Please note:

In the Stockport style rounds (1 & 2), if the answer to a question is a person’s name, the surname is sufficient. 

In the Withington style rounds (3, 4, 5 & 6) if the answer to a question is a person’s name, both given name and surname are required unless stated otherwise.

ROUND 1 - Stockport format - Verbal - Paired

1.

Which English queen had 4 husbands, the third of whom was the King?

2.

Which rocky islet is known as 'Ireland’s Teardrop' because it was the last part of Ireland emigrants saw as they sailed to North America?

3.

On a conventional dartboard (as used by the PDC and BDO), how many scoring zones are there?

4.

Fanya (Fanny) Kaplan was executed in 1918 after a failed attempt to assassinate which person?

5.

A line from which 17th-century play about a noblewoman who marries a lowly steward provided the title of the P D James novel Cover Her Face?

6.

Who became the General Secretary of the TUC in December 2022?

7.

The Prince of Denmark’s March, composed around 1700 - for many years incorrectly attributed to Henry Purcell - is more commonly known by what name?

8.

How many feathers are there in a tournament badminton shuttlecock?

9.

A documentary film directed by Edgar Wright is about the brothers Ron and Russell Mael, who are better known as which musical duo?

10.

Which Radio 4 programme’s theme tune is The Schickel Shamble from the film Monte Carlo or Bust?

11.

Which Central American country has no coastline on the Pacific Ocean?

12.

Who married Elizabeth Throckmorton in 1591 without the monarch’s permission, a misdemeanour that resulted in them both being imprisoned in the Tower of London?

13.

Which lawyer defended the teenage killers Leopold and Loeb, a year before famously defending a teacher in a trial that was popularised in the play Inherit The Wind?

14.

In which sport, created in 2005, was the IQA World Cup first hosted in Oxford in 2012?

15.

Which image-sharing and social media site that was originally created for people to share ideas and inspiration for various projects was launched in 2009 by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra, and Evan Sharp?

16.

Which opera singer who died in 2022 married Sir Peter Hall and is the mother of the actress Rebecca Hall?

17.

What do the initials stand for in the meat substitute TVP?

18.

Which epic poem of the first century CE, comprising 15 books, chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar?  Its author was Publius Ovidius Naso who was better known by a shorter name.

19.

Which dwarf planet is the largest object in the asteroid belt?

20.

Which band, formed in Glasgow in 2011, has a stylised name which replaces the letter 'u' with the letter 'v'?

21.

What is the theme music for the Radio 4 programme Just A Minute?

22.

Which virus causes glandular fever?

23.

The top countries in what sport that has two variants governed by the WCF play in the MacRobertson Shield and the Openshaw Shield?

24.

Born Cicely Fairfield, the author who had an affair with H G Wells and covered the Nuremberg trials, is better known by what name that she took from the young heroine in Romsersholm by Henrik Ibsen?

25.

Who became the Prime Minister of New Zealand on 25th January 2023?

26.

What 9-letter word describes a sensationalized item on the internet designed to entice people to follow a link to an article on another web page?

27.

What is the more common name for the clinical condition Lateral Epicondylitis?

28.

Omelette Norvegienne is an alternative name for which dessert that contains a reference to a place in the USA?

29.

Who wrote the poem New Colossus that contains the words:

"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”

..that are inscribed on the Statue of Liberty?

30.

Which two planets in our solar system do not have any moons?

Sp1

The acronym LASER stands for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.  In a similar vein, what does the letter m stand for in the acronym MASER?

Sp2

Commonly used on utility bills, which unit of energy is equal to 3.6 megajoules?

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ROUND 2 - Stockport format - Written

List in any order the 10 national capitals whose names begin with 'L'

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ROUND 3 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme

Beware of soundalikes!

1.

Which British writer died in France in 1930 and is commemorated in a small chapel in New Mexico?

2.

What is the surname of the sisters who were known for serial matrimony, two of whom were married to George Sanders?

3.

Which wheelchair racer born in Halifax holds the world record for the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m in their classification?

4.

What is the surname of the sisters who formed a musical duo after leaving the group All Saints?

5.

What is the title of Philip Glass’s first and longest opera that had its premiere in 1976?

6.

Which inanimate object provides the title of a 1967 comedy film with little dialogue written by Eric Sykes?

7.

Which 1966 film starred the married couple Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as another real-life couple?

8.

Which broadcaster was the inaugural winner of the Bad Sex in Fiction Award for his novel A Time To Dance?

Sp

Which word can be a verb meaning to make a hole or a noun for a steep-fronted wave?

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ROUND 4 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme - 'Absence does not necessarily make the heart grow fonder'

1.

Which rock band suffered tragedy in 1977, when their chartered plane crashed, killing their lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines?

2.

Which breed of cat is known for its lack of fur whose hairlessness was developed in the 1960s through selective breeding of cats that have a naturally occurring generic mutation?

3.

Which social networking and online dating application was dubbed by Vanity Fair in 2011 as the "World's Biggest, Scariest Gay Bar"?

4.

Which company with its HQ in Edinburgh is the largest active asset manager in the UK?  It adopted its current name in 2021.

5.

Which word connects a moon of Pluto and an American rock band whose biggest international single success was 1979's Babe?

6.

What astronomical term is used for a roughly straight-line configuration of three or more celestial bodies?

7.

What name is shared by a product extracted from trees of the genus Commiphora and the plant also known as sweet cicely?

8.

The name of which organic fluid is derived from the name of the Roman deity of fresh water?

Sp

Manchester art gallery contains a painting by John William Waterhouse that depicts Hylas being abducted by which creatures?

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ROUND 5 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme

1.

Which city is known as 'The Yellow Rose of Texas'?  It is the subject of a song originally recorded in 1971 and re-released in 2005 to raise money for Comic Relief.

2.

What French term is given to a confection consisting of a chestnut candied in sugar syrup?

3.

Who was James Bond's female opponent in From Russia With Love?

4.

Which armchair detective was created by Rex Stout?

5.

What is the German name of the art exhibition and publication instigated by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc in 1911?

6.

In Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, which character is found shipwrecked on the shores of Illyria and separated from her twin brother?

7.

Which Venezuela-born rugby union player holds the record for the most tries scored for France?

8.

Which Argentinian team beat Manchester United in the 1968 Intercontinental Cup?  The game is notable for the violent behaviour of their players.

Sp1

What is the state capital of Louisiana?

Sp2

What is the surname of the ex-Brazilian international footballer known as Ronaldo?

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ROUND 6 - WithQuiz format - 'Bingo Streaming'

Each answer is the title of one of the biggest streaming hits for every year since the chart's inception in 1952, according to the Official Chart Company

Select your year

1952

The title song of a musical film of the same year, sung by the character Don Lockwood.

1953

The tune to this song has been used in football chants, aimed at players including Zamora and Fellaini.

1955

This is also the title of a 1987 TV series starring Robbie Coltrane as Big Jazza McGlone.

1958

This was performed by the character Marty McFly with a characteristic duckwalk in a 1985 film.

1961

This is also the title of a 1986 film based on a Stephen King novella, and of a 1997 Oasis single.

1971

One of the official state anthems of West Virginia, its tune can be heard at the Theatre of Dreams.

1974

This is also the title of a 2002 romantic comedy film starring Reese Witherspoon as Melanie.  She marries her childhood sweetheart Jake whom she subsequently divorces.  During her wedding to Andrew, a lawyer halts the ceremony, producing divorce papers which Melanie hasn’t signed, and she returns to her husband.

1985

Events that occurred in this season include:

Georges Pompidou is elected President of France; Brian Jones drowns; Eddy Merckx wins the Tour de France for the first time; the old halfpenny ceases to be legal tender.

1991

This song’s title unwittingly referred to a deodorant that was a favourite of American girls in the 1990s.

1992

This song’s title is also a mocking acronym of the abbreviation of the fundraising organisation of Richard Nixon’s 1972 re-election campaign.  It is also a term for deformation of a solid.

2000

A different song with the same title subtitled It's Caught Me In Its Spotlight was a 1977 hit for Thin Lizzy.

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Tiebreaker

As at 31st January 2023, excluding dwarf planets such as Pluto, according to NASA how many moons are there in the solar system?

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ROUND 1 - Stockport format - Verbal - Paired

1.

Which English queen had 4 husbands, the third of whom was the King?

Catherine Parr

2.

Which rocky islet is known as 'Ireland’s Teardrop' because it was the last part of Ireland emigrants saw as they sailed to North America?

Fastnet

3.

On a conventional dartboard (as used by the PDC and BDO), how many scoring zones are there?

82

(40 singles, 20, doubles, 20 trebles, outer and inner bull)

4.

Fanya (Fanny) Kaplan was executed in 1918 after a failed attempt to assassinate which person?

Lenin

5.

A line from which 17th-century play about a noblewoman who marries a lowly steward provided the title of the P D James novel Cover Her Face?

The Duchess of Malfi

6.

Who became the General Secretary of the TUC in December 2022?

Paul Nowak

7.

The Prince of Denmark’s March, composed around 1700 - for many years incorrectly attributed to Henry Purcell - is more commonly known by what name?

Trumpet Voluntary

8.

How many feathers are there in a tournament badminton shuttlecock?

9.

A documentary film directed by Edgar Wright is about the brothers Ron and Russell Mael, who are better known as which musical duo?

Sparks

10.

Which Radio 4 programme’s theme tune is The Schickel Shamble from the film Monte Carlo or Bust?

I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue

11.

Which Central American country has no coastline on the Pacific Ocean?

Belize

12.

Who married Elizabeth Throckmorton in 1591 without the monarch’s permission, a misdemeanour that resulted in them both being imprisoned in the Tower of London?

Walter Raleigh

13.

Which lawyer defended the teenage killers Leopold and Loeb, a year before famously defending a teacher in a trial that was popularised in the play Inherit The Wind?

Clarence Darrow

14.

In which sport, created in 2005, was the IQA World Cup first hosted in Oxford in 2012?

Quidditch

(aka Quadball)

15.

Which image-sharing and social media site that was originally created for people to share ideas and inspiration for various projects was launched in 2009 by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra, and Evan Sharp?

Pinterest

16.

Which opera singer who died in 2022 married Sir Peter Hall and is the mother of the actress Rebecca Hall?

Maria Ewing

17.

What do the initials stand for in the meat substitute TVP?

Textured Vegetable Protein

18.

Which epic poem of the first century CE, comprising 15 books, chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar?  Its author was Publius Ovidius Naso who was better known by a shorter name.

Metamorphoses

(by Ovid)

19.

Which dwarf planet is the largest object in the asteroid belt?

Ceres

20.

Which band, formed in Glasgow in 2011, has a stylised name which replaces the letter 'u' with the letter 'v'?

Chvrches

21.

What is the theme music for the Radio 4 programme Just A Minute?

The Minute Waltz (Chopin's Piano Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64, No. 1)

22.

Which virus causes glandular fever?

Epstein-Barr

23.

The top countries in what sport that has two variants governed by the WCF play in the MacRobertson Shield and the Openshaw Shield?

Croquet

24.

Born Cicely Fairfield, the author who had an affair with H G Wells and covered the Nuremberg trials, is better known by what name that she took from the young heroine in Romsersholm by Henrik Ibsen?

Rebecca West

25.

Who became the Prime Minister of New Zealand on 25th January 2023?

Chris Hipkins

26.

What 9-letter word describes a sensationalized item on the internet designed to entice people to follow a link to an article on another web page?

Clickbait

27.

What is the more common name for the clinical condition Lateral Epicondylitis?

Tennis elbow

28.

Omelette Norvegienne is an alternative name for which dessert that contains a reference to a place in the USA?

Baked Alaska

29.

Who wrote the poem New Colossus that contains the words:

"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”

..that are inscribed on the Statue of Liberty?

Emma Lazarus

30.

Which two planets in our solar system do not have any moons?

Mercury and Venus

Sp1

The acronym LASER stands for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.  In a similar vein, what does the letter m stand for in the acronym MASER?

Microwave

Sp2

Commonly used on utility bills, which unit of energy is equal to 3.6 megajoules?

Kilowatt-hour

ROUND 2 - Stockport format - Written

List in any order the 10 national capitals whose names begin with 'L'

1.

2.

Lilongwe

3.

4.

Lisbon

5.

Ljubljana

6.

Lomé

7.

London

8.

Luanda

9.

10.

Luxembourg

ROUND 3 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme

Beware of soundalikes!

1.

Which British writer died in France in 1930 and is commemorated in a small chapel in New Mexico?

D H Lawrence

2.

What is the surname of the sisters who were known for serial matrimony, two of whom were married to George Sanders?

Gabor

3.

Which wheelchair racer born in Halifax holds the world record for the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m in their classification?

Hannah Cockcroft

4.

What is the surname of the sisters who formed a musical duo after leaving the group All Saints?

Appleton

5.

What is the title of Philip Glass’s first and longest opera that had its premiere in 1976?

Einstein on the Beach

6.

Which inanimate object provides the title of a 1967 comedy film with little dialogue written by Eric Sykes?

Plank

7.

Which 1966 film starred the married couple Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as another real-life couple?

Born Free

8.

Which broadcaster was the inaugural winner of the Bad Sex in Fiction Award for his novel A Time To Dance?

Melvyn Bragg

Sp

Which word can be a verb meaning to make a hole or a noun for a steep-fronted wave?

Bore

Theme: Each answer contains the surname of a Nobel Physics laureate

Go back to Round 3 questions without answers

ROUND 4 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme - 'Absence does not necessarily make the heart grow fonder'

1.

Which rock band suffered tragedy in 1977, when their chartered plane crashed, killing their lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines?

Lynyrd Skynyrd

2.

Which breed of cat is known for its lack of fur whose hairlessness was developed in the 1960s through selective breeding of cats that have a naturally occurring generic mutation?

Sphynx

3.

Which social networking and online dating application was dubbed by Vanity Fair in 2011 as the "World's Biggest, Scariest Gay Bar"?

Grindr

4.

Which company with its HQ in Edinburgh is the largest active asset manager in the UK?  It adopted its current name in 2021.

Abrdn

5.

Which word connects a moon of Pluto and an American rock band whose biggest international single success was 1979's Babe?

Styx

6.

What astronomical term is used for a roughly straight-line configuration of three or more celestial bodies?

Syzygy

7.

What name is shared by a product extracted from trees of the genus Commiphora and the plant also known as sweet cicely?

Myrrh

8.

The name of which organic fluid is derived from the name of the Roman deity of fresh water?

Lymph

Sp

Manchester art gallery contains a painting by John William Waterhouse that depicts Hylas being abducted by which creatures?

Nymphs

Theme: Where have all the vowels gone?

Go back to Round 4 questions without answers

ROUND 5 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme

1.

Which city is known as 'The Yellow Rose of Texas'?  It is the subject of a song originally recorded in 1971 and re-released in 2005 to raise money for Comic Relief.

Amarillo

2.

What French term is given to a confection consisting of a chestnut candied in sugar syrup?

Marron glacé

3.

Who was James Bond's female opponent in From Russia With Love?

Rosa Klebb

4.

Which armchair detective was created by Rex Stout?

Nero Wolfe

5.

What is the German name of the art exhibition and publication instigated by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc in 1911?

Der Blau Reiter

6.

In Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, which character is found shipwrecked on the shores of Illyria and separated from her twin brother?

Viola

7.

Which Venezuela-born rugby union player holds the record for the most tries scored for France?

Serge Blanco

8.

Which Argentinian team beat Manchester United in the 1968 Intercontinental Cup?  The game is notable for the violent behaviour of their players.

Estudiantes de La Plata

Sp1

What is the state capital of Louisiana?

Baton Rouge

Sp2

What is the surname of the ex-Brazilian international footballer known as Ronaldo?

de Lima

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a colour in French, German, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish

Go back to Round 5 questions without answers

ROUND 6 - WithQuiz format - 'Bingo Streaming'

Each answer is the title of one of the biggest streaming hits for every year since the chart's inception in 1952, according to the Official Chart Company

Select your year

1952

The title song of a musical film of the same year, sung by the character Don Lockwood.

Singin' In The Rain

(Gene Kelly)

1953

The tune to this song has been used in football chants, aimed at players including Zamora and Fellaini.

That’s Amore

(Dean Martin)

1955

This is also the title of a 1987 TV series starring Robbie Coltrane as Big Jazza McGlone.

Tutti Frutti

(Little Richard)

1958

This was performed by the character Marty McFly with a characteristic duckwalk in a 1985 film.

1961

This is also the title of a 1986 film based on a Stephen King novella, and of a 1997 Oasis single.

Stand By Me

(Ben E King)

1971

One of the official state anthems of West Virginia, its tune can be heard at the Theatre of Dreams.

Take Me Home, Country Roads

(John Denver)

1974

This is also the title of a 2002 romantic comedy film starring Reese Witherspoon as Melanie.  She marries her childhood sweetheart Jake whom she subsequently divorces.  During her wedding to Andrew, a lawyer halts the ceremony, producing divorce papers which Melanie hasn’t signed, and she returns to her husband.

Sweet Home Alabama

(Lynyrd Skynyrd)

1985

Events that occurred in this season include:

Georges Pompidou is elected President of France; Brian Jones drowns; Eddy Merckx wins the Tour de France for the first time; the old halfpenny ceases to be legal tender.

1991

This song’s title unwittingly referred to a deodorant that was a favourite of American girls in the 1990s.

Smells Like Teen Spirit

(Nirvana)

1992

This song’s title is also a mocking acronym of the abbreviation of the fundraising organisation of Richard Nixon’s 1972 re-election campaign.  It is also a term for deformation of a solid.

Creep

(CRP was the abbreviation of the Committee to Re-elect the President)

2000

A different song with the same title subtitled It's Caught Me In Its Spotlight was a 1977 hit for Thin Lizzy.

Dancing In The Moonlight

(Toploader)

Tiebreaker

As at 31st January 2023, excluding dwarf planets such as Pluto, according to NASA how many moons are there in the solar system?