Withington Pub Quiz League - questions 15/03/23

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ROUND 1 - 'When in Ancient Rome worship as the Ancient Romans did'

A round of word connections with 3 clues relating to Roman Mythology

What word connects...

a planet that revolves in the opposite direction to all other planets;

to a tennis player who won 7 Slams including 5 of them at Wimbledon;

to a 1962 song sung by Mark Wynter that reached number 4 in the UK charts?

What word connects...

an 18th century English aristocrat who was proposed as a bride for Federick, Prince of Wales;

to the mother of a former British racing driver and lawyer who died in 2021;

to an English actress who played Lady Olenna Tyrell in Game Of Thrones?

What word connects...

the first name of a character played by Mila Kunis in a 2015 science fiction film with the same first name;

to the owners of the ship Red Dwarf in the TV comedy of the same name;

to a 1978 song by Earth, Wind & Fire that reached number 26 on the UK Blues and Soul Charts?

What word connects...

the full first name of Mickey Mouse's girlfriend (although now seldom used);

to a 2016 song by the American band Deftones that reached number 15 on the UK Singles Charts;

to a fictional character from the Harry Potter books who is a professor at Hogwarts School?

What word connects...

a theoretical planet once thought to have existed between the orbits of Mercury and Venus;

to a range of processes for hardening rubber;

to a character played by Jolene Blaylock in the Sci-Fi series Enterprise?

What word connects...

the surname of the chief sidekick to Inspector George Gently played by Lee Ingleby in the 2008 TV crime series of the same name;

to a 1497 statue by Michelangelo that depicts a nude character looking somewhat unsteady on their feet;

to a white wine grape variety created in Germany in 1933 and also grown widely in English vineyards?

What word connects...

a 2007 coming-of-age comedy starring Eliot Page as the title character that won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay;

to a 1924 play by Sean O'Casey set in Dublin during the Irish Civil War;

to a NASA probe launched in 2011 that currently orbits the planet Jupiter?

What word connects...

an American record label founded in 1945 that introduced such artists as Frankie Laine, Vic Damone and Patti Page to the international pop market;

to a chemical element with the atomic number 80;

to the first human spaceflight programme launched in 1958 by NASA?

Sp.

What word connects an asteroid that is the second largest in the Asteroid Belt after Ceres and is the brightest asteroid visible from Earth;

to a late 19th to early 20th century English music hall performer who was the best known male impersonator of her time;

to a brand of matches popularly known as 'The Smokers' Match'?

Go to Round 1 questions with answers

ROUND 2 - Reverse pairs

Which Yorkshire Rugby League Team are nicknamed 'The Panthers?

Which 2003 American comedy film directed by Shawn Levy starred Steve Martin and Hilary Duff as the Baker Couple?

Which British musician and comic actor was The Master pf Ceremonies in the original version of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells?

Of which Spanish region is Oviedo the capital?

Of which Spanish region is Merida the capital?

Currently, Tubular Bells is celebrating 50 years since its release and is being celebrated in a series of concerts. Which British actor took the role as Master of Ceremonies?

Which 2003 American comedy film directed by Adam Shankman starred Steve Martin and Queen Latifah?

Which Yorkshire Rugby League Team are nicknamed 'The Rams'?

Sp1.

In Greek mythology who was the mother of Perseus?

Sp2

In Greek mythology who was the mother of Heracles/Hercules?

Go to Round 2 questions with answers

ROUND 3 - Hidden theme

Warning: May contain Proctologists!

Which athlete and 800 metres Olympic champion in 1964, is the mother of former Manchester City players Ian and David Brightwell?

Which Solihull born defender finished his long but undistinguished football career at Macclesfield Town? After taking a degree and working for various universities he turned to football management and made his reputation initially by leading recently formed Ostersund FC to promotion, victory in the Swedish Cup Final and a distinguished run in the Europa League.

Who was the Jarrow born playwright who became better known as a screenwriter for British television? He made his name writing scripts for Z Cars and Softly Softly and his TV adaptation of the Chris Mullin novel A Very British Coup. His comedy drama The Beiderbecke Trilogy became a cult classic.

Also known as the 'Parliamentary Novels' what name is given to the series of novels by Anthony Trollope? It is taken from the name of the aristocratic politician who is married to Lady Glencora. In earlier times his surname referred to those of a more humble calling who built and maintained fences.

Which Canadian actor who died in 2021 never hid his derision for the film that made him famous? "I was 34 at the time and a successful stage actor. I should never have signed on to play a supporting actor in a musical about a singing nun and a pack of curtain-wearing kids". He often referred to the film as "The Sound of Mucus".

Perhaps confirming the repressed Viking ancestry of many BBC Home Service listeners, the blood-curdling death scream of which plummy voiced character in The Archers as he plummeted from his rooftop in 2011 was Radio 4's most requested play-back moment for that year?

What word was coined in Latin by Erasmus and first used in English in a 1600 play by Ben Jonson? It is a derogatory term for an inferior versifier with unwarranted pretensions to artistic value.

Originally derived from a Sanskrit word meaning 'learned' what word entered the English language through its Hindi usage as a term of respect for a wise person? The word is used with sickening regularity in the media these days though the sense of its original meaning is not always immediately apparent.

Sp1

What name was given to the Latvian anarchist who found fame as an anti-hero in London's East End after supposedly fighting in and escaping from the violent Siege of Sidney Street in 1911?

Sp2

With a melody in the chorus adapted from the score of the 1940 Disney film Pinocchio, what song was a number 6 hit in the UK for Tom Jones in May 1972?

Go to Round 3 questions with answers

ROUND 4 - Blockbuster Bingo on the theme of Finality

...given that this will be the last league quiz of the current WithQuiz season

The 'Finality' theme could be reflected in either the question or the answer - choose your question according to the initials of the answer

TEOTB:

This phrase was used by Winston Churchill to assess the possible significance of the Allied victory in the 1942 Battle of El Alamein. What did he call it?

C: PLC:

This is the title of a 1975 novel by Agatha Christie in which her Belgian detective makes his final appearance. A 2013 film was made with the same title. What is it?

This was the last word spoken by composer Gustav Mahler on his deathbed in 1911. What was it?

TLOE:

This 1987 British arthouse film was directed by Derek Jarman as a protest against the policies of the Thatcher government. It starred Tilda Swinton and one of its most famous scenes depicts Swinton mourning her executed husband. What is it called?

ND,NK:

These two players played the final of the men's singles at 2022 Wimbledon. Name them.

DBH:

Title of a 1992 satirical American comedy/horror film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn as rivals for the affections of the same man played by Bruce Willis. What is it?

This is the name of The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe in the Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy. What is it called?

DMDD? TITLTISD:

These were the purported last words of Lord Palmerston spoken to someone on his deathbed in 1865. What were they?

This Cornish peninsula is precisely where Land's End is located. Name it.

DH:

Located on the north coast of Scotland about 11 miles north-west from John O'Groats this is actually the northernmost part of the UK. Name it.

11.

LYAM:

Title of a 1961 film directed by Alain Resnais and starring Delphine Seyrig and Giorgio Albertazzi as two unnamed people who may or may not have met some time before and had an affair. Name it.

12.

Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis died on this day in 1975. On what Greek island, which he owned, is he buried along with his first wife and two children?

Go to Round 4 questions with answers

ROUND 5 - Pairs

To date there have been 13, the first being Sir Maurice Hankey in 1916. The current party-loving incumbent is the youngest ever, being appointed by Boris Johnson in 2020. What role is described?

Introduced in China as early as 581CE and in the UK in 1870, what innovation greatly assisted the administration of these imperial powers?

Located between Harlesden and Shepherd’s Bush and opened in 1833, what was the first commercial cemetery in London? It boasts many famous residents including Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Anthony Trollope.

Cnut (the Great) was king of England, Denmark and Norway at the time of his death in 1035. In which city was he buried?

Torr and Pascal are both units of what physical property?

According to Albert Einstein who was “the father of modern science”?

Plants of the genus Erysimum are often planted in borders in autumn to give early spring flowers in a wide variety of colours. How are these plants commonly known?

Non-native but as British as fish and chips by what name are the early flowering genus Galanthus better known?

Sp.

Born in Ilkley in 1949 who did the spadework of his media career as a specialist TV presenter but has branched out to become a TV and radio personality and a budding novelist with his debut novel Only Dad released in 2001?

Go to Round 5 questions with answers

ROUND 6 - Pairs

In May 2022 what became Scotland’s newest city as part of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations? A belated honour, you might think, since this place was once the capital of Scotland.

In December 2022 which town became Northern Ireland’s sixth city, alongside Belfast, Derry, Armagh, Lisburn and Newry?

Who wrote Revelations of Divine Love? It is the earliest surviving book written in English by a woman and dates from about 1400.

Although she couldn’t write, whose dictated story of her life is considered to be the first known autobiography ever written in English by man or woman? It describes her domestic tribulations as well as her many pilgrimages to holy sites in Europe and the Holy Land and her mystical conversations with God.

What is the name of the retail park that stands on the site of the former Manchester Botanic Gardens? Over the years it has also served as an amusement park and a sports stadium for athletics, greyhound and stock car racing. Despite all the changes the original pillars and archway of the Botanic Gardens entrance still stand and add a modicum of distinction to its drab surroundings.

Manchester city centre got its first new public park in more than 100 years in September 2022. Taking its name from a former railway station and industrial site, what is the new park called?

What is the English translation of the name of the famous 1885 painting known in the artist’s native language as De Aardappeleters? It was the artist’s intention to depict the harsh reality of everyday life for peasants.

Painted between 1665 and 1667 what is the English translation of the name of the famous portrait known in its artist’s native language as Meisje Met De Parel?

Sp1

In what, we can only hope, was a moment of incipient dementia, which Nobel laureate dedicated his 2022 book to “all the crew at Dunkin' Donuts”?

Sp2

In yet another example of blatant WithQuiz product placement what track appears on side two of the Rolling Stones 1968 album Beggars Banquet? Fittingly it comes between Street Fighting Man and Stray Cat Blues.

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ROUND 7 - Hidden theme

Name the 1977 Bee Gees song which starts:

"I know your eyes in the mornin' sun/ I feel you touch me in the pourin' rain."

What semitransparent material appears in the title of the third book of Philip Pullman’s trilogy His Dark Materials (as recently shown on BBC TV)?

Name the wetland area of France south Arles and between the Petit-Rhône and the Grande-Rhône.

Which multitalented English actor, novelist, poet and painter born 1921, served in the Second World War, achieving the rank of Major? His film breakthrough occurred in 1950 with The Blue Lamp.

Which modern marvel of engineering, opened in 2002 in order to transfer canal boats between the Forth & Clyde Canal and the Union Canal, a height differential of 24m?

Once commonplace in geo-political discussions and sadly becoming more relevant in recent years, for what does the acronym MAD stand?

Depicted in Dicken’s Barnaby Rudge, which violent protests occurred in London in 1780, motivated by anti-Catholic sentiment?

Which Burns poem begins with the lines:

“Hey! Where're you going, you crawling hair-fly?

Your impudence protects you, barely?"

Sp.

Name the small, marine isopod crustacean of the genus Limnoria that destroys submerged timber by boring into it.

Go to Round 7 questions with answers

ROUND 8 - Pairs

(Apologies in advance if nobody in the room was expecting this question!)

The Spanish Inquisition began in 1478. In what year did it officially end? We will show clemency and grant you a discrepancy of 5 years either way.

First performed on At Last The 1948 Show the iconic Four Yorkshiremen comedy sketch was written in 1967 by four non-Yorkshiremen. John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Tim Brooke-Taylor were three of them. Who was the other one? He was only 48 when he died in 1982.

When it finally opened to the public in 1998 on London’s busy Euston Road the new British Library did not meet with universal acclaim. Who described it as looking “like an academy for secret policemen”?

Who was Neil Kinnock referring to when he said in 1997:

“I have a lot of sympathy for him, I too was once a young bald leader of the opposition party.”

One of Britain’s most popular National Trails, the Offa’s Dyke Path, connects Sedbury by the Severn Estuary near Chepstow to which coastal town 177 miles to the north?

When devising his Coast to Coast walk Alfred Wainwright advised his walkers to dip their booted feet in the North Sea on reaching their destination at Robin Hood’s Bay. At which small village should they dip their booted feet in the Irish Sea before setting out on the 182 mile walk.

Listen to the following piece of cinema dialogue and supply the missing surname, which is that of the eponymous anti-hero of this 1960 Oscar winning film. It was based on a 1927 novel of the same name written by Sinclair Lewis:

“Tell 'em, -------, save 'em from sin... lead 'em to salvation... tell 'em about everything - but not about your whiskey and your women!"

“It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday. And I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me”
...is the deliciously provocative opening line of the 1980 novel Earthly Powers. Who wrote it?

Sp1

The Eliteserien is the top professional league for men’s association football teams in which European country?

Sp2

The Ekstraklasa is the top professional league for men’s football in which European country?

Go to Round 8 questions with answers

ROUND 1 - 'When in Ancient Rome worship as the Ancient Romans did'

A round of word connections with 3 clues relating to Roman Mythology

What word connects...

a planet that revolves in the opposite direction to all other planets;

to a tennis player who won 7 Slams including 5 of them at Wimbledon;

to a 1962 song sung by Mark Wynter that reached number 4 in the UK charts?

Venus

(Planet Venus, Venus Williams and Venus In Blue Jeans)

What word connects...

an 18th century English aristocrat who was proposed as a bride for Federick, Prince of Wales;

to the mother of a former British racing driver and lawyer who died in 2021;

to an English actress who played Lady Olenna Tyrell in Game Of Thrones?

Diana

(Lady Diana Spencer, Diana Mosley and Diana Rigg)

What word connects...

the first name of a character played by Mila Kunis in a 2015 science fiction film with the same first name;

to the owners of the ship Red Dwarf in the TV comedy of the same name;

to a 1978 song by Earth, Wind & Fire that reached number 26 on the UK Blues and Soul Charts?

Jupiter

(Jupiter Jones in the film Jupiter Ascending, the Jupiter Mining Corporation and Jupiter by Earth, Wind and Fire)

What word connects...

the full first name of Mickey Mouse's girlfriend (although now seldom used);

to a 2016 song by the American band Deftones that reached number 15 on the UK Singles Charts;

to a fictional character from the Harry Potter books who is a professor at Hogwarts School?

Minerva

(Minerva Mouse later shortened to 'Minnie', song Minerva and Professor Minerva McGonagall)

What word connects...

a theoretical planet once thought to have existed between the orbits of Mercury and Venus;

to a range of processes for hardening rubber;

to a character played by Jolene Blaylock in the Sci-Fi series Enterprise?

Vulcan

(the theoretical planet, 'vulcanisation' and a character from the planet 'Vulcan' called T'Pol)

What word connects...

the surname of the chief sidekick to Inspector George Gently played by Lee Ingleby in the 2008 TV crime series of the same name;

to a 1497 statue by Michelangelo that depicts a nude character looking somewhat unsteady on their feet;

to a white wine grape variety created in Germany in 1933 and also grown widely in English vineyards?

Bacchus

(Sergeant Jim Bacchus, Bacchus by Michelangelo and Bacchus the grape variety)

What word connects...

a 2007 coming-of-age comedy starring Eliot Page as the title character that won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay;

to a 1924 play by Sean O'Casey set in Dublin during the Irish Civil War;

to a NASA probe launched in 2011 that currently orbits the planet Jupiter?

Juno

(the Casey play is Juno and the Paycock)

What word connects...

an American record label founded in 1945 that introduced such artists as Frankie Laine, Vic Damone and Patti Page to the international pop market;

to a chemical element with the atomic number 80;

to the first human spaceflight programme launched in 1958 by NASA?

Mercury

Sp.

What word connects an asteroid that is the second largest in the Asteroid Belt after Ceres and is the brightest asteroid visible from Earth;

to a late 19th to early 20th century English music hall performer who was the best known male impersonator of her time;

to a brand of matches popularly known as 'The Smokers' Match'?

Vesta

(asteroid, Vesta Tilley and Swan Vesta)

Go back to Round 1 questions without answers

ROUND 2 - Reverse pairs

Which Yorkshire Rugby League Team are nicknamed 'The Panthers?

Halifax

Which 2003 American comedy film directed by Shawn Levy starred Steve Martin and Hilary Duff as the Baker Couple?

Cheaper By The Dozen

Which British musician and comic actor was The Master pf Ceremonies in the original version of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells?

Vivian Stanshall

Of which Spanish region is Oviedo the capital?

Asturias

Of which Spanish region is Merida the capital?

Extremadura

Currently, Tubular Bells is celebrating 50 years since its release and is being celebrated in a series of concerts. Which British actor took the role as Master of Ceremonies?

Brian Blessed

Which 2003 American comedy film directed by Adam Shankman starred Steve Martin and Queen Latifah?

Bringing Down The House

Which Yorkshire Rugby League Team are nicknamed 'The Rams'?

Dewsbury

Sp1

In Greek mythology who was the mother of Perseus?

Danae

Sp2

In Greek mythology who was the mother of Heracles/Hercules?

Alcmena

Go back to Round 2 questions without answers

ROUND 3 - Hidden theme

Warning: May contain Proctologists!

Which athlete and 800 metres Olympic champion in 1964, is the mother of former Manchester City players Ian and David Brightwell?

Ann Packer

Graham Potter

Alan Plater

(The) Palliser (novels)

Christopher Plummer

Nigel Pargeter

What word was coined in Latin by Erasmus and first used in English in a 1600 play by Ben Jonson? It is a derogatory term for an inferior versifier with unwarranted pretensions to artistic value.

Poetaster

Pundit

Sp1

What name was given to the Latvian anarchist who found fame as an anti-hero in London's East End after supposedly fighting in and escaping from the violent Siege of Sidney Street in 1911?

Peter The Painter

Sp2

With a melody in the chorus adapted from the score of the 1940 Disney film Pinocchio, what song was a number 6 hit in the UK for Tom Jones in May 1972?

The Young New Mexican Puppeteer

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a profession beginning with the letter 'P'

Go back to Round 3 questions without answers

ROUND 4 - Blockbuster Bingo on the theme of Finality

...given that this will be the last league quiz of the current WithQuiz season

The 'Finality' theme could be reflected in either the question or the answer - choose your question according to the initials of the answer

TEOTB:

This phrase was used by Winston Churchill to assess the possible significance of the Allied victory in the 1942 Battle of El Alamein. What did he call it?

"The End Of The Beginning"

C: PLC:

This is the title of a 1975 novel by Agatha Christie in which her Belgian detective makes his final appearance. A 2013 film was made with the same title. What is it?

Curtain: Poirot's Last Case

This was the last word spoken by composer Gustav Mahler on his deathbed in 1911. What was it?

"Mozart"

TLOE:

The Last Of England

ND,NK:

These two players played the final of the men's singles at 2022 Wimbledon. Name them.

Novak Djokovic, Nick Kyrgios

DBH:

Death Becomes Her

This is the name of The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe in the Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy. What is it called?

Milliways

DMDD? TITLTISD:

These were the purported last words of Lord Palmerston spoken to someone on his deathbed in 1865. What were they?

“Die my dear doctor? That is the last thing I shall do”

This Cornish peninsula is precisely where Land's End is located. Name it.

Penwith

10.

DH:

Located on the north coast of Scotland about 11 miles north-west from John O'Groats this is actually the northernmost part of the UK. Name it.

Dunnet Head

11.

LYAM:

Title of a 1961 film directed by Alain Resnais and starring Delphine Seyrig and Giorgio Albertazzi as two unnamed people who may or may not have met some time before and had an affair. Name it.

Last Year At Marienbad

12.

Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis died on this day in 1975. On what Greek island, which he owned, is he buried along with his first wife and two children?

Skorpios

Go back to Round 4 questions without answers

ROUND 5 - Pairs

To date there have been 13, the first being Sir Maurice Hankey in 1916. The current party-loving incumbent is the youngest ever, being appointed by Boris Johnson in 2020. What role is described?

Cabinet Secretary

(currently Simon Case)

Introduced in China as early as 581CE and in the UK in 1870, what innovation greatly assisted the administration of these imperial powers?

Civil Service examinations

Kensal Green Cemetery

Cnut (the Great) was king of England, Denmark and Norway at the time of his death in 1035. In which city was he buried?

Winchester

Torr and Pascal are both units of what physical property?

Pressure

According to Albert Einstein who was “the father of modern science”?

Galileo (Galilei)

Plants of the genus Erysimum are often planted in borders in autumn to give early spring flowers in a wide variety of colours. How are these plants commonly known?

Wallflowers

Non-native but as British as fish and chips by what name are the early flowering genus Galanthus better known?

Snowdrops

Sp.

Alan Titchmarsh

Go back to Round 5 questions without answers

ROUND 6 - Pairs

In May 2022 what became Scotland’s newest city as part of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations? A belated honour, you might think, since this place was once the capital of Scotland.

Dunfermline

In December 2022 which town became Northern Ireland’s sixth city, alongside Belfast, Derry, Armagh, Lisburn and Newry?

Bangor

Who wrote Revelations of Divine Love? It is the earliest surviving book written in English by a woman and dates from about 1400.

Julian of Norwich

(1343- c1416)

Margery Kempe

(c1373 – c 1438)

White City

(in Old Trafford)

Manchester city centre got its first new public park in more than 100 years in September 2022. Taking its name from a former railway station and industrial site, what is the new park called?

Mayfield Park

The Potato Eaters

(by Van Gogh)

Painted between 1665 and 1667 what is the English translation of the name of the famous portrait known in its artist’s native language as Meisje Met De Parel?

Girl With A Pearl Earring

(by Vermeer)

Sp1

In what, we can only hope, was a moment of incipient dementia, which Nobel laureate dedicated his 2022 book to “all the crew at Dunkin' Donuts”?

Bob Dylan

Sp2

Prodigal Son

Go back to Round 6 questions without answers

ROUND 7 - Hidden theme

Name the 1977 Bee Gees song which starts:

"I know your eyes in the mornin' sun/ I feel you touch me in the pourin' rain."

How Deep Is Your Love?

What semitransparent material appears in the title of the third book of Philip Pullman’s trilogy His Dark Materials (as recently shown on BBC TV)?

Amber

(The Amber Spyglass)

Name the wetland area of France south Arles and between the Petit-Rhône and the Grande-Rhône.

The Camargue

Which multitalented English actor, novelist, poet and painter born 1921, served in the Second World War, achieving the rank of Major? His film breakthrough occurred in 1950 with The Blue Lamp.

Dirk Bogarde

Which modern marvel of engineering, opened in 2002 in order to transfer canal boats between the Forth & Clyde Canal and the Union Canal, a height differential of 24m?

The Falkirk Wheel

Once commonplace in geo-political discussions and sadly becoming more relevant in recent years, for what does the acronym MAD stand?

Mutually Assured Distruction

Depicted in Dicken’s Barnaby Rudge, which violent protests occurred in London in 1780, motivated by anti-Catholic sentiment?

The Gordon Riots

Which Burns poem begins with the lines:

“Hey! Where're you going, you crawling hair-fly?

Your impudence protects you, barely?"

To a Louse

Sp.

Name the small, marine isopod crustacean of the genus Limnoria that destroys submerged timber by boring into it.

Gribble

Theme: Each answer contains the name of an English river

Go back to Round 7 questions without answers

ROUND 8 - Pairs

(Apologies in advance if nobody in the room was expecting this question!)

The Spanish Inquisition began in 1478. In what year did it officially end? We will show clemency and grant you a discrepancy of 5 years either way.

1834

(so accept 1829 – 1839)

Marty Feldman

(The then) Prince Charles

Who was Neil Kinnock referring to when he said in 1997:

“I have a lot of sympathy for him, I too was once a young bald leader of the opposition party.”

William Hague

(on becoming leader of the Tories)

One of Britain’s most popular National Trails, the Offa’s Dyke Path, connects Sedbury by the Severn Estuary near Chepstow to which coastal town 177 miles to the north?

Prestatyn

St Bees

(Cumbria)

“Tell 'em, -------, save 'em from sin... lead 'em to salvation... tell 'em about everything - but not about your whiskey and your women!"

(Elmer) Gantry

Anthony Burgess

Sp1

The Eliteserien is the top professional league for men’s association football teams in which European country?

Norway

Sp2

The Ekstraklasa is the top professional league for men’s football in which European country?

Poland

Go back to Round 8 questions without answers