ROUND 1 - 'In the News'

A round of topical questions about items in the news over the last couple of weeks

1.

The WASPI women were in the news last week. But what does WASPI stand for?

2.

Which actor, who was memorably stabbed to death with a broken bottle by Bob Hoskins in The Long Good Friday, has left a long running drama series after 38 years in the same role? (actor’s name needed not the character)

3.

Musician Stephen Malcolm Ronald Nice was born in Deptford, South London, in 1951.  After falling out with his original bandmates he told the press: “I don’t care if you think of me as a big-headed bastard”.  He died on 17th March.  How is he better known?

4.

Which footballer scored Manchester United’s winning goal in their last gasp FA Cup quarter final win over Liverpool? (surname will suffice)

5.

Who is the Member of Parliament for Ashfield? (forename and surname required)

6.

Product empire American Riviera Orchard was launched on 14th March selling cookbooks, tableware, butters and jams. Who by?

7.

Which co-owner had winners at the Cheltenham Festival with Monmiral and Protektorat?

8.

Following appalling examples such as Michael Jackson, Mohammed Salah and Cristiano Ronaldo, whose £7,000 likeness was sidelined in Chingford last week?

Sp1

The name Amstrad is back.  Amstrad Digital will be run by the grandson of its original founder, who has gone on to television celebrity.  But can you name any of the four words that has been contracted to make the word Amstrad?

Sp2

Christian Brueckner is currently on trial in Germany.  For which unsolved 2007 crime is he regarded as the main suspect?

Go to Round 1 questions with answers

ROUND 2 - Hidden theme

Beware of soundalikes, etc.

1.

Who, along with Tommy DeVito, Bob Gaudio and Nick Massi completes the original line-up of a group that was formed in New Jersey in 1960?

2.

How is the incidental music for the sixth scene of act 2 in Henrik Ibsen's 1867 play Peer Gynt better known?

3.

Originally published in 1748 as Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, how is this controversial erotic novel more popularly known?

4.

On a cricket field, which position is located between the slips and point?

5.

What is the surname of the acting brothers who have featured (though never together) in many popular British TV series such as Hustle, Spooks, Life on Mars, Sherwood and Clocking Off?

6.

Invented in its modern form by Robert Whitehead and named after a genus of fish, what can be classified as straight-running, autonomous homer or wire-guided?

7.

Which South African pace bowler dominated the number one spot in the ICC Test rankings between 2008 and 2014 and was named the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for the year 2013?

8.

During the 1920’s and 30’s, which Stoke-born artist and designer employed hundreds of young female painters known as the 'Bizarre Girls' to assist with the production of her phenomenally popular products?

Sp.

What is the title of the 1986 American war drama film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, based on a real-life incident from the Korean War?

Go to Round 2 questions with answers

ROUND 3 - Pairs

1.

Which Radio 4 comedy star, notorious for his malapropisms features in his own touring production of 'The Sound of Mucus'?

2.

This singer of Jilted John later became a Radio 4 character who plays his compositions on his Yamaha portable keyboard.  Name the character.

3.

Which Oasis 'B' side was the theme tune to The Royle Family?

4.

Which cult BBC series has the theme tune of Nick Cave’s song Red Right Hand?

5.

In the 2009 Cadbury’s award-winning ad what song does the gorilla play?

6.

The classic ad for Levi jeans saw Nick Kamen strip off in a laundrette to which famous Motown song?

7.

Dominic Cummings coined his own nicknames.  To him, who was 'Princess Nut Nuts'?

8.

Similarly, to whom did he refer as 'The Human Hand Grenade'?

Sp1

What football first did Rebecca Welch achieve in December?

Sp2

What football first did Hannah Dingley achieve in July?

Go to Round 3 questions with answers

ROUND 4 - Hidden theme

1.

Which song – Abba’s 9th and final UK number one – opens with the line "I was sick and tired of everything when you called me last night from Glasgow"?

2.

Which US electronics company was a pioneer in home computing with its 64, 128, PET and Amiga models?

3.

Which daytime soap opera is the longest running in US history and the third longest in the world after The Archers and Coronation Street?

4.

Which actor’s roles include Nick Harper in the sitcom My Family, Colin Frissell in the 2003 film Love Actually, and DI Humphrey Goodman in Death in Paradise?

5.

Which goalkeeper won three league championships and four FA cup winners medals before ending his career on a low by playing for Manchester City in the 2003/04 season?

6.

Who was the US-born English portrait painter whose Portrait of Madame X caused a scandal in Edwardian society in the early 20th century?

7.

Rated the best British trained racehorse of the 20th century this colt won 17 of his 18 races in the early 1970’s including the 2000 Guineas in 1971.  He was named after the hero of a series of historical stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.  What was that name?

8.

Which former politician has written over 40 books including The Little Grey Book, More Than a Game – The Story of Cricket, and My Old Man – A Personal History of Music Hall?

Sp.

Which Walt Whitman poem of 1865 lamenting the death of Abraham Lincoln, features significantly in the film Dead Poets Society?

Go to Round 4 questions with answers

ROUND 5 - Pairs

1.

Two years ago, Asda drew up a guide for parents to explain teenager’s text abbreviations.  What does 'IIRC' mean?

2.

... and what does 'TL; DR' mean?

3.

Which song is Olly Alexander taking to the Eurovision Song contest in May?

4.

Who is the singer of Escapism who won six BRIT awards (wrongly stated as BAFTAs in the actual paper) recently?

5.

The Oscar for Best supporting actress went to Da’Vine Joy Randolph.  Which movie was she in?

6.

An Oscar nominee for Best Actress was Lily Gladstone.  Which movie was she in?

7.

Why was businessman Gary Goldsmith invited onto the recent Celebrity Big Brother show?

8.

How has Harry Clarke earned recent notoriety in Reality TV?

Go to Round 5 questions with answers

ROUND 6 - Announced theme - 'Coventry City 1987'

In celebration & commemoration of Coventry City reaching only their second FA Cup semi-final in their history, we present for your delight & delectation a round whose answers contain the name of either a player or manager from the 1987 Cup-winning team or indeed the same from the current history-making team.

There are 2 homophones & 1 other answer whose theme link is part of a longer word.

1.

What is the surname shared by an actress who appeared in 24 Carry On films (the most of any actress) between 1958 and 1978, and the longest-serving cast member in the TV reality series The Only Way Is Essex between 2011 and 2021?

2.

Barry Scott has been the shouty advocate for which brand of cleaning products in its TV ad campaigns since 2005?

3.

This British sprinter won gold in the 200m at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and in the 4x400m relay at the 1991 World Championships.  He also won silver in the 4x100m relay at the 1988 Olympics and in the 200m at the 1993 World Championships.  His British 200m record set in 1994 lasted nearly 30 years until it was beaten last year.  Who is he?

4.

A real conversation between an American national icon and a songwriter who had referenced him in his hit 1960s song a few years before went like this …

NATIONAL ICON: "What I don’t understand is why you ask where I’ve gone.  I just did a Mister Coffee commercial.  I’m a spokesman for the Bowery Savings Bank and I haven’t gone anywhere!"

SONGWRITER: "I didn’t mean the lines literally.  I thought of you as an American hero and that genuine heroes are in short supply."

To which 1960s hit song does this conversation refer?

5.

This singer had his first Top 10 hit in 1962.  In 2014, at the age of 88, he collaborated with Lady Gaga on the album Cheek To Cheek.  In 2021 at the age of 95, they repeated the collaboration with a second album, Love For Sale.  He died last year, aged 96.  Who is he?

6.

Of the 10 Regional Mayors in England, only 2 are Conservative.  One is the West Midland’s Andy Street.  Who is the other, Mayor of Tees Valley?

7.

The four busiest US airports, measured by passenger numbers, are Atlanta, Dallas, Denver and Los Angeles.  Which is the next busiest after those?  Give its location and its name.

8.

This one-club footballer was the first in the world to 100 international caps, 90 as captain including  playing at 3 World Cup Final tournaments.  He also captained his club to 3 top division titles and an FA Cup win.  Who was he?

Sp.

This English musician was firstly part of The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown in the 1960s before leaving with a fellow defector to form Atomic Rooster.  In 1970 he became part of a 3-piece supergroup until they disbanded in 1979, and then again when they reformed in 1992, until a final disbandment in 1998.  In between, and since 1998, he formed the band Asia.  Who is he?

Go to Round 6 questions with answers

ROUND 7 - Didsbury FM: Coming in your ears with the latest local travel news!

1.

Trams from the Metrolink terminus at East Didsbury go to 2 termini.  Name both.

2.

The most Metrolink lines that stop at a single interchange station is 8.  There are 2 such stations. Name both.

3.

You have an uncontrollable desire to go to The Trafford Centre (is it the Ann Summers or the Build-A-Bear Workshop?) and wish to get there by bus.  From Didsbury, which bus number will get you there directly?

4.

Ann Summers a step too far in your imagination?  Best play it safer in future with Tesco or Next.  Let Handforth Dean ride to your rescue.  Or, rather, you ride to Handforth Dean - by bus, of course. From Didsbury, which bus number will get you there directly?

5.

On the airport railway line that runs through East Didsbury railway station there are 2 stations southbound before Manchester Airport.  Name both.

6.

On the airport railway line that runs through East Didsbury railway station there are 2 stations northbound before Manchester Piccadilly.  Name both.

7.

The part of Wilmslow Road that runs from Parrswood to the junction of School Lane and Barlow Moor Road in Didsbury Village is the A5145.  Name the 2 districts/towns that the A5145 connects at both its west and east ends.

8.

Three train companies run trains that stop at East Didsbury railway station.  Name 2 of them.

Sp.

There are only 2 of the outer Metrolink termini that connect only with city centre termini without going to destinations beyond.  Name either of these outer termini.

Go to Round 7 questions with answers

ROUND 8 - Shakespeare connections

The answer to each question is the same as the name of a character from a Shakespeare play - e.g.

Q: The King of Naples, an enemy to Prospero, in The Tempest & A racing driver who won the F1 World Drivers' Championship in 2005 and 2006

A: Alonso (Duke Alonso and Ferdinand Alonso)

1.

Juliet Capulet's nurse in Romeo and Juliet,

&

A genus of medicinal herbs the candied root of which is used as a culinary decoration.

2.

Romeo's servant in Romeo and Juliet,

&

One of the biblical magi who also lends his name to a 12-litre wine bottle.

3.

A courtier to Leontes who delivers the oracle from Delphos in The Winter's Tale,

&

Singer who is best remembered for his signature hit songs Runaround Sue and The Wanderer.

4.

A dim-witted constable in Measure for Measure,

&

Band that won the Mercury Music Prize for their album The Seldom Seen Kid in 2008.

5.

Regan's husband, who puts out Gloucester's eyes, in King Lear,

&

A title in the Peerage of England established by a royal charter in 1337 passed on by King Charles to Prince William on his accession to the throne.

6.

A double agent, seemingly loyal to Lord Hastings but actually reporting to Buckingham and Richard,  in Richard III,

&

The leader of a group of English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

7.

An attendant on Katherine, in Henry VIII,

&

A comic opera a.k.a. Bunthorne's Bride featuring the characters Colonel Calverley and Major Murgatroy.

8.

A bellows-mender in A Midsummer Night's Dream,

&

Instrument that represents the bird in Peter and the Wolf.

Sp1

A supporter of Richmond in Richard III,

&

Singer-songwriter who rose to fame in 2004 with the release of his debut album Back to Bedlam.

Sp2

A suitor to Juliet in Romeo and Juliet,

&

A Trojan prince, son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, and younger brother of Prince Hector.

Sp3

The infant daughter of Leontes in The Winter's Tale; she grows up to marry Florizel and is reconciled to her father,

&

The female canine protagonist of the 1961 Disney animated feature film One Hundred and One Dalmatians.

Go to Round 8 questions with answers

ROUND 1 - 'In the News'

A round of topical questions about items in the news over the last couple of weeks

1.

The WASPI women were in the news last week. But what does WASPI stand for?

Women Against State Pension Inequality

(must be accurate – particularly the last word)

2.

Which actor, who was memorably stabbed to death with a broken bottle by Bob Hoskins in The Long Good Friday, has left a long running drama series after 38 years in the same role? (actor’s name needed not the character)

Derek Thompson

(Charlie Fairhead in Casualty)

3.

Musician Stephen Malcolm Ronald Nice was born in Deptford, South London, in 1951.  After falling out with his original bandmates he told the press: “I don’t care if you think of me as a big-headed bastard”.  He died on 17th March.  How is he better known?

Steve Harley

(of Cockney Rebel)

4.

Which footballer scored Manchester United’s winning goal in their last gasp FA Cup quarter final win over Liverpool? (surname will suffice)

Diallo

5.

Who is the Member of Parliament for Ashfield? (forename and surname required)

Lee Anderson (Reform MP)

6.

Product empire American Riviera Orchard was launched on 14th March selling cookbooks, tableware, butters and jams. Who by?

Duchess of Sussex

(Meghan Markle)

7.

Which co-owner had winners at the Cheltenham Festival with Monmiral and Protektorat?

Sir Alex Ferguson

8.

Following appalling examples such as Michael Jackson, Mohammed Salah and Cristiano Ronaldo, whose £7,000 likeness was sidelined in Chingford last week?

Harry Kane

Sp1

The name Amstrad is back.  Amstrad Digital will be run by the grandson of its original founder, who has gone on to television celebrity.  But can you name any of the four words that has been contracted to make the word Amstrad?

Alan Michael Sugar Trading

Sp2

Christian Brueckner is currently on trial in Germany.  For which unsolved 2007 crime is he regarded as the main suspect?

The disappearance of Madeleine McCann

ROUND 2 - Hidden theme

Beware of soundalikes, etc.

1.

Who, along with Tommy DeVito, Bob Gaudio and Nick Massi completes the original line-up of a group that was formed in New Jersey in 1960?

Frankie Valli

2.

How is the incidental music for the sixth scene of act 2 in Henrik Ibsen's 1867 play Peer Gynt better known?

In the Hall of the Mountain King

3.

Originally published in 1748 as Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, how is this controversial erotic novel more popularly known?

Fanny Hill

(by John Cleland)

4.

On a cricket field, which position is located between the slips and point?

Gully

5.

What is the surname of the acting brothers who have featured (though never together) in many popular British TV series such as Hustle, Spooks, Life on Mars, Sherwood and Clocking Off?

Glenister

(Robert and Phillip)

6.

Invented in its modern form by Robert Whitehead and named after a genus of fish, what can be classified as straight-running, autonomous homer or wire-guided?

Torpedo

7.

Which South African pace bowler dominated the number one spot in the ICC Test rankings between 2008 and 2014 and was named the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for the year 2013?

Dale Steyn

8.

During the 1920’s and 30’s, which Stoke-born artist and designer employed hundreds of young female painters known as the 'Bizarre Girls' to assist with the production of her phenomenally popular products?

Clarice Cliff

Sp.

What is the title of the 1986 American war drama film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, based on a real-life incident from the Korean War?

Heartbreak Ridge

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a geographical feature

Go back to Round 2 questions without answers

ROUND 3 - Pairs

1.

Which Radio 4 comedy star, notorious for his malapropisms features in his own touring production of 'The Sound of Mucus'?

Count Arthur Strong

2.

This singer of Jilted John later became a Radio 4 character who plays his compositions on his Yamaha portable keyboard.  Name the character.

John Shuttleworth

3.

Which Oasis 'B' side was the theme tune to The Royle Family?

Half the World Away

4.

Which cult BBC series has the theme tune of Nick Cave’s song Red Right Hand?

Peaky Blinders

5.

In the 2009 Cadbury’s award-winning ad what song does the gorilla play?

In the Air Tonight

6.

The classic ad for Levi jeans saw Nick Kamen strip off in a laundrette to which famous Motown song?

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

7.

Dominic Cummings coined his own nicknames.  To him, who was 'Princess Nut Nuts'?

Carrie Johnson

8.

Similarly, to whom did he refer as 'The Human Hand Grenade'?

Liz Truss

Sp1

What football first did Rebecca Welch achieve in December?

First woman referee in the Premier League

(Fulham versus Burnley)

Sp2

What football first did Hannah Dingley achieve in July?

First female manager of a men's professional football team

(Caretaker Head Coach of Forest Green Rovers)

Go back to Round 3 questions without answers

ROUND 4 - Hidden theme

1.

Which song – Abba’s 9th and final UK number one – opens with the line "I was sick and tired of everything when you called me last night from Glasgow"?

Super Trouper

2.

Which US electronics company was a pioneer in home computing with its 64, 128, PET and Amiga models?

Commodore

3.

Which daytime soap opera is the longest running in US history and the third longest in the world after The Archers and Coronation Street?

General Hospital

4.

Which actor’s roles include Nick Harper in the sitcom My Family, Colin Frissell in the 2003 film Love Actually, and DI Humphrey Goodman in Death in Paradise?

Kris Marshall

5.

Which goalkeeper won three league championships and four FA cup winners medals before ending his career on a low by playing for Manchester City in the 2003/04 season?

David Seaman

6.

Who was the US-born English portrait painter whose Portrait of Madame X caused a scandal in Edwardian society in the early 20th century?

John Singer Sargent

7.

Rated the best British trained racehorse of the 20th century this colt won 17 of his 18 races in the early 1970’s including the 2000 Guineas in 1971.  He was named after the hero of a series of historical stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.  What was that name?

Brigadier Gerard

8.

Which former politician has written over 40 books including The Little Grey Book, More Than a Game – The Story of Cricket, and My Old Man – A Personal History of Music Hall?

John Major

Sp.

Which Walt Whitman poem of 1865 lamenting the death of Abraham Lincoln, features significantly in the film Dead Poets Society?

O! Captain, My Captain

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a rank in the armed services

Go back to Round 4 questions without answers

ROUND 5 - Pairs

1.

Two years ago, Asda drew up a guide for parents to explain teenager’s text abbreviations.  What does 'IIRC' mean?

'If I remember correctly'

2.

... and what does 'TL; DR' mean?

'Too Long, Didn’t Read'

3.

Which song is Olly Alexander taking to the Eurovision Song contest in May?

Dizzy

4.

Who is the singer of Escapism who won six BRIT awards (wrongly stated as BAFTAs in the actual paper) recently?

Raye

5.

The Oscar for Best supporting actress went to Da’Vine Joy Randolph.  Which movie was she in?

The Holdovers

6.

An Oscar nominee for Best Actress was Lily Gladstone.  Which movie was she in?

Killers of the Flower Moon

7.

Why was businessman Gary Goldsmith invited onto the recent Celebrity Big Brother show?

He is Kate Middleton’s uncle

8.

How has Harry Clarke earned recent notoriety in Reality TV?

In January he won The Traitors

(he won £95,150 after deceiving Molly, the runner up)

Go back to Round 5 questions without answers

ROUND 6 - Announced theme - 'Coventry City 1987'

In celebration & commemoration of Coventry City reaching only their second FA Cup semi-final in their history, we present for your delight & delectation a round whose answers contain the name of either a player or manager from the 1987 Cup-winning team or indeed the same from the current history-making team.

There are 2 homophones & 1 other answer whose theme link is part of a longer word.

1.

What is the surname shared by an actress who appeared in 24 Carry On films (the most of any actress) between 1958 and 1978, and the longest-serving cast member in the TV reality series The Only Way Is Essex between 2011 and 2021?

Sims

(Joan & Chloe)

2.

Barry Scott has been the shouty advocate for which brand of cleaning products in its TV ad campaigns since 2005?

Cillit Bang

(Barry Scott is a fictional creation of the ad agency. The character is in fact played by actor Neil Burgess. He has attracted a cult following that has seen 1.5 million hits on a YouTube remix of one of the ads to a hardcore dance track, and a mistaken obituary which mixed up THIS Barry Scott with the death of a black American actor of the same name!)

3.

This British sprinter won gold in the 200m at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and in the 4x400m relay at the 1991 World Championships.  He also won silver in the 4x100m relay at the 1988 Olympics and in the 200m at the 1993 World Championships.  His British 200m record set in 1994 lasted nearly 30 years until it was beaten last year.  Who is he?

John Regis

4.

A real conversation between an American national icon and a songwriter who had referenced him in his hit 1960s song a few years before went like this …

NATIONAL ICON: "What I don’t understand is why you ask where I’ve gone.  I just did a Mister Coffee commercial.  I’m a spokesman for the Bowery Savings Bank and I haven’t gone anywhere!"

SONGWRITER: "I didn’t mean the lines literally.  I thought of you as an American hero and that genuine heroes are in short supply."

To which 1960s hit song does this conversation refer?

Mrs Robinson

(the subsequent conversation was between Paul Simon and Joe DiMaggio)

5.

This singer had his first Top 10 hit in 1962.  In 2014, at the age of 88, he collaborated with Lady Gaga on the album Cheek To Cheek.  In 2021 at the age of 95, they repeated the collaboration with a second album, Love For Sale.  He died last year, aged 96.  Who is he?

Tony Bennett

6.

Of the 10 Regional Mayors in England, only 2 are Conservative.  One is the West Midland’s Andy Street.  Who is the other, Mayor of Tees Valley?

Ben Houchen

7.

The four busiest US airports, measured by passenger numbers, are Atlanta, Dallas, Denver and Los Angeles.  Which is the next busiest after those?  Give its location and its name.

O’Hare International Airport, Chicago

8.

This one-club footballer was the first in the world to 100 international caps, 90 as captain including  playing at 3 World Cup Final tournaments.  He also captained his club to 3 top division titles and an FA Cup win.  Who was he?

Billy Wright

Sp.

This English musician was firstly part of The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown in the 1960s before leaving with a fellow defector to form Atomic Rooster.  In 1970 he became part of a 3-piece supergroup until they disbanded in 1979, and then again when they reformed in 1992, until a final disbandment in 1998.  In between, and since 1998, he formed the band Asia.  Who is he?

Carl Palmer

The names from the 1987 FA Cup-winning team are: John SILLETT; Cyrille REGIS; Dave BENNETT; Keith HOUCHEN

Those from the current team are: Ellis SIMMS; Mark ROBINS; Callum O’HARE; Haji WRIGHT; Kasey PALMER

Go back to Round 6 questions without answers

ROUND 7 - Didsbury FM: Coming in your ears with the latest local travel news!

1.

Trams from the Metrolink terminus at East Didsbury go to 2 termini.  Name both.

Rochdale Town Centre (accept Rochdale)

& Shaw and Crompton (accept Shaw)

2.

The most Metrolink lines that stop at a single interchange station is 8.  There are 2 such stations. Name both.

Cornbrook

& Deansgate-Castlefield

(St Peter’s Square, the next biggest interchange, has 7 lines passing through)

3.

You have an uncontrollable desire to go to The Trafford Centre (is it the Ann Summers or the Build-A-Bear Workshop?) and wish to get there by bus.  From Didsbury, which bus number will get you there directly?

23

4.

Ann Summers a step too far in your imagination?  Best play it safer in future with Tesco or Next.  Let Handforth Dean ride to your rescue.  Or, rather, you ride to Handforth Dean - by bus, of course. From Didsbury, which bus number will get you there directly?

42C

(prompt if answer given is 42 but don’t accept any final answer other than 42C)

5.

On the airport railway line that runs through East Didsbury railway station there are 2 stations southbound before Manchester Airport.  Name both.

Gatley & Heald Green

6.

On the airport railway line that runs through East Didsbury railway station there are 2 stations northbound before Manchester Piccadilly.  Name both.

Burnage & Mauldeth Road

7.

The part of Wilmslow Road that runs from Parrswood to the junction of School Lane and Barlow Moor Road in Didsbury Village is the A5145.  Name the 2 districts/towns that the A5145 connects at both its west and east ends.

Stockport & Stretford

8.

Three train companies run trains that stop at East Didsbury railway station.  Name 2 of them.

(2 from)

Northern,

Transpennine Express,

Transport for Wales

Sp.

There are only 2 of the outer Metrolink termini that connect only with city centre termini without going to destinations beyond.  Name either of these outer termini.

(either)

The Trafford Centre

(goes only as far as Deansgate-Castlefield)

(or)

Manchester Airport

(goes only as far as Victoria)

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ROUND 8 - Shakespeare connections

The answer to each question is the same as the name of a character from a Shakespeare play - e.g.

Q: The King of Naples, an enemy to Prospero, in The Tempest & A racing driver who won the F1 World Drivers' Championship in 2005 and 2006

A: Alonso (Duke Alonso and Ferdinand Alonso)

1.

Juliet Capulet's nurse in Romeo and Juliet,

&

A genus of medicinal herbs the candied root of which is used as a culinary decoration.

Angelica

2.

Romeo's servant in Romeo and Juliet,

&

One of the biblical magi who also lends his name to a 12-litre wine bottle.

Balthazar

3.

A courtier to Leontes who delivers the oracle from Delphos in The Winter's Tale,

&

Singer who is best remembered for his signature hit songs Runaround Sue and The Wanderer.

Dion

4.

A dim-witted constable in Measure for Measure,

&

Band that won the Mercury Music Prize for their album The Seldom Seen Kid in 2008.

Elbow

5.

Regan's husband, who puts out Gloucester's eyes, in King Lear,

&

A title in the Peerage of England established by a royal charter in 1337 passed on by King Charles to Prince William on his accession to the throne.

Duke of Cornwall

6.

A double agent, seemingly loyal to Lord Hastings but actually reporting to Buckingham and Richard,  in Richard III,

&

The leader of a group of English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

Catesby

7.

An attendant on Katherine, in Henry VIII,

&

A comic opera a.k.a. Bunthorne's Bride featuring the characters Colonel Calverley and Major Murgatroy.

Patience

8.

A bellows-mender in A Midsummer Night's Dream,

&

Instrument that represents the bird in Peter and the Wolf.

Sp1

A supporter of Richmond in Richard III,

&

Singer-songwriter who rose to fame in 2004 with the release of his debut album Back to Bedlam.

James Blunt

Sp2

A suitor to Juliet in Romeo and Juliet,

&

A Trojan prince, son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, and younger brother of Prince Hector.

Paris

Sp3

The infant daughter of Leontes in The Winter's Tale; she grows up to marry Florizel and is reconciled to her father,

&

The female canine protagonist of the 1961 Disney animated feature film One Hundred and One Dalmatians.

Perdita

Go back to Round 8 questions without answers