Withington Pub Quiz League - questions 04/03/20

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WithQuiz League paper 04/03/20	Set by: The Opsimaths	QotW: R7/Q2
Average Aggregate Score: 82.4 (Season's Ave. Agg.: 76.5)	"Good effort by the setter. There were very few unanswered and a fair number of questions which required conferring. It was an interesting tweak to have the run on round answers in foreign languages." "The first half of the quiz was rather a slog but things picked up later."

ROUND 1 - Travel

Paired questions on travel agencies, hotel chains, airlines and insurance

Known by its acronym, this is the largest leisure, travel and tourism company in the world. What is this acronym, which is also the name of a large honeyeater bird from New Zealand?

Stuart Hall was the presenter of It’s a Knockout and Jeux Sans Frontières in the 1970’s and 1980’s. In 1981, he launched a travel agency in Manchester city centre, but had to change its name, when the acronym caused offence. What was the travel agency’s original name?

This company has nearly 600 hotels and resorts in 85 countries. Its eponymous founder died in 1979, and his last words were "Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub". What is this hotel and resort brand called?

This hotel group operates 38 hotels in the UK (including one in Manchester), four in Ireland, and one in Prague. Its eponymous founder opened his first boarding house in Dublin in 1881. What is this hotel chain called?

‘Largest airline in the world’ can be defined in several ways. Which is the largest by its fleet size, revenue and passengers carried?

In terms of number of routes served, American Airlines is the world’s second largest with 1,106 routes. With 1,831 routes, which is the world’s largest? Hint: It’s a European airline.

Every UK travel company which sells overseas holidays and flights is required to hold an ATOL licence. This ensures that, if a company ceases trading for whatever reason, customers are not stranded abroad or do not lose money already paid to the company. What does ATOL stand for?

An EHIC is free of charge. It entitles anyone covered by a statutory social security scheme to free or reduced cost medical treatment, in state-run hospitals in EU countries and in Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. What does EHIC stand for?

Sp1

Launched in April 2018, the world’s largest cruise ship is 1,188 feet long, with 18 decks, is about the height of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and is registered at 228,081 tons. What is it called?

Sp2

Currently, the longest train service in the UK is 785 miles. Starting in Aberdeen, there is a train tomorrow at 8.20am. With no changes, it takes about 13hrs 15mins to get to where?

Go to Round 1 questions with answers

ROUND 2 - Pairs

Q1 is paired with Q8, Q2 with Q7, etc.

When the term came into official use, five days after he took office in 1905, who was the first ‘First Lord of the Treasury’ to be officially called ‘Prime Minister’?

On April 19th 1993, a 51-day siege near Waco in Texas ended with an FBI assault during which the Mount Carmel Center burned down. Which cult leader was found dead after the fire with 79 others? (surname only will do)

He was a ‘welcome’ addition to his family in 1500 and died in 1571. He was one of the most important artists of Mannerism. He was famed for his sculptures, such as Perseus with the Head of Medusa and for decorative pieces. Who was he?

After it opened, which London landmark was quickly nicknamed ‘The Wibbly-Wobbly’?

According to some people ‘psygod wibli wobli’ is Welsh slang for which creature?

Known for his dramatic use of chiaroscuro, Michelangelo Merisi was born in 1571 and died in 1610. In David with the Head of Goliath he painted himself as the head. By what name is this formative influence on Baroque painting better known?

On November 18th 1978, 909 people died at the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project in Guyana. All but two died of cyanide poisoning. Who was the cult leader who inspired this ‘revolutionary suicide’? (surname only will do)

After being elected in November 1922, who was the last Prime Minister whose responsibilities covered both Britain and the whole of Ireland?

Sp1

According to Josephus, in 74 AD, 960 members of the Sicarii Jewish community committed suicide rather than be conquered and enslaved by the Romans. Where in Israel did this mass-suicide take place?

Sp2

The Manchester East constituency was created in 1885 and abolished in 1918. Who represented this constituency from 1885 to 1906, and was the only MP from Manchester ever to be Prime Minister?

Go to Round 2 questions with answers

ROUND 3 - Sports and Games

During 2013/2014, this snooker player became the first and still only player to make 100 centuries in a single season. Now with 18 ranking titles, who is the most successful snooker player from outside the UK?

FIDE instituted the men’s World Championship in 1948. The Soviet Union and then Russia dominated until 2000, apart from Bobby Fischer of the USA in 1972-1975. The current World Champion is Magnus Carlsen from Norway. Name any one of the four other countries that have spawned a men’s World Chess Champion.

Since 2012, the United States Grand Prix, which is part of the Formula One World Championship, has been held at the Circuit of the Americas. In which state capital is this circuit?

In April 2019, Black Dog Boozers reached the World Championship final for a 20th time, and won it for the 13th time. While they equalled the number of finals reached by the Telcon/Toucon Terribles, they are still behind the Terribles’ 19 wins. Which game or sport are we talking about?

Which two initials are missing are missing from this list: GK, GD, WD, C, WA, and GA?

David Mealey of Denton is supposedly the only person in the world still making Manchester Log End Dartboards. He handcrafts up to 400 a year. Compared to the standard board, it is smaller, all black, and has the numbers arranged differently. What is the other main difference?

In tennis, what is the minimum number of strokes a player needs to make to win a set?

Which team lost the FA Cup on September 11th 1895, and also lost the European Cup on May 27th 1982?

Sp1

In the 1904 Olympics, George Eyser of the USA won three gold medals (parallel bars, long horse vault, and 25-foot rope climbing), two silver (pommel horse, and 4-event all-around), and one bronze (horizontal bar). Aside from winning all six medals on a single day, what made his wins particularly remarkable?

Sp2

In footballing terms, which of the following is the odd one out, and why: Niels Bohr, Albert Camus, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Dmitri Shostakovich?

Sp3

Which sport did Michael McIntyre liken to: "Tossing off a man behind you"?

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ROUND 4 - Bingo - 'Slough Town FC'

Slough Town FC play in the National League South, formerly the Conference South.

In this round, each player needs to pick a question about another town, which has a team in this League.

Bath City FC:
Following the death of a girl in 1978 who contracted meningitis, it is now forbidden to swim in the Roman Baths. On May 17th 2019 however, two members of which group entered the water?

Billericay Town FC:
Name the 1987-2001 Billericay MP who was a leading figure in rebellions over the Maastricht Treaty that nearly brought down John Major’s government, and who stood down after accusing the Commons Standards and Privileges committee of sexism.

Chelmsford City FC:
Born in Chelmsford on March 24th 1960, which Turner Prize winning artist has a teddy bear named ‘Alan Measles’?

Eastbourne Borough FC:
He attended Eastbourne College. In 1895, he climbed various peaks in the Bernese Alps, including the Eiger, and the Jungfrau. In 1905, he led the first, but unsuccessful, attempt to climb Kangchenjunga, the world’s third highest mountain. He died in 1947. Who was he? Hint: the popular press denounced him as a Satanist, and ‘the wickedest man in the world’.

Hemel Hempstead Town FC:
Born in Hemel Hempstead in 1851, which archaeologist and pioneer in the study of Aegean civilization in the Bronze Age, is famous for excavating the palace of Knossos on Crete?

Oxford City FC:
Born in Oxford in 1893, she considered her translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy to be her best work. She is however better known for her mysteries written in the 1920’s and 30’s. Who was she?

St Albans City FC:
He was an advisor to Elizabeth I, and served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor to James I. He was created Viscount St Alban in 1621. After stuffing a chicken with snow, in an experiment on preserving meat, he died of pneumonia in 1626, and was buried in St Albans. Who was he?

Welling United FC:

Born in nearby Bexleyheath in 1958, and brought up in Welling, who was the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a self-written song?

Weymouth FC:

Living in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, he worked on the Manchester comedy circuit, before he became well-known for hosting The Friday Night Project with Justin Lee Collins from 2006 to 2009. In 2019, he was a judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK and, in 2020, he will present his own Epic Gameshow. Which comedian was born in Weymouth in 1976?

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ROUND 5 - Keep It in the Family

A round about family connections

Emil Jellinek was a wealthy automobile entrepreneur. In 1900, while living in Nice, he commissioned a car from Daimler. He laid down strict design specifications, and stated "I don't want a car for today or tomorrow, it will be the car of the day after tomorrow". What was his daughter’s name?

Ada Lovelace was a mathematician and writer. Because of her 1843 algorithm for Babbage’s Analytical Engine, she is often cited as the first computer programmer. She was also the only legitimate child of which ‘dangerous’ father?

Who was Charles Darwin’s maternal grandfather, who did more than just potter around?

Which author, who might be 'a better man than I am', was Stanley Baldwin’s cousin?

W H Auden was a homosexual, but, in 1935, he embarked on an unconsummated marriage of convenience, giving his ‘wife’ a British passport to escape the Nazis. Who was Auden’s father-in-law, who didn’t die in Venice?

In Lisztomania, Franz Liszt’s son-in-law is portrayed as a vampire threatening to steal his music. Who is the son-in law, whose works have some wonderful moments, and who did die in Venice?

David Tennant (the 10th Doctor Who) met Georgia Moffett on the set of the Doctor Who episode The Doctor’s Daughter, where she played the Doctor’s daughter. After they got married, she gave birth to a daughter. Which ‘Doctor’ is Georgia Moffett’s father?

16.5 million Ford Model T’s were sold between 1908 and 1927. Much less successful was the car named after Henry Ford’s son. Manufactured from 1958 to 1960, the Ford Motor Company lost $250 million on development, manufacturing, and marketing. What was the Henry Ford’s son called?

Sp1

Actor Liam Neeson was married from 1994, until his wife Natasha’s death in a 2009 skiing accident. His mother-in-law was in a long-term relationship with Timothy Dalton from 1971 to 1986. Who was she?

Sp2

The Marquess of Salisbury served as Prime Minister three times for a total of over thirteen years, before finally relinquishing the premiership to his declarative nephew in 1902. Who was the nephew?

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ROUND 6 - Science and Technology Pairs

This element was discovered in 1772. Antoine Lavoisier suggested the name ‘azote’, from the Greek, meaning ‘no life’. By what name is this element now known?

This element was first produced in 1824. The first sculpture in the world to be cast in this metal was The Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, also (mistakenly) known as Eros. Which element is this?

Which is the only muscle that isn't connected to bone at both ends

Which is the only bone in the body unattached to any other bone, except distantly by muscles or ligaments?

The son of an antiquarian book dealer in Cheetham Hill, he entered Owens College, aged 14. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1906, partly for showing that cathode rays in electrified gases were composed of ‘negative corpuscles’, later known as electrons. Who was he? (surname will do)

Name either of the two people who, while working at the University of Manchester, shared the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics ‘for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene’. (either surname will do)

This app originally required access to a Facebook account to use, but, in August 2019, it began allowing users to register with just a telephone number. Which app has made more than 8 billion matches since it was launched in 2012?

Which UK social networking website, conceived by Steve and Julie Pankhurst, and Jason Porter, was officially launched in June 2000? The site closed in February 2016.

Sp1

Which mathematician is possibly best known for his work on elements in 1959, and uses for cyanide in 1953 and 1959?

Sp2

This Northern Irish group had a UK No. 1 hit with Things Can Only Get Better in 1994. The song was later used by the Labour Party in the 1997 General Election. Name the band and the physicist who played keyboards for them for several years.

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ROUND 7 - Foreign Language Run-Ons

The last word or last syllable or two of the first answer begins the second answer.

To make it a bit more difficult all the answers (except the spare) are in foreign languages.

Definite or indefinite articles are ignored

Originating in French cafés and bars in about 1910, which hot sandwich is made with ham and cheese, and topped with a poached or fried egg?

Who is the ringleader of the ‘tricoteuses’ in Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities?

Which literary character is a poor woodcutter who discovers a secret thieves’ den, and opens it with a magic phrase?

Which Levantine appetizer consists of mashed aubergine mixed with tahini, olive oil, possibly lemon juice, and various seasonings?

Which German slogan appeared first at Dachau concentration camp?

Which old university town, known as the ‘Jewel of the Black Forest’, was founded as a free market town in 1120?

Also called ‘wushu’ or ‘quanfa’, which Chinese term originally referred to any discipline or skill achieved through hard work and practice, but now generally refers to Chinese martial arts?

Which fictional moustachioed criminal and mad scientist was created by Sax Rohmer in 1913?

Who comes next in this list: Conservatives, Labour, SNP, Lib Dems, DUP, Sinn Féin?

Only one of the five Guards regiments does not have a Knightly Order badge on its logo. Instead it has a plant. What regimental motto surrounds that plant?

Born in Switzerland in 1875, he created concepts such as synchronicity, archetypal phenomena, and the collective unconscious. He died in 1961. Who was he? (first and last name required)

At 13,642 feet, which mountain in the Bernese Alps is also the German name for one of the signs of the Zodiac?

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari was published in English in 2014. The sequel, subtitled A Brief History of Tomorrow, was published here in 2016. What was its main title?

What three-word Latin phrase is applied to a theatrical plot device, whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is suddenly and abruptly resolved by an unexpected and unlikely occurrence?

At least 10 of these creatures are named in Greek and Roman mythology, including Brontes, Steropes and Arges, but perhaps Polyphemus is the best known of which type of creature?

Which word, derived from the Greek, means ‘a person who begins, or continues, to study or learn late in life’?

Sp.

Made into film versions in 1956 and 2004, which adventure novel was first published in 1872?

Based on a 1958 screenplay, which 1962 drama film starred Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick?

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ROUND 8 - The Final Round

All the answers in this round have an air of finality about them

In 1939, Clark Gable for Gone with the Wind, Laurence Olivier for Wuthering Heights, James Stewart for Mr Smith Goes to Washington and Mickey Rooney for Babes in Arms were all nominated for the Best Actor Oscar, but for which film did a local actor win the award?

The lyrics of the theme song for the movie and TV series M*A*S*H were reputedly written by the film director’s 14-year old son Michael Altman in five minutes. What is the name of the theme song?

DI Richard Poole, DI Humphrey Goodman, DI Jack Mooney and now DI Neville Parker have been the main characters in which BBC1 British-French crime drama series? (the English or French title will do)

These manuscripts were found between 1946 and 1956 in caves in the Judean Desert. The dominant theory is that they were produced by a Jewish sect called the Essenes. What are the manuscripts commonly called?

The Book of Winchester is an 11th century Latin manuscript held in the National Archives at Kew, London. Penguin Books printed a single volume translation in 2002. By what name is this manuscript commonly known?

This town was founded in 1879. By 1881, it had four churches, two banks, a school, 110 saloons, 14 gambling halls, numerous dance halls and brothels, and an ice cream parlour. It is famed for a shootout that took place in an empty lot on Fremont Street in that year. What is the town called?

What is the name of the final book of the Chronicles of Narnia series?

This is the second book in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy by Douglas Adams. Its title refers to Milliways, where the main characters reunite and also find Marvin, who has been working as a parking attendant. What is the book called?

Sp1

This 2013 sci-fi comedy, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, is the final film in the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, after Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. It follows a group of friends on a pub crawl, who discover an alien invasion. Named after the last pub of the pub crawl, what is this film called?

Sp2

The Doors released a song in January 1967. Another song, with the same title, was released by the Beatles in September 1969. What was the title?

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ROUND 1 - Travel

Paired questions on travel agencies, hotel chains, airlines and insurance

Known by its acronym, this is the largest leisure, travel and tourism company in the world. What is this acronym, which is also the name of a large honeyeater bird from New Zealand?

TUI

(short for 'Touristik Union International')

Stuart Hall International Travel

Hilton Hotels & Resorts

(formerly Hilton Hotels - named after Conrad Hilton)

Jury's Inn

(named after William Jury)

‘Largest airline in the world’ can be defined in several ways. Which is the largest by its fleet size, revenue and passengers carried?

American Airlines

In terms of number of routes served, American Airlines is the world’s second largest with 1,106 routes. With 1,831 routes, which is the world’s largest? Hint: It’s a European airline.

Ryanair

Air Travel Organiser’s Licence

European Health Insurance Card

Sp1

Launched in April 2018, the world’s largest cruise ship is 1,188 feet long, with 18 decks, is about the height of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and is registered at 228,081 tons. What is it called?

Symphony of the Seas

Sp2

Currently, the longest train service in the UK is 785 miles. Starting in Aberdeen, there is a train tomorrow at 8.20am. With no changes, it takes about 13hrs 15mins to get to where?

Penzance

Go back to Round 1 questions without answers

ROUND 2 - Pairs

Q1 is paired with Q8, Q2 with Q7, etc.

When the term came into official use, five days after he took office in 1905, who was the first ‘First Lord of the Treasury’ to be officially called ‘Prime Minister’?

Henry Campbell-Bannerman

(David) Koresh

(of the Branch Davidians; Davidian refers to their belief in the restoration of the Davidic Kingdom of Israel)

Benvenuto Cellini

After it opened, which London landmark was quickly nicknamed ‘The Wibbly-Wobbly’?

The Millennium Bridge

According to some people ‘psygod wibli wobli’ is Welsh slang for which creature?

Jellyfish

Caravaggio

(Jim) Jones

(the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project is better known as ‘Jonestown’)

After being elected in November 1922, who was the last Prime Minister whose responsibilities covered both Britain and the whole of Ireland?

Andrew Bonar Law

(the Irish Free State was established in December 1922)

Sp1

According to Josephus, in 74 AD, 960 members of the Sicarii Jewish community committed suicide rather than be conquered and enslaved by the Romans. Where in Israel did this mass-suicide take place?

Masada

Sp2

The Manchester East constituency was created in 1885 and abolished in 1918. Who represented this constituency from 1885 to 1906, and was the only MP from Manchester ever to be Prime Minister?

Arthur Balfour

(PM 1902-1905)

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ROUND 3 - Sports and Games

Neil Robertson

(from Australia, aka ‘The Thunder from Down Under’)

(one from)

India, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, or Bulgaria

(Viswanathan Anand 2000-2002 & 2007-2013;

Ruslan Ponomariov 2002-2004;

Rustam Kasimzhanov 2004-2005;

Veselin Topalov 2005-2006)

Since 2012, the United States Grand Prix, which is part of the Formula One World Championship, has been held at the Circuit of the Americas. In which state capital is this circuit?

Austin

(Texas)

Marbles

Which two initials are missing are missing from this list: GK, GD, WD, C, WA, and GA?

(for Goal Shooter in netball)

No trebles

In tennis, what is the minimum number of strokes a player needs to make to win a set?

(your opponent double-faults on every service that he makes in his three service games, and you serve four aces on each of your three service games)

Which team lost the FA Cup on September 11th 1895, and also lost the European Cup on May 27th 1982?

Aston Villa

(the original FA Cup was stolen while on display at football equipment shop in Birmingham, and the European Cup was stolen from a pub near Tamworth as players celebrated with fans)

Sp1

He had a wooden leg

(he’d lost his left leg after being run over by a train)

Sp2

In footballing terms, which of the following is the odd one out, and why: Niels Bohr, Albert Camus, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Dmitri Shostakovich?

Shostakovich, because he was a qualified referee

(all the others were goalkeepers)

Sp3

Which sport did Michael McIntyre liken to: "Tossing off a man behind you"?

Snooker

(just watch a person bending down at the table, lining up his shot!)

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ROUND 4 - Bingo - 'Slough Town FC'

Slough Town FC play in the National League South, formerly the Conference South.

In this round, each player needs to pick a question about another town, which has a team in this League.

Extinction Rebellion

Teresa Gorman

Chelmsford City FC:
Born in Chelmsford on March 24th 1960, which Turner Prize winning artist has a teddy bear named ‘Alan Measles’?

Grayson Perry

Aleister Crowley

Sir Arthur Evans

Dorothy L Sayers

Francis Bacon

Welling United FC:

Born in nearby Bexleyheath in 1958, and brought up in Welling, who was the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a self-written song?

Kate Bush

(with Wuthering Heights)

Weymouth FC:

Alan Carr

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ROUND 5 - Keep It in the Family

A round about family connections

Mercédès

(the Mercedes 35hp was named after his daughter)

Byron

(described as "Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know" by his lover Lady Caroline Lamb)

Who was Charles Darwin’s maternal grandfather, who did more than just potter around?

Josiah Wedgwood

Which author, who might be 'a better man than I am', was Stanley Baldwin’s cousin?

Rudyard Kipling

Thomas Mann

In Lisztomania, Franz Liszt’s son-in-law is portrayed as a vampire threatening to steal his music. Who is the son-in law, whose works have some wonderful moments, and who did die in Venice?

Richard Wagner

Peter Davison

(the 5th Doctor Who)

Edsel Ford

Sp1

Vanessa Redgrave

Sp2

The Marquess of Salisbury served as Prime Minister three times for a total of over thirteen years, before finally relinquishing the premiership to his declarative nephew in 1902. Who was the nephew?

Arthur Balfour

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ROUND 6 - Science and Technology Pairs

This element was discovered in 1772. Antoine Lavoisier suggested the name ‘azote’, from the Greek, meaning ‘no life’. By what name is this element now known?

Nitrogen

(Lavoisier suggested ‘no life’ as it was an asphyxiant gas)

This element was first produced in 1824. The first sculpture in the world to be cast in this metal was The Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, also (mistakenly) known as Eros. Which element is this?

Aluminium

Which is the only muscle that isn't connected to bone at both ends

Tongue

Which is the only bone in the body unattached to any other bone, except distantly by muscles or ligaments?

Hyoid

(in the throat)

(J J) Thomson

(Joseph John Thomson)

(either)

(Kostya) Novoselov

(or)

(Andre) Geim

Tinder

Which UK social networking website, conceived by Steve and Julie Pankhurst, and Jason Porter, was officially launched in June 2000? The site closed in February 2016.

Friends Reunited

Sp1

Which mathematician is possibly best known for his work on elements in 1959, and uses for cyanide in 1953 and 1959?

Tom Lehrer

(the songs The Elements, The Irish Ballad - Rickety Tickety Tin, and Poisoning Pigeons in the Park)

Sp2

D:Ream and Brian Cox

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ROUND 7 - Foreign Language Run-Ons

The last word or last syllable or two of the first answer begins the second answer.

To make it a bit more difficult all the answers (except the spare) are in foreign languages.

Definite or indefinite articles are ignored

Originating in French cafés and bars in about 1910, which hot sandwich is made with ham and cheese, and topped with a poached or fried egg?

Who is the ringleader of the ‘tricoteuses’ in Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities?

Croque Madame / Madame Defarge

(accept Lefarge as being near enough)

Which literary character is a poor woodcutter who discovers a secret thieves’ den, and opens it with a magic phrase?

Which Levantine appetizer consists of mashed aubergine mixed with tahini, olive oil, possibly lemon juice, and various seasonings?

Ali Baba /

Baba Ghanoush

(accept Baba Ghanouj)

Which German slogan appeared first at Dachau concentration camp?

Which old university town, known as the ‘Jewel of the Black Forest’, was founded as a free market town in 1120?

'Arbeit macht frei' / Freiburg

Also called ‘wushu’ or ‘quanfa’, which Chinese term originally referred to any discipline or skill achieved through hard work and practice, but now generally refers to Chinese martial arts?

Which fictional moustachioed criminal and mad scientist was created by Sax Rohmer in 1913?

Kung Fu /

Fu Manchu

Who comes next in this list: Conservatives, Labour, SNP, Lib Dems, DUP, Sinn Féin?

Only one of the five Guards regiments does not have a Knightly Order badge on its logo. Instead it has a plant. What regimental motto surrounds that plant?

Plaid Cymru /

Cymru am Byth

(seats in Parliament /

the Welsh Guards with ‘Wales forever’ around a leek)

Born in Switzerland in 1875, he created concepts such as synchronicity, archetypal phenomena, and the collective unconscious. He died in 1961. Who was he? (first and last name required)

At 13,642 feet, which mountain in the Bernese Alps is also the German name for one of the signs of the Zodiac?

Carl Jung /

Jungfrau

What three-word Latin phrase is applied to a theatrical plot device, whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is suddenly and abruptly resolved by an unexpected and unlikely occurrence?

Homo Deus /

Deus ex Machina

At least 10 of these creatures are named in Greek and Roman mythology, including Brontes, Steropes and Arges, but perhaps Polyphemus is the best known of which type of creature?

Which word, derived from the Greek, means ‘a person who begins, or continues, to study or learn late in life’?

Cyclops /

Opsimath

Sp.

Made into film versions in 1956 and 2004, which adventure novel was first published in 1872?

Based on a 1958 screenplay, which 1962 drama film starred Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick?

Around the World in Eighty Days /

Days of Wine and Roses

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ROUND 8 - The Final Round

All the answers in this round have an air of finality about them

Goodbye, Mr Chips

(starring Robert Donat, born in Withington)

The lyrics of the theme song for the movie and TV series M*A*S*H were reputedly written by the film director’s 14-year old son Michael Altman in five minutes. What is the name of the theme song?

Suicide Is Painless

DI Richard Poole, DI Humphrey Goodman, DI Jack Mooney and now DI Neville Parker have been the main characters in which BBC1 British-French crime drama series? (the English or French title will do)

Death in Paradise or Meurtres au paradis

(do not accept Murder in Paradise, which is a US series)

The Dead Sea Scrolls

(accept also the Qumran Caves Scrolls)

The Domesday Book

Tombstone

(Arizona; the 1957 film Gunfight at the OK Corral incorrectly led people to believe it was the actual location of the fight)

What is the name of the final book of the Chronicles of Narnia series?

The Last Battle

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Sp1

The World's End

Sp2

The Doors released a song in January 1967. Another song, with the same title, was released by the Beatles in September 1969. What was the title?

The End

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