ROUND 1 - Stockport format - Verbal

1.

Which archipelago's sixth largest island is Sado?

2.

Which UK author's publications include First Love Last Rites in 1975 and Solar in 2010?

3.

In which long running BBC radio comedy are panellists challenged by Jack Dee to sing the words of one song to the tune of another?

4.

Which physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1965, was also famous for playing the bongos?

5.

By what name is the writer Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, born in 1622, better known?

6.

Name the English Midlands town in which Sir Robert Peel made a speech in 1834, often regarded as the founding manifesto of the Conservative party.

7.

Name the eleventh century hero celebrated in a 1632 stage play by Pierre Corneille and a 1961 film starring Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren.

8.

 Which English poet wrote this couplet:

"Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night,
God said Let Newton be! and all was light."?

9.

The English record for most league goals scored in a single football season is 60.  Who scored all those goals in 1927-28?

10.

In 1858 which pair of British explorers were the first Europeans to reach Lake Tanganyika?  (surnames will suffice)

11.

Which London Underground line connects a namesake for Rishi Sunak's constituency with a coarse term for mental illness?

12.

Which poisonous substance can be produced in (thankfully) small amounts if apple seeds are eaten?

13.

Pretzel was the original name of which popular party game?

14.

Which seventeenth century Dutch philosopher, author of the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus, earned his living as a lens grinder?

15.

Name the composer whose film scores include The Draughtsman's Contract in 1982 and The Piano in 1993.

16.

Which country's sixth largest river is called The Sado?

17.

Which UK author's publications include The Giant O'Brien in 1998 and Beyond Black in 2005?

18.

Which BBC Radio DJ's show featured a quiz called Popmaster?  He took it with him when he left.

19.

Which physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1933, went to the same Bristol primary school as Archie Leach AKA Cary Grant?

20.

Born 1518 in Venice as Jacopo Robusti, the son of a dyer, by what name is this artist better known?

21.

In 1977, which UK parliamentary constituency (represented by Tam Dalyell) gave its name to the issue of whether Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish MPs should be able to vote on matters that affect only England.

22.

Which knight of King Arthur's round table lends his name to a 14th century narrative poem in middle English?  Simon Armitage published a modern translation in 2007.

23.

Which English poet wrote this couplet:

"The atoms of Democritus and Newton's particles of light
Are sands upon the Red Sea shore where Israel's tents do shine so bright."?

24.

The English record for biggest winning margin in a Football League game is 13-nil in 1946 and 1934 respectively.  Name either of the two winning clubs.

25.

Starting in 1760, which pair of British explorers surveyed the disputed boundaries between the colonies of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, lending their names to a famous line?  (surnames will suffice)

26.

Sherlock's home, and Loxodonta and a fortification, are connected by which London underground line?

27.

The leaves of which plant contain toxic amounts of oxalic acid, although the stalks are a popular food?

28.

Name the widely used app, founded in 2012, that was originally called Matchbox.

29.

Name the 18th and 19th century utilitarian philosopher whose skeleton is on display at University College London.

30.

Name the contemporary composer, also a band member of Radiohead, whose film scores include There Will Be Blood in 2007 and We Need to Talk About Kevin in 2011.

Sp1

Known for its pink beaches and large lizards, which Indonesian island measures 291 square kilometres and is 1419 km away from Jakarta?

Sp2

In the 1992 novel Lords and Ladies, which UK author summed up cosmology as follows:

"In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded."?

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ROUND 2 - Stockport format - Written - "It all adds up"

Each answer contains a number.  After the tenth question has been read out, you will be given a number.  All your answers need to add up to that number - but there's a catch: we are treating the numbers in each answer as individual digits for this sum.  For example, if your answer is the year 1972, you add up 1+9+7+2 which equals 19.  If the answer is 101 Dalmatians, you add up 1+0+1 which equals 2.

The total to be read out after Q10 is 75

1.

According to The Music Man, what led the Big Parade?

2.

In which novel of 1967 did Colonel Aureliano Buendia father 17 sons, all called Aureliano Buendia, by 17 different women?

3.

If you throw a ‘Big Fish’ in darts, how many points will you score?

4.

In the 1990’s which product increased its sales 20-fold with the help of, Marvin Gaye, Stiltskin, The Clash, Babylon Zoo and Shaggy?

5.

In June 1994, Brian Lara made the highest ever score in first class cricket, playing for Warwickshire against Durham.  How many runs did Lara put on the board?

6.

Taken from the David Bowie Album Station to Station, which song was allegedly inspired by Iggy Pop’s drug induced hallucination of his girlfriend being eaten by a television?

7.

In which novel of 1953 does Guy Montag make his living as a fireman who burns books?

8.

In which year was Charles the First of England executed for treason?

9.

Which album by which Seattle Grunge band was released in 1991 and features the songs Jeremy, Black, and Alive?  (we need both band and album names for the points)

10.

According to Leporello in the Mozart aria Madamina il Catalg e Questo, how many romantic conquests did Don Giovanni have in Spain?

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ROUND 3 - WithQuiz format - 'Classic film run-ons'

Each question provides clues to two much-loved old movie titles that run into each other and overlap.

Usual WithQuiz caveats apply (i.e. overlapping text may be part of a longer word, and may be pronounced the same but not necessarily spelt the same)

1.

Chilling 1973 thriller set mostly in Venice and based upon a short story by Daphne du Maurier,
AND
1942 Bette Davis movie that takes its title from Walt Whitman's poem The Untold Want.

2.

1942 film which was Orson Welles’s follow-up to Citizen Kane, a period drama about the fortunes of a wealthy Midwestern family,
AND
This 1933 film’s title was adopted by fans of the movie’s two stars to form an international organisation devoted to their work.

3.

1953 film directed by Fred Zinnemann in which Frank Sinatra played Private Angelo Maggio and won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
AND
1956 film about the post-war US occupation of Okinawa, starring Marlon Brando in a problematic yellowface role - its title suggests somewhere you could get a brew on a late summer’s evening.

4.

1934 romantic comedy starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert - the first film to win the 'big five' Academy Awards,
AND
1957 British horror film starring Dana Andrews, a flop at the time, but now regarded as one of the great horror movies - in 1985, Kate Bush sampled a line of its dialogue on her single Hounds of Love: “It’s in the trees! It’s coming!”

5.

1951 US sci-fi film in which Klaatu and Gort come to Earth to spread peace and goodwill, remade in 2008 with Keanu Reeves,
AND
1957 British film about the abduction of a German officer in Crete during World War II, based on the real-life exploits of Patrick Leigh Fermor.

6.

This 1966 spy thriller was the second in which Michael Caine played Harry Palmer,
AND
1942 patriotic Noel Coward film, apparently inspired by Lord Louis Mountbatten’s exploits during the battle of Crete.

7.

1940 satirical film banned in several countries because of its political content - in recent years, the final speech has been sampled in more than 40 songs and used by U2 and Coldplay in live performances,
AND
Repetitively titled 1970 film about the events leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941.

8.

1968 Hammer horror starring Christopher Lee as Nicholas, the Duc de Richelieu,
AND
1976 revisionist Western with Clint Eastwood in the title role as a farmer turned soldier who develops a fearsome reputation as a gunfighter.

Sp.

1948 US film noir starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson and Lauren Bacall - it told of a stormy night in a Florida hotel and later inspired a song by Rupert Holmes,
AND
1940 American comedy-western that shares its title with a 1979 song by the Village People, later performed by the Pet Shop Boys.

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ROUND 4 - WithQuiz format - Given theme

Each answer contains the name of a big cat

1.

 “Of course he has a knife, he always has a knife, we all have knives. It's 1183 and we're barbarians."  Katharine Hepburn spoke these lines in which film of 1968?

2.

Which Italian novel of 1958 concerns the Risorgimento and the absorption of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies into the Italian state?

3.

Which German sportswear brand were the sponsors of the American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos when they performed the Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympic Games?

4.

Red Bull entered Formula 1 in 2005 when they bought out which Milton Keynes-based constructor, who had raced in green and white?

5.

In the 2004 comedy Anchorman, which aftershave, illegal in nine countries, comes with the slogan: “60% of the time, it works every time”.

6.

Which two-word term, originating from a Morgan Stanley report in 1994, was used to describe the booming Irish economy from the mid-90s until the 2008 crash?

7.

Which US singer-songwriter had hits in the 1980s with Pink Houses and Jack and Diane?

8.

Which French brand of grooming products, owned by Unilever, is marketed in the United States and continental Europe as Axe?

Sp.

Which professional rugby team, formerly competitors in Super Rugby and the European Pro14 competitions, is based in Bloemfontein, South Africa?

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ROUND 5 - WithQuiz format - Pairs

1.

Silesia and Masuria are regions in which European country?

2.

Carinthia and Styria are regions in which other European country?

3.

Which political leader won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize and gave the medal to Donald Trump?

4.

Who is the only other person to have received a Nobel Prize medal second-hand?  He received the Literature medal from the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun in 1943.

5.

The resignation of which Labour MP has given rise to the forthcoming by-election in Manchester Gorton and Denton?

6.

Which former academic and right-wing talk-show pundit is the Reform UK candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election?

7.

Which UK national newspaper was bought by Tortoise Media and relaunched in 2025?

8.

Name the British weekly magazine that was bought by right wing billionaire Paul Marshall in 2024 who appointed Michael Gove as editor.

Sp1

Which billionaire, who made his fortune through importing European luxury goods to Canada, is the owner of the Aston Martin Formula 1 team?

Sp2

Lawrence Stroll recently signed which legendary Formula 1 car designer to Aston Martin?  He is now the team principal.

Sp3

Which horror film, directed by Ryan Coogler, set a new Oscars record when it received 16 nominations for this year’s awards?

Sp4

One Battle After Another has received 13 nominations for this year’s Academy Awards.  Who directed it?

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ROUND 6 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme

Where a full name is needed both first name and surname must be supplied

1.

Which English composer's operas include A Child of Our Time in 1944 and The Knot Garden in 1970?

2.

About which contemporary writer did Ernest Hemingway say that not being influenced by him would be like “passing through a great blizzard and not feeling its cold”?  The political views of the scribe in question overshadowed his literary legacy.

3.

Which Irish actor, best known for his role in TV show the IT Crowd and 2011 film Bridesmaids, has been married to Scottish writer and TV presenter Dawn Porter since 2012?

4.

What was the name of the spin-off show from the 1970s US comedy TV series Soap?  It starred Robert Guillaume in the title role of a sarcastic butler?

5.

Which 1946 Willam Wyler film, which won multiple Academy Awards, shares it title with a top 10 UK hit from 1982 by the group Modern Romance?

6.

Who represented Great Britain in successive Winter Olympics in 1952 (Oslo) and 1956 (Cortina) but found fame off the slopes when he reached the UK top 10 in 1969 with the theme song from The Thomas Crown Affair?

7.

Which oil painting by the French artist Theodore Gericault depicts the aftermath of the wreck of a French naval frigate which ran aground on 2nd July 1816?  The Pogues used an altered version of the painting as the front cover of their 1985 album, Rum, Sodomy & the Lash.

8.

In an attempt to gentrify and rebrand the notorious Manhattan district of Hell’s Kitchen in the 1970s, real estate developers and city officials began to refer to it using what other name?

Sp.

Which US comic strip has been running for over 75 years?  It features the adventures of a lazy US Army private who is often subject to chastisement from his senior NCO, Sergeant Snorkel?  As of 2018, it was still running in over 1800 newspapers worldwide.

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Tiebreaker

Teams confer - nearest to the answer wins

According to Adam Frost's Awesome Book of Awesomeness, exactly how many people in England and Wales speak Cornish as a first language?

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ROUND 1 - Stockport format - Verbal

1.

Which archipelago's sixth largest island is Sado?

Japan

2.

Which UK author's publications include First Love Last Rites in 1975 and Solar in 2010?

Ian McEwan

3.

In which long running BBC radio comedy are panellists challenged by Jack Dee to sing the words of one song to the tune of another?

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue

4.

Which physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1965, was also famous for playing the bongos?

Richard Feynman

5.

By what name is the writer Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, born in 1622, better known?

Molière

6.

Name the English Midlands town in which Sir Robert Peel made a speech in 1834, often regarded as the founding manifesto of the Conservative party.

Tamworth

7.

Name the eleventh century hero celebrated in a 1632 stage play by Pierre Corneille and a 1961 film starring Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren.

El Cid or Le Cid

8.

 Which English poet wrote this couplet:

"Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night,
God said Let Newton be! and all was light."?

Alexander Pope

9.

The English record for most league goals scored in a single football season is 60.  Who scored all those goals in 1927-28?

Dixie Dean

10.

In 1858 which pair of British explorers were the first Europeans to reach Lake Tanganyika?  (surnames will suffice)

Sir Richard Burton and John Speke

11.

Which London Underground line connects a namesake for Rishi Sunak's constituency with a coarse term for mental illness?

The District Line

(Richmond to Barking)

12.

Which poisonous substance can be produced in (thankfully) small amounts if apple seeds are eaten?

Cyanide

13.

Pretzel was the original name of which popular party game?

Twister

14.

Which seventeenth century Dutch philosopher, author of the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus, earned his living as a lens grinder?

Spinoza

15.

Name the composer whose film scores include The Draughtsman's Contract in 1982 and The Piano in 1993.

Michael Nyman

16.

Which country's sixth largest river is called The Sado?

Portugal

17.

Which UK author's publications include The Giant O'Brien in 1998 and Beyond Black in 2005?

Hilary Mantel

18.

Which BBC Radio DJ's show featured a quiz called Popmaster?  He took it with him when he left.

Ken Bruce

19.

Which physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1933, went to the same Bristol primary school as Archie Leach AKA Cary Grant?

Paul Dirac

(Bishop Road school)

20.

Born 1518 in Venice as Jacopo Robusti, the son of a dyer, by what name is this artist better known?

Tintoretto

21.

In 1977, which UK parliamentary constituency (represented by Tam Dalyell) gave its name to the issue of whether Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish MPs should be able to vote on matters that affect only England.

West Lothian

(The West Lothian Question)

22.

Which knight of King Arthur's round table lends his name to a 14th century narrative poem in middle English?  Simon Armitage published a modern translation in 2007.

Sir Gawain

(... and the Green Knight)

23.

Which English poet wrote this couplet:

"The atoms of Democritus and Newton's particles of light
Are sands upon the Red Sea shore where Israel's tents do shine so bright."?

William Blake

24.

The English record for biggest winning margin in a Football League game is 13-nil in 1946 and 1934 respectively.  Name either of the two winning clubs.

Newcastle United or Stockport County

25.

Starting in 1760, which pair of British explorers surveyed the disputed boundaries between the colonies of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, lending their names to a famous line?  (surnames will suffice)

Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon

(Mason-Dixon line)

26.

Sherlock's home, and Loxodonta and a fortification, are connected by which London underground line?

The Bakerloo Line

(Baker Street to Elephant and Castle)

27.

The leaves of which plant contain toxic amounts of oxalic acid, although the stalks are a popular food?

Rhubarb

28.

Name the widely used app, founded in 2012, that was originally called Matchbox.

Tinder

29.

Name the 18th and 19th century utilitarian philosopher whose skeleton is on display at University College London.

Jeremy Bentham

30.

Name the contemporary composer, also a band member of Radiohead, whose film scores include There Will Be Blood in 2007 and We Need to Talk About Kevin in 2011.

Jonny Greenwood

Sp1

Known for its pink beaches and large lizards, which Indonesian island measures 291 square kilometres and is 1419 km away from Jakarta?

Komodo

Sp2

In the 1992 novel Lords and Ladies, which UK author summed up cosmology as follows:

"In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded."?

Terry Pratchett

ROUND 2 - Stockport format - Written - "It all adds up"

Each answer contains a number.  After the tenth question has been read out, you will be given a number.  All your answers need to add up to that number - but there's a catch: we are treating the numbers in each answer as individual digits for this sum.  For example, if your answer is the year 1972, you add up 1+9+7+2 which equals 19.  If the answer is 101 Dalmatians, you add up 1+0+1 which equals 2.

The total to be read out after Q10 is 75

1.

According to The Music Man, what led the Big Parade?

76 Trombones

(7+6= 13 )

2.

In which novel of 1967 did Colonel Aureliano Buendia father 17 sons, all called Aureliano Buendia, by 17 different women?

One Hundred Years of Solitude

(1+0+0 = 1 )

3.

If you throw a ‘Big Fish’ in darts, how many points will you score?

170

(1+7+0= 8 )

4.

In the 1990’s which product increased its sales 20-fold with the help of, Marvin Gaye, Stiltskin, The Clash, Babylon Zoo and Shaggy?

Levis 501

(5+0+1= 6 )

5.

In June 1994, Brian Lara made the highest ever score in first class cricket, playing for Warwickshire against Durham.  How many runs did Lara put on the board?

501 (not out)

(5+0+1= 6 )

6.

Taken from the David Bowie Album Station to Station, which song was allegedly inspired by Iggy Pop’s drug induced hallucination of his girlfriend being eaten by a television?

TVC15

(1+5= 6 )

7.

In which novel of 1953 does Guy Montag make his living as a fireman who burns books?

Fahrenheit 451

(4+5+1= 10 )

8.

In which year was Charles the First of England executed for treason?

1649

(1+6+4+9= 20 )

9.

Which album by which Seattle Grunge band was released in 1991 and features the songs Jeremy, Black, and Alive?  (we need both band and album names for the points)

Ten by Pearl Jam

 (1+0= 1 )

10.

According to Leporello in the Mozart aria Madamina il Catalg e Questo, how many romantic conquests did Don Giovanni have in Spain?

"1003" or "mille e tre"

(1+0+0+3= 4 )

ROUND 3 - WithQuiz format - 'Classic film run-ons'

Each question provides clues to two much-loved old movie titles that run into each other and overlap.

Usual WithQuiz caveats apply (i.e. overlapping text may be part of a longer word, and may be pronounced the same but not necessarily spelt the same)

1.

Chilling 1973 thriller set mostly in Venice and based upon a short story by Daphne du Maurier,
AND
1942 Bette Davis movie that takes its title from Walt Whitman's poem The Untold Want.

Don’t Look Now/

Now Voyager

2.

1942 film which was Orson Welles’s follow-up to Citizen Kane, a period drama about the fortunes of a wealthy Midwestern family,
AND
This 1933 film’s title was adopted by fans of the movie’s two stars to form an international organisation devoted to their work.

The Magnificent Ambersons/

Sons of the Desert

3.

1953 film directed by Fred Zinnemann in which Frank Sinatra played Private Angelo Maggio and won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
AND
1956 film about the post-war US occupation of Okinawa, starring Marlon Brando in a problematic yellowface role - its title suggests somewhere you could get a brew on a late summer’s evening.

From Here to Eternity/

Teahouse of the August Moon

4.

1934 romantic comedy starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert - the first film to win the 'big five' Academy Awards,
AND
1957 British horror film starring Dana Andrews, a flop at the time, but now regarded as one of the great horror movies - in 1985, Kate Bush sampled a line of its dialogue on her single Hounds of Love: “It’s in the trees! It’s coming!”

It Happened One Night/

Night of the Demon

5.

1951 US sci-fi film in which Klaatu and Gort come to Earth to spread peace and goodwill, remade in 2008 with Keanu Reeves,
AND
1957 British film about the abduction of a German officer in Crete during World War II, based on the real-life exploits of Patrick Leigh Fermor.

The Day the Earth Stood Still/

Ill Met by Moonlight

6.

This 1966 spy thriller was the second in which Michael Caine played Harry Palmer,
AND
1942 patriotic Noel Coward film, apparently inspired by Lord Louis Mountbatten’s exploits during the battle of Crete.

Funeral in Berlin/

In Which We Serve

7.

1940 satirical film banned in several countries because of its political content - in recent years, the final speech has been sampled in more than 40 songs and used by U2 and Coldplay in live performances,
AND
Repetitively titled 1970 film about the events leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941.

The Great Dictator/

Tora! Tora! Tora!

8.

1968 Hammer horror starring Christopher Lee as Nicholas, the Duc de Richelieu,
AND
1976 revisionist Western with Clint Eastwood in the title role as a farmer turned soldier who develops a fearsome reputation as a gunfighter.

The Devil Rides Out/

Outlaw Josey Wales

Sp.

1948 US film noir starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson and Lauren Bacall - it told of a stormy night in a Florida hotel and later inspired a song by Rupert Holmes,
AND
1940 American comedy-western that shares its title with a 1979 song by the Village People, later performed by the Pet Shop Boys.

Key Largo/

Go West

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ROUND 4 - WithQuiz format - Given theme

Each answer contains the name of a big cat

1.

 “Of course he has a knife, he always has a knife, we all have knives. It's 1183 and we're barbarians."  Katharine Hepburn spoke these lines in which film of 1968?

The Lion in Winter

2.

Which Italian novel of 1958 concerns the Risorgimento and the absorption of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies into the Italian state?

The Leopard

3.

Which German sportswear brand were the sponsors of the American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos when they performed the Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympic Games?

Puma

4.

Red Bull entered Formula 1 in 2005 when they bought out which Milton Keynes-based constructor, who had raced in green and white?

Jaguar

5.

In the 2004 comedy Anchorman, which aftershave, illegal in nine countries, comes with the slogan: “60% of the time, it works every time”.

Sex Panther

6.

Which two-word term, originating from a Morgan Stanley report in 1994, was used to describe the booming Irish economy from the mid-90s until the 2008 crash?

Celtic Tiger

7.

Which US singer-songwriter had hits in the 1980s with Pink Houses and Jack and Diane?

John Cougar Mellencamp

8.

Which French brand of grooming products, owned by Unilever, is marketed in the United States and continental Europe as Axe?

Lynx

Sp.

Which professional rugby team, formerly competitors in Super Rugby and the European Pro14 competitions, is based in Bloemfontein, South Africa?

Cheetahs

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ROUND 5 - WithQuiz format - Pairs

1.

Silesia and Masuria are regions in which European country?

Poland

2.

Carinthia and Styria are regions in which other European country?

Austria

3.

Which political leader won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize and gave the medal to Donald Trump?

Maria Corina Machado

4.

Who is the only other person to have received a Nobel Prize medal second-hand?  He received the Literature medal from the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun in 1943.

Joseph Goebbels

5.

The resignation of which Labour MP has given rise to the forthcoming by-election in Manchester Gorton and Denton?

Andrew Gwynne

6.

Which former academic and right-wing talk-show pundit is the Reform UK candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election?

Matthew Goodwin

7.

Which UK national newspaper was bought by Tortoise Media and relaunched in 2025?

The Observer

8.

Name the British weekly magazine that was bought by right wing billionaire Paul Marshall in 2024 who appointed Michael Gove as editor.

The Spectator

Sp1

Which billionaire, who made his fortune through importing European luxury goods to Canada, is the owner of the Aston Martin Formula 1 team?

Lawrence Stroll

Sp2

Lawrence Stroll recently signed which legendary Formula 1 car designer to Aston Martin?  He is now the team principal.

Adrian Newey

Sp3

Which horror film, directed by Ryan Coogler, set a new Oscars record when it received 16 nominations for this year’s awards?

Sinners

Sp4

One Battle After Another has received 13 nominations for this year’s Academy Awards.  Who directed it?

Paul Thomas Anderson

(PTA)

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ROUND 6 - WithQuiz format - Hidden theme

Where a full name is needed both first name and surname must be supplied

1.

Which English composer's operas include A Child of Our Time in 1944 and The Knot Garden in 1970?

Michael Tippet

2.

About which contemporary writer did Ernest Hemingway say that not being influenced by him would be like “passing through a great blizzard and not feeling its cold”?  The political views of the scribe in question overshadowed his literary legacy.

Ezra Pound

3.

Which Irish actor, best known for his role in TV show the IT Crowd and 2011 film Bridesmaids, has been married to Scottish writer and TV presenter Dawn Porter since 2012?

Chris O’Dowd

4.

What was the name of the spin-off show from the 1970s US comedy TV series Soap?  It starred Robert Guillaume in the title role of a sarcastic butler?

Benson

5.

Which 1946 Willam Wyler film, which won multiple Academy Awards, shares it title with a top 10 UK hit from 1982 by the group Modern Romance?

 (The) Best Years of our Lives

6.

Who represented Great Britain in successive Winter Olympics in 1952 (Oslo) and 1956 (Cortina) but found fame off the slopes when he reached the UK top 10 in 1969 with the theme song from The Thomas Crown Affair?

Noel Harrison

7.

Which oil painting by the French artist Theodore Gericault depicts the aftermath of the wreck of a French naval frigate which ran aground on 2nd July 1816?  The Pogues used an altered version of the painting as the front cover of their 1985 album, Rum, Sodomy & the Lash.

The Raft of the Medusa

8.

In an attempt to gentrify and rebrand the notorious Manhattan district of Hell’s Kitchen in the 1970s, real estate developers and city officials began to refer to it using what other name?

Clinton

Sp.

Which US comic strip has been running for over 75 years?  It features the adventures of a lazy US Army private who is often subject to chastisement from his senior NCO, Sergeant Snorkel?  As of 2018, it was still running in over 1800 newspapers worldwide.

Beetle Bailey

Theme: Each answer includes the surname of a famous 'George' ...

George Michael, George Ezra, George O’Dowd, George Benson, George Best, George Harrison, George Raft,  George Clinton, George Bailey

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Tiebreaker

Teams confer - nearest to the answer wins

According to Adam Frost's Awesome Book of Awesomeness, exactly how many people in England and Wales speak Cornish as a first language?

557

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