A message from the setters...

"We hope there is something for everyone - something old (apologies to the Testers and the Shrimps), something new (apologies to the Bards and the Albert), something borrowed (the occasional quiz classic) and something blue (we do like saucy humour).

Rounds have various formats described at start of each round.  Target combined score 75."

ROUND 1 - 'Carry On Thinking'

Each answer contains the surname of a performer who appeared in at least 10 of the Carry On' films

Beware of the usual trickery (soundalikes, spellalikes etc)

1.

Which character from science fiction, in a film version from 1980, uttered the line “Flash, Flash, I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save the earth!”?

2.

Which actor is the current Chancellor of the University of Ulster?  His roles have included Pontius Pilate in The Passion, Ivan Cooper in Bloody Sunday and Tommy Murphy in Murphy’s Law.

3.

Which computer game was designed by Will Wright, developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts?  Released for Microsoft Windows in February 2000 it sold 6.3 million copies within two years becoming the best-selling PC game at the time.

(BTW the setter has not a clue what this means)

4.

Now the fourth largest city in Poland and 2016 European Capital of Culture what was the German name of the city when it was the capital of Lower Silesia?

5.

Which actor is best remembered as Detective Sergeant John Watt in the police dramas Z Cars, Softly Softly and Softly Softly: Taskforce?  In later years he advertised life assurance on TV for the over 50s.  Now 92 he has yet to make a claim.

6.

Which Irish mixed martial arts fighter has the nickname 'The Notorious'?  In his debut boxing match his opponent was the undefeated champion, Floyd Mayweather, who won the contest on August 26th 2017.  It was a record purse at the time.

7.

Gustav Mahler used the melody of which popular children’s song (albeit in a minor rather than a major key) in the third movement of his First Symphony?

8.

Which bank was established in 1970 when the Royal Bank of Scotland merged its two subsidiaries in England and Wales?  In 1985 the bank was fully absorbed into the Royal Bank of Scotland and ceased to trade separately.

Sp.

Comedian and Thatcher voice impersonator, Janet Brown, who died in 2011 was married to which comic actor?

Go to Round 1 questions with answers

ROUND 2 - Hidden theme

1.

This cartoon, first aired in 1960, became the first primetime animated series.  Popular with children and adults alike it became the most successful animated series ever made until surpassed by The Simpsons many years later.  Name the TV series.

2.

This recording studio, founded by 2 brothers in 1959, became the world's first residential studio facility in 1965.  Among the many albums recorded here are (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, A Night at the Opera, and Kings of the Wild Frontier.  Name this studio.

3.

This tree, common in the UK, of the Sorbus genus is characterised by pinnate leaves with multiple leaflets and a silvery-grey bark.  It is favoured by birds for its brightly coloured berries.  Can you name the tree?

4.

What forename is common to the following people:

• a footballer born in 1958 who played for clubs including Stoke City, Spurs and Manchester United, and became the first black chairman of the PFA (Professional Footballer's Association)

• a comedic fictional character from TV and two films from 1992 and 1993

• a Country & Western singer who, due to albums such as Ropin' the Wind, is the second biggest selling album artist of all-time in the USA, with over 100 million sold?

5.

What term is common to:

• a series of chalk cliffs in the South Downs National Park

• a mythological group whose members include Maia, Electra, and Merope?

6.

Can you name the Derbyshire pottery company founded in 1809 initially manufacturing stoneware bottles?  They are best known today for china tableware although have recently expanded into glass and metal kitchenware.

7.

This American singer, real name Harold Jenkins, was born in Mississippi in 1933 and is best known for his duets with Loretta Lynn and the number one hit “It's Only Make Believe“. He opened an entertainment complex named after himself in 1982. Can you name this singer?

8.

At the battle of Balaklava the Light Brigade's commander reputedly misunderstood a communication from the British forces commander Lord Raglan to retake British artillery captured by the Russians, and instead mounted a fateful full frontal assault on a Russian artillery battery. Can you name him ?

Sp1

This American singer-songwriter and guitarist born in California drowned in the Mississippi in 1997 aged just 30.  He had a posthumous number one on iTunes with a cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.  Who was he?

Sp2

Which term is given to a group of diverse fungi that grow in the form of multicellular filaments called hyphae?

Go to Round 2 questions with answers

ROUND 3 - 'Tim's tour of Scottish islands'

1.

Which island is visible from the Forth Road Bridge and is connected to the mainland by a causeway negotiable at low tide?  It is frequently mentioned in the film, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, where Jean conducts her affair with Mr Gordon Lowther.

2.

The small island of Inch Kenneth which lies between Ulva and Mull is notorious for its association with a daughter of Lord Redesdale.  She shot herself in the head in 1939 and died in Oban in 1948. Who was she?  (full name required)

3.

Off which Outer Hebridean island did the 1941 shipwreck of the SS Politician provide the story for the Compton McKenzie comic novel and 1949 film Whisky Galore?

4.

Compton McKenzie purchased a small group of islands in the Minch in the Outer Hebrides.  Now owned by the Nicolson family, Adam Nicolson has written about the islands and their abundant bird life.  What are the islands called?

5.

This island lies in the St Kilda archipelago and is the most westerly point of the United Kingdom (apart from the disputed Rockall).  It is famous for a breed of sheep that have interbred for centuries.  Another island with the same name, formerly owned by author Gavin Maxwell, is found off Skye.

6.

This island is reached from Skye.  It was visited by Boswell and Johnson.  It has an iron mine, now flooded, which was worked by German POWs in WW1.  Composer Harrison Birtwistle lived there from 1975-83 and was inspired by island history and Gaelic culture.  Which island?

7.

Composer Peter Maxwell Davis lived here in Rackwick Bay drawing inspiration from the Orkney landscape.  An Old Man is over the headland to the north.  Which island?

8.

Which large island overlooks the Correyvreckan whirlpool?  George Orwell completed his novel 1984 here, and in 1994 the band KLF burned £1 million pounds in banknotes as an artistic project on the south side of the island.

Go to Round 3 questions with answers

ROUND 4 - Pairs

1.

Which comic polymath who died aged 50 in 1995 created the character Cupid Stunt, a 'B' film actress?  The original name of Mary Hinge was rejected by the BBC.

2.

Which comic polymath who died aged 56 in 2014 played the character Professor Adonis Cnut in the 2002 ITV sitcom Believe Nothing?  The actor claimed the name was devised in the hope that the Guardian newspaper would misprint it in reviews.

3.

The alleged tryst between Irish journalist Mary Kenny and a cabinet minister of Milton Obote’s government at a London party in 1973 led to the first use of which euphemism for sexual intercourse in Private Eye?

4.

'Tired and emotional' as a euphemism for being drunk was first used by Private Eye in 1963 to describe which deputy leader of the Labour party?

5.

Which child actress, born 1992, has graduated to a successful singer-songwriter career, with her third studio album Rare at No 1 on the US Billboard charts in January 2020?  In 2017 she had a kidney transplant because of renal failure due to the disease SLE (lupus).

6.

Which singer-songwriter, born 2001, won 5 Grammy Awards in January 2020?  Her debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? was US Billboard’s No 1 album for 2019.

7.

The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 was so massive it included the entirety of six present day states of the US (as well as partial territory for a further nine).  Name any two of the six states whose entire area was in the purchase.

8.

The Louisiana Purchase was so massive it even included parts of two future Canadian provinces (which were ceded the UK in future treaties).  Name either province.

Sp1

Which chemical element was described by Henry Cavendish as “inflammable air”?

Sp2

Who played Sheriff Will Kane’s wife in the classic Western High Noon?

Sp3

Briony Tallis is the lead character in which novel (and film) of Ian McEwan?

Sp4

By what names are the diseases Rubeola and Rubella better known?

Go to Round 4 questions with answers

ROUND 5 - Pairs

1.

Walter Morrison's invention of 1948 had various names initially, including 'The Pluto Platter'.  When he died in 2010 he was cremated and had his ashes incorporated into an example of his invention.  How is it better known?

2.

Discovered in 2015 near Folsom Prison in California this venomous creature was named Aphonopelma johnnycashi in honour of the late singer's song Folsom Prison Blues.  What type of creature is it?

3.

Where am I?  I am in an African country which become independent from the UK in 1961.  It has had a chequered history since with military rule on several occasions and a civil war.  It is informally known as 'Salone'.  It is reputed to be geometrically the most circular country in the world in shape.

4.

Where am I?  I am in an African country which although has a history stretching back millennia, in its modern form only gained a nominal independence from the British Empire in 1922.  It is the fourteenth most populous country in the world and is reputed to be geometrically the squarest country in the world.

5.

On the 17th of December 2019 Fallon Sherrock became the first female darts player to beat a male opponent at the PDO world championships.  Although she went on to win a second match who did she beat in that historic first match?

6.

In November 2019 Wayne Pivac succeeded his highly successful predecessor who had been in the post since November 2007.  Wayne Pivac currently holds what post?

7.

Which melon flavoured liqueur, due to its vibrant hue, is named after the Japanese word for green? It was introduced in New York City in 1978 at a party for the cast of Saturday Night Fever?

8.

This popular food product is known by various names across the world.  In Italy it is known as 'polpette', in Russia as 'tefteli', in Sweden as 'kottbullar' and in Spain as 'albondigas'.  How to do we know them in the UK?

Sp.

Which country is home to the greatest number of different languages with around 850?  This works out at approximately 10,000 speakers per language.

Go to Round 5 questions with answers

ROUND 6 - The name is the same or, at least, sounds the same

Many notable people have the same forename and surname; tell us what name is shared by each person from the descriptions given

1.

Southport born novelist whose works include Black Swan Green and The Bone Clocks;

 A comedian/game panellist and host married to a poker champion?

2.

Comic actor/panel game host who blotted his copy book in 2002;

The Nobel Prize winner for Economics in 2015?

3.

The Tory MP for Haltemprice and Howden;

The Tory MP for Monmouth who sometimes found himself invited to speak at meetings when the organisers actually wanted his more senior colleague, the former?

4.

Freelance crime reporter and investigative journalist, formerly with the Guardian, married to actress Julie Christie;

Investigative freelance journalist on intelligence, the security services and civil liberties, formerly with the New Statesman? 

(they are often credited for each other’s work!)

5.

Model born in 1974;

Author born in 1961 with several best sellers involving timeslip plots set in Carcassonne?

6.

Popular Radio DJ born in 1954;

Serial killer who strangled five women in Ipswich in 2006?

7.

20th Century leader of a national UK political party;

Cricketer who was an unexpected winner of BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1975?

8.

Tottenham player born 1962 who played for England in the 1986 World Cup (Soccer) finals tournament in Mexico;

Everton player born 1963 who also played for England in the 1986 World Cup (Soccer) finals tournament in Mexico?

Sp.

Actress who won two Best Actress Oscars in her career;

Name of Charlotte York’s dog in the comedy/drama Sex and the City?

Go to Round 6 questions with answers

ROUND 7 - 'Missing from the list'

Who or what is missing from the following lists?

You have to work out the theme of each list by yourself!

1.

... Isaiah, Jeremiah, BLANK, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea …

2.

Great Britain, Ireland, Lewis and Harris, BLANK, Mainland Shetland …

3.

… Spotlight, Moonlight, BLANK, Green Book, Parasite

4.

… Alan Williams, Peter Tapsell, BLANK, Kenneth Clarke, Peter Bottomley

5.

… Zach Johnson, BLANK, Jordan Spieth, Francesco Molinari, Shane Lowry

6.

Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, BLANK, Barack Obama

7.

… Gordon Brown, BLANK, George Osborne, Philip Hammond, Sajid Javid

8.

… Andy Murray, Andy Murray, BLANK, Geraint Thomas, Ben Stokes

Sp.

F, H, BLANK, W, Y

Go to Round 7 questions with answers

ROUND 8 - 'A Fruit Cocktail'

Each answer contains the name (or at least the sound of a name) of a fruit

1.

Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow have two children.  The boy is Moses.  What is the name of their daughter?

2.

Bob Geldof and Paula Yates had three children.  Fifi Trixibelle and Little Pixie were two of them.  Who was the middle child who sadly died at the age of 25?

3.

Which tenor was the professional and personal partner of composer Benjamin Britten for forty years until the latter’s death in 1976?

4.

Which dance studios were founded in London by Debbie Moore in 1979?

5.

Which fraternal society was founded after the victory of the Peep O’Day Boys over the Defenders at the Battle of the Diamond that took place on 21st September 1795?

6.

The Ulster-American Folk Park in County Tyrone is centred round the birthplace of the founder of an American banking dynasty.  He once said, “the only way to settle the Irish question would be to sink the island”.  What is his family name?

7.

Which Swedish singer-songwriter born in 1964 had a No 3 hit in the UK singles chart in 1988 with Buffalo Stance?  Her half brother Eagle-Eye is also a notable musician.

8.

For which film was Leonardo DiCaprio nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar in 1994 for his portrayal of a learning-disabled boy?

Go to Round 8 questions with answers

A message from the setters...

"We hope there is something for everyone - something old (apologies to the Testers and the Shrimps), something new (apologies to the Bards and the Albert), something borrowed (the occasional quiz classic) and something blue (we do like saucy humour).

Rounds have various formats described at start of each round.  Target combined score 75."

ROUND 1 - 'Carry On Thinking'

Each answer contains the surname of a performer who appeared in at least 10 of the Carry On' films

Beware of the usual trickery (soundalikes, spellalikes etc)

1.

Which character from science fiction, in a film version from 1980, uttered the line “Flash, Flash, I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save the earth!”?

Dale Arden

(Jim Dale: 11 films)

2.

Which actor is the current Chancellor of the University of Ulster?  His roles have included Pontius Pilate in The Passion, Ivan Cooper in Bloody Sunday and Tommy Murphy in Murphy’s Law.

James Nesbitt

(Sid James: 19 films)

3.

Which computer game was designed by Will Wright, developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts?  Released for Microsoft Windows in February 2000 it sold 6.3 million copies within two years becoming the best-selling PC game at the time.

(BTW the setter has not a clue what this means)

The Sims

(Joan Sims: 24 films)

4.

Now the fourth largest city in Poland and 2016 European Capital of Culture what was the German name of the city when it was the capital of Lower Silesia?

Breslau

(Bernard Bresslaw: 14 films)

5.

Which actor is best remembered as Detective Sergeant John Watt in the police dramas Z Cars, Softly Softly and Softly Softly: Taskforce?  In later years he advertised life assurance on TV for the over 50s.  Now 92 he has yet to make a claim.

Frank Windsor

(Barbara Windsor: 10 films)

6.

Which Irish mixed martial arts fighter has the nickname 'The Notorious'?  In his debut boxing match his opponent was the undefeated champion, Floyd Mayweather, who won the contest on August 26th 2017.  It was a record purse at the time.

Conor McGregor

(Kenneth Connor: 17 films)

7.

Gustav Mahler used the melody of which popular children’s song (albeit in a minor rather than a major key) in the third movement of his First Symphony?

Frere Jacques

(Hattie Jacques: 14 films)

8.

Which bank was established in 1970 when the Royal Bank of Scotland merged its two subsidiaries in England and Wales?  In 1985 the bank was fully absorbed into the Royal Bank of Scotland and ceased to trade separately.

Williams and Glyn’s

(Kenneth Williams: 25 films)

Sp.

Comedian and Thatcher voice impersonator, Janet Brown, who died in 2011 was married to which comic actor?

Peter Butterworth

(Peter Butterworth: 16 films)

Note: Charles Hawtrey was in 23 films – but was even more difficult to fit into a question than Peter Butterworth!

ROUND 2 - Hidden theme

1.

This cartoon, first aired in 1960, became the first primetime animated series.  Popular with children and adults alike it became the most successful animated series ever made until surpassed by The Simpsons many years later.  Name the TV series.

The Flintstones

2.

This recording studio, founded by 2 brothers in 1959, became the world's first residential studio facility in 1965.  Among the many albums recorded here are (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, A Night at the Opera, and Kings of the Wild Frontier.  Name this studio.

3.

This tree, common in the UK, of the Sorbus genus is characterised by pinnate leaves with multiple leaflets and a silvery-grey bark.  It is favoured by birds for its brightly coloured berries.  Can you name the tree?

Mountain Ash

(accept 'Rowan' but say that the connection to the theme is given by 'Mountain Ash')

4.

What forename is common to the following people:

• a footballer born in 1958 who played for clubs including Stoke City, Spurs and Manchester United, and became the first black chairman of the PFA (Professional Footballer's Association)

• a comedic fictional character from TV and two films from 1992 and 1993

• a Country & Western singer who, due to albums such as Ropin' the Wind, is the second biggest selling album artist of all-time in the USA, with over 100 million sold?

Garth

(Crooks, Algar and Brooks)

5.

What term is common to:

• a series of chalk cliffs in the South Downs National Park

• a mythological group whose members include Maia, Electra, and Merope?

Seven Sisters

(latter group also known as The Pleiades)

6.

Can you name the Derbyshire pottery company founded in 1809 initially manufacturing stoneware bottles?  They are best known today for china tableware although have recently expanded into glass and metal kitchenware.

Denby (Pottery)

7.

This American singer, real name Harold Jenkins, was born in Mississippi in 1933 and is best known for his duets with Loretta Lynn and the number one hit “It's Only Make Believe“. He opened an entertainment complex named after himself in 1982. Can you name this singer?

Conway Twitty

8.

At the battle of Balaklava the Light Brigade's commander reputedly misunderstood a communication from the British forces commander Lord Raglan to retake British artillery captured by the Russians, and instead mounted a fateful full frontal assault on a Russian artillery battery. Can you name him ?

Lord Cardigan

Sp1

This American singer-songwriter and guitarist born in California drowned in the Mississippi in 1997 aged just 30.  He had a posthumous number one on iTunes with a cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.  Who was he?

Jeff Buckley

Sp2

Which term is given to a group of diverse fungi that grow in the form of multicellular filaments called hyphae?

Mould

Theme: Each answer contained the name of a Welsh town or village

Go back to Round 2 questions without answers

ROUND 3 - 'Tim's tour of Scottish islands'

1.

Which island is visible from the Forth Road Bridge and is connected to the mainland by a causeway negotiable at low tide?  It is frequently mentioned in the film, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, where Jean conducts her affair with Mr Gordon Lowther.

2.

The small island of Inch Kenneth which lies between Ulva and Mull is notorious for its association with a daughter of Lord Redesdale.  She shot herself in the head in 1939 and died in Oban in 1948. Who was she?  (full name required)

3.

Off which Outer Hebridean island did the 1941 shipwreck of the SS Politician provide the story for the Compton McKenzie comic novel and 1949 film Whisky Galore?

4.

Compton McKenzie purchased a small group of islands in the Minch in the Outer Hebrides.  Now owned by the Nicolson family, Adam Nicolson has written about the islands and their abundant bird life.  What are the islands called?

5.

This island lies in the St Kilda archipelago and is the most westerly point of the United Kingdom (apart from the disputed Rockall).  It is famous for a breed of sheep that have interbred for centuries.  Another island with the same name, formerly owned by author Gavin Maxwell, is found off Skye.

6.

This island is reached from Skye.  It was visited by Boswell and Johnson.  It has an iron mine, now flooded, which was worked by German POWs in WW1.  Composer Harrison Birtwistle lived there from 1975-83 and was inspired by island history and Gaelic culture.  Which island?

7.

Composer Peter Maxwell Davis lived here in Rackwick Bay drawing inspiration from the Orkney landscape.  An Old Man is over the headland to the north.  Which island?

8.

Which large island overlooks the Correyvreckan whirlpool?  George Orwell completed his novel 1984 here, and in 1994 the band KLF burned £1 million pounds in banknotes as an artistic project on the south side of the island.

Go back to Round 3 questions without answers

ROUND 4 - Pairs

1.

Which comic polymath who died aged 50 in 1995 created the character Cupid Stunt, a 'B' film actress?  The original name of Mary Hinge was rejected by the BBC.

Kenny Everett

2.

Which comic polymath who died aged 56 in 2014 played the character Professor Adonis Cnut in the 2002 ITV sitcom Believe Nothing?  The actor claimed the name was devised in the hope that the Guardian newspaper would misprint it in reviews.

Rik Mayall

3.

The alleged tryst between Irish journalist Mary Kenny and a cabinet minister of Milton Obote’s government at a London party in 1973 led to the first use of which euphemism for sexual intercourse in Private Eye?

'Ugandan Discussions'

4.

'Tired and emotional' as a euphemism for being drunk was first used by Private Eye in 1963 to describe which deputy leader of the Labour party?

George Brown

5.

Which child actress, born 1992, has graduated to a successful singer-songwriter career, with her third studio album Rare at No 1 on the US Billboard charts in January 2020?  In 2017 she had a kidney transplant because of renal failure due to the disease SLE (lupus).

Selena Gomez

6.

Which singer-songwriter, born 2001, won 5 Grammy Awards in January 2020?  Her debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? was US Billboard’s No 1 album for 2019.

Billy Eilish

7.

The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 was so massive it included the entirety of six present day states of the US (as well as partial territory for a further nine).  Name any two of the six states whose entire area was in the purchase.

(two from)

Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas,Oklahoma, Nebraska

8.

The Louisiana Purchase was so massive it even included parts of two future Canadian provinces (which were ceded the UK in future treaties).  Name either province.

(either)

Alberta

(or)

Saskatchewan

Sp1

Which chemical element was described by Henry Cavendish as “inflammable air”?

Hydrogen

Sp2

Who played Sheriff Will Kane’s wife in the classic Western High Noon?

Grace Kelly

Sp3

Briony Tallis is the lead character in which novel (and film) of Ian McEwan?

Atonement

Sp4

By what names are the diseases Rubeola and Rubella better known?

Measles and German measles respectively

Go back to Round 4 questions without answers

ROUND 5 - Pairs

1.

Walter Morrison's invention of 1948 had various names initially, including 'The Pluto Platter'.  When he died in 2010 he was cremated and had his ashes incorporated into an example of his invention.  How is it better known?

Frisbee

2.

Discovered in 2015 near Folsom Prison in California this venomous creature was named Aphonopelma johnnycashi in honour of the late singer's song Folsom Prison Blues.  What type of creature is it?

Tarantula

(accept Spider)

3.

Where am I?  I am in an African country which become independent from the UK in 1961.  It has had a chequered history since with military rule on several occasions and a civil war.  It is informally known as 'Salone'.  It is reputed to be geometrically the most circular country in the world in shape.

Sierra Leone

4.

Where am I?  I am in an African country which although has a history stretching back millennia, in its modern form only gained a nominal independence from the British Empire in 1922.  It is the fourteenth most populous country in the world and is reputed to be geometrically the squarest country in the world.

Egypt

5.

On the 17th of December 2019 Fallon Sherrock became the first female darts player to beat a male opponent at the PDO world championships.  Although she went on to win a second match who did she beat in that historic first match?

Ted Evetts

6.

In November 2019 Wayne Pivac succeeded his highly successful predecessor who had been in the post since November 2007.  Wayne Pivac currently holds what post?

Coach for the Wales Rugby Union Team

7.

Which melon flavoured liqueur, due to its vibrant hue, is named after the Japanese word for green? It was introduced in New York City in 1978 at a party for the cast of Saturday Night Fever?

Midori

8.

This popular food product is known by various names across the world.  In Italy it is known as 'polpette', in Russia as 'tefteli', in Sweden as 'kottbullar' and in Spain as 'albondigas'.  How to do we know them in the UK?

Meatballs

Sp.

Which country is home to the greatest number of different languages with around 850?  This works out at approximately 10,000 speakers per language.

Papua New Guinea

Go back to Round 5 questions without answers

ROUND 6 - The name is the same or, at least, sounds the same

Many notable people have the same forename and surname; tell us what name is shared by each person from the descriptions given

Note that variations in spelling are allowed e.g. the question 'Victorian royal servant' (Ans: John Brown) and 'Former BP CEO' (Ans: John Browne)

1.

Southport born novelist whose works include Black Swan Green and The Bone Clocks;

 A comedian/game panellist and host married to a poker champion?

David Mitchell;

David Mitchell

2.

Comic actor/panel game host who blotted his copy book in 2002;

The Nobel Prize winner for Economics in 2015?

Angus Deayton;

Angus Deaton

3.

The Tory MP for Haltemprice and Howden;

The Tory MP for Monmouth who sometimes found himself invited to speak at meetings when the organisers actually wanted his more senior colleague, the former?

David Davies

4.

Freelance crime reporter and investigative journalist, formerly with the Guardian, married to actress Julie Christie;

Investigative freelance journalist on intelligence, the security services and civil liberties, formerly with the New Statesman? 

(they are often credited for each other’s work!)

Duncan Campbell;

Duncan Campbell

5.

Model born in 1974;

Author born in 1961 with several best sellers involving timeslip plots set in Carcassonne?

Kate Mosse

6.

Popular Radio DJ born in 1954;

Serial killer who strangled five women in Ipswich in 2006?

Steve Wright

7.

20th Century leader of a national UK political party;

Cricketer who was an unexpected winner of BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1975?

David Steele

8.

Tottenham player born 1962 who played for England in the 1986 World Cup (Soccer) finals tournament in Mexico;

Everton player born 1963 who also played for England in the 1986 World Cup (Soccer) finals tournament in Mexico?

Gary Stevens

Sp.

Actress who won two Best Actress Oscars in her career;

Name of Charlotte York’s dog in the comedy/drama Sex and the City?

Elizabeth Taylor

Go back to Round 6 questions without answers

ROUND 7 - 'Missing from the list'

Who or what is missing from the following lists?

You have to work out the theme of each list by yourself!

1.

... Isaiah, Jeremiah, BLANK, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea …

Lamentations

(List of Old Testament Books in King James Bible)

2.

Great Britain, Ireland, Lewis and Harris, BLANK, Mainland Shetland …

Isle of Skye

(Islands of the British Isles in descending order of area)

3.

… Spotlight, Moonlight, BLANK, Green Book, Parasite

The Shape of Water

(the five most recent Best Film Oscars)

4.

… Alan Williams, Peter Tapsell, BLANK, Kenneth Clarke, Peter Bottomley

Gerald Kaufman

(the five most recent 'Fathers of the House')

5.

… Zach Johnson, BLANK, Jordan Spieth, Francesco Molinari, Shane Lowry

Henrik Stenson

(the five most recent Open Golf Champions)

6.

Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, BLANK, Barack Obama

Jimmy Carter

(US Presidents who won the Nobel Peace Prize)

7.

… Gordon Brown, BLANK, George Osborne, Philip Hammond, Sajid Javid

Alistair Darling

(the five most recent Chancellors of the Exchequer)

8.

… Andy Murray, Andy Murray, BLANK, Geraint Thomas, Ben Stokes

Mo Farah

(most recent BBC Sports Personality of the Year winners)

Sp.

F, H, BLANK, W, Y

V

(tiles in Scrabble worth 4 points)

Go back to Round 7 questions without answers

ROUND 8 - 'A Fruit Cocktail'

Each answer contains the name (or at least the sound of a name) of a fruit

1.

Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow have two children.  The boy is Moses.  What is the name of their daughter?

Apple

2.

Bob Geldof and Paula Yates had three children.  Fifi Trixibelle and Little Pixie were two of them.  Who was the middle child who sadly died at the age of 25?

Peaches Honeyblossom

(accept Peaches)

3.

Which tenor was the professional and personal partner of composer Benjamin Britten for forty years until the latter’s death in 1976?

Peter Pears

4.

Which dance studios were founded in London by Debbie Moore in 1979?

Pineapple (Studios)

5.

Which fraternal society was founded after the victory of the Peep O’Day Boys over the Defenders at the Battle of the Diamond that took place on 21st September 1795?

6.

The Ulster-American Folk Park in County Tyrone is centred round the birthplace of the founder of an American banking dynasty.  He once said, “the only way to settle the Irish question would be to sink the island”.  What is his family name?

7.

Which Swedish singer-songwriter born in 1964 had a No 3 hit in the UK singles chart in 1988 with Buffalo Stance?  Her half brother Eagle-Eye is also a notable musician.

8.

For which film was Leonardo DiCaprio nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar in 1994 for his portrayal of a learning-disabled boy?

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