Questions

ROUND 1

1.

So far this season 2 teams are assured of relegation from Nationwide League Division 1.  Name them.

2.

The parallel sides of a trapezium are 5cm and 3cm long.  The perpendicular distance between them is 4cm.  What is the area of the trapezium?

3.

William Huskisson MP died tragically in 1830.  How?

4.

Which Russian-born 20^th century author was also a lepidopterist?

5.

Fado music is associated with which country?

6.

Which Viz character was 'the man on the telly'?

7.

Which official of the East India Company and victor of the Battle of Plessey died by his own hand in 1784?

8.

What was the family name of the Kings of Prussia and later the Emperors of Germany?

ROUND 2

1.

Which singer had hits with You’ll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties and Stop The Cavalry?

2.

What was the name of the Bishop of Durham, famous for his views on the Resurrection and Ian McGregor, whose consecration was followed by a bad fire at York Minster?

3.

The literary character Dolores Haze is better known by which name?

4.

Calculate 5 ^–1.  (5 to the power negative 1)

5.

When was the school leaving age raised to 16?

6.

What does the title Mahatma, given to Ghandi, mean?

7.

What is the largest in area of the German Länder?

8.

Name two of the three artists whose pictures were stolen from the Whitworth gallery earlier this week.

ROUND 3

1.

What treaty ended the Thirty Years’ War (1618 – 1648)?

2.

In Indian cooking, what is ghee?

3.

Which event did David Hemery win at the Mexico Olympics in 1968?

4.

Name either of the regular presenters of Radio 5 Live’s breakfast programme?

5.

What name connects a member of the shadow cabinet, a model cum TV celebrity and a British Olympic medallist?

6.

In which Italian city do Sampdoria play their home games?

7.

Which group recorded the 1970’s classic Billy Don’t Be A Hero?

8.

Who was British defence secretary at the time of the Falklands war?

ROUND 4 - Pictures

1.

Identify the highlighted state.

2.

Identify the highlighted state.

3.

Identify the album cover.

4.

Identify the album cover

5.

2^nd April 1977.  Name the winning horse.

6.

Epsom, 3^rd June 1981.  Name the winning horse.

7.

Name this geographical feature in Dorset.

8.

Name the Wiltshire town.

ROUND 5

1.

Name the 4 Nationwide League Division1 teams which have qualified for the play-offs.

2.

The radius of a sphere is r.  What is the formula for the volume of the sphere?

3.

H.V. Roe, the aircraft manufacturer, had a famous wife with whom he founded a clinic in 1921 which is well known today.  Who was she?

4.

Short story author born in New Zealand - her tempestuous relationship with her husband John Middleton Murray inspired Lawrence in Women in Love.  Who was she?

5.

The Euskadi language is spoken by which group of people?

6.

Which Viz character had unfeasibly large genitals?

7.

Who used the alias Sebastian Melmoth in 1897?

8.

What was the family name of the Emperors of Austria?

ROUND 6 

1.

Which singer had hits with Bang, Bang, Knocked It Off and Kool In The Kaftan?

2.

Which famous scientist was born in Eaglesfield near Cockermouth and died in Manchester in 1844?

3.

Oskar Bronski is the main character in which German novel?

4.

Calculate 5⁰  (5 to the power zero).

5.

When was the GCSE introduced?

6.

What does the title Maharishi mean?

7.

What is the most northerly of the four main islands of Japan?

8.

It has now been revealed that the first three athletes to cross the finish line in the mens’ Olympic 100 metres final in Seoul in 1988 had all misused banned substances.  Name two of them.

ROUND 7

1.

Which king, a major participant in the Thirty Years’ War, was killed at the battle of Lutzen in 1632?

2.

In Indian cooking, what is Channa?

3.

Who was the only British athletics medallist at the 1976 Olympics?

4.

Name either of the regular presenters of Radio 5 Live’s afternoon Drive programme?

5.

What name connects a Lancashire cricket captain, a poet, and a TV actress best known for a 1970’s sitcom?

6.

In which Italian city do Chievo play their home games?

7.

Which one hit wonder recorded the 1980’s hit I’ve Never Been To Me?

8.

Who was U. S. Secretary Of State at the time of the Falklands war?

ROUND 8

1.

Who directed the film Easy Rider?

2.

Who starred in the Steven Spielberg film Duel?

3.

By what name was the Junkers Ju87 dive bomber better known?

4.

By what name was the Mitsubishi A6M Reisen fighter better known?

5.

The name of which Anglo-Indian dish means pepper water?

6.

Rijstaffel, meaning rice table, is a popular dish in Dutch restaurants.  From which modern day country does it originate?

7.

Which artist has a museum dedicated to him at Figueras in Catalonia?

8.

Who designed the Casa Mila, Casa Batllo and Parc Guell in Barcelona?

SPARES

1.

Which architect designed the Pen and Inkwell bridge outside The Lowry hotel?

2.

Which architect designed The Imperial War Museum of the North at Salford Quays?

3.

Manchester stands at the confluence of three rivers.  Name two of them.

4.

Who was the first guest host of the new series of  Have I Got News For You? which started last Friday?

5.

In the last twenty years only six clubs have won the First Division/Premiership title in football. Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool are three. Name two of the other three?

6.

Which stalwart ITV sports presenter was born 70 years ago today?

7.

Where are Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction?

Answers

ROUND 1

1.

Grimsby Town and Sheffield Wednesday

2.

16  (cm²) - i.e. (5 + 3) x 4 ¸ 2

3.

Knocked over by a train at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway

4.

Vladimir Nabokov

5.

Portugal

6.

Roger Mellie

7.

Clive of India

8.

Hohenzollern

ROUND 2

1.

Jona Lewie

2.

David Jenkins

3.

Lolita

4.

0.2 or one fifth

5.

1973

6.

Great Soul

7.

Bavaria

8.

Picasso, Gauguin, Van Gogh

ROUND 3

1.

Westphalia

2.

Clarified butter used primarily for frying

3.

400 meters hurdles

4.

Nicky Campbell, Victoria Derbyshire

5.

Fox (Liam, Sam and James)

6.

Genoa

7.

Paper Lace

8.

John Nott

ROUND 4 - Pictures

1.

South Dakota

2.

Oklahoma

3.

Wish you were here (Pink Floyd)

4.

Low (David Bowie)

5.

Red Rum

6.

Shergar

7.

Lulworth Cove

8.

Avebury

ROUND 5

1.

Sheffield United, Wolves, Reading and Nottingham Forest

2.

4/3 pr³                   (four thirds pi r cubed)

3.

Marie Stopes

4.

Katherine Mansfield

5.

Basques

6.

Buster Gonad

7.

Oscar Wilde

8.

Hapsburg

ROUND 6

1.

B.A. Robertson

2.

John Dalton

3.

The Tin Drum

4.

1

5.

1987

6.

Great Teacher

7.

Hokkaido

8.

Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis, Linford Christie (and Dennis Mitchell who was fourth!)

ROUND 7

1.

Gustavus Adolphus (Sweden)

2.

Chick Peas

3.

Brendan Foster (Bronze)

4.

Jane Garvey, Peter Allen

5.

Hughes (David, Ted and Nerys)

6.

Verona

7.

Charlene

8.

Al Haig (and you thought things had got worse?)

ROUND 8

1.

Dennis Hopper

2.

Dennis Weaver

3.

Stuka

4.

Zero

5.

Mulligatawny

6.

Indonesia

7.

Salvador Dali

8.

Antoni Gaudi

SPARES

1.

Santiago Caltrava

2.

Daniel Libeskind

3.

Irk, Irwell, Medlock

4.

Martin Clunes

5.

Everton (1985 and 1987), Leeds United (1992) and Blackburn Rovers (1995)

6.

Dickie Davies

7.

With Dick Cheney? (Wherever he is!)