Questions

ROUND 1

1.

How is recording artist Richard Melville Hall better known?

2.

In what year were Premium Bonds introduced? (leeway of + or - 2 years)

3.

What was the name of the character played by Courtenay Cox in the film Scream?

4.

In which town was Charles Darwin born?

5.

Who is the suitor of Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew?

6.

What happened in 1869 to change sea travel dramatically?

7.

Which nineteenth century novelist refused burial in Westminster Abbey?

8.

(Picture A) Identify the actor/director?

ROUND 2

1.

Which poet lived in the house currently owned by Jeffrey Archer?

2.

What do the following American Presidents have in common????????????

3.

In which Canadian Province is Lake Nipissing?

4.

(Picture B) Identify the sportsman?

5.

In which year did the aviator Amelia Earhart disappear? (leeway of + or - 1 year)

6.

Which former Coronation Street actress played the part of Dolly in the BBC series Dinner ladies?

7.

Why has Louise Saunders been in the news recently?

8.

Who is the only black manager in the Premiership?

ROUND 3

1.

In which eighteenth century battle were both commanders killed on the field of battle?

2.

Which American author wrote Tender is the Night?

3.

When the England 1966 World Cup winning team walked out onto the pitch at Wembley at the beginning of the final, who was walking behind Gordon Banks?

4.

Which American President had a notice on his desk saying The buck stops here?

5.

(Picture C) Name the film?

6.

Which World War II military operation was codenamed Market Garden?

7.

In what year was the BBC World Service inaugurated?

8.

Which ‘pop babe’ celebrated her 21st birthday on December 2nd?

ROUND 4

1.

(Picture D) Identify the pop group?

2.

Quentin Tarantino's film Jackie Brown is based upon which book by Elmore Leonard?

3.

Name the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester?

4.

In which country did the Battle of Majuba Hill take place in 1881?

5.

Who is the male presenter of the TV series Robot Wars?

6.

What is the primary grape used in the production of Rioja?

7.

By what name was actress Louise Rose Hovick better known?

8.

What part of the body is affected by the condition known as Ptosis?

ROUND 5

1.

Which group derives its name from the Russian for milk?

2.

In what year was VAT introduced? (leeway of + or - 1 year)

3.

In which town was The Blair Witch Project shot?

4.

In which county was Sir Walter Raleigh born?

5.

In which Shakespeare play does the clown Lancelot Gobbo appear?

6.

The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of 1850 was connected with the construction of what?

7.

Which nineteenth century French writer's remains were recently removed to the Pantheon in Paris?

8.

(Picture E) Identify the actress?

ROUND 6

1.

Which novelist created the characters Dirk Gently and the Electric Monk?

2.

Which American President died at sea?

3.

What name links the St Lawrence River to a salad dressing?

4.

(Picture F) Identify the sportsman?

5.

In which year was Newgate Prison demolished? (leeway of + or - 5 years)

6.

Which actor played the part of Hector in the BBC series Monarch of the Glen?

7.

Name the army barracks where an investigation is being held into how four young soldiers were shot dead?

8.

On the day Alan Shearer scored his 100th Premiership goal for Newcastle which other player scored his 100th Premiership goal for another club?

ROUND 7

1.

With which country did Prussia go to war with in 1866?

2.

Which American dramatist wrote Long Day’s Journey into Night?

3.

Which non-league team knocked QPR out of this year FA Cup?

4.

Who said: If all the girls in New York were laid end to end, I wouldn't be surprised?

5.

(Picture G) Name the film?

6.

Who said: Guns will make us powerful - butter will make us fat?

7.

In what year were the Beatles awarded the MBE?

8.

Which pop star recently fought in the Bayerischer Hof Hotel - Munich?

ROUND 8

1.

(Picture H) Identify the pop star?

2.

For which 1950 film were both William Holden and Gloria Swanson nominated for an Oscar?

3.

Who is to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury?

4.

In which country did the Battle of Vinegar Hill take place in 1798?

5.

Who presents the TV series The Adventure of English?

6.

What is the primary grape used in the production of Chianti?

7.

What was the pseudonym of author John Griffith Chaney?

8.

What part of the body would be affected by a swelling of the axilla?

SPARES

1.

Who played Elizabeth I in the 1939 film Elizabeth and Essex?

2.

Who played Elizabeth I in the 1953 film Young Bess?

3.

Premium Bonds are drawn by ERNIE. What does ERNIE stand for?

4.

Which group reformed in 1993 to perform at Bill Clinton's inauguration?

5.

Which British philosopher's books include Principles of Mathematics?

6.

How old was the youngest pope? (leeway of 3 years either side)

7.

Which comic actor played the title role in the film Wayne's World?

8.

The 1975 film A Bigger Splash is about which artist?

9.

Which river is the town of Chepstow situated upon?

10.

Which King of Denmark introduced Christianity into the country in 960?

11.

What is the motto of the RAF?

12.

Who was the 1989 Wimbledon men's singles champion?

Answers

ROUND 1

1.

Moby

2.

1956 (accept 1954 - 1958)

3.

Gale Weathers

4.

Shrewsbury

5.

Lucentio

6.

The Suez Canal opened

7.

George Eliot

8.

Orson Welles

ROUND 2

1.

Rupert Brook (The Vicarage, Grantchester)

2.

They all led troops into battle before they were President

3.

Ontario

4.

Lester Pigott

5.

1937 (accept anything in the range 1936 - 1938)

6.

Thelma Barlow

7.

She was the backpacker lost on Mount Tyson in Queensland

8.

Jean Tigana (Fulham)

ROUND 3

1.

Quebec (Wolf and Montcalm)

2.

F Scott Fitzgerald

3.

Alan Ball

4.

Harry Truman

5.

The Seven-Year Itch

6.

Arnhem

7.

1932

8.

Britney Spears

ROUND 4

1.

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

2.

Rum Punch

3.

Mike Todd

4.

South Africa

5.

Craig Charles

6.

Tempranillo

7.

Gypsy Rose Lee

8.

Eyelid (drooping eyelid)

ROUND 5

1.

Moloko

2.

1973 (accept 1972 - 1974)

3.

Burkittsville

4.

Devon

5.

The Merchant of Venice

6.

The Panama Canal

7.

Alexander Dumas

8.

Elizabeth Taylor

ROUND 6

1.

Douglas Adams

2.

Warren Harding

3.

Thousand Island

4.

Babe Ruth

5.

1902 (accept anything in the range 1897 - 1907)

6.

Richard Briers

7.

Deepcut

8.

Dion Dublin (Aston Villa)

ROUND 7

1.

Austria

2.

Eugene O'Neill

3.

Vauxhall Motors

4.

Dorothy Parker

5.

The African Queen

6.

Herman Goering

7.

1968

8.

Liam Gallagher

ROUND 8

1.

Bruce Springsteen

2.

Sunset Boulevard

3.

Dr Rowan Williams

4.

Ireland

5.

Melvyn Bragg

6.

Sangiovese

7.

Jack London

8.

Armpit

SPARES

1.

Bette Davis

2.

Jean Simmons

3.

Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment

4.

Fleetwood Mac

5.

Bertrand Russell

6.

11 years old (accept 8 - 14)

7.

Mike Myers

8.

David Hockney

9.

The Wye

10.

Harold Bluetooth

11.

Per ardua ad astra

12.

Boris Becker