ROUND 1 - Pairs

1.

Which surname links a member of the current Cabinet, a former Taoiseach and a Hollywood star whose films include Singin’ In The Rain?

2.

Which surname links a member of the current Cabinet, a singer who’s been dubbed ‘The Godfather of Shock Rock’ and a Hollywood star whose films include A Star Is Born?

3.

There are only two South American countries that don’t have a border with Brazil.  One is Chile. What is the other?

4.

Which country borders only Brazil and Argentina?

5.

Which actor has been nominated for an Oscar on 8 occasions but has never won?  She shares the record for the most unsuccessful actor nominations with Peter O’Toole.  Her most recent unsuccessful nomination was in 2021 for playing the grandmother of J D Vance in the film adaptation of Hillbilly Elegy so perhaps any sympathy should be muted.

6.

In 1973 the film Cabaret won 8 Oscars but missed out on the Best Picture award.  It holds the record for the most Oscars won by a film without also being awarded Best Picture.  Which film was voted Best Picture that year?

7.

Who was the last English manager to win the FA Cup?

8.

Which was the last team from outside the big five European leagues (England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain) to win the Champions League?

Sp1

It was abolished in the UK in 1963, in France in 1996, in Spain in 2001 and in Germany in 2011.  It still exists in ten European countries including Denmark, Finland, Greece and Norway.  What is it?

Sp2

Which US state has had nine different capitals in its history including Ebenezer, Macon and Savannah?

Go to Round 1 questions with answers

ROUND 2 - Finding Nepo

1.

She has vociferously defended those who piggyback on their parents’ success on the back of which she has recorded five albums and also been an occasional screen actor.  Her albums include It’s Not Me, It’s You and West End Girl.  Who is she?

2.

Showbiz is, of course, where you find most nepo babies.  This one is the daughter of a star ranked as the eighth greatest by the American Film Institute.  She is indisputably stunningly talented in her own right, as evidenced by her being an EGOT winner.  Her personal life has also rather mimicked that of her mother.  Who is she?

3.

A contender for the first nepo baby to achieve a position beyond his talents in the twentieth century, it is believed that he got the job because his uncle was his immediate predecessor.  This arrangement gave us the phrase 'Bob’s your uncle'.  Who was he?

4.

This TV historian does seem to have some talent and ability for his chosen job.  Being the brother-in-law of the Duke of Westminster and a great, great grandson of David Lloyd George probably didn’t do him any harm either.  Who is he?

5.

She has recently given up a TV job in which she was watched by millions in order to take up another TV job in which she is watched by millions.  She is considered by many to be a national treasure though others are unable to stomach her presence on our screens.  Her nepo status comes from her mother who succeeded in a different but related field and her half-sister married to a minor royal.  Who is she?

6.

This actor is the great grandson of the physician who hastened the death of George V by administering a fatal dose of morphine and cocaine in order that the King’s passing would happen in time to make the morning papers.  The actor has recently played an ancestor of George V on screen where he was upstaged by Mark Rylance.  Who is the actor?

7.

She has made her name in a similar field to her father, but at one remove.  She now has a top job on Saturday nights where she tries very hard to remain impartial.  Who is she?

8.

He has broken just about every record there is, pursuing a career in the same field as his father.  Still only 25 he will surpass his dad on the world stage this year.  Who is he?

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ROUND 3 - Hidden theme

... with the usual caveats

1.

What name links the second largest island in the Caribbean and a fictional ship captained by Alexander Smollett?

2.

With a capacity of 82,300 it is the fourth largest stadium in Europe.  It is the largest in Europe not to regularly host football matches.  Some football matches took place there between 2007 and 2010 but this provoked considerable controversy at the time.  What is this stadium’s name?

3.

With over 60,000 volunteers it is the largest volunteer-led crime prevention charity in England and Wales.  What is its name?

4.

What is a loudspeaker designed to produce low frequency sounds commonly known as?

5.

What word derived from Appalachian slang describes an informal musical event often featuring folk music and audience participation?

6.

What word is used for the style of Gothic architecture used in England in the 14th and 15th centuries characterised by large windows, four-centred arches and fan vaulting?  The most famous example of this architectural style is King’s College Chapel in Cambridge.

7.

Which Number One hit of July 1969 begins with the sound of a cow bell?

8.

Which English county hosts more Group 1 flat horse races than any other?

Sp1

In 2014 he was elected chair of the parliamentary Select Committee for Defence.  He was the youngest chair of a select committee in parliamentary history.  In 2019 he unsuccessfully stood as candidate for the leadership of the Conservative Party and resigned as an MP later that year.  Who is he?

Sp2

Which 18th Century satirical song begins with the words: “In Good King Charles’ golden time, when loyalty no harm meant, a zealous high churchman was I, and so I gained preferment”?  It inspired a 1937 film starring Stanley Holloway although bizarrely the film was set in Ireland rather than England.

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ROUND 4 - 'Classical links'

Each question requires a single word answer which connects the first part of the question (always classical music/opera) with the second part.

1.

Which word connects a work for piano and orchestra first performed in New York in 1924 conducted by Paul Whiteman and one of Captain Scarlet’s Angels?

2.

Which name connects the forename of the composer of the Operas Lulu and Wozzeck and a cathedral city in the Home Counties?

3.

Which forename is shared by the composer of the Organ Symphony and the artist Pissarro?

4.

What word connects the English translation of the piece of music known in German as An die Freude and a novel by Amy Tan?

5.

Which word connects Schumann’s 1st Symphony and a song containing the lines “Don’t be stupid, be a smarty.  Come and join the Nazi Party.”?

6.

Which word connects an opera by Puccini and a concept in chaos theory coined by Edward Lorenz?

7.

Which name connects an opera by Schoenberg and the 400m hurdles gold medallist in 1976 and 1984?

8.

Which word connects Haydn’s 101st Symphony and a book film featuring a bunch of thugs called the Droogs?

Sp.

What word connects an opera by Verdi and one of Captain Scarlet’s Angels?

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ROUND 5 - Pairs

1.

Tom Pidcock, Bryony Page, Katy Marchant, Ellie Aldridge and Sholto Carnegie, amongst others, achieved what status at a similar time?  They are part of the smallest cohort to achieve this status for twenty years.

2.

Which actor has played all the following people on screen: Lee Harvey Oswald, Ludwig van Beethoven, Winston Churchill, Harry S Truman, Herman J Mankiewicz and Sid Vicious?

3.

Which wholly European country shares a border with the most other European countries?

4.

The Man Within (1929), The Name of Action (1930), Rumour at Nightfall (1931) and Stamboul Train (1932) are the first four published novels by which writer?

5.

Which actor has played all the following people or parts on screen: Phileas Fogg, Hades, Tony Wilson, Jimmy Savile, Stan Laurel, Samuel Pepys and Mick McCarthy?

6.

What links Fabio Wardley, Lewis Crocker, Ellie Scotney, Nick Ball, Terri Harper, Caroline Dubois, Dalton Smith, Lauren Price and Jazza Dickens?

7.

The Voyage Out (1915), Night and Day (1919) and Jacob’s Room (1922) are the first three published novels by which writer?

8.

The shortest land border in the world is 85 metres long.  Between which two inter continental neighbours is it?

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ROUND 6 - 'I hope my meaning won’t be lost or misconstrued'

1.

What short name links a character in the film Blade Runner, the author of The God of Small Things and an England cricketer best known for his batting in ODIs and T20Is?

2.

What name is given to the liquid clay mixture used in pottery to join and decorate pieces prior to them being fired in a kiln?

3.

With a population of ~2500, in June 2022 which settlement became the fourth British overseas city, (after Gibraltar, Jamestown and Hamilton) marking a significant anniversary?

4.

Which historical figure, who died in battle in 1632, was known as 'The Lion of the North'?

5.

Which English golfer won the Open in 1969, and the US Open in 1970?  He captained the European Ryder Cup team on four occasions, winning two and tying another.

6.

Which square lies between Vine Street and Strand on a UK Monopoly board?

7.

The world’s heaviest flying bird became extinct in the UK around 1832, but has been successfully reintroduced on Salisbury plain where is now a small breeding population.  What is this bird?

8.

What short name links an actor and comedian who played the title role in BBC2’s The Witchfinder in 2022, a former Test cricketer who is currently the managing director of the England Men’s team and an English name often given to the Ankh hieroglyphic?

Sp1

What widely grown crop with the Latin name humulus lupulus, has varieties including Mosaic, Fuggles and Saaz?

Sp2

Which 1957 SF/horror film was dubbed “the worst film ever made” in 1980, but has subsequently been described as “the epitome of so-bad-it’s-good cinema”?

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ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

Which EFL football club plays its home matches at Highbury?

2.

Philip Marlowe and Nurse Mills were characters in which 1986 BBC drama serial?

3.

Jack Ford and Jessie Seaton were characters in which BBC drama series which ran from 1976 to 1981?

4.

What is the most populous city on the island of Corsica?

5.

A cuboid is 2cm x 3cm x 6cm.  What is the length of the diagonal from one corner to the corner furthest away from it?

6.

Which EFL club plays its home matches at St James Park?

7.

What is the most populous city on the island of Sardinia?

8.

What is the distance between the coordinates (-1, 2) and (2, 6)?  Ignore units of length.

Sp.

Arthur Parker and the Accordion Man were characters in which 1978 BBC serial?

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ROUND 8 - Pairs

1.

The last time a British Prime Minister represented a constituency located in a major city other than London was almost fifty years ago.  In which city was his constituency located?

2.

Until 1970, Royal Navy sailors over the age of 20 were marked in the ship’s books as either 'T' or 'G'.  Those marked 'T' received an additional threepence a day pay; those marked 'G' did not.  What did 'T' and 'G' stand for?

3.

General Sir Richard Hull held a position from 1961 to April 1964.  He kept the position but with an reduced title for a further eight months until February 1965.  Perhaps to compensate he was appointed Field Marshal shortly afterwards.  What was his original non-reduced title?

4.

A Run-on with a tweak - as ever there may be leeway with soundalikes.

Give the name of the virus which could fit between these two:

• Died, suspiciously, New York, 10th August 2019;

• Born Hawaii (occasionally disputed) 4th August 1961.

5.

The highest point in Cornwall gives its name to a meteorological phenomenon where heavy showers develop over the high ground and then travel a considerable distance downwind.  This effect is thought to have been a major cause of the disastrous flooding of Boscastle in 2004.  What is the name of this hill/tor?

6.

On Monday where exactly did Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow?

7.

Another Run-on with a tweak; ignore the middle name in the answer, only the first and last surnames are required.

Give the name of the mathematical formula, used from time to time in cricket, which could fit between these two:

• Fictional TV family who lived at number 9;

• Real life accountant played on screen by Ben Kingsley.

8.

Other than James Callaghan and the earlier Arthur Balfour (Manchester East) only two Prime Ministers have represented a constituency located in a major city other than London.  Name either Prime Minister.

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ROUND 1 - Pairs

1.

Which surname links a member of the current Cabinet, a former Taoiseach and a Hollywood star whose films include Singin’ In The Rain?

Reynolds

(Emma, Albert and Debbie)

2.

Which surname links a member of the current Cabinet, a singer who’s been dubbed ‘The Godfather of Shock Rock’ and a Hollywood star whose films include A Star Is Born?

Cooper

(Yvette, Alice and Bradley)

3.

There are only two South American countries that don’t have a border with Brazil.  One is Chile. What is the other?

Ecuador

4.

Which country borders only Brazil and Argentina?

Uruguay

5.

Which actor has been nominated for an Oscar on 8 occasions but has never won?  She shares the record for the most unsuccessful actor nominations with Peter O’Toole.  Her most recent unsuccessful nomination was in 2021 for playing the grandmother of J D Vance in the film adaptation of Hillbilly Elegy so perhaps any sympathy should be muted.

Glenn Close

6.

In 1973 the film Cabaret won 8 Oscars but missed out on the Best Picture award.  It holds the record for the most Oscars won by a film without also being awarded Best Picture.  Which film was voted Best Picture that year?

The Godfather

7.

Who was the last English manager to win the FA Cup?

Harry Redknapp

(Portsmouth in 2008)

8.

Which was the last team from outside the big five European leagues (England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain) to win the Champions League?

Porto

(in 2004)

Sp1

It was abolished in the UK in 1963, in France in 1996, in Spain in 2001 and in Germany in 2011.  It still exists in ten European countries including Denmark, Finland, Greece and Norway.  What is it?

Conscription

Sp2

Which US state has had nine different capitals in its history including Ebenezer, Macon and Savannah?

Georgia

ROUND 2 - Finding Nepo

1.

She has vociferously defended those who piggyback on their parents’ success on the back of which she has recorded five albums and also been an occasional screen actor.  Her albums include It’s Not Me, It’s You and West End Girl.  Who is she?

Lily Allen

(father Keith Allen)

2.

Showbiz is, of course, where you find most nepo babies.  This one is the daughter of a star ranked as the eighth greatest by the American Film Institute.  She is indisputably stunningly talented in her own right, as evidenced by her being an EGOT winner.  Her personal life has also rather mimicked that of her mother.  Who is she?

Liza Minnelli

(daughter of Judy Garland)

3.

A contender for the first nepo baby to achieve a position beyond his talents in the twentieth century, it is believed that he got the job because his uncle was his immediate predecessor.  This arrangement gave us the phrase 'Bob’s your uncle'.  Who was he?

Arther Balfour

(Prime Minister from 1902 to 1905, preceded by his uncle, Robert Cecil, Marquis of Salisbury)

4.

This TV historian does seem to have some talent and ability for his chosen job.  Being the brother-in-law of the Duke of Westminster and a great, great grandson of David Lloyd George probably didn’t do him any harm either.  Who is he?

Dan Snow

5.

She has recently given up a TV job in which she was watched by millions in order to take up another TV job in which she is watched by millions.  She is considered by many to be a national treasure though others are unable to stomach her presence on our screens.  Her nepo status comes from her mother who succeeded in a different but related field and her half-sister married to a minor royal.  Who is she?

Claudia Winkleman(

(daughter of Eve Pollard, former editor of the Sunday Mirror and the Sunday Express - the half sister married an obscure Kent)

6.

This actor is the great grandson of the physician who hastened the death of George V by administering a fatal dose of morphine and cocaine in order that the King’s passing would happen in time to make the morning papers.  The actor has recently played an ancestor of George V on screen where he was upstaged by Mark Rylance.  Who is the actor?

Damien Lewis

(as Henry VIII)

7.

She has made her name in a similar field to her father, but at one remove.  She now has a top job on Saturday nights where she tries very hard to remain impartial.  Who is she?

Kelly Cates or Gaby Logan - both fit the definition

(daughters of Kenny Dalglish and Terry Yorath respectively)

8.

He has broken just about every record there is, pursuing a career in the same field as his father.  Still only 25 he will surpass his dad on the world stage this year.  Who is he?

Erling Haaland

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ROUND 3 - Hidden theme

... with the usual caveats

1.

What name links the second largest island in the Caribbean and a fictional ship captained by Alexander Smollett?

Hispaniola

2.

With a capacity of 82,300 it is the fourth largest stadium in Europe.  It is the largest in Europe not to regularly host football matches.  Some football matches took place there between 2007 and 2010 but this provoked considerable controversy at the time.  What is this stadium’s name?

Croke Park

(in Dublin)

3.

With over 60,000 volunteers it is the largest volunteer-led crime prevention charity in England and Wales.  What is its name?

Neighbourhood Watch

4.

What is a loudspeaker designed to produce low frequency sounds commonly known as?

Woofer

5.

What word derived from Appalachian slang describes an informal musical event often featuring folk music and audience participation?

Hootenanny

6.

What word is used for the style of Gothic architecture used in England in the 14th and 15th centuries characterised by large windows, four-centred arches and fan vaulting?  The most famous example of this architectural style is King’s College Chapel in Cambridge.

Perpendicular

7.

Which Number One hit of July 1969 begins with the sound of a cow bell?

Honky Tonk Women

(by The Rolling Stones)

8.

Which English county hosts more Group 1 flat horse races than any other?

Berkshire

(Ascot and Newbury host 14 of the 35 Group 1 races a season)

Sp1

In 2014 he was elected chair of the parliamentary Select Committee for Defence.  He was the youngest chair of a select committee in parliamentary history.  In 2019 he unsuccessfully stood as candidate for the leadership of the Conservative Party and resigned as an MP later that year.  Who is he?

Rory Stewart

Sp2

Which 18th Century satirical song begins with the words: “In Good King Charles’ golden time, when loyalty no harm meant, a zealous high churchman was I, and so I gained preferment”?  It inspired a 1937 film starring Stanley Holloway although bizarrely the film was set in Ireland rather than England.

The Vicar of Bray

Theme: Each answer contains a word used to describe the sound made by an animal ...

hiss, croak, neigh, woof, hoot, purr, honk, bark, roar and bray  

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ROUND 4 - 'Classical links'

Each question requires a single word answer which connects the first part of the question (always classical music/opera) with the second part.

All words are English except for forenames.

Usual caveats i.e. words within words and ignore definite articles.

1.

Which word connects a work for piano and orchestra first performed in New York in 1924 conducted by Paul Whiteman and one of Captain Scarlet’s Angels?

Rhapsody

(Rhapsody in Blue and Rhapsody Angel)

2.

Which name connects the forename of the composer of the Operas Lulu and Wozzeck and a cathedral city in the Home Counties?

Alban

(Alban Berg and St Albans)

3.

Which forename is shared by the composer of the Organ Symphony and the artist Pissarro

 Camille

(Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns - usually just called Camille)

4.

What word connects the English translation of the piece of music known in German as An die Freude and a novel by Amy Tan?

Joy

(Ode to Joy and Joy Luck Club)

5.

Which word connects Schumann’s 1st Symphony and a song containing the lines “Don’t be stupid, be a smarty.  Come and join the Nazi Party.”?

Spring or Springtime

(Spring Symphony and Springtime for Hitler)

6.

Which word connects an opera by Puccini and a concept in chaos theory coined by Edward Lorenz?

Butterfly

(Madame Butterfly and Butterfly Effect)

7.

Which name connects an opera by Schoenberg and the 400m hurdles gold medallist in 1976 and 1984?

Moses

(Moses and Aaron and Edwin Moses)

8.

Which word connects Haydn’s 101st Symphony and a book film featuring a bunch of thugs called the Droogs?

Clock or Clockwork

(Clock Symphony and Clockwork Orange)

Sp.

What word connects an opera by Verdi and one of Captain Scarlet’s Angels?

Destiny

(Force of Destiny and Destiny Angel)

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ROUND 5 - Pairs

1.

Tom Pidcock, Bryony Page, Katy Marchant, Ellie Aldridge and Sholto Carnegie, amongst others, achieved what status at a similar time?  They are part of the smallest cohort to achieve this status for twenty years.

They were all British Olympic gold medallists at the 2024 games

2.

Which actor has played all the following people on screen: Lee Harvey Oswald, Ludwig van Beethoven, Winston Churchill, Harry S Truman, Herman J Mankiewicz and Sid Vicious?

Gary Oldman

3.

Which wholly European country shares a border with the most other European countries?

Germany

(9: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland)

4.

The Man Within (1929), The Name of Action (1930), Rumour at Nightfall (1931) and Stamboul Train (1932) are the first four published novels by which writer?

Graham Greene

5.

Which actor has played all the following people or parts on screen: Phileas Fogg, Hades, Tony Wilson, Jimmy Savile, Stan Laurel, Samuel Pepys and Mick McCarthy?

Steve Coogan

6.

What links Fabio Wardley, Lewis Crocker, Ellie Scotney, Nick Ball, Terri Harper, Caroline Dubois, Dalton Smith, Lauren Price and Jazza Dickens?

They are the current British world boxing champions

7.

The Voyage Out (1915), Night and Day (1919) and Jacob’s Room (1922) are the first three published novels by which writer?

Virginia Woolf

8.

The shortest land border in the world is 85 metres long.  Between which two inter continental neighbours is it?

Spain and Morocco

(Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera connected to the Moroccan shore by a sandy isthmus)

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ROUND 6 - Hidden theme - 'I hope my meaning won’t be lost or misconstrued'

1.

What short name links a character in the film Blade Runner, the author of The God of Small Things and an England cricketer best known for his batting in ODIs and T20Is?

Roy

(Roy Batty, Arundati Roy and Jason Roy)

2.

What name is given to the liquid clay mixture used in pottery to join and decorate pieces prior to them being fired in a kiln?

Slip

(also accept clay slurry, but in that case say, “or slip”)

3.

With a population of ~2500, in June 2022 which settlement became the fourth British overseas city, (after Gibraltar, Jamestown and Hamilton) marking a significant anniversary?

Stanley

(or Port Stanley)

4.

Which historical figure, who died in battle in 1632, was known as 'The Lion of the North'?

Gustavus Adolphus

(King of Sweden)

5.

Which English golfer won the Open in 1969, and the US Open in 1970?  He captained the European Ryder Cup team on four occasions, winning two and tying another.

Tony Jacklin

6.

Which square lies between Vine Street and Strand on a UK Monopoly board?

Free Parking

7.

The world’s heaviest flying bird became extinct in the UK around 1832, but has been successfully reintroduced on Salisbury plain where is now a small breeding population.  What is this bird?

Great Bustard

8.

What short name links an actor and comedian who played the title role in BBC2’s The Witchfinder in 2022, a former Test cricketer who is currently the managing director of the England Men’s team and an English name often given to the Ankh hieroglyphic?

Key

(Tim Key, Rob Key and the Key of Life)

Sp1

What widely grown crop with the Latin name humulus lupulus, has varieties including Mosaic, Fuggles and Saaz?

Hops

Sp2

Which 1957 SF/horror film was dubbed “the worst film ever made” in 1980, but has subsequently been described as “the epitome of so-bad-it’s-good cinema”?

Plan 9 From Outer Space

Theme: Each answer refers to the advice given by Paul Simon in 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, and the intended recipients of that advice

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ROUND 7 - Pairs

1.

Which EFL football club plays its home matches at Highbury?

Fleetwood Town

(accept Fleetwood)

2.

Philip Marlowe and Nurse Mills were characters in which 1986 BBC drama serial?

The Singing Detective

3.

Jack Ford and Jessie Seaton were characters in which BBC drama series which ran from 1976 to 1981?

When the Boat Comes In

4.

What is the most populous city on the island of Corsica?

Ajaccio

5.

A cuboid is 2cm x 3cm x 6cm.  What is the length of the diagonal from one corner to the corner furthest away from it?

7cm

(give the mark even if the units are left off)

(3d Pythagoras:

 √(2² + 3² + 6²))

6.

Which EFL club plays its home matches at St James Park?

Exeter City

(accept Exeter)

7.

What is the most populous city on the island of Sardinia?

Cagliari

8.

What is the distance between the coordinates (-1, 2) and (2, 6)?  Ignore units of length.

5

(Use Pythagoras - the distance between the x-coordinates is 3 and the difference between the y-coordinates is 4)

Sp.

Arthur Parker and the Accordion Man were characters in which 1978 BBC serial?

Pennies from Heaven

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ROUND 8 - Pairs

1.

The last time a British Prime Minister represented a constituency located in a major city other than London was almost fifty years ago.  In which city was his constituency located?

Cardiff

(James Callaghan, Cardiff South East)

2.

Until 1970, Royal Navy sailors over the age of 20 were marked in the ship’s books as either 'T' or 'G'.  Those marked 'T' received an additional threepence a day pay; those marked 'G' did not.  What did 'T' and 'G' stand for?

Temperance and Grog

3.

General Sir Richard Hull held a position from 1961 to April 1964.  He kept the position but with an reduced title for a further eight months until February 1965.  Perhaps to compensate he was appointed Field Marshal shortly afterwards.  What was his original non-reduced title?

Chief of the Imperial General Staff

4.

A Run-on with a tweak - as ever there may be leeway with soundalikes.

Give the name of the virus which could fit between these two:

• Died, suspiciously, New York, 10th August 2019;

• Born Hawaii (occasionally disputed) 4th August 1961.

Epstein-Barr

(Jeffrey Epstein and Barack Obama)

5.

The highest point in Cornwall gives its name to a meteorological phenomenon where heavy showers develop over the high ground and then travel a considerable distance downwind.  This effect is thought to have been a major cause of the disastrous flooding of Boscastle in 2004.  What is the name of this hill/tor?

Brown Willy

6.

On Monday where exactly did Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow?

Gobbler’s Knob, Pennsylvania

(accept Gobbler’s Knob but not just Pennsylvania – or Punxsutawney obviously - Monday was Groundhog Day)

7.

Another Run-on with a tweak; ignore the middle name in the answer, only the first and last surnames are required.

Give the name of the mathematical formula, used from time to time in cricket, which could fit between these two:

• Fictional TV family who lived at number 9;

• Real life accountant played on screen by Ben Kingsley.

Duckworth (Lewis) Stern

(The Duckworth family from Coronation Street and Itzhak Stern)

8.

Other than James Callaghan and the earlier Arthur Balfour (Manchester East) only two Prime Ministers have represented a constituency located in a major city other than London.  Name either Prime Minister.

Neville Chamberlain (Birmingham Edgbaston)

or Andrew Bonar Law (Glasgow Central.)

Huyton (Harold Wilson) was outside the city boundaries of Liverpool and similarly Midlothian (William Gladstone) did not include the city of Edinburgh

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