Questions

ROUND 1

1.

Which actor connects the films From Hell, Blow and Sleepy Hollow?

2.

How is the plant Heartsease better known?

3.

Which metal has the atomic number 13?

4.

The M11 motorway runs between London and which city?

5.

Which General, who was in charge of the Union Armies during the American Civil War, was the President of the USA between 1869 and 1877?

6.

Why is Andy Gilchrist in the news?

7.

Which football team were runners-up to Manchester United in the 1993-1994 Premiership season?

8.

Which artist won the Turner Prize in 1995?

ROUND 2

1.

What name is given to the electrical device used in hospitals to restart the heart following a cardiac arrest?

2.

In which Berkshire town is the BBC2 series The Office set?

3.

Who wrote the Booker Prize winning novel Last Orders?

4.

What is the tide of Beethoven’s only opera?

5.

Which spirit is contained in a Daiquiri?

6.

Who was the first of the Spice Girls to achieve a UK number one single outside the group?

7.

Who did Kofi Annan succeed as Secretary-General of the UN?

8.

Give a year in the life of the philosopher Hegel.

ROUND 3

1.

How is the butterfly bush otherwise known?

2.

Who is the husband of Maureen Lipman?

3.

Who directed the film The English Patient?

4.

How many hectares are there in a square kilometre?

5.

In which sport is Paul Sculthorpe an England international?

6.

Who replaced Jimmy Young as presenter of the mid-morning show on Radio 2?

7.

Mawlid is a festival celebrated in which religion?

8.

Which planet has a satellite called Umbriel?

ROUND 4

1.

Jackie Reid and Matt Burke are characters in which current detective TV series?

2.

On which river does the city of Lincoln stand?

3.

Who is the head the United Nations weapons inspectorate in Iraq?

4.

Peter Hill is the editor of which tabloid newspaper?

5.

Who succeeded Ethelwulf as king of England in 839A.D?

6.

The Joad family feature in which classic novel?

7.

Who is the Secretary of State for Education and Science?

8.

Who disappeared whilst appearing with Simon Ward in the West End play Cell Mates?

ROUND 5

1.

How was1980's pop star Stuart Goddard better known?

2.

Who won his only Oscar for his acting performance in The Philadelphia Story?

3.

The Gaboon Viper is native to which continent?

4.

How many standard bottles of champagne are equal to a Salmanazar?

5.

Which musical instrument would you most associate with jazz musician Gary Husband?

6.

Of which South American country is Hugo Chavez president?

7.

Which British city is served by Turnhouse Airport?

8.

El Nino is the nickname of which golfer?

ROUND 6 

1.

What is the official language of Liechtenstein?

2.

Which magazine admitted airbrushing a picture of Kate Winslet on the front cover of its January edition?

3.

Who is the presenter of the Antiques Road Show?

4.

The Salmon of Doubt is a collection of humorous quotes and recollections from which late author?

5.

Supermodel Helena Christensen was born in which country?

6.

Which Russian Composer wrote Russlan and Ludmilla?

7.

George Charpak, Steven Chu and Robert C Richardson have all won which Nobel Prize?

8.

If the time is 1200hrs GMT, what is the time in Moscow?

ROUND 7

1.

Which Caribbean Island was invaded in 1983 by US troops following the assassination of the Prime Minister Maurice Bishop?

2.

What was Blondie’s first UK number one single?

3.

After Tokyo, what is Japan's most populated city?

4.

Who played the title role in the film Saving Private Ryan?

5.

What nationality is the tennis star Andy Roddick?

6.

Who created the pathologist Kay Scarpetta?

7.

If a dish is cooked in a sauce a la soubise what vegetable must it contain?

8.

In which city are the headquarters of the World Bank?

ROUND 8

1.

Which prominent Conservative politician did Iain Duncan Smith succeed as sitting MP in1992?

2.

What is the main currency in the Czech Republic?

3.

Parliament is a collective noun for which species of birds?

4.

Who is the writer and director of the TV Drama Series The Lost Prince?

5.

Of which 1960’s group was Mike Smith the lead singer?

6.

Of which organisation was Adam Crozier appointed chief executive in 2002?

7.

Which Irish patriot was nicknamed The Liberator?

8.

In terms of area, which is the second largest lake in the world after the Caspian Sea?

SPARES

1.

What is the real first name of the astronaut “Buzz” Aldrin?

2.

Which Labour MP for Wolverhampton North East between 1959 and 1987 died on Saturday?

3.

Which book of the bible follows the four Gospels?

4.

Who was the last English manager to win the FA Cup?

5.

Who composed the opera Turandot?

6.

Who is the oldest person to have a UK number one single?

7.

Who did Ruth England immediately succeed as the presenter of Wish You Were Here?

8.

The Ultimate Holiday Experience advertises which cruise company?

Answers

ROUND 1

1.

Johnny Depp

2.

Pansy

3.

Aluminum

4.

Cambridge

5.

Ulysses Simpson Grant

6.

President of the Fireman’s Union

7.

Blackburn Rovers

8.

Damian Hirst

ROUND 2

1.

Defibrillator

2.

Slough

3.

Graham Swift

4.

Fidelio

5.

Rum

6.

(accept any one of) Mel B, Melanie Brown, Melanie Gulzar, Mel G or Scary Spice

7.

Boutrous Boutrous Ghalli

8.

1770 - 1831

ROUND 3

1.

Buddleia

2.

Jack Rosenthal

3.

Anthony Minghella

4.

100

5.

Rugby League 

6.

Jeremy Vine

7.

Islam

8.

Uranus

ROUND 4

1.

Taggart

2.

Witham

3.

Hans Blix

4.

Daily Star

5.

Ethelbald

6.

The Grapes of Wrath

7.

Charles Clarke 

8.

Stephen Fry 

ROUND 5

1.

Adam Ant 

2.

James Stewart 

3.

Africa

4.

Twelve

5.

Piano

6.

Venezuela

7.

Edinburgh

8.

Sergio Garcia

ROUND 6

1.

German

2.

GQ

3.

Michael Aspel 

4.

Douglas Adams 

5.

Denmark

6.

Glinka

7.

Physics

8.

1500hrs or 3:00pm 

ROUND 7

1.

Grenada 

2.

Heart of Glass 

3.

Osaka 

4.

Matt Damon 

5.

American

6.

Patricia Cornwell 

7.

Onion

8.

Washington DC 

ROUND 8

1.

Norman Tebbit 

2.

Koruna

3.

Owls

4.

Steven Poliakoff

5.

Dave Clark Five 

6.

Royal Mail 

7.

Daniel O’Connell 

8.

Lake Superior 

SPARES

1.

Edwin

2.

Renee Short 

3.

Acts of the Apostles 

4.

Joe Royle 

5.

Puccini

6.

Louis Armstrong 

7.

Mary Nightingale

8.

Royal Caribbean Cruises