ROUND 1 - Hidden theme

1.

Which national park, dating from 1954, includes Aysgarth Falls and the Ribblehead viaduct among its attractions?

2.

Which 1877 novel by Anna Sewell is narrated by Darkie?

3.

What festival was first recorded in Rome in AD 336 and Constantinople in 378?

4.

Which cartoon character lives in a pineapple under the sea?

5.

Who rules over the Land of Sweets in the ballet, The Nutcracker?

6.

Which Derbyshire market town can be found on the Monsal trail, about 13 miles south-west of Sheffield?

7.

Which flowering tree was introduced to the Caribbean from Polynesia, in the late 18th century, as a foodstuff?

8.

Which Roman historian wrote The Lives of the Twelve Caesars in AD 121?

Sp.

Which Wilkie Collins novel is considered, along with The Moonstone by the same author, to be one of the first examples of detective fiction?

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ROUND 2 - Announced theme

All the answers contain a word that can follow the word 'wild' in a familiar 2-word phrase

1.

Who captained the Zimbabwe cricket team and later coached England to a number one test ranking in 2011?

2.

Which Addams Family retainer was known as Gizmo in the German version of the TV show?

3.

Which approach to surviving a nuclear attack was first proposed in 1951 and was still appearing in the UK Protect and Survive information in the 1980s?

4.

Which football club was founded as Thames Ironworks in 1895?

5.

Which series of five oil paintings by Cezanne contains the work sold for an estimated $250 million in 2013?

6.

Whose pilgrimage was described by Byron and published in four parts from 1812 to 1818?

7.

Which 2001 novel by Yann Martel features Richard Parker?

8.

Whose scandalous career started when she was Miss Austin at the Earl’s Court motor show and peaked with a famous riposte at the Old Bailey in 1963?

Sp.

Which UK comedy film of 2018 starred Rob Brydon as a husband trying to win back his wife?

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ROUND 3 - 'No-one expects the Spanish Inquisition'

A paired round with an Iberian flavour

1.

At a height of 12,195 feet, the highest mountain in Spain, Mount Teide, is located on which island?

2.

Birthplace to the singer Grace Jones and the sprinter Asafa Powell, Spanish Town is located on which Caribbean island?

3.

Barcelona, Real Madrid and which other team have never been relegated from the top division in Spanish football?

4.

Which Spanish footballer holds the record for the most Champions League appearances at 177?

5.

In 2009 who became the first Spanish-born actress to win an Oscar for her role as tempestuous artist Maria Elena in Woody Allen’s romantic comedy Vicky Christina Barcelona?

6.

In 2007 who became the first Spanish-born actor to win an Oscar for his role as the psychopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in the Coen brothers film No Country For Old Men?

7.

One of Picasso’s best known works, Guernica, is exhibited in which museum in Madrid?

8.

Who was considered to be the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries?  Immensely successful in his lifetime, he is often referred to as both the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns.

Sp.

Which Swedish singer had a hit in 1974 with the song Y Viva Espana?

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ROUND 4 - Hidden theme

1.

Located on Rosebery Avenue, Clerkenwell, London which theatre is renowned as one of the world’s leading dance venues?  The theatre took it’s name from the surname of the original owner and the rediscovery of monastic springs on his property.

2.

What was the name of the first published novel by Agatha Christie?  Published in 1920 as a weekly serial in The Times the book introduced Hercule Poirot.

3.

Which actress and TV presenter came to fame in the late 1960’s and early 70’s as the hostess of the game show, The Golden Shot?

4.

What is the 2 word name of the Tube station located on Mile End Road in London?  It is between Whitechapel and Mile End on the District Line and the Hammersmith & City Line.

5.

In Only Fools and Horses what was revealed to be Rodney’s middle name during his wedding in 1989?  Rodney’s mother gave him the name because she was a fan of the local football team.

6.

Played by Geoffrey Hinsliff between 1987 and 1997 which Coronation Street character married Ivy Tilsley, lost his leg in a taxi crash, kidnapped Mike Baldwin’s wife Alma, tried to kill Mike Baldwin and eventually died when his car crashed into the famous viaduct?

7.

What was the title of the 1972 book by David Halberstam, an account of the origins of the Vietnam War?  The title referred to JFK’s 'whiz kids'- whom Halberstam characterised as insisting on “brilliant policies that defied common sense".

8.

Born in Dublin in 1979 which footballer holds the Premier League record of scoring the most own goals (10)?  He also holds the joint record of being sent off most times (8).

Sp.

Which group reached number one in the UK singles charts in 1960 with the song Shakin’ All Over?

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ROUND 5 - Quotations

Four film quotes, then four song quotes - just name the film/song in each case

1.

"Think what you’re trying to accomplish…. the majesty and grandeur of the English language.  It’s the greatest possession we have.  The noblest thoughts that ever flowed through the hearts of men are contained in its extraordinary, imaginative and musical mixtures of sounds….."

2.

"So I want you to get up now. I want all of you ….to get up right now and go to the window, open it and stick your head out and yell, ‘I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this any more.'"

3.

"You know you don’t have to act with me, Steve.  You don’t have to say anything, and you don’t have to do anything.  Not a thing.  Oh, maybe just whistle.  You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve?  You just put your lips together and blow."

4.

"Made it, Ma.  Top of the World! "

5.

"(Ah, my my, what elation)
I don't know where but she sends me there
(Oh, my my, what a sensation)
(Oh, my my, what elation)"

6.

"Woke up, fell out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up I noticed I was late"

7.

"Oh, let our love survive
I'll dry the tears from your eyes
Let's don't let a good thing die
When, honey, you know I've never lied to you"

8.

"It’s strange but it’s true
I can’t get over the way you love me like you do"

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ROUND 6 - 'All in the family'

Each question requires both family members to be correctly identified to score the points

1.

Two artistic sisters, one a writer who expressed the need for 'a room of her own', the other a painter who lived for a time in a mènage à quatre with her husband, the painter Duncan Grant and the writer David Garnett.

2.

Two reforming sisters: one founded the New Hospital for Women in London, the other was commemorated in bronze in Parliament Square in 2018.

3.

A great-uncle and great-nephew pair, linked by notable pieces of work concerning birds.  The nephew is most famous for a lark, the uncle for finches.

4.

This English society pair comprises a great-grandmother and great-granddaughter, only one of whom got to actually marry their Prince.

5.

Two artistic grandchildren of the politician who led the Labour Party from 1932 to 1935. The grandson co-created such TV animated classics as Ivor the Engine and Bagpuss, while the granddaughter voiced Mrs Potts in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, in between cases.

6.

A father-daughter pair crossing the arts and sciences.  Dad memorably swam across the Hellespont or Dardanelles on 3rd May 1810.  The girl was called 'The Enchantress of Numbers' by her collaborator Charles Babbage and has a computer language named after her.

7.

Two cousins, one male one female.  The man won a Best Actor Oscar for his performance in Leaving Las Vegas in 1995 and the woman won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Lost In Translation in 2003.

8.

These two were British half-brothers with the same father.  The elder was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times, but never won.  Among his most influential work is a description of a self-experiment with mescaline in 1953.  The younger’s experiments on impulse conduction in nerve fibres won him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1963.

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ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

What was Sidhartha Gautama’s claim to fame?

2.

3.

Operation Lightfoot was the Allied plan for which battle of Autumn 1942?

4.

Operation Z was he codename for which action of December 1941?

5.

What was the typical land area used to assess taxes in Domesday Book?  It was traditionally equal to 120 acres.

6.

Richard l introduced a land tax called carucage which was levied on carucates of land (roughly the same size as a hide) what earlier tax did this replace?

7.

Which TV comedy featured the characters Fairfax and Carstairs?  They were unfailingly polite but often had difficulty communicating with the locals.

8.

Which TV comedy featured omelette-obsessed Gwen, her brother-in-law Bryn and her elderly, and very badly-behaved, neighbour Doreen?

Sp1

The King George VI Chase is the feature race on which Boxing Day card?

Sp2

The second most valuable meeting on Boxing Day is held at which Yorkshire racecourse?

Sp3

Which English writer’s first published novel was The Man Within in 1929?

Sp4

Which English writer’s first published novel was Burmese Days in 1934?

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ROUND 8 - Hidden theme

1.

Which actress and model appeared in 30 episodes of Monty Python’s Flying Circus?

2.

In which Manchester street could you find The Old Monkey, The Circus Tavern and The Grey Horse?

3.

Which singer-songwriter owned five planes at the time of his death including the Rutan Long-EZ that he died in?

4.

In November 1980 this TV show became the most-watched US show ever in the UK, a record it still holds.  Which show?

5.

What word connects Fawkes in the Harry Potter books, a much-repaired plane in a 1965 film (remade in 2004) and a fictional club in Bolton?

6.

Who won the US open in 1979 at the age of just 16?

7.

Which assassin was executed on 17 July 1793?

8.

Which company, now part pf a Dutch conglomerate, was founded in Nottingham in 1885?

Sp.

St Botolph’s church, known as the stump, can be found in which town?

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ROUND 1 - Hidden theme

1.

Which national park, dating from 1954, includes Aysgarth Falls and the Ribblehead viaduct among its attractions?

Yorkshire Dales

2.

Which 1877 novel by Anna Sewell is narrated by Darkie?

Black Beauty

3.

What festival was first recorded in Rome in AD 336 and Constantinople in 378?

Christmas

4.

Which cartoon character lives in a pineapple under the sea?

Spongebob Squarepants

5.

Who rules over the Land of Sweets in the ballet, The Nutcracker?

The Sugar Plum Fairy

6.

Which Derbyshire market town can be found on the Monsal trail, about 13 miles south-west of Sheffield?

Bakewell

7.

Which flowering tree was introduced to the Caribbean from Polynesia, in the late 18th century, as a foodstuff?

Breadfruit

8.

Which Roman historian wrote The Lives of the Twelve Caesars in AD 121?

Suetonius

Sp.

Which Wilkie Collins novel is considered, along with The Moonstone by the same author, to be one of the first examples of detective fiction?

The Woman in White

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a type of pudding...

Yorkshire, black, Christmas, sponge, plum, Bakewell, bread, suet and white

ROUND 2 - Announced theme

All the answers contain a word that can follow the word 'wild' in a familiar 2-word phrase

1.

Who captained the Zimbabwe cricket team and later coached England to a number one test ranking in 2011?

Andy Flower

2.

Which Addams Family retainer was known as Gizmo in the German version of the TV show?

Thing

3.

Which approach to surviving a nuclear attack was first proposed in 1951 and was still appearing in the UK Protect and Survive information in the 1980s?

Duck and Cover

4.

Which football club was founded as Thames Ironworks in 1895?

West Ham (United)

5.

Which series of five oil paintings by Cezanne contains the work sold for an estimated $250 million in 2013?

The Card Players

6.

Whose pilgrimage was described by Byron and published in four parts from 1812 to 1818?

Childe Harold

7.

Which 2001 novel by Yann Martel features Richard Parker?

Life of Pi

8.

Whose scandalous career started when she was Miss Austin at the Earl’s Court motor show and peaked with a famous riposte at the Old Bailey in 1963?

Mandy Rice-Davies

Sp.

Which UK comedy film of 2018 starred Rob Brydon as a husband trying to win back his wife?

Swimming with Men

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ROUND 3 - 'No-one expects the Spanish Inquisition'

A paired round with an Iberian flavour

1.

At a height of 12,195 feet, the highest mountain in Spain, Mount Teide, is located on which island?

Tenerife

2.

Birthplace to the singer Grace Jones and the sprinter Asafa Powell, Spanish Town is located on which Caribbean island?

Jamaica

3.

Barcelona, Real Madrid and which other team have never been relegated from the top division in Spanish football?

Athletic Bilbao

4.

Which Spanish footballer holds the record for the most Champions League appearances at 177?

Iker Casillas

5.

In 2009 who became the first Spanish-born actress to win an Oscar for her role as tempestuous artist Maria Elena in Woody Allen’s romantic comedy Vicky Christina Barcelona?

Penelope Cruz

6.

In 2007 who became the first Spanish-born actor to win an Oscar for his role as the psychopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in the Coen brothers film No Country For Old Men?

Javier Bardem

7.

One of Picasso’s best known works, Guernica, is exhibited in which museum in Madrid?

(Museo) Reina Sofia

8.

Who was considered to be the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries?  Immensely successful in his lifetime, he is often referred to as both the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns.

(Francisco) Goya

Sp.

Which Swedish singer had a hit in 1974 with the song Y Viva Espana?

Sylvia

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ROUND 4 - Hidden theme

1.

Located on Rosebery Avenue, Clerkenwell, London which theatre is renowned as one of the world’s leading dance venues?  The theatre took it’s name from the surname of the original owner and the rediscovery of monastic springs on his property.

Sadler's Wells Theatre

2.

What was the name of the first published novel by Agatha Christie?  Published in 1920 as a weekly serial in The Times the book introduced Hercule Poirot.

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

3.

Which actress and TV presenter came to fame in the late 1960’s and early 70’s as the hostess of the game show, The Golden Shot?

Anne Aston

4.

What is the 2 word name of the Tube station located on Mile End Road in London?  It is between Whitechapel and Mile End on the District Line and the Hammersmith & City Line.

Stepney Green

5.

In Only Fools and Horses what was revealed to be Rodney’s middle name during his wedding in 1989?  Rodney’s mother gave him the name because she was a fan of the local football team.

Charlton

6.

Played by Geoffrey Hinsliff between 1987 and 1997 which Coronation Street character married Ivy Tilsley, lost his leg in a taxi crash, kidnapped Mike Baldwin’s wife Alma, tried to kill Mike Baldwin and eventually died when his car crashed into the famous viaduct?

Don Brennan

7.

What was the title of the 1972 book by David Halberstam, an account of the origins of the Vietnam War?  The title referred to JFK’s 'whiz kids'- whom Halberstam characterised as insisting on “brilliant policies that defied common sense".

The Best and the Brightest

8.

Born in Dublin in 1979 which footballer holds the Premier League record of scoring the most own goals (10)?  He also holds the joint record of being sent off most times (8).

Richard Dunne

Sp.

Which group reached number one in the UK singles charts in 1960 with the song Shakin’ All Over?

Johnny Kidd and The Pirates

Theme: Each answer contains the surname of one of players in Manchester United's European Cup winning team of 1968...

David Sadler, Nobby Stiles, John Aston, Alex Stepney, Bobby Charlton, Shay Brennan, George Best, Tony Dunne and Brian Kidd

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ROUND 5 - Quotations

Four film quotes, then four song quotes - just name the film/song in each case

1.

"Think what you’re trying to accomplish…. the majesty and grandeur of the English language.  It’s the greatest possession we have.  The noblest thoughts that ever flowed through the hearts of men are contained in its extraordinary, imaginative and musical mixtures of sounds….."

My Fair Lady

2.

"So I want you to get up now. I want all of you ….to get up right now and go to the window, open it and stick your head out and yell, ‘I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this any more.'"

Network

3.

"You know you don’t have to act with me, Steve.  You don’t have to say anything, and you don’t have to do anything.  Not a thing.  Oh, maybe just whistle.  You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve?  You just put your lips together and blow."

To Have and Have Not

4.

"Made it, Ma.  Top of the World! "

White Heat

5.

"(Ah, my my, what elation)
I don't know where but she sends me there
(Oh, my my, what a sensation)
(Oh, my my, what elation)"

Good Vibrations

(by The Beach Boys)

6.

"Woke up, fell out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up I noticed I was late"

Day in the Life

(by The Beatles)

7.

"Oh, let our love survive
I'll dry the tears from your eyes
Let's don't let a good thing die
When, honey, you know I've never lied to you"

Suspicious Minds

(by Elvis and others)

8.

"It’s strange but it’s true
I can’t get over the way you love me like you do"

I Want to Break Free

(by Queen)

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ROUND 6 - 'All in the family'

Each question requires both family members to be correctly identified to score the points

1.

Two artistic sisters, one a writer who expressed the need for 'a room of her own', the other a painter who lived for a time in a mènage à quatre with her husband, the painter Duncan Grant and the writer David Garnett.

Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell

(Maiden name Stephen, that’s ok for both)

2.

Two reforming sisters: one founded the New Hospital for Women in London, the other was commemorated in bronze in Parliament Square in 2018.

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Millicent Fawcett

(Maiden name Garrett, that’s ok)

3.

A great-uncle and great-nephew pair, linked by notable pieces of work concerning birds.  The nephew is most famous for a lark, the uncle for finches.

Charles Darwin

(finches on the Galapagos islands)

and Ralph Vaughan Williams

(The Lark Ascending)

4.

This English society pair comprises a great-grandmother and great-granddaughter, only one of whom got to actually marry their Prince.

Alice Keppel

(mistress of Edward VII)

and Camilla Shand / Parker Bowles / Cornwall

(mistress and later wife of Chazza)

5.

Two artistic grandchildren of the politician who led the Labour Party from 1932 to 1935. The grandson co-created such TV animated classics as Ivor the Engine and Bagpuss, while the granddaughter voiced Mrs Potts in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, in between cases.

Oliver Postgate

(animator)

and Angela Lansbury

(Murder, She Wrote, etc etc)

(the grandfather was George Lansbury)

6.

A father-daughter pair crossing the arts and sciences.  Dad memorably swam across the Hellespont or Dardanelles on 3rd May 1810.  The girl was called 'The Enchantress of Numbers' by her collaborator Charles Babbage and has a computer language named after her.

Lord Byron and Ada Lovelace

7.

Two cousins, one male one female.  The man won a Best Actor Oscar for his performance in Leaving Las Vegas in 1995 and the woman won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Lost In Translation in 2003.

Nicolas Cage and Sofia Coppola

8.

These two were British half-brothers with the same father.  The elder was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times, but never won.  Among his most influential work is a description of a self-experiment with mescaline in 1953.  The younger’s experiments on impulse conduction in nerve fibres won him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1963.

Aldous Huxley and Andrew Huxley

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ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

What was Sidhartha Gautama’s claim to fame?

He became Buddha

2.

The Dalai Lama

3.

Operation Lightfoot was the Allied plan for which battle of Autumn 1942?

4.

Operation Z was he codename for which action of December 1941?

The attack on Pearl Harbour

5.

What was the typical land area used to assess taxes in Domesday Book?  It was traditionally equal to 120 acres.

The Hide

6.

Richard l introduced a land tax called carucage which was levied on carucates of land (roughly the same size as a hide) what earlier tax did this replace?

Danegeld

(sometimes just called Geld)

7.

Which TV comedy featured the characters Fairfax and Carstairs?  They were unfailingly polite but often had difficulty communicating with the locals.

'Allo 'Allo

8.

Which TV comedy featured omelette-obsessed Gwen, her brother-in-law Bryn and her elderly, and very badly-behaved, neighbour Doreen?

Gavin and Stacey

Sp1

The King George VI Chase is the feature race on which Boxing Day card?

Kempton (Park)

Sp2

The second most valuable meeting on Boxing Day is held at which Yorkshire racecourse?

Wetherby

Sp3

Which English writer’s first published novel was The Man Within in 1929?

Graham Greene

Sp4

Which English writer’s first published novel was Burmese Days in 1934?

George Orwell

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ROUND 8 - Hidden theme

1.

Which actress and model appeared in 30 episodes of Monty Python’s Flying Circus?

2.

In which Manchester street could you find The Old Monkey, The Circus Tavern and The Grey Horse?

3.

Which singer-songwriter owned five planes at the time of his death including the Rutan Long-EZ that he died in?

4.

In November 1980 this TV show became the most-watched US show ever in the UK, a record it still holds.  Which show?

Dallas

5.

What word connects Fawkes in the Harry Potter books, a much-repaired plane in a 1965 film (remade in 2004) and a fictional club in Bolton?

Phoenix

6.

Who won the US open in 1979 at the age of just 16?

Tracy Austin

7.

Which assassin was executed on 17 July 1793?

Charlotte Corday

8.

Which company, now part pf a Dutch conglomerate, was founded in Nottingham in 1885?

Raleigh

Sp.

St Botolph’s church, known as the stump, can be found in which town?

Boston

Theme: Omitted by the setters but looks like US cities some of which are state capitals!

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