Withington Pub Quiz League - questions 23/11/22

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ROUND 1 - Stockport format - Verbal - Paired

Arthur Stanley Jefferson, better known as Stan Laurel, was born in which north-west town in 1890?

Name either the male or female England international player currently in possession of the Manchester United squad shirt number 23.

Which Sicilian detective is the principal character in the novels of Italian writer Andrea Camilleri?

Malena Ernman is an opera singer who also represented Sweden in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. As what, or who, is she better known?

Which amphibian found in Britain has the scientific name bufo bufo?

Earlier this year which city was announced as the UK’s next City of Culture, with festivities beginning in 2025?

In 1994 which ‘romcom’ directed by Mike Newell and written by Richard Curtis outsold A Fish Called Wanda to become the highest-grossing British film of all time at the UK box office?

Name either of the countries that will co-host next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup tournament.

In which year did the following events occur:

The song If gave Telly Savalas the UK’s shortest-titled number one single ever,
Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft,
Spanish dictator General Franco died?

10.

Which team beat Lancashire Lightning by 1 run in the final of the 2022 T20 Blast? (two-word answer required)

11.

In physics which lower case letter of the alphabet is used to represent the Planck constant?

12.

The highest ever television audience for an episode of Coronation Street was 26.65 million on Christmas Day 1987. What was the most significant event during this episode?

13.

Founded in 2003 Wizz Air is a low-cost airline based in which European country?

14.

Rishi Sunak is a supporter of which English Premier League football team? The team plays home games in the city of Sunak’s birth.

15.

This day in 1963 saw the broadcast of An Unearthly Child, the first episode in which long-running UK TV series?

16.

The first actor to play the title role in Doctor Who was William Hartnell. In which earlier UK TV series did he appear as Sergeant Major Percy Bullimore?

17.

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer and his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn are both supporters of which English Premier League football team?

18.

Founded in 2004 Vueling is a low-cost airline with headquarters in which European country?

19.

The highest ever British television audience for a live event outside the UK is 28.6 million on 17 April 1970. What event was it?

20.

In physics which Greek letter is normally used to represent wavelength?

21.

Which team beat the Manchester Originals by two wickets in the final of the 2022 Hundred competition? (two-word answer required)

22.

In which year did the following events occur?

ITV showed Brideshead Revisited,
Julio Iglesias had his only UK number one single with Begin The Beguine,
Pope John Paul II was shot by a Turkish gunman in St Peter’s Square?

23.

Name any of the three countries that will co-host the FIFA Men’s World Cup tournament in 2026.

24.

In 1997 which comedy directed by Peter Cattaneo and written by Simon Beaufoy superseded Four Weddings and a Funeral as the highest-grossing British film of all time at the UK box office?

25.

In 2013 which city became the first to hold the title of UK City of Culture?

26.

What is the three-word common name of the amphibian found in Britain with the scientific name Triturus cristatus?

27.

English singer Terence Parsons came second in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest. By what name was he much better known?

28.

Which crime writer created the Swedish detective Kurt Wallander?

29.

Name either the male or female England international player currently in possession of the Manchester City squad shirt number 5.

30.

George Hoy Booth, better known as George Formby, was born in which north-west town in 1904?

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ROUND 2 - Stockport format - Written

Name (in any order) the ten largest lakes in the English Lake District

(The same ten lakes appear in the list whether measuring by length or surface area)

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ROUND 3 - WithQuiz format - 'Comedy Gold'

A round on classic TV comedy moments

In the famous 1971 Christmas show sketch featuring ‘Andrew Preview’, which composer’s notes was Eric Morecambe playing “not necessarily in the right order”? (surname only required)

Although now largely associated with Monty Python, on which 1967 ITV programme did the Four Yorkshiremen sketch first appear? It was written and performed by John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke-Taylor.

In Not the Nine O’clock News what was the name of the gorilla who, on being told that he was completely wild when captured, replied “Wild? I was absolutely livid”?

Name either of the actors who played the restaurant customers as waitress Julie Walters served them “two soups”.

In Father Ted what was the three-word title of the song with which Ted and Dougal entered a European Song Competition?

Give the surname of any two of the three Cardinals that feature in the Monty Python sketches about the Spanish Inquisition.

In the iconic Dad’s Army 'Don’t tell him Pike' scene, which Welsh actor played the U-boat captain?

A Bulgaria v England football match is central to the plot of No Hiding Place, a 1973 episode of which programme?

Played by Joan Sanderson what was the name of the hard-of-hearing hotel guest who disapproved of the view from her bedroom in Fawlty Towers? (surname only required)

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ROUND 4 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme

Which song by The Doors both opens and closes the Vietnam war film Apocalypse Now?

Which group of nine replaced their Gnats with Hawks in 1979?

Ravenglass in Cumbria and Whitby in North Yorkshire lie on different rivers with which same name? A third river of the same name forms part of the England-Scotland border before flowing into the Solway Firth.

Which patriotic World War I song by Ivor Novello begins with these lines...

"They were summoned from the hillside
They were called in from the glen
And the country found them ready
At the stirring call for men"?

Which song from the film Girls! Girls! Girls! gave Elvis Presley his only UK Christmas number one, topping the charts in December 1962?

Which 2007 British film starring Sam Riley is a biographical account of the life of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis?

What nickname was given to the Ethiopian athlete who won the men’s 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres at the 1980 Moscow Olympics?

Sometimes referred to as “the Mona Lisa of musical instruments” the Soil Stradivarius of 1714 is considered one of the finest violins ever made. Which musician owned it from 1950 to 1986?

Which was martial artist Bruce Lee’s last completed film? It was released in August 1973, a month after his death.

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ROUND 5 - WithQuiz format - 'Add a Letter'

Each question requires two answers, the second of which will be identical to the first, except for the addition of one letter. The new letter may be added anywhere in the first answer and may or may not alter the pronunciation.
Example 1

The surname of an ITV broadcaster with a distinctive and unusual style of delivery - and - An English city
Answers: (Robert) Peston and Preston
Example 2

An organic compound formed from the reaction of an alcohol and a carboxylic acid - and - A book of the Old Testament
Answers: Ester and Esther

The birthplace of Scottish poet Robert Burns,

a breed of hornless beef cattle.

An Irish county,

the surname of a former Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United striker.

The carnivorous, non-native species largely responsible for a decline in the British water vole population,

a European capital city.

The common name of the genus of plants that derives its name from the Greek word for ‘crane’, due to the resemblance of the seed capsule to the shape of the bird’s head (some members of the genus are also referred to as cranesbills),

the chemical element with atomic number 32.

A general term for parasitic mite infections in animals,

the surname of the ‘battle-axe’ character played by Vivean Gray in a TV soap opera during the 1980s.

A village on the eastern edge of the Peak District near Macclesfield,

a British rock group formed in 1975, whose albums include Difficult to Cure, Down to Earth and Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll.

The surname of the Manchester City captain who shared the 1969 Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award with Derby County’s Dave Mackay,

the surname of the Manchester City footballer whose club record as all-time leading goalscorer was broken by Sergio Agüero in 2017.

A city in northern Italy, birthplace of Luciano Pavarotti,

a newsworthy company with headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The northernmost point of mainland Wales,

the northernmost point of the Isle of Man.

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ROUND 6 - WithQuiz format - Announced theme

Each answer contains the surname of a manager/head coach at the FIFA World Cup tournament being played in Qatar

Which driver won his two Formula One World Championships in 2005 and 2006?

For which team did Brazilian legend Pelé score 618 goals in 636 appearances between 1956 and 1974?

In 2017 Garbiñe Muguruza became the second Spaniard to win the Wimbledon Women’s Singles title. Who, in 1994, was the first?

Which leather-clad character was played by Richard Gibson in eight series of a popular BBC TV sitcom between 1982 and 1992? He was replaced by David Janson in the ninth and final series, with the change explained by the character having undergone plastic surgery to avoid capture.

The original West End theatre production of the Lloyd Webber/Rice musical Evita opened in 1978. Who played the title role?

Which 1946 Disney release, combining live and animated footage, was based on the Uncle Remus stories by Joel Chandler Harris? It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah.

Who has been Prime Minister of Spain since June 2018?

What surname is shared by the following:

an American General whose change of sides during the War of Independence led to his name being used as a synonym for ‘traitor’,

a nineteenth century English headmaster and educational reformer,

the British composer who won an Academy Award for the music to The Bridge on the River Kwai?

What comes next in this sequence: Turnpike Lane, Wood Green, Bounds Green, Arnos Grove…..?

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ROUND 7 - Extra time (if required) - Stockport format - Written

Since its inception in 1975 how many different countries have won the ICC Cricket World Cup?

What same points value do the words ‘Stockport’ and ‘Withington’ have in Scrabble™?

At 1,519 feet (463 m) above sea level, which settlement on the A53 between Buxton and Leek is the highest village in England?

It is well known that the D-Day landings in Normandy involved five beaches code-named Gold, Juno, Omaha, Sword and Utah. What name was given to a sixth beach that was part of the original plan but never used as the area immediately inland was flooded?

Of what would you be afraid if you suffered from nosocomephobia?

How many emirates make up the United Arab Emirates?

Liam Gallagher formed which band following the demise of Oasis?

If you were to travel for approximately 62 miles from Stockport or Withington and cross the Kármán line where would you be?

Which English Premier League team plays home matches in West Bridgford?

10.

In post from 1850 to 1892, who is the UK’s longest-serving Poet Laureate?

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Tiebreakers

According to the Government website how many miles of motorway are there in the UK?

According to Google Maps, how many minutes should it take an average person to walk from Withington Library to Stockport Central Library using the quickest (legal) route?

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Spares

Which is the most northerly racecourse in England?

The latest addition to London’s transport system - the Elizabeth Line - was officially opened earlier this year. Which overground station is the most westerly on the line?

With an area of 166 square miles which Greek island is the largest of the Cyclades group?

In which 1933 RKO film did Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers first appear together on screen?

Which critically acclaimed US TV series features the characters Skinny Pete, Badger Mayhew and Jesse Pinkman?

In which US state did the civil war Battle of Gettysburg take place?

What title is shared by a 1980s action-adventure TV series and the 2011 debut single by Ed Sheeran?

How many pairs of cranial nerves are there in the human body?

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ROUND 1 - Stockport format - Verbal - Paired

Arthur Stanley Jefferson, better known as Stan Laurel, was born in which north-west town in 1890?

Ulverston

Name either the male or female England international player currently in possession of the Manchester United squad shirt number 23.

either

Luke Shaw

Alessia Russo

Which Sicilian detective is the principal character in the novels of Italian writer Andrea Camilleri?

(Inspector Salvo) Montalbano

Malena Ernman is an opera singer who also represented Sweden in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. As what, or who, is she better known?

Greta Thunberg’s mother

Which amphibian found in Britain has the scientific name bufo bufo?

Common Toad

(accept just ‘Toad’)

Earlier this year which city was announced as the UK’s next City of Culture, with festivities beginning in 2025?

Bradford

In 1994 which ‘romcom’ directed by Mike Newell and written by Richard Curtis outsold A Fish Called Wanda to become the highest-grossing British film of all time at the UK box office?

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Name either of the countries that will co-host next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup tournament.

either

Australia

or
New Zealand

In which year did the following events occur:

The song If gave Telly Savalas the UK’s shortest-titled number one single ever,
Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft,
Spanish dictator General Franco died?

1975

10.

Which team beat Lancashire Lightning by 1 run in the final of the 2022 T20 Blast? (two-word answer required)

Hampshire Hawks

11.

In physics which lower case letter of the alphabet is used to represent the Planck constant?

12.

The highest ever television audience for an episode of Coronation Street was 26.65 million on Christmas Day 1987. What was the most significant event during this episode?

Last appearance of Hilda Ogden

13.

Founded in 2003 Wizz Air is a low-cost airline based in which European country?

Hungary

14.

Rishi Sunak is a supporter of which English Premier League football team? The team plays home games in the city of Sunak’s birth.

Southampton

15.

This day in 1963 saw the broadcast of An Unearthly Child, the first episode in which long-running UK TV series?

Doctor Who

16.

The first actor to play the title role in Doctor Who was William Hartnell. In which earlier UK TV series did he appear as Sergeant Major Percy Bullimore?

The Army Game

17.

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer and his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn are both supporters of which English Premier League football team?

Arsenal

18.

Founded in 2004 Vueling is a low-cost airline with headquarters in which European country?

Spain

19.

The highest ever British television audience for a live event outside the UK is 28.6 million on 17 April 1970. What event was it?

The return to Earth of Apollo 13

(accept any answer containing ‘Apollo 13’)

20.

In physics which Greek letter is normally used to represent wavelength?

Lambda

21.

Which team beat the Manchester Originals by two wickets in the final of the 2022 Hundred competition? (two-word answer required)

Trent Rockets

22.

In which year did the following events occur?

ITV showed Brideshead Revisited,
Julio Iglesias had his only UK number one single with Begin The Beguine,
Pope John Paul II was shot by a Turkish gunman in St Peter’s Square?

1981

23.

Name any of the three countries that will co-host the FIFA Men’s World Cup tournament in 2026.

Any one from:
Canada, Mexico or USA

24.

In 1997 which comedy directed by Peter Cattaneo and written by Simon Beaufoy superseded Four Weddings and a Funeral as the highest-grossing British film of all time at the UK box office?

The Full Monty

25.

In 2013 which city became the first to hold the title of UK City of Culture?

Derry or Londonderry

(accept either)

26.

What is the three-word common name of the amphibian found in Britain with the scientific name Triturus cristatus?

Great Crested Newt

(also accept Northern Crested Newt)

27.

English singer Terence Parsons came second in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest. By what name was he much better known?

Matt Monro

28.

Which crime writer created the Swedish detective Kurt Wallander?

Henning Mankell

29.

Name either the male or female England international player currently in possession of the Manchester City squad shirt number 5.

either

John Stones

Alex Greenwood

30.

George Hoy Booth, better known as George Formby, was born in which north-west town in 1904?

Wigan

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ROUND 2 - Stockport format - Written

Name (in any order) the ten largest lakes in the English Lake District

(The same ten lakes appear in the list whether measuring by length or surface area)

Windermere

Ullswater

Derwentwater

Bassenthwaite Lake

Coniston Water

Haweswater

Thirlmere

Ennerdale Water

Wastwater

10.

Crummock Water

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ROUND 3 - WithQuiz format - 'Comedy Gold'

A round on classic TV comedy moments

In the famous 1971 Christmas show sketch featuring ‘Andrew Preview’, which composer’s notes was Eric Morecambe playing “not necessarily in the right order”? (surname only required)

(Edvard) Grieg

At Last the 1948 Show

In Not the Nine O’clock News what was the name of the gorilla who, on being told that he was completely wild when captured, replied “Wild? I was absolutely livid”?

Gerald

Name either of the actors who played the restaurant customers as waitress Julie Walters served them “two soups”.

either

Celia Imrie

Duncan Preston

In Father Ted what was the three-word title of the song with which Ted and Dougal entered a European Song Competition?

My Lovely Horse

Give the surname of any two of the three Cardinals that feature in the Monty Python sketches about the Spanish Inquisition.

any two from:

Ximénez, Biggles and Fang

In the iconic Dad’s Army 'Don’t tell him Pike' scene, which Welsh actor played the U-boat captain?

Philip Madoc

A Bulgaria v England football match is central to the plot of No Hiding Place, a 1973 episode of which programme?

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

(accept Likely Lads)

Played by Joan Sanderson what was the name of the hard-of-hearing hotel guest who disapproved of the view from her bedroom in Fawlty Towers? (surname only required)

Mrs Richards

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ROUND 4 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme

Which song by The Doors both opens and closes the Vietnam war film Apocalypse Now?

The End

Which group of nine replaced their Gnats with Hawks in 1979?

The Red Arrows

River Esk

Which patriotic World War I song by Ivor Novello begins with these lines...

"They were summoned from the hillside
They were called in from the glen
And the country found them ready
At the stirring call for men"?

Keep the Home Fires Burning

Which song from the film Girls! Girls! Girls! gave Elvis Presley his only UK Christmas number one, topping the charts in December 1962?

Return to Sender

Which 2007 British film starring Sam Riley is a biographical account of the life of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis?

Control

What nickname was given to the Ethiopian athlete who won the men’s 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres at the 1980 Moscow Olympics?

(Yifter the) Shifter

Sometimes referred to as “the Mona Lisa of musical instruments” the Soil Stradivarius of 1714 is considered one of the finest violins ever made. Which musician owned it from 1950 to 1986?

Yehudi Menuhin

Which was martial artist Bruce Lee’s last completed film? It was released in August 1973, a month after his death.

Enter the Dragon

Theme: Each answer contains something you might find on a computer keyboard...

End, Arrow, Esc, Home, Return, Control (Ctrl), Shift, Menu, Enter

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ROUND 5 - WithQuiz format - 'Add a Letter'

The surname of an ITV broadcaster with a distinctive and unusual style of delivery - and - An English city
Answers: (Robert) Peston and Preston
Example 2

An organic compound formed from the reaction of an alcohol and a carboxylic acid - and - A book of the Old Testament
Answers: Ester and Esther

The birthplace of Scottish poet Robert Burns,

a breed of hornless beef cattle.

Alloway

&

Galloway

An Irish county,

the surname of a former Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United striker.

Cavan

(Edinson) Cavani

The carnivorous, non-native species largely responsible for a decline in the British water vole population,

a European capital city.

Mink

Minsk

the chemical element with atomic number 32.

Geranium

Germanium

A general term for parasitic mite infections in animals,

the surname of the ‘battle-axe’ character played by Vivean Gray in a TV soap opera during the 1980s.

Mange

(Nell) Mangel

(in Neighbours)

A village on the eastern edge of the Peak District near Macclesfield,

a British rock group formed in 1975, whose albums include Difficult to Cure, Down to Earth and Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Rainow

Rainbow

The surname of the Manchester City captain who shared the 1969 Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award with Derby County’s Dave Mackay,

the surname of the Manchester City footballer whose club record as all-time leading goalscorer was broken by Sergio Agüero in 2017.

(Tony) Book

(Eric) Brook

A city in northern Italy, birthplace of Luciano Pavarotti,

a newsworthy company with headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Modena

Moderna

The northernmost point of mainland Wales,

the northernmost point of the Isle of Man.

Point of Ayr

Point of Ayre

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ROUND 6 - WithQuiz format - Announced theme

Each answer contains the surname of a manager/head coach at the FIFA World Cup tournament being played in Qatar

Which driver won his two Formula One World Championships in 2005 and 2006?

Fernando Alonso

Diego Alonso, Uruguay

For which team did Brazilian legend Pelé score 618 goals in 636 appearances between 1956 and 1974?

Santos

Fernando Santos, Portugal

In 2017 Garbiñe Muguruza became the second Spaniard to win the Wimbledon Women’s Singles title. Who, in 1994, was the first?

Conchita Martínez

Roberto Martínez, Belgium

Herr (Otto) Flick

(in ‘Allo ‘Allo)

Hansi Flick, Germany

The original West End theatre production of the Lloyd Webber/Rice musical Evita opened in 1978. Who played the title role?

Elaine Paige

Rob Page, Wales

Song of the South

Rigobert Song, Cameroon

Who has been Prime Minister of Spain since June 2018?

Pedro Sánchez

Félix Sánchez, Qatar

What surname is shared by the following:

an American General whose change of sides during the War of Independence led to his name being used as a synonym for ‘traitor’,

a nineteenth century English headmaster and educational reformer,

the British composer who won an Academy Award for the music to The Bridge on the River Kwai?

Arnold

(Benedict, Thomas, Malcom)

Graham Arnold, Australia

Sp.

What comes next in this sequence: Turnpike Lane, Wood Green, Bounds Green, Arnos Grove…..?

Southgate

(Piccadilly Line stations)

Gareth Southgate, England

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ROUND 7 - Extra time (if required) - Stockport format - Written

Since its inception in 1975 how many different countries have won the ICC Cricket World Cup?

Six

(West Indies, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, England, Australia)

What same points value do the words ‘Stockport’ and ‘Withington’ have in Scrabble™?

Seventeen

At 1,519 feet (463 m) above sea level, which settlement on the A53 between Buxton and Leek is the highest village in England?

Flash

Band

Of what would you be afraid if you suffered from nosocomephobia?

Hospitals

How many emirates make up the United Arab Emirates?

Seven

Liam Gallagher formed which band following the demise of Oasis?

Beady Eye

If you were to travel for approximately 62 miles from Stockport or Withington and cross the Kármán line where would you be?

Space

(the Earth’s atmosphere is considered to end at the Kármán line, 100 km above mean sea level)

Which English Premier League team plays home matches in West Bridgford?

Nottingham Forest

10.

In post from 1850 to 1892, who is the UK’s longest-serving Poet Laureate?

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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Tiebreakers

According to the Government website how many miles of motorway are there in the UK?

2300

According to Google Maps, how many minutes should it take an average person to walk from Withington Library to Stockport Central Library using the quickest (legal) route?

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Spares

Which is the most northerly racecourse in England?

Hexham

The latest addition to London’s transport system - the Elizabeth Line - was officially opened earlier this year. Which overground station is the most westerly on the line?

Reading

With an area of 166 square miles which Greek island is the largest of the Cyclades group?

Naxos

In which 1933 RKO film did Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers first appear together on screen?

Flying Down to Rio

Which critically acclaimed US TV series features the characters Skinny Pete, Badger Mayhew and Jesse Pinkman?

Breaking Bad

In which US state did the civil war Battle of Gettysburg take place?

Pennsylvania

What title is shared by a 1980s action-adventure TV series and the 2011 debut single by Ed Sheeran?

The A-Team

How many pairs of cranial nerves are there in the human body?

Twelve

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