Withington Pub Quiz League - questions 22/11/23

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ROUND 1 - Stockport format - Verbal

Which avant-garde string ensemble currently provides the theme music for University Challenge on BBC2?

The home ground of which current League 2 Football Club has the postcode BB5 5BX?

The name of this disease stems from a medieval term that means 'bad air'. What disease is it?

What number is achieved by placing the seven basic symbols used in Roman numerals in descending order? Express your answer as a watershed year for England.

The popular BBC TV comedy series The Good Life was set in which Southwest London suburb?

According to the first line of the song Nothing Compares 2U how long has it been "since you took your love away"?

After Karachi and Lahore what is Pakistan’s third largest city? Situated in the north-east of the country it is sometimes referred to as the 'Manchester of Pakistan' because of its industrial reputation and connection to textiles.

The medieval English Bridge, Welsh Bridge and the Victorian Greyfriar's Bridge are three of the seven bridges that can be found in which English county town?

Which Dublin stadium was demolished in 2007 to make way for the construction of the Aviva Stadium?

10.

Who is the BBC's Security Correspondent and former Middle East correspondent who lost the use of his legs in an attack by al-Qaida gunmen in Saudi Arabia in 2004? His cameraman was killed in the attack.

11.

When Eric Morecambe famously played "all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order", he was trying to impress André Previn with his rendition of which composer's Piano Concerto?

12.

Which successful football manager is often referred to as 'The Eyebrow'?

13.

What name is given to the science that deals with the motion of projectiles?

14.

According to Jonathan Swift, Gulliver set out on his travels from the port of Bristol on May 4th1699. What was his ship called?

15.

With its origins in the Cambridge School of Art and becoming a university in 1992 it is often referred to as the ARU. What is the full name of this university?

16.

Scherzo and Trio by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra is the theme tune for which BBC Radio 4 quiz show?

17.

The home ground of which current League 1 Football Club has the postcode FY7 6TX?

18.

A previously held medical belief was that many diseases were caused by poisonous vapours thought to infect the air. From the Greek word for pollution what name was given to these poisonous vapours?

19.

Give in feet the combined height of Salisbury Cathedral and The Monument (to the Great Fire of London) and express your answer as an annoying Radio 5 Live programme.

20.

Lukewarm was a character played by Christopher Biggins in which popular BBC TV comedy series?

21.

According to the title of the first studio album released by Simon and Garfunkel in 1964 what time is it and on which day of the week?

22.

Capital of Hubei province what is the most populous city in central China and 9th largest Chinese city? Known for its industrial might and scientific research centres it was twinned with Manchester in 1986.

23.

In the centre of which English cathedral city can you find three stone-arch bridges called Framwellgate, Elvet and Prebend's Bridge?

24.

Dublin Zoo and the official residence of the president of the Irish Republic are situated in which large urban park?

25.

Who is the BBC's Chief Political Correspondent in Washington and campaigner for equal rights for the visually impaired? He lost his sight in early childhood.

26.

What was the name of the 1944 musical based very loosely on Edvard Grieg's life and using his music? A film version was released in 1970.

27.

During his time in English football which former Ajax star came to be known as 'The non -Flying Dutchman'.

28.

What word can be defined as a measure of a fluid's resistance to flow?

29.

What name is given to the notoriously gory historical event that took place in the oak room of the Antelope hotel in Dorchester in 1685?

30.

A constituent college of the University of London since 1916 and located in Bloomsbury, what does SOAS stand for?

Sp1

The title of the F Scott Fitzgerald novel Tender is the Night is a quote from which poem by John Keats?

Sp2

Noel Coward lifted the title of his play Blithe Spirit from part of a line in which Percy Bysshe Shelley poem?

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ROUND 2 - Stockport format - Written

From a French word meaning to fish out, or rescue, what word is used in rowing and other sports to describe a contest in which the best-placed of those who failed to win heats compete for a place in the final?

Which element owes its name to the fact that it emits a faint glow when exposed to oxygen? It is the 11th most abundant element in the earth’s crust and makes up 1.1 % of a typical human body by weight.

In 1995 which stand-up comedian became the first woman to win the Perrier Award, the UK's top comedy award?

Who created controversy in 1884 when he unveiled his painting Portrait of Madame X. It damaged his reputation in France though it helped him establish a successful career in Britain and America.

The ancient city of Samarkand is found in the south eastern part of which present day country?

What one word connects the following:

American landmark and former plantation and home of George Washington and his wife Martha;

Stockport's oldest public park opened in 1858;

Along with Littlewoods and Zetters they were the largest pools companies in the halcyon days of the Football Pools?

Who is the only female that features in the title of a novel by Charles Dickens?

Which short opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams is based on a play of the same name by John Millington Synge and set on the Aran Islands in the west of Ireland?

100 King Street Manchester, formerly the Midland Bank, was constructed between 1933-35 from a design by which world famous architect? It was one of the few times that he considered Manchester worthy of his talents.

10.

For two days in 2022 the British monarch and the British Prime Minister had the same first name. The last time this happened was in June 1837 with William the Fourth on the throne and with whom serving as PM? You can give either his common name or his ennobled name.

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ROUND 3 - WithQuiz format - Given theme

All answers will be - or will contain - a boy or girl's first name

Which 1988 children's novel, and subsequently a film and stage musical, begins with the opening line:

"It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful”?

"But the sky on the horizon was not dark at all. It was shot with crimson, like a splash of blood. And the ashes blew towards us with the salt wind from the sea"

is the ending of which bestselling 1938 novel successfully filmed two years later? The novel has a well-known and often quoted first line.

What name is given to the vicious campaign by William the Conqueror over the winter of 1069-70 in which he laid waste to Yorkshire and neighbouring shires that had refused to accept Norman rule? His scorched-earth policy caused widespread famine in the north of England for years to come.

Give the 2 names that complete the following lyric from Satellite of Love by Lou Read:

"I've been told that you've been bold with Harry, ...... and ...... "

What archaic short word meaning pity or mercy survives in the English language today only in its negative and opposite sense?

There is never usually much traffic on the 13th century Cosmati Pavement, but it was busy for a brief period earlier this year. In which London building can you find it?

A beach town called Ouidah (pronounced 'Weedah') in which small west African country is thought to be the birthplace of the voodoo religion?

Which British sports equipment manufacturing brand is best known for its rugby union balls and has been the official supplier for every Rugby Union World Cup since 1995?

Sp1

Steve Winwood, Amy Winehouse and The Monkees have all addressed which girl in song titles?

Sp2

In the poem by Coleridge, which sacred river ran through Xanadu, the summer residence of the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan?

Sp3

Which opera by Alfredo Catalani features a memorable operatic death when the heroine flings herself into an avalanche? The scene is usually imagined off-stage because of bloody Health and Safety rules that prohibit the use of avalanches on stage.

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ROUND 4 - WithQuiz format - 'The Importance of Being Oscar'

The title of which Oscar winning film from the 1980s is a Latin word meaning 'loved by God' or 'love of God'?

The title of which 2021 Oscar winning film is a quote from Psalm 22 in the Old Testament's Book of Psalms?

Which two former Coronation Street actors went on to win Oscars? Both wins occurred in the 1980s, one as Best Actor and the other as Best Supporting Actress.

Before going on to win an Academy Award for best original screenplay, who is the only person to appear in all three Godfather films, playing different characters in each and indeed playing a character of the opposite sex in the first of the trilogy?

Which 5-letter word forms part of the 9-letter title of the film that won the Oscar for best picture in 2015? It appears again in the 9-letter title of the film that won the same award in 2016 and it also features in the 9-letter surname of a popular Canadian singer/songwriter who died earlier this year.

In the years from 1978 to 1981 the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress went each year to an actress with the same initials. Two of the winners were Mary Steenburgen and Maureen Stapleton. Who were the other two?

Which film from the 1980s is the only film to date to win an Oscar and a Golden Raspberry award? The Best Actor performance was praised for being "an oily triumph of greed over good" while the less fortunate Daryl Hannah picked up the Razzie as worst supporting actress.

Which British actor picked up a Best Actor Academy Award in the 1990s despite only appearing on screen for just over 16 minutes in a film that lasted almost 2 hours?

Sp1

Oscar winner Marlon Brando’s rant: “You don’t understand! I could’ve had class. I could’ve been a contender” is from which 1954 film?

Sp2

The film CODA picked up three Oscars in 2021. What does the acronym CODA stand for?

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ROUND 5 - WithQuiz format - Triple Run-ons

Each question has 3 parts and 3 answers.

The spelling of each answer follows on from the spelling of the previous answer (definite and indefinite articles are discounted)

E.G.: 'Mother of Achilles// Children's TV show presented by Chris Tarrant// Deepest Lake in England' gives an answer 'Thetis// Tiswas// Wastwater'

Not the capital but this city is the largest and most populous in the German state of Saxony;

Fictitious character and his backing group whose rise and fall is chronicled in a best-selling 1972 album;

Canadian communication theorist who coined the phrase "The Medium is the Message".

Called the 'Garden County' it is the last of the 32 Irish counties when placed in alphabetical order;

Theatre and gallery complex at Salford Quays officially opened on 12th October 2000 by Queen Elizabeth;

American singer and multi-instrumentalist best known for his slide guitar work - he had chart success in the UK in 1979 with his single Little Sister taken from the album Bop Till You Drop.

Can be a species of small falcon or a character in Arthurian legend;

Leeds-born international footballer who spent his childhood in Bryne;

Stand-up comedian, writer and actor, best known for his portrayal of the title role in the BBC drama series Jonathan Creek.

Fire festival held annually in various communities in Shetland to mark the end of the Yule season;

Independent arts cinema situated in Hulme whose heyday was in the mid 1970s – where even Tarkovsky films seemed to make sense after a pint and a spliff in the nearby Grants Arms;

The 7th most spoken language in the world.

The tallest grass in the world;

Controversial Manchester-based online fashion retailer that bought the Debenhams brand and online business in 2021 but not the stores or workforce leading to the loss of over 12000 jobs;

Commonly used Hindustani word for what is also known as the shisha or waterpipe.

Surname of a former USA president that features heavily in the lyrics of Nelly the Elephant;

Long-running TV series that introduced us to Horace and his wife Hilda (commonly referred to behind her back as "she who must be obeyed");

Hybrid species of tree whose rapid, thick growth makes them popular with suburbanites seeking privacy but often unpopular enough with their overshadowed neighbours to lead to fisticuffs.

New Zealand rugby union player who died tragically young in 2015 - he is considered to have been the first global superstar of rugby;

Small species of deer whose invasive population in Britain today is descended from escapees from the Woburn Abbey estate around 1925;

He was appointed Minister for Brexit Opportunities in February 2022, serving 7 months in the post and identifying zero opportunities.

City in Syria, the former de facto capital of the self-proclaimed ISIS caliphate;

American political conspiracy theory and political movement for feckin eejits;

Meaning of Ahimsa, an ancient Indian concept, defined by Gandhi as “the most powerful force at the disposal of mankind”.

Sp1

1978 debut album by Kate Bush;

BBC black comedy anthology series first aired in 2014, written by and starring Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton;

English title of 1984 hit for German new wave band Nena.

Sp2

2021 American political satire, black comedy film telling the story of two astronomers attempting to warn humanity about an approaching comet that will destroy human civilization;

Act deemed an offence under the voyeurism section of the Sexual Offences Act 2003;

That's Not My Name topped the UK Singles Chart in 2008 for this indie pop duo from Salford.

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ROUND 6 - WithQuiz format - Pairs

Eponyms are words derived from the names of characters and Dickens has given birth to more of them than most authors. So, what Dickensian eponym is applied to somebody who is down on his luck but lives in hope of things getting better - a feckless optimist?

...... and what Dickensian eponym is applied to someone who is materialistic and philistine in outlook, an uninspired and assiduous seeker after facts?

The rhizomes of which plant, native to Japan, are ground into a paste as a pungent condiment for sushi and other foods? It is sometimes called Japanese horseradish.

What English word for a food course is derived from a French verb meaning 'to clear the table'?

Long before it became a World Heritage Site the Giant's Causeway had gained a reputation as one of Ireland's most popular tourist attractions for the educated classes of mainland Britain. Which Staffordshire born intellectual, described by some as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history" showed less enthusiasm than most for the geological delights of the Antrim coast when he said: "It is worth seeing, but not worth going to see"?

Which Ohio born right-of-centre political satirist and journalist of Irish extraction who died in 2022 included Belfast in his 1988 book Holidays in Hell? He introduces the reader to the place by writing: "Cave Hill rises to the north like Sugar Loaf Mountain above Ipanema beach, causing some to go as far as to call Belfast an 'Hibernian Rio'".

Napoleon died on May 5th, 1821. On the same day what first went on sale in the streets of Manchester priced at a whopping 7d?

In what year did the Manchester Guardian become The Guardian? It was a good year for lovers of typographical errors but a bad year for fans of Luton Town FC who were beaten in their first, and so far, only FA Cup Final by Nottingham Forest.

Sp1

What is the name of the large Victorian cemetery in Glasgow, just to the east of St Mungo's cathedral?

Sp2

Which one of London's so-called 'Magnificent Seven' cemeteries was the first to open in 1833?

Sp3

Who wrote and starred in the 1995 BBC2 comedy Pauline Calf's Wedding Video also known as Three Fights, Two Weddings and a Funeral which won a BAFTA TV award that year?

Sp4

Bucking the trend at the time which comedian decided against going for a mega-bucks deal and sold exclusive rights to his 2002 wedding photos to Viz magazine for just a pound?

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Tiebreaker

How many Jaffa Cakes are produced per minute in the local McVitie’s Stockport factory?

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ROUND 1 - Stockport format - Verbal

Which avant-garde string ensemble currently provides the theme music for University Challenge on BBC2?

The Balanescu Quartet

The home ground of which current League 2 Football Club has the postcode BB5 5BX?

Accrington Stanley

The name of this disease stems from a medieval term that means 'bad air'. What disease is it?

Malaria

What number is achieved by placing the seven basic symbols used in Roman numerals in descending order? Express your answer as a watershed year for England.

1666

(MDCLXV1)

The popular BBC TV comedy series The Good Life was set in which Southwest London suburb?

Surbiton

According to the first line of the song Nothing Compares 2U how long has it been "since you took your love away"?

Seven hours and 15 days

Faisalabad

The medieval English Bridge, Welsh Bridge and the Victorian Greyfriar's Bridge are three of the seven bridges that can be found in which English county town?

Shrewsbury

Which Dublin stadium was demolished in 2007 to make way for the construction of the Aviva Stadium?

Lansdowne Road

10.

Frank Gardner

11.

When Eric Morecambe famously played "all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order", he was trying to impress André Previn with his rendition of which composer's Piano Concerto?

(Edvard) Grieg

12.

Which successful football manager is often referred to as 'The Eyebrow'?

Carlo Ancelotti

13.

What name is given to the science that deals with the motion of projectiles?

Ballistics

14.

According to Jonathan Swift, Gulliver set out on his travels from the port of Bristol on May 4th1699. What was his ship called?

The Antelope

15.

With its origins in the Cambridge School of Art and becoming a university in 1992 it is often referred to as the ARU. What is the full name of this university?

Anglia Ruskin University

16.

Scherzo and Trio by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra is the theme tune for which BBC Radio 4 quiz show?

Round Britain Quiz

17.

The home ground of which current League 1 Football Club has the postcode FY7 6TX?

Fleetwood Town

18.

A previously held medical belief was that many diseases were caused by poisonous vapours thought to infect the air. From the Greek word for pollution what name was given to these poisonous vapours?

Miasma

19.

Give in feet the combined height of Salisbury Cathedral and The Monument (to the Great Fire of London) and express your answer as an annoying Radio 5 Live programme.

606

(404 feet and 202 feet)

20.

Lukewarm was a character played by Christopher Biggins in which popular BBC TV comedy series?

Porridge

21.

According to the title of the first studio album released by Simon and Garfunkel in 1964 what time is it and on which day of the week?

Wednesday Morning 3am

22.

Wuhan

23.

In the centre of which English cathedral city can you find three stone-arch bridges called Framwellgate, Elvet and Prebend's Bridge?

Durham

24.

Dublin Zoo and the official residence of the president of the Irish Republic are situated in which large urban park?

Phoenix Park

25.

Who is the BBC's Chief Political Correspondent in Washington and campaigner for equal rights for the visually impaired? He lost his sight in early childhood.

Gary O' Donoghue

26.

What was the name of the 1944 musical based very loosely on Edvard Grieg's life and using his music? A film version was released in 1970.

Song of Norway

27.

During his time in English football which former Ajax star came to be known as 'The non -Flying Dutchman'.

Dennis Bergkamp

28.

What word can be defined as a measure of a fluid's resistance to flow?

Viscosity

29.

What name is given to the notoriously gory historical event that took place in the oak room of the Antelope hotel in Dorchester in 1685?

The Bloody Assizes

30.

A constituent college of the University of London since 1916 and located in Bloomsbury, what does SOAS stand for?

School of Oriental and African Studies

Sp1

The title of the F Scott Fitzgerald novel Tender is the Night is a quote from which poem by John Keats?

Ode to a Nightingale

Sp2

Noel Coward lifted the title of his play Blithe Spirit from part of a line in which Percy Bysshe Shelley poem?

To a Skylark

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ROUND 2 - Stockport format - Written

Pot pourri - no themes

Repechage

Phosphorus

(Greek for light-bearer)

In 1995 which stand-up comedian became the first woman to win the Perrier Award, the UK's top comedy award?

Jenny Éclair

Who created controversy in 1884 when he unveiled his painting Portrait of Madame X. It damaged his reputation in France though it helped him establish a successful career in Britain and America.

John Singer Sargent

The ancient city of Samarkand is found in the south eastern part of which present day country?

Uzbekistan

What one word connects the following:

American landmark and former plantation and home of George Washington and his wife Martha;

Stockport's oldest public park opened in 1858;

Along with Littlewoods and Zetters they were the largest pools companies in the halcyon days of the Football Pools?

Vernon

(Mount Vernon; Vernon Park; Vernons)

Who is the only female that features in the title of a novel by Charles Dickens?

Little Dorritt

Which short opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams is based on a play of the same name by John Millington Synge and set on the Aran Islands in the west of Ireland?

Riders to the Sea

Edwin Lutyens

10.

William Lamb or

Viscount Melbourne

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ROUND 3 - WithQuiz format - Given theme

All answers will be - or will contain - a boy or girl's first name

Which 1988 children's novel, and subsequently a film and stage musical, begins with the opening line:

"It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful”?

Matilda

"But the sky on the horizon was not dark at all. It was shot with crimson, like a splash of blood. And the ashes blew towards us with the salt wind from the sea"

is the ending of which bestselling 1938 novel successfully filmed two years later? The novel has a well-known and often quoted first line.

Rebecca

The Harrying of the North

Give the 2 names that complete the following lyric from Satellite of Love by Lou Read:

"I've been told that you've been bold with Harry, ...... and ...... "

Mark and John

What archaic short word meaning pity or mercy survives in the English language today only in its negative and opposite sense?

Ruth

There is never usually much traffic on the 13th century Cosmati Pavement, but it was busy for a brief period earlier this year. In which London building can you find it?

Westminster Abbey

(floor mosaic on which the Coronation takes place)

A beach town called Ouidah (pronounced 'Weedah') in which small west African country is thought to be the birthplace of the voodoo religion?

Benin

Which British sports equipment manufacturing brand is best known for its rugby union balls and has been the official supplier for every Rugby Union World Cup since 1995?

Gilbert

(Rugby)

Sp1

Steve Winwood, Amy Winehouse and The Monkees have all addressed which girl in song titles?

Valerie

(The Monkees spelt it 'Valleri')

Sp2

In the poem by Coleridge, which sacred river ran through Xanadu, the summer residence of the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan?

The Alph

Sp3

La Wally

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ROUND 4 - WithQuiz format - 'The Importance of Being Oscar'

The title of which Oscar winning film from the 1980s is a Latin word meaning 'loved by God' or 'love of God'?

Amadeus

The title of which 2021 Oscar winning film is a quote from Psalm 22 in the Old Testament's Book of Psalms?

The Power of the Dog

Which two former Coronation Street actors went on to win Oscars? Both wins occurred in the 1980s, one as Best Actor and the other as Best Supporting Actress.

Ben Kingsley

(Gandhi 1982)

Brenda Fricker

(My Left Foot 1989)

Sofia Coppola

(who played the infant Michael Francis Rizzi in the baptism scene in The Godfather)

Light

(Spotlight; Moonlight; Gordon Lightfoot)

Maggie Smith

(for California Suite)

Meryl Streep

(for Kramer vs Kramer)

Wall Street

Which British actor picked up a Best Actor Academy Award in the 1990s despite only appearing on screen for just over 16 minutes in a film that lasted almost 2 hours?

Anthony Hopkins

(as Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs)

Sp1

Oscar winner Marlon Brando’s rant: “You don’t understand! I could’ve had class. I could’ve been a contender” is from which 1954 film?

On the Waterfront

Sp2

The film CODA picked up three Oscars in 2021. What does the acronym CODA stand for?

Child (or Children) Of Deaf Adults

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ROUND 5 - WithQuiz format - Triple Run-ons

Each question has 3 parts and 3 answers.

The spelling of each answer follows on from the spelling of the previous answer (definite and indefinite articles are discounted)

E.G.: 'Mother of Achilles// Children's TV show presented by Chris Tarrant// Deepest Lake in England' gives an answer 'Thetis// Tiswas// Wastwater'

Not the capital but this city is the largest and most populous in the German state of Saxony;

Fictitious character and his backing group whose rise and fall is chronicled in a best-selling 1972 album;

Canadian communication theorist who coined the phrase "The Medium is the Message".

Leipzig

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Marshall Mc Luhan

Called the 'Garden County' it is the last of the 32 Irish counties when placed in alphabetical order;

Theatre and gallery complex at Salford Quays officially opened on 12th October 2000 by Queen Elizabeth;

American singer and multi-instrumentalist best known for his slide guitar work - he had chart success in the UK in 1979 with his single Little Sister taken from the album Bop Till You Drop.

Wicklow

(The) Lowry

Ry Cooder

Can be a species of small falcon or a character in Arthurian legend;

Leeds-born international footballer who spent his childhood in Bryne;

Stand-up comedian, writer and actor, best known for his portrayal of the title role in the BBC drama series Jonathan Creek.

Merlin

Erling Haaland

Alan Davies

Fire festival held annually in various communities in Shetland to mark the end of the Yule season;

Independent arts cinema situated in Hulme whose heyday was in the mid 1970s – where even Tarkovsky films seemed to make sense after a pint and a spliff in the nearby Grants Arms;

The 7th most spoken language in the world.

Up Helly Aa

Aaben

Bengali

The tallest grass in the world;

Controversial Manchester-based online fashion retailer that bought the Debenhams brand and online business in 2021 but not the stores or workforce leading to the loss of over 12000 jobs;

Commonly used Hindustani word for what is also known as the shisha or waterpipe.

Bamboo

Boohoo

Hookah

Surname of a former USA president that features heavily in the lyrics of Nelly the Elephant;

Long-running TV series that introduced us to Horace and his wife Hilda (commonly referred to behind her back as "she who must be obeyed");

Hybrid species of tree whose rapid, thick growth makes them popular with suburbanites seeking privacy but often unpopular enough with their overshadowed neighbours to lead to fisticuffs.

Trump

Rumpole of the Bailey

Leyland Cypress

(commonly referred to as Leylandii so accept either answer)

New Zealand rugby union player who died tragically young in 2015 - he is considered to have been the first global superstar of rugby;

Small species of deer whose invasive population in Britain today is descended from escapees from the Woburn Abbey estate around 1925;

He was appointed Minister for Brexit Opportunities in February 2022, serving 7 months in the post and identifying zero opportunities.

Jonah Lomu

Muntjac

Jacob Rees-Mogg

City in Syria, the former de facto capital of the self-proclaimed ISIS caliphate;

American political conspiracy theory and political movement for feckin eejits;

Meaning of Ahimsa, an ancient Indian concept, defined by Gandhi as “the most powerful force at the disposal of mankind”.

Raqqa

QAnon

Non-violence

Sp1

1978 debut album by Kate Bush;

BBC black comedy anthology series first aired in 2014, written by and starring Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton;

English title of 1984 hit for German new wave band Nena.

The Kick Inside

Inside Number 9

99 Red Balloons

Sp2

2021 American political satire, black comedy film telling the story of two astronomers attempting to warn humanity about an approaching comet that will destroy human civilization;

Act deemed an offence under the voyeurism section of the Sexual Offences Act 2003;

That's Not My Name topped the UK Singles Chart in 2008 for this indie pop duo from Salford.

Don’t Look Up

Upskirting

(The) Ting Tings

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ROUND 6 - WithQuiz format - Pairs

Micawber

...... and what Dickensian eponym is applied to someone who is materialistic and philistine in outlook, an uninspired and assiduous seeker after facts?

Gradgrind

The rhizomes of which plant, native to Japan, are ground into a paste as a pungent condiment for sushi and other foods? It is sometimes called Japanese horseradish.

Wasabi

What English word for a food course is derived from a French verb meaning 'to clear the table'?

Dessert

(from déservir)

Dr (Samuel) Johnson

P J O' Rourke

Napoleon died on May 5th, 1821. On the same day what first went on sale in the streets of Manchester priced at a whopping 7d?

The Manchester Guardian

1959

Sp1

What is the name of the large Victorian cemetery in Glasgow, just to the east of St Mungo's cathedral?

The Necropolis

Sp2

Which one of London's so-called 'Magnificent Seven' cemeteries was the first to open in 1833?

Kensal Green

Sp3

Who wrote and starred in the 1995 BBC2 comedy Pauline Calf's Wedding Video also known as Three Fights, Two Weddings and a Funeral which won a BAFTA TV award that year?

Steve Coogan

Sp4

Bucking the trend at the time which comedian decided against going for a mega-bucks deal and sold exclusive rights to his 2002 wedding photos to Viz magazine for just a pound?

Johnny Vegas

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Tiebreaker

How many Jaffa Cakes are produced per minute in the local McVitie’s Stockport factory?

4,000

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