ROUND 1 - 'A Round of Two Halves'

First writers ... then geography

1.

Which 19th century German, best known for his political writing, also produced the (as yet) unpublished work Scorpion and Felix, a Humoristic Novel, in 1837?

2.

Which 19th century American writer, best known for his fiction, had the only bestseller of his lifetime with the non-fiction A Conchologist’s First Book (about mollusc shells), published in 1839?

3.

Which German, rather better-known for other activities, had his novel Michael published against his wishes in 1929?

4.

Which American mathematical prodigy was recognised in his academic field for papers such the page-turner The Set of Curvilinear Convergence of a Continuous Function Defined in the Interior of a Cube in 1969, but became more widely famous in 1995 for his political manifesto?  He committed suicide in prison in 2023.

5.

With which country does France have its longest continuous border?

6.

After the ratification of a treaty agreed in June 2022, with which country will Denmark have its shortest border?

7.

The Esperança Bridge, a mere 3.2m long, connects which two countries?

8.

Pheasant Island, in the Bidasoa river, has, since 1659, spent alternating periods of six months under the governance of two European countries.  Which two?

Sp1

140 residents of Michigan live in a part of the state completely surrounded by another US state.  Which?

Sp2

In 1987 Norman Mailer directed his only feature film, starring Ryan O'Neal and Isabella Rossellini.  What is its title?

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ROUND 2 - Hollywood Scandals

1.

In 2009, who was convicted of the murder of Lana Clarkson?

2.

What is the name of the woman with whom Hugh Grant was caught performing 'a lewd act' on Sunset Boulevard in 1995?

3.

Which Oscar-winning star was caught shoplifting from Saks Fifth Avenue in 2002?

4.

Which silent film funny man was accused (but later cleared, after three trials) of the manslaughter of Virginia Rappe in 1921?

5.

Which Oscar winner pleaded guilty to a charge of engaging in unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor but, after a lengthy psychiatric evaluation, fled from America hours before sentencing, never (as yet) to return?

6.

What is the name of the adopted daughter of Mia Farrow and André Previn, who married Farrow’s former lover in 1997?

7.

Which Oscar-winning actress was denounced by a US senator as "a powerful influence for evil" after she left her husband for Roberto Rossellini?

8.

Which actor described being at the centre of a sex tape scandal involving a 16 year old girl in 1988 as "the best thing that ever happened to me"?

Sp1

Nicknamed 'the sweater girl', which famous actress’s mob-linked boyfriend Johnny Stompanato was killed by her daughter?

Sp2

In 2006, which actor, having been arrested for speeding and driving under the influence of alcohol made anti-semitic remarks to the arresting officer, who was Jewish?

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Quotations

Surnames alone will suffice in this round

1.

Which writer, known primarily as a war poet, wrote the verse which ends:

“Outside, in the gloom of the twilight grey / The little dog died when he’d had his day”?

2.

Which 18th century novelist, dramatist and poet wrote the verse which ends:

“But soon a wonder came to light, / That showed the rogues they lied; / The man recovered of the bite, / The dog it was that died”?

3.

“The many men, so beautiful! / And they all dead did lie; / And a thousand thousand slimy things/Lived on, and so did I”

Who is (or am) I, whose poem this is?

4.

Which prolific English humorist wrote:

“It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine”?

5.

Which English poet wrote:

“Oh, the little more, and how much it is! / And the little less, and what worlds away!”?

6.

The title of Agatha Christie’s novel The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side is taken from what poem by which poet?

7.

The title of Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World is taken from which play by which playwright?

8.

Which 1995 film, which won the best supporting actor and best screenplay Oscars, ends with the words:

“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.  And like that … he’s gone”?

Sp1

Who said:

“No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money”?

Sp2

Who said:

“Next to a battle lost, the saddest thing is a battle won”? (the exact words vary)

Go to Round 3 questions with answers

ROUND 4 - Announced theme - 'Chin-Chin'

All answers share at least part of their name with a cocktail - you will be given a list of ingredients and a further clue

1.

Creme de menthe, creme de cacao and crushed ice;

&

Wade Dooley, Will Greenwood and current England coach Steve Borthwick all started their playing careers at which Lancashire rugby club (full name required)?

2.

Gin and dry vermouth garnished with a pickled onion;

&

What surname is shared by Jonathan, the man who became the youngest ever winner of Mastermind in 2021, and Debbie, who had top 10 hits in the 1980s with Shake Your Love and Foolish Beat?

3.

White rum, pineapple juice, grenadine and Mascherano liqueur;

&

Born Gladys Smith, this actress was known as America’s Sweetheart during the silent era.  She was awarded the second Best Actress Oscar for her role in Coquette and was married three times, on the second occasion to Douglas Fairbanks.

4.

Three types of rum, lime juice, Angostura bitters, Pernod and grenadine;

&

Fans of the Irish national rugby team have adopted which song in recent years as a terrace chant? This has caused some controversy as it was originally written by Dolores O’Riordan in response to the 1993 Warrington bombings.

5.

Absinthe and champagne;

&

1932 book by Ernest Hemingway about the ceremony and traditions of Spanish bullfighting.

6.

Stout and sparkling wine Which song, a paean to Elvis Presley who used a hair dye of this shade, provided one-hit wonder Alannah Myles with a 1990 US billboard number 1 and UK number 2?

7.

Gin and grapefruit juice;

&

Monmore Green in Wolverhampton, Owlerton in Sheffield, Perry Barr in Birmingham and Kinsley in Wakefield are four of the twenty-one registered stadiums in the UK for which sport?

8.

Gold rum, Galliano liqueur, pineapple juice and lime juice, topped with prosecco;

&

What word can be:

a song by US rock band Heart;

a cybersecurity firm;

and a predatory species of fish, an animated version of which eats all but one of the clownfish eggs at the start of the film Finding Nemo?

Sp1

Eggnog with brandy and rum, served hot;

&

Jasper and Jinx are the middle names of which duo, with whom Gene Kelly dances in the 1945 film Anchors Aweigh?

Sp2

Whisky and vermouth;

&

Cattleman and outlaw who had a longstanding feud with the 4th Marquess of Montrose and who was played by Liam Neeson in a 1995 film.

Go to Round 4 questions with answers

ROUND 5 - 'Birth and Death'

1.

Which seminal jazz album was released by Miles Davis in 1957?

2.

What is the nickname of Schubert’s string quartet no. 14 in D minor, D810?

3.

“No soldier outlives a thousand chances.  But every solder believes in Chance and trusts his luck”.

Give the book from which this quote is taken and the author’s surname.

4.

Aldi’s 1599 gin commemorates the birth year of which famous Englishman?

5.

Which Shakespearean hero meets his death at the Battle of Shrewsbury in Henry IV part 1?

6.

Which American painter created Birth in 1941?

7.

In which comic novel of 1759 does a completely blank page indicate that the eponymous hero is waiting to be born?

8.

Which Shakespearean character says:

“And all our yesterdays have lighted fools / The way to dusty death”?

Go to Round 5 questions with answers

ROUND 6 - Run-ons

The last word, or part word, of the first answer is the first word, or part word of the second

First and surnames are required unless otherwise specified

Definite and indefinite articles may be ignored

1.

Originator of the Gaia Hypothesis (that the earth is a complex, self-regulating system), who died in 2022;

&

the lower house of the Indian Parliament.

2.

Character in Dr No played by Ursula Andress;

&

the author of She. (surname only required)

3.

Winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize for literature;

&

transgender Tik Tok personality whose association with Bud Light led to a huge fall in sales of the beer and a drop of more than $20 billion in the value of its manufacturer.

4.

Humorous novel by brothers Grossmith;

&

theme song from The Spy Who Loved Me.

5.

American lyricist who wrote the words to, amongst many others, I Got Rhythm and Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off;

&

nickname of a speech given in 1960 by Harold Macmillan to the Parliament of South Africa.

6.

1939 film about a school teacher, which was remade in 1969, nominated for best actor Oscars on both occasions but winning only in 1940;

&

play by Arnold Wesker which takes its title from words its lead character saw on a café menu.

7.

Novel by Julian Barnes which won the Booker Prize in 2011 and was filmed in 2017 starring Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling;

&

Christmas carol whose chorus is "Gloria, Hosanna in Excelsis".

8.

Name in the UK for the drug called acetaminophen in the USA;

&

former editor of The Independent, now a ubiquitous BBC presenter and interviewer currently appearing, inter alia, on Start the Week and the Today programme.

Sp.

British / Pakistani author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist (shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2007);

&

former president of Afghanistan, after whom Kabul airport is named.

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ROUND 7 - 'Tropicalia'

To divert your minds from a dreary Mancunian January, this is a round on tropical islands

1.

The shortest recorded war in history, lasting somewhere between 38 and 45 minutes, took place in 1896 between Britain and the sultanate of which island in the Indian Ocean?

2.

On which private island in the Grenadines was a ten-acre plot given to Princess Margaret as a wedding present in 1960?  She visited frequently throughout her life, describing it as "the only place I can relax"?

3.

Caye (pronounced “key”) Caulker and Ambergris Caye are two of the biggest and best-known of over 400 islands and islets off the coast of which country?  Together, they all form its Barrier Reef, the second-largest in the world.

4.

Which island is the only Hindu-majority province of Indonesia?

5.

In 2009, the government of which nation held a cabinet meeting underwater to highlight the threat of global warming to low-lying islands?

6.

Which 1948 John Huston film, starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Edward G Robinson, tells the story of a group trapped by a hurricane in a hotel on the eponymous island?

7.

Which Caribbean island, shared by France and the Netherlands, is famous for YouTube videos showing the low-level approach, over Maho beach, of aircraft into its airport?  (you may answer in either French or Dutch)

8.

Which Caribbean island is famed for its two volcanic plugs, named The Pitons?  They rise over 700m above the town of Soufriere and are depicted on the country’s flag.

Sp1

The pure white sands of Whitehaven beach are a popular tourist site on which island of the Great Barrier Reef?

Sp2

Vaitape is the main settlement on which island group of French Polynesia, famed for its luxury resorts?

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ROUND 8 - Pot pourri

1.

APPGs are viewed by many merely as a means for politicians to obtain expenses-paid trips to exotic locations (the politicians may express a different opinion).  What does APPG stand for?

2.

The American company SVB crashed in 2023, its UK arm being sold for £1.  What did SVB stand for?

3.

Around what might one expect to be able to detect Hawking radiation?

4.

In which country was the secret state police known as Savak?

5.

Where in the world is Llanito spoken?

6.

What, in Ireland, is the Tánaiste (pronounced Tornishtuh)?

7.

Which very well-known Monty Python sketch begins, after (in some versions) a scene-setting voiceover, with the words: “Come in … Trouble at t’mill”?

8.

A claim brought by the wonderfully-named Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn was dismissed by the High Court in 2023.  Which royal personage had she sought to sue?

Sp1

The former holder of which job described it as being: "not worth a pitcher of warm piss" (or bucket, or spit)?

Sp2

How is the New York road officially called The Avenue of the Americas better known?

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ROUND 1 - 'A Round of Two Halves'

First writers ... then geography

1.

Which 19th century German, best known for his political writing, also produced the (as yet) unpublished work Scorpion and Felix, a Humoristic Novel, in 1837?

Karl Marx

2.

Which 19th century American writer, best known for his fiction, had the only bestseller of his lifetime with the non-fiction A Conchologist’s First Book (about mollusc shells), published in 1839?

Edgar Allan Poe

3.

Which German, rather better-known for other activities, had his novel Michael published against his wishes in 1929?

Joseph Goebbels

4.

Which American mathematical prodigy was recognised in his academic field for papers such the page-turner The Set of Curvilinear Convergence of a Continuous Function Defined in the Interior of a Cube in 1969, but became more widely famous in 1995 for his political manifesto?  He committed suicide in prison in 2023.

Theodore 'Ted' Kaczynski

(accept 'The Unabomber')

5.

With which country does France have its longest continuous border?

Brazil

(French Guiana is an overseas department of France and part of the EU)

6.

After the ratification of a treaty agreed in June 2022, with which country will Denmark have its shortest border?

Canada

(the two have agreed to divide Hans Island, which lies between Greenland and Nunavut, which will give them a border 1.2km long)

7.

The Esperança Bridge, a mere 3.2m long, connects which two countries?

Portugal and Spain

8.

Pheasant Island, in the Bidasoa river, has, since 1659, spent alternating periods of six months under the governance of two European countries.  Which two?

France and Spain

Sp1

140 residents of Michigan live in a part of the state completely surrounded by another US state.  Which?

Ohio

(The 'Lost Peninsula', on the shore of Lake Erie)

Sp2

In 1987 Norman Mailer directed his only feature film, starring Ryan O'Neal and Isabella Rossellini.  What is its title?

Tough Guys Don’t Dance

ROUND 2 - Hollywood Scandals

1.

In 2009, who was convicted of the murder of Lana Clarkson?

Phil Spector

2.

What is the name of the woman with whom Hugh Grant was caught performing 'a lewd act' on Sunset Boulevard in 1995?

Divine Brown

3.

Which Oscar-winning star was caught shoplifting from Saks Fifth Avenue in 2002?

Winona Ryder

4.

Which silent film funny man was accused (but later cleared, after three trials) of the manslaughter of Virginia Rappe in 1921?

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

5.

Which Oscar winner pleaded guilty to a charge of engaging in unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor but, after a lengthy psychiatric evaluation, fled from America hours before sentencing, never (as yet) to return?

Roman Polanski

6.

What is the name of the adopted daughter of Mia Farrow and André Previn, who married Farrow’s former lover in 1997?

Soon-Yi Previn

7.

Which Oscar-winning actress was denounced by a US senator as "a powerful influence for evil" after she left her husband for Roberto Rossellini?

Ingrid Bergman

8.

Which actor described being at the centre of a sex tape scandal involving a 16 year old girl in 1988 as "the best thing that ever happened to me"?

Rob Lowe

Sp1

Nicknamed 'the sweater girl', which famous actress’s mob-linked boyfriend Johnny Stompanato was killed by her daughter?

Lana Turner

Sp2

In 2006, which actor, having been arrested for speeding and driving under the influence of alcohol made anti-semitic remarks to the arresting officer, who was Jewish?

Mel Gibson

Go back to Round 2 questions without answers

ROUND 3 - Quotations

Surnames alone will suffice in this round

1.

Which writer, known primarily as a war poet, wrote the verse which ends:

“Outside, in the gloom of the twilight grey / The little dog died when he’d had his day”?

Brooke

(The Little Dog’s Day)

2.

Which 18th century novelist, dramatist and poet wrote the verse which ends:

“But soon a wonder came to light, / That showed the rogues they lied; / The man recovered of the bite, / The dog it was that died”?

Goldsmith

(An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog)

3.

“The many men, so beautiful! / And they all dead did lie; / And a thousand thousand slimy things / Lived on, and so did I”

Who is (or am) I, whose poem this is?

The Ancient Mariner

4.

Which prolific English humorist wrote:

“It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine”?

Wodehouse

5.

Which English poet wrote:

“Oh, the little more, and how much it is! / And the little less, and what worlds away!”?

Browning

(By the Fire-Side)

6.

The title of Agatha Christie’s novel The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side is taken from what poem by which poet?

The Lady of Shalott by Tennyson

7.

The title of Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World is taken from which play by which playwright?

The Tempest by Shakespeare

8.

Which 1995 film, which won the best supporting actor and best screenplay Oscars, ends with the words:

“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.  And like that … he’s gone”?

The Usual Suspects

Sp1

Who said:

“No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money”?

Johnson

Sp2

Who said:

“Next to a battle lost, the saddest thing is a battle won”? (the exact words vary)

Wellington

Go back to Round 3 questions without answers

ROUND 4 - Announced theme - 'Chin-Chin'

All answers share at least part of their name with a cocktail - you will be given a list of ingredients and a further clue

1.

Creme de menthe, creme de cacao and crushed ice;

&

Wade Dooley, Will Greenwood and current England coach Steve Borthwick all started their playing careers at which Lancashire rugby club (full name required)?

Preston Grasshoppers (the cocktail is the grasshopper)

2.

Gin and dry vermouth garnished with a pickled onion;

&

What surname is shared by Jonathan, the man who became the youngest ever winner of Mastermind in 2021, and Debbie, who had top 10 hits in the 1980s with Shake Your Love and Foolish Beat?

Gibson

3.

White rum, pineapple juice, grenadine and Mascherano liqueur;

&

Born Gladys Smith, this actress was known as America’s Sweetheart during the silent era.  She was awarded the second Best Actress Oscar for her role in Coquette and was married three times, on the second occasion to Douglas Fairbanks.

Mary Pickford

4.

Three types of rum, lime juice, Angostura bitters, Pernod and grenadine;

&

Fans of the Irish national rugby team have adopted which song in recent years as a terrace chant? This has caused some controversy as it was originally written by Dolores O’Riordan in response to the 1993 Warrington bombings.

Zombie

5.

Absinthe and champagne;

&

1932 book by Ernest Hemingway about the ceremony and traditions of Spanish bullfighting.

Death in the Afternoon

6.

Stout and sparkling wine Which song, a paean to Elvis Presley who used a hair dye of this shade, provided one-hit wonder Alannah Myles with a 1990 US billboard number 1 and UK number 2?

Black Velvet

7.

Gin and grapefruit juice;

&

Monmore Green in Wolverhampton, Owlerton in Sheffield, Perry Barr in Birmingham and Kinsley in Wakefield are four of the twenty-one registered stadiums in the UK for which sport?

Greyhound racing

8.

Gold rum, Galliano liqueur, pineapple juice and lime juice, topped with prosecco;

&

What word can be:

a song by US rock band Heart;

a cybersecurity firm;

and a predatory species of fish, an animated version of which eats all but one of the clownfish eggs at the start of the film Finding Nemo?

Barracuda

Sp1

Eggnog with brandy and rum, served hot;

&

Jasper and Jinx are the middle names of which duo, with whom Gene Kelly dances in the 1945 film Anchors Aweigh?

Tom and Jerry

Sp2

Whisky and vermouth;

&

Cattleman and outlaw who had a longstanding feud with the 4th Marquess of Montrose and who was played by Liam Neeson in a 1995 film.

Go back to Round 4 questions without answers

ROUND 5 - 'Birth and Death'

1.

Which seminal jazz album was released by Miles Davis in 1957?

Birth of the Cool

2.

What is the nickname of Schubert’s string quartet no. 14 in D minor, D810?

Death and the Maiden

3.

“No soldier outlives a thousand chances.  But every solder believes in Chance and trusts his luck”.

Give the book from which this quote is taken and the author’s surname.

All Quiet on the Western Front by (Erich Maria) Remarque

4.

Aldi’s 1599 gin commemorates the birth year of which famous Englishman?

Oliver Cromwell

5.

Which Shakespearean hero meets his death at the Battle of Shrewsbury in Henry IV part 1?

Harry Hotspur

6.

Which American painter created Birth in 1941?

Jackson Pollock

7.

In which comic novel of 1759 does a completely blank page indicate that the eponymous hero is waiting to be born?

Tristram Shandy

8.

Which Shakespearean character says:

“And all our yesterdays have lighted fools / The way to dusty death”?

Macbeth

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ROUND 6 - Run-ons

The last word, or part word, of the first answer is the first word, or part word of the second

First and surnames are required unless otherwise specified

Definite and indefinite articles may be ignored

1.

Originator of the Gaia Hypothesis (that the earth is a complex, self-regulating system), who died in 2022;

&

the lower house of the Indian Parliament.

James Lovelock / Lok Sabha

2.

Character in Dr No played by Ursula Andress;

&

the author of She. (surname only required)

Honey Ryder / Rider Haggard

3.

Winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize for literature;

&

transgender Tik Tok personality whose association with Bud Light led to a huge fall in sales of the beer and a drop of more than $20 billion in the value of its manufacturer.

Bob Dylan / Dylan Mulvaney

4.

Humorous novel by brothers Grossmith;

&

theme song from The Spy Who Loved Me.

Diary of a Nobody / Nobody Does it Better

5.

American lyricist who wrote the words to, amongst many others, I Got Rhythm and Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off;

&

nickname of a speech given in 1960 by Harold Macmillan to the Parliament of South Africa.

Ira Gershwin / Wind of Change

6.

1939 film about a school teacher, which was remade in 1969, nominated for best actor Oscars on both occasions but winning only in 1940;

&

play by Arnold Wesker which takes its title from words its lead character saw on a café menu.

Goodbye Mr Chips / Chips With Everything

7.

Novel by Julian Barnes which won the Booker Prize in 2011 and was filmed in 2017 starring Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling;

&

Christmas carol whose chorus is "Gloria, Hosanna in Excelsis".

Sense of an Ending / Ding Dong Merrily on High

8.

Name in the UK for the drug called acetaminophen in the USA;

&

former editor of The Independent, now a ubiquitous BBC presenter and interviewer currently appearing, inter alia, on Start the Week and the Today programme.

Paracetamol / Amol Rajan

Sp.

British / Pakistani author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist (shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2007);

&

former president of Afghanistan, after whom Kabul airport is named.

Mohsin Hamid / Hamid Karzai

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To divert your minds from a dreary Mancunian January, this is a round on tropical islands

1.

The shortest recorded war in history, lasting somewhere between 38 and 45 minutes, took place in 1896 between Britain and the sultanate of which island in the Indian Ocean?

Zanzibar

2.

On which private island in the Grenadines was a ten-acre plot given to Princess Margaret as a wedding present in 1960?  She visited frequently throughout her life, describing it as "the only place I can relax"?

Mustique

3.

Caye (pronounced “key”) Caulker and Ambergris Caye are two of the biggest and best-known of over 400 islands and islets off the coast of which country?  Together, they all form its Barrier Reef, the second-largest in the world.

Belize

4.

Which island is the only Hindu-majority province of Indonesia?

Bali

5.

In 2009, the government of which nation held a cabinet meeting underwater to highlight the threat of global warming to low-lying islands?

Maldives

6.

Which 1948 John Huston film, starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Edward G Robinson, tells the story of a group trapped by a hurricane in a hotel on the eponymous island?

Key Largo

7.

Which Caribbean island, shared by France and the Netherlands, is famous for YouTube videos showing the low-level approach, over Maho beach, of aircraft into its airport?  (you may answer in either French or Dutch)

Saint Martin / Sint Maarten

8.

Which Caribbean island is famed for its two volcanic plugs, named The Pitons?  They rise over 700m above the town of Soufriere and are depicted on the country’s flag.

St Lucia

Sp1

The pure white sands of Whitehaven beach are a popular tourist site on which island of the Great Barrier Reef?

Whitsunday Island

Sp2

Vaitape is the main settlement on which island group of French Polynesia, famed for its luxury resorts?

Bora Bora

Go back to Round 7 questions without answers

ROUND 8 - Pot pourri

1.

APPGs are viewed by many merely as a means for politicians to obtain expenses-paid trips to exotic locations (the politicians may express a different opinion).  What does APPG stand for?

All-Party Parliamentary Group

2.

The American company SVB crashed in 2023, its UK arm being sold for £1.  What did SVB stand for?

Silicon Valley Bank

3.

Around what might one expect to be able to detect Hawking radiation?

Black holes

4.

In which country was the secret state police known as Savak?

Iran

5.

Where in the world is Llanito spoken?

Gibraltar

6.

What, in Ireland, is the Tánaiste (pronounced Tornishtuh)?

Deputy Prime Minister

7.

Which very well-known Monty Python sketch begins, after (in some versions) a scene-setting voiceover, with the words: “Come in … Trouble at t’mill”?

The Spanish Inquisition

8.

A claim brought by the wonderfully-named Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn was dismissed by the High Court in 2023.  Which royal personage had she sought to sue?

(former) King Juan Carlos I

Sp1

The former holder of which job described it as being: "not worth a pitcher of warm piss" (or bucket, or spit)?

Vice-president of the USA

Sp2

How is the New York road officially called The Avenue of the Americas better known?

6th Avenue

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