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WithQuiz League paper 29/04/26 |
Set by: Knocked Out United |
QotW: R3/Q6 |
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Average Aggregate Score: 81.5(Season's Ave. Agg.: 75.4) |
"The combined paper did not disappoint and, if any team had to rush in setting, it was not apparent since the questions were as well constructed as usual." "Like any product from a committee the paper reflected a wide range of styles and this did produce some imbalances." Round 6 proved the competitors' favourite with Round 3 in second place. |
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From The Opsimaths
ROUND 1 - Announced theme – ‘Things people might wear’
1.
While in the White House, Bill Clinton had a dog named Buddy, but what was the name of Chelsea Clinton’s cat?
2.
In a 2006 speech on youth crime, David Cameron advocated ‘social justice’ and tackling root causes like family breakdown and poor education, instead of strict, short-term criminal punishment. What 3-word phrase was coined and popularized by critics in response to this?
3.
Sartorially, what do the US Army Special Forces, British Commandos, Portuguese Paratroopers, and the Iranian 65th Airbourne Special Forces Brigade have in common?
4.
What is the name of Tom Stoppard’s 1972 play, which was performed at the Royal Exchange with Tom Courtney and Julie Walters in 1984?
5.
Which Earl’s progression through the British army was marked by many episodes of extraordinary incompetence, culminating in him leading the Charge of the Light Brigade, during the Crimean War?
6.
Which Moroccan city was founded by Idris I about 789 A.D? It became a major religious and academic centre, often called the ‘Athens of Africa,’ and was frequently a capital city for later dynasties.
7.
Which slang word or phrase was popularised by Radio 1 DJs, notably Simon Mayo, in the early 1990s, gained mainstream traction among London teenagers around 1993, and went mainstream in 2001?
8.
Positive-displacement, centrifugal, and axial-flow are the three basic types of what devices?
Sp.
Who won the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize for his role as a unifying leader figure in a non-violent campaign?
From CKC
ROUND 2 -
Paired Questions – ‘An Angry Pest Round’
Ignoring definite articles ‘an angry pest’ might help you with this
round – initially in more ways than one!
1.
Which is the only film in a language other than English to win the Oscar for best film? It did so, in 2019.
2.
How is Stuart Goddard better known?
3.
How is punk rock drummer Christopher Millar better known?
4.
Which largely silent film won the Oscar for best film in 2011?
5.
In 1982, Trevor Francis left Manchester City to join which club?
6.
What name connects Tchaikovsky and Lenin?
7.
For what does the ‘T’ in Phineas T Barnum stand? He shares his middle name with a famous poet.
8.
Which team lost 7 - 3 to Real Madrid in the 1960 European Cup Final?
Sp.
From The Charabancs of Fire
ROUND 3 - Hidden theme
1.
Composed of a motley selection of cowboys, miners, law-enforcement officials and college athletes, what nickname was given to the regiment of cavalry volunteers recruited by and led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War of 1898?
2.
Of uncertain origin, what was the popular nickname for an American infantryman during World War 1? It was gradually replaced by ‘GI’ as the following generation enlisted in World War 2.
3.
What 1926 Sean O' Casey play makes up his well-known Dublin Trilogy along with his earlier works for the Abbey Theatre The Shadow of a Gunman and Juno and the Paycock?
4.
Which club, one of the oldest Rugby Union clubs in England, is currently based at 2 Houghend Crescent, Manchester, M21 7 TL?
5.
What word am I looking for here? For many years this word was rarely heard on this side of the Atlantic pertaining almost exclusively to missionaries or military personnel being granted time off to visit home on paid leave. Then in 2020 it suddenly became one of the most ubiquitous and eagerly debated words in the country.
What nine-word political slogan was first used in a 1993 speech by the then Shadow Home Secretary and future party leader Tony Blair to the Labour party conference? It was essentially a mantra stolen from the Tories, yet it did much to ensure a landslide victory for New Labour in the General Election four years later.
7.
(Buy One Get One Free)
Which English town is home to the world's largest bell foundry, John Taylor Bellfounders, which produced Great Paul at St Paul's cathedral?
8.
Highly influential on contemporary European literature since it was first published in 1890, which book written by the Scottish anthropologist James George Frazer is subtitled A Study in Magic and Religion?
Sp.
Who said: “The River Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years”?
From The Electric Pigs
ROUND 4 - Paired Questions
1.
“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.”
This comes from the second-most translated book (1943) after The Bible. Give the 3-word title.
2.
“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”
These are the words of which fictional hero? (full name required)
3.
What do these companies have in common:
YouTube, Fitbit, Nest, Android, Chrome?
4.
What is the name of Google’s AI chatbot product range ?
5.
A 6-sided die is rolled once. If the value on the die is 1, 2, or 3, the die is rolled a second time. What is the probability that the sum total of values that turn up is exactly 6?
6.
Out of all the 2-digit integers between 1 and 100, a 2-digit number is selected at random. What is the probability that the selected number is not divisible by7?
7.
There are 5 Scottish golf courses on the roster for hosting the British Open. Name 3 of them.
8.
Venues for the next cricket Ashes series in England between England and Australia in 2027 have been announced. A 5-Test series, with 2 in London (Lord’s and The Oval), means 3 will be played outside the capital but, unusually (some might say scandalously), none will be in the North. Which are the 3 other venues? (all 3 required)
Sp1
The world’s largest AI tech company has bought a $100bn stake in Open AI, owner of chatbot, Chat GPT, after 10 years of being its supplier of AI hardware. What is this company’s name?
Sp2
In chemistry, what is formed when 2 or more atoms combine together?
From CKC
ROUND 5 - Hidden theme
1.
He was called “The last great music hall entertainer”. Primarily a stand-up comic he also sold over 100 million records. He died in 2018. Who was he?
2.
The Baron of Norton-sub-Hamdon was High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2006. Prior to that appointment he had been the longest serving leader of a British political party in that party’s history. Who was he?
3.
Which Lord served two short terms as Prime Minister under George III? He was followed in his first term by Pitt the Elder and preceded in his second term by Lord North.
4.
What is the name of the region of East Belgium where the Battle of the Bulge was fought?
5.
He captained a Premier League winning side in the 1990s. Two decades later he had spells of five months and eight months as manager of two other Premier League sides. He also won three full England caps and now works as an occasional pundit. Who is he?
6.
This right arm fast medium bowler was only the second Aboriginal to play test cricket for Australia. He last played a test match in January vs England and his overall bowling average in test matches is 18.58. Who is he?
7.
What two words are missing from the following Shakespeare quote:
“Macbeth shall never vanquished be until
Great BLANK BLANK to high Dunsinane Hill
Shall come against him”?
8.
Which neo-soul artist’s critically acclaimed second album The Art of Loving debuted at number one in the UK album charts last year?
From The Opsimaths
ROUND 6
-
Announced theme -
‘Stuttering Songs’
Each question is about a song with stuttering in it.
You will be given the group or artist who sung it,
its peak position in the UK singles chart, when it was first
released, and the first line of the song and then asked to name the
song.
e.g. Q: The
Beatles; No. 19; July 1976; “Flew in
from Miami Beach BOAC”
A: Back in the USSR
(“That Georgia’s always on
m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my mind”)
1.
The Kinks; No. 2; August 1970;
“I met her in a club down in old Soho”
2.
David Bowie; No. 49; January 1972;
“Still don't know what I was waiting for”
3.
Bachman-Turner Overdrive; No. 2; December 1974;
“I met a devil woman / She took my heart away”
4.
Talking Heads; c No. 81; December 1977;
“I can't seem to face up to the facts”
5.
KC and the Sunshine Band; No. 34; May 1978;
“Girl, to be with you is my favourite thing, yeah, ah-ha, yeah”
6.
The Who; No. 2; December 1965
“People try to put us d-down”
7.
Elton John; No. 37; October 1976;
“Hey kids, shake it loose together”
8.
Miley Cyrus; No. 11; September 2008;
“I got my sight set on you and I'm ready to aim”
Sp.
The Knack; No. 6; July 1979;
“Ooh, my little pretty one, pretty one”
From The Electric Pigs
ROUND 7 -
Announced theme – ‘Not
a lot of people know that’
Sir Maurice Micklewhite (Michael Caine) appeared
in 130 films before announcing his retirement.
1.
Which surname links a singer born in South Carolina in 1933, a former deputy leader of the Labour Party in the 1960s, and the principal character in a cartoon series?
2.
Red Rock and White Lightning are defunct brands of what?
3.
Which French term usually refers to cuts of pork or veal tenderloin? Because only small quantities can be butchered from each animal it is one of the most expensive cuts of beef.
4.
Which band played a five night residency at the Co-op Live arena in May and June 2024 as part of their ‘Long Goodbye’ tour?
5.
Which actor is married to Imelda Staunton and has appeared in films including: The Madness of King George, Shakespeare In Love, Brassed Off and A Private Function?
6.
Which musical term refers to the contrasting section within a song that prepares for the return to the starting melody and chorus?
7.
Which forename links an American actress famed as a pin up girl of the 1940s, a singer born in 1990, and the fastest roller-coaster ride in the UK located at Alton Towers ?
8.
Which song, written by The Eurythmics, was a 1985 hit for Annie Lennox and Aretha Frankin? It opened proceedings at the unveiling of the Emmeline Pankhurst statue in St Peter’s Square in 2018.
Sp1
In which 1960 film does Terry-Thomas play the role of Raymond Delauney?
Sp2
Which international broadcaster founded in 1942 was effectively closed down by Donald Trump last year and then re-instated following a legal challenge?
From The Charabancs of Fire
ROUND 8 - Paired Questions
1.
A depiction of a cigar and the word ‘PHILLIES’ appear at the top of which iconic 20th Century American painting? Apart from the artist's love of Greenwich Village the painting was much inspired by the short stories of Ernest Hemingway principally The Killers and A Clean, Well-Lighted Place.
2.
Giving the eulogy at whose 2001 funeral did close friend Eric Idle thank the Marlboro tobacco brand “without whom none of us would be gathered here today"?
3.
Which Manchester Metrolink stop shares its name with the USA's 4th largest city by area that is situated almost equidistant from New York City, Tokyo and Murmansk?
4.
What surname is shared by a Manchester-born international footballer currently plying his trade on Merseyside and a famous Soviet film screenwriter and director best known in the west for his films Solaris (1972) and Stalker (1979)?
5.
The legendary Scottish sports journalist Hugh McIlvanney carried out a one-man demolition job on the sporting prowess of which professional boxer when he wrote:
"The physique of a Greek statue but with fewer moves"?
6.
The New Jersey town where Bruce Springsteen grew up and went to school shares its name with which Manchester Metrolink station on the Oldham and Rochdale Line?
7.
The surname of which French film director, best known for his 1986 films Jean de Florette and its sequel Manon des Sources was almost shared by a popular and much missed veteran of the WithQuiz community?
8.
An early draft of which iconic Pre-Raphaelite painting featured a paddling water vole? The artist quickly painted over it when friends and relatives told him it detracted from the romantic tragedy of the scene which had been so poetically described by Shakespeare - and in any case it wasn't a good likeness with many of the observers thinking it was a baby rabbit.
Sp1
The current Shadow Leader of the House of Commons is a white male politician, author and philosopher whose biography of Edmund Burke was long-listed for the 2013 Samuel Johnson prize for Non-Fiction. Apart from a small difference in the spelling of the forename, which world famous black female American opera singer who died in 2019 aged 74 and who was the recipient of four Grammy awards had exactly the same name as him?
Sp2
After a defeat by Muhammad Ali a frustrated Joe Bugner told a press conference that he feared nobody and was even capable of taking on and defeating which opponent? Hugh McIlvanney's instant rejoinder was:
"Ah Joe, you're only saying that because you know he's got bad hands."
In 1919 Alcock and Brown made the first transatlantic flight from St John’s, Newfoundland to Clifton, Ireland. To the nearest mile how far did they travel?
Go to Tiebreaker question with answer
From The Opsimaths
ROUND 1 - Announced theme – ‘Things people might wear’
1.
While in the White House, Bill Clinton had a dog named Buddy, but what was the name of Chelsea Clinton’s cat?
Socks
2.
In a 2006 speech on youth crime, David Cameron advocated ‘social justice’ and tackling root causes like family breakdown and poor education, instead of strict, short-term criminal punishment. What 3-word phrase was coined and popularized by critics in response to this?
‘Hug a Hoodie’
3.
Sartorially, what do the US Army Special Forces, British Commandos, Portuguese Paratroopers, and the Iranian 65th Airbourne Special Forces Brigade have in common?
Green Berets
4.
What is the name of Tom Stoppard’s 1972 play, which was performed at the Royal Exchange with Tom Courtney and Julie Walters in 1984?
Jumpers
5.
Which Earl’s progression through the British army was marked by many episodes of extraordinary incompetence, culminating in him leading the Charge of the Light Brigade, during the Crimean War?
The Earl of Cardigan
(Lieutenant-General James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan)
6.
Which Moroccan city was founded by Idris I about 789 A.D? It became a major religious and academic centre, often called the ‘Athens of Africa,’ and was frequently a capital city for later dynasties.
Fez
7.
Which slang word or phrase was popularised by Radio 1 DJs, notably Simon Mayo, in the early 1990s, gained mainstream traction among London teenagers around 1993, and went mainstream in 2001?
Pants or Pile of Pants
8.
Positive-displacement, centrifugal, and axial-flow are the three basic types of what devices?
Pumps
Sp.
Who won the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize for his role as a unifying leader figure in a non-violent campaign?
(Archbishop) Desmond Tutu
Go back to Round 1 questions without answers
From CKC
ROUND 2
-
Paired Questions – ‘An Angry Pest
Round’
Ignoring definite articles ‘an angry
pest’ might help you with this round – initially in more ways than
one!
1.
Which is the only film in a language other than English to win the Oscar for best film? It did so, in 2019.
Parasite
2.
How is Stuart Goddard better known?
Adam Ant
3.
How is punk rock drummer Christopher Millar better known?
Rat Scabies
4.
Which largely silent film won the Oscar for best film in 2011?
The Artist
5.
In 1982, Trevor Francis left Manchester City to join which club?
Sampdoria
6.
What name connects Tchaikovsky and Lenin?
Ilyich
(middle name of both)
7.
For what does the ‘T’ in Phineas T Barnum stand? He shares his middle name with a famous poet.
Taylor
8.
Which team lost 7 - 3 to Real Madrid in the 1960 European Cup Final?
Eintracht Frankfurt
Sp.
Which national chain was formed in 1985? It has a branch at 651 Wilmslow Road.
Slug and Lettuce
Go back to Round 2 questions without answers
From Charabancs of Fire
ROUND 3 - Hidden theme
1.
Composed of a motley selection of cowboys, miners, law-enforcement officials and college athletes, what nickname was given to the regiment of cavalry volunteers recruited by and led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War of 1898?
The Rough Riders
2.
Of uncertain origin, what was the popular nickname for an American infantryman during World War 1? It was gradually replaced by ‘GI’ as the following generation enlisted in World War 2.
Doughboy
3.
What 1926 Sean O' Casey play makes up his well-known Dublin Trilogy along with his earlier works for the Abbey Theatre The Shadow of a Gunman and Juno and the Paycock?
The Plough and the Stars
4.
Which club, one of the oldest Rugby Union clubs in England, is currently based at 2 Houghend Crescent, Manchester, M21 7 TL?
Broughton Park
5.
What word am I looking for here? For many years this word was rarely heard on this side of the Atlantic pertaining almost exclusively to missionaries or military personnel being granted time off to visit home on paid leave. Then in 2020 it suddenly became one of the most ubiquitous and eagerly debated words in the country.
Furlough
6.
What nine-word political slogan was first used in a 1993 speech by the then Shadow Home Secretary and future party leader Tony Blair to the Labour party conference? It was essentially a mantra stolen from the Tories, yet it did much to ensure a landslide victory for New Labour in the General Election four years later.
"Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime"
7.
(Buy One Get One Free)
Which English town is home to the world's largest bell foundry, John Taylor Bellfounders, which produced Great Paul at St Paul's cathedral?
Loughborough
8.
Highly influential on contemporary European literature since it was first published in 1890, which book written by the Scottish anthropologist James George Frazer is subtitled A Study in Magic and Religion?
The Golden Bough
Sp.
Who said: “The River Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years”?
Brian Clough
Theme: Each answer contains the group of letters ‘ough’, so popular with foreign students who wish to learn proper English as she is spoke
Go back to Round 3 questions without answers
From The Electric Pigs
ROUND 4 - Paired Questions
1.
“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.”
This comes from the second-most translated book (1943) after The Bible. Give the 3-word title.
The Little Prince
2.
“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”
These are the words of which fictional hero? (full name required)
Sydney Carton
(in The Tale Of Two Cities)
3.
What do these companies have in common:
YouTube, Fitbit, Nest, Android, Chrome?
All are owned by Google
4.
What is the name of Google’s AI chatbot product range ?
Gemini
5.
A 6-sided die is rolled once.
If the value on the die is 1, 2, or 3, the die is rolled a
second time. What is the probability that the sum total of
values that turn up is exactly 6?
One in four
(probability of first throw producing a 6 with no second throw required is 1/6 or 6/36; if first throw is 1, second throw has to be 5 giving a probability of 1/6 x 1/6 or 1/36; If first throw is 2, second throw has to be 4 giving a probability of 1/6 x 1/6 or 1/36; if first throw is 3, second throw has to be 3 giving a probability of 1/6 x 1/6 or 1/36; so 6/36 + 1/36 + 1/36 + 1/36 = 9/36 or 1/4)
6.
Out of all the 2-digit integers between 1 and 100, a 2-digit number is selected at random. What is the probability that the selected number is not divisible by7?
77/90
(number of 2-digit numbers between 1 and 100 = 90; number of those divisible by 7 = 13 i.e. 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63, 70, 77, 84, 91, 98; probability one is divisible by 7 is therefore 13/90 and probability one isn’t is 77/90)
7.
There are 5 Scottish golf courses on the roster for hosting the British Open. Name 3 of them.
(3 from)
St Andrews, Turnberry, Carnoustie, Muirfield and Troon
8.
Venues for the next cricket Ashes series in England between England and Australia in 2027 have been announced. A 5-Test series, with 2 in London (Lord’s and The Oval), means 3 will be played outside the capital but, unusually (some might say scandalously), none will be in the North. Which are the 3 other venues? (all 3 required)
Edgbaston (accept Birmingham), Trent Bridge (accept Nottingham) and Southampton
Sp1
The world’s largest AI tech company has bought a $100bn stake in Open AI, owner of chatbot, Chat GPT, after 10 years of being its supplier of AI hardware. What is this company’s name?
Nvidia
Sp2
In chemistry, what is formed when 2 or more atoms combine together?
A molecule
Go back to Round 4 questions without answers
From CKC
ROUND 5 - Hidden theme
1.
He was called “The last great music hall entertainer”. Primarily a stand-up comic he also sold over 100 million records. He died in 2018. Who was he?
Ken Dodd
2.
The Baron of Norton-sub-Hamdon was High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2006. Prior to that appointment he had been the longest serving leader of a British political party in that party’s history. Who was he?
Paddy Ashdown
3.
Which Lord served two short terms as Prime Minister under George III? He was followed in his first term by Pitt the Elder and preceded in his second term by Lord North.
Marquess of Rockingham
4.
What is the name of the region of East Belgium where the Battle of the Bulge was fought?
The Ardennes
5.
He captained a Premier League winning side in the 1990s. Two decades later he had spells of five months and eight months as manager of two other Premier League sides. He also won three full England caps and now works as an occasional pundit. Who is he?
Tim Sherwood
6.
This right arm fast medium bowler was only the second Aboriginal to play test cricket for Australia. He last played a test match in January vs England and his overall bowling average in test matches is 18.58. Who is he?
Scott Boland
7.
What two words are missing from the following Shakespeare quote:
“Macbeth shall never vanquished be until
Great BLANK BLANK to high Dunsinane Hill
Shall come against him”?
Birnam Wood
8.
Which neo-soul artist’s critically acclaimed second album The Art of Loving debuted at number one in the UK album charts last year?
Olivia Dean
Theme: Each
answer contains the
name
of an English forest or wood …
The Forests of Rockingham, Arden,
Bowland and Dean; Ashdown and Sherwood Forests; Dodd Wood and
Burnham Beeches.
Go back to Round 5 questions without answers
From The Opsimaths
ROUND 6
-
Announced theme - ‘Stuttering Songs’
Each question is about a song with stuttering in it.
You will be given the group or artist who sung it, its peak position
in the UK singles chart, when it was first released, and the first
line of the song and then asked to name the song.
e.g. Q: The Beatles; No. 19; July 1976;
“Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC”
A:
1.
The Kinks; No. 2; August 1970;
“I met her in a club down in old Soho”
Lola
(“Lo-Lo, Lo, Lo-Lola”)
2.
David Bowie; No. 49; January 1972;
“Still don't know what I was waiting for”
Changes
(“Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes”)
3.
Bachman-Turner Overdrive; No. 2; December 1974;
“I met a devil woman / She took my heart away”
You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
(“B-b-b-baby, you just ain’t seen n-n-nothin’ yet”)
4.
Talking Heads; c No. 81; December 1977;
“I can't seem to face up to the facts”
Psycho Killer
(“Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, fa, better”)
5.
KC and the Sunshine Band; No. 34; May 1978;
“Girl, to be with you is my favourite thing, yeah, ah-ha, yeah”
Boogie Shoes
(“I wanna put on my, my, my, my, my boogie shoes”)
6.
The Who; No. 2; December 1965
“People try to put us d-down”
My Generation
(“I’m just talkin’ ’bout my g-g-g-generation”)
7.
Elton John; No. 37; October 1976;
“Hey kids, shake it loose together”
Bennie and The Jets
(“B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets”)
8.
Miley Cyrus; No. 11; September 2008;
“I got my sight set on you and I'm ready to aim”
See You Again
(“I st-st-stuttered when you asked me what I'm thinking 'bout”)
Sp.
The Knack; No. 6; July 1979;
“Ooh, my little pretty one, pretty one”
My Sharona
(“M M M My Sharona”)
Go back to Round 6 questions without answers
ROUND 7 -
Announced theme – ‘Not a lot of people know that’
Sir Maurice Micklewhite (Michael Caine) appeared
in 130 films before announcing his retirement.
1.
Which surname links a singer born in South Carolina in 1933, a former deputy leader of the Labour Party in the 1960s, and the principal character in a cartoon series?
Brown
(James, George and Charlie)
Harry Brown (2009)
2.
Red Rock and White Lightning are defunct brands of what?
Cider
The Cider House Rules (1999)
3.
Which French term usually refers to cuts of pork or veal tenderloin? Because only small quantities can be butchered from each animal it is one of the most expensive cuts of beef.
Filet mignon
The Ipcress File (1965)
4.
Which band played a five night residency at the Co-op Live arena in May and June 2024 as part of their ‘Long Goodbye’ tour?
The Eagles
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
5.
Which actor is married to Imelda Staunton and has appeared in films including: The Madness of King George, Shakespeare In Love, Brassed Off and A Private Function?
Jim Carter
Get Carter (1971)
6.
Which musical term refers to the contrasting section within a song that prepares for the return to the starting melody and chorus?
The Bridge
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
7.
Which forename links an American actress famed as a pin up girl of the 1940s, a singer born in 1990, and the fastest roller-coaster ride in the UK located at Alton Towers ?
Rita
(Hayworth, Ora)
Educating Rita (1983)
8.
Which song, written by The Eurythmics, was a 1985 hit for Annie Lennox and Aretha Frankin? It opened proceedings at the unveiling of the Emmeline Pankhurst statue in St Peter’s Square in 2018.
Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Sp1
In which 1960 film does Terry-Thomas play the role of Raymond Delauney?
School for Scoundrels
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Sp2
Which international broadcaster founded in 1942 was effectively closed down by Donald Trump last year and then re-instated following a legal challenge?
Voice of America
Little Voice (1998)
Go back to Round 7 questions without answers
From The Charabancs of Fire
ROUND 8 - Paired Questions
1.
A depiction of a cigar and the word ‘PHILLIES’ appear at the top of which iconic 20th Century American painting? Apart from the artist's love of Greenwich Village the painting was much inspired by the short stories of Ernest Hemingway principally The Killers and A Clean, Well-Lighted Place.
Nighthawks
(by Edward Hopper)
2.
Giving the eulogy at whose 2001 funeral did close friend Eric Idle thank the Marlboro tobacco brand “without whom none of us would be gathered here today"?
George Harrison
3.
Which Manchester Metrolink stop shares its name with the USA's 4th largest city by area that is situated almost equidistant from New York City, Tokyo and Murmansk?
Anchorage
(in Alaska)
4.
What surname is shared by a Manchester-born international footballer currently plying his trade on Merseyside and a famous Soviet film screenwriter and director best known in the west for his films Solaris (1972) and Stalker (1979)?
Tarkovsky
(James and Andrei)
5.
The legendary Scottish sports journalist Hugh McIlvanney carried out a one-man demolition job on the sporting prowess of which professional boxer when he wrote:
"The physique of a Greek statue but with fewer moves"?
Joe Bugner
6.
The New Jersey town where Bruce Springsteen grew up and went to school shares its name with which Manchester Metrolink station on the Oldham and Rochdale Line?
Freehold
7.
The surname of which French film director, best known for his 1986 films Jean de Florette and its sequel Manon des Sources was almost shared by a popular and much missed veteran of the WithQuiz community?
Berri
(Claude and Clive Berry)
8.
An early draft of which iconic Pre-Raphaelite painting featured a paddling water vole? The artist quickly painted over it when friends and relatives told him it detracted from the romantic tragedy of the scene which had been so poetically described by Shakespeare - and in any case it wasn't a good likeness with many of the observers thinking it was a baby rabbit.
Ophelia
(John Everett Millais)
Sp1
The current Shadow Leader of the House of Commons is a white male politician, author and philosopher whose biography of Edmund Burke was long-listed for the 2013 Samuel Johnson prize for Non-Fiction. Apart from a small difference in the spelling of the forename, which world famous black female American opera singer who died in 2019 aged 74 and who was the recipient of four Grammy awards had exactly the same name as him?
Jessye Norman
(he is Jesse Norman)
Sp2
After a defeat by Muhammad Ali a frustrated Joe Bugner told a press conference that he feared nobody and was even capable of taking on and defeating which opponent? Hugh McIlvanney's instant rejoinder was:
"Ah Joe, you're only saying that because you know he's got bad hands."
Jesus Christ
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In 1919 Alcock and Brown made the first transatlantic flight from St John’s, Newfoundland to Clifton, Ireland. To the nearest mile how far did they travel?
1,890 miles