In the Stockport style rounds, if the answer to a question is a person’s name, the surname is sufficient.

In the themed rounds the usual caveats apply (i.e. soundalikes and part words may be employed in pursuit of a theme).

ROUND 1 - Stockport format - Verbal

1.

Medusa is probably the best known of the three gorgons of Greek mythology.  Name either of the other two.

2.

The quotation:

“If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear”

 is inscribed on the wall behind whose statue in W1A, created by Martin Jennings in 2007?

3.

In the Munich air disaster of 1958, which former Manchester City player and News of the World journalist died?

4.

What is the name of the junction that connects M1 J1, A406 and A5 Edgware Road?

5.

Which ship started out in Germany as the MV Monte Rosa but was renamed after being taken as a prize of war by Britain in 1945?  In 1954 it caught fire and sank in the Mediterranean.

6.

The name of which capital city is Spanish for 'The Peace'?

7.

Which TV drama, first broadcast in 1990, and which has the same name in the US remake as its original British version, has a protagonist in both versions whose name has the initials FU?

8.

Which building, commissioned by Henry VIII, stood in a park of the same name which lies in the borough of Sutton?  Its name was a boast that it was incomparable in magnificence.

9.

Which Liverpool player is the only footballer to be featured on the cover of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?

10.

What ‘first’ involved Yang Liwei, on board Shenzhou 5, in 2003?

11.

Who was the first Indian-born female to win the Booker Prize?

12.

Her birth name was Sophie Friedericke Auguste of Anhalst-Zerbst but, aged 15, she changed her given name and took on the surname Alekseyevna.  By what name is she better known?

13.

Which Formula One World Champion was kidnapped on the eve of the Havana Grand Prix in an unsuccessful attempt to force the cancellation of the race to embarrass the regime?

14.

Which leader was captured by Urbano Lazzaro at Dongo?

15.

A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly in 1874, is considered the first important use of an elephant for what purpose?

16.

Bill Tidy created a cartoon strip that was a parody of which Nobel laureate’s series of books?

17.

Which leader was succeeded by his third wife Isabel in 1974?

18.

Who is the only person to be awarded the Formula One World Drivers' Championship posthumously?

19.

Born Giovanni de Bernardone, by what name is he better known?

20.

What subject is common to the titles of the Booker Prize winning novels by Penelope Lively and Aravind Adiga?

21.

In 1967, what ‘first’ involved cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov?

22.

Which actress makes the most appearances on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?

23.

Which building is the home of the Marquess of Salisbury and has been the home of the Cecil family since the early 17th century?  It houses the so-called Rainbow Portrait of Elizabeth I.

24.

Which TV drama, broadcast between 2004 and 2013, and which has the same name in the US remake as its original British version, had its neighbourhood relocated from Chatsworth to Canaryville?

25.

26.

Which ship, launched in 1869, was named after the Scots for a short undergarment?

27.

What is the name of the junction that connects A1(M), A66 and A6055?

28.

In the Munich air disaster of 1958 name either of the United players who survived but never played again.

29.

A 5m-high sculpture of which philosopher’s head was installed at Salford University in 2016?

30.

According to Virgil in the Aeneid, in Greek mythology there were three Furies.  Name any one of them.

Sp1

What connects the deaths of Robert Peel, William III and Geronimo?

Sp2

What connects the deaths of John Wycliffe, Oliver Cromwell and Rasputin?

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ROUND 2 - Stockport format - Written - Hidden theme

1.

What is the unit of currency in Venezuela?

2.

In rugby union, the trophy that is contested between France and Italy as part of the Six Nations Championship, is named after whom?

3.

In which novel by one of the Brontë sisters is Lucy Snowe the protagonist?

4.

Which part of the body where four bones intersect is also known as the pterion?

5.

Which structure connects Brig in Switzerland and Domodossola in Italy?

6.

Which is the most prestigious literary award in France, for which the prize is a token 10 euros?

7.

In which US sitcom that aired from 1990 to 1996 did the lead actor play a fictionalised version of himself who is sent to live with his uncle and aunt in Los Angeles?

8.

Which British band founded in 2010 is fronted by Dan Smith and released the single Pompeii in 2013?

9.

In the children’s TV series Bagpuss, what is the name of the rag doll that sits in a wicker chair?

Which monarch’s statue, sculpted by William Reid Dick and standing on a plinth designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, is located on Abingdon Street near Westminster Abbey facing the House of Lords?

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ROUND 3 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme

1.

What is the title of Harry Styles’s debut solo single that reached #1 in 2017?

2.

What name is given to the second cervical vertebra (C2) of the spine?

3.

British comedian Tom Walker is the creator of which fictional character, a left-wing political correspondent who rants angrily about politics?

4.

After new entrants Stoke City lost their opening Premiership game of the 2008–09 season 3–1 to Bolton Wanderers, which company paid out on bets on them being relegated?

5.

Who wrote the 1989 novel The Joy Luck Club?

6.

'2FA' is a method that is sometimes used to grant access to a website or application.  What does the abbreviation stand for?

7.

What is the title of the 1984 British comedy film starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith that is set during rationing in 1947 in which the townspeople decide to raise a pig to celebrate the Royal Wedding?

8.

Which is the 3rd largest and 2nd most populous of the Dodecanese?

Sp

In a Unix-like operating system, what term is used for the top-most directory in a file system?  In computing science, it is also the top-most node in a tree hierarchy.

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ROUND 4 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme set to music

Each question refers to a piece of music in which the answer is the title or the performing artist  - you can opt to receive the full read-out question or instead chose a music clip which contains the song or the performing artist

Each answer is connected by a hidden theme

1.

Which was Queen’s first chart entry in 1974?  It fades into a rendition of I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside.  

2.

Which Annie Lennox song of 1992 contains the lyric:

“How many times do I have to try to tell you
That I'm sorry for the things I've done”?

3.

Which work by Debussy takes its title from a work by Paul Verlaine?

4.

The title of which aria translates as Woman is Fickle?

5.

Which singer’s debut studio album in 1987 was entitled Introducing the Hardline According To …?  He later changed his name to Sananda Maitreya.

6.

The singer Pauline Matthews, born in 1947, is better known by what stage name?  Her only #1 is a duet in 1976.

7.

Which Dylan single was the follow-up to Like A Rolling Stone?  It reached #8 in the UK.  It was not included on an album, and its title may refer to a thoroughfare in New York.

8.

Which band formed in 1967 was named by combining the names of their drummer and bassist?

Sp

Which song of 1996 contains the lyric:

“You took me to your rented motorcar
And filmed me on the bonnet”?

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ROUND 5 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme

1.

Who was the first bowler to reach 500 wickets in Test cricket?

2.

Who will be captain of the 2025 USA Ryder Cup team?

3.

What is the name of the 220 ft tower on Abbey Craig overlooking Stirling?

4.

What is the county town of Fermanagh?

5.

The American YouTuber 'Jimmy' Donaldson is better known by what online alias?

6.

Which African American traditional spiritual song was recorded by Nina Simone in 1965 and by the Wailers in 1966?

7.

What is the subtitle of 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I?

8.

Which film actor was married to Scarlett Johansson until 2011 and is now married to Blake Lively?

Sp

What was the nickname of the boxer Nigel Benn?

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ROUND 6 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme

1.

Which British company was formed in 1921 by the merger of two companies established in 1859 and 1887, each of which had a plant that processed the same product in Silvertown on the north bank of the Thames?  Their logo contains the quotation "... out of the strong came forth sweetness".

2.

One of the sponsors of the 'Loo of the Year' Awards, which brand was formed in 1969 from the merger of two companies founded in 1817 and 1878?  The first half of its name is the Staffordshire village where one of the original companies was founded.

3.

Proposals for which invention have become so common that the US Patents Office has a policy of refusing to grant patents without a working model?  Historical examples include Robert Fludd's 17th-century 'water screw', Cox's timepiece, and the Brownian ratchet.

4.

After Phoenix, which is the second-most populous state capital of the USA?  It is home to Lady Bird Lake and has been twinned with the London Borough of Hackney since 2014.

5.

Which actor is the son of actress Jill Balcon, the grandson of Michael Balcon, and is married to Arthur Miller's daughter?

6.

Which 1992 novella by Robert James Waller, which was made into a film in 1995, tells the story of a married but lonely war bride in Iowa who has an affair with a man who is photographing the area's distinctive features?

7.

Who is the principal guest conductor of the Royal Ballet?  He served as their Music Director from 1990 to 1995 and from 2006 to 2015.  From 1989 to 2006, he was principal conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra.

8.

Which singer known only by her surname had the best-selling album in the UK in 2008?  Its title refers to an area of Birkenhead where her grandmother lives.

Sp

What is the name of the character played by Helen Mirren in the TV series Prime Suspect?

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Tiebreaker

As at 3^rd May 2025, according to NASA, how many moons orbit the 8 planets of the solar system plus Pluto?

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ROUND 1 - Stockport format - Verbal

1.

Medusa is probably the best known of the three gorgons of Greek mythology.  Name either of the other two.

(either)

Stheno or Euryale

2.

The quotation:

“If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear”

 is inscribed on the wall behind whose statue in W1A, created by Martin Jennings in 2007?

George Orwell

3.

In the Munich air disaster of 1958, which former Manchester City player and News of the World journalist died?

Frank Swift

4.

What is the name of the junction that connects M1 J1, A406 and A5 Edgware Road?

Staples Corner

5.

Which ship started out in Germany as the MV Monte Rosa but was renamed after being taken as a prize of war by Britain in 1945?  In 1954 it caught fire and sank in the Mediterranean.

(HMT) Empire Windrush

6.

The name of which capital city is Spanish for 'The Peace'?

La Paz

(Bolivia)

7.

Which TV drama, first broadcast in 1990, and which has the same name in the US remake as its original British version, has a protagonist in both versions whose name has the initials FU?

House of Cards

(Francis Urquhart and Frank Underwood)

8.

Which building, commissioned by Henry VIII, stood in a park of the same name which lies in the borough of Sutton?  Its name was a boast that it was incomparable in magnificence.

Nonsuch Palace

9.

Which Liverpool player is the only footballer to be featured on the cover of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?

Albert Stubbins

10.

What ‘first’ involved Yang Liwei, on board Shenzhou 5, in 2003?

He was the first Chinese astronaut

('taikonaut')

11.

Who was the first Indian-born female to win the Booker Prize?

12.

Her birth name was Sophie Friedericke Auguste of Anhalst-Zerbst but, aged 15, she changed her given name and took on the surname Alekseyevna.  By what name is she better known?

Catherine the Great

13.

Which Formula One World Champion was kidnapped on the eve of the Havana Grand Prix in an unsuccessful attempt to force the cancellation of the race to embarrass the regime?

Juan Manuel Fangio

(in 1958)

14.

Which leader was captured by Urbano Lazzaro at Dongo?

Mussolini

15.

A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly in 1874, is considered the first important use of an elephant for what purpose?

As a symbol for the US Republican Party

16.

Bill Tidy created a cartoon strip that was a parody of which Nobel laureate’s series of books?

John Galsworthy

(the strip was The Fosdyke Saga)

17.

Which leader was succeeded by his third wife Isabel in 1974?

Juan Perón

18.

Who is the only person to be awarded the Formula One World Drivers' Championship posthumously?

Jochen Rindt

19.

Born Giovanni de Bernardone, by what name is he better known?

St Francis of Assisi

20.

What subject is common to the titles of the Booker Prize winning novels by Penelope Lively and Aravind Adiga?

Tiger

(MoonTiger, The White Tiger)

21.

In 1967, what ‘first’ involved cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov?

The first person to die during a space mission

(he died when the parachute of Soyuz 1 failed to open)

22.

Which actress makes the most appearances on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?

Shirley Temple

23.

Which building is the home of the Marquess of Salisbury and has been the home of the Cecil family since the early 17th century?  It houses the so-called Rainbow Portrait of Elizabeth I.

Hatfield House

24.

Which TV drama, broadcast between 2004 and 2013, and which has the same name in the US remake as its original British version, had its neighbourhood relocated from Chatsworth to Canaryville?

Shameless

25.

Praia

(Cape/Cabo Verde)

26.

Which ship, launched in 1869, was named after the Scots for a short undergarment?

Cutty Sark

27.

What is the name of the junction that connects A1(M), A66 and A6055?

Scotch Corner

28.

In the Munich air disaster of 1958 name either of the United players who survived but never played again.

(either)

Johnny Berry

or Jackie Blanchflower

29.

A 5m-high sculpture of which philosopher’s head was installed at Salford University in 2016?

Friedrich Engels

30.

According to Virgil in the Aeneid, in Greek mythology there were three Furies.  Name any one of them.

(one of)

Alecto, Megaera or Tisiphone

Sp1

What connects the deaths of Robert Peel, William III and Geronimo?

They died from complications after falling from their horse

Sp2

What connects the deaths of John Wycliffe, Oliver Cromwell and Rasputin?

They were subjected to posthumous execution

ROUND 2 - Stockport format - Written - Hidden theme

1.

What is the unit of currency in Venezuela?

Bolivar

2.

In rugby union, the trophy that is contested between France and Italy as part of the Six Nations Championship, is named after whom?

Garibaldi

3.

In which novel by one of the Brontë sisters is Lucy Snowe the protagonist?

Villette

4.

Which part of the body where four bones intersect is also known as the pterion?

Temple

5.

Which structure connects Brig in Switzerland and Domodossola in Italy?

Simplon Tunnel

6.

Which is the most prestigious literary award in France, for which the prize is a token 10 euros?

Prix Goncourt

7.

In which US sitcom that aired from 1990 to 1996 did the lead actor play a fictionalised version of himself who is sent to live with his uncle and aunt in Los Angeles?

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

8.

Which British band founded in 2010 is fronted by Dan Smith and released the single Pompeii in 2013?

Bastille

9.

In the children’s TV series Bagpuss, what is the name of the rag doll that sits in a wicker chair?

Madeleine

10.

Which monarch’s statue, sculpted by William Reid Dick and standing on a plinth designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, is located on Abingdon Street near Westminster Abbey facing the House of Lords?

George V

Theme: Each answer references the name of a station on the Paris Metro

ROUND 3 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme

1.

What is the title of Harry Styles’s debut solo single that reached #1 in 2017?

Sign of the Times

2.

What name is given to the second cervical vertebra (C2) of the spine?

Axis

3.

British comedian Tom Walker is the creator of which fictional character, a left-wing political correspondent who rants angrily about politics?

Jonathan Pie

4.

After new entrants Stoke City lost their opening Premiership game of the 2008–09 season 3–1 to Bolton Wanderers, which company paid out on bets on them being relegated?

Paddy Power

5.

Who wrote the 1989 novel The Joy Luck Club?

Amy Tan

6.

'2FA' is a method that is sometimes used to grant access to a website or application.  What does the abbreviation stand for?

Two-factor Authentication

7.

What is the title of the 1984 British comedy film starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith that is set during rationing in 1947 in which the townspeople decide to raise a pig to celebrate the Royal Wedding?

A Private Function

8.

Which is the 3rd largest and 2nd most populous of the Dodecanese?

Kos

(Cos)

Sp

In a Unix-like operating system, what term is used for the top-most directory in a file system?  In computing science, it is also the top-most node in a tree hierarchy.

Root

Theme: Each answer includes a term used in mathematics

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ROUND 4 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme set to music

Each question refers to a piece of music in which the answer is the title or the performing artist  - you can opt to receive the full read-out question or instead chose a music clip which contains the song or the performing artist

Each answer is connected by a hidden theme

1.

Which was Queen’s first chart entry in 1974?  It fades into a rendition of I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside.

♪

Seven Seas of Rhye

2.

Which Annie Lennox song of 1992 contains the lyric:

“How many times do I have to try to tell you
That I'm sorry for the things I've done”?

♪

Why

3.

Which work by Debussy takes its title from a work by Paul Verlaine?

♪

Clair de Lune

4.

The title of which aria translates as Woman is Fickle?

♪

La Donna e Mobile

5.

Which singer’s debut studio album in 1987 was entitled Introducing the Hardline According To …?  He later changed his name to Sananda Maitreya.

♪

Terence Trent D'Arby

6.

The singer Pauline Matthews, born in 1947, is better known by what stage name?  Her only #1 is a duet in 1976.

♪

Kiki Dee

7.

Which Dylan single was the follow-up to Like A Rolling Stone?  It reached #8 in the UK.  It was not included on an album, and its title may refer to a thoroughfare in New York.

♪

Positively 4th Street

8.

Which band formed in 1967 was named by combining the names of their drummer and bassist?

♪

Fleetwood Mac

Sp

Which song of 1996 contains the lyric:

“You took me to your rented motorcar
And filmed me on the bonnet”?

♪

Theme: Each answer includes the name of a British river

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ROUND 5 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme

1.

Who was the first bowler to reach 500 wickets in Test cricket?

Courtney Walsh

2.

Who will be captain of the 2025 USA Ryder Cup team?

Keegan Bradley

3.

What is the name of the 220 ft tower on Abbey Craig overlooking Stirling?

(The National) Wallace Monument

4.

What is the county town of Fermanagh?

Enniskillen

5.

The American YouTuber 'Jimmy' Donaldson is better known by what online alias?

Mr Beast

6.

Which African American traditional spiritual song was recorded by Nina Simone in 1965 and by the Wailers in 1966?

Sinner Man

7.

What is the subtitle of 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I?

The Phantom Menace

8.

Which film actor was married to Scarlett Johansson until 2011 and is now married to Blake Lively?

Ryan Reynolds

Sp

What was the nickname of the boxer Nigel Benn?

'The Dark Destroyer'

Theme: Each answer includes the nickname of one of the Chasers on The Chase

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ROUND 6 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme

1.

Which British company was formed in 1921 by the merger of two companies established in 1859 and 1887, each of which had a plant that processed the same product in Silvertown on the north bank of the Thames?  Their logo contains the quotation "... out of the strong came forth sweetness".

Tate and Lyle

2.

One of the sponsors of the 'Loo of the Year' Awards, which brand was formed in 1969 from the merger of two companies founded in 1817 and 1878?  The first half of its name is the Staffordshire village where one of the original companies was founded.

Armitage Shanks

3.

Proposals for which invention have become so common that the US Patents Office has a policy of refusing to grant patents without a working model?  Historical examples include Robert Fludd's 17th-century 'water screw', Cox's timepiece, and the Brownian ratchet.

Perpetual motion machine

4.

After Phoenix, which is the second-most populous state capital of the USA?  It is home to Lady Bird Lake and has been twinned with the London Borough of Hackney since 2014.

5.

Which actor is the son of actress Jill Balcon, the grandson of Michael Balcon, and is married to Arthur Miller's daughter?

Daniel Day-Lewis

6.

Which 1992 novella by Robert James Waller, which was made into a film in 1995, tells the story of a married but lonely war bride in Iowa who has an affair with a man who is photographing the area's distinctive features?

The Bridges of Madison County

7.

Who is the principal guest conductor of the Royal Ballet?  He served as their Music Director from 1990 to 1995 and from 2006 to 2015.  From 1989 to 2006, he was principal conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Barry Wordsworth

8.

Which singer known only by her surname had the best-selling album in the UK in 2008?  Its title refers to an area of Birkenhead where her grandmother lives.

Duffy

(the album was Rockferry)

Sp

What is the name of the character played by Helen Mirren in the TV series Prime Suspect?

Jane Tennison

Theme: Each answer includes the surname of a British Poet Laureate

Tiebreaker

As at 3^rd May 2025, according to NASA, how many moons orbit the 8 planets of the solar system plus Pluto?