.

Called in English, 'The Sea of Showers' or 'The Sea of Rains' what is the officially designated Latin name for this vast lunar basin?

Mare Imbrium

6.

One of the oldest and most important works in the ballet repertory, this comic ballet dates back as far as 1789.  One variant English translation of its title is The Girl Who Needed Watching.  How is it better known?

La Fille Mal Gardeé

7.

Played by Paul Bettany, what was the name of the lead character in the 2004 romcom Wimbledon which featured the unlikely scenario of an ageing English tennis player playing his last Wimbledon and going on to win it!  It co-starred American actress, Kirsten Dunst in the role of Lizzie Bradbury, a fellow tennis player and his love interest.

Peter Colt

8.

What interesting offer was made to Sir William Catesby in the final act of this Shakespeare play by the title character?

Richard III offered him his kingdom in exchange for a horse

Sp1

This black police service horse was trained and ridden by the Queen at the Trooping of the Colour for 18 consecutive years until it was retired in 1986.  It was also the last horse ever ridden in public by the Queen.  Its name was the same as an adjective describing an East Asian country.  What was it?

Burmese

Sp2

What is the name of the Oxfordshire village associated with the Bronze Age figure of a white horse carved in chalk on nearby White Horse Hill?

Uffington

ROUND 2 - Hidden theme - 'Bad Moon Rising'

Beware sound-alikes may have been used!

1.

What name was given to the winter festivities that occasionally took place in London?  The first recorded one was in 1608 and the last one in 1814 was notable for an elephant being led on foot across the river Thames below Blackfriars Bridge.

Frost Fairs

2.

What is the title of Peter Hoeg's best selling 1992 novel which won a Crime Writers' Silver Dagger award but is in reality an exploration of the cultural differences and friction between Denmark and the inhabitants of Greenland?

Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow

3.

Produced by the revolutionary sound engineer, Joe Meek (known as the 'Phil Spector of the Holloway Road') which instrumental group became in 1962 the first English group to achieve a No 1 hit in the US singles chart.

The Tornados

(Telstar was the hit and the comparison with Spector proved to be spookily accurate five years later when Meek shot his landlady dead before turning the shotgun on himself)

4.

Founded in 1973 by Notting Hill market-stall trader Peter Simon, which fashion chain claims to be the most ethical clothing retailer in the high street today?  The Ethical Consumer magazine, however, is not fully supportive of this claim, suggesting that “the best of a very bad bunch” might be a more accurate description.

Monsoon

5.

Which sound ,or narrow sea channel, off the west coast of Scotland separates the south eastern side of the Isle of Skye from Morar, Knoydart and Glenelg on the Scottish mainland?

Sound of Sleat

6.

Which Irish political party is still sometimes disdainfully referred to as 'The Blueshirts' in reference to its founding in 1933 when the National Centre Party merged with The National Guard, an ultra Catholic with strong Fascist leanings.

Fine Gael

7.

In American football what name is given to a pass made in desperation with time running out and with only a small chance of success.

A Hail Mary pass

8.

What four word phrase, reported to have first been said after the battle of Rossbach, a disastrous defeat for the French, was adopted as the motto of the RAF 617 squadron after their successful raids on German dams in the Ruhr region?

'Après nous, le deluge'

Sp1

Star of such film classics as Count Rakula and Da Vagina Code who continues to give Donald Trump sleepless nights by refusing to keep quiet about her alleged affair with the future president in 2006?

Stormy Daniels

Sp2

Carole King wrote her song You've Got A Friend in response to the James Taylor refrain “I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend”.  In which song does Taylor sing this refrain?

Fire and Rain

Sp3

Poetically what completes this quintet: The Burial of the Dead, A Game of Chess, The Fire Sermon, Death by Water, and .......?

What the Thunder Said

(5 parts of The Waste Land by TS Eliot)

Theme: Each answer contains a weather forecast term

Go back to Round 2 questions without answers

ROUND 3 - Connection Round

Question pairs with a common feature to the answers

1.

What scientific name is given to the most powerful type of electromagnetic radiation?

Gamma Rays

2.

In Linnaean Taxonomy which group is above (i.e. more general than) the grouping 'Order'?

Class

3.

More properly called Blencathra and famous for the aptly named Sharp Edge, which provides one of the most challenging scrambles in the Lake District, by what descriptive name is this mountain commonly known?

Saddleback

4.

Ben Arthur in the Southern Highlands has a very distinctive three-peaked profile and is often regarded as a more interesting climb than the nearby Ben Lomand, despite not achieving Munro status.  By what workmanlike name is it better known?

The Cobbler

5.

Which Charles Dickens novel serialised between 1855 and 1857 is set largely in the Marshalsea Prison, where his own father had been incarcerated for debt?

Little Dorrit

6.

Which Scottish poet and author (1721-1771) was best known for his picaresque novels, such as The Adventures of Roderick Random and The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, which influenced later novelists including Charles Dickens?

Tobias Smollett

7.

With whom did Freddie Mercury record his 1988 album, Barcelona?

Montserrat Caballe

8.

Which musical performer and writer was joined by the Brodsky Quartet on the 1993 album The Juliet Letters?

Elvis Costello

Sp

What is the (specific) common name for the declining but still plentiful bird with the Latin name 'passer domesticus'?

House sparrow

Common feature: Each answer contains a double consonant

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ROUND 4 - Pot luck

1.

Which English actor played Dr Who’s assistant Mickey Smith and went on to write Kidulthood, write and star in Brotherhood and write and direct Adulthood?

Noel Clarke

2.

Which author who died in August 2018 won a Booker prize in 1971 for In a Free State and won the Nobel prize for Literature in 2001?

V S Naipaul

3.

Of which country is Yaounde the capital?

Cameroon

4.

In the Bible who was the first husband of Bathsheba ?

Uriah (The Hittite)

5.

What 5 words were reported to have been said by Ronald Reagan after the assassination attempt by John Hinckley?

“Honey I forgot to duck”

6.

Identify this classic novel of 1874 from some of it’s chapter headings: Gabriel’s Resolve - the Visit - the Mistake; Boldwood in Meditation - Regret and Fanny’s revenge?

Far from the Madding Crowd

7.

The 1971 film The Last Picture Show starring Jeff Bridges and Timothy Bottoms was based on a semi-autobiographical book by which writer?

Larry McMurtry

8.

Which Irish actor who played Jim Moriarty in Sherlock is to play the love interest of Phoebe Waller Bridge’s Fleabag in the second series on BBC3?

Andrew Scott

Sp

Which three words with the following meanings run consecutively in the dictionary:

• a tall grass-like plant

• a wall-like fortification

• a tramp/layabout/ beggar?

Bulrush; Bulwark; Bum

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ROUND 5 - A Round on 'pairs' (though not necessarily paired)

Beware sound-alikes may have been used!

1.

Two actors received Best Actor awards at the recent Oscars for their portrayal of roles connected with British Queens (one a monarch, the other a pop group).  Name them both.

Olivia Colman

(as Queen Anne in The Favourite)

and Rami Malek

(as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody).

2.

In the recent award winning film The Favourite which 2 actresses, both of whom were nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the recent Oscars, portrayed the two rivals for Queen Anne's affections?

Rachel Weisz

(as Sarah Churchill)

and Emma Stone

(as Abigail Masham)

3.

At the annual Laureus World Sports Awards held recently in Monaco, the awards for Best Sportsman and Best Sportswoman of 2019 went to a male tennis player and a female gymnast. Name them both.

Novak Djokovic

(tennis)

and Simone Biles

(gymnastics)

4.

In Greek and Roman mythology, the twins Castor and Pollux were different from each other in a crucial way.  What was that crucial difference between them?

One of them was half-human (Castor) and the other was half-divine (Pollux)

5.

In which Hans Christian Andersen fairy-tale are Gerda and Kay the main protagonists with Gerda searching for Kay who is being kept prisoner in the palace of this supernatural entity?

The Snow Queen

6.

Père Joseph, was a French Capuchin friar considered to be the original 'éminence grise' or 'grey eminence', a powerful advisor or decision-maker who operates secretly or unofficially behind the scenes.  Which historical personality of the first half of the 17th century did he advise in this way?

 Cardinal Richelieu

7.

Which former female Wimbledon champion partnered Jamie Murray, brother of Andy, to win the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2017, twenty years after she won Wimbledon?

Martina Hingis

(In the same year she went on to win the mixed doubles title with Jamie at the US Open which she also won twenty years earlier)

8.

This nickname was assigned by the British press of the time to Lord Sumner (a judge) and Lord Cunliffe (a banker).  They were a pair of British delegates sent to Versailles to negotiate the amount of reparations to be paid by Germany as part of the treaty to end the First World War.  The same nickname is popularly assigned to another pair referred to in another question of this round.  What was it?

The Heavenly Twins

(also a nickname for Castor and Pollux)

Sp1

Père Lachaise cemetery, the largest burial ground in Paris, is named after Francois de la Chaise, who lived on the site of the present cemetery during the reign of Louis XIV.  What function did he fulfil for the King?

He was the King's private chaplain or confessor

Sp2

"And my golden pear"

Go back to Round 5 questions without answers

ROUND 6 - Given theme - 'Beware of Geeks bearing gifts'

Each answer contains the name of a computer programming language

Watch out for part words and sound-alikes

1.

Name the 1992 neo-noir erotic thriller directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas.

Basic Instinct

2.

The proposition that: “humans bet with their lives that God either exists or does not” was published by which seventeenth century philosopher and mathematician, after whom this argument or 'wager' is named?

Blaise Pascal

(Pascal’s Wager)

3.

Often a childhood disease and caused by a virus belonging to the genus rubulavirus it can have complications such as painful swelling of the parotid salivary glands and in adults in can result in other complications.  What is its common name?

Mumps

4.

The star Beta Persei is a variable star also known as the Demon Star.  By what common name is this eclipsing binary star commonly known?

Algol

5.

Which body of water with a surface area of 39,000 sq km but a maximum depth of only 14m is bordered to the north-west by Ukraine and to the south-east by Russia?

The Sea of Azov

(C)

6.

Which is the world’s most highly populated island with a population of 145 million despite only ranking 13th in terms of area?  It is separated from its nearest neighbour to the west by the Sunda Strait.

Java

7.

Born Jeanne Antoinette Poisson in 1721 she became the official chief mistress of Louis XV and was an advisor to him until her death in 1764.  How is she better known today?

Madame de Pompadour

(Ada)

8.

A native of south and south-east Asia, this non-venomous snake is the longest in the world, regularly growing to over 6m.  What is its scientific name?

Reticulated python

(python reticulatus)

Sp.

What affliction was shared by King Pedro of Castille (1334-1369), Mike Tyson, Thomas Jefferson and Jonathon Ross?

They all had/have a lisp

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ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

Tim Sherwood

2.

Who was the manager of Burnley FC before Sean Dyche was appointed in October 2012?

Eddie Howe

3.

“Where Sky, Lincolnshire and Water meet” is a quotation from and neatly sets up the place and theme of which poem by Philip Larkin?

The Whitsun Weddings

4.

“What will survive of us is love” is the surprisingly optimistic last line of which Philip Larkin poem.

An Arundel Tomb

5.

The first what opened in Muswell Hill in London in 1979?  The chain was founded by Tim Martin who named it partly after a character in the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard and partly after one of his teachers who told him that he would never amount to anything.

J D Wetherspoon

6.

A plaque in Angel Yard, Loughborough celebrates the site where local publishers Wills and Hepworth set up which small publishing company to provide “pure and healthy literature for children” during the First World War?  Their publishing house quickly became one of Britain’s most distinctive and best – loved brands.  What was it called?

Ladybird books

7.

The Discalced Carmelites is a mendicant order of nuns established in 1593 by two Spanish saints, St Teresa of Avila and St John of the Cross.  What does the word 'discalced' mean in this context?

Without Shoes

(or Barefooted)

8.

Combining two words that rarely appear together in modern day Britain, who in 1652 sculpted The Ecstasy of St Teresa?  His first name was Gianlorenzo and his father, Pietro, was also a distinguished sculptor.

Bernini

Sp1

In its heyday the Windmill Theatre in London stayed within the law which allowed artistically posed naked women on stage but only if they did not move.  How did the Attercliffe Empire in Sheffield cunningly get round this law and advertise itself as the only venue in the country with “moving nude ladies”?

The naked ladies stood motionless on a trolley and were wheeled across the stage by two men in the wings

Sp2

Where did singer/songwriter Nick Drake get the title for his 1969 debut album Five Leaves Left?

From a printed note that used to appear near the end of a packet of Rizla cigarette papers warning the user that there were only five leaves of paper left

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ROUND 8 - Pop Quiz

Pick your era to get a question

1.

1960s:  In which 60’s song would you find these lyrics?

“In a cap she looked much older and the bag across her shoulder made her look a little like a military man”

Lovely Rita

2.

1990s:  Which American band had hits in the 90s with Everybody, I want it that way and As long as you love me?

Backstreet Boys

3.

1960s:  In which 60’s song would you find these lyrics?

“The simple things in life are all complicated I look pretty young but I’m just backdated”

Substitute

(by The Who)

4.

1990s:  Who was getting “Jiggy with it “ in 1997?

Will Smith

5.

1970s:  Which song of 1971 begins:

“Well I can’t forget this evening or your face as you were leaving”?

Without you

(by Nilssen)

6.

1970s:  Who had hits in 1972 with Love Train and Back Stabbers?

O’Jays

7.

1980s:  Who had hits in the 80’s with The Longest Time, Tell Her About It and She’s Got a Way?

Billy Joel

8.

1980s:  In the 80’s Michael Jackson and Prince became the first male African American artists to be shown on MTV.  Who was the first African American woman on MTV (she died in 2012)?

Donna Summer

9.

Justin Timberlake

10.

1990s: Which group got their name from the phenomena spotted by aircraft pilots in WW2?  They had hits with Best of You and Long Road to Ruin.

Foo Fighters

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