ROUND 1

1.

What is the name of the Bogeyman in the book by Raymond Briggs?

2.

In terms of population what is the largest capital city in Africa?

3.

The hymn 'Jerusalem' is a setting of a poem by William Blake. Who wrote the music?

4.

On which musical instrument are the 'C' strings coloured red and the 'F' strings coloured black?

5.

What did John Christie build in the grounds of his estate in East Sussex and open to audiences in 1934?

6.

What name is given to the branch of mathematics which deals with the properties of lines, points, surfaces and solids?

7.

What country is bordered by Georgia, Armenia, Iran, Iraq, & Syria?

8.

Which Liverpool-born playwright wrote ‘Amadeus’, ‘Lettice & Lovage’, and ‘The Gift of the Gorgon’?

ROUND 2

1.

The Dodo became extinct in the late 17^th century; on which island did the last specimens live?

2.

Which Hollywood actor links these films: ‘Waterworld’ (1995), ‘ThePostman’ (1997) and ‘Message in a Bottle’ (1999)?

3.

In the Gospel of St John, what miracle did Jesus perform at Siloam, a pool in Jerusalem?

4.

Lonicera is the Latin name for which popular fragrant climbing plant?

5.

Who said "Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs”?

6.

In which novel by Anthony Burgess is the storyteller a 15-year old hooligan named Alex?

7.

Name the eponymous character in a play be George Bernard Shaw who is an officer in the Salvation Army?

8.

Which Scottish army unit forms the Queen’s bodyguard when she is at Hollyrood House?

ROUND 3

1.

Apart from London, 3 UK cities have underground railway systems.  Name any two of these.

2.

Which is the only one of New York's 5 boroughs located on the mainland?

3.

What is the two-word inscription on the Victoria Cross?

4.

Which Lerner & Loewe musical features a Scottish village which only comes to life for I day every 100 years?

5.

Which famous story is told in Genesis chapters 6-9?

6.

In 1954.Pauline Reage wrote which classic pornographic novel?

7.

The British inventor, Trevor Bayliss, is best known for which invention?

8.

What French word is given to a full length mirror mounted on swivels in a frame?

ROUND 4 (“ENTITLED”)

1.

Which British bird was formerly (and poetically) called the Halcyon?

2.

Which football team plays its home games in Dumfries?

3.

From which Tennyson poem do these lines come: ‘Out flew the web and floated wide; the mirror cracked front side to side’?

4.

The German national anthem derives its tune from Haydn’s C Major string quartet of 1797; how is this work popularly known?

5.

With which US jazz musician was Billy Strayhorn associated as arranger and composer from 1939 to 1967?

6.

Which TV series of 1976-77-set in a fashionable London hotel, starred Gemma Jones, Richard Vernon and Christopher Cazenove?

7.

Of which Canadian province is Charlottetown the capital?

8.

In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night who is Olivia’s uncle?

ROUND 5 (“FIRE & EARTH”)

1.

Who composed the music for the 1910 ballet “The Firebird”?

2.

Who wrote the 1962 novel “Pale Fire”?

3.

The 1993 film `Fire Walk with Me’ featured characters from which cult TV series of 1990-91?

4.

'Relight my Fire’ was a 1993 number 1 hit for Take That and which guest singer?

5.

In earth sciences what is measured on the Modified Mercalli Scale?

6.

Who was the Greek god of earthquakes (though more famous as the god of something else)?

7.

'The Good Earth' was a 1932 novel by which US Nobel prize-winning writer?

8.

Which band first charted with ‘Planet Earth in 1931?

ROUND 6 (“AIR & WATER”)

1.

‘The Air that I Breathe' was a number 2 hit in 1974 for which group?

2.

Which noble gas constitutes almost 1% of the air we breathe?

3.

Dyce Airport serves which UK city?

4.

Donna Air, the MTV presenter, played Charlie in which childeren’s TV series?

5.

Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) was prominent in which field of endeavour?

6.

Which water is the deepest lake in the Lake District?

7.

Who was Elsie and Doris Waters’ more famous actor brother?

8.

Film director John Waters was born in, and set his films 'Hairspray' and ‘Mondo Trasho’ in which US city?

ROUND 7

1.

Which Latin word meaning `let it be done' is used for a Warrant issued by a judge, or a decree, or a formal command?

2.

What name is given to a gemstone which is a green variety of beryl?

3.

Dartmoor is in which English county?

4.

US history: what is the name of the fort in San Antonio, scene of a famous battle in 1836?

5.

In medicine a cytometer is used to count/measure what?

6.

Hamilton is the capital of which British Dependent Territory?

7.

Which ballet, with music by Delibes, has the alternative title ‘The Girl with Enamel Eyes’?

8.

Augusta is the capital of which US state?

ROUND 8

1.

Which pigment produces the green colour in plants?

2.

Which British singer, nick-named ‘Mr Moonlight', died aged 71 in 1999?

3.

The picturesque Gower Peninsula lies within the boundaries of which city?

4.

What name is given to the process of heating milk to 72 degrees C for 15 seconds, then rapidly cooling it to destroy bacteria?

5.

Which king of England was released from captivity after his subjects paid a ransome of 150,000 Marks?

6.

Which Planet has a moon called Charon?

7.

The King Edward VII Stakes and the Coronation Stakes are run at which June race-meeting?

8.

In which Yorkshire city is the National Centre for Popular Music?

SPARES

1.

Under what brand-name does Prince Charles market the organic produce of his estates?

2.

Who wrote the novel 'Doctor Zhivago’?

3.

In Scottish folklore what name is given to a water-spirit which appears in the form of a horse?

4.

British Royal Family: Who is the mother of Lady Sarah Chatto?

5.

There are 2 books of the Bible named after women, what are they?

6.

With what musical instrument was Jacqueline du Pre associated`?

7.

Paul O’Grady is better known by his stage-name: what is it?

8.

In which English county is the New Forest?

ROUND 1

1.

Fungus

2.

Cairo

3.

Hubert Parry

4.

Harp

5.

Glyndebourne Opera House

6.

Geometry

7.

Turkey

8.

Peter Shaffer

ROUND 2

1.

Mauritius

2.

Kevin Costner

3.

Cured a blind man

4.

Honeysuckle

5.

Alfred Hitchcock

6.

Clockwork Orange

7.

Major Barbara

8.

Royal Company of Archers

ROUND 3

1.

Glasgow; Liverpool; Newcastle

2.

Bronx

3.

For Valour

4.

Brigadoon

5.

Noah and the Flood

6.

The Story of O

7.

Clockwork Radio

8.

Cheval glass

ROUND 4 (“ENTITLED”)

1.

Kingfisher

2.

Queen of the South

3.

Lady of Shalott

4.

Emperor Quartet

5.

Duke Ellington

6.

The Duchess of Duke St

7.

Prince Edward Island

8.

Sir Toby Belch

ROUND 5 (“FIRE & EARTH”)

1.

Stravinsky

2.

Vladimir Nabakov

3.

Twin Peaks

4.

Lulu

5.

Earthquake Intensity

6.

Poseidon

7.

Pearl S Buck

8.

Duran Duran

ROUND 6 (“AIR & WATER”)

1.

Hollies

2.

Argon

3.

Aberdeen

4.

Byker Grove

5.

Architecture

6.

Wast Water

7.

Jack Warner

8.

Baltimore

ROUND 7

1.

Fiat

2.

Emerald

3.

Devon

4.

Alamo

5.

Cells

6.

Bermuda

7.

Coppelia

8.

Maine

ROUND 8

1.

Chlorophyll

2.

Frankie Vaughan

3.

Swansea

4.

Pasteurisation

5.

Richard I (Lionheart)

6.

Pluto

7.

Royal Ascot

8.

Sheffield

SPARES

1.

Duchy Originals

2.

Boris Pasternak

3.

Kelpie

4.

Princess Margaret

5.

Ruth; Esther

6.

Cello

7.

Lily Savage

8.

Hampshire