ROUND 1 - 'In Our Time'

In honour of Melvyn Bragg’s retirement from In Our Time, this round concerns the subjects of episodes that Bragg has recently selected as his favourites.

1.

The Economic Consequences of the Peace was a 1919 critique of the Treaty of Versailles.  Which British delegate to the Versailles Conferences wrote it?

2.

“No event ever produced so great a sensation in English society as the introduction of it in 1813.”  These words of the dandy Thomas Raikes refer to which dance in 3:4 time?

3.

A Trampwoman’s Tragedy and The Darkling Thrush are among the poems of which literary figure?  He died in Dorchester in 1928.

4.

Hope is The Thing with Feathers and Because I Could Not Stop for Death are among the poems of which literary figure, who died in Massachusetts in 1886?

5.

The paradoxes of the moving arrow and the Achilles paradox of infinite indivisibility are among the arguments presented by which Greek philosopher?  He shares his name with a Stoic philosopher from Citium.

6.

In Greek mythology, Selene was the goddess and the personification of which astronomical object?

7.

With a name meaning 'ancient wing', the discovery of which feathered reptile in Bavaria in 1861 first suggested the affinity between birds and dinosaurs?

8.

The Exclusion Principle, first articulated by the Nobel Prize winner Wolfgang Pauli, is a foundational law in which field of physics?

Sp1

Which medieval English mystic, born in Bishop’s Lynn, made pilgrimages to Jerusalem and Prussia, wrote what was perhaps the first autobiography, and was tried for witchcraft on account of being able to recite some verses of the Bible?

Sp2

A milestone in the study of bird migration occurred in Germany in 1822 when a white stork was discovered with what kind of weapon stuck in its neck?

Go to Round 1 questions with answers

ROUND 2 - Hidden theme

1.

In the lyrics of the Pulp song Common People, the protagonist meets a woman who came from Greece and had a thirst for knowledge.  But where did he meet her?

2.

Which singer, often known as the 'King of Soul', had hits with You Send Me and Chain Gang?  He was shot dead at a Los Angeles motel in December 1964.

3.

Which Scottish-born sailor led an American attack on the Cumbrian town of Whitehaven in 1778? He later became an admiral in the Russian navy.

4.

Which ITV sitcom, running for two seasons in 2013 and 2016, starred Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi as an elderly gay couple locked in a love-hate relationship?

5.

Running from 1986 to 1992, which US TV drama starred Andy Griffith as a criminal defence attorney?  Appearing occasionally on ITV, it has the distinction of being the favourite show of Grandpa Abe Simpson.

6.

Which golfer from Worksop, now plying his trade for Saudi blood money with LIV, ended Tiger Woods’s five-year reign as world number one in October 2010?

7.

In Formula One, which constructor was founded by a New Zealander and entered its first race in 1966?  Now based in Woking, it has won 10 constructors and 13 drivers world championships.

8.

Which word, often beloved of WithQuizzers in receipt of impossible questions, landed the manager of Virgin Records, Nottingham, in court in November 1977?  John Mortimer QC defended him from charges of obscenity.

Sp.

Which broad track runs along the south side of Hyde Park?  Leading from Hyde Park Corner to Serpentine Road, it was a fashionable place for upper-class Londoners to walk and ride; it makes appearances in The Forsyte Saga, Bridgerton, and Dracula.

Go to Round 2 questions with answers

ROUND 3 - 'Happy Holidays'

As we enter the holiday season, the Prodigals explore other holidays from around the world.

1.

In 1983, the United States inaugurated a new federal holiday on 19 January.  Whose birthday does it commemorate?

2.

In 2021, President Joe Biden inaugurated a new federal holiday to commemorate the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation.  By which name is this holiday commonly known?

3.

Each year, Mexicans celebrate their defeat of the French at the Battle of Puebla on this date in 1862.  Donald Trump sensitively celebrated this holiday by eating some tacos.  How is this holiday commonly known?

4.

Which country celebrates its independence from Spain on 9 July?  The Avenida 9 de Julio in its capital city is thought to be the widest in the world.

5.

Since 2000, the third Monday in September has been 'Respect for the Aged Day' in which country?  It is one of a number of public holidays this country has moved to Mondays to create long weekends.

6.

Since 1995, 16 December has been 'The Day of Reconciliation' in which country?  It honours the fallen combatants at the 1838 Battle of Blood River.

7.

The French celebrate Bastille Day on 14th July.  In which year did the Parisians storm the Bastille?

8.

In Northern Ireland, a great deal of marching occurs each summer.  The main day of rejoicing and needless antagonism celebrates the Battle of the Boyne of 1690.  On which date and public holiday does the Orange Order march?

Sp.

Which country celebrates Tiradentes Day, roughly translated as 'The Day of the Tooth Puller'?  It commemorates the execution of a leading member of the colonial revolutionary movement who happened to be a dentist.

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ROUND 4 - Pairs on 2025

1.

In 2025, Scotsman Lewis Ferguson captained which club to victory in the final of the Coppa Italia against AC Milan?  It was the club’s first major trophy since 1974.

2.

In doing so, Lewis Ferguson became the first Scotsman to win the Coppa Italia since which player, who won it with Sampdoria in 1985?

3.

One of this year’s inductees to the US Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry was the start-up chime that played when Microsoft’s Windows 95 started up.  Which British musician and producer composed it?

4.

Also inducted into the National Recording Registry this year was the 1975 live album The Koln Concert, which consists of more than an hour of improvised piano and is the best-selling jazz album in history.  Which pianist recorded this album?

5.

2025 saw the 1000th anniversary of The Canon of Medicine.  Which Persian polymath of the Islamic Golden Age wrote it?

6.

2025 also saw the 1000th anniversary of the death of Basil Porphyrogenitus, known as 'The Bulgar-Slayer'.  Of which polity was he the ruler for more than 60 years?

7.

Sarah Snook won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Actress for portraying all 26 characters in which play?  Those characters included Lord Henry Wotton and the painter Basil Hallward.

8.

John Lithgow won the 2025 Olivier Award for his performance in Giant, where he portrayed which writer confronting allegations of antisemitism?

Sp.

In July 2025, Professor Michelle Dougherty became the first woman to hold which position, which was created by Charles II in 1675 with the aim of discovering how to determine longitude at sea?

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ROUND 5 - Run-ons

1.

 A British pop band led by Withington resident Paul Heaton;

&

a sovereign state which declared its independence in 2011, with its capital at Juba.

2.

Victorian magazine edited by Charles Dickens in which he serialised Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities;

&

and a radio quiz show hosted by Kirsty Lang.

3.

A former bag-carrier for Russian oligarchs who is now ubiquitously present on the BBC;

&

an author, born James, whose works include The Pax Britannica Trilogy and Trieste: The Meaning of Nowhere

4.

1992 album by R.E.M. featuring the songs Everybody Hurts and Man on the Moon;

&

the official name of the Chinese military.

5.

2017 book by David Grann about a murderous oil scandal in 1920s Oklahoma, recently adapted for the screen;

&

the colloquial name for the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification.

6.

1970 William Friedkin film, one of the first Hollywood productions to feature prominent gay characters;

&

1973 album recorded mostly in Lagos.

7.

An event proclaimed by Francis Fukuyama after the collapse of the USSR;

&

a 2005 film by David Cronenberg, starring Viggo Mortensen, the last Hollywood production to be released on VHS.

8.

A secret society founded by the law professor Adam Weishaupt in Bavaria in 1776;

&

a singer who, according to an infamous New York Post headline of 2007, was beaten to death by her husband.

Sp.

Royal dynasty which took its name from the shrub known as the French bloom;

&

the surname of a world leader who is subject to a 2024 arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court.

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ROUND 6 - Announced theme

20 people have appeared on the reverse of banknotes issued by the Bank of England.

1.

Which familiar radio and TV presenter, a former co-host with Adam Rutherford, is the Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge?

2.

The Loves of Plants and Zoonomia are among the works of which eighteenth-century man of learning, a prominent member of the Lunar Society?  (both names required)

3.

Which British politician was Chancellor of the Exchequer under Balfour and again under Lloyd George?  He subsequently won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the Treaty of Locarno.  (both names required)

4.

In which poem, written in 1819, does John Keats call for “a beaker full of the warm south”?

5.

Which actor, the recipient of the Best Actor Oscar in 2022, turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix, instead choosing to appear in Wild Wild West?

6.

According to British and Irish folklore, which bird – historically known as the 'King of Birds' – is hunted on St Stephen’s Day, 26 December?

7.

The Sky Stadium, colloquially known as 'The Cake Tin', is a sports venue in which antipodean city?

8.

In manufacturing, which six-letter word is an alternative name for a lathe operator, responsible for shaping materials on a rotating workstation?

Sp1

What is the single word title of Samuel Beckett’s second published novel?  Released in 1953, it follows the protagonist’s journey through Ireland as a manservant.

Sp2

Who was the South African Test cricket captain from 2021 to 2024?  A left-handed opening batsman, he scored more than 5,000 Test runs before retiring to play for Essex.

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ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

Given the bulge at the planet’s equator, which mountain range contains the point which is furthest from the centre of the Earth?

2.

Which chain of Pacific islands contains the world’s tallest mountain, as measured from base to peak?

3.

Which capital city was built in 1566 by the Knights of Saint John and named after their Grand Master?

4.

Which former capital city, dating to the early eighteenth century, has been described as “built on bones” because of the thousands of workers who died during its construction?

5.

Which classic novel in Russian, first published in full in 1880, contains a standalone story known as The Grand Inquisitor, which concerns the return of Christ to Seville, where he is tried for heresy during the Spanish Inquisition?

6.

Which classic novel in Russian, first published in 1869, concludes with 24 chapters on the philosophy of history?

7.

Through which region of England do the rivers Churn, Coln, Leach, and Windrush flow?

8.

Through which region of England do the rivers Wye, Dove, Goyt, and Dane flow?

Sp1

Erling Haaland recently made headlines for scoring 100 Premier League goals in only 105 games - but two players have reached that milestone quicker in the English top flight, both playing for which club?

Sp2

Who was the first foreign-born footballer to be top-scorer in an English top-flight season?  He did so for Newcastle in 1951-52.

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ROUND 8 - Hidden theme - 'A World at Peace'

Some answers in this round honour the theme in sound rather than spelling

1.

Which 2006 film, directed by Shane Meadows, concerns the exploits of a young group of Skinheads in the East Midlands in the early 1980s?  Three TV series about the same characters followed on Channel 4.

2.

Besides Liechtenstein, what is the only country in the world to be doubly landlocked?  (that is to say, it is landlocked on all sides by at least two countries)

3.

Which American songwriter and bandleader was known as 'The King of the Jukebox'?  Born in Arkansas in 1908, his hits include Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby, Five Guys Named Moe, and Saturday Night Fish Fry.

4.

Occurring from 7 to 9 May 1940, what name is given to the discussions in the House of Commons which resulted in Neville Chamberlain’s resignation as Prime Minister?

5.

Which common medical condition, prevalent at this time of year, can be described as an inflammation of the mucous membrane in the airways and cavities of the body?

6.

Which seminal Liverpool punk band, which included future members of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, the KLF, and the Lightning Seeds, shared its name with a 1984 hit by the German band Alphaville?

7.

Which liqueur, flavoured with the dried peel of bitter orange, occurs in Thackeray’s Vanity Fair and is an ingredient in cocktails such as the Mai Tai and the Cosmopolitan?

8.

Which country effectively bankrupted itself when it attempted to found a colony in Darien, in present-day Panama, between 1698 and 1700?

Sp1

Which actor, who often appeared on Saturday night TV in the UK in the 1970s, played the lead role in the 1969 comedy film Support Your Local Sheriff?

Sp2

According to one of the numbers in the 1951 musical Royal Wedding, which was released in the UK as Wedding Bells, where did Fred Astaire leave his hat?

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ROUND 1 - 'In Our Time'

In honour of Melvyn Bragg’s retirement from In Our Time, this round concerns the subjects of episodes that Bragg has recently selected as his favourites.

1.

The Economic Consequences of the Peace was a 1919 critique of the Treaty of Versailles.  Which British delegate to the Versailles Conferences wrote it?

John Maynard Keynes

2.

“No event ever produced so great a sensation in English society as the introduction of it in 1813.”  These words of the dandy Thomas Raikes refer to which dance in 3:4 time?

Waltz

3.

A Trampwoman’s Tragedy and The Darkling Thrush are among the poems of which literary figure?  He died in Dorchester in 1928.

Thomas Hardy

4.

Hope is The Thing with Feathers and Because I Could Not Stop for Death are among the poems of which literary figure, who died in Massachusetts in 1886?

Emily Dickinson

5.

The paradoxes of the moving arrow and the Achilles paradox of infinite indivisibility are among the arguments presented by which Greek philosopher?  He shares his name with a Stoic philosopher from Citium.

Zeno

6.

In Greek mythology, Selene was the goddess and the personification of which astronomical object?

The Moon

7.

With a name meaning 'ancient wing', the discovery of which feathered reptile in Bavaria in 1861 first suggested the affinity between birds and dinosaurs?

Archaeopteryx

8.

The Exclusion Principle, first articulated by the Nobel Prize winner Wolfgang Pauli, is a foundational law in which field of physics?

Quantum mechanics

Sp1

Which medieval English mystic, born in Bishop’s Lynn, made pilgrimages to Jerusalem and Prussia, wrote what was perhaps the first autobiography, and was tried for witchcraft on account of being able to recite some verses of the Bible?

Margery Kempe

Sp2

A milestone in the study of bird migration occurred in Germany in 1822 when a white stork was discovered with what kind of weapon stuck in its neck?

An African spear

ROUND 2 - Hidden theme

1.

In the lyrics of the Pulp song Common People, the protagonist meets a woman who came from Greece and had a thirst for knowledge.  But where did he meet her?

St Martin’s College

2.

Which singer, often known as the 'King of Soul', had hits with You Send Me and Chain Gang?  He was shot dead at a Los Angeles motel in December 1964.

Sam Cooke

3.

Which Scottish-born sailor led an American attack on the Cumbrian town of Whitehaven in 1778? He later became an admiral in the Russian navy.

John Paul Jones

4.

Which ITV sitcom, running for two seasons in 2013 and 2016, starred Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi as an elderly gay couple locked in a love-hate relationship?

Vicious

5.

Running from 1986 to 1992, which US TV drama starred Andy Griffith as a criminal defence attorney?  Appearing occasionally on ITV, it has the distinction of being the favourite show of Grandpa Abe Simpson.

Matlock

6.

Which golfer from Worksop, now plying his trade for Saudi blood money with LIV, ended Tiger Woods’s five-year reign as world number one in October 2010?

Lee Westwood

7.

In Formula One, which constructor was founded by a New Zealander and entered its first race in 1966?  Now based in Woking, it has won 10 constructors and 13 drivers world championships.

McLaren

8.

Which word, often beloved of WithQuizzers in receipt of impossible questions, landed the manager of Virgin Records, Nottingham, in court in November 1977?  John Mortimer QC defended him from charges of obscenity.

"Bollocks"

Sp.

Which broad track runs along the south side of Hyde Park?  Leading from Hyde Park Corner to Serpentine Road, it was a fashionable place for upper-class Londoners to walk and ride; it makes appearances in The Forsyte Saga, Bridgerton, and Dracula.

Rotten Row

Theme: Each answer contains a wird linked to the Sex Pistols ...

The 50^th anniversary of their first gig at St Martin’s College has just passed

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ROUND 3 - 'Happy Holidays'

As we enter the holiday season, the Prodigals explore other holidays from around the world.

1.

In 1983, the United States inaugurated a new federal holiday on 19 January.  Whose birthday does it commemorate?

Martin Luther King

2.

In 2021, President Joe Biden inaugurated a new federal holiday to commemorate the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation.  By which name is this holiday commonly known?

Juneteenth

3.

Each year, Mexicans celebrate their defeat of the French at the Battle of Puebla on this date in 1862.  Donald Trump sensitively celebrated this holiday by eating some tacos.  How is this holiday commonly known?

Cinco de Mayo

4.

Which country celebrates its independence from Spain on 9 July?  The Avenida 9 de Julio in its capital city is thought to be the widest in the world.

Argentina

5.

Since 2000, the third Monday in September has been 'Respect for the Aged Day' in which country?  It is one of a number of public holidays this country has moved to Mondays to create long weekends.

Japan

6.

Since 1995, 16 December has been 'The Day of Reconciliation' in which country?  It honours the fallen combatants at the 1838 Battle of Blood River.

South Africa

7.

The French celebrate Bastille Day on 14th July.  In which year did the Parisians storm the Bastille?

1789

8.

In Northern Ireland, a great deal of marching occurs each summer.  The main day of rejoicing and needless antagonism celebrates the Battle of the Boyne of 1690.  On which date and public holiday does the Orange Order march?

12th July

Sp.

Which country celebrates Tiradentes Day, roughly translated as 'The Day of the Tooth Puller'?  It commemorates the execution of a leading member of the colonial revolutionary movement who happened to be a dentist.

Brazil

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ROUND 4 - Pairs on 2025

1.

In 2025, Scotsman Lewis Ferguson captained which club to victory in the final of the Coppa Italia against AC Milan?  It was the club’s first major trophy since 1974.

Bologna

2.

In doing so, Lewis Ferguson became the first Scotsman to win the Coppa Italia since which player, who won it with Sampdoria in 1985?

Graeme Souness

3.

One of this year’s inductees to the US Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry was the start-up chime that played when Microsoft’s Windows 95 started up.  Which British musician and producer composed it?

Brian Eno

4.

Also inducted into the National Recording Registry this year was the 1975 live album The Koln Concert, which consists of more than an hour of improvised piano and is the best-selling jazz album in history.  Which pianist recorded this album?

Keith Jarrett

5.

2025 saw the 1000th anniversary of The Canon of Medicine.  Which Persian polymath of the Islamic Golden Age wrote it?

Avicenna / Ibn Sinna

6.

2025 also saw the 1000th anniversary of the death of Basil Porphyrogenitus, known as 'The Bulgar-Slayer'.  Of which polity was he the ruler for more than 60 years?

Byzantine Empire

7.

Sarah Snook won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Actress for portraying all 26 characters in which play?  Those characters included Lord Henry Wotton and the painter Basil Hallward.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

8.

John Lithgow won the 2025 Olivier Award for his performance in Giant, where he portrayed which writer confronting allegations of antisemitism?

Roald Dahl

Sp.

In July 2025, Professor Michelle Dougherty became the first woman to hold which position, which was created by Charles II in 1675 with the aim of discovering how to determine longitude at sea?

Astronomer Royal

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ROUND 5 - Run-ons

1.

 A British pop band led by Withington resident Paul Heaton;

&

a sovereign state which declared its independence in 2011, with its capital at Juba.

The Beautiful South /

South Sudan

2.

Victorian magazine edited by Charles Dickens in which he serialised Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities;

&

and a radio quiz show hosted by Kirsty Lang.

All the Year Round /

Round Britain Quiz

3.

A former bag-carrier for Russian oligarchs who is now ubiquitously present on the BBC;

&

an author, born James, whose works include The Pax Britannica Trilogy and Trieste: The Meaning of Nowhere

Amol Rajan /

Jan Morris

4.

1992 album by R.E.M. featuring the songs Everybody Hurts and Man on the Moon;

&

the official name of the Chinese military.

Automatic for the People /

People’s Liberation Army

5.

2017 book by David Grann about a murderous oil scandal in 1920s Oklahoma, recently adapted for the screen;

&

the colloquial name for the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification.

Killers of the Flower Moon/

Moonies

6.

1970 William Friedkin film, one of the first Hollywood productions to feature prominent gay characters;

&

1973 album recorded mostly in Lagos.

The Boys in the Band / Band on the Run

7.

An event proclaimed by Francis Fukuyama after the collapse of the USSR;

&

a 2005 film by David Cronenberg, starring Viggo Mortensen, the last Hollywood production to be released on VHS.

The End of (A) History /

History of Violence

8.

A secret society founded by the law professor Adam Weishaupt in Bavaria in 1776;

&

a singer who, according to an infamous New York Post headline of 2007, was beaten to death by her husband.

The Illuminati /

Tina Turner

Sp.

Royal dynasty which took its name from the shrub known as the French bloom;

&

the surname of a world leader who is subject to a 2024 arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court.

Plantagenet /

Netanyahu

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ROUND 6 - Announced theme

20 people have appeared on the reverse of banknotes issued by the Bank of England.

Each answer is, or contains, the surname of one such person.

1.

Which familiar radio and TV presenter, a former co-host with Adam Rutherford, is the Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge?

Hannah Fry

2.

The Loves of Plants and Zoonomia are among the works of which eighteenth-century man of learning, a prominent member of the Lunar Society?  (both names required)

Erasmus Darwin

3.

Which British politician was Chancellor of the Exchequer under Balfour and again under Lloyd George?  He subsequently won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the Treaty of Locarno.  (both names required)

Austen Chamberlain

4.

In which poem, written in 1819, does John Keats call for “a beaker full of the warm south”?

Ode to a Nightingale

5.

Which actor, the recipient of the Best Actor Oscar in 2022, turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix, instead choosing to appear in Wild Wild West?

Will Smith

6.

According to British and Irish folklore, which bird – historically known as the 'King of Birds' – is hunted on St Stephen’s Day, 26 December?

Wren

7.

The Sky Stadium, colloquially known as 'The Cake Tin', is a sports venue in which antipodean city?

Wellington

8.

In manufacturing, which six-letter word is an alternative name for a lathe operator, responsible for shaping materials on a rotating workstation?

Turner

Sp1

What is the single word title of Samuel Beckett’s second published novel?  Released in 1953, it follows the protagonist’s journey through Ireland as a manservant.

Watt

Sp2

Who was the South African Test cricket captain from 2021 to 2024?  A left-handed opening batsman, he scored more than 5,000 Test runs before retiring to play for Essex.

Dean Elgar

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ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

Given the bulge at the planet’s equator, which mountain range contains the point which is furthest from the centre of the Earth?

Andes

(in Ecuador)

2.

Which chain of Pacific islands contains the world’s tallest mountain, as measured from base to peak?

Hawaiian

(Mauna Kea)

3.

Which capital city was built in 1566 by the Knights of Saint John and named after their Grand Master?

Valletta

4.

Which former capital city, dating to the early eighteenth century, has been described as “built on bones” because of the thousands of workers who died during its construction?

St Petersburg

5.

Which classic novel in Russian, first published in full in 1880, contains a standalone story known as The Grand Inquisitor, which concerns the return of Christ to Seville, where he is tried for heresy during the Spanish Inquisition?

The Brothers Karamazov

6.

Which classic novel in Russian, first published in 1869, concludes with 24 chapters on the philosophy of history?

War and Peace

7.

Through which region of England do the rivers Churn, Coln, Leach, and Windrush flow?

Cotswolds

8.

Through which region of England do the rivers Wye, Dove, Goyt, and Dane flow?

Peak District

Sp1

Erling Haaland recently made headlines for scoring 100 Premier League goals in only 105 games - but two players have reached that milestone quicker in the English top flight, both playing for which club?

Sunderland

(Johnny Campbell, Dave Halliday)

Sp2

Who was the first foreign-born footballer to be top-scorer in an English top-flight season?  He did so for Newcastle in 1951-52.

George Robledo

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ROUND 8 - Hidden theme - 'A World at Peace'

Some answers in this round honour the theme in sound rather than spelling

1.

Which 2006 film, directed by Shane Meadows, concerns the exploits of a young group of Skinheads in the East Midlands in the early 1980s?  Three TV series about the same characters followed on Channel 4.

This is England

2.

Besides Liechtenstein, what is the only country in the world to be doubly landlocked?  (that is to say, it is landlocked on all sides by at least two countries)

Uzbekistan

3.

Which American songwriter and bandleader was known as 'The King of the Jukebox'?  Born in Arkansas in 1908, his hits include Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby, Five Guys Named Moe, and Saturday Night Fish Fry.

Louis Jordan

4.

Occurring from 7 to 9 May 1940, what name is given to the discussions in the House of Commons which resulted in Neville Chamberlain’s resignation as Prime Minister?

Norway Debate

5.

Which common medical condition, prevalent at this time of year, can be described as an inflammation of the mucous membrane in the airways and cavities of the body?

Catarrh

6.

Which seminal Liverpool punk band, which included future members of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, the KLF, and the Lightning Seeds, shared its name with a 1984 hit by the German band Alphaville?

Big in Japan

7.

Which liqueur, flavoured with the dried peel of bitter orange, occurs in Thackeray’s Vanity Fair and is an ingredient in cocktails such as the Mai Tai and the Cosmopolitan?

Curaçao

8.

Which country effectively bankrupted itself when it attempted to found a colony in Darien, in present-day Panama, between 1698 and 1700?

Scotland

Sp1

Which actor, who often appeared on Saturday night TV in the UK in the 1970s, played the lead role in the 1969 comedy film Support Your Local Sheriff?

James Garner

Sp2

According to one of the numbers in the 1951 musical Royal Wedding, which was released in the UK as Wedding Bells, where did Fred Astaire leave his hat?

Haiti

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a country that has qualified for the 2026 World Cup ...

and who were therefore present to see The Donald crowned as Rex Pacificus.

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