Questions

ROUND 1 – ‘po puree’

1.

On 15th February there were record worldwide peace marches.  Which European country had the most marchers?

2.

Who coined the term Axis of Evil?

3.

3 famous British composers died in 1934.  Name 2 of them.

4.

Which poet died in New York in November 1953?

5.

What’s next in the sequence ...3, 5, 8, 13?

6.

What’s next in the sequence ...3, 6, 10, 15?

7.

Picture A.  This is said to be the most printed photograph ever?  What’s her first name?

8.

Picture B.  This statue of Andy Capp is to be put up in his creator’s home town. Which town?

ROUND 2 – ‘leisurely’

1.

Which TV character was based on Donald Sinclair?

2.

The Olton Hall (or Great Western locomotive express 5972) shot to film fame as what?

3.

A Yankee involves 4 horses.  How many bets are there?

4.

A Patent involves 3 horses.  How many bets are there?

5.

What does a Tegestologist collect?

6.

What does an Arctophilist collect?

7.

Who was voted BBC sports personality of the year in 1967 and 1970?

8.

Who was voted BBC sports personality of the year in 1986 and 1992?

ROUND 3 – ‘cricket’

 (sorry, but we are a Cricket Club)

1.

5 players have played in more than 300 One-Day Internationals.  Name three of them.

2.

4 players have scored centuries in a World Cup final.  Ponting did it this year for Australia. Who were the other three?

3.

Who wrote The Art of Captaincy in 1986?

4.

Who wrote A Lot of Hard Yakka, which was Sports Book of the Year in 1997?

5.

At South West Manchester CC's ground there are 2 ash trees within the boundary. Which county ground has a lime tree on it? (not the name of the county, but the name of the ground or the place)

6.

What sport was Sarah Bernhardt actually watching, when she said: “I do love cricket – it’s so very English!”

7.

Whose 1954 autobiography, called Flying Stumps, was “as full of revealing bumpers as his devastating bowling”?

8.

Whose “outspoken autobiography” in 1977 was called Ball of Fire?

ROUND 4 – ‘very cross word’

Question-person please hand a blank crossword grid to each team and read out these instructions:

Both teams are completing the same diagram.  Bonuses work as usual.  If both teams fail to solve a clue, I'll give you the correct answer so that you can fill it in.  The earlier clues may be easier, because you have fewer letters in the grid to help you.  For those not used to cryptic crosswords, the definition is usually at either the beginning or the end of the clue.

ROUND 5 – ‘science’

1.

Who died in the village of Roslin in February?  She was six and a half and had a progressive lung disease.

2.

What is the unit of evolutionary change?

3.

Who brought Darwin’s Origin of the Species up to date in Almost like a whale?

4.

Who wrote The Blind Watchmaker?

5.

What drug has the formula C₉ H₈ O₄?

6.

There is currently an epidemic of the SARS virus.  What does it stand for?

7.

What does BSE stand for?

8.

What substance has the formula C₁₂ H₂₂ O₁₁?

ROUND 6  – ‘popular music of the beat variety’

1.

Who produced the single Those were the days by Mary Hopkins?

2.

Who played piano on Leader of the Pack?

3.

Picture E.  Who is this?

4.

Picture F.  Who is this?

BBC 6 MUSIC created the “best ever” fantasy rock band by putting the best ever vocalist with the best ever guitarist etc. (the listeners added Bez of Happy Mondays for dancing.)……

5.

Who was the vocalist BBC 6 chose?

6.

Who was the guitarist they chose?

7.

Who was the bass guitarist they chose?

8.

Who was the drummer they chose?

ROUND 7 – ‘jografee’

1.

Where do Caol Ila and Lagavulin malt whiskies come from?

2.

What region do Margaux wines come from?

3.

Which island contains 3 consecutive dotted letters?

4.

Which capital contains 3 consecutive dotted letters?

5.

Which city is the capital of the Champagne-Ardenne region?

6.

Which city is the capital of the Burgundy region?

7.

Built by Robert Stephenson in 1847, the Royal Border Bridge spans which river?

8.

Built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1859, the Royal Albert Bridge spans which river?

ROUND 8 – ‘more leisurely still’

1.

In which film did Greta Garbo say “I want to be alone”?

2.

The funniest film line ever is said to be “He’s not the Messiah, he’s a very naughty boy!”  Which actor said it?

3.

After the same tune has been played by: grand piano, reed and pipe organ, glockenspiel, bass guitar, 2 slightly distorted guitars, mandolin, Spanish guitar and acoustic guitar, which instrument joins in?

4.

What was Madame Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dudevant’s pseudonym?

5.

What is crossword compiler John Graham’s pseudonym?

6.

What was Roy Rogers’ original name?

7.

In Monopoly, everyone knows the pieces include a boot and a car.  What are the other four?

8.

In Cluedo, everyone knows the weapons include a revolver and a Rope.  What are the other four?

SPARES

BBC 6 MUSIC created the “best ever” fantasy rock band by putting the best ever vocalist with the best ever guitarist etc. (the listeners added Bez of Happy Mondays for dancing.)……

1.

Who was the keyboard player they chose?

2.

How many balls on a snooker table at break-off?

3.

The 9^th and 23^rd presidents of the USA had the same name. What was it?

4.

In horse-racing, what’s a Steamer?

5.

In horse-racing, what’s Top of the Head?

6.

Who wrote The ABC Murders?

7.

Who wrote Postmortem?

8.

In Cricket: not counting the spares and pencils the umpires have to carry, how many bits of wood are the most the laws allow on the field at any one time? (don’t count cork or fast bowlers’ brains)

Answers

ROUND 1 – ‘po puree’

1.

Spain (Madrid and Barcelona)

2.

David Frum (Bush’s speech-writer)

3.

Edward Elgar, Frederick Delius, Gustav Holst

4.

Dylan Thomas

5.

21 (add the previous 2 numbers - Fibonacci sequence)

6.

21 (triangle numbers - think snooker balls)

7.

Fiona (Fiona Butler, then 18)

8.

Hartlepool

ROUND 2 – ‘leisurely’

1.

Basil Fawlty (Sinclair was an ex-navy man who owned and ran a hotel in Torquay)

2.

The Hogwarts Express (in Harry Potter films)

3.

11 (one 4-fold, 4 trebles, 6 doubles)

4.

7 (one treble, 3 doubles, 3 singles)

5.

Beermats

6.

Teddy bears

7.

Henry Cooper

8.

Nigel Mansell (personality??!)

ROUND 3 – ‘cricket’

 (sorry, but we are a Cricket Club)

1.

Three from: Wasim Akram; Sachin Tendulkar; Steve Waugh (first name is required); Mohammed Azharuddim; Aravinda da Silva

2.

Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards (West Indies), Aravinda da Silva (Sri Lanka)

3.

Mike Brearley

4.

Simon Hughes

5.

St Lawrence Ground or Canterbury

6.

Soccer (she was French, which may explain it)

7.

Ray Lindwall

8.

Fred Trueman

ROUND 4 – ‘very cross word’

ROUND 5 – ‘science’

1.

Dolly the Sheep (Roslin Research institute, near Edinburgh)

2.

Darwin

3.

Steve Jones

4.

Richard Dawkins

5.

Aspirin

6.

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

7.

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

8.

Sucrose (accept sugar)

ROUND 6  – ‘popular music of the beat variety’

1.

Paul Macartney (it was the 2nd Apple single)

2.

Billy Joel

3.

Bob Dylan (January 2003)

4.

Cerys Matthews (formerly of Catatonia, at her wedding, February 2003)

5.

Bono (U2)

6.

Jimi Hendrix

7.

Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

8.

Keith Moon (The Who)

ROUND 7 – ‘jografee’

1.

Islay (if they say Scotland, ask for more)

2.

Bordeaux (accept Haut Medoc)

3.

Fiji

4.

Beijing

5.

Rheims

6.

Dijon

7.

Tweed

8.

Tamar

ROUND 8 – ‘more leisurely still’

1.

Grand Hotel

2.

Terry Jones (in The Life of Brian)

3.

Tubular Bells

4.

George Sand

5.

Araucaria

6.

Leonard Slye

7.

Ship, Top hat, Dog, Iron

8.

Candlestick, Lead pipe, Spanner, Dagger

SPARES

1.

Chris Martin (Coldplay)

2.

22 (15 red, 6 colours, white)

3.

Harrison

4.

A horse backed significantly on the morning of the race, causing it’s odds to shorten markedly

5.

9-4 (tic-tac)

6.

Agatha Christie

7.

Patricia Cornwell

8.

14 (6 stumps, 4 bails, the 4 batters’ bats (2 runners are allowed if the batters are injured)