ROUND 1

1.

For which Spanish club, based in the Basque city of Vittoria, does Jordi Cruyff play?

2.

There are two Madrid teams in the Spanish 1^st Division. One is Real Madrid, what is the other?

3.

‘Fury’ is the most recent novel by which author?

4.

This year’s Booker Prize was won by a novel based on which historical character?

5.

With which aspect of film making is Bernard Herrman associated?

6.

Who composed the music for the films ‘Star Wars’ and ‘E.T.’?

7.

Give both solutions to the equation x² – 5x = 0. (x squared minus 5x equals 0)

8.

Differentiate the function x squared

ROUND 2

1.

Which group of the seventies was fronted by Ron & Russell Mael?

2.

Which seventies’ group included Don Powell, Dave Hill and Jimmy Lea?

3.

How is the plant Nepeta also known?

4.

How is the flowering annual Nigella also known?

5.

Boise is the capital of which American state?

6.

Helena is the capital of which American state?

7.

Who was the star of the TV series ‘The Rockford Files’?

8.

Who was the star of the TV series ‘McCloud’?

ROUND 3

1.

Which five countries border Argentina?

2.

Which five countries border Mozambique?

3.

Who was the first English monarch to be addressed as "Your Majesty"?

4.

Who was the first British monarch to take up residence in Buckingham Palace?

5.

In children’s literature, who were John, Susan, Titty and Roger?

6.

Name three of the four children who went through the wardrobe in ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

7.

"Big Brother" was the title of the first episode of which long running TV comedy series?

8.

What place in British TV history is held by Paul Coia?

ROUND 4 - Name the local pub

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ROUND 5

1.

What nationality is the football team “Winterslag”?

2.

What nationality is the football team “Energie Cottbus”?

3.

What would you be eating in an Indian restaurant if you ordered Gurday?

4.

What would you be eating in an Indian restaurant if you ordered Mattar?

5.

What is the capital of Honduras?

6.

What is the capital of Byelorussia?

7.

What name connects: a former Paymaster general; a television presenter and a current Leeds United footballer?

8.

What name connects: a former Manchester City player and manager; an American TV character played by Robert Wagner and a current Leeds United footballer?

ROUND 6

1.

From which country did Zoroastrians originate?

2.

Where is the Golden temple of the Sikhs?

3.

Who are the current holders of The Davies Cup?

4.

Who are the current holders of the Rugby Union World Cup?

5.

On what street in Manchester is Sam’s Chophouse?

6.

On what street in Manchester is The City Arms?

7.

Who piloted Thunderbird 4?

8.

In Thunderbirds who was the Tracey’s manservant and half brother of The Hood?

ROUND 7 (The St Nicholas’s day round)

1.

What was the real name of Pope Adrian IV?

2.

Which horse won the 1961 Grand National?

3.

What was the name of the “rogue trader” who caused the bankruptcy of Barings? 

4.

Who was the lead singer of the 1980’s bubblegum group “Haircut 100”?

5.

Who was the architectural historian, born in Leipzig in 1902, whose major work was the fifty volume “The Buildings of England”?

6.

Who is the director of The Tate Gallery?

7.

Which actor’s films include: “Leaving Las Vegas”; “The Cotton Club” and “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin”?

8.

Which Mancunian born theatre, opera and film director made his name at The Royal Exchange, and is best known for the film “The Madness of  George III”?

ROUND 8

1.

Who is the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, who has decided not to reapply for her own job?

2.

Who is the father of the House of Commons?

3.

Apart from cream, what are the three main ingredients of the pasta sauce “Carbonara”?

4.

Apart from tomatoes, what are the three main ingredients of the pasta sauce “Puttanesca”?

5.

Where are next year’s Winter Olympic Games to be held?

6.

What will be the first match of next year’s football World Cup?

7.

Which American holiday is celebrated on the third Monday in January?

8.

Which American holiday is celebrated on the second Monday in October?

SPARES

1.

Who will fill the “oldie” spot at next year’s Glastonbury Festival?

2.

Name one of the two Irish businessmen who may be mounting a take over bid for Manchester United?

3.

What is the name of the U. S. energy company which filed one of the biggest bankruptcies in history this week?

4.

Which pop star announced his retirement, at a Madison Square Garden concert last week?

5.

In Cold Feet, who plays Adam?

6.

Who is the commander of the U. S. forces in Afghanistan?

ROUND 1

1.

Alaves

2.

Rayo Vallecano

3.

Salman Rushdie

4.

Ned Kelly

5.

Film scores (including Psycho and Taxi Driver)

6.

John Williams

7.

0 and 5

8.

2x

ROUND 2

1.

Sparks

2.

Slade

3.

Catmint

4.

Love-in-a-mist

5.

Idaho

6.

Montana

7.

James Garner

8.

Dennis Weaver

ROUND 3

1.

Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; Paraguay; Uruguay

2.

Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa

3.

Henry VIII

4.

Victoria

5.

Swallows (in Swallows and Amazons)

6.

Peter, Susan, Edmund, Lucy

7.

Only Fools and Horses

8.

First voice heard on Channel 4

ROUND 4

1.

Peveril of the Peak

2.

Old House at Home

3.

Friendship

4.

Railway, Levenshulme

5.

Didsbury

6.

White Swan

7.

Sun in September

8.

Briton’s Protection

ROUND 5

1.

Belgian

2.

German

3.

Kidneys

4.

Peas

5.

Tegucigalpa

6.

Minsk

7.

Robinson

8.

Hart

ROUND 6

1.

Persia (Iran)

2.

Amritsar

3.

France

4.

Australia

5.

Chapel Walks

6.

Kennedy Street

7.

Gordon Tracey

8.

Kirano

ROUND 7 (The St Nicholas’s day round)

1.

Nicholas Brakespeare

2.

Nicolaus Silver

3.

Nick Leeson

4.

Nick Heyward

5.

Nikolaus Pevsner

6.

Nicholas Serota

7.

Nick Cage

8.

Nicholas Hytner

ROUND 8

1.

Elizabeth Filkin

2.

Tam Dalyell

3.

Bacon (or ham), eggs and Parmesan cheese

4.

Black olives, capers and anchovies

5.

Salt Lake City

6.

France v. Senegal

7.

Martin Luther King Day

8.

Colombus Day.

SPARES

1.

Rod Stewart

2.

J. P. McManus, John Magnier

3.

Enron

4.

Elton John

5.

James Nesbitt

6.

General Tommy Frank