Withington Pub Quiz League - questions 19/11/25

WithQuiz League paper 19/11/25

Set by: The Charabancs of Fire

QotW: R1/Q7

Average Aggregate Score: 72.3

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ROUND 1 - Pairs

According to the title of Oliver Goldsmith's 1766 novel what ecclesiastical position is held by Dr Charles Primrose?

Originally the title of an 18th century satirical song about a quasi-fictional clergyman, what term is used to describe an individual who fundamentally changes his principles in order to remain in ecclesiastical office as the circumstances around him change?

Which river traditionally divides 'Kentish Men and Maids' from 'Men and Maids' of Kent"?

For much of its length the river Waveney forms the boundary between which two English ceremonial counties?

What was the name of the Moss Side born self-taught saxophonist who opened up his music store in 1955 on Oxford Road near Manchester University. His store became a cornerstone for Manchester music and its customers included Paul McCartney, Oasis and The Smiths.

When local jazz musician Steve Morris and his business partner bought the George and Dragon pub in Manchester city centre in 1975 with the aim of turning it into a jazz club, they were advised by Johnny Roadhouse to give the new club which name? It is still going strong as a venue for live music of multiple genres.

George Hannah scored the third goal for Newcastle in their 3-1 victory against Manchester City in the 1955 FA Cup Final. Why was this goal unique until Eberechi Eze scored the winning goal for Crystal Palace against the same opposition in the 2025 FA Cup Final?

Arsenal paid £67.5 million to buy Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace at the beginning of this season. What is the palindromic surname of the player who was bought by an English club from a team in the Bundesliga just a few weeks earlier for a similar price?

Sp1

Dublin born singer and musician Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson performs professionally under what name?

Sp2

Which current English indie rock band take their name from a term used on the Isle of Wight to refer to day trippers from the mainland?

Go to Round 1 questions with answers

ROUND 2 - Name the German city from the clues given

This city in Baden Wurtemburg on the Danube had, until recently, the highest church steeple in Europe and is the birthplace of Albert Einstein. It has a Division 3 Bundesliga team whose name is preceded by the initials SV.

This East German city is in Saxony Anhalt on the river Elbe and is home to a second division football team whose name is FC followed by the name of the city.

This city in North West Rhine Westphalia is known for its Roman origins and spa, and was the original capital of Charlemagne's empire. Its football team is called Allemania.

Situated on the river Rhine, this is home to the Gutenburg museum and to a Bundesliga Division 1 team, whose name starts FSV.

T his port city on the Baltic coast has a rebuilt old town and maritime museum. It has a Division 2 football team called Holstein.

This city is in Baden Wurtemburg on the river Neckar and is home to Germany's oldest university. It has a lower league football team with the prefix SG.

This city is the capital and cultural heart of Saxony, is full of baroque architecture and has a Division 2 Bundesliga team called Dynamo.

This 12th century maritime city on the Baltic was a member of the medieval Hanseatic League and has a third division football team called FC Hansa.

Sp1

This Bavarian city lies on the Danube, is home to 1500 medieval buildings and has a Division 3 Bundesliga team named SSV Jahn.

Sp2

This industrial city in North West Rhine Westphalia lies on the junction of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers and has a Division 3 Bundesliga side called MSV.

Go to Round 2 questions with answers

ROUND 3 - Pairs

The poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor-Coleridge begins:

“It is an ancient Mariner
And he stoppeth…..”

Complete the final 3 words of the second line.

The poem Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen begins:

“What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous…….”

Complete the final 4 words of the second line.

The BBC TV series The Split launched in 2018 is a legal drama centred on the lives of Hannah and Nathan Stern. Who starred is these roles?

Who starred as the bipolar CIA agent Carrie Mathison in the American TV series Homeland broadcast on Channel 4 between 2011 and 2020?

What is the most common ore of lead, mined from ancient times and consisting of lead sulphide?

Fluospar (or fluorite) is the fluoride of which metal?

Quercus robur is the Latin name for what large woodland tree?

Betula pendula is the Latin name for what elegant medium-sized woodland tree?

Sp.

What, as yet, unsolved mathematical problem gives its name to the popular Sci-Fi novel by Liu Cixin published in 2008 and subsequently adapted for TV by Netflix in 2024?

Go to Round 3 questions with answers

ROUND 4 - Run-ons

1948 novel by South African author Alan Paton,

First of a trilogy of novels by Irish author Edna O'Brien published in 1960.

1979 Pulitzer prize winning crime novel by American author Norman Mailer,

Collection of illustrated poems by English poet William Blake first published in 1794.

The highest point in The Peak District,

Handbook for instruction in good citizenship written in 1908 by Robert Baden-Powell.

Landlocked salt lake that is the lowest point on Earth's surface,

A body of water between California and Mexico that incorporates the name of a Spanish conquistador.

1921 satirical French language opera by Sergei Prokoviev,

First line of a traditional English nursery rhyme referring to a church in London.

1878 satirical opera by Gilbert and Sullivan,

Names associated in the Book of Revelation with Conquest, War, Famine and Death.

The original first name and surname of Pope Leo XIV (both required),

Name of the first spaceflight of this programme in which Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the Earth.

City that is the birthplace of Pope Leo XIV,

Popular rendition of a command given by God in the Book of Genesis first to Adam and Eve and then to Noah and his family.

Sp1

MP for Tynemouth who succeeded Lucy Powell as Leader Of The House Of Commons in September,

Greek mythological hero who slew such monsters as The Chimera whilst riding the winged horse, Pegasus.

Sp2

Former MP (until the 2010 General Election) for Basildon who succeeded (Baron) Nicholas True as Leader of the House of Lords after the 2024 General Election,

Name of the island the Greek mythological hero Odysseus spent ten years trying to return home to.

Go to Round 4 questions with answers

ROUND 5 - Hinted theme - 'More Eclectic than Electric'

The Lerner and Loewe musical My Fair Lady was based on which 1913 play by George Bernard Shaw?

The world-famous cabaret the Moulin Rouge is located in which district of Paris, long known for its raunchy reputation?

What was the name of the barrister, philosopher and Conservative politician who became the 2nd Viscount Hailsham in 1950? (first name and surname required)

In the recurring sketch from The Muppet Show what was the name of the blonde, cleft -chinned captain of the intrepid space ship, the Swinetrek? His unbridled machismo was often a source of conflict with his co-star, First Mate Piggy.

In the play Henry IV, Part 2 what is the name of the Eastcheap tavern owned by Mistress Quickly and frequented by Falstaff and Prince Hal?

Also known as the King's Evil, which disease has a name derived from the Latin word for a breeding sow? This may have been because the line of elevated lymph nodes was thought to resemble the belly of a breastfeeding sow.

In Charlotte's Web, a classic of children's literature written by E B White in 1952, Charlotte is unsurprisingly a spider. What is the name of her best friend, a pig who shares her barn and who she tries to protect from slaughter?

Which surname is derived from a nickname commonly given to a pig-slaughterer or butcher in medieval England? Ironically the best-known bearers of this surname were brothers from Michigan who made a fortune as a result of their dedicated efforts to promote a healthy vegetarian diet.

Sp1

During the early years of US involvement in the Vietnam war what 5-letter word was increasingly used as a nickname for a US infantry soldier who performed their difficult, dangerous and dirty work in a typically American, soldierly fashion?

Sp2

Who wrote the following verse:

“The pig, if I am not mistaken, supplies us sausage, ham and bacon,

Let others say his heart is big - I call it stupid of the pig”?

Go to Round 5 questions with answers

ROUND 6 - Reverse pairs

Who is the current MP for the Surbiton and Kingston seat in the British parliament?

In the pop song, Song for Whoever, by The Beautiful South, who is the first named girl in the chorus list?

In which James Bond movie is this the scenario: Robert Carlyle as the baddy tries to blow up an oil pipeline in Azerbajan and Kazakhstan?

"Hoist with his own petard" is a phrase taken from which Shakespeare play?

"I am a man more sinned against than sinning", is a phrase taken from which Shakespeare play?

In which James Bond movie is this the scenario: Bond teams up with a KGB agent to recover British and Russian nuclear submarines?

In the pop song Mambo number 5 by Lou Bega, what is the first girl's name mentioned in the chorus?

Who is the current MP for the North West Essex seat in the British parliament?

Sp.

Mickey Murphy the Baker and Dr Mopp were characters in which children's TV programme?

Go to Round 6 questions with answers

ROUND 7 - Hidden theme

Theme words may be part of a longer word

How is the much appropriated triumphal music written by Johann Strauss Snr to celebrate the victory of the Austrian Empire over the Italian forces at the Battle of Custoza, in 1848, better known?

Started in 2000 as a pioneer food bank for families struggling to put food on the table, this organisation is now a UK wide support organisation for local food bank projects. By what one word name is it now known?

The 1934 film It Happened One Night directed by Frank Capra, won all 5 major Academy Awards (one of only 3 films to do so). Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as a roguish reporter opposite Claudette Colbert as a run-away heiress? He later gave the award away.

Coined in 1978 by author and management consultant Marilyn Loden, what phrase is often used to describe the difficulties of women in achieving at the highest level?

What is the extremely apposite title of the 2003 book by Lynne Truss which highlights the unforeseen meanings resulting from sloppy punctuation?

Complete the alternative definition offered by Stephen Fry in a 2014 edition of the BBC Radio 4 panel game show I’m Sorry, I Haven’t a Clue: “'Countryside' means to kill....."

The Palazzo style building on Peter Street in Manchester, currently known as the Radisson Hotel, had a previous life as what?

Officially termed the Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart, how is this dismantled structure better known?

Sp.

Comedian Joe Lycett changed his name briefly in 2020 to help small UK companies and charities in trade name disputes with a large US fashion company. To what did he change his name?

Go to Round 7 questions with answers

ROUND 8 - All Souls

As November is the month traditionally dedicated to All Souls in the Christian tradition this is a round dedicated to souls everywhere

The college of All Souls in Oxford University was founded in the 15th century to honour all those killed in the Wars of the Roses. Which king was co-founder along with Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury?

“The eyes are the windows to the soul” is a phrase attributed to which English writer and poet?

The “soul of discretion” is a phrase used by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in connection with which character he created?

The 'Well of Souls' is a phrase used, among other references to describe a structure built to house something fictional in the Indiana Jones film franchise. What was it built to house?

Which philosopher thought that the pineal gland, situated deep in the brain, was the principal seat of the soul and the point where mind and body interacted?

Two American artists are often cited as the original pioneers of soul music back in the 1950s. Name either.

In the New Testament of St Luke, the Virgin Mary utters a song of praise after she learns she will give birth to Jesus with the opening line: “My soul magnifies the Lord”. To whom does she address this song of praise?

In Christopher Marlowe's play Dr Faustus the latter agrees to sell his soul to the Devil in return for enjoying worldly power and wealth for a number of years. How many years does he agree to do this for?

Sp1

Dead Souls is the name of a novel first published by Russian author Nikolai Gogol in 1842 and is also the name of a crime novel published in 1999 by which Scottish author?

Sp2

Actor-singer David Soul (of Starsky and Hutch fame among various other TV roles) recorded a song that was a worldwide smash hit and spent four weeks at no.1 in the UK singles charts in January and February 1977. What was the name of the song?

Sp3

The word 'soulmate' used to designate a very close friend or lover was first coined in 1822 in a letter by which English poet?

Go to Round 8 questions with answers

ROUND 1 - Pairs

According to the title of Oliver Goldsmith's 1766 novel what ecclesiastical position is held by Dr Charles Primrose?

The Vicar of Wakefield

The Vicar of Bray

Which river traditionally divides 'Kentish Men and Maids' from 'Men and Maids' of Kent"?

Medway

For much of its length the river Waveney forms the boundary between which two English ceremonial counties?

Suffolk and Norfolk

Johnny Roadhouse

Band on the Wall

They are the only goals to date scored in an FA Cup Final by players with a palindromic surname.

(Hugo) Ekitike

(from Eintracht Frankfurt to Liverpool)

Sp1

Dublin born singer and musician Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson performs professionally under what name?

CMAT

Sp2

Which current English indie rock band take their name from a term used on the Isle of Wight to refer to day trippers from the mainland?

Wet Leg

Go back to Round 1 questions without answers

ROUND 2 - Name the German city from the clues given

Ulm

(as of last month, the tallest steeple now belongs to Sagrada Familia in Barcelona)

This East German city is in Saxony Anhalt on the river Elbe and is home to a second division football team whose name is FC followed by the name of the city.

Magdeburg

This city in North West Rhine Westphalia is known for its Roman origins and spa, and was the original capital of Charlemagne's empire. Its football team is called Allemania.

Aachen

Situated on the river Rhine, this is home to the Gutenburg museum and to a Bundesliga Division 1 team, whose name starts FSV.

Mainz

T his port city on the Baltic coast has a rebuilt old town and maritime museum. It has a Division 2 football team called Holstein.

Kiel

This city is in Baden Wurtemburg on the river Neckar and is home to Germany's oldest university. It has a lower league football team with the prefix SG.

Heidelberg

This city is the capital and cultural heart of Saxony, is full of baroque architecture and has a Division 2 Bundesliga team called Dynamo.

Dresden

This 12th century maritime city on the Baltic was a member of the medieval Hanseatic League and has a third division football team called FC Hansa.

Rostock

Sp1

This Bavarian city lies on the Danube, is home to 1500 medieval buildings and has a Division 3 Bundesliga team named SSV Jahn.

Regensburg

Sp2

This industrial city in North West Rhine Westphalia lies on the junction of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers and has a Division 3 Bundesliga side called MSV.

Duisburg

Go back to Round 2 questions without answers

ROUND 3 - Pairs

The poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor-Coleridge begins:

“It is an ancient Mariner
And he stoppeth…..”

Complete the final 3 words of the second line.

"One of three"

The poem Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen begins:

“What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous…….”

Complete the final 4 words of the second line.

"Anger of the guns"

The BBC TV series The Split launched in 2018 is a legal drama centred on the lives of Hannah and Nathan Stern. Who starred is these roles?

Nicola Walker and Stephen Mangan

Who starred as the bipolar CIA agent Carrie Mathison in the American TV series Homeland broadcast on Channel 4 between 2011 and 2020?

Claire Danes

What is the most common ore of lead, mined from ancient times and consisting of lead sulphide?

Galena

Fluospar (or fluorite) is the fluoride of which metal?

Calcium

Quercus robur is the Latin name for what large woodland tree?

Oak (English or common)

Betula pendula is the Latin name for what elegant medium-sized woodland tree?

Silver birch

Sp.

What, as yet, unsolved mathematical problem gives its name to the popular Sci-Fi novel by Liu Cixin published in 2008 and subsequently adapted for TV by Netflix in 2024?

The Three Body Problem

Go back to Round 3 questions without answers

ROUND 4 - Run-ons

1948 novel by South African author Alan Paton,

First of a trilogy of novels by Irish author Edna O'Brien published in 1960.

Cry the Beloved Country

Country Girls

1979 Pulitzer prize winning crime novel by American author Norman Mailer,

Collection of illustrated poems by English poet William Blake first published in 1794.

The Executioner's Songs

Songs of Innocence and Experience

The highest point in The Peak District,

Handbook for instruction in good citizenship written in 1908 by Robert Baden-Powell.

Kinder Scout

Scouting for Boys

(they were more innocent times back then)

Landlocked salt lake that is the lowest point on Earth's surface,

A body of water between California and Mexico that incorporates the name of a Spanish conquistador.

The Dead Sea

Sea of Cortez

1921 satirical French language opera by Sergei Prokoviev,

First line of a traditional English nursery rhyme referring to a church in London.

The Love For Three Oranges

Oranges and Lemons

(...say The Bells Of Saint Clement's)

1878 satirical opera by Gilbert and Sullivan,

Names associated in the Book of Revelation with Conquest, War, Famine and Death.

HMS Pinafore Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The original first name and surname of Pope Leo XIV (both required),

Name of the first spaceflight of this programme in which Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the Earth.

Robert Prevost

Vostok 1

City that is the birthplace of Pope Leo XIV,

Popular rendition of a command given by God in the Book of Genesis first to Adam and Eve and then to Noah and his family.

Chicago

Go Forth and Multiply

Sp1

MP for Tynemouth who succeeded Lucy Powell as Leader Of The House Of Commons in September,

Greek mythological hero who slew such monsters as The Chimera whilst riding the winged horse, Pegasus.

(Sir) Alan Campbell

Belerophon

Sp2

Former MP (until the 2010 General Election) for Basildon who succeeded (Baron) Nicholas True as Leader of the House of Lords after the 2024 General Election,

Name of the island the Greek mythological hero Odysseus spent ten years trying to return home to.

(Baroness) Angela Smith

Ithaca

Go back to Round 4 questions without answers

ROUND 5 - Hinted theme - 'More Eclectic than Electric'

The Lerner and Loewe musical My Fair Lady was based on which 1913 play by George Bernard Shaw?

Pygmalion

The world-famous cabaret the Moulin Rouge is located in which district of Paris, long known for its raunchy reputation?

Pigalle

What was the name of the barrister, philosopher and Conservative politician who became the 2nd Viscount Hailsham in 1950? (first name and surname required)

Quintin Hogg

(Captain) Link Hogthrob

In the play Henry IV, Part 2 what is the name of the Eastcheap tavern owned by Mistress Quickly and frequented by Falstaff and Prince Hal?

The Boar's Head

Scrofula

Wilbur

Kellogg

('Kill-hogg')

Sp1

Grunt

Sp2

Who wrote the following verse:

“The pig, if I am not mistaken, supplies us sausage, ham and bacon,

Let others say his heart is big - I call it stupid of the pig”?

Ogden Nash

Go back to Round 5 questions without answers

ROUND 6 - Reverse pairs

Who is the current MP for the Surbiton and Kingston seat in the British parliament?

Ed Davey

In the pop song, Song for Whoever, by The Beautiful South, who is the first named girl in the chorus list?

Jennifer

(Alison , Phillipa, Sue etc)

In which James Bond movie is this the scenario: Robert Carlyle as the baddy tries to blow up an oil pipeline in Azerbajan and Kazakhstan?

The World Is Not Enough

"Hoist with his own petard" is a phrase taken from which Shakespeare play?

Hamlet

"I am a man more sinned against than sinning", is a phrase taken from which Shakespeare play?

King Lear

In which James Bond movie is this the scenario: Bond teams up with a KGB agent to recover British and Russian nuclear submarines?

The Spy Who Loved Me

In the pop song Mambo number 5 by Lou Bega, what is the first girl's name mentioned in the chorus?

Monica

("I like a little bit of Monica by my side...")

Who is the current MP for the North West Essex seat in the British parliament?

Kemi Badenoch

Sp.

Mickey Murphy the Baker and Dr Mopp were characters in which children's TV programme?

Camberwick Green

Go back to Round 6 questions without answers

ROUND 7 - Hidden theme

Theme words may be part of a longer word

How is the much appropriated triumphal music written by Johann Strauss Snr to celebrate the victory of the Austrian Empire over the Italian forces at the Battle of Custoza, in 1848, better known?

The Radetzky March

Trussell

Clark Gable

Coined in 1978 by author and management consultant Marilyn Loden, what phrase is often used to describe the difficulties of women in achieving at the highest level?

'The Glass Ceiling'

What is the extremely apposite title of the 2003 book by Lynne Truss which highlights the unforeseen meanings resulting from sloppy punctuation?

Eats, Shoots & Leaves

Complete the alternative definition offered by Stephen Fry in a 2014 edition of the BBC Radio 4 panel game show I’m Sorry, I Haven’t a Clue: “'Countryside' means to kill....."

Piers Morgan

The Palazzo style building on Peter Street in Manchester, currently known as the Radisson Hotel, had a previous life as what?

The Free Trade Hall

Officially termed the Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart, how is this dismantled structure better known?

The Berlin Wall

Sp.

Comedian Joe Lycett changed his name briefly in 2020 to help small UK companies and charities in trade name disputes with a large US fashion company. To what did he change his name?

Hugo Boss

Theme: Each answer contains an architectural term

Go back to Round 7 questions without answers

ROUND 8 - All Souls

As November is the month traditionally dedicated to All Souls in the Christian tradition this is a round dedicated to souls everywhere

Henry VI

“The eyes are the windows to the soul” is a phrase attributed to which English writer and poet?

Shakespeare

The “soul of discretion” is a phrase used by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in connection with which character he created?

Dr Watson

The 'Well of Souls' is a phrase used, among other references to describe a structure built to house something fictional in the Indiana Jones film franchise. What was it built to house?

The Ark of the Covenant

Which philosopher thought that the pineal gland, situated deep in the brain, was the principal seat of the soul and the point where mind and body interacted?

(Rene) Descartes

Two American artists are often cited as the original pioneers of soul music back in the 1950s. Name either.

Ray Charles or

James Brown

Her cousin Elizabeth (whom she was visiting at the time)

Sp1

Dead Souls is the name of a novel first published by Russian author Nikolai Gogol in 1842 and is also the name of a crime novel published in 1999 by which Scottish author?

Ian Rankin

Sp2

Don't Give Up on Us (Baby)

Sp3

The word 'soulmate' used to designate a very close friend or lover was first coined in 1822 in a letter by which English poet?

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Go back to Round 8 questions without answers