ROUND 1 - Announced theme - ‘Best Actresses'

Set by The History Men

Every answer contains the surname of an actress who has won the Academy Award for Best Actress more than once

1.

Which actor played a sex-killer in Hitchcock’s Frenzy but is more fondly remembered as a detective in a long running television series (1972-77 and 1991-92)?

2.

Which prestigious mathematics prize has been awarded since 1950 every four years but only to mathematicians under the age of forty?

3.

Who painted the artwork Number 17A? Sold for 200 million dollars in 2015 it is still fifth on the all-time most expensive paintings.

4.

Who captained the American Ryder Cup team TWICE, in 2012 and in 2016? The USA lost in 2012 but won in 2016. His only major was the 1997 PGA championship.

5.

Which company manufactured aircraft including the Moth, the Mosquito, and the Comet, as well as the Blue Streak missile system?

6.

Who has had the third shortest presidency of the USA? His time in office was sandwiched between those of James K Polk and Millard Fillmore. (both names needed)

7.

Which constituency is represented by Tory MP James Grundy? Until his election in December 2019 the seat had been a Labour stronghold since 1922.

8.

What was the surname of the Earls of Bothwell (of the first creation)? The fourth earl was the third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.

Sp

Which word, often still regarded as slang, is derived from the Proto-Germanic word meaning lithe, bendsome, slender, or causing to swing?

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ROUND 2 - Announced theme – ‘Getting Ahead’

Set by Ethel Rodin

Each answer contains a word or words that can come after the word ‘HEAD’ – normal caveats apply.

1.

There are 2 female characters that appear in 4 Shakespeare plays. Queen Margaret is one, who is the other?

2.

The actor and comedian Steve Delaney assumes which name in the eponymous TV and radio shows of which he is the central character?

3.

Which novel's plot published in 1957 partly takes place in the fictional market town of Warley in Yorkshire? The film version appeared in 1959 and starred amongst others Simone Signoret and Laurence Harvey.

4.

Which British band formed in 1997 released the Grammy-winning albums Parachutes in 2000 and A Rush of Blood to the Head in 2002?

5.

What is the name of the cartoonist and illustrator who provided the graphics for the Pink Floyd album cover The Wall and has worked for Punch, the Sunday Times, Private Eye and numerous other publications?

6.

Which footballer made 270 appearances for Manchester United between 1992 and 2004, played 136 times for Newcastle and 39 times for England?

7.

Which song first recorded by Glenn Campbell with the backing of the Wreckers was written by Jimmy Webb and released in 1968? Webb said that the idea for the lyrics came when driving through a rural area he saw what he described as the picture of loneliness.

8.

Which device commonly used throughout the world today and patented in 1876 by the Scottish-born man normally associated with the invention is claimed by their supporters to have been invented by the Italians Meucci and Manzetti, the American Elisha Gray and the German Reis?

Sp.

Which BBC programme is presented by Greg Wallace and John Torode?

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ROUND 3 - Pictures - 'They may be women but they are all sons'

Set by The Prodigals

You will see a picture of a woman whose surname ends with ‘son’ - identify the famous face

1.

US author and a Nobel Laureate; novels include The Bluest Eye, and Song of Solomon.
 

2.

US avant-garde composer and musician; was married to Lou Reed.

3.

Philanthropist and campaigner, formerly of this parish; founder of the RSPB.

4.

British tennis player, former Wimbledon Junior Champion; retired at 28.

5.

British Actress, late wife of Liam Neeson.

6.

Scottish Actress, featured in series two of Happy Valley and played Jude in the Bridget Jones series of films.

7.

US actress, played Pepper Anderson in the 70s series Police Woman.

8.

Born in Manchester; MP for Jarrow; Labour Education Minister 1945 – 1947; has a school named after her.

Sp1

Shadow Education Secretary.

Sp2

US singer; victim of a wardrobe malfunction.

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ROUND 4 - Pairs

Set by Knocked Out United

1.

(KFD)

This capital city has a district whose name (in English) is a landmark event in a person’s life. Its historically diverse and left wing population has given rise to a nickname which was also the title of an episode of Game Of Thrones.  What’s the city?

2.

(KFD)

This major city has districts which share their names with two British Prime Ministers, a French fashion designer, a famous Scottish football player and manager and the fictional location of a dystopian novel and major television series.  What’s the city?

3.

(Electric Pigs)

Seven Premier League football teams have grounds with official capacities greater than 50,000. Name five of the seven teams.

4.

(Electric Pigs)

Seven Championship football teams, all former Premier League clubs, have grounds with capacities greater than 30,000. Reflecting the fact that this is slightly more difficult, name four of the seven teams.

5.

(History Men)

Who composed A Musical Joke in 1787? For many years it was the theme tune for the televised Horse of the Year Show.

6.

(History Men)

Perhaps inspired by his years in the USA, who composed Humoresque No 7 in G flat minor in 1890? It remains one of the most popular small piano works.

7.

(Prodigals)

Another performer's song inspired the name of the Rolling Stones. Name them. 

8.

(Prodigals)

Another group's song inspired the name of Deacon Blue. Name them.

Sp1

(Electric Pigs)

Which novel features the characters Bella Wilfer, Noddy Boffin and Jenny Wren? It is Charles Dickens’ last completed novel.

Sp2

(Electric Pigs)

Which novel features the characters Sue Bridehead, Arabella Donn and Richard Phillotson? It is Thomas Hardy’s last published novel.

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ROUND 5 - Pairs

Set by Knocked Out United

1.

(Ethel Rodin)

(a) an unsystematic or untidy search,

(b) a large drinking glass,

(c) a card game in which players try to collect sequences of sets of 3 or 4. 

2.

3.

(KFD)

Manchester’s Coat of Arms has been in the news recently thanks to some absurd navel-gazing piffle published in The Guardian.  What image, at the time of writing still uncontroversial, sits at the top of the city’s Coat of Arms?  

4.

(KFD)

Beside the appallingly offensive ship four other images appear on the badges of Manchester United and Manchester City, two on each.  Name one from each club’s badge.

5.

(The Prodigals)

Which forest-dwelling animal, Pango abelii, breastfeeds its young for up to eight years? 

6.

Which tree-dwelling animal is the last surviving member of the family Phascolarctidae?

7.

(Electric Pigs)

Give the name of the breakaway international golf series, funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, that has been set up as a rival to the PGA Tour and which has given rise to disciplinary proceedings and legal action by the PGA against anyone defecting to it.

8.

(Electric Pigs)

Which tennis player is the only one to achieve a Men’s Singles Grand Slam (winning all 4 Majors in the same calendar year) twice - and the only one to have done it at all since Don Budge achieved it for the first time in 1938?

Sp1

(History Men)

a) Indira Gandhi was assassinated,

b) Desmond Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize,

c) Liechtenstein grants women the right to vote,

d) Napoli purchase Maradona from Barcelona for a record £6.9 million.

Sp2

Go to Round 5 questions with answers

ROUND 6 - Pairs

Set by Knocked Out United

1.

(The Prodigals)

In Moby Dick, who was the only member of the Pequod's crew to survive its shipwreck? 

2.

(The Prodigals)

Which character from novels and films began life in the pages of the Independent newspaper?

3.

(Ethel Rodin)

Which poet published a collection of poems in 1945 under the title The North Ship? 

4.

(Ethel Rodin)

Published in 1957 whose first collection of poems was entitled Hawk in the Rain?

5.

(KFD)

This song was the biggest hit for a band who would suffer a tragic accident three years after its release. It was written in response to two earlier songs (both by the same artist) seen as criticising the southern states of America for slavery.  What’s the title of the song? 

6.

(KFD)

This song was written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael but it is best known as the version recorded thirty years later by an artist known as ‘The Genius’.  It is now the official song of the home state of that artist. What’s the title of the song?

7.

(Electric Pigs)

Which English railway station was the location for Alec, a married doctor, and Laura, also married, to conduct a famous affair through weekly meetings there in a celebrated British cinematic romantic drama of 1945?

8.

(Electric Pigs)

Simon & Garfunkel’s first UK Top 20 hit was Homeward Bound in 1966. On which English railway station did Paul Simon first scribble its lyrics whilst waiting for the train to London to see his girlfriend?  A plaque on the station commemorates it.

Sp1

(The Prodigals)

Which England cricket captain was born in India and had the initials MCC?

Sp2

(The Prodigals)

Which England cricketer was born in Zambia and had the middle name Henri?

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Set by Electric Pigs

Caveats apply

1.

Which comedy character, devised by Spike Milligan, once described two sticks of dynamite with these words: “What luck! Two big cigars and they’re both lit”?

2.

Britain’s most successful female distance runner retired from athletics after a 2015 race in the capital, with 14 international gold medals and a host of awards and records to her name.  Also remembered for an unscheduled comfort break during 2005 London Marathon.  Who is she?

3.

Celebrating his 50th birthday this week, which British golfer holds the unenviable record of the most major tournament appearances without a victory?

4.

A goddess of fruitful abundance in Ancient Roman myth.  Her name derives from the Latin for orchard fruit.  Who is she?

5.

The site of the highest and most significant viewing platform in Manchester, the Temple, designed in 1800 and used by Sir Thomas Egerton is located where?

6.

Which is the first building in the UK designed by the internationally acclaimed architect, Daniel Libeskind?

7.

Complete Nikita Khrushchev’s quote: “Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will _ _ _ _ you!”

8.

Located between Zambia and Zimbabwe and known locally as ‘the smoke that thunders’, what name was it given by David Livingstone?

Sp1

Which 2007 legal thriller features British actors Tom Wilkinson and Tilda Swinton and stars George Clooney in the title role of a renegade New York lawyer who narrowly escapes assassination by a car bomb in the opening scenes?

Sp2

Which is the main character in a 1976-1978 children’s TV series produced by Cosgrove Hall set in Wheelie World?

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ROUND 8 - Hidden theme

Set by KFD

Caveats apply

1.

From which poem do the following lines come?

“The self-same moment I could pray;
And from my neck so free
The Albatross fell off, and sank
Like lead into the sea.”

2.

Which author’s 80th birthday was marked by a special edition of St Edmund’s Ale? The brewery had been founded by his great-grandfather in 1799.

3.

What meat features in a Navarin?

4.

What word connects a Bob Dylan album, U2’s first number 1 in the UK and a perfume by Dolce & Gabbana?

5.

In ancient Rome, what were bigae and quadrigae?

6.

Which 1998 film starred Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon as teenagers trapped in a 50s sitcom set in a small Midwest town where everything is seemingly perfect?

7.

Who starred in The Parent Trap (as twins, Susan and Sharon) and Whistle Down the Wind (both in 1961) and, 20 years later, in the TV series The Flame Trees of Thika?

8.

What vegetable (Latin name Helianthus tuberosus) is the edible tuber of a type of sunflower?

Sp1

Which footballer played for Blackburn Rovers and Tottenham Hotspur, played 44 times for Wales and managed his country from 1980 to 1988?

Sp2

What is missing from the following list: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, ….?

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Tiebreaker

The team giving the nearest to the correct answer wins the quiz

In 1919 Alcock and Brown made the first transatlantic flight from St John’s, Newfoundland to Clifton, Ireland. To the nearest mile how far did they travel?

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ROUND 1 - Announced theme - ‘Best Actresses'

Set by The History Men

Every answer contains the surname of an actress who has won the Academy Award for Best Actress more than once

1.

Which actor played a sex-killer in Hitchcock’s Frenzy but is more fondly remembered as a detective in a long running television series (1972-77 and 1991-92)?

Barry Foster

(Jodie Foster 1988 1991)

2.

Which prestigious mathematics prize has been awarded since 1950 every four years but only to mathematicians under the age of forty?

Field’s Medal

(Sally Field 1979 1984)

3.

Who painted the artwork Number 17A? Sold for 200 million dollars in 2015 it is still fifth on the all-time most expensive paintings.

Jackson Pollock

(Glenda Jackson 1970 1973)

4.

Who captained the American Ryder Cup team TWICE, in 2012 and in 2016? The USA lost in 2012 but won in 2016. His only major was the 1997 PGA championship.

Davis Love III

(Betty Davis 1935 1938)

5.

Which company manufactured aircraft including the Moth, the Mosquito, and the Comet, as well as the Blue Streak missile system?

De Havilland

(Olivia de Havilland 1946 1949)

6.

Who has had the third shortest presidency of the USA? His time in office was sandwiched between those of James K Polk and Millard Fillmore. (both names needed)

Zachary Taylor

(Elizabeth Taylor 1960 1966)

7.

Which constituency is represented by Tory MP James Grundy? Until his election in December 2019 the seat had been a Labour stronghold since 1922.

Leigh

(Vivien Leigh 1939 1951)

8.

What was the surname of the Earls of Bothwell (of the first creation)? The fourth earl was the third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.

Hepburn

(Katharine Hepburn 1933 1967 1968 1981)

Sp

Which word, often still regarded as slang, is derived from the Proto-Germanic word meaning lithe, bendsome, slender, or causing to swing?

Swank

(Hilary Swank 1999 2004)

ROUND 2 - Announced theme – ‘Getting Ahead’

Set by Ethel Rodin

Each answer contains a word or words that can come after the word ‘HEAD’ – normal caveats apply.

1.

There are 2 female characters that appear in 4 Shakespeare plays. Queen Margaret is one, who is the other?

Mistress Quickly

2.

The actor and comedian Steve Delaney assumes which name in the eponymous TV and radio shows of which he is the central character?

Count Arthur Strong

3.

Which novel's plot published in 1957 partly takes place in the fictional market town of Warley in Yorkshire? The film version appeared in 1959 and starred amongst others Simone Signoret and Laurence Harvey.

Room at the Top

4.

Which British band formed in 1997 released the Grammy-winning albums Parachutes in 2000 and A Rush of Blood to the Head in 2002?

Coldplay

5.

What is the name of the cartoonist and illustrator who provided the graphics for the Pink Floyd album cover The Wall and has worked for Punch, the Sunday Times, Private Eye and numerous other publications?

Gerald Scarfe

6.

Which footballer made 270 appearances for Manchester United between 1992 and 2004, played 136 times for Newcastle and 39 times for England?

Nicky Butt

7.

Which song first recorded by Glenn Campbell with the backing of the Wreckers was written by Jimmy Webb and released in 1968? Webb said that the idea for the lyrics came when driving through a rural area he saw what he described as the picture of loneliness.

Wichita Lineman
 

8.

Which device commonly used throughout the world today and patented in 1876 by the Scottish-born man normally associated with the invention is claimed by their supporters to have been invented by the Italians Meucci and Manzetti, the American Elisha Gray and the German Reis?

The telephone

Sp.

Which BBC programme is presented by Greg Wallace and John Torode?

MasterChef

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ROUND 3 - Pictures - 'They may be women but they are all sons'

Set by The Prodigals

You will see a picture of a woman whose surname ends with ‘son’ - identify the famous face

1.

US author and a Nobel Laureate; novels include The Bluest Eye, and Song of Solomon.
 

Toni Morrison








 

2.

US avant-garde composer and musician; was married to Lou Reed.

Laurie Anderson

3.

Philanthropist and campaigner, formerly of this parish; founder of the RSPB.

Emily Williamson

4.

British tennis player, former Wimbledon Junior Champion; retired at 28.

Laura Robson

5.

British Actress, late wife of Liam Neeson.

Natasha Richardson

6.

Scottish Actress, featured in series two of Happy Valley and played Jude in the Bridget Jones series of films.

Shirley Henderson

7.

US actress, played Pepper Anderson in the 70s series Police Woman.

Angie Dickenson

8.

Born in Manchester; MP for Jarrow; Labour Education Minister 1945 – 1947; has a school named after her.

Ellen Wilkinson

Sp1

Shadow Education Secretary.

Bridget Phillipson

Sp2

US singer; victim of a wardrobe malfunction.

Janet Jackson

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ROUND 4 - Pairs

Set by Knocked Out United

1.

(KFD)

This capital city has a district whose name (in English) is a landmark event in a person’s life. Its historically diverse and left wing population has given rise to a nickname which was also the title of an episode of Game Of Thrones.  What’s the city? 

Berlin

(the district is Wedding and the episode of Game Of Thrones was The Red Wedding)

2.

(KFD)

This major city has districts which share their names with two British Prime Ministers, a French fashion designer, a famous Scottish football player and manager and the fictional location of a dystopian novel and major television series.  What’s the city?

Sydney

(the districts are Asquith, Rosebery, Balmain, Busby and Gilead)

3.

(Electric Pigs)

Seven Premier League football teams have grounds with official capacities greater than 50,000. Name five of the seven teams.

(5 from)

Manchester United (74k),

Tottenham Hotspur (62k),

Arsenal (61k),

West Ham United (60k),

Manchester City (55k),

Liverpool (53k),

Newcastle United (52k)

4.

(Electric Pigs)

Seven Championship football teams, all former Premier League clubs, have grounds with capacities greater than 30,000. Reflecting the fact that this is slightly more difficult, name four of the seven teams.

(4 from)

Sunderland (48k),

Middlesbrough (34k),

Cardiff City (33k),

Sheffield United (32k),

Coventry City (32k),

Blackburn Rovers (31k),

Stoke City (30k)

5.

(History Men)

Who composed A Musical Joke in 1787? For many years it was the theme tune for the televised Horse of the Year Show.

(Wolfgang Amadeus) Mozart

6.

(History Men)

Perhaps inspired by his years in the USA, who composed Humoresque No 7 in G flat minor in 1890? It remains one of the most popular small piano works.

(Antonin) Dvorak

7.

(Prodigals)

Another performer's song inspired the name of the Rolling Stones. Name them. 

Muddy Waters

(Rollin' Stone)

8.

(Prodigals)

Another group's song inspired the name of Deacon Blue. Name them.

Steely Dan

(Deacon Blues)

Sp1

(Electric Pigs)

Which novel features the characters Bella Wilfer, Noddy Boffin and Jenny Wren? It is Charles Dickens’ last completed novel.

Our Mutual Friend

Sp2

(Electric Pigs)

Which novel features the characters Sue Bridehead, Arabella Donn and Richard Phillotson? It is Thomas Hardy’s last published novel.

Jude the Obscure

Go back to Round 4 questions without answers

ROUND 5 - Pairs

Set by Knocked Out United

1.

(Ethel Rodin)

(a) an unsystematic or untidy search,

(b) a large drinking glass,

(c) a card game in which players try to collect sequences of sets of 3 or 4. 

rummage,
rummer,
rummy

2.

deprave,
deprecate,
depreciate

3.

(KFD)

Manchester’s Coat of Arms has been in the news recently thanks to some absurd navel-gazing piffle published in The Guardian.  What image, at the time of writing still uncontroversial, sits at the top of the city’s Coat of Arms?  

A globe of the earth surrounded by bees

(QM’s discretion on the answer but any answer including both ‘globe’ and ‘bees’ should be enough)

4.

(KFD)

Beside the appallingly offensive ship four other images appear on the badges of Manchester United and Manchester City, two on each.  Name one from each club’s badge.

Manchester City:

The red rose of Lancashire

or

The shield from the city’s coat of arms with the diagonal stripes (representing the rivers Irk, Irwell and Medlock)

Manchester United:

A red devil holding a trident

(red devil is sufficient for the answer)

or

Two footballs between banners bearing the names Manchester and United

5.

(The Prodigals)

Which forest-dwelling animal, Pango abelii, breastfeeds its young for up to eight years? 

Orangutan

6.

Which tree-dwelling animal is the last surviving member of the family Phascolarctidae?

Koala

7.

(Electric Pigs)

Give the name of the breakaway international golf series, funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, that has been set up as a rival to the PGA Tour and which has given rise to disciplinary proceedings and legal action by the PGA against anyone defecting to it.

LIV Golf League

(accept LIV)

8.

(Electric Pigs)

Which tennis player is the only one to achieve a Men’s Singles Grand Slam (winning all 4 Majors in the same calendar year) twice - and the only one to have done it at all since Don Budge achieved it for the first time in 1938?

Rod Laver

(1962 & 1969)

Sp1

(History Men)

a) Indira Gandhi was assassinated,

b) Desmond Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize,

c) Liechtenstein grants women the right to vote,

d) Napoli purchase Maradona from Barcelona for a record £6.9 million.

1984

Sp2

1992

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ROUND 6 - Pairs

Set by Knocked Out United

1.

(The Prodigals)

In Moby Dick, who was the only member of the Pequod's crew to survive its shipwreck?

Ishmael

(the narrator)

2.

(The Prodigals)

Which character from novels and films began life in the pages of the Independent newspaper?

Bridget Jones

3.

(Ethel Rodin)

Which poet published a collection of poems in 1945 under the title The North Ship?

Philip Larkin

4.

(Ethel Rodin)

Published in 1957 whose first collection of poems was entitled Hawk in the Rain?

Ted Hughes

5.

(KFD)

This song was the biggest hit for a band who would suffer a tragic accident three years after its release. It was written in response to two earlier songs (both by the same artist) seen as criticising the southern states of America for slavery.  What’s the title of the song?

Sweet Home Alabama

(the songs criticising the south’s attitude to slavery were Southern Man and Alabama by Neil Young)

6.

(KFD)

This song was written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael but it is best known as the version recorded thirty years later by an artist known as ‘The Genius’.  It is now the official song of the home state of that artist. What’s the title of the song?

Georgia on My Mind

(Ray Charles was known as ‘ The Genius’ and the song was recorded for his album The Genius Hits The Road)

7.

(Electric Pigs)

Which English railway station was the location for Alec, a married doctor, and Laura, also married, to conduct a famous affair through weekly meetings there in a celebrated British cinematic romantic drama of 1945?

Carnforth

(in the film Brief Encounter)

8.

(Electric Pigs)

Simon & Garfunkel’s first UK Top 20 hit was Homeward Bound in 1966. On which English railway station did Paul Simon first scribble its lyrics whilst waiting for the train to London to see his girlfriend?  A plaque on the station commemorates it.

 Widnes

Sp1

(The Prodigals)

Which England cricket captain was born in India and had the initials MCC?

(Michael) Colin Cowdrey

Sp2

(The Prodigals)

Which England cricketer was born in Zambia and had the middle name Henri?

Philippe Henri Edmonds

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ROUND 7 - Hidden theme

Set by Electric Pigs

Caveats apply

1.

Which comedy character, devised by Spike Milligan, once described two sticks of dynamite with these words: “What luck! Two big cigars and they’re both lit”?

Eccles

2.

Britain’s most successful female distance runner retired from athletics after a 2015 race in the capital, with 14 international gold medals and a host of awards and records to her name.  Also remembered for an unscheduled comfort break during 2005 London Marathon.  Who is she?

Paula Radcliffe

3.

Celebrating his 50th birthday this week, which British golfer holds the unenviable record of the most major tournament appearances without a victory?

Lee Westwood

4.

A goddess of fruitful abundance in Ancient Roman myth.  Her name derives from the Latin for orchard fruit.  Who is she?

Pomona

5.

The site of the highest and most significant viewing platform in Manchester, the Temple, designed in 1800 and used by Sir Thomas Egerton is located where?

Heaton Park

6.

Which is the first building in the UK designed by the internationally acclaimed architect, Daniel Libeskind?

Imperial War Museum North

7.

Complete Nikita Khrushchev’s quote: “Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will _ _ _ _ you!”

Bury

8.

Located between Zambia and Zimbabwe and known locally as ‘the smoke that thunders’, what name was it given by David Livingstone?

Victoria Falls
 

Sp1

Which 2007 legal thriller features British actors Tom Wilkinson and Tilda Swinton and stars George Clooney in the title role of a renegade New York lawyer who narrowly escapes assassination by a car bomb in the opening scenes?

Michael Clayton

Sp2

Which is the main character in a 1976-1978 children’s TV series produced by Cosgrove Hall set in Wheelie World?

Chorlton the Dragon

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a Metrolink stop

Go back to Round 7 questions without answers

ROUND 8 - Hidden theme

Set by KFD

Caveats apply

1.

From which poem do the following lines come?

“The self-same moment I could pray;
And from my neck so free
The Albatross fell off, and sank
Like lead into the sea.”

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

2.

Which author’s 80th birthday was marked by a special edition of St Edmund’s Ale? The brewery had been founded by his great-grandfather in 1799.

Graham Greene

3.

What meat features in a Navarin?

Lamb

(or mutton – but lamb required for theme)

4.

What word connects a Bob Dylan album, U2’s first number 1 in the UK and a perfume by Dolce & Gabbana?

Desire

5.

In ancient Rome, what were bigae and quadrigae?

Types of chariot

(2 and 4 horse, respectively)

6.

Which 1998 film starred Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon as teenagers trapped in a 50s sitcom set in a small Midwest town where everything is seemingly perfect?

Pleasantville

7.

Who starred in The Parent Trap (as twins, Susan and Sharon) and Whistle Down the Wind (both in 1961) and, 20 years later, in the TV series The Flame Trees of Thika?

Hayley Mills

8.

What vegetable (Latin name Helianthus tuberosus) is the edible tuber of a type of sunflower?

Jerusalem artichoke

Sp1

Which footballer played for Blackburn Rovers and Tottenham Hotspur, played 44 times for Wales and managed his country from 1980 to 1988?

Mike England

Sp2

What is missing from the following list: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, ….?

Sword

Theme: Each answer contains a word from Blake’s best-known poem

(which, by the way, he did not call Jerusalem)

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