Questions

ROUND 1

1.

Which Dutch beer is named after a river?

2.

Which beer is known as the King of Beers?

3.

Of which American state is Frankfort the state capital?

4.

Of which American state is Jefferson City the state capital?

5.

Which team was relegated from the Premier League with the lowest number of points to date?

6.

Which team was relegated from the Premier League with the highest number of points to date?

7.

Which is the most valuable British company according to current Stock Exchange value?

8.

Which is Britain’s wealthiest bank by Stock Exchange value?

ROUND 2

1.

What links the novels The Three Musketeers and La Dame au Camelias (Camille)?

2.

Who is the novelist sister of the writer Margaret Drabble?

3.

What type of creature is a Dolly Varden?

4.

What type of creature is a Nonius?

5.

Who were the two British gold medalists in the recent World Indoor Athletics Championships?

6.

Where were the recent indoor World Indoor Athletic Championships held?

7.

In the novel Jane Eyre what is Rochester’s first name?

8.

What was Lord Kitchener’s first name?

ROUND 3

1.

What is the more common name for the constellation Draco?

2.

What is the more common name for the constellation Sagitta?

3.

In which year was the Maastricht Treaty signed?

4.

In which year was the Treaty of Rome signed?

5.

As of 19^th March 2003, how many countries have joined George W Bush’s coalition against Iraq?

6.

As of 19^th March 2003, how many countries in George W Bush’s coalition against Iraq have asked to remain anonymous?

7.

What is the meaning of the musical term leggiero?

8.

What is the meaning of the musical term adagio?

ROUND 4

1.

Which Rogers and Hammerstein musical was premiered in 1943?

2.

Which Rogers and Hammerstein musical was premiered in 1949?

3.

How many bass clarinets are there in a full symphony orchestra?

4.

How many trombones are there in a full symphony orchestra?

5.

In which country would you find the Middleback Mountains?

6.

In which country are the Coast Mountains located?

7.

What are fizgigs and girandoles?

8.

What are trocars and xysters?

ROUND 5 – Picture Round

1.

(Picture A) Name this writer who was born in 1879 and died in 1970.

2.

(Picture B) Name this writer.

3.

(Picture C) Name the cricketer who made his 100^th century while playing for Surrey.

4.

(Picture D) Name the tennis player pictured after winning her 5^th singles title at Wimbledon.

5.

(Picture E) Name the actress.

6.

(Picture F) Name the actress.

7.

(Picture G) Name this married couple - both first names needed.

8.

(Picture H) Name this married couple.

ROUND 6 

1.

What is the speciality of the publishing company Haynes?

2.

What is the speciality of the publishing company Bartholomews?

3.

What was the name of the eagle that twice escaped from London Zoo in 1965?

4.

What was the name of the panda that was flown to Moscow from London Zoo in 1966?

5.

Who created the character of Professor Van Helsing?

6.

Who created the character of Professor Moriarty?

7.

Who was the first man to win 100 England caps for soccer?

8.

Who was the first man to win 100 England caps for cricket?

ROUND 7

1.

In which country does the Rhine rise?

2.

In which country does the Rhine flow into the sea?

3.

When was the Tower of London last used as a prison?

4.

In which decade was flogging abolished in Britain?

5.

Who created Biggles?

6.

Who wrote The Prisoner of Zenda?

7.

What flower is sometimes known as the Lent Lily?

8.

Mountain Ash is another name for which tree?

ROUND 8

1.

In which fictional town is the series A Touch of Frost set?

2.

What is the name of the pub in Emmerdale?

3.

Billy Bunter attended which school?

4.

Who had a daily help called Mrs Scrubbit?

5.

Who won the Oscar for best supporting actress?

6.

Who won the Oscar for best director?

7.

What is the name of the central character in Billy Liar?

8.

What is the name of the central character in The History Man by Malcolm Bradbury?

SPARES

1.

Who is the chairman of the Radio 4 programme Just A Minute?

2.

Who wrote Journal of the Plague Year?

3.

In which American city does the baseball team known as The Tigers play?

4.

What is the common name of the flower Myosotis?

5.

To which country do the Azores belong?

6.

Which canal links London and Birmingham?

7.

Who wrote the book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

8.

Born Nottingham 1850 - he became the first Lord Trent. Who was he?

Answers

ROUND 1

1.

Amstel

2.

Budweiser

3.

Kentucky

4.

Missouri

5.

Watford (with 24 points)

6.

Barnsley (with 42 points)

7.

BP

8.

HSBC

ROUND 2

1.

They were written by a father and son - Alexander Dumas (pere) and (fils) (do not accept simply that they were both written by Alexander Dumas)

2.

A S Byatt

3.

A fish

4.

A horse

5.

Ashia Hansen (triple jump) and Marion Devenish (200 metres)

6.

Birmingham

7.

Edward

8.

Herbert

ROUND 3

1.

Dragon

2.

Arrow

3.

1993

4.

1957

5.

45 (accept 2 either way)

6.

15 (accept 1 either way)

7.

Lightly

8.

Slowly

ROUND 4

1.

Oklahoma

2.

South Pacific

3.

1

4.

4

5.

Australia

6.

Canada

7.

Types of fireworks

8.

Types of surgical instruments

ROUND 5 – Picture Round

1.

E M Forster

2.

Virginia Woolf

3.

Jack Hobbs

4.

Suzanne Lenglen

5.

Bette Davis

6.

Mae West

7.

Clementine and Winston Churchill

8.

Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks (do not accept Douglas Fairbanks Junior)

ROUND 6

1.

Car manuals

2.

Maps (or Atlases)

3.

Goldie

4.

Chi Chi

5.

Bram Stoker

6.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

7.

Billy Wright

8.

Colin Cowdrey

ROUND 7

1.

Switzerland

2.

Netherlands

3.

World War II

4.

1940’s

5.

Captain WE Johns

6.

Anthony Hope

7.

Daffodil

8.

Rowan

ROUND 8

1.

Denton

2.

The Woolpack

3.

Greyfriars

4.

Mummy Woodentop

5.

Catherine Zeta Jones (Chicago)

6.

Roman Polanski (The Pianist)

7.

Billy Fisher

8.

Howard Kirk

SPARES

1.

Nicholas Parsons

2.

Daniel Defoe

3.

Detroit

4.

Forget-me-not

5.

Portugal

6.

Grand Union

7.

Ian Fleming

8.

Jesse Boot (the Chemist)