ROUND 1 - The Sports Round

...and no football, cricket, or horse racing in sight

1.

The sport Camogie was invented in which country?

2.

Pato, also called ‘juego del pato’ (literally ‘duck game’), is a game played on horseback that combines elements from polo and basketball.  Since 1953, it has been the national sport of which country?

3.

In which game or sport would you find the slang term ‘a Wanker’s 50’?

4.

In which sport would you find the following tricks: Ollie; Indy grab; Bertlemann slide; 360 Pop shove-it?

5.

Who is missing from this list of 5-times only winners: Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and who?

6.

Who was the first player to win five straight Wimbledon tennis titles?

7.

Johnny Weissmuller won six Olympic medals.  He won five golds in swimming events.  In which other discipline did he win a bronze?

8.

In the 1976 Olympics, which Great Britain swimmer broke an American monopoly in the men’s swimming events by winning the 200 metres breaststroke?

Sp1

What knightly pastime is the state sport of Maryland?

Sp2

For a few months in 1980, he was World Middleweight Champion, but which British boxer may well be best remembered for saying "Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious"?

Sp3

Prior to Usain Bolt, who was the last man to win the sprint double of 100 metres and 200 metres in the Olympics?

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ROUND 2 - A Music Round

...with no pop music

1.

This composer (1659-1695) is best-known for his vocal and choral works in a uniquely English form of Baroque music. Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra is subtitled Variations and Fugue on a Theme by this composer.  Who was he?

2.

He taught at MIT and the University of California, Santa Cruz.  His last mathematics class on retiring in 2001 was on the topic of infinity.  He is best known however for his humorous songs recorded in the 50s and 60s, such as Poisoning Pigeons in the Park.  Who is he?

3.

This soprano was known for her generally poor singing ability.  She rarely performed in public, but, aged 76, she booked the Carnegie Hall for October 25, 1944.  She would have been bankrupt if 5,000 people hadn’t turned up for the 3,000 tickets.  She died a month later.  Who was she?

4.

Although precise figures are disputed, Kind of Blue released in 1959, is often named as the best-selling jazz record of all time.  Who recorded this album, which still sells 5,000 copies a week.

5.

She was a singer/songwriter, pianist and civil rights activist.  She wrote and sang Mississippi Goddam in 1964, and in 1987, she had a brief surge in popularity in the UK when her 1958 rendition of My Baby Just Cares for Me was used in a commercial for Chanel No. 5.  Who was she?

6.

This pianist, composer, and conductor won four Oscars for his film work, 10 Grammies for his recordings, and was awarded an honorary knighthood, but the reason most people remember him is that he conducted Eric Morecambe in 1971. Who was he?

7.

He was famous as a musical cartoonist, raconteur, and reciter of monologues.  He also created a series of Music Festivals at the Royal Festival Hall in 1956 and 1958.  In the 1961 tribute concert, an excerpt from Belshazzar’s Feast with full orchestra and chorus conducted by William Walton himself (with a fly swat) consist of just a single chord with the word "Slain!"  Who was this humourist?

8.

This English composer (1505-1585) is best known for his sacred music, particularly choral works.  In 1910, Ralph Vaughan Williams composed a Fantasia based on a theme by this composer.  Who was he?

Sp1

This Indian musician and composer of Hindustani classical music was the best-known proponent of the sitar in the second half of the 20th century and influenced many other musicians throughout the world.  He died in 2012, aged 92.  Who was he?

Sp2

This Benedictine abbess was known as ‘The Sibyl of the Rhine’.  Her Odo Virtutum, from c1151, is an early example of liturgical drama and arguably the oldest surviving morality play.  It is the only Medieval musical drama to survive with an attribution for both the text and the music.  Who was she?

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ROUND 3 - Hidden theme

As well as sound-alikes there is one look-alike in this round

1.

In the 1913 poem Sacred Emily, who wrote "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose"?

2.

First licensed in 1730, it is reputedly Manchester’s oldest pub.  Situated at the junction of Deansgate and Bridge Street, what’s it called?

3.

Published in 1841, this Edgar Allan Poe short story has been recognized as the first modern detective story.  Set in Paris, a man solves the mystery of the murder of two women by an orang-utan.  What is the story called?

4.

Complete this group of seven: Egypt 2, Turkey 2, Iraq 1, and mainland Greece 1. Where else?

5.

He has published 25 novels, ten of which have been adapted for an ITV series starring John Hannah and Ken Stott.  Who is this major contributor to the tartan noir genre?

6.

Where is home to the Royal Yacht Britannia and a very articulate police force?

7.

Their debut album was The Piper at the Gates of Dawn in 1967, and their last studio album was The Endless River in 2014.  Name the band.

8.

His works include The Oath of the Horatii (1784), The Death of Marat (1793), Bonaparte Crossing the Grand Saint-Bernard Pass, 20 May 1800 (1800), and The Coronation of the Emperor and Empress (1805-07).  Who was this French painter in the neoclassical style?

Sp1

This French term is mainly used to designate Champagnes made exclusively from Chardonnay grapes.  The term is occasionally used in other sparkling wine-producing regions, usually to denote Chardonnay-only wines rather than any sparkling wine made from other white grape varieties. What is this 3-word term?

Sp2

This renowned fashion photographer, worked for Vanity Fair and Vogue, and as photographer for the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson’s wedding and Queen Elizabeth’s coronation.  As a costume designer, he won Oscars for Gigi (1958) and My Fair Lady (1964).  Who was he?

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ROUND 4 - '2018 RIP'

This round is all about people who died in 2018.  Quizzers are invited to each pick a month and, from the information read out, simply name the person who died on the given date

1.

January 27th - aged 91

This businessman founded a multinational retail company, selling furniture such as the Poäng armchair, the Billy bookcase, and the Klippan sofa.  Every store has a restaurant with traditional Swedish food, including potatoes with Swedish meatballs.

2.

February 14th - aged 65

He was Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 2009 to 2013, and, as founder and leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, was a key opponent to Robert Mugabe.

3.

March 5th - aged 80

This prolific English inventor was famous for his wind-up radio.

4.

April 5th - aged 60

Between 1980 and 1990, he was ranked World No. 1 by the World Darts Federation a record six times, and, between 1980 and 1986, he was a five-time World Champion.  Despite being born in Hackney, he actually got his nickname while playing in an American bar that was so named.

5.

May 12th - aged 70

Her proudest achievement was the Sure Start programme, creating 3,500 children’s centres.  This former cabinet minister also helped secure the 2012 Olympics, and campaigned for cancer research.

6.

June 7th - aged 77

An English businessman who owned several nightclubs, starting with The Black Cat Club in 1962 in Sheffield, and including the Millionaire Club in Manchester from 1976 to 1980.  His latest ventures were two more clubs in London in 2012.

7.

July 9th - aged 99

He was the last surviving member of the 1951-55 Churchill government, the Eden and Macmillan governments, and the cabinets of Alec Douglas-Hume and Ted Heath.  He resigned as Maggie Thatcher’s Foreign Secretary in 1982, following the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands.

8.

August 26th - aged 91

This American playwright and screen writer received more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer.  He is probably best known for The Odd Couple, Barefoot in the Park and The Sunshine Boys.

9.

September 6th - aged 82

This actor rose to prominence in TV series such as Gunsmoke.  In films, his 1972 breakthrough was as Lewis Medlock in Deliverance.  Also in 1972, he appeared naked in the April edition of Cosmopolitan.  He was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor in the 1997 film Boogie Nights.

10.

October 12th - aged 86

Although considered a liberal, as South Africa’s Foreign Minister (1977-1994) he defended apartheid against foreign criticism.  From 1994 to 1996, he was Minister of Mineral and Energy Affairs under President Nelson Mandela.

11.

November 26th - aged 77

This Italian director and screenwriter is probably best known for his 1972 film Last Tango in Paris and his 1987 Oscar winning film The Last Emperor.

12.

December 26th - aged 88

For nearly 50 years, this nun lived in a caravan and later a mobile home, in the grounds of a Carmelite monastery in Norfolk.  She became internationally known in the 1990s, when she presented a series of BBC television documentaries on the history of art.

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ROUND 5 - Run-Ons

The last word of the first answer is first word of the second answer

1.

Starring Desi Arnaz and his better-known wife, which US TV sitcom ran from 1951 to 1957?

The fossil remains of Australopithecus afarensis specimen AL 288-1, were found in 1974 in Ethiopia’s Afar Depression.  From which pop song do they take their more commonly known name?

2.

In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, one of the players in the plutonium rock group Disaster Area, is named after a real estate agency based in Islington. What is the character’s name?

The diminutive English actor Kenny Baker is best known for playing which character in a major science fiction movie franchise?

3.

A 1928 novel was the subject of a famous obscenity trial against Penguin Books in 1960.  Who wrote it?
Peter O'Toole, nominated eight times for the Best Actor Oscar, never won one.  For what film did he receive his first nomination, only to lose out to Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird?

4.

Which renowned pie eater has an 8-feet tall bronze statue in Dundee, alongside his ‘Dawg’?

Described as ‘Biggles in Space’ or the British version of Buck Rogers, which sci-fi hero first appeared in 1950?

5.

In marketing, what does the acronym BOGOF stand for?

In which 1993 American family drama film, does a boy learn that a killer whale is to be killed by the aquarium owners, and risks everything to release the whale?

6.

He received a Nobel Prize in 1999.  He was later vilified, when he admitted in 2006 that he was a member of the Waffen-SS in WW2.  Name this author.

She received a Nobel Prize in 2007.  Her first novel, in 1950, takes place in Southern Rhodesia in the 1940s and deals with the racial politics between whites and blacks.  What is the novel called?

7.

‘Oben am jungen Rhein’ (‘High on the young Rhine’) is the national anthem of Liechtenstein. How is this melody better known in the UK?

In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, what title is given to the character Titania?

8.

This British actor, best known for his comedy roles, played the part of Granville in 1976, 1981, 1982 and 1985, and again from 2013 until now.  What is actor’s name?

Which 1963 film, based on a Greek myth of a hero and his crew going on a quest for the Golden Fleece, is noted for Ray Harryhausen’s animation, including a scene featuring seven skeleton warriors?

Sp.

Which portmanteau word did Peter Wilding, founder of the British Influence think tank, coin in May 2012?

What famous stage direction from Act III, Scene 3 of A Winter’s Tale, leads up to the offstage death of Antigonus?

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ROUND 6 - 'On Foreign Soil'

The following places have nothing in common, other than the setter has been there

1.

It is nearly 70 metres long, starts with ‘King Edward’ and finishes with ‘and the English have turned in flight’.  Where is the original on display?

2.

The exterior of this basilica boasts four replica bronze horses (the originals are inside the basilica) and a porphyry statue of the Four Tetrarchs.  Both the horses and the statue were looted from Constantinople in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade.  In what city is this basilica?

3.

An unknown gunman killed WPC Yvonne Fletcher in St. James Square, London on 17 April 1984.  From which building was the fatal shot fired?

4.

This city endured 262 air raids, including ‘Operation Millennium’, the RAF’s first 1,000-bomber raid on 31 May 1942.  95% of the city centre was destroyed, including the famous Twelve Romanesque churches.  The cathedral was hit by bombs 14 times, but remained standing in the otherwise flattened city.  Name the city.

5.

The White Tower on the city’s waterfront is perhaps this city‘s best known monument. It replaced a Byzantine fortification, and became a notorious prison and scene of mass executions in the Ottoman period.  Name this city which was also the birth-place of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic.

6.

Anglo-Dutch forces captured Gibraltar in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession.  It was ceded in perpetuity to Great Britain under the terms of which 1713 treaty.

7.

This spa town was founded by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV in 1370.  The luxury glass manufacturer Moser is based there, as is the producer of the liqueur Becherovka.  What is the town’s current name or previous name?

8.

This is the second largest island of Ireland after Achill.  Its name translates as ‘Great Aran’ and it is famed for its strong Irish culture, its ancient sites, including the prehistoric hill fort Dún Aonghasa, and its production of off-white jumpers with cable patterns on the body and sleeves.  What is this island called?

Sp1

This city is at the confluence of the Darro, the Genil, the Monachil, and the Beiro.  What is the name of this city, famed for its palace and fortress complex, the name of which translates as ‘The Red One’?

Sp2

There are only two double landlocked countries in the world. The capital of one is Tashkent. What is the capital of the other?

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ROUND 7 - 'On First Name Terms'

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

For example: 'A Harry Potter actress & a 1962 Nobel prize-winning molecular biologist' would give the answer 'Emma & James' (as in Watson)

1.

An American general, who fought for the American Continental Army, before defecting to the British in 1780

&

an English composer of popular orchestral works such as Tam O’Shanter, and film scores such as the Oscar-winning Bridge Over the River Kwai.

2.

With her knowledge and contacts, this English writer, traveller and archaeologist, played a major role in establishing the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq in 1921

&

this Edinburgh-born inventor’s mother and wife were both deaf, hence his research on hearing and speech, which culminated in his 1876 U.S. patent.

3.

He was Champion Trainer 10 times between 1976 and 1993, and trained 25 Classic winners, including four Derby winners

&

created 1st Baron Burghley in 1571, he was Elizabeth I’s chief advisor for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State, and Lord High Treasurer from 1572 until his death in 1598.

4.

With his co-star from the sitcom It Ain’t Half Hot Mum, he had a UK No. 1 hit Whispering Grass in 1975

&

a former student of Manchester University and the RNCM, this composer and conductor was made Master of the Queen’s Music in 2004

5.

This actress will always be remembered for saying ‘A Handbag?’ in 1952

&

this archaeologist is best-known for unearthing the Minoan palace of Knossos on the island of Crete.

6.

This Salford born actor, who died in February, never won an Oscar, but was nominated for five of them, starting with Tom Jones in 1964, and finishing with Erin Brockovich in 2001

&

despite 473 appearances for Preston North End and 76 England caps, this footballer never won a major honour for either club or country.

7.

An Indian activist who was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu nationalist, on 30 January 1948

&

an Indian politician who was assassinated by Beant Singh and Satwant Singh, members of her Sikh bodyguard, on 31 October 1984.

8.

This Field Marshal commanded the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front from late 1915 until the end of the war

&

this retired General was US Secretary of State under Ronald Reagan, and the White House chief of staff under Nixon and Ford.

Sp1

In 1895, this actor-manager became the first actor to be awarded a knighthood

&

this American author is best known for his short stories Rip Van Winkle (1819) and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820).

Sp2

Dubbed ‘King of Ragtime’, one of his first and most popular pieces was the Maple Leaf Rag in 1899

&

this singer and songwriter died of a heroin overdose in 1970, aged 27 - her fourth album Pearl was release three months after her death and reached No.1 in the Billboard charts.

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ROUND 8 - Announced theme

All the answers contain an onomatopoeic element

1.

Devoted to hard rock and heavy metal music, this best-selling weekly magazine was first published in 1981. What is this magazine called?

2.

Fred and Wilma are to Pebbles, as Barney and Betty are to who?

3.

A 1905 song called In My Merry Oldsmobile may be the earliest example, but the modern use of ‘sound branding’ began in 1926, when the Wheaties Quartet sang out in praise of a breakfast cereal. What onomatopoeic word is often used to describe a short song or tune used in advertising?

4.

If the universe's expansion speed does not exceed the escape velocity, eventually all matter would collapse into black holes, which would then coalesce, producing a unified black hole or singularity. What is this scenario called?

5.

In 2005, Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood, and Sargent Cancer Care for Children, merged to form the UK's leading cancer charity for children, young people and their families.  Corporate sponsors include Morrisons, J D Wetherspoon, and Manchester Airports Group.  What is this charity called?

6.

This logo first appeared in 1971, and for much of its history it incorporated the Nike brand name next to it.  It traditionally used a red and white colour palette on the logo, but recently a solid black version has also been popular.  What is this logo design called?

7.

In 1964, this author wrote You Only Live Twice.  What other book did he write in that year?

8.

In general use, what onomatopoeic name refers to exaggerated or false praise?  In law, it refers to a promotional statement or claim that expresses subjective views, which no reasonable person would take literally.

Sp1

What three-word phrase refers to various kinds of rough movement (e.g. kayaking through rapids, or aggressive car racing), a slang term for sexual intercourse, a country & western line dance, and music (and occasionally dance) associated with striptease?

Sp2

Which song from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz reached No.2 in the UK Singles Chart shortly after April 8th 2013?

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ROUND 1 - The Sports Round

...and no football, cricket, or horse racing in sight

1.

The sport Camogie was invented in which country?

Ireland

(it is a stick-and-ball team sport played by women; and is almost identical to the men’s game of hurling)

2.

Pato, also called ‘juego del pato’ (literally ‘duck game’), is a game played on horseback that combines elements from polo and basketball.  Since 1953, it has been the national sport of which country?

Argentina

3.

In which game or sport would you find the slang term ‘a Wanker’s 50’?

Dart

(50 scored by single 20, single 18 and single 12 - so called because it can be scored by poor players aiming for a triple 20)

4.

In which sport would you find the following tricks: Ollie; Indy grab; Bertlemann slide; 360 Pop shove-it?

Skateboarding

5.

Who is missing from this list of 5-times only winners: Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and who?

Miguel Indurain

(Lance Armstrong won seven Tour de France titles, but was stripped of them)

6.

Who was the first player to win five straight Wimbledon tennis titles?

Bjorn Borg

(1976-1980)

7.

Johnny Weissmuller won six Olympic medals.  He won five golds in swimming events.  In which other discipline did he win a bronze?

Water Polo

8.

In the 1976 Olympics, which Great Britain swimmer broke an American monopoly in the men’s swimming events by winning the 200 metres breaststroke?

David Wilkie

Sp1

What knightly pastime is the state sport of Maryland?

Jousting

(adopted as State Sport in 1962 - lacrosse was adopted as State Team Sport in 2004)

Sp2

For a few months in 1980, he was World Middleweight Champion, but which British boxer may well be best remembered for saying "Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious"?

Alan Minter

Sp3

Prior to Usain Bolt, who was the last man to win the sprint double of 100 metres and 200 metres in the Olympics?

Carl Lewis

ROUND 2 - A Music Round

...with no pop music

1.

This composer (1659-1695) is best-known for his vocal and choral works in a uniquely English form of Baroque music. Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra is subtitled Variations and Fugue on a Theme by this composer.  Who was he?

Henry Purcell

2.

He taught at MIT and the University of California, Santa Cruz.  His last mathematics class on retiring in 2001 was on the topic of infinity.  He is best known however for his humorous songs recorded in the 50s and 60s, such as Poisoning Pigeons in the Park.  Who is he?

Tom Lehrer

3.

This soprano was known for her generally poor singing ability.  She rarely performed in public, but, aged 76, she booked the Carnegie Hall for October 25, 1944.  She would have been bankrupt if 5,000 people hadn’t turned up for the 3,000 tickets.  She died a month later.  Who was she?

Florence Foster Jenkins

4.

Although precise figures are disputed, Kind of Blue released in 1959, is often named as the best-selling jazz record of all time.  Who recorded this album, which still sells 5,000 copies a week.

Miles Davis

(American Jazz trumpeter)

5.

She was a singer/songwriter, pianist and civil rights activist.  She wrote and sang Mississippi Goddam in 1964, and in 1987, she had a brief surge in popularity in the UK when her 1958 rendition of My Baby Just Cares for Me was used in a commercial for Chanel No. 5.  Who was she?

Nina Simone

(accept Eunice Waymon, which was her real name)

6.

This pianist, composer, and conductor won four Oscars for his film work, 10 Grammies for his recordings, and was awarded an honorary knighthood, but the reason most people remember him is that he conducted Eric Morecambe in 1971. Who was he?

André Previn (Accept Andrew Preview or Mr. Preview)

7.

He was famous as a musical cartoonist, raconteur, and reciter of monologues.  He also created a series of Music Festivals at the Royal Festival Hall in 1956 and 1958.  In the 1961 tribute concert, an excerpt from Belshazzar’s Feast with full orchestra and chorus conducted by William Walton himself (with a fly swat) consist of just a single chord with the word "Slain!"  Who was this humourist?

Gerard Hoffnung

8.

This English composer (1505-1585) is best known for his sacred music, particularly choral works.  In 1910, Ralph Vaughan Williams composed a Fantasia based on a theme by this composer.  Who was he?

Thomas Tallis

Sp1

This Indian musician and composer of Hindustani classical music was the best-known proponent of the sitar in the second half of the 20th century and influenced many other musicians throughout the world.  He died in 2012, aged 92.  Who was he?

Ravi Shankar

Sp2

This Benedictine abbess was known as ‘The Sibyl of the Rhine’.  Her Odo Virtutum, from c1151, is an early example of liturgical drama and arguably the oldest surviving morality play.  It is the only Medieval musical drama to survive with an attribution for both the text and the music.  Who was she?

Hildegard of Bingen

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ROUND 3 - Hidden theme

As well as sound-alikes there is one look-alike in this round

1.

In the 1913 poem Sacred Emily, who wrote "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose"?

Gertrude Stein

(she also once said: "Everyone gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense")

2.

First licensed in 1730, it is reputedly Manchester’s oldest pub.  Situated at the junction of Deansgate and Bridge Street, what’s it called?

The Sawyers’ Arms

3.

Published in 1841, this Edgar Allan Poe short story has been recognized as the first modern detective story.  Set in Paris, a man solves the mystery of the murder of two women by an orang-utan.  What is the story called?

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

4.

Complete this group of seven: Egypt 2, Turkey 2, Iraq 1, and mainland Greece 1. Where else?

Rhodes 1

(The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World)

5.

He has published 25 novels, ten of which have been adapted for an ITV series starring John Hannah and Ken Stott.  Who is this major contributor to the tartan noir genre?

Ian Rankin

6.

Where is home to the Royal Yacht Britannia and a very articulate police force?

Leith

7.

Their debut album was The Piper at the Gates of Dawn in 1967, and their last studio album was The Endless River in 2014.  Name the band.

Pink Floyd

8.

His works include The Oath of the Horatii (1784), The Death of Marat (1793), Bonaparte Crossing the Grand Saint-Bernard Pass, 20 May 1800 (1800), and The Coronation of the Emperor and Empress (1805-07).  Who was this French painter in the neoclassical style?

Jacques-Louis David

Sp1

This French term is mainly used to designate Champagnes made exclusively from Chardonnay grapes.  The term is occasionally used in other sparkling wine-producing regions, usually to denote Chardonnay-only wines rather than any sparkling wine made from other white grape varieties. What is this 3-word term?

Blanc de blancs

Sp2

This renowned fashion photographer, worked for Vanity Fair and Vogue, and as photographer for the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson’s wedding and Queen Elizabeth’s coronation.  As a costume designer, he won Oscars for Gigi (1958) and My Fair Lady (1964).  Who was he?

Cecil Beaton

Theme: Each answer contains the surname of a famous chef....

Rick Stein, Alexis Soyer, Michel Roux, Gary Rhodes, Paul Rankin, Prue Leith, Keith Floyd, Elizabeth David, Raymond Blanc, and Mrs Isabella Beeton

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ROUND 4 - '2018 RIP'

This round is all about people who died in 2018.  Quizzers are invited to each pick a month and, from the information read out, simply name the person who died on the given date

1.

January 27th - aged 91

This businessman founded a multinational retail company, selling furniture such as the Poäng armchair, the Billy bookcase, and the Klippan sofa.  Every store has a restaurant with traditional Swedish food, including potatoes with Swedish meatballs.

Ingvar Kamprad

(IKEA is from his initials; Elmtaryd, the farm where he grew up; and Agunnaryd, his hometown)

2.

February 14th - aged 65

He was Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 2009 to 2013, and, as founder and leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, was a key opponent to Robert Mugabe.

Morgan Tsvangirai

3.

March 5th - aged 80

This prolific English inventor was famous for his wind-up radio.

4.

April 5th - aged 60

Between 1980 and 1990, he was ranked World No. 1 by the World Darts Federation a record six times, and, between 1980 and 1986, he was a five-time World Champion.  Despite being born in Hackney, he actually got his nickname while playing in an American bar that was so named.

5.

May 12th - aged 70

Her proudest achievement was the Sure Start programme, creating 3,500 children’s centres.  This former cabinet minister also helped secure the 2012 Olympics, and campaigned for cancer research.

Tessa Jowell

6.

June 7th - aged 77

An English businessman who owned several nightclubs, starting with The Black Cat Club in 1962 in Sheffield, and including the Millionaire Club in Manchester from 1976 to 1980.  His latest ventures were two more clubs in London in 2012.

Peter Stringfellow

7.

July 9th - aged 99

He was the last surviving member of the 1951-55 Churchill government, the Eden and Macmillan governments, and the cabinets of Alec Douglas-Hume and Ted Heath.  He resigned as Maggie Thatcher’s Foreign Secretary in 1982, following the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands.

Lord Carrington

(Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington)

8.

August 26th - aged 91

This American playwright and screen writer received more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer.  He is probably best known for The Odd Couple, Barefoot in the Park and The Sunshine Boys.

Neil Simon

9.

September 6th - aged 82

This actor rose to prominence in TV series such as Gunsmoke.  In films, his 1972 breakthrough was as Lewis Medlock in Deliverance.  Also in 1972, he appeared naked in the April edition of Cosmopolitan.  He was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor in the 1997 film Boogie Nights.

Burt Reynolds

10.

October 12th - aged 86

Although considered a liberal, as South Africa’s Foreign Minister (1977-1994) he defended apartheid against foreign criticism.  From 1994 to 1996, he was Minister of Mineral and Energy Affairs under President Nelson Mandela.

‘Pik’ Botha

(the nickname 'Pik' is short for pikkewyn, the Afrikaans for penguin because of a perceived likeness to a penguin in his stance, accentuated when he wore a suit)

11.

November 26th - aged 77

This Italian director and screenwriter is probably best known for his 1972 film Last Tango in Paris and his 1987 Oscar winning film The Last Emperor.

Bernardo Bertolucci

12.

December 26th - aged 88

For nearly 50 years, this nun lived in a caravan and later a mobile home, in the grounds of a Carmelite monastery in Norfolk.  She became internationally known in the 1990s, when she presented a series of BBC television documentaries on the history of art.

Go back to Round 4 questions without answers

ROUND 5 - Run-Ons

The last word of the first answer is first word of the second answer

1.

Starring Desi Arnaz and his better-known wife, which US TV sitcom ran from 1951 to 1957?

The fossil remains of Australopithecus afarensis specimen AL 288-1, were found in 1974 in Ethiopia’s Afar Depression.  From which pop song do they take their more commonly known name?

I Love Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

2.

In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, one of the players in the plutonium rock group Disaster Area, is named after a real estate agency based in Islington. What is the character’s name?

The diminutive English actor Kenny Baker is best known for playing which character in a major science fiction movie franchise?

Hotblack Desiato/R2-D2

3.

A 1928 novel was the subject of a famous obscenity trial against Penguin Books in 1960.  Who wrote it?
Peter O'Toole, nominated eight times for the Best Actor Oscar, never won one.  For what film did he receive his first nomination, only to lose out to Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird?

DH Lawrence of Arabia

4.

Which renowned pie eater has an 8-feet tall bronze statue in Dundee, alongside his ‘Dawg’?

Described as ‘Biggles in Space’ or the British version of Buck Rogers, which sci-fi hero first appeared in 1950?

Desperate Dan Dare

5.

In marketing, what does the acronym BOGOF stand for?

In which 1993 American family drama film, does a boy learn that a killer whale is to be killed by the aquarium owners, and risks everything to release the whale?

Buy one, get one free Willy

6.

He received a Nobel Prize in 1999.  He was later vilified, when he admitted in 2006 that he was a member of the Waffen-SS in WW2.  Name this author.

She received a Nobel Prize in 2007.  Her first novel, in 1950, takes place in Southern Rhodesia in the 1940s and deals with the racial politics between whites and blacks.  What is the novel called?

Günter Grass is Singing

 

7.

‘Oben am jungen Rhein’ (‘High on the young Rhine’) is the national anthem of Liechtenstein. How is this melody better known in the UK?

In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, what title is given to the character Titania?

God Save the Queen of the Fairies

8.

This British actor, best known for his comedy roles, played the part of Granville in 1976, 1981, 1982 and 1985, and again from 2013 until now.  What is actor’s name?

Which 1963 film, based on a Greek myth of a hero and his crew going on a quest for the Golden Fleece, is noted for Ray Harryhausen’s animation, including a scene featuring seven skeleton warriors?

David Jason and the Argonauts

Sp.

Which portmanteau word did Peter Wilding, founder of the British Influence think tank, coin in May 2012?

What famous stage direction from Act III, Scene 3 of A Winter’s Tale, leads up to the offstage death of Antigonus?

Brexit, Pursued by a Bear

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ROUND 6 - 'On Foreign Soil'

The following places have nothing in common, other than the setter has been there

1.

It is nearly 70 metres long, starts with ‘King Edward’ and finishes with ‘and the English have turned in flight’.  Where is the original on display?

Bayeux

2.

The exterior of this basilica boasts four replica bronze horses (the originals are inside the basilica) and a porphyry statue of the Four Tetrarchs.  Both the horses and the statue were looted from Constantinople in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade.  In what city is this basilica?

Venice

(St Marks)

3.

An unknown gunman killed WPC Yvonne Fletcher in St. James Square, London on 17 April 1984.  From which building was the fatal shot fired?

The Libyan Embassy

4.

This city endured 262 air raids, including ‘Operation Millennium’, the RAF’s first 1,000-bomber raid on 31 May 1942.  95% of the city centre was destroyed, including the famous Twelve Romanesque churches.  The cathedral was hit by bombs 14 times, but remained standing in the otherwise flattened city.  Name the city.

Cologne/Köln

5.

The White Tower on the city’s waterfront is perhaps this city‘s best known monument. It replaced a Byzantine fortification, and became a notorious prison and scene of mass executions in the Ottoman period.  Name this city which was also the birth-place of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic.

Thessaloniki

(accept also Thessalonica or Salonica)

6.

Anglo-Dutch forces captured Gibraltar in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession.  It was ceded in perpetuity to Great Britain under the terms of which 1713 treaty.

The Treaty of Utrecht

7.

This spa town was founded by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV in 1370.  The luxury glass manufacturer Moser is based there, as is the producer of the liqueur Becherovka.  What is the town’s current name or previous name?

Karlovy Vary

(or Carlsbad)

8.

This is the second largest island of Ireland after Achill.  Its name translates as ‘Great Aran’ and it is famed for its strong Irish culture, its ancient sites, including the prehistoric hill fort Dún Aonghasa, and its production of off-white jumpers with cable patterns on the body and sleeves.  What is this island called?

Inishmore

(or Inis Mór)

Sp1

This city is at the confluence of the Darro, the Genil, the Monachil, and the Beiro.  What is the name of this city, famed for its palace and fortress complex, the name of which translates as ‘The Red One’?

Granada

Sp2

There are only two double landlocked countries in the world. The capital of one is Tashkent. What is the capital of the other?

Vaduz

(Uzbekistan and Liechtenstein)

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ROUND 7 - 'On First Name Terms'

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

For example: 'A Harry Potter actress & a 1962 Nobel prize-winning molecular biologist' would give the answer 'Emma & James' (as in Watson)

1.

An American general, who fought for the American Continental Army, before defecting to the British in 1780

&

an English composer of popular orchestral works such as Tam O’Shanter, and film scores such as the Oscar-winning Bridge Over the River Kwai.

Benedict & Sir Malcolm

(Arnold)

2.

With her knowledge and contacts, this English writer, traveller and archaeologist, played a major role in establishing the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq in 1921

&

this Edinburgh-born inventor’s mother and wife were both deaf, hence his research on hearing and speech, which culminated in his 1876 U.S. patent.

Gertrude & Alexander

(Bell)

3.

He was Champion Trainer 10 times between 1976 and 1993, and trained 25 Classic winners, including four Derby winners

&

created 1st Baron Burghley in 1571, he was Elizabeth I’s chief advisor for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State, and Lord High Treasurer from 1572 until his death in 1598.

Henry & William

(Cecil)

4.

With his co-star from the sitcom It Ain’t Half Hot Mum, he had a UK No. 1 hit Whispering Grass in 1975

&

a former student of Manchester University and the RNCM, this composer and conductor was made Master of the Queen’s Music in 2004

Windsor & Peter Maxwell

(Davies)

5.

This actress will always be remembered for saying ‘A Handbag?’ in 1952

&

this archaeologist is best-known for unearthing the Minoan palace of Knossos on the island of Crete.

Edith & Arthur

(Evans)

6.

This Salford born actor, who died in February, never won an Oscar, but was nominated for five of them, starting with Tom Jones in 1964, and finishing with Erin Brockovich in 2001

&

despite 473 appearances for Preston North End and 76 England caps, this footballer never won a major honour for either club or country.

Albert & Tom

(Finney)

7.

An Indian activist who was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu nationalist, on 30 January 1948

&

an Indian politician who was assassinated by Beant Singh and Satwant Singh, members of her Sikh bodyguard, on 31 October 1984.

Mohandas & Indira

(Gandhi)

(do not accept the honorific ‘Mahatma’ - this round is about first names)

8.

This Field Marshal commanded the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front from late 1915 until the end of the war

&

this retired General was US Secretary of State under Ronald Reagan, and the White House chief of staff under Nixon and Ford.

Douglas & Alexander

(Haig)

Sp1

In 1895, this actor-manager became the first actor to be awarded a knighthood

&

this American author is best known for his short stories Rip Van Winkle (1819) and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820).

Henry & Washington

(Irving)

Sp2

Dubbed ‘King of Ragtime’, one of his first and most popular pieces was the Maple Leaf Rag in 1899

&

this singer and songwriter died of a heroin overdose in 1970, aged 27 - her fourth album Pearl was release three months after her death and reached No.1 in the Billboard charts.

Scott & Janis

(Joplin)

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ROUND 8 - Announced theme

All the answers contain an onomatopoeic element

1.

Devoted to hard rock and heavy metal music, this best-selling weekly magazine was first published in 1981. What is this magazine called?

Kerrang!

(Its name derives from the sound made when playing a power chord on a distorted electric guitar)

2.

Fred and Wilma are to Pebbles, as Barney and Betty are to who?

Bamm-Bamm

3.

A 1905 song called In My Merry Oldsmobile may be the earliest example, but the modern use of ‘sound branding’ began in 1926, when the Wheaties Quartet sang out in praise of a breakfast cereal. What onomatopoeic word is often used to describe a short song or tune used in advertising?

Jingle

4.

If the universe's expansion speed does not exceed the escape velocity, eventually all matter would collapse into black holes, which would then coalesce, producing a unified black hole or singularity. What is this scenario called?

The Big Crunch

5.

In 2005, Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood, and Sargent Cancer Care for Children, merged to form the UK's leading cancer charity for children, young people and their families.  Corporate sponsors include Morrisons, J D Wetherspoon, and Manchester Airports Group.  What is this charity called?

CLIC Sargent

6.

This logo first appeared in 1971, and for much of its history it incorporated the Nike brand name next to it.  It traditionally used a red and white colour palette on the logo, but recently a solid black version has also been popular.  What is this logo design called?

The Swoosh

(Carolyn Davidson, the graphic design student who created the logo, was paid $35)

7.

In 1964, this author wrote You Only Live Twice.  What other book did he write in that year?

Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang

8.

In general use, what onomatopoeic name refers to exaggerated or false praise?  In law, it refers to a promotional statement or claim that expresses subjective views, which no reasonable person would take literally.

Puff

(or Puffery)

Sp1

What three-word phrase refers to various kinds of rough movement (e.g. kayaking through rapids, or aggressive car racing), a slang term for sexual intercourse, a country & western line dance, and music (and occasionally dance) associated with striptease?

Bump and Grind

Sp2

Which song from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz reached No.2 in the UK Singles Chart shortly after April 8th 2013?

Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead

(Maggie Thatcher died of a stroke in London on 8 April 2013 aged 87)

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