ROUND 1 - Hidden theme

1.

2.

Started as a livestock and trade event and in existence since at least the 13th century when it was granted a Royal Charter by Edward I, the city of Nottingham holds an annual travelling funfair in the first week of October.  What is its name?

3.

Released in 1971, directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George this film is notorious for its violence, in particular, a prolonged rape scene.  It was banned by the British Board of Film Classification but has retained its status as a cult classic of its kind.  What is its name?

4.

Recorded by Miles Davis and his ensemble sextet including saxophonist John Coltrane in New York in 1959, this seminal jazz album is regarded by many critics as the greatest jazz record, Davis’s masterpiece and one of the best albums of all time?  What is it called?

5.

This Roman author, naturalist, philosopher and friend of the emperor Vespasian wrote the volume Naturalis Historia which became the model for all modern encyclopaedias.  He died in AD79 while attempting to rescue a friend and his family by ship from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.  Who was he? (full name required to fit in with the theme)

6.

This snake, native to much of Sub Saharan Africa, is the fastest moving on land in the world.  It is highly venomous and is the second longest venomous snake in existence.  It is the snake most feared by the population in Africa.  What is its name?

7.

Back in the spotlight recently, '80s boy band Bros consisted of twin brothers Matt and Luke Goss on lead vocals and drums.  Who was the third member of the original band who played bass guitar? (forename and surname required)

8.

Commonly referred to as braising steak in the UK and 7-bone steak in the US, what is this cut of beef also known as in both countries?

Sp.

A prominent Tory Eurosceptic who is the MP for Stone in Staffordshire?

Go to Round 1 questions with answers

ROUND 2 - Pairs

1.

What surname links these four people:

• a jockey born in 1904,

• the pseudonym of a children’s novelist born in 1875,

• a South African batsman born in 1945,

• a guitarist with one of the world’s biggest rock groups born in 1943?

2.

What surname links these four people:

• an English footballer born in 1941,

• a musician, comedian and actor born in 1935,

• an American actress born in 1962,

• a British actor born in 1927?

3.

Which Premiership football team runs out on to the pitch to the sound of Dave Clark Five’s 1963 hit Glad All Over?

4.

Which Premiership football team runs out on to the pitch to the sound of Jeff Beck’s 1967 hit Hi-Ho Silver Lining?

5.

Which 35 mile long stretch of railway was re-opened in 2015 between Edinburgh, Galashiels and Tweedbank?

6.

Which organisation, with 10,000 miles of traffic free cycling routes, began work on its first traffic free former railway path between Bath and Bristol in 1979?

7.

Which Second World War sea and air battle lasted from the outbreak of war to September 1943?

8.

Which Second World War sea and air battle took place over 4th and 5th June 1942?

Sp1

Which three words consecutive in the dictionary mean:

• a periodical publication containing articles and illustrations,

• a light reddish brown colour,

• a soft-bodied legless larva of a fly or other insect found in decaying matter?

Sp2

Which three words consecutive in the dictionary mean:

• a worker who is reliable but not outstanding,

• to fight an opponent on horseback with lances,

• cheerful and friendly?

Go to Round 2 questions with answers

ROUND 3 - Hidden theme - 'I've looked at life from both sides now'

1.

What surname connects these 2 people:

• Writer & broadcaster who has written the only authorised biography of the Beatles, the 1965 novel Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush (made into a 1967 film), and ghost-written autobiographies of Wayne Rooney, Paul Gascoigne & John Prescott,

• Economist who has been Director-General of the CBI, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, Chairman of the Financial Services Authority and who is now chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland?

2.

The Spinning Jenny (1764), the Water Frame (1769) and the Spinning Mule (1779) were the 3 great inventions which mechanised textile production.  Name all 3 inventors, correctly matching each to their invention.

3.

What is the name of the TV drama which ran for 8 series between 2009 and 2014?  Each episode was split 50/50 between, firstly, a crime and the police investigation of it and then, the consequent court proceedings.  It was an adaptation of a US TV drama of the same name (apart from the ‘UK’ suffix in the title of the British version).  It was the first American TV drama series ever to be adapted for British TV.

4.

In a celebrated episode of Terry Jones and Michael Palin’s Ripping Yarns comedy series, what were the Christian names given to the son of ‘Golden Gordon’ Ottershaw, in tribute to the latter’s obsession with his local football team ?

5.

Which 3 words, appearing consecutively in a dictionary, mean:

• to change to a solid or semi-solid state,

• black rock consisting mainly of carbon,

• to bring together to form one mass or whole?

6.

Which Rock and Roll band’s hits in the early 1960’s included I’ll Never Get Over You and Hungry For Love and their 1960 No.1 Shakin’ All Over?  Their eponymous lead singer was killed, aged 30, in 1966 in a car crash in Radcliffe.

7.

Only 4 golfers have won 3 major titles by the age of 25.  Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth are 3.  Name the 4th.

8.

Which current Premier League international footballer, though beginning his career at a Premier League club, then played 50 games for Notts County in League 2 and 40 for Leeds United in the Championship and another 150 in the Championship for his current club, before reclaiming that Premier League status?  He has now played over 350 games for that current club and is a regular for his country.

Sp.

Though no longer playing in England, this iconic ex-international current footballer is still a source of bad blood between West Ham United and Sheffield United, 13 years after the 2007 episode which caused the enmity.  It is resurfacing this season in the first league games between the clubs since then.  His is also the eponymous name given to the Urban Dictionary definition of ‘the act of not even bothering to throw a sickie; you just slouch into work and sit there, refusing to do anything’, which it defines as ‘pulling a …………..’.  Name the player.

Go to Round 3 questions with answers

ROUND 4 - Pairs

1.

In the Joni Mitchell song Both Sides Now 3 images are used to describe clouds.  Give 2 of them.

2.

In the Joni Mitchell song Big Yellow Taxi paradise is paved over with 4 buildings.  Name 3 of them.

3.

Of the planet Jupiter’s 16 moons (or groups of moons) 4 are the giant moons discovered by Galileo in 1610.  Name 2 of them.

4.

In addition to the moons of Jupiter in the previous question, there are 3 other moons with a diameter of 1,500 miles or more.  Name 2 of them and the planets they orbit.

5.

What is the name of the of area of North Lincolnshire between the 3 towns of Doncaster, Scunthorpe and Gainsborough, and the rivers Don (dividing it from Yorkshire), Idle (dividing it from Nottinghamshire) and Trent (separating it from the rest of Lincolnshire)?  It is the only part of Lincolnshire that is West of the Trent.  Its name recalls a time before it was drained, when its settlements were built on raised ground above the surrounding marshland.

6.

What name is common to the largest town in the Isle of Axholme and the eponymous Sleepiness Scale used to diagnose Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA)?  The town is known as the ‘Home of Methodism’, being the birthplace of John & Charles Wesley.

7.

Last month Virgin Trains was replaced by which company as the West Coast mainline operator ?

8.

On the Avanti roster there are 8 destination termini with at least 7 trains per day from London Euston.  Name 6 of them.

Sp.

One of next weekend’s 4th-round FA Cup ties has been described as ‘tenants v landlords’.  Name the clubs involved and explain why the description is justified.

Go to Round 4 questions with answers

ROUND 5 - Pairs

1.

Adapting an orchestral work written in 1942, the rock band Emerson, Lake and Palmer reached No.2 in the UK singles chart in 1977 with their version.  Name the piece and the name of the original composer.

2.

Basing its melody on a choral work written in 1723, the Beach Boys reached No.6 in the UK singles chart in 1979 with this song.  Name it and the composer of the melody.

3.

In the periodic table the 7 alkali metals are arranged in descending order of increasing reactivity. Excluding the most stable, Hydrogen, name any one of the next 3 LESS reactive.

4.

In the periodic table the 6 alkaline earth metals are also arranged in descending order of increasing reactivity.  Name any one of the 3 of the LEAST reactive.

5.

Which town is the administrative HQ of Wiltshire County Council?

6.

Which town is the administrative HQ of East Sussex County Council?

7.

The Blind Beggar pub in Whitechapel, London is notorious for what grisly incident in 1966?  Give the names of both perpetrator and victim.

8.

The Magdala Tavern pub in Hampstead, London was notorious for what grisly incident in 1955?  Give the names of both perpetrator and victim.

Sp.

Swansea, Paisley, Stoke-on-Trent and Sunderland competed but lost.  Who won in 2017 and what did they win ?

Go to Round 5 questions with answers

ROUND 6 - Pairs

1.

2.

Name one of the two women under 25 elected on Dec 12th 2019

3.

What would be the scrabble score for EGOMANIAC assuming no added value squares are used?

4.

Similarly, what would be the scrabble score for EGOCENTRIC?

5.

Identify the tragic hero who is the subject of these lines written in 1671 by John Milton:

"O dark dark amid the blaze of noon,
Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse,
Without all hope of day."

6.

Identify the tragic hero who is the subject of these lines written in by Sophocles in 430 BC:

"So, you mock my blindness? Let me tell you this,
You with your precious eyes,
You’re blind to the corruption of your life,
To the house you live in, those you live with."

7.

In the periodic table which element beginning with 'I', is the softest metal which is not an alkali metal and has an atomic number of 49?

8.

In the periodic table which element beginning with 'I', is a hard brittle metal which is the second densest and has an atomic number of 77?

Sp1

Nelson lost his eye in 1794 during a siege on which Mediterranean island?

Sp2

Which celebrity 'rat' lost his eye in an auto accident in 1954?

Go to Round 6 questions with answers

ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

This Roman emperor, born Gaius Julius, was assassinated by order of the Praetorian Guard in 41 AD.  According to Suetonius, he governed well during his first year in office but descended into acts of violence and cruelty.  Who was he?

2.

This 2nd century adoptive emperor was also a Stoic philosopher.  On his death in 180, rule passed to his son Commodus.  Who was he?

3.

This body of water lies on the Swiss-Austrian-German border.  Called Bodensee in German, how is it known in English?

4.

What is the English name of the body of water known in Welsh as Llyn Tegid?

5.

Which Shakespearean character was the subject of Giuseppe Verdi’s last opera and featured in Gustav Holst’s opera At the Boar’s Head?

6.

Which Shakespeare play was the subject of an opera by Gounod, a ballet by Prokofiev and a 'fantasy overture' by Tchaikovsky?

7.

Only two transactinide elements are named after women (excluding mythological persons).  One is Curium, what is the other?  It has the symbol 'Mt'.

8.

Only two transactinide elements are named after Polish-born people.  Curium is one, what is the other?  It has the symbol 'Cn'.

Go to Round 7 questions with answers

ROUND 8 -

1.

Who played Captain Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Piece Jr in the 1970 film M*A*S*H?

2.

Which company was founded in 1888 as an importer of tropical fruit, specialising in pineapples, melons and bananas?  The company is now Japanese-owned and based in Dublin.

3.

Which sitcom created by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft ran from 1984-1992 and featured the characters Yvette Carte-Blanche and Mimi Le Bonq?

4.

Who preceded Michael Gambon in the role of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series?

5.

Which hydrocarbon, the 4th in the alkane series, has the formula C4H10?

6.

Which body of water, due south of New Zealand, separates West and East Antarctica?

7.

What single name connects the following:

• a fiercely anti-royal MP for constituencies in Fife between 1950 and 1987,

• Irish-born conductor of the Halle Orchestra from 1920-33,

• David Pilditch, a DJ born in Manchester who has hosted over 12,000 radio shows and was given his nickname by Ken Dodd?

8.

What single name connects the following:

• Poet Laureate from 1968-72,

• artist – joint founder of the Vorticist movement,

• retail company founded on Oxford St, London in 1864?

Sp.

Which 1993 film is set on the fictional Isla Nublar - an island supposedly off the north-west coast of Costa Rica?

Go to Round 8 questions with answers

ROUND 1 - Hidden theme

1.

Hallé Orchestra

2.

Started as a livestock and trade event and in existence since at least the 13th century when it was granted a Royal Charter by Edward I, the city of Nottingham holds an annual travelling funfair in the first week of October.  What is its name?

The Goose Fair

3.

Released in 1971, directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George this film is notorious for its violence, in particular, a prolonged rape scene.  It was banned by the British Board of Film Classification but has retained its status as a cult classic of its kind.  What is its name?

Straw Dogs

4.

Recorded by Miles Davis and his ensemble sextet including saxophonist John Coltrane in New York in 1959, this seminal jazz album is regarded by many critics as the greatest jazz record, Davis’s masterpiece and one of the best albums of all time?  What is it called?

Kind of Blue

5.

This Roman author, naturalist, philosopher and friend of the emperor Vespasian wrote the volume Naturalis Historia which became the model for all modern encyclopaedias.  He died in AD79 while attempting to rescue a friend and his family by ship from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.  Who was he? (full name required to fit in with the theme)

Pliny the Elder

6.

This snake, native to much of Sub Saharan Africa, is the fastest moving on land in the world.  It is highly venomous and is the second longest venomous snake in existence.  It is the snake most feared by the population in Africa.  What is its name?

Black Mamba

7.

Back in the spotlight recently, '80s boy band Bros consisted of twin brothers Matt and Luke Goss on lead vocals and drums.  Who was the third member of the original band who played bass guitar? (forename and surname required)

Craig Logan

8.

Commonly referred to as braising steak in the UK and 7-bone steak in the US, what is this cut of beef also known as in both countries?

Chuck steak

Sp.

A prominent Tory Eurosceptic who is the MP for Stone in Staffordshire?

Bill Cash

Theme: Each answer contains a word that can precede the word 'berry' to make another word or name...

Halle Berry, Gooseberry, Strawberry, Blueberry, Elderberry, Blackberry, Loganberry, Chuck Berry and Bilberry

ROUND 2 - Pairs

1.

What surname links these four people:

• a jockey born in 1904,

• the pseudonym of a children’s novelist born in 1875,

• a South African batsman born in 1945,

• a guitarist with one of the world’s biggest rock groups born in 1943?

Richards

(Gordon, Frank, Barry and Keith)

2.

What surname links these four people:

• an English footballer born in 1941,

• a musician, comedian and actor born in 1935,

• an American actress born in 1962,

• a British actor born in 1927?

Moore

(Bobby, Dudley, Demi and Roger)

3.

Which Premiership football team runs out on to the pitch to the sound of Dave Clark Five’s 1963 hit Glad All Over?

Crystal Palace

4.

Which Premiership football team runs out on to the pitch to the sound of Jeff Beck’s 1967 hit Hi-Ho Silver Lining?

Wolverhampton Wanderers

5.

Which 35 mile long stretch of railway was re-opened in 2015 between Edinburgh, Galashiels and Tweedbank?

The Waverley Line

(accept Borders Railway)

6.

Which organisation, with 10,000 miles of traffic free cycling routes, began work on its first traffic free former railway path between Bath and Bristol in 1979?

Sustrans

7.

Which Second World War sea and air battle lasted from the outbreak of war to September 1943?

The Battle of the Atlantic

8.

Which Second World War sea and air battle took place over 4th and 5th June 1942?

The Battle of Midway

Sp1

Which three words consecutive in the dictionary mean:

• a periodical publication containing articles and illustrations,

• a light reddish brown colour,

• a soft-bodied legless larva of a fly or other insect found in decaying matter?

magazine

magenta,

maggot

Sp2

Which three words consecutive in the dictionary mean:

• a worker who is reliable but not outstanding,

• to fight an opponent on horseback with lances,

• cheerful and friendly?

journeyman,

joust,

jovial

Go back to Round 2 questions without answers

ROUND 3 - Hidden theme - 'I've looked at life from both sides now'

1.

What surname connects these 2 people:

• Writer & broadcaster who has written the only authorised biography of the Beatles, the 1965 novel Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush (made into a 1967 film), and ghost-written autobiographies of Wayne Rooney, Paul Gascoigne & John Prescott,

• Economist who has been Director-General of the CBI, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, Chairman of the Financial Services Authority and who is now chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland?

Davies

(Hunter and Howard)

2.

The Spinning Jenny (1764), the Water Frame (1769) and the Spinning Mule (1779) were the 3 great inventions which mechanised textile production.  Name all 3 inventors, correctly matching each to their invention.

James Hargreaves - Jenny

Richard Arkwright - Frame

Samuel Crompton - Mule

3.

What is the name of the TV drama which ran for 8 series between 2009 and 2014?  Each episode was split 50/50 between, firstly, a crime and the police investigation of it and then, the consequent court proceedings.  It was an adaptation of a US TV drama of the same name (apart from the ‘UK’ suffix in the title of the British version).  It was the first American TV drama series ever to be adapted for British TV.

Law & Order: UK

4.

In a celebrated episode of Terry Jones and Michael Palin’s Ripping Yarns comedy series, what were the Christian names given to the son of ‘Golden Gordon’ Ottershaw, in tribute to the latter’s obsession with his local football team ?

Barnstoneworth United

5.

Which 3 words, appearing consecutively in a dictionary, mean:

• to change to a solid or semi-solid state,

• black rock consisting mainly of carbon,

• to bring together to form one mass or whole?

coagulate,

coal,

coalesce

6.

Which Rock and Roll band’s hits in the early 1960’s included I’ll Never Get Over You and Hungry For Love and their 1960 No.1 Shakin’ All Over?  Their eponymous lead singer was killed, aged 30, in 1966 in a car crash in Radcliffe.

Johnny Kidd & The Pirates

7.

Only 4 golfers have won 3 major titles by the age of 25.  Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth are 3.  Name the 4th.

Rory McIlroy

8.

Which current Premier League international footballer, though beginning his career at a Premier League club, then played 50 games for Notts County in League 2 and 40 for Leeds United in the Championship and another 150 in the Championship for his current club, before reclaiming that Premier League status?  He has now played over 350 games for that current club and is a regular for his country.

Kasper Schmeichel

(Leicester City & Denmark)

Sp.

Though no longer playing in England, this iconic ex-international current footballer is still a source of bad blood between West Ham United and Sheffield United, 13 years after the 2007 episode which caused the enmity.  It is resurfacing this season in the first league games between the clubs since then.  His is also the eponymous name given to the Urban Dictionary definition of ‘the act of not even bothering to throw a sickie; you just slouch into work and sit there, refusing to do anything’, which it defines as ‘pulling a …………..’.  Name the player.

(Carlos) Tevez

(his 10 goals in 7 games at the end of the 2007 season helped pull off a miraculous escape for the Hammers, consigning the Blades to relegation instead.

West Ham were later fined £5.5m and ordered to pay Sheffield United £20m compensation for breaching rules concerning 3rd-party ownership of players’ registrations in the signing of Tevez.

Separately, the player’s behaviour at a number of his clubs triggered the Urban Dictionary definition of ‘pulling a Tevez’.)

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a footballer who has played for both City & United...

Wyn Davies, Owen Hargreaves, Denis Law, Peter Barnes, Andy Cole, Brian Kidd, Rory McIlroy, Peter Schmeichel and Carlos Tevez

Go back to Round 3 questions without answers

ROUND 4 - Pairs

1.

In the Joni Mitchell song Both Sides Now 3 images are used to describe clouds.  Give 2 of them.

(2 from)

(Bows & flows of) angel hair,

ice-cream castles in the air,

feather canyons

2.

In the Joni Mitchell song Big Yellow Taxi paradise is paved over with 4 buildings.  Name 3 of them.

(3 from)

a parking lot,

a pink hotel,

a boutique,

a (swinging) hot spot

3.

Of the planet Jupiter’s 16 moons (or groups of moons) 4 are the giant moons discovered by Galileo in 1610.  Name 2 of them.

(2 from)

Ganymede,

Callisto,

Io,

Europa

4.

In addition to the moons of Jupiter in the previous question, there are 3 other moons with a diameter of 1,500 miles or more.  Name 2 of them and the planets they orbit.

(2 from)

Moon/Earth,

Titan/Saturn,

Triton/Neptune

5.

What is the name of the of area of North Lincolnshire between the 3 towns of Doncaster, Scunthorpe and Gainsborough, and the rivers Don (dividing it from Yorkshire), Idle (dividing it from Nottinghamshire) and Trent (separating it from the rest of Lincolnshire)?  It is the only part of Lincolnshire that is West of the Trent.  Its name recalls a time before it was drained, when its settlements were built on raised ground above the surrounding marshland.

The Isle of Axholme

6.

What name is common to the largest town in the Isle of Axholme and the eponymous Sleepiness Scale used to diagnose Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA)?  The town is known as the ‘Home of Methodism’, being the birthplace of John & Charles Wesley.

Epworth

(the Epworth Sleepiness Scale)

7.

Last month Virgin Trains was replaced by which company as the West Coast mainline operator ?

Avanti West Coast

(accept Avanti)

8.

On the Avanti roster there are 8 destination termini with at least 7 trains per day from London Euston.  Name 6 of them.

(6 from)

Birmingham,

Blackpool,

Chester,

Edinburgh,

Glasgow,

Holyhead,

Liverpool,

Manchester

Sp.

One of next weekend’s 4th-round FA Cup ties has been described as ‘tenants v landlords’.  Name the clubs involved and explain why the description is justified.

Coventry City and Birmingham City

(Coventry are drawn at ‘home’ but currently play all their ‘home’ games at St Andrews, the home of Birmingham City - a sad and outrageous state of affairs)

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ROUND 5 - Pairs

1.

Adapting an orchestral work written in 1942, the rock band Emerson, Lake and Palmer reached No.2 in the UK singles chart in 1977 with their version.  Name the piece and the name of the original composer.

Fanfare for the Common Man,

Aaron Copland

2.

Basing its melody on a choral work written in 1723, the Beach Boys reached No.6 in the UK singles chart in 1979 with this song.  Name it and the composer of the melody.

Lady Lynda

J S Bach

3.

In the periodic table the 7 alkali metals are arranged in descending order of increasing reactivity. Excluding the most stable, Hydrogen, name any one of the next 3 LESS reactive.

(one from)

Lithium,

Sodium,

Potassium

4.

In the periodic table the 6 alkaline earth metals are also arranged in descending order of increasing reactivity.  Name any one of the 3 of the LEAST reactive.

(one from)

Beryllium,

Magnesium,

Calcium

5.

Which town is the administrative HQ of Wiltshire County Council?

Trowbridge

6.

Which town is the administrative HQ of East Sussex County Council?

Lewes

7.

The Blind Beggar pub in Whitechapel, London is notorious for what grisly incident in 1966?  Give the names of both perpetrator and victim.

Ronnie Kray’s murder of George Cornell

(do not accept Reggie Kray)

8.

The Magdala Tavern pub in Hampstead, London was notorious for what grisly incident in 1955?  Give the names of both perpetrator and victim.

Ruth Ellis’s murder of her lover, David Blakely

Sp.

Swansea, Paisley, Stoke-on-Trent and Sunderland competed but lost.  Who won in 2017 and what did they win ?

Coventry, UK City of Culture 2021

(year required)

Go back to Round 5 questions without answers

ROUND 6 - Pairs

1.

East Dunbartonshire

2.

Name one of the two women under 25 elected on Dec 12th 2019

(one from)

Nadia Whittome,

(23, Nottingham East - Lab),

Nicola Richards

(24, W Bromwich East - Con)

3.

What would be the scrabble score for EGOMANIAC assuming no added value squares are used?

14

4.

Similarly, what would be the scrabble score for EGOCENTRIC?

15

5.

Identify the tragic hero who is the subject of these lines written in 1671 by John Milton:

"O dark dark amid the blaze of noon,
Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse,
Without all hope of day."

Samson (Agonistes)

6.

Identify the tragic hero who is the subject of these lines written in by Sophocles in 430 BC:

"So, you mock my blindness? Let me tell you this,
You with your precious eyes,
You’re blind to the corruption of your life,
To the house you live in, those you live with."

Oedipus (Rex)

7.

In the periodic table which element beginning with 'I', is the softest metal which is not an alkali metal and has an atomic number of 49?

Indium

8.

In the periodic table which element beginning with 'I', is a hard brittle metal which is the second densest and has an atomic number of 77?

Iridium

Sp1

Nelson lost his eye in 1794 during a siege on which Mediterranean island?

Corsica

Sp2

Which celebrity 'rat' lost his eye in an auto accident in 1954?

Sammy Davis Jnr

Go back to Round 6 questions without answers

ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

This Roman emperor, born Gaius Julius, was assassinated by order of the Praetorian Guard in 41 AD.  According to Suetonius, he governed well during his first year in office but descended into acts of violence and cruelty.  Who was he?

Caligula

2.

This 2nd century adoptive emperor was also a Stoic philosopher.  On his death in 180, rule passed to his son Commodus.  Who was he?

Marcus Aurelius

3.

This body of water lies on the Swiss-Austrian-German border.  Called Bodensee in German, how is it known in English?

Lake Constance

4.

What is the English name of the body of water known in Welsh as Llyn Tegid?

5.

Which Shakespearean character was the subject of Giuseppe Verdi’s last opera and featured in Gustav Holst’s opera At the Boar’s Head?

Sir John Falstaff

6.

Which Shakespeare play was the subject of an opera by Gounod, a ballet by Prokofiev and a 'fantasy overture' by Tchaikovsky?

Romeo and Juliet

7.

Only two transactinide elements are named after women (excluding mythological persons).  One is Curium, what is the other?  It has the symbol 'Mt'.

Meitnerium

8.

Only two transactinide elements are named after Polish-born people.  Curium is one, what is the other?  It has the symbol 'Cn'.

Copernicium

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ROUND 8 -

1.

Who played Captain Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Piece Jr in the 1970 film M*A*S*H?

Donald Sutherland

2.

Which company was founded in 1888 as an importer of tropical fruit, specialising in pineapples, melons and bananas?  The company is now Japanese-owned and based in Dublin.

Fyffe

3.

Which sitcom created by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft ran from 1984-1992 and featured the characters Yvette Carte-Blanche and Mimi Le Bonq?

'Allo 'Allo

4.

Who preceded Michael Gambon in the role of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series?

Richard Harris

5.

Which hydrocarbon, the 4th in the alkane series, has the formula C4H10?

Butane

6.

Which body of water, due south of New Zealand, separates West and East Antarctica?

Ross Sea

7.

What single name connects the following:

• a fiercely anti-royal MP for constituencies in Fife between 1950 and 1987,

• Irish-born conductor of the Halle Orchestra from 1920-33,

• David Pilditch, a DJ born in Manchester who has hosted over 12,000 radio shows and was given his nickname by Ken Dodd?

Hamilton

(Willie, Harty, David)

8.

What single name connects the following:

• Poet Laureate from 1968-72,

• artist – joint founder of the Vorticist movement,

• retail company founded on Oxford St, London in 1864?

Lewis

(Cecil Day, Wyndham, John)

Sp.

Which 1993 film is set on the fictional Isla Nublar - an island supposedly off the north-west coast of Costa Rica?

Jurassic Park

Theme: Each answer contains a reference to a Scottish location in recognition of the upcoming Burns Night celebrations

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