ROUND 1 - Hidden theme

Thematic elements to answers include some that are sound-alikes and some that are part of longer words

1.

Which British comedian was born in Consett, County Durham in January 1955 and has achieved multiple successes on television and in the cinema?  He first came to prominence in a BBC sketch show that ran for three years from 1979.

2.

What type of biscuit is hard and dry made from flour, butter, yeast and milk, and often eaten with cheese?  It was invented by a physician in Somerset around 1750, giving the biscuit its name.

3.

Which 2006 British film written and directed by Shane Meadows centres on young skinheads in England in 1983 and stars amongst others Stephen Graham and Vicky McClure?

4.

In the Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd what was the surname of the character played by Richard Ayoade?

5.

Who has had hits with Mr Perfectly Fine, Red and All Too Well?

6.

Which name links an American singer, actor and comedian who died in 1995 and was part of a show business gang in the late fifties and early sixties; the American Secretary of State from 1949 to 1953; and an American actor, a cultural teen icon, who died in 1955?

7.

Which footballer who died in 2021 was a centre forward for Plymouth Argyle, Ipswich Town and Arsenal. He played for England in the 1982 World Cup finals scoring one goal.

8.

Which British film of 1992 starred Kenneth Branagh, Hugh Lawrie, Stephen Fry, Imelda Staunton, Richard Briers and Emma Thompson?

Sp1

Which Scottish professional footballer plays as a left-back or centre-back for Premier League club Arsenal and the Scotland national team?  He came through the Celtic youth system and made his first team debut in April 2015, and his full international debut in March 2016.

Sp2

Which medium-sized water birds are members of the rail family, Rallidae?  They constitute the genus Fulica, have predominantly black plumage, and - unlike many rails - are usually easy to see, often swimming in open water.

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ROUND 2 - Pairs

1.

Cairo is the largest but, by population, which is the second biggest city in Egypt?

2.

Tokyo is the largest but, by population, which is the second biggest city in Japan?

3.

Marigolds, chrysanthemums and dahlias all belong to which family of flowers?

4.

The malus genus of tree comprises 30 to 35 species more commonly known by what name?

5.

Under which name did Agatha Christie write romances?

6.

Which school was attended by writers C S Forrester, Raymond Chandler and P G Wodehouse?

7.

Which is furthest north: Kidderminster, Leicester, Norwich or Aberystwyth?

8.

What is the most northerly Russian city?

Sp.

Sean Connery was the first Bond, Daniel Craig the current one.  In no particular order, name 4 of the 5 in between.

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ROUND 3 - Pairs

1.

Lead guitarists Peter Green, Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor; bassists John McVie, Jack Bruce and Andy Fraser; drummers Ainsley Dunbar, Mick Fleetwood and Keef Hartley; saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith.

All these rock music icons 'graduated' from which equally iconic band, formed in 1963 and still active today?

2.

On 25th February 2020, the following rock music icons (among others) appeared together at the London Palladium:
Noel Gallagher, David Gilmour, John Mayall, Pete Townshend, Christine McVie and Bill Wyman.  They were appearing in tribute to which late British rock & blues legend (alive at the time but just months away from death) AND at whose invitation were they there?

3.

In cricket, the 18 English first-class counties have played in a T20 league competition since 2003, currently branded the Vitality Blast.  All 18 have appended a nickname to their geographical identity but one has gone a stage further and abandoned its traditional county name in favour of a town or city as the signifier of its geographical home.  Give the full name (i.e. geographical location and nickname) of that T20 team.

4.

The first limited overs cricket cup competition to be played between England's first-class counties was a 65-overs (changed to 60 after its first year) competition which began in 1963. Which sponsor gave its name to the cup contested?

5.

Playing Bond girl Miranda Frost in Die Another Day, this actress went on to be Oscar-nominated for Best Actress for her role in the film Gone Girl.  Name her.

6.

First coming to cinematic prominence as Domino Petachi, girlfriend of public enemy no.1 Maximilian Largo, in the 1983 Bond film Never Say Never Again, this actress went on to
win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of a high-class hooker in the 1997 film L.A. Confidential.  Name her.

7.

In the context of their authors' outputs what do the following novels have in common:

Black Beauty; Gone With The Wind; The Bell Jar; The Bone People?

8.

Go Set A Watchman was published as a new novel in 2015 but is now thought to be the publisher's repackaging of a draft manuscript of the author's much earlier Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.  Thus, making that, in truth, another example of an author's one and only novel.  Name the novel AND its author.

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ROUND 4 - Quotations

Identify the missing words from these famous quotations

Note to QM: use discretion if the answer given is essentially correct bar the substitution of the odd non-essential word

1.

"…that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government ______________________  shall not perish from the earth."

(Abraham Lincoln - 9 words)

2.

"'Nice? It's the only thing,' said the Water Rat solemnly as he leant forward for his stroke.  'Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply ________________________ '"

(Kenneth Graeme 4 words)

3.

"Two thousand years ago, the proudest boast was civis romanus sum ('I am a Roman citizen').  Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is ________________________ "

(John F Kennedy - 4 words)

4.

"…in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance.  In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? _________________."

(Orson Welles - 3 words)

5.

"Oh, no no no, it was too cold always,
(Still the dead one lay moaning),
I was much too far out all my life,
And ___________________ ."

(Stevie Smith - 4 words)

6.

" ____________ means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them."

(George Orwell - 1 word)

7.

"For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these __________________ ."

(John Greenleaf Whittier - 4 words)

8.

"And Caesar’s spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch’s voice
Cry havoc and _____________________________ ."

(Mark Antony - 6 words)

Sp.

"I want you to get up right now.  Sit up.  Go to your windows.  Open them and stick your head out and yell _______________________ ."

(Peter Finch – Network 12 words)

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ROUND 5 - Picture Round

1.

He played for Manchester City in the 1904 FA Cup final and for Manchester United in the 1910 FA Cup and is buried in Southern Cemetery.  Who was he?

2.

A Prestwich-born publisher and former Radical mayor of Manchester, whose initials are on the bell in the clock tower of Manchester Town Hall?

3.

Where is this ‘Doves of Peace’ statue located in Manchester?

4.

Where is this decommissioned Ukraine statue in Manchester?

5.

Identify this Didsbury born actress.

6.

Identify this actor who studied drama at Manchester University.

7.

Name this Edinburgh born scientist and campaigner with links to the University of Manchester.

8.

Name this Cumberland born scientist with links to the University of Manchester.

Sp1

The picture shows the Tower of Light atop a 2km low carbon underground power network.  Name any 4 well known Central Manchester buildings which it will serve.

Sp2

Give the location and proposed capacity of this new arena.

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ROUND 6 - Hidden theme

1.

Who is currently captaining the England men’s Rugby Union team in the Six Nations Championship?

2.

Sir Garfield Sobers became the first person to hit six sixes in an over in first class cricket when he achieved the feat in a county championship match between Nottinghamshire and Glamorgan on 31st August 1968, but who was the unfortunate bowler he was facing?

3.

This art critic and broadcaster is one of the BBC’s main presenters on documentary programmes about art and artists.  A regular presenter of The Culture Show from 2004 to the present day he has made and presented numerous series including the BAFTA nominated A History of British Art in 1996.  His Art of… series which ran from 2008 to 2017 has covered numerous countries including Spain, Russia, Germany, America, China and France.  He has also made four Unpacked… series exploring the art, culture and food of Italy with chef Giorgio Locatelli.  Who is he?

4.

The 2022 Oscar nominated film King Richard is a biographical study of which person? (forename and surname required)

5.

Which British car manufacturer founded in 1909 and still in business today is based in Malvern, Worcestershire?

6.

Brooke Shields and Glenn Close are what relation to each other?

7.

This Soho street in London runs south from Oxford Street to Shaftesbury Avenue.  Mozart gave a recital here in 1764; Admiral Nelson stayed on it the night before setting sail for the Battle of Trafalgar; and it was also home to both Marx and Engels later in the 19th century.  Today, it is a centre of the arts and media industry housing many advertising and creative agencies.  The Groucho Club resides here as does the Hart Brothers restaurant, Quo Vadis.  What is its name?

8.

This skier came 8th in the downhill event at the 1988 Calgary Olympics, the best ever result by a male skier from the UK.  He also competed in 5 World Championships between 1985 and 1993.  Who is he? (forename and surname required)

Sp.

Who was the 7th president of the United States in office from 1829 to 1837?

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ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

What name is shared by a three-time world snooker champion and the former Fast Show comedian who currently stars as the ecclesiastical detective Father Brown?

2.

What name is shared by an eight-time major golf champion and the former Labour MP for West Bromwich East, and Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport?

3.

Paul Scofield won a best actor Oscar for his role as which historical figure in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons?

4.

Katherine Hepburn won a best actress Oscar for her role as which historical figure in the 1968 film The Lion In Winter - the action of which takes place in 1183?

5.

Estate agent Sam Chippendale from Ottley and Wakefield-born baking tycoon Arnold Hagenbach were responsible for the proliferation of which commercially successful but much criticised brutalist constructions - built mostly in the north of England in the 1960s and 70s?

6.

Located in a Lancashire town, which now celebrated brutalist structure completed in the late 1960’s by the British Design Partnership was saved from demolition after a public campaign in 2012?

7.

The New Forest is located across which two English counties?

8.

Which UK forest is bounded to the north-west by the River Wye and to the south by the River Severn?

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ROUND 8 - Hidden theme

Each answer contains a word linked, in a variety of ways, to the theme

One of the words is part of a longer word; there is one sound-alike but that is only in the Spare question

1.

This iconic Jimmy Webb-penned, Glen Campbell song juxtaposes 3 everyday actions of its female protagonist as the day unfolds, with her lover's journey through 3 US cities during the same day, he, unbeknown to her, having no intention of returning to her.  Name the song.

2.

Which jockey's 4 Epsom Derby winners were Troy (1979), Henbit (1980), Nashwan (1989) and Erhaab (1994)?

3.

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

• an undertaking as to the ownership or quality of something;

• a densely populated or labyrinthine building or district;

• a fighting person?

4.

What homophonic name links a Scottish international English Premier League footballer of the 80's and 90's, mostly for Chelsea & Coventry City, and a novelty Pat Boone UK no.1 in 1962?

5.

In English football, the Premier League currently has none, the Championship has one (doing very well), League One has one (who are bottom) and League Two has three (two of whom occupy the top 2 places).  What?

6.

A Spanish Moor stronghold from the 8th century, its fall in 1492 ended Muslim rule in the country.  It is also the home of the Alhambra Palace.  Which city?

7.

The Epsom Derby is a Group 1 horse-race restricted to 3-year-olds and run over 1.5 miles.  Another race run at the same Derby meeting replicates the same conditions (Group 1, same course, same distance) but is open to horses aged 4 years and upwards.  It was first run in 1902, to commemorate the accession of Edward VII.  What is this race's name?

8.

This gritty award-winning TV drama, running for 3 series between 2006 and 2009, is most associated with Jimmy McGovern, though he only wrote or co-wrote 7 of its 18 episodes.  Jim Broadbent, Sue Johnston, Bob Hoskins, and Maxine Peake were among thespian luminaries appearing just once.  Timothy Spall's Eddie McEvoy was the only character to appear more regularly, in 3 episodes spanning all 3 series.  Name the TV series.

Sp.

Which freshwater fish, with a silver body and red fins, has the binomial Rutilus Rutilus?

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ROUND 1 - Hidden theme

Thematic elements to answers include some that are sound-alikes and some that are part of longer words

1.

Which British comedian was born in Consett, County Durham in January 1955 and has achieved multiple successes on television and in the cinema?  He first came to prominence in a BBC sketch show that ran for three years from 1979.

Rowan Atkinson

2.

What type of biscuit is hard and dry made from flour, butter, yeast and milk, and often eaten with cheese?  It was invented by a physician in Somerset around 1750, giving the biscuit its name.

Bath Oliver

3.

Which 2006 British film written and directed by Shane Meadows centres on young skinheads in England in 1983 and stars amongst others Stephen Graham and Vicky McClure?

 This Is England

4.

In the Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd what was the surname of the character played by Richard Ayoade?

Moss

5.

Who has had hits with Mr Perfectly Fine, Red and All Too Well?

Taylor Swift

6.

Which name links an American singer, actor and comedian who died in 1995 and was part of a show business gang in the late fifties and early sixties; the American Secretary of State from 1949 to 1953; and an American actor, a cultural teen icon, who died in 1955?

Dean

(Martin, Acheson and James)

7.

Which footballer who died in 2021 was a centre forward for Plymouth Argyle, Ipswich Town and Arsenal. He played for England in the 1982 World Cup finals scoring one goal.

Paul Mariner

8.

Which British film of 1992 starred Kenneth Branagh, Hugh Lawrie, Stephen Fry, Imelda Staunton, Richard Briers and Emma Thompson?

Peter’s Friends

Sp1

Which Scottish professional footballer plays as a left-back or centre-back for Premier League club Arsenal and the Scotland national team?  He came through the Celtic youth system and made his first team debut in April 2015, and his full international debut in March 2016.

Kiernan Tierney

Sp2

Which medium-sized water birds are members of the rail family, Rallidae?  They constitute the genus Fulica, have predominantly black plumage, and - unlike many rails - are usually easy to see, often swimming in open water.

The Coot

Theme: Each answer contains the surname of a current Premier League referee...

Martin Atkinson, Michael Oliver, Darren England, Jonathan Moss, Anthony Taylor, Mike Dean, Andre Mariner, Kevin Friend, Paul Tierney and  David Coote

ROUND 2 - Pairs

1.

Cairo is the largest but, by population, which is the second biggest city in Egypt?

Alexandria

2.

Tokyo is the largest but, by population, which is the second biggest city in Japan?

Yokohama

3.

Marigolds, chrysanthemums and dahlias all belong to which family of flowers?

Aster or daisy

(accept either answer)

4.

The malus genus of tree comprises 30 to 35 species more commonly known by what name?

Apple

5.

Under which name did Agatha Christie write romances?

Mary Westmacott

6.

Which school was attended by writers C S Forrester, Raymond Chandler and P G Wodehouse?

Dulwich College

(London)

7.

Which is furthest north: Kidderminster, Leicester, Norwich or Aberystwyth?

Norwich

8.

What is the most northerly Russian city?

Murmansk

Sp.

Sean Connery was the first Bond, Daniel Craig the current one.  In no particular order, name 4 of the 5 in between.

(any 4 from)

David Niven,

George Lazenby,

Roger Moore,

Timothy Dalton,

Pierce Brosnan

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ROUND 3 - Pairs

1.

Lead guitarists Peter Green, Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor; bassists John McVie, Jack Bruce and Andy Fraser; drummers Ainsley Dunbar, Mick Fleetwood and Keef Hartley; saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith.

All these rock music icons 'graduated' from which equally iconic band, formed in 1963 and still active today?

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers

2.

On 25th February 2020, the following rock music icons (among others) appeared together at the London Palladium:
Noel Gallagher, David Gilmour, John Mayall, Pete Townshend, Christine McVie and Bill Wyman.  They were appearing in tribute to which late British rock & blues legend (alive at the time but just months away from death) AND at whose invitation were they there?

Peter Green (the tribute) and Mick Fleetwood (the organiser)

3.

In cricket, the 18 English first-class counties have played in a T20 league competition since 2003, currently branded the Vitality Blast.  All 18 have appended a nickname to their geographical identity but one has gone a stage further and abandoned its traditional county name in favour of a town or city as the signifier of its geographical home.  Give the full name (i.e. geographical location and nickname) of that T20 team.

Birmingham Bears

(the T20 team of Warwickshire CCC)

4.

The first limited overs cricket cup competition to be played between England's first-class counties was a 65-overs (changed to 60 after its first year) competition which began in 1963. Which sponsor gave its name to the cup contested?

 Gillette

(The Gillette Cup)

5.

Playing Bond girl Miranda Frost in Die Another Day, this actress went on to be Oscar-nominated for Best Actress for her role in the film Gone Girl.  Name her.

 Rosamund Pike

6.

First coming to cinematic prominence as Domino Petachi, girlfriend of public enemy no.1 Maximilian Largo, in the 1983 Bond film Never Say Never Again, this actress went on to
win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of a high-class hooker in the 1997 film L.A. Confidential.  Name her.

Kim Basinger

7.

In the context of their authors' outputs what do the following novels have in common:

Black Beauty; Gone With The Wind; The Bell Jar; The Bone People?

Each was the ONLY published novel of their respective authors

(Anna Sewell / Margaret Mitchell / Sylvia Plath / Keri Hulme)

8.

Go Set A Watchman was published as a new novel in 2015 but is now thought to be the publisher's repackaging of a draft manuscript of the author's much earlier Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.  Thus, making that, in truth, another example of an author's one and only novel.  Name the novel AND its author.

To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee

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ROUND 4 - Quotations

Identify the missing words from these famous quotations

Note to QM: use discretion if the answer given is essentially correct bar the substitution of the odd non-essential word

1.

"…that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government ______________________  shall not perish from the earth."

(Abraham Lincoln - 9 words)

"...of the people, by the people, for the people..."

2.

"'Nice? It's the only thing,' said the Water Rat solemnly as he leant forward for his stroke.  'Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply ________________________ '"

(Kenneth Graeme 4 words)

"...messing about in boats."

3.

"Two thousand years ago, the proudest boast was civis romanus sum ('I am a Roman citizen').  Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is ________________________ "

(John F Kennedy - 4 words)

"Ich bin ein Berliner!"

4.

"…in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance.  In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? _________________."

(Orson Welles - 3 words)

"...the cuckoo clock."

5.

"Oh, no no no, it was too cold always,
(Still the dead one lay moaning),
I was much too far out all my life,
And ___________________ ."

(Stevie Smith - 4 words)

"...not waving but drowning."

6.

" ____________ means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them."

(George Orwell - 1 word)

"Doublethink..."

7.

"For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these __________________ ."

(John Greenleaf Whittier - 4 words)

"...it might have been!"

8.

"And Caesar’s spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch’s voice
Cry havoc and _____________________________ ."

(Mark Antony - 6 words)

"...let slip the dogs of war."

Sp.

"I want you to get up right now.  Sit up.  Go to your windows.  Open them and stick your head out and yell _______________________ ."

(Peter Finch – Network 12 words)

"...I'm as mad as hell and I'm not gonna take this anymore!"

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ROUND 5 - Picture Round

1.

He played for Manchester City in the 1904 FA Cup final and for Manchester United in the 1910 FA Cup and is buried in Southern Cemetery.  Who was he?

Billy Meredith

2.

A Prestwich-born publisher and former Radical mayor of Manchester, whose initials are on the bell in the clock tower of Manchester Town Hall?

Abel Heywood

3.

Where is this ‘Doves of Peace’ statue located in Manchester?

Bridge Street

(near the People’s History Museum)

4.

Where is this decommissioned Ukraine statue in Manchester?

First Street next to the Home complex

(it's Friedrich Engels)

5.

Identify this Didsbury born actress.

Holliday Grainger

(born in Didsbury and studied at Parrs Wood High School, she stars as Robin Ellacott in the BBC adaptation of the Cormoran Strike books by J K Rowling)

6.

Identify this actor who studied drama at Manchester University.

Toby Jones

(distinguished actor recently seen in Detectorists)

7.

Name this Edinburgh born scientist and campaigner with links to the University of Manchester.

Marie Stopes

8.

Name this Cumberland born scientist with links to the University of Manchester.

John Dalton

Sp1

The picture shows the Tower of Light atop a 2km low carbon underground power network.  Name any 4 well known Central Manchester buildings which it will serve.

(any 4 from)

Bridgewater Hall,

Manchester Central Convention Complex,

Central Library,

Heron House,

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester Town Hall and its extension buildings

Sp2

Give the location and proposed capacity of this new arena.

Eastlands - next to the Etihad stadium;

23,500

(its the planned Co-op Live entertainment arena)

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ROUND 6 - Hidden theme

1.

Who is currently captaining the England men’s Rugby Union team in the Six Nations Championship?

Tom Curry

2.

Sir Garfield Sobers became the first person to hit six sixes in an over in first class cricket when he achieved the feat in a county championship match between Nottinghamshire and Glamorgan on 31st August 1968, but who was the unfortunate bowler he was facing?

Malcolm Nash

3.

This art critic and broadcaster is one of the BBC’s main presenters on documentary programmes about art and artists.  A regular presenter of The Culture Show from 2004 to the present day he has made and presented numerous series including the BAFTA nominated A History of British Art in 1996.  His Art of… series which ran from 2008 to 2017 has covered numerous countries including Spain, Russia, Germany, America, China and France.  He has also made four Unpacked… series exploring the art, culture and food of Italy with chef Giorgio Locatelli.  Who is he?

Andrew Graham-Dixon

4.

The 2022 Oscar nominated film King Richard is a biographical study of which person? (forename and surname required)

Richard Williams

(tennis coach and father of Venus and Serena)

5.

Which British car manufacturer founded in 1909 and still in business today is based in Malvern, Worcestershire?

Morgan

6.

Brooke Shields and Glenn Close are what relation to each other?

Cousins

7.

This Soho street in London runs south from Oxford Street to Shaftesbury Avenue.  Mozart gave a recital here in 1764; Admiral Nelson stayed on it the night before setting sail for the Battle of Trafalgar; and it was also home to both Marx and Engels later in the 19th century.  Today, it is a centre of the arts and media industry housing many advertising and creative agencies.  The Groucho Club resides here as does the Hart Brothers restaurant, Quo Vadis.  What is its name?

Dean Street

8.

This skier came 8th in the downhill event at the 1988 Calgary Olympics, the best ever result by a male skier from the UK.  He also competed in 5 World Championships between 1985 and 1993.  Who is he? (forename and surname required)

Martin Bell

Sp.

Who was the 7th president of the United States in office from 1829 to 1837?

Andrew Jackson

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a GB medallist at any past Winter Olympics...

John Curry (Gold, figure skating 1976), Tony Nash (Gold, bobsleigh 1964), Robin Dixon (Gold with Nash in 1964), Amy Williams (Gold, skeleton 2010), Billy Morgan (Bronze, men’s big-air 2018), Robin Cousins (Gold, figure skating 1980), Christopher Dean (Gold, ice dancing 1984), Rhona Martin (Gold, curling 2002), John James Jackson (Bronze, 4-man bobsleigh driver 2014)

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ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

What name is shared by a three-time world snooker champion and the former Fast Show comedian who currently stars as the ecclesiastical detective Father Brown?

Mark Williams

2.

What name is shared by an eight-time major golf champion and the former Labour MP for West Bromwich East, and Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport?

Tom Watson

3.

Paul Scofield won a best actor Oscar for his role as which historical figure in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons?

Sir Thomas More

4.

Katherine Hepburn won a best actress Oscar for her role as which historical figure in the 1968 film The Lion In Winter - the action of which takes place in 1183?

Eleanor of Aquitaine

5.

Estate agent Sam Chippendale from Ottley and Wakefield-born baking tycoon Arnold Hagenbach were responsible for the proliferation of which commercially successful but much criticised brutalist constructions - built mostly in the north of England in the 1960s and 70s?

Arndale Shopping Centres

(the name is a concatenation of Arnold and Chippendale)

6.

Located in a Lancashire town, which now celebrated brutalist structure completed in the late 1960’s by the British Design Partnership was saved from demolition after a public campaign in 2012?

Preston Bus Station

7.

The New Forest is located across which two English counties?

Hampshire and Wiltshire

8.

Which UK forest is bounded to the north-west by the River Wye and to the south by the River Severn?

The Forest of Dean

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ROUND 8 - Hidden theme

Each answer contains a word linked, in a variety of ways, to the theme

1.

This iconic Jimmy Webb-penned, Glen Campbell song juxtaposes 3 everyday actions of its female protagonist as the day unfolds, with her lover's journey through 3 US cities during the same day, he, unbeknown to her, having no intention of returning to her.  Name the song.

By The Time I Get To Phoenix

2.

Which jockey's 4 Epsom Derby winners were Troy (1979), Henbit (1980), Nashwan (1989) and Erhaab (1994)?

Willie Carson

3.

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

• an undertaking as to the ownership or quality of something;

• a densely populated or labyrinthine building or district;

• a fighting person?

Warranty;

Warren;

Warrior

4.

What homophonic name links a Scottish international English Premier League footballer of the 80's and 90's, mostly for Chelsea & Coventry City, and a novelty Pat Boone UK no.1 in 1962?

Speedie / Speedy

(David Speedie ; Speedy Gonzales)

5.

In English football, the Premier League currently has none, the Championship has one (doing very well), League One has one (who are bottom) and League Two has three (two of whom occupy the top 2 places).  What?

Teams with a Rovers appendage in their name

(for info - but of no relevance to the theme link - Blackburn / Doncaster / Forest Green / Tranmere / Bristol)

6.

A Spanish Moor stronghold from the 8th century, its fall in 1492 ended Muslim rule in the country.  It is also the home of the Alhambra Palace.  Which city?

Granada

7.

The Epsom Derby is a Group 1 horse-race restricted to 3-year-olds and run over 1.5 miles.  Another race run at the same Derby meeting replicates the same conditions (Group 1, same course, same distance) but is open to horses aged 4 years and upwards.  It was first run in 1902, to commemorate the accession of Edward VII.  What is this race's name?

Coronation Cup

(do NOT accept Coronation Stakes, a race for fillies run at Royal Ascot which commemorates the accession of Queen Victoria)

8.

This gritty award-winning TV drama, running for 3 series between 2006 and 2009, is most associated with Jimmy McGovern, though he only wrote or co-wrote 7 of its 18 episodes.  Jim Broadbent, Sue Johnston, Bob Hoskins, and Maxine Peake were among thespian luminaries appearing just once.  Timothy Spall's Eddie McEvoy was the only character to appear more regularly, in 3 episodes spanning all 3 series.  Name the TV series.

The Street

Sp.

Which freshwater fish, with a silver body and red fins, has the binomial Rutilus Rutilus?

Roach

Theme: Each answer contains a word associated with the soap Coronation Street...

...either in respect of some of its iconic actresses (Pat Phoenix as Elsie Tanner, Violet Carson as Ena Sharples, Doris Speed as Annie Walker), William Roache (as Ken Barlow) or its creator (Tony Warren) or its pub (Rover's Return) or the ITV franchise that produced it (Granada) or its title (Coronation Street)

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