ROUND 1 - ‘Total Immersion’

As a tribute to a WithQuiz stalwart, this round is loosely themed around the word ‘Bath’

1.

In 1517, which painting did Francis the First of France buy for his bathroom?  Several hundred years later, Marcel Duchamp added a moustache and goatee beard to a photograph of it.

2.

Which fictional resort did Jane Austen describe as: "a young and rising bathing-place… along the coast of Sussex."  The resort in question is the title of a novel left unfinished on her death in 1817.

3.

When used in the bathroom, how is hydrated magnesium silicate better known?

4.

I need a single, short word here.

According to Shakespeare's Macbeth, what is: "sore labour's bath, / balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, / chief nourisher in life's feast"?

5.

In order to be released from an unwise wish he had made, which legendary king was told to bathe in the river Pactolus?  The presence of alluvial gold in that stream was attributed to this action.

6.

Ray Davies of The Kinks, Elvis Costello, Chaucer's Wife of Bath and the footballer Ronaldo all share what distinctive physical feature, known as a diastema?

7.

Peri Bathous or The Art of Sinking in Poetry is the title of a 1727 work by which poet? It concerns the descent from the sublime to the ridiculous.

8.

Which French revolutionary is portrayed lying dead in his bath in a 1793 painting by Jacques-Louis David?

Sp1

Which stately home near Warminster in Wiltshire is the seat of the Marquess of Bath?  It was one of Britain’s earliest Safari Parks.

Sp2

Born in 1839, which painter’s notable works include depictions of bathers, card players, and numerous studies of Mont Sainte-Victoire in Provence?

Go to Round 1 questions with answers

ROUND 2 - Hidden Theme

There may be soundalikes and the relevant connection to the theme may be part of a bigger word

In this round, both first names and surname will be required if the answer is asking for the name of a person

1.

Who co-hosts a weekend show with Stuart Maconie on BBC Radio 6 Music and is the presenter of The Folk Show on BBC Radio 2?

2.

Billie Joe Armstrong is the lead singer and guitarist of which band?  Their albums include Dookie and American Idiot?

3.

Which Irish artist and writer does Daniel Day-Lewis portray in the film My Left Foot?

4.

Who played Jill Munroe, a member of an all-woman team in a US crime drama series first broadcast in 1976?

5.

Who captained the England Women’s Cricket Team from 2005 to 2016?  She is the highest run scorer for England’s women’s team in the One-Day International format.

6.

Beefeater, Brewers Fayre and Premier Inn are all owned by which company?  In 2019, this company sold Costa Coffee, which, in 2006, had replaced this company as sponsor of a book award. 

7.

Who is the only English player to have won the 'European Golden Boot', the award given to the player who scores the most goals in the top division of one of Europe’s national leagues?

8.

The Jaguars are an NFL team based in which city?

Sp.

‘Chicago Typewriter’, ‘Chicago Organ Grinder’ and ‘Trench Sweeper’ were some of the nicknames of which gun, invented in 1918?  (NOTE: The real name of the gun must be given; alternative nicknames will not be accepted)

Go to Round 2 questions with answers

ROUND 3 - Pot pourri

1.

When accepting the President’s Award from UEFA, Eric Cantona quoted from which Shakespeare tragedy when he said:

"As flies to wanton boys, are we to the Gods: They kill us for their sport."?

2.

What is the derivative of cos(x) with respect to x?

3.

Last week we had a question about Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 1.  Born in 1795, which Scottish essayist and historian sat for the portrait known as Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2? He wrote a history of the French Revolution.

4.

Tis Sixty Years Since is the alternative title of which early 19th-century novel? The writer of this novel gives their name to a prize for historical fiction, while its title appears in the name of a major railway station.

5.

According to the RSPB, there are three regular species in the UK of birds of the family Hirundinidae. The house martin and sand martin are two; what is the third? (one-word answer required)

6.

What was the former name of the city that was renamed Nur-Sultan, after a departing president, in March 2019?

7.

The 2019 Stirling Prize for Architecture has been awarded to Goldsmith Street, a street of terraced homes in which city?

8.

Born in 1722, Bernardo Bellotto painted several works in the National Gallery, including The Fortress of Konigstein from the North.  He was a nephew of which better-known Venetian artist?

Sp1

Airing from 2015 to 2019, which Channel 4 sitcom was created, written by and starred Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney?

Sp2

The Rotters’ Club, The Closed Circle and the 2018 novel Middle England are a trilogy of books by which author?

Go to Round 3 questions with answers

ROUND 4 - 'Eve of the Seventies'

This round concerns events of October 1969

1.

Who became prime minister of Sweden in October 1969?  He was assassinated in Stockholm in 1986.

2.

Which social democrat became German chancellor in October 1969?

3.

Which country renounced further claims to territory that had been ceded to Russia since the Treaty of Nerchinsk, in 1689?  The announcement ended armed clashes on the Ussuri River.

4.

On October 19, Siad Barre led a bloodless coup in which African country?  In the late 1970s, he began the Ogaden War against Ethiopia.

5.

October 1969 saw the birth of which British film director, whose works include Twelve Years a Slave?

6.

Trey Parker was born in October 1969. Which adult animated sitcom did he co-create?

7.

Which Beat Generation author died in October 1969?  His novels include Doctor Sax and The Dharma Bums?

8.

Which lead singer for the rock-ska band No Doubt was born on October 3rd, 1969?

Sp.

Which Polish Mathematician died on 21 October, 1969?  He gives his name to well-known fractals including a triangle, a carpet and a curve.

Go to Round 4 questions with answers

ROUND 5 - 'Thou Art Manchester'

This round concerns paintings in the Manchester Art Gallery

1.

Who painted Hylas and the Nymphs, which was briefly removed from the gallery in February 2018?

2.

Which widow of Greek myth is the title figure of a large painting by Lord Leighton?  She appears in captivity following the death of her husband Hector in the Trojan War.

3.

A full-length painting by Charles Mengin portrays which ancient literary figure standing on a rocky promontory against an iron grey sky and dark sea.

4.

Ford Madox Brown’s Manfred on the Jungfrau is based on a work by which romantic poet?

5.

His works including The Second Coming, which Irish Nobel Laureate is the subject of a portrait by Augustus John?

6.

Name either of the poets who appear along with Oliver Cromwell in Ford Madox Brown’s painting Cromwell, Protector of the Vaudois? 

7.

An 1882 work by John Pettie portrays an abject Duke of Monmouth in an ‘interview’ with which ruler?

8.

Probably dating to the 1760s, Cheetah and Stag with Two Indians is a work by which English artist, probably best known for his horses? 

Sp.

What animal is the subject of Edwin Landseer’s The Desert?  Sculptures of the same animal may be seen in a well-known London location.

Go to Round 5 questions with answers

ROUND 6 - Pairs

1.

At the 2019 Athletics World Championships in Doha, who became the first British woman to win a sprint medal when she won silver in the 100m? She went on to win gold in the 200m.

2.

Which British athlete won the heptathlon at the 2019 World Championships, breaking Jessica Ennis-Hill’s British record with a score of 6,981 points?

3.

Which Greek polymath is credited with the first accurate estimate of the circumference of the Earth while working at the Library of Alexandria?  His ‘sieve’ is an algorithm for identifying prime numbers.

4.

The works of which Alexandrian polymath include the astronomical treatise The Almagest?  His name appears in an alternative name for the geocentric model of the universe. (Claudius)

5.

Ingrid Bergman won two Academy Awards for Best Actress. The first was for a 1944 film where she played a woman whose husband convinces her that she is going mad. Her second award was for a 1956 historical drama named after a Russian princess. Name either film.

6.

Also nominated 6 times, Jane Fonda has won the award for Best Actress twice. The first was for a 1971 crime thriller that co-starred Donald Sutherland. In the second film Fonda played a woman who has an affair with a Vietnam War veteran. Name either film. 

7.

In addition to St George on the flag of Malta, only one country has a flag that features humans. Which Central American country is it?

8.

Cyprus is one of two countries to have the outline of the country on its flag. Which other European nation also has an outline of the country on its flag?

Go to Round 6 questions with answers

ROUND 7 - 'Christmasmania'

A ‘somewhat premature’ Christmas round! Some have answers that contain a seasonal word; others deal with subjects loosely linked to Christmas

1.

What is the professional name of the Russian-born actor who won his only acting Oscar for the role of King Mongkut of Siam in a classic 1956 film musical?

2.

What product did Bernard Matthews cease manufacturing in 2005 due to adverse publicity, partly inspired by Jamie Oliver? (precise two-word answer needed)

3.

What is the capital of the US state of New Mexico?

4.

In the animated TV series Mr Ben, on what street does the eponymous character live?

5.

"Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents."  This is the first line of which well-known novel, first published in 1868?

6.

‘Christmas disease’ is an alternative name for a variety of which genetic blood disorder?

7.

Which (non-festive) pop song features the following lyrics:

"No libra Sunday / No Halloween / No giving thanks for all the Christmas joy you bring"?

8.

Who was crowned emperor in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on Christmas Day AD 800?

Go to Round 7 questions with answers

ROUND 8 - 'Rugby equals Culture'

Identify the country in the current Rugby World Cup in which the following UNESCO-listed sites are located

None of the ‘Six Nations’ is represented in this round

1.

The Alaverdi Cathedral, the Colchis Wetlands and the Upper Svaneti region of the Caucasus

2.

The Okavango Delta and the rock art of Tsodilo; the latter has been called the ‘Louvre of the Desert’

3.

Kakadu National Park; and the Gondwana Rainforests

4.

The Shiré-toko Peninsula and the National Museum of Western Art, designed by Le Corbusier

5.

The Tonga-riro National Park and Sub-Antarctic Islands including the Bounty and Antipodes Islands

6.

The meteorite impact structure known as the Vredefort Dome; and the Maloti-Drakensberg Park

7.

Levuka Historical Port Town, situated on a smaller island off the coast of Viti Levu

8.

The ancient capitals of the Kingdom, at Heketa and Lapaha

Sp.

Old Town Lunenburg, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump and Dinosaur Provincial Park

Go to Round 8 questions with answers

ROUND 1 - ‘Total Immersion’

As a tribute to a WithQuiz stalwart, this round is loosely themed around the word ‘Bath’

1.

In 1517, which painting did Francis the First of France buy for his bathroom?  Several hundred years later, Marcel Duchamp added a moustache and goatee beard to a photograph of it.

Mona Lisa

2.

Which fictional resort did Jane Austen describe as: "a young and rising bathing-place… along the coast of Sussex."  The resort in question is the title of a novel left unfinished on her death in 1817.

Sanditon

3.

When used in the bathroom, how is hydrated magnesium silicate better known?

Talc or talcum powder

4.

I need a single, short word here.

According to Shakespeare's Macbeth, what is: "sore labour's bath, / balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, / chief nourisher in life's feast"?

Sleep

(to his wife after the murder of Duncan in act 2)

5.

In order to be released from an unwise wish he had made, which legendary king was told to bathe in the river Pactolus?  The presence of alluvial gold in that stream was attributed to this action.

Midas

6.

Ray Davies of The Kinks, Elvis Costello, Chaucer's Wife of Bath and the footballer Ronaldo all share what distinctive physical feature, known as a diastema?

Gap between the teeth

(specifically the two front upper teeth)

7.

Peri Bathous or The Art of Sinking in Poetry is the title of a 1727 work by which poet? It concerns the descent from the sublime to the ridiculous.

(Alexander) Pope

8.

Which French revolutionary is portrayed lying dead in his bath in a 1793 painting by Jacques-Louis David?

(Jean-Paul) Marat

Sp1

Which stately home near Warminster in Wiltshire is the seat of the Marquess of Bath?  It was one of Britain’s earliest Safari Parks.

Longleat (Park/House)

Sp2

Born in 1839, which painter’s notable works include depictions of bathers, card players, and numerous studies of Mont Sainte-Victoire in Provence?

(Paul) Cézanne

ROUND 2 - Hidden Theme

There may be soundalikes and the relevant connection to the theme may be part of a bigger word

In this round, both first names and surname will be required if the answer is asking for the name of a person

1.

Who co-hosts a weekend show with Stuart Maconie on BBC Radio 6 Music and is the presenter of The Folk Show on BBC Radio 2?

Mark Radcliffe

2.

Billie Joe Armstrong is the lead singer and guitarist of which band?  Their albums include Dookie and American Idiot?

Green Day

3.

Which Irish artist and writer does Daniel Day-Lewis portray in the film My Left Foot?

Christy Brown

4.

Who played Jill Munroe, a member of an all-woman team in a US crime drama series first broadcast in 1976?

Farrah Fawcett (-Majors)

5.

Who captained the England Women’s Cricket Team from 2005 to 2016?  She is the highest run scorer for England’s women’s team in the One-Day International format.

Charlotte Edwards

6.

Beefeater, Brewers Fayre and Premier Inn are all owned by which company?  In 2019, this company sold Costa Coffee, which, in 2006, had replaced this company as sponsor of a book award. 

Whitbread

7.

Who is the only English player to have won the 'European Golden Boot', the award given to the player who scores the most goals in the top division of one of Europe’s national leagues?

Kevin Phillips

8.

The Jaguars are an NFL team based in which city?

Jacksonville

Sp.

‘Chicago Typewriter’, ‘Chicago Organ Grinder’ and ‘Trench Sweeper’ were some of the nicknames of which gun, invented in 1918?  (NOTE: The real name of the gun must be given; alternative nicknames will not be accepted)

Thompson

(submachine gun)

Theme: Each answer contains the name of an athlete who has won solo gold at a World Athletics Championship:

Paula Radcliffe, Dai Greene, Linford Christie, Mo Farah, Jonathan Edwards, Fatima Whitbread, Phillips Idowu, Colin Jackson and Daley Thompson

Go back to Round 2 questions without answers

ROUND 3 - Pot pourri

1.

When accepting the President’s Award from UEFA, Eric Cantona quoted from which Shakespeare tragedy when he said:

"As flies to wanton boys, are we to the Gods: They kill us for their sport."?

King Lear

2.

What is the derivative of cos(x) with respect to x?

Minus sin(x)

(Do not accept +sin(x))

3.

Last week we had a question about Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 1.  Born in 1795, which Scottish essayist and historian sat for the portrait known as Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2? He wrote a history of the French Revolution.

(Thomas) Carlyle

4.

Tis Sixty Years Since is the alternative title of which early 19th-century novel? The writer of this novel gives their name to a prize for historical fiction, while its title appears in the name of a major railway station.

Waverley

5.

According to the RSPB, there are three regular species in the UK of birds of the family Hirundinidae. The house martin and sand martin are two; what is the third? (one-word answer required)

Swallow

6.

What was the former name of the city that was renamed Nur-Sultan, after a departing president, in March 2019?

Astana

(accept Akmolinsk, Tselinograd or Akmola if people want to go down that route for some reason!)

7.

The 2019 Stirling Prize for Architecture has been awarded to Goldsmith Street, a street of terraced homes in which city?

Norwich

8.

Born in 1722, Bernardo Bellotto painted several works in the National Gallery, including The Fortress of Konigstein from the North.  He was a nephew of which better-known Venetian artist?

Canaletto

(Giovanni Antonio Canal)

Sp1

Airing from 2015 to 2019, which Channel 4 sitcom was created, written by and starred Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney?

Catastrophe

Sp2

The Rotters’ Club, The Closed Circle and the 2018 novel Middle England are a trilogy of books by which author?

Jonathan Coe

Go back to Round 3 questions without answers

ROUND 4 - 'Eve of the Seventies'

This round concerns events of October 1969

1.

Who became prime minister of Sweden in October 1969?  He was assassinated in Stockholm in 1986.

(Olof) Palme

2.

Which social democrat became German chancellor in October 1969?

(Willy) Brandt

3.

Which country renounced further claims to territory that had been ceded to Russia since the Treaty of Nerchinsk, in 1689?  The announcement ended armed clashes on the Ussuri River.

China

4.

On October 19, Siad Barre led a bloodless coup in which African country?  In the late 1970s, he began the Ogaden War against Ethiopia.

Somalia

5.

October 1969 saw the birth of which British film director, whose works include Twelve Years a Slave?

Steve McQueen

6.

Trey Parker was born in October 1969. Which adult animated sitcom did he co-create?

South Park

7.

Which Beat Generation author died in October 1969?  His novels include Doctor Sax and The Dharma Bums?

(Jack) Kerouac

(Burroughs and Ginsberg both died in 1997)

8.

Which lead singer for the rock-ska band No Doubt was born on October 3rd, 1969?

Gwen Stefani

Sp.

Which Polish Mathematician died on 21 October, 1969?  He gives his name to well-known fractals including a triangle, a carpet and a curve.

(Waclaw) Sierpinski

Go back to Round 4 questions without answers

ROUND 5 - 'Thou Art Manchester'

This round concerns paintings in the Manchester Art Gallery

1.

Who painted Hylas and the Nymphs, which was briefly removed from the gallery in February 2018?

(John William) Waterhouse

2.

Which widow of Greek myth is the title figure of a large painting by Lord Leighton?  She appears in captivity following the death of her husband Hector in the Trojan War.

Andromache

3.

A full-length painting by Charles Mengin portrays which ancient literary figure standing on a rocky promontory against an iron grey sky and dark sea.

Sappho

4.

Ford Madox Brown’s Manfred on the Jungfrau is based on a work by which romantic poet?

Byron

5.

His works including The Second Coming, which Irish Nobel Laureate is the subject of a portrait by Augustus John?

W B Yeats

6.

Name either of the poets who appear along with Oliver Cromwell in Ford Madox Brown’s painting Cromwell, Protector of the Vaudois? 

(either)

(Andrew) Marvell

(or)

(John) Milton

7.

An 1882 work by John Pettie portrays an abject Duke of Monmouth in an ‘interview’ with which ruler?

James the Second / Seventh

8.

Probably dating to the 1760s, Cheetah and Stag with Two Indians is a work by which English artist, probably best known for his horses? 

(George) Stubbs

Sp.

What animal is the subject of Edwin Landseer’s The Desert?  Sculptures of the same animal may be seen in a well-known London location.

Lion

Go back to Round 5 questions without answers

ROUND 6 - Pairs

1.

At the 2019 Athletics World Championships in Doha, who became the first British woman to win a sprint medal when she won silver in the 100m? She went on to win gold in the 200m.

Dina Asher-Smith

2.

Which British athlete won the heptathlon at the 2019 World Championships, breaking Jessica Ennis-Hill’s British record with a score of 6,981 points?

Katarina Johnson-Thompson

(accept ‘KJT’)

3.

Which Greek polymath is credited with the first accurate estimate of the circumference of the Earth while working at the Library of Alexandria?  His ‘sieve’ is an algorithm for identifying prime numbers.

Eratosthenes

4.

The works of which Alexandrian polymath include the astronomical treatise The Almagest?  His name appears in an alternative name for the geocentric model of the universe. (Claudius)

Ptolemy / Ptolemaeus

5.

Ingrid Bergman won two Academy Awards for Best Actress. The first was for a 1944 film where she played a woman whose husband convinces her that she is going mad. Her second award was for a 1956 historical drama named after a Russian princess. Name either film.

(either)

Gaslight

(or)

Anastasia

6.

Also nominated 6 times, Jane Fonda has won the award for Best Actress twice. The first was for a 1971 crime thriller that co-starred Donald Sutherland. In the second film Fonda played a woman who has an affair with a Vietnam War veteran. Name either film. 

(either)

Klute

(or)

Coming Home

7.

In addition to St George on the flag of Malta, only one country has a flag that features humans. Which Central American country is it?

Belize

8.

Cyprus is one of two countries to have the outline of the country on its flag. Which other European nation also has an outline of the country on its flag?

Kosovo

Go back to Round 6 questions without answers

ROUND 7 - 'Christmasmania'

A ‘somewhat premature’ Christmas round! Some have answers that contain a seasonal word; others deal with subjects loosely linked to Christmas

1.

What is the professional name of the Russian-born actor who won his only acting Oscar for the role of King Mongkut of Siam in a classic 1956 film musical?

Yul Brynner

2.

What product did Bernard Matthews cease manufacturing in 2005 due to adverse publicity, partly inspired by Jamie Oliver? (precise two-word answer needed)

Turkey Twizzlers

3.

What is the capital of the US state of New Mexico?

Santa Fe

4.

In the animated TV series Mr Ben, on what street does the eponymous character live?

Festive Road

5.

"Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents."  This is the first line of which well-known novel, first published in 1868?

Little Women

6.

‘Christmas disease’ is an alternative name for a variety of which genetic blood disorder?

Haemophilia

7.

Which (non-festive) pop song features the following lyrics:

"No libra Sunday / No Halloween / No giving thanks for all the Christmas joy you bring"?

I Just Called to Say I Love You

(by Stevie Wonder)

8.

Who was crowned emperor in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on Christmas Day AD 800?

Charlemagne

Go back to Round 7 questions without answers

ROUND 8 - 'Rugby equals Culture'

Identify the country in the current Rugby World Cup in which the following UNESCO-listed sites are located

None of the ‘Six Nations’ is represented in this round

1.

The Alaverdi Cathedral, the Colchis Wetlands and the Upper Svaneti region of the Caucasus

Georgia

2.

The Okavango Delta and the rock art of Tsodilo; the latter has been called the ‘Louvre of the Desert’

Namibia

3.

Kakadu National Park; and the Gondwana Rainforests

 Australia

4.

The Shiré-toko Peninsula and the National Museum of Western Art, designed by Le Corbusier

Japan

5.

The Tonga-riro National Park and Sub-Antarctic Islands including the Bounty and Antipodes Islands

New Zealand

6.

The meteorite impact structure known as the Vredefort Dome; and the Maloti-Drakensberg Park

South Africa

7.

Levuka Historical Port Town, situated on a smaller island off the coast of Viti Levu

Fiji

8.

The ancient capitals of the Kingdom, at Heketa and Lapaha

Tonga

Sp.

Old Town Lunenburg, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump and Dinosaur Provincial Park

Canada

Go back to Round 8 questions without answers