Questions

ROUND 1

1.

What is the name of the J.K. Rowling book due for release in June?

2.

Which series of children’s books is written by Terry Deary?

3.

The virus that may cause SARS belongs to which group of viruses?

4.

What is the new name for the family of viruses that has shut down much of Hope Hospital with gastroenteritis?

5.

Who was the first celebrity voted out of the jungle this week in the TV programme I’m a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here?

6.

Who did a ‘runner’ from the same show this week?

7.

Which town do the rugby league team, the Vikings, represent?

8.

Which town do the rugby league team, the Giants, represent?

ROUND 2 - 'Politically correct'

1.

Who is the leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party?

2.

Who is the leader of Plaid Cymru?

3.

In the local elections in England, Labour took control of 4 councils.  Name two.

4.

In Manchester, Labour lost 6 wards to the Liberal Democrats.  Name two.

5.

Why was Vanessa Hall in the local news this week?

6.

What was the name of the defeated BNP candidate in Chadderton North?

7.

What constituency does ex-Tory minister, Crispin Blunt, represent?

8.

What constituency does suspended Labour MP, George Galloway, represent?

ROUND 3 (Pictures) - ‘Rather deathly’

1.

Taken in the seventies, who was this new-wave band from Salford?

2.

Taken in the eighties, who was this band, whose lead singer (now deceased) was from Macclesfield?

3.

In the news at present, of where is this the flag (adopted in 1997)?

4.

Also in the news at present, of which American State is this the flag?

5.

Who is this South African politician who died this week?

6.

Also a supporter of the ANC, who is this guitarist who died of a heart attack in December 2002?

7.

Celine Dion (pictured here) represented which country in the Eurovision Song Contest?

8.

Tatu (pictured here) are appearing in the Eurovision Song Contest this year.  Which country are they representing?

ROUND 4 - 'Eurovision is upon us!'

1.

In which capital city is this year’s Eurovision Song Contest being held?

2.

In which capital city was last year’s Eurovision Song Contest held?

3.

One African country has taken part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980.  Which one?

4.

Which country has the record of most occasions with a total of nil points in the Eurovision Song Contest?

5.

Dana International was the first transgender winner of the Eurovision Song

Contest.  Which country did he/she represent?

6.

Which is the smallest country ever to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest, winning in 1971, but not appearing since 1980?

7.

This picture shows the first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest.  In what year was the first competition?

8.

This picture shows the last UK winner of the Eurovision Song Contest.  In what year was this?

ROUND 5 – 'Crime & Punishment'

1.

Who is currently Solicitor General?

2.

Who is currently Lord Chief Justice?

3.

In the John Grisham Film The Client who plays the female lead character?

4.

Name the female Pathologist created by Patricia Cornwell?

5.

In which Italian city does the fictional detective Brunetti work?

6.

In which Italian city does the fictional detective Zen work?

7.

What is the punishment Bastinado?

8.

What is the punishment Peine forte et dure?

ROUND 6 – 'Food for Thought' 

1.

What are the 2 main ingredients of Zabaglione?

2.

What, apart from salad leaves, are the 2 ingredients commonly found in Salad Nicoise?

3.

Which celebrity chef used to be a professional footballer?

4.

Which celebrity chef features in the adverts for Sainsbury’s?

5.

Name the Two Fat Ladies?

6.

Name the Galloping Gourmet?

7.

According to the Government how many portions of fruit or veg should one have in a day?

8.

According to current advice (in this country) how many units of alcohol is it safe for a woman to drink in a week?

ROUND 7 – 'Short & Sweet' (maybe)

1.

What is a Philomel?

2.

What is a Halycon?

3.

What is a Percheron?

4.

What is a Mouflon?

5.

What is Emmer?

6.

What is Mumm (and we don’t mean a type of champagne - points deducted for anyone admitting being able to afford it)?

7.

What are Flettons?

8.

What is Fescu?

ROUND 8 – ‘If you can’t think of a title pinch one from someone else’

1.

Alistair MacLean borrowed the title of one of his books from Macbeth, what is it called?

2.

Thomas Hardy took the title of this novel from Gray’s Elegy in a Country Churchyard.  What is it?

3.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson inspired the title of this Agatha Christie tale.  What is it?

4.

Hamlet asked the players “Do you know the Murder of Gonzago?” thus inspiring Lady Mallowan to choose another of her titles.  What is it?

5.

In which play was Quince inspired to write “The most lamentable comedy and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisbe”?

6.

What play was written, produced and performed for Chistopher Sly, a tinker?

7.

Noel Coward was always short of ideas for titles.  Which title did he take from Shelley?

8.

Hamlet, in his soliloquy, wondered “to sleep perchance to dream” thus giving another great idea for a title.  To whom?

SPARES

1.

What was Mr Balfour’s Poodle?

2.

In which of Shakespeare’s plays does Queen Kathryn have a vision of six personages in white with bays and laurels?

3.

Which famous painting features bottles of Bass?

4.

What bird is the symbol of Cornwall?

5.

Apart from brandy what are the ingredients of Brandy Alexander?

6.

What are the three divisions of the High Court in England and Wales?

7.

Who lives at No 12 Downing Street?

8.

How many seats did Labour gain in Manchester on May 1^st?

Answers

ROUND 1

1.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2.

The Horrible Histories

3.

Coronaviruses (also contains common cold)

4.

Noroviruses (was originally called Norwalk virus)

5.

Sian Lloyd

6.

Daniella Westbrook

7.

Widnes

8.

Huddersfield

ROUND 2 - 'Politically correct'

1.

John Swinney

2.

Ieuan Wyn Jones

3.

(Two from) Barrow-in-Furness, Oldham, Sheffield, Plymouth

4.

(Two from) Burnage, Central, Cheetham, Longsight, Rusholme, Whalley Range

5.

The first Green councillor in Manchester (representing Hulme)

6.

Nick Griffin (‘Party’ leader)

7.

Reigate

8.

Glasgow Kelvin

ROUND 3 (Pictures) - ‘Rather deathly’

1.

The Buzzcocks

2.

Joy Division

3.

Hong Kong

4.

Tennessee

5.

Walter Sisulu

6.

Joe Strummer (The Clash)

7.

Switzerland

8.

Russia

ROUND 4 - 'Eurovision is upon us!'

1.

Riga (Latvia)

2.

Tallinn (Estonia)

3.

Morocco

4.

Norway (4 times)

5.

Israel

6.

Monaco

7.

1956 (won by Switzerland)

8.

1997

ROUND 5 – 'Crime & Punishment'

1.

Harriet Harman

2.

Lord Woolf

3.

Susan Sarandon

4.

Kay Scarpetta

5.

Venice

6.

Florence

7.

Beating on the sole of the feet

8.

Pressing a person to the point of death (by putting heavy weights on a board or door placed on the victim)

ROUND 6 – 'Food for Thought' 

1.

Eggs and Marsala

2.

Tuna and eggs

3.

Gordon Ramsey

4.

Jamie Oliver

5.

Clarissa Dickson Wright and Jennifer Patterson

6.

Graham Kerr

7.

5

8.

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ROUND 7 – 'Short & Sweet' (maybe)

1.

A nightingale

2.

A kingfisher

3.

A breed of horse (a type of carthorse or work horse)

4.

A breed of sheep (found in Provence)

5.

A type of wheat

6.

Wheat beer

7.

Bricks

8.

A type of grass

ROUND 8 – ‘If you can’t think of a title pinch one from someone else’

1.

The Way to Dusty Death

2.

Far From The Madding Crowd

3.

The Mirror Cracked From Side to Side (from The Lady of Shallot)

4.

The Mousetrap

5.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

6.

The Taming of the Shrew

7.

Blithe Spirit

8.

Ivor Novello

SPARES

1.

The House of Lords

2.

Henry VIII

3.

The Bar at the Folies Bergère by Manet

4.

The Chough

5.

Creme de Cacao, Double Cream and Cracked Ice (the ice is optional but much nicer)

6.

Chancery, Queen’s Bench and Family

7.

The Government Chief Whip (and because he is Lord President of the Council - the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council)

8.

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