ROUND 1 - Announced theme - 'This means War!'

Each answer contains a word that can be placed after the word 'war' - usual caveats apply

1.

What is the name of the book by Alan Paton published in 1948 set in the prelude to apartheid in South Africa, describing a black priest and a white farmer dealing with the news of a murder?

2.

Which eponymous novel of 1900 tells the story of the abandonment of a passenger ship by a crew member with no regard to the passengers.  It relates the story of his coming to terms with the ensuing vilification after confessing his shame to the captain of the ship, Charles Marlow?

3.

Which region of land, 10,000 square miles in area, is at the southern end of the Isthmus of Perekop?

4.

Which actor played the part of Phil Archer from 1951 until his death in 2009?

5.

What is the first line of the fictional sea-shanty in Treasure Island?

6.

Which 1990 film set in the USA was nominated for 12 Oscars and won 7 including Best Picture and Best Director?  Much of the dialogue was not in English and needed subtitles.

7.

Shown on BBC TV for many years, which annual event held at Wembley until 2002 was introduced by the 4th movement of Mozart's 'Musical Joke'?

8.

Which was the Supremes’ only number 1 hit in 1964 in the UK?  It was concurrently number 1 in the United States.

Sp1

What was the name of the British poet, historical novelist and critic, born in 1895 and died in 1985, who wrote the book The White Goddess about poetic inspiration in 1929?

Sp2

Which wasp-like insect's common name comes from the appearance of the ovipositor which the females use to cut into the plants where they lay their eggs?

Go to Round 1 questions with answers

ROUND 2 - Announced theme - '10'

... and we don’t mean 2 in binary!

Each answer contains a word for the number ten in a different language - usual caveats apply

1.

Which member of One Direction left the group in 2015 in order to pursue a solo career?  His debut single Pillowtalk and album Mind of Mine both went straight to number one in the UK and the US.

2.

Which Japanese word is a generic term that describes various forms of martial arts originally used for close combat (either unarmed or with a weapon)?  It has never been an Olympic discipline.

3.

Which Californian born actress, born 1972, made her film debut opposite Jim Carrey in The Mask? She was also an ‘angel’ and has been a franchise princess?

4.

Which impressionist (1834-1917) was most famous for his pastel drawings of dancers and stage performers?

5.

Where, in 1977, was the location of the deadliest accident in aviation history, when 583 people died as two Boeing 747s collided on the runway in dense fog?

6.

Which 'rude boy' who "didn’t want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde", had hits with 007 (Shanty Town) in 1967 and It Mek in 1969?

7.

Who was President of Afghanistan from 2014 until the Taliban took over in 2021?  He had served under Hamid Karzai, but now lives in exile in the UAE.

8.

Which US state capital derives its name from the phrase ‘the river of the monks’?

Sp.

Which character from the Walking Dead now has a spin-off series based in France?  The character is played by Norman Reedus and his weapon of choice is usually a crossbow.

Go to Round 2 questions with answers

ROUND 3 - Pairs with a sort of theme

Topics that all of the young players in the league will love and know instantly

If you get these questions wrong or don’t like the answers then that can only mean one thing ...

1.

Scoring her first number 1 hit this summer with Guess, under what name does Charlotte Aitchison release her music?

2.

Born in Missouri in 1998 and scoring an international hit this summer with Hot to Go (described as Generation Z’s version of YMCA), under what name does the singer born Kayleigh Amstutz release her music?

3.

Jack Lowden has starred in the films A United Kingdom where he played Tony Benn, Mary Queen of Scots where he played Lord Darnley, and Benediction where he played Siegfried Sassoon, but in which much lauded television series, based on a book series and still currently in production on Apple TV, has he found international fame, playing the grandson of Jonathan Pryce’s character?

4.

Salford-born Tom Glynn-Carney, and Oldham-born Olivia Cooke have between them starred in such films as Dunkirk, Tolkien, Ready Player One and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, but in which TV series have both achieved international fame?  Despite the 2-year age gap they play mother and son!

5.

Marcus Mumford is the lead singer of British Folk Rock band Mumford and Sons.  To which multiple Oscar-nominated British actress is he married with 3 children?  They reconnected as adults whilst working on the film Inside Llewyn Davis.

6.

Michael Fassbender is married to which Swedish actress, 11 years his junior, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Danish Girl?

7.

The recent Disney+ series Agatha All Along has finally brought global success to the actress Kathryn Hahn. Despite featuring in the films Revolutionary Road, Anchorman and How To Lose a Guy In Ten Days, she is perhaps best known as wily political operative Jennifer Barkley in which critically lauded sitcom that ran from 2009-2015 and set in Indiana?

8.

The recent Disney+ series Agatha All Along has finally brought global success to Joe Locke who, as a young actor from the Isle of Man, first shot to fame as Charlie Sprigg in which Netflix television series, based on a series of graphic novels by Alice Oseman?

Go to Round 3 questions with answers

ROUND 4 - Announced theme - 'Around Paris'

1.

Kind of an equivalent to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the golden dome of this building was the tallest structure in Paris until 1888.  Napoleon’s ashes are buried here.  It formed the backdrop for Archery events during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games.

2.

What is the name of the basilica situated on Montmartre which was consecrated in 1919?

3.

Kind of an equivalent to Waterloo Station, which Paris interchange originally served long distance trains to the south-west, but now mainly serves local trains to the centre of France.

4.

A newly opened station on the Paris metro is named after which controversial French icon who died in 1991?  He collaborated with many women during his career, but the British born companion he is most associated with died last year.

5.

Which is arguably the most flamboyant of the Seine’s bridges?  It was completed in 1900 and named for a foreign leader who had died in 1894, in honour of his role securing a Dual Entente in 1892.  By coincidence he shares both his name and ordinal number with the pope who laid the foundation stone of Notre Dame Cathedral in 1163.

6.

Which is the only British king to have had a Paris metro station named after them?  By virtue of a station on the DLR the same king also has the same unique distinction on the London transport system.  The name was defaced during the visit of a US president.

7.

Originally named Place d’Etoile, how was the large road junction containing the Arc de Triomphe renamed in 1970?

8.

Originally named Place Louis XV, and then, as the site of the higher profile guillotinings, Place de la Revolution, how was this location renamed in 1795 in a gesture of reconciliation?

Sp.

What is the name of the highly ornate gothic building situated on the Isle de la Cité about 200m west of Notre Dame Cathedral?  It is particularly famous for its exceptionally fine mediaeval stained glass.

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ROUND 5 - 'It’s a Punny Old World'

A set of General Knowledge questions with an extra clue in the form of a pun on the answer

1.

Tullamore is the county town of which Irish county?
You could say it's like a load of tripe.

2.

What is the usual common name of Convallaria majalis?
It could be Charlton Athletic's mascot.

3.

Which American city is home to the sports teams Orioles and Ravens?
Two words that Yoda might say before "I want" when requesting extra curry.

4.

Which red form of mercury sulphide is the most common ore for refining mercury?
It could be the name of a pub frequented by evildoers.

5.

What type of retailer was known as a 'Lombard' in many European towns?  Saint Nicholas of Myrna is their patron saint since, according to legend, he gave a bag of gold to three poor girls to save them from destitution.
Larry Flynt could be described as this.

6.

Which edible has cultivars such as Red Ace, Rubidus, and Cheltenham Green Top?
This could describe the course taken by Kerouac, Burroughs, Ginsberg et al.

7.

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were the first exponents of which musical genre to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
This is a common term for surgery on the coxal bone.

8.

Which London peninsula, mentioned in T S Eliot's The Wasteland, issued a Unilateral Declaration of Independence in March 1970 which lasted for a single day?
What a cynophile might say.

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ROUND 6 - Hidden theme

1.

Invented in 2000 by engineers at Roke Manor Research Ltd, what is the name given to the computer vision system that, since the 2013-2014 season, has been used to determine whether a ball has crossed the line in football’s Premier League?  It is primarily associated with other sports though.

2.

What is the stage name of Terry Gene Bollea, a now retired American wrestler born in Augusta in 1953?  He has starred in the terrible films Mr Nanny and The Secret Agent Club.

3.

Hobbies and merlins are predatory birds from which family?  There are about 40 species in total and they are found in every continent except Antarctica.

4.

What is the name of the promontories that flank the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar?

5.

Which Queen song, released in 1985, was inspired by the life and exploits of Martin Luther King Jr., with the lyrics recounting a man battling and overcoming the odds?

6.

Which mythical character sometimes rode in a chariot pulled by two goats, whose names translate as 'teeth grinder' and 'teeth snarler'?

7.

What sort of sporting event was first held in Hawaii in 1978? Gordon Haller was the first person to complete the event and earn the title in a time of 11 hours, 46 minutes and 58 seconds.

8.

Every year in the USA around 2500 people are bitten by what creature?  Contrary to popular opinion, most of them don’t even need medical treatment, let alone end up dying!  The female of the species often has a red or orange hourglass shape on the underside of the abdomen.

Sp1

What term, especially used in the USA, is given to wasps of the genera Vespula and Dolichovespula? Surprisingly, some are black and white, and some have an abdomen with a red background colour.

Sp2

Which new world passerine bird from the family Mimidae is known for its ability to mimic the cry of other birds, insects and even amphibians?

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ROUND 7 - Announced theme - 'What the Dickens!'

Full names are required where the answer is a name - usual caveats apply

1.

Which TV game show is being recommissioned with Andrew Flintoff as its host?

2.

Which TV and radio presenter from Ashton-under-Lyne was the face of the Boddingtons Bitter adverts in the 1990s?

3.

What is the name of the structure at the top of Kerridge Hill, overlooking Bollington?

4.

Originally founded in Brooklyn, which is the first Major League Baseball team to ever play in Los Angeles?

5.

What is the surname of the title character in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

6.

In the filmmaking industry, what job title is given to those whose responsibility is to build and maintain all the equipment that supports cameras?

7.

Which singer/songwriter, now going solo, was the co-founder and leader of a band that lasted from 1976-1982, who then formed a band that lasted from 1983-1989?  He married his second band's vocalist Dee C Lee.

8.

What is the title of the musical interlude in Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan that closes Act III, Tableau 1?

Sp.

Which Christmas film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad as two rival fathers both trying to purchase a toy on a last-minute shopping spree on Christmas Eve?

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ROUND 8 - Pairs

1.

What is the name of the 1964 horror film starring Vincent Price based on a 1842 short story with the same name by Edgar Allan Poe?  The plot involves merrymaking in a castle during a plague.

2.

What is the name of the Roman Polanski comedy film of 1967 that has the subtitle Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck?

3.

The modern name of which landlocked African country, formerly under French colonial control, translates to 'land of honest men'?

4.

There are 3 former French colonies on the mainland of Africa which are members of the British Commonwealth.  Name one of them.

5.

What diminutive forename can be: a) a truck platform on wheels, or b) a wooden shaft attached to a disc with projecting arms used for beating and stirring clothes in a washing tub?

6.

What diminutive forename can be: a) a coil or skein of a specified length varying with the type of yarn, or b) a loop, tuft or handful, especially of hair?

7.

The game of craps involves throwing 2 normal dice on a flat surface which is normally a table in a casino.  A throw of 7 or 11 is called a natural if achieved on the 1st throw.  Expressed as a fraction, what is the probability of its occurrence?

8.

Expressed as a fraction, what is the probability of getting at least 2 heads when 3 separate coins are tossed?

Sp1

What diminutive forename can be a pile fabric with uncut looped pile most often used for towelling?

Sp2

What diminutive forename can be a circus clown or a nickname for a threepenny bit?

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ROUND 1 - Announced theme - 'This means War!'

Each answer contains a word that can be placed after the word 'war' - usual caveats apply

1.

What is the name of the book by Alan Paton published in 1948 set in the prelude to apartheid in South Africa, describing a black priest and a white farmer dealing with the news of a murder?

Cry, the Beloved Country

2.

Which eponymous novel of 1900 tells the story of the abandonment of a passenger ship by a crew member with no regard to the passengers.  It relates the story of his coming to terms with the ensuing vilification after confessing his shame to the captain of the ship, Charles Marlow?

Lord Jim

3.

Which region of land, 10,000 square miles in area, is at the southern end of the Isthmus of Perekop?

The Crimea

4.

Which actor played the part of Phil Archer from 1951 until his death in 2009?

Norman Painting

5.

What is the first line of the fictional sea-shanty in Treasure Island?

"Fifteen men on a dead man's chest"

6.

Which 1990 film set in the USA was nominated for 12 Oscars and won 7 including Best Picture and Best Director?  Much of the dialogue was not in English and needed subtitles.

Dances with Wolves

7.

Shown on BBC TV for many years, which annual event held at Wembley until 2002 was introduced by the 4th movement of Mozart's 'Musical Joke'?

Horse of the Year Show

8.

Which was the Supremes’ only number 1 hit in 1964 in the UK?  It was concurrently number 1 in the United States.

Baby Love

Sp1

What was the name of the British poet, historical novelist and critic, born in 1895 and died in 1985, who wrote the book The White Goddess about poetic inspiration in 1929?

Robert Graves

Sp2

Which wasp-like insect's common name comes from the appearance of the ovipositor which the females use to cut into the plants where they lay their eggs?

Sawfly

ROUND 2 - Announced theme - '10'

... and we don’t mean 2 in binary!

Each answer contains a word for the number ten in a different language - usual caveats apply

1.

Which member of One Direction left the group in 2015 in order to pursue a solo career?  His debut single Pillowtalk and album Mind of Mine both went straight to number one in the UK and the US.

Zain Malik

(sometimes aka just Zayn, so accept that)

2.

Which Japanese word is a generic term that describes various forms of martial arts originally used for close combat (either unarmed or with a weapon)?  It has never been an Olympic discipline.

Jujutsu

(Jujitsu)

3.

Which Californian born actress, born 1972, made her film debut opposite Jim Carrey in The Mask? She was also an ‘angel’ and has been a franchise princess?

Cameron Diaz

4.

Which impressionist (1834-1917) was most famous for his pastel drawings of dancers and stage performers?

Edgar Degas

5.

Where, in 1977, was the location of the deadliest accident in aviation history, when 583 people died as two Boeing 747s collided on the runway in dense fog?

Tenerife

6.

Which 'rude boy' who "didn’t want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde", had hits with 007 (Shanty Town) in 1967 and It Mek in 1969?

Desmond Dekker

7.

Who was President of Afghanistan from 2014 until the Taliban took over in 2021?  He had served under Hamid Karzai, but now lives in exile in the UAE.

Ashraf Ghani

8.

Which US state capital derives its name from the phrase ‘the river of the monks’?

Des Moines

Sp.

Which character from the Walking Dead now has a spin-off series based in France?  The character is played by Norman Reedus and his weapon of choice is usually a crossbow.

Daryl Dixon

Theme: The foreign language 'tens' to which the answers refer are ...

Zehn, Ju, Diaz, Deg, Ten, Deka, Ashra, Des/Dez, Dix

Go back to Round 2 questions without answers

ROUND 3 - Pairs with a sort of theme

Topics that all of the young players in the league will love and know instantly

If you get these questions wrong or don’t like the answers then that can only mean one thing ...

1.

Scoring her first number 1 hit this summer with Guess, under what name does Charlotte Aitchison release her music?

Charlie XCX

2.

Born in Missouri in 1998 and scoring an international hit this summer with Hot to Go (described as Generation Z’s version of YMCA), under what name does the singer born Kayleigh Amstutz release her music?

Chappel Roan

3.

Jack Lowden has starred in the films A United Kingdom where he played Tony Benn, Mary Queen of Scots where he played Lord Darnley, and Benediction where he played Siegfried Sassoon, but in which much lauded television series, based on a book series and still currently in production on Apple TV, has he found international fame, playing the grandson of Jonathan Pryce’s character?

Slow Horses

4.

Salford-born Tom Glynn-Carney, and Oldham-born Olivia Cooke have between them starred in such films as Dunkirk, Tolkien, Ready Player One and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, but in which TV series have both achieved international fame?  Despite the 2-year age gap they play mother and son!

House of the Dragon

5.

Marcus Mumford is the lead singer of British Folk Rock band Mumford and Sons.  To which multiple Oscar-nominated British actress is he married with 3 children?  They reconnected as adults whilst working on the film Inside Llewyn Davis.

Carey Mulligan

6.

Michael Fassbender is married to which Swedish actress, 11 years his junior, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Danish Girl?

Alicia Vikander

7.

The recent Disney+ series Agatha All Along has finally brought global success to the actress Kathryn Hahn. Despite featuring in the films Revolutionary Road, Anchorman and How To Lose a Guy In Ten Days, she is perhaps best known as wily political operative Jennifer Barkley in which critically lauded sitcom that ran from 2009-2015 and set in Indiana?

Parks and Recreation

8.

The recent Disney+ series Agatha All Along has finally brought global success to Joe Locke who, as a young actor from the Isle of Man, first shot to fame as Charlie Sprigg in which Netflix television series, based on a series of graphic novels by Alice Oseman?

Heartstopper

Go back to Round 3 questions without answers

ROUND 4 - Announced theme - 'Around Paris'

1.

Kind of an equivalent to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the golden dome of this building was the tallest structure in Paris until 1888.  Napoleon’s ashes are buried here.  It formed the backdrop for Archery events during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games.

Hôtel des Invalides

(key word 'Invalides')

2.

What is the name of the basilica situated on Montmartre which was consecrated in 1919?

Sacré-Coeur

3.

Kind of an equivalent to Waterloo Station, which Paris interchange originally served long distance trains to the south-west, but now mainly serves local trains to the centre of France.

Gare d’Austerlitz

(key word 'Austerlitz')

4.

A newly opened station on the Paris metro is named after which controversial French icon who died in 1991?  He collaborated with many women during his career, but the British born companion he is most associated with died last year.

Serge Gainsbourg

(companion of Jane Birkin)

5.

Which is arguably the most flamboyant of the Seine’s bridges?  It was completed in 1900 and named for a foreign leader who had died in 1894, in honour of his role securing a Dual Entente in 1892.  By coincidence he shares both his name and ordinal number with the pope who laid the foundation stone of Notre Dame Cathedral in 1163.

Pont Alexander III

6.

Which is the only British king to have had a Paris metro station named after them?  By virtue of a station on the DLR the same king also has the same unique distinction on the London transport system.  The name was defaced during the visit of a US president.

George V

(George W Bush supporters - who are they? - modified the name)

7.

Originally named Place d’Etoile, how was the large road junction containing the Arc de Triomphe renamed in 1970?

Place Charles de Gaulle

(he died earlier in the year)

8.

Originally named Place Louis XV, and then, as the site of the higher profile guillotinings, Place de la Revolution, how was this location renamed in 1795 in a gesture of reconciliation?

Place de la Concorde

Sp.

What is the name of the highly ornate gothic building situated on the Isle de la Cité about 200m west of Notre Dame Cathedral?  It is particularly famous for its exceptionally fine mediaeval stained glass.

The Sainte-Chapelle

Go back to Round 4 questions without answers

ROUND 5 - 'It’s a Punny Old World'

A set of General Knowledge questions with an extra clue in the form of a pun on the answer

1.

Tullamore is the county town of which Irish county?
You could say it's like a load of tripe.

Offaly

2.

What is the usual common name of Convallaria majalis?
It could be Charlton Athletic's mascot.

Lily of the Valley

3.

Which American city is home to the sports teams Orioles and Ravens?
Two words that Yoda might say before "I want" when requesting extra curry.

Baltimore

(Balti more)

4.

Which red form of mercury sulphide is the most common ore for refining mercury?
It could be the name of a pub frequented by evildoers.

Cinnabar

(sinner bar)

5.

What type of retailer was known as a 'Lombard' in many European towns?  Saint Nicholas of Myrna is their patron saint since, according to legend, he gave a bag of gold to three poor girls to save them from destitution.
Larry Flynt could be described as this.

Pawn broker

(porn broker)

6.

Which edible has cultivars such as Red Ace, Rubidus, and Cheltenham Green Top?
This could describe the course taken by Kerouac, Burroughs, Ginsberg et al.

Beetroot

(Beat route)

7.

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were the first exponents of which musical genre to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
This is a common term for surgery on the coxal bone.

Hip hop

(hip op)

8.

Which London peninsula, mentioned in T S Eliot's The Wasteland, issued a Unilateral Declaration of Independence in March 1970 which lasted for a single day?
What a cynophile might say.

Isle of Dogs

(I Love Dogs)

Go back to Round 5 questions without answers

ROUND 6 - Hidden theme

1.

Invented in 2000 by engineers at Roke Manor Research Ltd, what is the name given to the computer vision system that, since the 2013-2014 season, has been used to determine whether a ball has crossed the line in football’s Premier League?  It is primarily associated with other sports though.

Hawkeye

2.

What is the stage name of Terry Gene Bollea, a now retired American wrestler born in Augusta in 1953?  He has starred in the terrible films Mr Nanny and The Secret Agent Club.

Hulk Hogan

3.

Hobbies and merlins are predatory birds from which family?  There are about 40 species in total and they are found in every continent except Antarctica.

Falcon

4.

What is the name of the promontories that flank the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar?

Pillars of Hercules

5.

Which Queen song, released in 1985, was inspired by the life and exploits of Martin Luther King Jr., with the lyrics recounting a man battling and overcoming the odds?

One Vision

6.

Which mythical character sometimes rode in a chariot pulled by two goats, whose names translate as 'teeth grinder' and 'teeth snarler'?

Thor

7.

What sort of sporting event was first held in Hawaii in 1978? Gordon Haller was the first person to complete the event and earn the title in a time of 11 hours, 46 minutes and 58 seconds.

8.

Every year in the USA around 2500 people are bitten by what creature?  Contrary to popular opinion, most of them don’t even need medical treatment, let alone end up dying!  The female of the species often has a red or orange hourglass shape on the underside of the abdomen.

Sp1

What term, especially used in the USA, is given to wasps of the genera Vespula and Dolichovespula? Surprisingly, some are black and white, and some have an abdomen with a red background colour.

Yellowjacket

Sp2

Which new world passerine bird from the family Mimidae is known for its ability to mimic the cry of other birds, insects and even amphibians?

Mockingbird

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a member of the Avengers ...

Hawkeye – Clint Barton (also Ronin), The Hulk – Bruce Banner, Falcon, Hercules – son of Zeus, Vision – Married to the Scarlet Witch, Thor – Odinson, Iron Man – Tony Stark,

Black Widow – Natasha Romanoff, Yellow Jacket – Henry Pym (also used the monikers Ant Man / Giant Man / Goliath), Mockingbird – Barbara Morse

Go back to Round 6 questions without answers

ROUND 7 - Announced theme - 'What the Dickens!'

Full names are required where the answer is a name - usual caveats apply

1.

Which TV game show is being recommissioned with Andrew Flintoff as its host?

Bullseye

2.

Which TV and radio presenter from Ashton-under-Lyne was the face of the Boddingtons Bitter adverts in the 1990s?

Melanie Sykes

3.

What is the name of the structure at the top of Kerridge Hill, overlooking Bollington?

White Nancy

4.

Originally founded in Brooklyn, which is the first Major League Baseball team to ever play in Los Angeles?

(LA) Dodgers

5.

What is the surname of the title character in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

Bucket

6.

In the filmmaking industry, what job title is given to those whose responsibility is to build and maintain all the equipment that supports cameras?

Grip

7.

Which singer/songwriter, now going solo, was the co-founder and leader of a band that lasted from 1976-1982, who then formed a band that lasted from 1983-1989?  He married his second band's vocalist Dee C Lee.

Paul Weller

8.

What is the title of the musical interlude in Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan that closes Act III, Tableau 1?

Flight of the Bumblebee

Sp.

Which Christmas film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad as two rival fathers both trying to purchase a toy on a last-minute shopping spree on Christmas Eve?

Jingle All the Way

Go back to Round 7 questions without answers

ROUND 8 - Pairs

1.

What is the name of the 1964 horror film starring Vincent Price based on a 1842 short story with the same name by Edgar Allan Poe?  The plot involves merrymaking in a castle during a plague.

Masque of the Red Death

2.

What is the name of the Roman Polanski comedy film of 1967 that has the subtitle Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck?

Dance of the Vampires

or

The Fearless Vampire Killers

3.

The modern name of which landlocked African country, formerly under French colonial control, translates to 'land of honest men'?

Burkina Faso

4.

There are 3 former French colonies on the mainland of Africa which are members of the British Commonwealth.  Name one of them.

(one of)

Cameroon, Gabon or Togo

5.

What diminutive forename can be: a) a truck platform on wheels, or b) a wooden shaft attached to a disc with projecting arms used for beating and stirring clothes in a washing tub?

Dolly

6.

What diminutive forename can be: a) a coil or skein of a specified length varying with the type of yarn, or b) a loop, tuft or handful, especially of hair?

Hank

7.

The game of craps involves throwing 2 normal dice on a flat surface which is normally a table in a casino.  A throw of 7 or 11 is called a natural if achieved on the 1st throw.  Expressed as a fraction, what is the probability of its occurrence?

2/9

8.

Expressed as a fraction, what is the probability of getting at least 2 heads when 3 separate coins are tossed?

1/2

Sp1

What diminutive forename can be a pile fabric with uncut looped pile most often used for towelling?

Terry

Sp2

What diminutive forename can be a circus clown or a nickname for a threepenny bit?

Joey

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