Questions

ROUND 1 – Valentine’s Day

1.

Which singer was arrested last week on a charge of air-rage?

2.

Which football team plays its home games at Tynecastle?

3.

Which legendary film-star was portrayed in a 1977 film by Rudolf Nureyev?

4.

What is the common name for the flower Nigella Damascena?

5.

Which 1980s TV sitcom co-starred Judi Dench and Michael Williams?

6.

Who wrote the lines: “Stone walls do not a prison make, or iron bars a cage” in his poem To Althea from Prison?

7.

What is the name of the Lennon-McCartney song with which Cilla Black had a top ten hit in 1968?

8.

Which song about the British navy is based upon a poem by David Garrick, and has the refrain “Steady, boys, steady”?

ROUND 2 – Miscellany I

1.

What is the motto of the AA motoring organisation?

2.

Who is traditionally paid £70 per annum, plus a bottle of sack?

3.

What is identified by an ISBN?

4.

The Anglo-Irish Agreement was signed by Margaret Thatcher and who else?

5.

What is the name of Andy Capp's best friend?

6.

In Holst's Planet Suite, which planet represents Old Age?

7.

Which 17^th century hangman gave his name to a type of crane?

8.

In 1993, how did Keith Brown feature in one of the country's main sporting events?

ROUND 3 – Pot Pourri I

1.

Who wrote the novel The Naked and the Dead?

2.

Nigel Worthington is the manager of which football team?

3.

By what name is the garden shrub Ligustrum more commonly known?

4.

Which architect designed the cenotaph in Whitehall and St Peters Square?

5.

Which composer wrote the opera The Bartered Bride?

6.

Imnophobia is the fear if what?

7.

In which year did the USA purchase Louisiana from France?

8.

What is the minimum age qualification for the President of the USA?

ROUND 4 – Miscellany II

1.

The ancient game of Baggataway is the basis for which modern sport?

2.

According to the Book of Matthew, Jesus told his disciples to be as wise as.... What?

3.

Who composed the musical work Brigg Fair?

4.

What was name of the 14-storey tower block that collapsed in London in 1968?

5.

What is the chief port of the US state of Alabama?

6.

Which artist painted more than fifty portraits of Lady Hamilton?

7.

In 1985, where was the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior blown up? (place not just country)

8.

What is the Christian name of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple?

ROUND 5 – All the questions are somewhat ‘fishy-sounding’

1.

In which TV drama series does Chief Inspector Mullet appear?

2.

Who composed the opera Albert Herring?

3.

Who wrote the novel Witchwood?

4.

Who wrote the novel Peyton Place?

5.

In which cartoon does Captain Haddock appear?

6.

In the shipping forecast, which area follows Sole?

7.

Who composed Les Patineurs (The Skaters’ Waltz)?

8.

What type of painting was developed by Jackson Pollock?

ROUND 6 – Pot Pourri II 

1.

What, in cookery, is a navarin?

2.

What is the chemical formula for ozone?

3.

If you were engaged in crewel work what would you be doing?

4.

Who posed the question: The Pope - how many divisions has he?

5.

What sort of bird is a demoiselle?

6.

Which British Prime Minister was named Archibald Philip Primrose?

7.

In what capacity did Ernest Hemmingway serve during World War I?

8.

The founder of Lotus Cars died in 1982 - who was he?

ROUND 7 – A bit of everything

1.

If you stopped at Hopwood Park Services, on which motorway would you be travelling?

2.

An unkindness is the collective term for a group of which birds?

3.

Who wrote the screen-play Shakespeare in Love?

4.

Evolved by Hugh C McDonals, what was first used by the British police in 1961?

5.

In which opera does the popular wedding march Here Comes the Bride originate?

6.

Who was the co-presenter of Radio 4's Today programme who died in 1994?

7.

In which novel does Rawdon Crawley marry Becky Sharpe?

8.

What is the capital of Liechtenstein?

ROUND 8 – Your Last Chance!!

1.

In whose murder was Cassius Chaerea one of the conspirators?

2.

What was the capital city of Australia before Canberra?

3.

Fami1y Plot was the last film of which director?

4.

In which sport might you encounter Rollers and Tipplers?

5.

In Greek mythology, who solved the riddle of the Sphinx?

6.

Which UK city is served by Woolsington airport?

7.

Who wrote the play "Androcles and the Lion?

8.

Who said to a New York Custom's Officer “I have nothing to declare but my genius”?

SPARES

1.

Who said Golf is a good walk spoiled?

2.

Athletics: two British men named David have each held world records at 5000 and 10,000 metres - name them both.

3.

In 1970, which horse won the Derby, the St Leger and the 2000 Guineas?

4.

Who composed Rule Britannia?

5.

Anthony Gormley is the creator of which work of art/landmark?

6.

What was the name of William IV's wife?

7.

Sloes are the fruit of which shrub?

8.

Where does 3 come between 17 and 19?

9.

What makes stink-bombs stink?

10.

Who started opposite James Stewart in the film Vertigo?

Answers

ROUND 1 – Valentine’s Day

1.

Courtney Love

2.

Hearts

3.

Rudolph Valentino

4.

Love-in-a-mist

5.

A Fine Romance

6.

Richard Lovelace

7.

Step inside, love

8.

Heart of Oak

ROUND 2 – Miscellany I

1.

Courtesy & Care

2.

The Poet Laureate

3.

A book (International Standard Book Number)

4.

Garrett Fitzgerald

5.

Chalkie

6.

Saturn

7.

Derrick

8.

He was the starter of the ill-fated Grand National

ROUND 3 – Pot Pourri I

1.

Norman Mailer

2.

Norwich City

3.

Privet

4.

Edwin Lutyens

5.

Smetna

6.

Lakes

7.

1803

8.

35

ROUND 4 – Miscellany II

1.

Lacrosse

2.

Serpents

3.

Delius

4.

Ronan Point

5.

Mobile

6.

George Romney

7.

Auckland harbour

8.

Jane

ROUND 5 – All the questions are somewhat ‘fishy-sounding’  

1.

A Touch of Frost

2.

Benjamin Britten

3.

John Buchan

4.

Grace Metalious

5.

Tin Tin

6.

Lundy

7.

Meyerbeer

8.

Action painting

ROUND 6 – Pot Pourri II

1.

A casserole of mutton or lamb (with vegetables)

2.

O3

3.

Tapestry/embroidery work

4.

Joseph Stalin

5.

A small crane

6.

Lord Roseberry

7.

Ambulance Driver

8.

Colin Chapman

ROUND 7 – A Bit of Everything

1.

M42

2.

Ravens

3.

Tom Stoppard

4.

Identikit

5.

Lohengrin

6.

Brian Redhead

7.

Vanity Fair

8.

Vaduz

ROUND 8 – Your Last Chance!

1.

Caligula

2.

Melbourne

3.

Alfred Hitchcock

4.

Pigeon-racing

5.

Oedipus

6.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

7.

George Bernard Shaw

8.

Oscar Wilde

SPARES

1.

Mark Twain

2.

Moorcroft and Bedford

3.

Nijinsky

4.

Thomas Arne

5.

Angel of the North

6.

Adelaide

7.

Blackthorn

8.

On a dartboard (provided that it is not a Manchester log or a Yorkshire board!!)

9.

Hydrogen Sulphide

10.

Kim Novak