This round is a tribute to the Bards of Didsbury; they invited us to share their home pub, sparing WithQuizzers the snoot, noise and high prices of The Woodstock.

All the answers in this round include the letters B-O-D in that order, but not necessarily at the start of a word, for example ‘no fixed abode’, ‘forboding’ and ‘body-snatcher’.

1.

What resort occupies the site of the birthplace of the historian Herodotus and the tomb of Mausolus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?

2.

The flag of which country depicts the 12th-century structure that has become its principal tourist attraction?

3.

Originally given to peas boiled in a bag, what name came to be used for a junior naval officer and, by extension, for any person given menial tasks?

4.

Taken from the Book of Samuel, what unusual 7-letter name is borne by Mr Crane, the schoolmaster in Washington Irving’s story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?

5.

Devised by Lawrence Kasdan, which 1992 film starred Kevin Costner in the title role, playing a former secret service agent?

6.

Bill Woodfull and Douglas Jardine were the opposing captains in an Ashes series generally known by what name?

7.

Also known as an immunoglobulin, what large, Y-shaped protein is used by the immune system to neutralize pathogenic bacteria and viruses?

8.

Including the name of an item of clothing, what two-word hyphenated term denotes, to quote a somewhat coy citation in the OED, a "breathless historical romance"?

Sp1

"I am a poor man, but I would gladly give ten shillings to find out who sent me the insulting Christmas card I received this morning".  These words appear in which humorous 'diary', first published in book form in 1892?

Sp2

In the field of ecology and sustainable development, what term indicates the sum of all the energy required to produce any goods or services, considered as if that energy was incorporated in the product itself?

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ROUND 2 - '130 Questions' - Hidden theme

1.

The flags of Kazakhstan, Namibia, Nepal and the Philippines all feature what object?

2.

What short word precedes ‘October’, ‘Mars’ and ‘badge’ in the titles of books by Tom Clancy, Kim Stanley Robinson and Stephen Crane?

3.

Which city is home to New Zealand’s oldest university, the University of Otago,?

4.

The martyrdom of St Denis of Paris involved the severing of what body part?  After it was cut off, Denis reportedly picked it up and walked several miles, preaching a sermon as he went.

5.

Which Turner Prize-winning artist has made a series of Shy Sculptures, including one in 2018 that involved a Nissen hut in Dalby Forest in Yorkshire?

6.

What paired body part links Sir Andrew in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night with the Chelsea midfielder who, during England’s opening game of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, came on as a substitute for Dele Alli in the 80th minute?

7.

Which early hip-hop track interpolates Chic’s song Good Times, leading to threatened legal action from that members of that group?  Rogers and Edwards were subsequently given songwriters’ credits on the track.

8.

What five-letter word follows ‘MacGillycuddy’s’ in the name of the mountain range that includes Ireland’s highest peak?

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ROUND 3 - 'Dragons'

1.

"Never laugh at live dragons".  Who said this in a novel of 1937?

2.

Which French king persecuted protestants via the ‘dragonnade’?  It forced them to billet ill-disciplined dragoons in their houses.

3.

Which national flag features a white dragon on an orange and red background?

4.

The Komodo Dragon is a large lizard that takes its name from an island in which country?

5.

The red dragon on a green-and-white field was declared the national flag of Wales during which decade?  The same decade saw the recognition of Cardiff as the capital of Wales.

6.

In Greek mythology, who killed a dragon and sowed its teeth in the ground?  He gives his name to a toxic metallic element.

7.

Catalans Dragons is a rugby league club based in which city?

8.

Dragons is a professional rugby union club based in which city?

Sp1

A dragon’s tongue is the logo of which direct action pressure group?  In terms of fines and numbers of people sent to prison, it is Britain's largest protest group since the suffragettes.

Sp2

Chunichi Dragons is a leading professional baseball club based in which city, between Tokyo and Osaka?

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ROUND 4 - Hidden theme

1.

What collective two-word name is given to the five most prestigious law firms headquartered in London?  The name is also used by the British organisation which promotes a certain form of stage entertainment.

2.

Which New York museum houses the Ancient Egyptian Temple of Dendur, gifted to the museum in 1963 to prevent it from being submerged following the construction of the Aswan High Dam?

3.

This railway company was founded in 1846, and was subsumed into the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.  While it mostly ran services along the East Coast from King’s Cross, it also ran trains to Manchester, and has left a mark on the city that remains to this day.  Which railway company is this?

4.

Until 1910, when it was relocated to its present location, Manchester Royal Infirmary occupied the land that is now which public space in the city centre?

5.

What codename was given to the disastrous raid on Dieppe by British and Canadian forces in 1942?

6.

In 1893, which British battleship was sunk in an accidental collision with HMS Camperdown off the Lebanese port of Tyre?

7.

Which mining town in Pennsylvania has been abandoned since 1992 due to a coal mine fire that had been burning, uncontrolled, under the town from 1962 and is still burning today?

8.

Which 2009 science-fiction movie, directed by Neill Blomkamp, concerns tensions between humans and aliens in the titular South African slum?

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ROUND 5 -  'Pop Goes the Weasel'

1.

Which 1979 Kate Bush album included the singles Wow and Hammer Horror?

2.

Released in 1979 and taken from their eponymous debut album, what was the name of the first single by The B-52s?

3.

Which top-ten single from 1983 features the lyrics:

"We should have each other to tea, huh? / We should have each other with cream."?

4.

Which number 1 single of 1983 features the lyrics:

"Every day is like survival, / You're my lover not my rival."?

5.

Which Liverpool-based girl-group had three number one hits in the early 2000s with Whole Again, Eternal Flame and The Tide is High?

6.

Fronted by Alex Turner, which band’s 2006 debut album was Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not?

7.

Which novelty song was a huge international hit for Norwegian act Ylvis in 2013?  The song in question features a wide range of animal noises but fails to answer the question posed in the song's title.

8.

Which 2013 Katy Perry top ten hit was the first single to be taken from her fourth album Prism?  It features a collaboration with rapper Juicy J and was inspired by the 1996 film The Craft?

Sp.

Which short-lived American new wave duo had their only major hit with the single Let's Go All the Way, which reached number three in the UK singles chart in 1986?

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ROUND 6 - 'Classical & Books'

1.

Born in 1804, the Russian composer Glinka is probably best known for his overture to which opera, based on a poem by Pushkin?

2.

Comprising 389 verses of iambic tetrameter, which verse novel by Pushkin inspired an opera by Tchaikovsky?  (two word title required)

3.

Which Indian-born author’s first novel, The Golden Gate is written entirely in Onegin stanzas?  A 1993 novel by the same author features in lists of the longest novel ever written.

4.

The Great Gate of Kiev is a movement in which suite by Mussorgsky, dedicated to the artist Viktor Hartmann?

5.

Born in the Basque country, which composer orchestrated Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition? He also wrote Pavane for a Dead Princess.

6.

"Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care" is a line from which Shakespeare play?

7.

Having lost his right arm in the war, who commissioned Ravel’s 1931 work, Piano Concerto in D Major for Left Hand?  His brother was a distinguished student of Bertrand Russell.  (surname only required)

8.

Which 1922 work by Ludwig Wittgenstein is described as an "austere and all but impenetrable masterpiece"?  Give either the single Latin word, or the three-letter abbreviation, by which it is often known.

Sp.

What name from Arthurian legend links a 1991 opera by Harrison Birtwhistle with a a Middle English poem translated by Simon Armitage?

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ROUND 7 - Hidden theme

1.

Which former polytechnic was formed from the merger of the Cambridge College of Art and Technology and the Essex Institute of Higher Education?  It achieved university status in 1992, and took its current name in 2005.

2.

In the 1964 film Zulu, what song do the British soldiers defending Rorke’s Drift sing in response to the Zulu war chants?  It is the slow march of the Welsh Guards, and sung before every Cardiff City home game.

3.

At the Australian Cricket Awards, the medal for the most outstanding male Australian cricketer of the season is named after which former player?  Until 2018 he held the record for most consecutive Test Match appearances, before being overtaken by Alastair Cook.

4.

In which country is the African continent’s pole of inaccessibility?  This pole is defined as the point furthest from the coast.

5.

Released in 2008 and noted for its world-music influences and sonic similarities to Paul Simon’s Graceland, which band’s self-titled debut album included the singles A-Punk, and Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa?

6.

In 1717, the territory of modern-day Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela was separated from the Viceroyalty of Peru to create a new Viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire; what was its name?  (at least two words required)

7.

In astronomy, what term denotes the imaginary circle that passes through both celestial poles and the zenith and nadir of an observer’s position?

8.

With its current HQ in St James’s Street, London, which private members’ organisation was formed in 1832 by Tory peers to coordinate party strategy in the wake of their defeat in the passing of the Great Reform Act, paving the way for the modern Conservative Party?

Sp.

The county town of which English county was known in Old English as Eoforwic (EY-oh-vor-wich), in Welsh as Efrog (EV-rog), and in Irish as Eabhrac (E-oo-rak)?  All these names come ultimately from is ancient British Celtic name, via its more famous Latin variant.

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ROUND 8 - Pairs

1.

In Welsh, digraphs (that is two letters that stand for one sound) are considered separate letters, and so have their own tiles in Scrabble, such as 'CH' or 'NG'.  Three of these resemble double letters, such as the well-known 'LL'.  Name the other two.
 

2.

In Welsh Scrabble, five single-letter tiles present in the English version are omitted.  Two are 'Q' and 'Z'.  Name any two of the others.
 

3.

With its name coined by Ezra Pound, the manifesto of which art movement was first published in 1914 in the short-lived literary magazine BLAST, edited by Wyndham Lewis?

4.

Influencing the subsequent ideology of Italian fascism, the manifesto of which artistic movement was published in 1909 by Filippo Marinetti?

5.

Give two place names whose spellings differ by only one letter.  The first is an island of the Inner Hebrides: its abbey was founded by St Columba in the 6th century.  The second is the U.S. state whose capital is named after a river.  This river’s name translates into English as ‘River of the Monks’.

6.

Give two names whose spellings differ by only one letter.  The first is the surname of the political philosopher who wrote Common Sense and The Rights of Man.  The second is the US state that is the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.

7.

In the Old Testament Book of Esther, the Jews are saved from the Persian vizier Haman’s planned extermination.  These events form the basis of which Jewish holiday.  It took place this year on 20th and 21st March.

8.

The Christian holiday of Pentecost celebrates events that are described in which Biblical book?

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Tiebreaker

1.

16th October, 1999 saw the most dismissals on the same day in 111 years of league football in England.  How many players were sent off in Premier League and Football League matches on that day?

2.

The cricket record ‘most runs in a season for Lancashire’ has Johnny Tyldesley in first place, for his achievement in the 1901 season.  How many runs did he make?

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This round is a tribute to the Bards of Didsbury; they invited us to share their home pub, sparing WithQuizzers the snoot, noise and high prices of The Woodstock.

All the answers in this round include the letters B-O-D in that order, but not necessarily at the start of a word, for example ‘no fixed abode’, ‘forboding’ and ‘body-snatcher’.

1.

What resort occupies the site of the birthplace of the historian Herodotus and the tomb of Mausolus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?

Bodrum

2.

The flag of which country depicts the 12th-century structure that has become its principal tourist attraction?

Cambodia

(Angkor Wat, of course)

3.

Originally given to peas boiled in a bag, what name came to be used for a junior naval officer and, by extension, for any person given menial tasks?

Dogsbody

4.

Taken from the Book of Samuel, what unusual 7-letter name is borne by Mr Crane, the schoolmaster in Washington Irving’s story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?

Ichabod

5.

Devised by Lawrence Kasdan, which 1992 film starred Kevin Costner in the title role, playing a former secret service agent?

The Bodyguard

6.

Bill Woodfull and Douglas Jardine were the opposing captains in an Ashes series generally known by what name?

Bodyline

7.

Also known as an immunoglobulin, what large, Y-shaped protein is used by the immune system to neutralize pathogenic bacteria and viruses?

Antibody

8.

Including the name of an item of clothing, what two-word hyphenated term denotes, to quote a somewhat coy citation in the OED, a "breathless historical romance"?

Bodice-ripper

Sp1

"I am a poor man, but I would gladly give ten shillings to find out who sent me the insulting Christmas card I received this morning".  These words appear in which humorous 'diary', first published in book form in 1892?

Diary of a Nobody

(by George and Weedon Grossmith)

Sp2

In the field of ecology and sustainable development, what term indicates the sum of all the energy required to produce any goods or services, considered as if that energy was incorporated in the product itself?

Embodied

ROUND 2 - '130 Questions' - Hidden theme

1.

The flags of Kazakhstan, Namibia, Nepal and the Philippines all feature what object?

Sun

2.

What short word precedes ‘October’, ‘Mars’ and ‘badge’ in the titles of books by Tom Clancy, Kim Stanley Robinson and Stephen Crane?

Red

(The Hunt for Red October, Red Mars, The Red Badge of Courage)

3.

Which city is home to New Zealand’s oldest university, the University of Otago,?

Dunedin

4.

The martyrdom of St Denis of Paris involved the severing of what body part?  After it was cut off, Denis reportedly picked it up and walked several miles, preaching a sermon as he went.

Head

5.

Which Turner Prize-winning artist has made a series of Shy Sculptures, including one in 2018 that involved a Nissen hut in Dalby Forest in Yorkshire?

(Rachel) Whiteread

6.

What paired body part links Sir Andrew in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night with the Chelsea midfielder who, during England’s opening game of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, came on as a substitute for Dele Alli in the 80th minute?

Cheeks

(Aguecheek and Ruben Loftus-Cheek)

7.

Which early hip-hop track interpolates Chic’s song Good Times, leading to threatened legal action from that members of that group?  Rogers and Edwards were subsequently given songwriters’ credits on the track.

Rapper’s Delight

(by the Sugarhill Gang)

8.

What five-letter word follows ‘MacGillycuddy’s’ in the name of the mountain range that includes Ireland’s highest peak?

Reeks

Theme: Each answer contains the last word in one of the first 8 lines of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130...

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.

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ROUND 3 - 'Dragons'

To mark Wales winning the Six Nations Championship, this round is themed around dragons

1.

"Never laugh at live dragons".  Who said this in a novel of 1937?

Bilbo (Baggins)

(prompt on The Hobbit)

2.

Which French king persecuted protestants via the ‘dragonnade’?  It forced them to billet ill-disciplined dragoons in their houses.

Louis XIV (14th)

3.

Which national flag features a white dragon on an orange and red background?

Bhutan

4.

The Komodo Dragon is a large lizard that takes its name from an island in which country?

Indonesia

5.

The red dragon on a green-and-white field was declared the national flag of Wales during which decade?  The same decade saw the recognition of Cardiff as the capital of Wales.

1950s

(1959 & 1955)

6.

In Greek mythology, who killed a dragon and sowed its teeth in the ground?  He gives his name to a toxic metallic element.

Cadmus

7.

Catalans Dragons is a rugby league club based in which city?

Perpignan

8.

Dragons is a professional rugby union club based in which city?

Newport

Sp1

A dragon’s tongue is the logo of which direct action pressure group?  In terms of fines and numbers of people sent to prison, it is Britain's largest protest group since the suffragettes.

Welsh Language Society

(or Cymdeithas yr Iaith Cymraeg)

Sp2

Chunichi Dragons is a leading professional baseball club based in which city, between Tokyo and Osaka?

Nagoya

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ROUND 4 - Hidden theme

1.

What collective two-word name is given to the five most prestigious law firms headquartered in London?  The name is also used by the British organisation which promotes a certain form of stage entertainment.

Magic Circle

2.

Which New York museum houses the Ancient Egyptian Temple of Dendur, gifted to the museum in 1963 to prevent it from being submerged following the construction of the Aswan High Dam?

Metropolitan Museum of Art

3.

This railway company was founded in 1846, and was subsumed into the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.  While it mostly ran services along the East Coast from King’s Cross, it also ran trains to Manchester, and has left a mark on the city that remains to this day.  Which railway company is this?

Great Northern Railway

4.

Until 1910, when it was relocated to its present location, Manchester Royal Infirmary occupied the land that is now which public space in the city centre?

Piccadilly Gardens

5.

What codename was given to the disastrous raid on Dieppe by British and Canadian forces in 1942?

(Operation) Jubilee

6.

In 1893, which British battleship was sunk in an accidental collision with HMS Camperdown off the Lebanese port of Tyre?

HMS Victoria

7.

Which mining town in Pennsylvania has been abandoned since 1992 due to a coal mine fire that had been burning, uncontrolled, under the town from 1962 and is still burning today?

Centralia

8.

Which 2009 science-fiction movie, directed by Neill Blomkamp, concerns tensions between humans and aliens in the titular South African slum?

District 9

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a London Underground line

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ROUND 5 - 'Pop Goes the Weasel'

A pop music round - each answer includes the name of a breed or species of animal

1.

Which 1979 Kate Bush album included the singles Wow and Hammer Horror?

Lionheart

2.

Released in 1979 and taken from their eponymous debut album, what was the name of the first single by The B-52s?

Rock Lobster

3.

Which top-ten single from 1983 features the lyrics:

"We should have each other to tea, huh? / We should have each other with cream."?

The Love Cats

(by The Cure)

4.

Which number 1 single of 1983 features the lyrics:

"Every day is like survival, / You're my lover not my rival."?

Karma Chameleon

(by Culture Club)

5.

Which Liverpool-based girl-group had three number one hits in the early 2000s with Whole Again, Eternal Flame and The Tide is High?

Atomic Kitten

6.

Fronted by Alex Turner, which band’s 2006 debut album was Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not?

Arctic Monkeys

7.

Which novelty song was a huge international hit for Norwegian act Ylvis in 2013?  The song in question features a wide range of animal noises but fails to answer the question posed in the song's title.

The Fox

(What Does the Fox Say? - accept either The Fox,
What Does the Fox Say or the complete title

8.

Which 2013 Katy Perry top ten hit was the first single to be taken from her fourth album Prism?  It features a collaboration with rapper Juicy J and was inspired by the 1996 film The Craft?

Dark Horse

Sp.

Which short-lived American new wave duo had their only major hit with the single Let's Go All the Way, which reached number three in the UK singles chart in 1986?

Sly Fox

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ROUND 6 - 'Classical & Books'

This round is a response to a recent WithQuiz paper that included more questions on advertising and related themes than on books and classical music combined

1.

Born in 1804, the Russian composer Glinka is probably best known for his overture to which opera, based on a poem by Pushkin?

Ruslan and Ludmila

2.

Comprising 389 verses of iambic tetrameter, which verse novel by Pushkin inspired an opera by Tchaikovsky?  (two word title required)

Eugene Onegin

3.

Which Indian-born author’s first novel, The Golden Gate is written entirely in Onegin stanzas?  A 1993 novel by the same author features in lists of the longest novel ever written.

(Vikram) Seth

4.

The Great Gate of Kiev is a movement in which suite by Mussorgsky, dedicated to the artist Viktor Hartmann?

Pictures at an Exhibition

5.

Born in the Basque country, which composer orchestrated Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition? He also wrote Pavane for a Dead Princess.

(Maurice) Ravel

6.

"Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care" is a line from which Shakespeare play?

Macbeth

7.

Having lost his right arm in the war, who commissioned Ravel’s 1931 work, Piano Concerto in D Major for Left Hand?  His brother was a distinguished student of Bertrand Russell.  (surname only required)

(Paul) Wittgenstein

8.

Which 1922 work by Ludwig Wittgenstein is described as an "austere and all but impenetrable masterpiece"?  Give either the single Latin word, or the three-letter abbreviation, by which it is often known.

Tractatus

(Logico-Philosophicus or TLP)

Sp.

What name from Arthurian legend links a 1991 opera by Harrison Birtwhistle with a a Middle English poem translated by Simon Armitage?

Gawain

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ROUND 7 - Hidden theme

1.

Which former polytechnic was formed from the merger of the Cambridge College of Art and Technology and the Essex Institute of Higher Education?  It achieved university status in 1992, and took its current name in 2005.

Anglia Ruskin (University)

2.

In the 1964 film Zulu, what song do the British soldiers defending Rorke’s Drift sing in response to the Zulu war chants?  It is the slow march of the Welsh Guards, and sung before every Cardiff City home game.

Men of Harlech

3.

At the Australian Cricket Awards, the medal for the most outstanding male Australian cricketer of the season is named after which former player?  Until 2018 he held the record for most consecutive Test Match appearances, before being overtaken by Alastair Cook.

(Allan) Border

4.

In which country is the African continent’s pole of inaccessibility?  This pole is defined as the point furthest from the coast.

Central African Republic

5.

Released in 2008 and noted for its world-music influences and sonic similarities to Paul Simon’s Graceland, which band’s self-titled debut album included the singles A-Punk, and Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa?

Vampire Weekend

6.

In 1717, the territory of modern-day Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela was separated from the Viceroyalty of Peru to create a new Viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire; what was its name?  (at least two words required)

(Viceroyalty of) New Granada

7.

In astronomy, what term denotes the imaginary circle that passes through both celestial poles and the zenith and nadir of an observer’s position?

Meridian

8.

With its current HQ in St James’s Street, London, which private members’ organisation was formed in 1832 by Tory peers to coordinate party strategy in the wake of their defeat in the passing of the Great Reform Act, paving the way for the modern Conservative Party?

Carlton Club

Sp.

The county town of which English county was known in Old English as Eoforwic (EY-oh-vor-wich), in Welsh as Efrog (EV-rog), and in Irish as Eabhrac (E-oo-rak)?  All these names come ultimately from is ancient British Celtic name, via its more famous Latin variant.

Yorkshire

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a former ITV franchise...

Anglia Television, London Weekend Television, Harlech Television (HTV), Central Television, Border Television, Granada Television, Meridian Television, and Carlton Television, Yorkshire Television

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ROUND 8 - Pairs

1.

In Welsh, digraphs (that is two letters that stand for one sound) are considered separate letters, and so have their own tiles in Scrabble, such as 'CH' or 'NG'.  Three of these resemble double letters, such as the well-known 'LL'.  Name the other two.
 

'DD' and 'FF'

('DD' stands for the 'Th'-sound in English words like 'this' and 'that'.  'FF' always stands for the English 'F'-sound)

2.

In Welsh Scrabble, five single-letter tiles present in the English version are omitted.  Two are 'Q' and 'Z'.  Name any two of the others.
 

(two from)

'K', 'V' and 'X'

(The 'K'-sound is always represented by 'C', and the 'V'-sound is always represented by 'F'.  The letter 'J' is rare in Welsh, but found in some loanwords)

3.

With its name coined by Ezra Pound, the manifesto of which art movement was first published in 1914 in the short-lived literary magazine BLAST, edited by Wyndham Lewis?

Vorticism

4.

Influencing the subsequent ideology of Italian fascism, the manifesto of which artistic movement was published in 1909 by Filippo Marinetti?

Futurism

5.

Give two place names whose spellings differ by only one letter.  The first is an island of the Inner Hebrides: its abbey was founded by St Columba in the 6th century.  The second is the U.S. state whose capital is named after a river.  This river’s name translates into English as ‘River of the Monks’.

Iona and Iowa

(Des Moines is the state capital, of course)

6.

Give two names whose spellings differ by only one letter.  The first is the surname of the political philosopher who wrote Common Sense and The Rights of Man.  The second is the US state that is the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.

Paine and Maine

(Thomas Paine, of course)

7.

In the Old Testament Book of Esther, the Jews are saved from the Persian vizier Haman’s planned extermination.  These events form the basis of which Jewish holiday.  It took place this year on 20th and 21st March.

Purim

8.

The Christian holiday of Pentecost celebrates events that are described in which Biblical book?

Acts (of the Apostles)

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Tiebreaker

1.

16th October, 1999 saw the most dismissals on the same day in 111 years of league football in England.  How many players were sent off in Premier League and Football League matches on that day?

26

(twenty-six)

2.

The cricket record ‘most runs in a season for Lancashire’ has Johnny Tyldesley in first place, for his achievement in the 1901 season.  How many runs did he make?

2633

(two thousand, six hundred and thirty-three)

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