Questions

ROUND 1

1.

What are the 4 main islands of Japan?

2.

Name 2 of the 5 novels by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

3.

Who composed the music to the film On the Waterfront?

4.

Who designed the Statue of Liberty?

5.

“Time goes by so slowly, And time can do so much” comes from which song?

6.

Who was the founding father of Pakistan?

7.

Who discovered X-rays?

8.

What is vitreous humour?

ROUND 2

1.

Who was the first Yorkist king of England?

2.

What is the term for a positive electrode?

3.

At which Nationwide Football League ground do the Rugby League team, London Broncos, play their home fixtures?

4.

Which fruits are usually served Belle Helene?

5.

How many players are there in a Gaelic football team?

6.

Which plant is also called the Torch Lily?

7.

In London, where is Poets Corner?

8.

Which Rugby League & Nationwide Football League teams play their home games at the Kingston Communications Stadium?

ROUND 3

1.

Who designed the VW Beetle?

2.

What are ungulates?

3.

Which William led a gang called the Outlaws?

4.

Which South African Prime Minister was assassinated in 1966?

5.

Which chemical substance has a form known as Plaster of Paris?

6.

In the Canterbury Tales, who relates the Tale of Melibeus?

7.

What is the state capital of Kansas?

8.

In golf what is an albatross?

ROUND 4

1.

In which story did Sherlock Holmes first appear?

2.

Saudi Arabia and China were eliminated from the 2002 World Cup without scoring a single goal. Which other country shared this unenviable record?

3.

At which Nationwide League football club’s ground would you find the Bill Shankly stand?

4.

Which actor plays the part of President Jed Bartlett in the television series The West Wing?

5.

Who is the principal conductor of the Halle Orchestra?

6.

Which religion was founded by Ann Lee, who was born in Manchester in 1736?

7.

Who did Geoffrey Robinson describe as “The Rasputin of New Labour”?

8.

What is the name of the village where Saddam Hussein was born?

ROUND 5

1.

Which film won the Oscar for best documentary at this year’s ceremony?

2.

At the outbreak of World War II General Sir John Dill was C.I.G.S.  What do the letters C.I.G.S. stand for?

3.

Which country finished 4th in the 2002 World Cup?

4.

Which Lancashire bowler holds the record for most County Championship wickets for the club, having taken 1816 between 1950 and 1968?

5.

Which group recorded the song Can You Dig It? currently featured in Vodafone’s television commercial?

6.

Who presents Any Questions? on BBC Radio 4?

7.

Which television character lived at number 52 Festive Road?

8.

On which railway line would you find stations called Limehouse and Cutty Sark?

ROUND 6 

1.

Who is the author of the bestselling books Band of Brothers and Pegasus Bridge?

2.

Which veteran actor recently joined the cast of Last of the Summer Wine, playing an electrician called Entwistle?

3.

Which Irish group had hits in the 1980s with the theme songs from the television programmes Harry’s Game and Robin of Sherwood?

4.

What is the name of the Chamber Orchestra based at the Bridgewater Hall?

5.

Who is the author of the bestselling books Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith?

6.

Which famous fictional character was born on 31st July 1981?

7.

Who directed the film The Silence of the Lambs?

8.

Whose dying words were “So little done, so much to do”?

ROUND 7

1.

On which TV comedy show might you find the characters of Jesse, Bob Fleming and Competition Dad?

2.

Who wrote the book Howard’s End?

3.

Which bird was sacred to the ancient Egyptians?

4.

What was the name of Hannibal’s most famous victory over the Romans?

5.

In which Shakespeare play do Hermia and Helena both appear?

6.

By what name is the 1st Baron Tweedsmuir better known?

7.

Novelty and Sans Pareil were two of the three which took part in the Rainhill Trials. What was the third?

8.

After which English town is hydrated magnesium sulphate named?

ROUND 8

1.

Which is the longest river in France?

2.

Who wrote the poem The Highwayman?

3.

Who was the only person to beat Bjorn Borg in a Wimbledon final?

4.

Who paid for the Potter’s field?

5.

What is the currency of Nigeria?

6.

Arthur Stanley Jefferson was better known by which name?

7.

Who conducted the report into the 1981 Brixton Riots?

8.

Who was M.P. for Manchester Withington before Keith Bradley?

SPARES

1.

In the Bible, to whom did “the writing on the wall” appear?

2.

What is the capital of East Timor?

3.

Which American President was assassinated in 1881?

4.

How many books are there in the New Testament?

5.

As what is epistaxis more commonly known?

6.

Who discovered potassium in 1807?

7.

Which town lies at the northern end of the M90?

Answers

ROUND 1

1.

Honshu, Kyushu, Hokkaido, Shikoku

2.

Two from: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and the Damned, The Great Gatsby, Tender is the Night, The Last Tycoon

3.

Leonard Bernstein

4.

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

5.

Unchained Melody

6.

Mohammed Ali Jinnah

7.

Wilhelm Röentgen (in 1895)

8.

The gelatinous substance in the eyeball

ROUND 2

1.

Edward IV

2.

Anode

3.

Griffin Park, Brentford

4.

Pears

5.

15

6.

Red Hot Poker

7.

Westminster Abbey

8.

Hull (do not accept Hull Kingston Rovers) and Hull City F.C.

ROUND 3

1.

Ferdinand Porsche

2.

Hoofed mammals

3.

William Brown

4.

Hendrick Frensch Verwoerd

5.

Calcium Sulphate

6.

Chaucer himself

7.

Topeka

8.

3 strokes under par

ROUND 4

1.

A Study in Scarlet

2.

France

3.

Preston

4.

Martin Sheen

5.

Mark Elder

6.

The Shakers

7.

Peter Mandelson

8.

Tikrit

ROUND 5

1.

Bowling for Columbine

2.

Chief of the Imperial General Staff

3.

South Korea

4.

Brian Statham

5.

The Mock Turtles

6.

Jonathan Dimbleby

7.

Mr. Benn

8.

Docklands Light Railway

ROUND 6

1.

Stephen E Ambrose

2.

Bert Kwouk

3.

Clannad

4.

Manchester Camerata

5.

Sarah Waters

6.

Harry Potter

7.

Jonathan Demme

8.

Cecil Rhodes

ROUND 7

1.

The Fast Show

2.

E. M. Forster

3.

The Ibis

4.

Cannae

5.

A Midsummer Nights Dream

6.

John Buchan

7.

The Rocket (Liverpool to Manchester railway)

8.

Epsom (salts)

ROUND 8

1.

Loire

2.

Alfred Noyes

3.

John McEnroe

4.

Judas Iscariot

5.

Niara

6.

Stan Laurel

7.

Lord Scarman

8.

Fred Sylvester

SPARES

1.

Belshazzar

2.

Dili

3.

(James) Garfield

4.

27

5.

A nosebleed

6.

Sir Humphrey Davy

7.

Perth