ROUND 1

1.

Which family pop group consists of Andrea, Jim, Sharon and Caroline?

2.

In which government department is Keith Bradley a minister?

3.

Who wrote the Booker Prize winning novel 'Last Orders'?

4.

Who succeeded William Pitt the Younger as Prime Minister after his second term of office ended in 1806?

5.

What nationality was the composer Franz Lehar?

6.

Which supermodel once said that she would not get out of bed for less than $10,000?

7.

How is the painting 'The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq' better known?

8.

Of which African country is Dodoma the official capital city?

ROUND 2

1.

In which classic novel do the characters Barbara Pinkerton, Joseph Sedley and Sir Pitt Crawley all appear?

2.

What name is given to a barrel that has the capacity to hold 54 gallons of beer?

3.

Which director links the films 'Far and Away', 'Backdraft' and 'The Grinch Who Stole Christmas'?

4.

In which country was the singer Shaggy born?

5.

Which planet has the satellite Pandora?

6.

Hannah Collin and Lee Childs are national champions at which sport?

7.

Who succeeded Kurt Waldheim as United Nations Secretary General?

8.

Which collective noun is used for a group of ferrets?

ROUND 3

1.

Who was described as Lady Macbeth by John Bercow in August 2000?

2.

Which spirit is contained in a traditional daiquiri?

3.

'God's Little Acre' and 'Tobacco Road' are novels by which American author'?

4.

Who played Assumpta in the television series 'Ballykissangel'?

5.

Washington DC National Airport has been named in honour of which US president?

6.

In which battle of 1690 did William III defeat James II?

7.

Which car company advertise with the slogan 'It's the Feeling Inside'?

8.

In area, which is the second largest county in the Republic of Ireland?

ROUND 4

1.

Which singer finished third in the 1997 Irish presidential election?

2.

Which element is number 9 on the periodic table?

3.

Who won a best actress Oscar for the film 'Johnny Belinda'?

4.

Who defended his 100 metres freestyle swimming title at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics?

5.

The Hagia Sophia Mosque is a feature of which city?

6.

The adjective olfactory refers to which of the five senses?

7.

Which country, according to the 2001 'Wine Atlas' is the world's largest producer of wine?

8.

Of which company, who are prominent on two days of every week, is Diane Thompson chief executive?

ROUND 5

1.

Which country has the international car registration plate RCH?

2.

Which 1996 musical was written by Johnathan Larsen, who died before the show was successful?

3.

Which current cabinet minister is the MP for Birmingham Yardley?

4.

Five African teams have qualified for the 2002 Football World Cup Finals. Three of them are South Africa, Cameroon and Nigeria. Name the other two?

5.

Which British artist was responsible for the 1995 work 'Everyone I Have Ever Slept With'?

6.

Which Hollywood actor is married to Uma Thurman?

7.

Which British prime minister became the Earl of Bewdley?

8.

Which supermarket chain has its UK headquarters at Atherstone, Warwickshire?

ROUND 6

1.

The volcanic island of Montserrat is situated in which island group?

2.

Which Shakespeare play contains the characters Deiphobus and Alexander?

3.

The 1961 song 'Bangers and Mash' featured Peter Sellers with which actress?

4.

In which city are the headquarters of the UN Agency the International Maritime Organisation?

5.

Pilot, melon and strap-toothed are types of which sea creature?

6.

If a dish is described as 'a la crecy', which vegetable must it contain?

7.

Which word is used in the phonetic alphabet for the letter P?

8.

'Borstal Boy', 'The Hostage' and 'The Quare Fellow' were works by which playwright?

ROUND 7

1.

Which 1998 film starring Lynn Redgrave, Ian McKellen and Brendan Fraser centred on the life of film director James Whale?

2.

Artur Rubenstein was a virtuoso of which musical instrument?

3.

The Ross Sea and the Weddell Sea are located on which continent?

4.

Bob Kane was the creator of which comic-book superhero?

5.

In which month is the Christian Feast of the Holy Innocents?

6.

Whom did Chester A. Arthur immediately succeed as US president in 1881?

7.

Deficiency in which vitamin causes night blindness?

8.

In which city is the television series 'ER' set?

ROUND 8

1.

Kim Campbell was the first female prime minister of which country?

2.

Which actor won an Oscar for the film 'A Fish Called Wanda'?

3.

Trenton and Newark are major cities in which of the United States?

4.

In which city did Nathan Astle score the fastest test double-century of all time?

5.

In which country did Jim Jones lead The People's Temple to mass suicide in 1978?

6.

Which King of England was born in 1019 AD and died in 1042?

7.

At which fashion house was Stella McCartney appointed chief designer in 1997?

8.

The opera ‘Girl of the Golden West' was written by which composer?

SPARES

1.

In the Bible, what was the name of Abraham's wife?

2.

For her performance in which film did Halle Berry win an Oscar?

3.

Who won the 1996 Formula One World Drivers Championship?

4.

Which singer released the album 'Jagged Little Pill'?

5.

In which city was Tony Blair born?

ROUND 1

1.

The Corrs

2.

Home Office

3.

Graham Swift

4.

William Grenville

5.

Hungarian

6.

Linda Evangelista

7.

The Night Watch

8.

Tanzania

ROUND 2

1.

Vanity Fair

2.

Hogshead

3.

Ron Howard

4.

Jamaica

5.

Saturn

6.

Tennis

7.

Javier Perez de Cuellar

8.

Business

ROUND 3

1.

Cherie Blair

2.

Rum

3.

Erskine Caldwell

4.

Dervla Kirwan

5.

Ronald Reagan

6.

Battle of the Boyne

7.

Lexus

8.

Galway

ROUND 4

1.

Dana (Rosemary Scallon)

2.

Fluorine

3.

Jane Wyman

4.

Johnny Weismuller

5.

Istanbul

6.

Smell

7.

Italy

8.

Camelot

ROUND 5

1.

Chile

2.

Rent

3.

Estelle Morris

4.

Senegal and Tunisia

5.

Tracey Emin

6.

Ethan Hawke

7.

Stanley Baldwin

8.

Aldi

ROUND 6

1.

Leeward Islands

2.

Troilus and Cressida

3.

Sophia Loren

4.

London

5.

Whale

6.

Carrot

7.

Papa

8.

Brendan Behan

ROUND 7

1.

Gods and Monsters

2.

Piano

3.

Antartica

4.

Batman

5.

December (28^th)

6.

James Garfield

7.

Vitamin A

8.

Chicago

ROUND 8

1.

Canada

2.

Kevin Kline

3.

New Jersey

4.

Christchurch

5.

Guyana

6.

Hardicanute (Hathacanute)

7.

Chloe

8.

Puccini

SPARES

1.

Sarah

2.

Monster’s Ball

3.

Damon Hill

4.

Alanis Morrisette

5.

Edinburgh