ROUND 1 - 'Championes...Championes'

This round is a tribute to the 2018-19 WithQuiz champions. All answers contain a string of four consecutive letters from the word ‘Prodigals’, for example ‘product placement’, or ‘aphrodisiac’. For the purposes of this round, ignore accents and other diacritical marks.

1.

The name of which Nobel physics laureate appears in titles by the science writer John Gribbin, along with words such as ‘reality’, ‘quantum’ and ‘kittens’?

2.

In 1921, which British novelist and playwright became the first president of the writers’ organisation now known as PEN International?  Author of The Man of Property, he later won the Nobel prize in Literature.

3.

Mr Lloyd, the art master and Mr Lowther, the singing master form a ‘love triangle’ with the title character of which 1961 novel?

4.

Who was president of the EU commission from 1999 to 2004?  He twice became prime minister of Italy, in 1996 and 2006. (surname only required)

5.

Born in St Petersburg in 1833, which composer’s works include the symphonic poem, In the Steppes of Central Asia and the opera Prince Igor? (surname only required)

6.

Which earldom was held by James Thomas Brudenell, who commanded the light cavalry brigade in its charge against Russian guns at Balaklava?

7.

In 1914, Miss Fowler-Tutt, a Sussex headmistress, was prominent in objections to the public display of a version of which sculpture?  Commissioned in 1888, it represents adulterous lovers in Dante’s Inferno. (sculptor’s surname and title of work needed)

8.

Born in Tuscany in 1884, which artist’s first one-man show in Paris included some nudes, leading to its closure for indecency on the first day?  He is associated with richly coloured, elongated portraits.

Sp1

From a Latin word meaning ‘extraordinary thing or occurrence’, what seven-letter word is applied to people such as the violinist Fritz Kreisler, who entered the Vienna Conservatoire at the age of 7?

Sp2

The French painter Louis Lejeune is noted for a panoramic painting of which major battle of September 1812, named after a village west of Moscow?

Go to Round 1 questions with answers

ROUND 2 - 'Tracks of My Fears'

A recent Quiz Biz column suggested that questions on the Metrolink might – or should(?) - be more than simply ‘local knowledge’ for people down south and wherever else. To explore this idea, here is a round on UK tram, light rail and subway systems outside Manchester and London.

1.

On the ‘London Tramlink’ serving Croydon and adjoining areas, which station is between Avenue Road and Harrington Road and alongside Beckenham Crematorium?  It is named after the Yorkshire-born founder of a college of London University.

2.

Which SI unit appears in the name of a station on the London Tramlink?  It may be expressed as ‘watts divided by volts’.

3.

Monument station on the Tyne & Wear Metro takes its name from a statue of which reforming prime minister of the early 19th century?

4.

Which station of the Tyne & Wear Metro is between Four Lane Ends and Palmersville?  An actor with this surname played a bank manager on TV commercials for the Nationwide.  I need a single word.

5.

I need two single-word names of stations on the Glasgow Subway.  Both refer to professional football.  One name appears in the that of a major stadium; the other in the name of the club that plays at Firhill.

6.

Which station of the Glasgow Subway shares its name in part with a former parliamentary constituency, won for the SDP by Roy Jenkins in a 1982 by-election?

7.

Which major city of eastern Ukraine appears in the name of a station of the Sheffield Supertram? The city in question gives its name to a largely-unrecognized ‘People’s Republic’.

8.

What is the north western terminus of the Sheffield Supertram?  It shares its name with a rural railway station in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport.

Sp1

Radford Road, Shipstone Street and Lace Market are tram stops on the ‘Express Transit’ system of which city?

Sp2

Which football stadium gives its name to a tram stop on the West Midlands Metro?

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ROUND 3 - Themed around a book of the Old Testament

1.

Which book of the bible contains the words: "The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong… but time and chance happeneth to them all."?  In the King James Bible, this book comes after Proverbs.  It is not to be confused with a book of the Apocrypha.

2.

In an essay of 1946, who translated Ecclesiastes 9 into "modern English of the worst sort"?  This version begins with the words "Objective consideration of contemporary phenomena…"

3.

In Politics and the English Language, Orwell suggested six rules to improve clarity.  Give the four words that complete Rule 2: "If it is possible to cut a word out..."

4.

Orwell’s Rule 4 states: "Never use the BLANK when you can use the BLANK".  I need two precise words here.

5.

In which 1953 novel does Guy Montag memorize much of the Book of Ecclesiastes?

6.

Who wrote the 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises, a title taken from Ecclesiastes?

7.

Which Nobel Laureate wrote the introduction to the Canongate ‘Pocket Canons’ edition of Ecclesiastes?  Her novels include The Good Terrorist.

8.

Later covered by The Byrds, which song by Pete Seeger takes most of its words from Ecclesiastes?  I need a precise three-word title.

Sp.

"The heart of fools is in the house of mirth."  Which author used words from this verse in the title of a 1905 novel?

Go to Round 3 questions with answers

ROUND 4 - Inspired by Didsbury Library

1.

A plaque on Didsbury Library states that which commander, "encamped with his army near this site...on their march to the battle of Marston Moor, Yorkshire, 2nd July 1644"?

2.

On May 28, 1644, Rupert’s troops took part in a massacre at which Lancashire town?  It was then often described as ‘the Geneva of the North’ for its austere puritanism.

3.

Sometimes known as ‘Lord Strange’, which leading Royalist took part in the massacre and was later beheaded at Bolton in 1651?  You may give his surname or his noble title.  A later holder of the same title was three times prime minister in the 19th century.

4.

Thomas Stanley, first Earl of Derby, received his title for the part he played in which decisive battle, fought in the East Midlands?

5.

A few years later, Stanley's brother William supported which pretender and was executed for treason in 1495?

6.

Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, gives his surname to a leading trophy in what sport?

7.

The Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup in 2015.  Name either of the two U.S. teams that has won it since then.

8.

On a similar latitude to Belfast or Carlisle, Prince Rupert is a port in which Canadian province, close to the border with Alaska?

Sp.

Another plaque on Didsbury Library commemorates the parliamentarian soldier, Sir William Brereton.  He commanded at which victory of January 1644, fought near the River Weaver in Cheshire?

Go to Round 4 questions with answers

ROUND 5 -  'Chorlton Chomping'

This round concerns eateries in Chorlton-cum-Hardy. Depending on what definition of ‘eatery’ one uses, there are between 100 and 110 of these. Tom will be doing an up-to-date survey in a few weeks’ time. Let him know if you wish to come along.

1.

‘Start your Monday off right with our Açai Smoothie Bowl’ says which outlet near the Lloyds Hotel? Its three-word name refers to an ethic of reciprocity.  WithQuizzers may also remember it as the title of a 1970s TV sitcom that is unlikely to be repeated.

2.

What single word links an eatery on the corner of Beech Road and Wilton Road with the title of a 1985 film starring Saeed Jaffrey and Daniel Day-Lewis?

3.

What symbol appears on the flags of Suriname, Somalia and Guinea-Bissau?  It is also the name of a pizza outlet near Hardy Lane.

4.

The name of which Mediterranean restaurant near the ‘Four Banks’ corner is a genus of the olive family associated with the Tunisian revolution of 2011?  (single-word name required)

5.

One of a local chain, which fast food outlet is named in part after a US state?  The state in question was presumably chosen so that the chain could be known as ‘KFC’.

6.

The name of which ‘pan-Asian chicken shack’ near Chorlton Library comprises two imperial units, separated by an ampersand?  The first unit is half a bushel; the second is two ells.

7.

Which emporium near Unicorn Grocery is named after a historic gateway in Krakow?

8.

Also close to Unicorn Grocery, which bar and eatery has a name that spells Archimedes’ constant?

Sp.

Which emporium on Beech Road is named after a large quadruped known in North America as a moose?

Go to Round 5 questions with answers

ROUND 6 - Post 1960s Music

1.

From 1985 to 1993 Hectic House near the bus station on Sunderland Street was the record company and shop of which band, named in part after the town in which they were based?

2.

Born in Macclesfield in 1933, John Mayall founded which band in the early 1960s?  It broke up in 1967 but returned in 1982.

3.

In 1965, which noted guitarist joined The Bluesbreakers?  His remarks in support of Enoch Powell in 1976 prompted the foundation of Rock Against Racism.

4.

Clapton had earlier played in which band?  Their hits include For Your Love and Heart Full of Soul.

5.

Which roots reggae band performed at the Rock Against Racism concerts in London and Manchester in 1978?  Their albums include Handsworth Revolution.

6.

The lead singer of which punk band shaved her head before the RAR concert to "prove she wouldn't be a sex symbol"? This band released the album, Germfree Adolescents.

7.

Which now-defunct retail chain appears in the title of a track on Germfree Adolescents?  The Piccadilly Gardens branch burned down in 1979, a few months after the album’s release.

8.

What was the stage name of X-Ray Spex’s lead singer?  When written as a single word, it spells a plastic with the recycling code ‘6’ and the abbreviation ‘PS’.

Sp.

Power in the Darkness was the 1978 debut studio album of which band, named after its lead singer, a prominent gay activist?

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ROUND 7 - 'Five Star Churches'

This round is a tour of England via towns whose churches are awarded ‘five stars’ in Simon Jenkins’ book, England’s Thousand Best Churches.  In each case, name the town from the clues.

1.

"Here is the finest steeple in England" says Jenkins.  This town is on both the A1 and the East Coast Main Line.  A prominent political figure was born here in 1925.

2.

This town is 30 miles NNE of Grantham.  Remove the fourth letter of its name and you get a subatomic particle with integral spin.

3.

A former MP for Stretford and Urmston bears the name of this town, seventy-five miles NNW of Boston.  Its 5-star church is known as ‘The Minster’.

4.

This town is in East Devon. It has a three-word name.  The first word refers to a local river named after a carnivorous mammal. The second and third words are the title and name of a major religious figure.

5.

This town is in West Dorset, on the A30 between Yeovil and Shaftesbury; Alan Turing and Chris Martin went to school here.

6.

This is a small Cotswold town between Cheltenham and Oxford. On the church is a plaque commemorating Levellers executed by Cromwell in 1649. 

7.

18 miles SW of Burford, this is the largest town in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire.  In Roman times it was known as Corinium

8.

25 miles NNW of Cirencester; Edward, Prince of Wales was killed here after a decisive battle in 1471.

Sp1

A town near the confluence of the rivers Corve and Teme: its name precedes ‘beer’ in a couplet by A E Housman: "And carried halfway home or near / pints and quarts of (name of town) beer".

Sp2

To which town does the following refer?  "Pugin’s St Giles… is the outstanding English church of the 19th century; the patron was the 16th Earl of Shrewsbury, who lived at the neighbouring mansion of Alton Towers’".

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ROUND 8 - Events of 1999

1.

After a 1999 paper on cognitive bias that they co-authored, which two US psychologists give their surnames to an ‘effect’, whereby unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, with the worst performers the worst at estimating their own aptitude?

2.

In a 1999 obituary, who was described as a "novelist and philosopher who used fiction to chart the progress of a metaphysical battle between evil and good"?  Her novels include The Bell and The Black Prince.

3.

In 1999, which former Portuguese territory became the second of China's two ‘special administrative regions’?

4.

Name any one of the three countries that joined NATO in 1999.

5.

August 11th, 1999 saw a solar eclipse, the first visible in the UK since 1927.  What was the only county of the UK in which totality was visible?

6.

Founded in Birmingham in 1836, which high street bank became defunct in June 1999, its branches henceforth bearing the name HSBC?

7.

In May 1999, after 22 years of restoration work, which work by Leonardo da Vinci was placed back on display in Milan?

8.

Who received the Turner Prize in 1999 for Deadpan, the re-enactment of a noted stunt by Buster Keaton?  Since then, he has directed feature films including Hunger, Shame, and Twelve Years a Slave. (forename and surname needed) 

Sp.

Which independent publisher did Nicola Beauman found in 1999?  It reprints neglected mid-20th century works by women writers.  The name in question is that of a daughter of Zeus and Demeter who was abducted by Hades.

Go to Round 8 questions with answers

Tiebreakers

1.

According to the LCCC website, how many wickets did Brian Statham take for Lancashire?  If it were a year, this number would be midway between the birth year of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the publication of Mary Shelley’s The Last Man.

2.

How many wickets did Johnny Briggs take for Lancashire?  If it were a year, this number would be midway between the birth years of Gabriel Fahrenheit and Benjamin Franklin.

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ROUND 1 - 'Championes...Championes'

This round is a tribute to the 2018-19 WithQuiz champions. All answers contain a string of four consecutive letters from the word ‘Prodigals’, for example ‘product placement’, or ‘aphrodisiac’. For the purposes of this round, ignore accents and other diacritical marks.

1.

The name of which Nobel physics laureate appears in titles by the science writer John Gribbin, along with words such as ‘reality’, ‘quantum’ and ‘kittens’?

(Erwin) Schrödinger

2.

In 1921, which British novelist and playwright became the first president of the writers’ organisation now known as PEN International?  Author of The Man of Property, he later won the Nobel prize in Literature.

(John) Galsworthy

3.

Mr Lloyd, the art master and Mr Lowther, the singing master form a ‘love triangle’ with the title character of which 1961 novel?

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

4.

Who was president of the EU commission from 1999 to 2004?  He twice became prime minister of Italy, in 1996 and 2006. (surname only required)

(Romano) Prodi

5.

Born in St Petersburg in 1833, which composer’s works include the symphonic poem, In the Steppes of Central Asia and the opera Prince Igor? (surname only required)

(Alexander)  Borodin

6.

Which earldom was held by James Thomas Brudenell, who commanded the light cavalry brigade in its charge against Russian guns at Balaklava?

Cardigan

7.

In 1914, Miss Fowler-Tutt, a Sussex headmistress, was prominent in objections to the public display of a version of which sculpture?  Commissioned in 1888, it represents adulterous lovers in Dante’s Inferno. (sculptor’s surname and title of work needed)

Rodin’s The Kiss

(a.k.a. Le Baiser or Francesca da Rimini)

8.

Born in Tuscany in 1884, which artist’s first one-man show in Paris included some nudes, leading to its closure for indecency on the first day?  He is associated with richly coloured, elongated portraits.

(Amedeo) Modigliani

Sp1

From a Latin word meaning ‘extraordinary thing or occurrence’, what seven-letter word is applied to people such as the violinist Fritz Kreisler, who entered the Vienna Conservatoire at the age of 7?

Sp2

The French painter Louis Lejeune is noted for a panoramic painting of which major battle of September 1812, named after a village west of Moscow?

ROUND 2 - 'Tracks of My Fears'

A recent Quiz Biz column suggested that questions on the Metrolink might – or should(?) - be more than simply ‘local knowledge’ for people down south and wherever else. To explore this idea, here is a round on UK tram, light rail and subway systems outside Manchester and London.

1.

On the ‘London Tramlink’ serving Croydon and adjoining areas, which station is between Avenue Road and Harrington Road and alongside Beckenham Crematorium?  It is named after the Yorkshire-born founder of a college of London University.

Birkbeck

2.

Which SI unit appears in the name of a station on the London Tramlink?  It may be expressed as ‘watts divided by volts’.

Ampère

(station is Ampère Way; accept ‘amps’, of course)

3.

Monument station on the Tyne & Wear Metro takes its name from a statue of which reforming prime minister of the early 19th century?

(Earl) Grey

4.

Which station of the Tyne & Wear Metro is between Four Lane Ends and Palmersville?  An actor with this surname played a bank manager on TV commercials for the Nationwide.  I need a single word.

Benton

(Mark, of course)

5.

I need two single-word names of stations on the Glasgow Subway.  Both refer to professional football.  One name appears in the that of a major stadium; the other in the name of the club that plays at Firhill.

Ibrox AND Partick

6.

Which station of the Glasgow Subway shares its name in part with a former parliamentary constituency, won for the SDP by Roy Jenkins in a 1982 by-election?

Hillhead

7.

Which major city of eastern Ukraine appears in the name of a station of the Sheffield Supertram? The city in question gives its name to a largely-unrecognized ‘People’s Republic’.

Donetsk

(Donetsk Way)

8.

What is the north western terminus of the Sheffield Supertram?  It shares its name with a rural railway station in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport.

Middlewood

Sp1

Radford Road, Shipstone Street and Lace Market are tram stops on the ‘Express Transit’ system of which city?

Nottingham

Sp2

Which football stadium gives its name to a tram stop on the West Midlands Metro?

The Hawthorns

Go back to Round 2 questions without answers

ROUND 3 - Themed around a book of the Old Testament

1.

Which book of the bible contains the words: "The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong… but time and chance happeneth to them all."?  In the King James Bible, this book comes after Proverbs.  It is not to be confused with a book of the Apocrypha.

Ecclesiastes

(accept 'The Preacher'; NOT ‘Ecclesiasticus’, of course)

2.

In an essay of 1946, who translated Ecclesiastes 9 into "modern English of the worst sort"?  This version begins with the words "Objective consideration of contemporary phenomena…"

(George) Orwell

3.

In Politics and the English Language, Orwell suggested six rules to improve clarity.  Give the four words that complete Rule 2: "If it is possible to cut a word out..."

"always cut it out"

4.

Orwell’s Rule 4 states: "Never use the BLANK when you can use the BLANK".  I need two precise words here.

"passive AND "active""

5.

In which 1953 novel does Guy Montag memorize much of the Book of Ecclesiastes?

Fahrenheit-451

6.

Who wrote the 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises, a title taken from Ecclesiastes?

(Ernest) Hemingway

7.

Which Nobel Laureate wrote the introduction to the Canongate ‘Pocket Canons’ edition of Ecclesiastes?  Her novels include The Good Terrorist.

Doris Lessing

8.

Later covered by The Byrds, which song by Pete Seeger takes most of its words from Ecclesiastes?  I need a precise three-word title.

Turn! Turn! Turn!

Sp.

"The heart of fools is in the house of mirth."  Which author used words from this verse in the title of a 1905 novel?

Edith Wharton

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ROUND 4 - Inspired by Didsbury Library

1.

A plaque on Didsbury Library states that which commander, "encamped with his army near this site...on their march to the battle of Marston Moor, Yorkshire, 2nd July 1644"?

(Prince) Rupert

2.

On May 28, 1644, Rupert’s troops took part in a massacre at which Lancashire town?  It was then often described as ‘the Geneva of the North’ for its austere puritanism.

Bolton

3.

Sometimes known as ‘Lord Strange’, which leading Royalist took part in the massacre and was later beheaded at Bolton in 1651?  You may give his surname or his noble title.  A later holder of the same title was three times prime minister in the 19th century.

(James) Stanley, (7th Earl of) Derby

4.

Thomas Stanley, first Earl of Derby, received his title for the part he played in which decisive battle, fought in the East Midlands?

Bosworth (Field)

5.

A few years later, Stanley's brother William supported which pretender and was executed for treason in 1495?

(Perkin) Warbeck

6.

Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, gives his surname to a leading trophy in what sport?

Ice hockey

(prompt on ‘hockey’)

7.

The Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup in 2015.  Name either of the two U.S. teams that has won it since then.

(One of)

Pittsburgh Penguins OR Washington Capitals

8.

On a similar latitude to Belfast or Carlisle, Prince Rupert is a port in which Canadian province, close to the border with Alaska?

British Columbia

(accept BC)

Sp.

Another plaque on Didsbury Library commemorates the parliamentarian soldier, Sir William Brereton.  He commanded at which victory of January 1644, fought near the River Weaver in Cheshire?

Nantwich

Go back to Round 4 questions without answers

ROUND 5 - 'Chorlton Chomping'

This round concerns eateries in Chorlton-cum-Hardy. Depending on what definition of ‘eatery’ one uses, there are between 100 and 110 of these. Tom will be doing an up-to-date survey in a few weeks’ time. Let him know if you wish to come along.

1.

‘Start your Monday off right with our Açai Smoothie Bowl’ says which outlet near the Lloyds Hotel? Its three-word name refers to an ethic of reciprocity.  WithQuizzers may also remember it as the title of a 1970s TV sitcom that is unlikely to be repeated.

Love Thy Neighbour

2.

What single word links an eatery on the corner of Beech Road and Wilton Road with the title of a 1985 film starring Saeed Jaffrey and Daniel Day-Lewis?

Laundrette

(My Beautiful Laundrette)

3.

What symbol appears on the flags of Suriname, Somalia and Guinea-Bissau?  It is also the name of a pizza outlet near Hardy Lane.

Star

4.

The name of which Mediterranean restaurant near the ‘Four Banks’ corner is a genus of the olive family associated with the Tunisian revolution of 2011?  (single-word name required)

Jasmine

5.

One of a local chain, which fast food outlet is named in part after a US state?  The state in question was presumably chosen so that the chain could be known as ‘KFC’.

Kansas Fried Chicken

6.

The name of which ‘pan-Asian chicken shack’ near Chorlton Library comprises two imperial units, separated by an ampersand?  The first unit is half a bushel; the second is two ells.

Peck & Yard

7.

Which emporium near Unicorn Grocery is named after a historic gateway in Krakow?

Barbakan

(if answer sounds like ‘Barbican’, accept; this is not a spelling test)

8.

Also close to Unicorn Grocery, which bar and eatery has a name that spells Archimedes’ constant?

Pi

Sp.

Which emporium on Beech Road is named after a large quadruped known in North America as a moose?

Elk

Go back to Round 5 questions without answers

ROUND 6 - Post 1960s Music

1.

From 1985 to 1993 Hectic House near the bus station on Sunderland Street was the record company and shop of which band, named in part after the town in which they were based?

The Macc Lads

2.

Born in Macclesfield in 1933, John Mayall founded which band in the early 1960s?  It broke up in 1967 but returned in 1982.

The Bluesbreakers

3.

In 1965, which noted guitarist joined The Bluesbreakers?  His remarks in support of Enoch Powell in 1976 prompted the foundation of Rock Against Racism.

(Eric) Clapton

4.

Clapton had earlier played in which band?  Their hits include For Your Love and Heart Full of Soul.

The Yardbirds

5.

Which roots reggae band performed at the Rock Against Racism concerts in London and Manchester in 1978?  Their albums include Handsworth Revolution.

Steel Pulse

6.

The lead singer of which punk band shaved her head before the RAR concert to "prove she wouldn't be a sex symbol"? This band released the album, Germfree Adolescents.

X-Ray Spex

7.

Which now-defunct retail chain appears in the title of a track on Germfree Adolescents?  The Piccadilly Gardens branch burned down in 1979, a few months after the album’s release.

Woolworths

("Warrior in…")

8.

What was the stage name of X-Ray Spex’s lead singer?  When written as a single word, it spells a plastic with the recycling code ‘6’ and the abbreviation ‘PS’.

Poly Styrene

Sp.

Power in the Darkness was the 1978 debut studio album of which band, named after its lead singer, a prominent gay activist?

Tom Robinson Band

(NOT ‘Tommy Robinson’, of course)

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ROUND 7 - 'Five Star Churches'

This round is a tour of England via towns whose churches are awarded ‘five stars’ in Simon Jenkins’ book, England’s Thousand Best Churches.  In each case, name the town from the clues.

1.

"Here is the finest steeple in England" says Jenkins.  This town is on both the A1 and the East Coast Main Line.  A prominent political figure was born here in 1925.

Grantham

2.

This town is 30 miles NNE of Grantham.  Remove the fourth letter of its name and you get a subatomic particle with integral spin.

Boston

3.

A former MP for Stretford and Urmston bears the name of this town, seventy-five miles NNW of Boston.  Its 5-star church is known as ‘The Minster’.

Beverley

(Hughes, of course)

4.

This town is in East Devon. It has a three-word name.  The first word refers to a local river named after a carnivorous mammal. The second and third words are the title and name of a major religious figure.

Ottery St Mary

5.

This town is in West Dorset, on the A30 between Yeovil and Shaftesbury; Alan Turing and Chris Martin went to school here.

Sherborne

6.

This is a small Cotswold town between Cheltenham and Oxford. On the church is a plaque commemorating Levellers executed by Cromwell in 1649. 

Burford

7.

18 miles SW of Burford, this is the largest town in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire.  In Roman times it was known as Corinium

Cirencester

8.

25 miles NNW of Cirencester; Edward, Prince of Wales was killed here after a decisive battle in 1471.

Tewkesbury

Sp1

A town near the confluence of the rivers Corve and Teme: its name precedes ‘beer’ in a couplet by A E Housman: "And carried halfway home or near / pints and quarts of (name of town) beer".

Ludlow

Sp2

To which town does the following refer?  "Pugin’s St Giles… is the outstanding English church of the 19th century; the patron was the 16th Earl of Shrewsbury, who lived at the neighbouring mansion of Alton Towers’".

Cheadle

(Staffs, of course)

Go back to Round 7 questions without answers

ROUND 8 - Events of 1999

1.

After a 1999 paper on cognitive bias that they co-authored, which two US psychologists give their surnames to an ‘effect’, whereby unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, with the worst performers the worst at estimating their own aptitude?

Dunning-Kruger (effect)

2.

In a 1999 obituary, who was described as a "novelist and philosopher who used fiction to chart the progress of a metaphysical battle between evil and good"?  Her novels include The Bell and The Black Prince.

(Iris) Murdoch

3.

In 1999, which former Portuguese territory became the second of China's two ‘special administrative regions’?

Macau

4.

Name any one of the three countries that joined NATO in 1999.

5.

August 11th, 1999 saw a solar eclipse, the first visible in the UK since 1927.  What was the only county of the UK in which totality was visible?

Cornwall

6.

Founded in Birmingham in 1836, which high street bank became defunct in June 1999, its branches henceforth bearing the name HSBC?

Midland (Bank)

7.

In May 1999, after 22 years of restoration work, which work by Leonardo da Vinci was placed back on display in Milan?

8.

Who received the Turner Prize in 1999 for Deadpan, the re-enactment of a noted stunt by Buster Keaton?  Since then, he has directed feature films including Hunger, Shame, and Twelve Years a Slave. (forename and surname needed) 

Sp.

Which independent publisher did Nicola Beauman found in 1999?  It reprints neglected mid-20th century works by women writers.  The name in question is that of a daughter of Zeus and Demeter who was abducted by Hades.

Persephone (Books)

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Tiebreakers

1.

According to the LCCC website, how many wickets did Brian Statham take for Lancashire?  If it were a year, this number would be midway between the birth year of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the publication of Mary Shelley’s The Last Man.

1816

2.

How many wickets did Johnny Briggs take for Lancashire?  If it were a year, this number would be midway between the birth years of Gabriel Fahrenheit and Benjamin Franklin.

1696

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