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WIST Friendly paper 03/10/24 |
Set by: Barrie Atkinson & Mike Bath |
QotW: R1/Q8 |
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Average Aggregate Score: 117.0 (Last season WIST Pre-season: 117.0) |
"Barrie's Rounds were fine examples of the Stockport style if a little on the tough side" "The questions in the music Round (Round 4) were fairly accessible and the 2 teams scored 19 points between them out of a possible maximum of 24." |
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ROUND 1 - Stockport format - Verbal
1.
In last weekend's Ryder Cup competition who was the captain of the USA team?
2.
In Greek mythology who was the muse of Comic Theatre and Idyllic Poetry?
3.
In which US state is Tombstone, home of the Gunfight at the OK Coral?
4.
In July this year the Royal Mail produced a special edition of stamps celebrating which cartoon strip?
5.
In which year did Peter, Paul and Mary have a US number one hit, and UK number two hit, with the song Leaving on a Jet Plane?
6.
When Michael Caine played Sherlock Holmes in the 1988 film Without a Clue who played Dr Watson?
7.
How many of England's 1966 World Cup Final winning team played for London clubs at the time?
How many of England's 1966 World Cup Final winning team played for Liverpool clubs at the time?
9.
In 323BC in which city did Alexander the Great die?
10.
Which city is the capital of Tajikistan?
11.
In the Ice Age franchise of films who is the voice of Diego, the sabre-toothed tiger?
12.
Who was captain of the England Lionesses team that won the 2025 Euros?
13.
Garrulus Glandarius is the scientific name for which common species of bird?
14.
In the TV series Frazier what breed of dog was Martin's dog Eddie?
15.
Give a year in which Andrew Jackson was US President.
16.
Who was the only European to win their match in the Singles at last weekend's Ryder Cup?
17.
In Greek mythology who was the muse of Eloquence and Epic Poetry?
18.
In which US state is Dodge City, home of the Boot Hill Museum?
19.
In August this year the Royal Mail produced a special edition of stamps celebrating which TV programme?
20.
In which year did John Denver have a have a number one hit with the song Annie's Song?
21.
When Robert Downey Jr. played Sherlock Holmes in the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes who played Dr Watson?
22.
Who was the British Prime Minister when Queen Victoria came to the throne?
23.
Who was the British Prime Minister when Queen Victoria died?
24.
Who was the father of Alexander the Great?
25.
Which city is the capital of Kyrgyzstan?
26.
In the Ice Age film franchise who is the voice of Manny the Mammoth?
27.
Who was the captain of the England Red Roses team that won the 2025 Women's Rugby Union World Cup?
28.
Hirondo Rustica is the scientific name for which common species of bird?
29.
In The Simpsons what breed of dog was Bart's dog called Santa's Little Helper?
30.
Give a year in which Ulysses S Grant was US President.
Sp1
Leaves of Grass is a collection of poetry by which poet?
Sp2
'Le Douanier' was the nickname of which post-impressionist painter?
ROUND 2 - Stockport format -
Written1.
In July 2025 Michelle Dougherty became the first woman to hold which office?
2.
"Ships with tattooed sails", "Aladdin and his lamp", and "the motorcycle Black Madonna" all appear in the lyrics of which Bob Dylan song?
3.
Thomas Hardy took the title of his book Far from the Madding Crowd from a poem by which poet?
4.
Which former member of the cast of Home and Away won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2008?
5.
In athletics how many times is the water jump jumped in the 3,000 metres Steeplechase?
6.
Which film in 2002 won the first Oscar for Best Animated Feature?
7.
Which footballer who scored 95 goals in 187 games for Newcastle and 42 goals in 84 games for Arsenal also scored 6 goals in his 14 appearances for England?
8.
In 1973 which rock band had the original hit with the song Smokin in the Boys' Room?
9.
Moroni is the capital of which island state found in the Indian Ocean?
10.
What is the common name for the micronutrient biotin?
Sp.
In Gulliver's Travels what is the name of the Flying Island visited in Gulliver's third voyage?
ROUND 3 -
WithQuiz format -1.
What was the name of the title character in a 1922 F Scott Fitzgerald short story who is born as a 70-year old and then ages backwards?
2.
Which British singer born in 1932 and still performing today (likely the longest performing career of any current entertainer) was known as ‘the First Lady of the British Invasion’ due to her US chart success in the 1960s, and was the best-selling female artist worldwide in 1968?
3.
Known for her TV cookery work (and five months in prison for fraud), who at the age of 81 became in 2023 the oldest women to appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue?
4.
Which French-Canadian director’s most recent five films are:
Dune - Part Two, Dune, Blade Runner 2049, Arrival and
Sicario?
5.
Known as France’s national game (and one of the oldest card games still played), what card game is a trick-taking game for two players, played with a deck of 32 cards?
6.
In the final scene at the airport in
the film Casablanca Rick says to Ilsa:
“It doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little
people don't amount to …” What?
7.
In the original National Theatre production of The Madness of King George III who played the part of King George III?
8.
In which area of which city did Rolls-Royce build their first workshop?
9.
Dear Theodosia and My Shot are songs from which musical?
10.
Which 19th century nonsense poem includes the characters: Bellman, Barrister, Broker and Beaver as well as a number of others all starting with letter ‘B’?
11.
Historically used as pain medication, what is the name given to an addictive tincture of opium prepared by dissolving extracts from the opium poppy in alcohol?
12.
Which famous female singer released the album Nightclubbing in 1981?
ROUND 4 -
WithQuiz format - 'Pick Your Own 20th century Composer’Choose one of the 15 life span dates to get a picture, a bit of information and a musical clip to help you identify the surname of one of the 20th century’s best-known composers
1.
1872-1958
Served in WWI as an ambulance driver
2.
1902-1979
Won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, a Tony and a Pulitzer Prize
3.
1862-1918
Impressionist composer who used non-traditional scales
4.
1900-1950
Leading stage composer who became a US citizen later in life
5.
1901-1956
Died the day after debut of his Cello Concerto on the radio
6.
1899-1981
Jazz-oriented composer who also had an acting career
7.
1926-2020
Southern European - founded Forum Music Village studio
8.
1862-1934
Left blind and paralysed from syphilis contracted in Paris
9.
1918-1990
Musical styles included film, ballet, orchestral and symphonic
10.
1928-2023
Friend of John Cage – cites Darius Milhaud as his biggest influence
11.
1874-1934
Trombonist heavily influenced by Wagner and Richard Strauss
12.
1885-1945
Worked with P G Wodehouse in London between 1900 and 1910
13.
1865-1957
Widely known for his 7 symphonies and his tone poems
14.
1875-1937
Fought in WWI driving munitions under German bombardment
15.
1891-1964
Horse riding accident left him in constant pain
ROUND 5 -
WithQuiz format - ‘Bits & Wholes’Choose a question relating to one of 4 art forms and you will be given the names of 4 chapters, tracks, songs or characters. The answer is the title of the book, album, musical or play to which they belong
1.
BOOK 1:
In Chancery; The Smallweed family; Mr Bucket; Down in Lincolnshire
2.
BOOK 2:
The Stowaway; Shipwreck; Upstream!; (Parenthesis); Project Ararat
3.
BOOK 3:
How Captain Dobbin bought a piano; In which all the principal personages think fit to leave Brighton; In which Jos Sedley takes care of his sister; Am Rhein
4.
ALBUM 1:
Girls & Boys; End of a Century; To the End; This is a Low
5.
ALBUM 2:
Contusion; I Wish; Summer Soft; As
6.
ALBUM 3:
Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder); I’m Waiting for the Day; I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times; Caroline, No
7.
MUSICAL 1:
Circle of Life; Be Prepared; Hakuna Matata; The Madness of King Scar
8.
MUSICAL 2:
You're a Queer One, Julie Jordan; If I Loved You; June Is Bustin' Out All Over; When the Children Are Asleep
9.
MUSICAL 3:
Call Me Rusty; U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D.; Only He (Has the Power to Move Me); Light at the End of the Tunnel
10.
PLAY 1:
Douglas Hector; Mrs Dorothy Lintott; Stuart Dakin; David Posner
11.
PLAY 2:
Blanche DuBois; Stanley Kowalski; Stella; Mitch
12.
PLAY 3:
Faulkland; Bob Acres; Sir Lucius O'Trigger; Fag
ROUND 6 -
WithQuiz format - Announced theme - ‘Building for a Better Future’Each answer contains, in part or in whole, the name, or the sound of the name, of a type of building
1.
What is the name of the main river that flows through Wellington in New Zealand?
2.
What is defined as ‘the systematic study of the communication of meaning”?
3.
Who succeeded Colin Powell as Secretary of State to US President George W Bush?
4.
The largest town in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire is Skegness but in which small town is the administrative headquarters of this district?
5.
Which 1980s band often referred to themselves as “the fourth best band in Hull” after the Gargoyles, Everything But the Girl and the Red Guitars?
6.
The Valencian Community in Spain has 4 teams in this season’s La Liga: Valencia, Levante, Elche and which other?
7.
What was the surname of the Irish-born Rear Admiral and official Hydrographer to the Royal Navy between 1829 and 1855? His name is well-known to all mariners.
8.
Who is wife of the footballer who jointly holds the record for the most Premiership headed goals, and herself winner of 2013’s Strictly Come Dancing competition?
9.
Which Dickens novel features the character Dolly Varden and is set in 1780 during the Gordon Riots?
10.
Which organisation publishes The London Gazette?
11.
What is the name of the mathematical game or puzzle consisting of three rods and a number of disks of various diameters, which can slide onto any rod?
12.
Which English Football League club was founded in 1885 by the workers of J T Morton's canning and preserve factory in the Isle of Dogs area of east London?
Teams confer - nearest to the answer wins
At the start of the 2025/26 football season how much greater is the capacity of Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium than Stockport County’s Edgeley Park?
ROUND 1 - Stockport format - Verbal
1.
In last weekend's Ryder Cup competition who was the captain of the USA team?
Keegan Bradley
2.
In Greek mythology who was the muse of Comic Theatre and Idyllic Poetry?
Thalia
3.
In which US state is Tombstone, home of the Gunfight at the OK Coral?
Arizona
4.
In July this year the Royal Mail produced a special edition of stamps celebrating which cartoon strip?
Peanuts
5.
In which year did Peter, Paul and Mary have a US number one hit, and UK number two hit, with the song Leaving on a Jet Plane?
1969
6.
When Michael Caine played Sherlock Holmes in the 1988 film Without a Clue who played Dr Watson?
Ben Kingsley
7.
How many of England's 1966 World Cup Final winning team played for London clubs at the time?
4
(Cohen - Fulham, Moore, Hurst and Peters - West Ham)
8.
How many of England's 1966 World Cup Final winning team played for Liverpool clubs at the time?
2
(Hunt - Liverpool, Wilson - Everton; Ball joined Everton from Blackpool later in his career)
9.
In 323BC in which city did Alexander the Great die?
Babylon
10.
Which city is the capital of Tajikistan?
Dushanbe
11.
In the Ice Age franchise of films who is the voice of Diego, the sabre-toothed tiger?
Denis Leary
12.
Who was captain of the England Lionesses team that won the 2025 Euros?
Leah Williamson
13.
Garrulus Glandarius is the scientific name for which common species of bird?
Jay
14.
In the TV series Frazier what breed of dog was Martin's dog Eddie?
Jack Russell
15.
Give a year in which Andrew Jackson was US President.
1829-1837
16.
Who was the only European to win their match in the Singles at last weekend's Ryder Cup?
Ludvig Åberg
17.
In Greek mythology who was the muse of Eloquence and Epic Poetry?
Calliope
18.
In which US state is Dodge City, home of the Boot Hill Museum?
Kansas
19.
In August this year the Royal Mail produced a special edition of stamps celebrating which TV programme?
Monty Python's Flying Circus
20.
In which year did John Denver have a have a number one hit with the song Annie's Song?
1974
21.
When Robert Downey Jr. played Sherlock Holmes in the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes who played Dr Watson?
Jude Law
22.
Who was the British Prime Minister when Queen Victoria came to the throne?
Lord Melbourne
23.
Who was the British Prime Minister when Queen Victoria died?
Lord Salisbury
(Robert Cecil)
24.
Who was the father of Alexander the Great?
Philip II of Macedon
25.
Which city is the capital of Kyrgyzstan?
Bishkek
26.
In the Ice Age film franchise who is the voice of Manny the Mammoth?
Ray Romano
27.
Who was the captain of the England Red Roses team that won the 2025 Women's Rugby Union World Cup?
Zoe Aldcroft
28.
Hirondo Rustica is the scientific name for which common species of bird?
Swallow
29.
In The Simpsons what breed of dog was Bart's dog called Santa's Little Helper?
Greyhound
30.
Give a year in which Ulysses S Grant was US President.
1869-1877
Sp1
Leaves of Grass is a collection of poetry by which poet?
Walt Whitman
Sp2
'Le Douanier' was the nickname of which post-impressionist painter?
Henri Rousseau
ROUND 2 - Stockport format -
Written1.
In July 2025 Michelle Dougherty became the first woman to hold which office?
Astronomer Royal
2.
"Ships with tattooed sails", "Aladdin and his lamp", and "the motorcycle Black Madonna" all appear in the lyrics of which Bob Dylan song?
Gates of Eden
3.
Thomas Hardy took the title of his book Far from the Madding Crowd from a poem by which poet?
Thomas Gray
(Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard)
4.
Which former member of the cast of Home and Away won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2008?
Heath Ledger
(for playing the Joker in The Dark Knight)
5.
In athletics how many times is the water jump jumped in the 3,000 metres Steeplechase?
7
6.
Which film in 2002 won the first Oscar for Best Animated Feature?
Shrek
7.
Which footballer who scored 95 goals in 187 games for Newcastle and 42 goals in 84 games for Arsenal also scored 6 goals in his 14 appearances for England?
Malcolm McDonald
8.
In 1973 which rock band had the original hit with the song Smokin in the Boys' Room?
Brownsville Station
9.
Moroni is the capital of which island state found in the Indian Ocean?
Comoros
10.
What is the common name for the micronutrient biotin?
Vitamin B7
Sp.
In Gulliver's Travels what is the name of the Flying Island visited in Gulliver's third voyage?
Laputa
ROUND 3 -
WithQuiz format - Hidden theme1.
What was the name of the title character in a 1922 F Scott Fitzgerald short story who is born as a 70-year old and then ages backwards?
Benjamin Button
2.
Which British singer born in 1932 and still performing today (likely the longest performing career of any current entertainer) was known as ‘the First Lady of the British Invasion’ due to her US chart success in the 1960s, and was the best-selling female artist worldwide in 1968?
Petula Clark
3.
Known for her TV cookery work (and five months in prison for fraud), who at the age of 81 became in 2023 the oldest women to appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue?
Martha Stewart
4.
Which French-Canadian director’s most recent five films are:
Dune - Part Two, Dune, Blade Runner 2049, Arrival and
Sicario?
Denis Villeneuve
5.
Known as France’s national game (and one of the oldest card games still played), what card game is a trick-taking game for two players, played with a deck of 32 cards?
Piquet
6.
In the final scene at the airport in
the film Casablanca Rick says to Ilsa:
“It doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little
people don't amount to …” What?
“A hill of beans”
7.
In the original National Theatre production of The Madness of King George III who played the part of King George III?
Nigel Hawthorne
8.
In which area of which city did Rolls-Royce build their first workshop?
Hulme, Manchester
9.
Dear Theodosia and My Shot are songs from which musical?
Hamilton
10.
Which 19th century nonsense poem includes the characters: Bellman, Barrister, Broker and Beaver as well as a number of others all starting with letter ‘B’?
The Hunting of the Snark
(by Lewis Carroll)
11.
Historically used as pain medication, what is the name given to an addictive tincture of opium prepared by dissolving extracts from the opium poppy in alcohol?
Laudanum
12.
Which famous female singer released the album Nightclubbing in 1981?
Grace Jones
Theme: Each answer contains the surname of an F1 World Champion
Go back to Round 3 questions without answers
ROUND 4 -
WithQuiz format - ‘Pick Your Own 20th century Composer’Choose one of the 15 life span dates to get a picture, a bit of information and a musical clip to help you identify the surname of one of the 20th century’s best-known composers
1.
1872-1958
Served in WWI as an ambulance driver
(Ralph Vaughan) Williams
(Sea Songs)
2.
1902-1979
Won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, a Tony and a Pulitzer Prize
(Richard) Rodgers
(Victory at Sea Suite)
3.
1862-1918
Impressionist composer who used non-traditional scales
(Claude) Debussy
(Clair de Lune)
4.
1900-1950
Leading stage composer who became a US citizen later in life
(Kurt) Weill
(September Song)
5.
1901-1956
Died the day after debut of his Cello Concerto on the radio
(Gerald) Finzi
(Eclogue)
6.
1899-1981
Jazz-oriented composer who also had an acting career
(Hoagy) Carmichael
(Stardust)
7.
1926-2020
Southern European - founded Forum Music Village studio
(Ennio) Morricone
(Cinema Paradiso - Piano Solo)
8.
1862-1934
Left blind and paralysed from syphilis contracted in Paris
(Frederick) Delius
(Brigg Fair)
9.
1918-1990
Musical styles included film, ballet, orchestral and symphonic
(Leonard) Bernstein
(West Side Story – Symphonic Dances)
10.
1928-2023
Friend of John Cage – cites Darius Milhaud as his biggest influence
(Burt) Bacharach
(The Look of Love)
11.
1874-1934
Trombonist heavily influenced by Wagner and Richard Strauss
(Gustav) Holst (I Vow to Thee My Country)
12.
1885-1945
Worked with P G Wodehouse in London between 1900 and 1910
(Jerome) Kern
(Showboat Overture)
13.
1865-1957
Widely known for his 7 symphonies and his tone poems
(Jean) Sibelius
(Karelia Suite)
14.
1875-1937
Fought in WWI driving munitions under German bombardment
(Maurice) Ravel
(Pavane pour une Infante Défunte)
15.
1891-1964
Horse riding accident left him in constant pain
(Cole) Porter
(Begin the Beguine)
Go back to Round 4 questions without answers
ROUND 5 -
WithQuiz format - ‘Bits & Wholes’Choose a question relating to one of 4 art forms and you will be given the names of 4 chapters, tracks, songs or characters. The answer is the title of the book, album, musical or play to which they belong
1.
BOOK 1:
In Chancery; The Smallweed family; Mr Bucket; Down in Lincolnshire
Bleak House
(Dickens)
2.
BOOK 2:
The Stowaway; Shipwreck; Upstream!; (Parenthesis); Project Ararat
A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
(Julian Barnes)
3.
BOOK 3:
How Captain Dobbin bought a piano; In which all the principal personages think fit to leave Brighton; In which Jos Sedley takes care of his sister; Am Rhein
Vanity Fair
(William Thackeray)
4.
ALBUM 1:
Girls & Boys; End of a Century; To the End; This is a Low
Parklife
(Blur)
5.
ALBUM 2:
Contusion; I Wish; Summer Soft; As
Songs In The Key Of Life
(Stevie Wonder)
6.
ALBUM 3:
Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder); I’m Waiting for the Day; I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times; Caroline, No
Pet Sounds
(The Beach Boys)
7.
MUSICAL 1:
Circle of Life; Be Prepared; Hakuna Matata; The Madness of King Scar
The Lion King
(Zimmer & Nathanson)
8.
MUSICAL 2:
You're a Queer One, Julie Jordan; If I Loved You; June Is Bustin' Out All Over; When the Children Are Asleep
Carousel
(Rodgers & Hammerstein)
9.
MUSICAL 3:
Call Me Rusty; U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D.; Only He (Has the Power to Move Me); Light at the End of the Tunnel
Starlight Express
(Webber & Stilgoe)
10.
PLAY 1:
Douglas Hector; Mrs Dorothy Lintott; Stuart Dakin; David Posner
The History Boys
(Alan Bennett)
11.
PLAY 2:
Blanche DuBois; Stanley Kowalski; Stella; Mitch
A Streetcar Named Desire
(Tennessee Williams)
12.
PLAY 3:
Faulkland; Bob Acres; Sir Lucius O'Trigger; Fag
The Rivals
(Richard Sheridan)
Go back to Round 5 questions without answers
ROUND 6 -
WithQuiz format - Announced theme - ‘Building for a Better Future’Each answer contains, in part or in whole, the name, or the sound of the name, of a type of building
1.
What is the name of the main river that flows through Wellington in New Zealand?
River Hutt
2.
What is defined as ‘the systematic study of the communication of meaning”?
Semiotics
(accept Semiosis)
3.
Who succeeded Colin Powell as Secretary of State to US President George W Bush?
Condoleezza Rice
4.
The largest town in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire is Skegness but in which small town is the administrative headquarters of this district?
Horrncastle
5.
Which 1980s band often referred to themselves as “the fourth best band in Hull” after the Gargoyles, Everything But the Girl and the Red Guitars?
The Housemartins
6.
The Valencian Community in Spain has 4 teams in this season’s La Liga: Valencia, Levante, Elche and which other?
Villareal
7.
What was the surname of the Irish-born Rear Admiral and official Hydrographer to the Royal Navy between 1829 and 1855? His name is well-known to all mariners.
(Francis) Beaufort
(Beaufort scale of wind speeds)
8.
Who is wife of the footballer who jointly holds the record for the most Premiership headed goals, and herself winner of 2013’s Strictly Come Dancing competition?
Abbey Crouch
(née Clancy)
9.
Which Dickens novel features the character Dolly Varden and is set in 1780 during the Gordon Riots?
Barnaby Rudge
10.
Which organisation publishes The London Gazette?
His Majesty’s Stationery Office
11.
What is the name of the mathematical game or puzzle consisting of three rods and a number of disks of various diameters, which can slide onto any rod?
Tower of Hanoi
12.
Which English Football League club was founded in 1885 by the workers of J T Morton's canning and preserve factory in the Isle of Dogs area of east London?
Millwall
Go back to Round 6 questions without answers
Teams confer - nearest to the answer wins
At the start of the 2025/26 football season how much greater is the capacity of Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium than Stockport County’s Edgeley Park?
42,048
(Etihad 52,900 v Edgeley Park 10,852)