Questions

ROUND 1

1.

Which country celebrates Dominion Day on September 26th?

2.

How is the 16th century painter Iacopo Robusti better known?

3.

On a Spanish menu what are gambas?

4.

What do the logos of the following cars have in common:

Daihatsu, Lexus, SEAT, Honda?

5.

Of which country was Guinea Bissau a colony?

6.

The name for which child's plaything is derived from the diminutive of Dorothy?

7.

Which 19th century artist illustrated Oscar Wilde's Salome and Pope's Rape of the Lock?

8.

Which animal has musth glands? (not musk glands!)

ROUND 2

1.

In which century did Mohammed die?

2.

Mahatma is a Sanskrit word meaning what?

3.

Which song, sung by the late Richard Harris, reached number 4 in 1968?

4.

Of which nationality was the hotelier Cesar Ritz?

5.

The Roman emperors Septimus Severus and Constantius I both died in which English city?

6.

The words chocolate and ocelot are derived from the Nahuatl language; in which country is/was it spoken?

7.

How many balls are used in the game of croquet?

8.

Which widely used substance is a cement of whiting and linseed oil?

ROUND 3

1.

What is recorded using Labanotation?

2.

On seeing/hearing which natural phenomenon did Gustav Mahler remark Fortissimo at last!?

3.

What is the official language of Ethiopia?

4.

What is nephology?

5.

What is a bobolink?

6.

Name either of the two athletes portrayed in the film Chariots of Fire.

7.

Where is the US Masters golf tournament held? (please give city and state)

8.

In Greek mythology, who was the father of Zeus?

ROUND 4

1.

What are a Googol and a Googolplex?

2.

Who is traditionally regarded as the founder of Taoism?

3.

In Norse myth, what is the name of the home of the gods?

4.

What is an oxymoron?

5.

The Encyclopaedia Britannica was first published in 1768, in which city?

6.

What is the modern name of the country formerly called Nyasaland?

7.

Who painted the picture Garden of Earthly Delights?

8.

Who founded RADA in 1904?

ROUND 5

1.

Cleopatra's first child was born in 44 BC; who was the father?

2.

What is the name of the Paris Stock Exchange?

3.

Originally named Gladys Mary Smith, this Hollywood actress was nicknamed America’s Sweetheart; what was her stage name?

4.

BUPA stands for what?

5.

What commodity is measured in cords?

6.

In Shakespeare's Anthony & Cleopatra, what game does Cleopatra prefer to play instead of listening to music?

7.

In which sport is the Thomas Cup contested?

8.

Which chemical element derives its name from the Greek for colour?

ROUND 6

1.

Other than the duck-billed platypus, what is the only other mammal to lay eggs?

2.

Name 3 of the 4 March sisters in Louisa M Alcott's Little Women.

3.

At what sport are Rudolph, Randolph, and Barani familiar techniques?

4.

Who wrote the novel Tobacco Road?

5.

What does OECD stand for?

6.

On the new-style number plates, the first letter indicates the area in which a car is registered. Which area is represented by the letter ‘V’?

7.

And which area is represented by the letter ‘G’?

8.

Who is the Greek god of sleep?

ROUND 7

1.

In which of Sir Walter Scott's novels will you read Wandering Willie's Tale?

2.

A left-handed scissors forward crossover is a manoeuvre in which sport?

3.

Who wrote the novel The Shipping news?

4.

Which group was originally called Carl and the Passions?

5.

What is a female badger called?

6.

What was the former name of the country Belize?

7.

What is a theorbo?

8.

What is the name of Canada's highest mountain?

ROUND 8

1.

Which acid, found in wood sorrel, rhubarb leaves and other plants is used in dyeing and bleaching?

2.

What is the number of the only road which runs from North Wales to South Wales?

3.

By what name is Marion Morrison better known?

4.

What is a doch-an-doris? (can also be spelt deoch-an-dorius or doch-an-dorach)

5.

Who wrote the opera Turn of the Screw?

6.

We now know that Linseed Oil is used in putty, but from which plant does it come?

7.

Who is Joan Sutherland's husband?

8.

Which strait separates Greenland and Iceland?

SPARES

1.

Who is the Secretary of State for Education?

2.

Which strait separates India and Sri Lanka?

3.

Which poet wrote Ode to the West Wind?

4.

In the opera Rigoletto, what is the name of his daughter?

5.

Who has recently married Daniel Barenbohm?

6.

What was a Kithara?

7.

Little Giddings is a manor in Huntingdonshire. Which poet celebrated it, eponymously, as one of his Four Quartets?

8.

Which Scottish Island was recently purchased by its 120 inhabitants?

9.

Who was the first man to sail solo around the world in 1895-98?

10.

Who was the first Secretary General of the UN?

Answers

ROUND 1

1.

New Zealand

2.

Tintoretto

3.

Prawns

4.

All are the initial letter of the car

5.

Portugal

6.

Doll

7.

Aubrey Beardsley

8.

Elephant

ROUND 2

1.

7th century AD

2.

Great soul / High souled

3.

Macarthur Park

4.

Swiss

5.

York

6.

Mexico

7.

4

8.

Putty

ROUND 3

1.

Dance movements (especially ballet)

2.

Niagara Falls

3.

Amharic

4.

Study of clouds

5.

A US songbird

6.

Harold Abrahams; Eric Liddle

7.

Augusta, Georgia

8.

Cronus

ROUND 4

1.

Very large numbers; googol is 10 to the power of 100; googolplex is 10 to the power of a googol

2.

Lao-Tsu

3.

Asgard (not Valhalla which is for heroes slain in battle)

4.

Use of contradictory words for effect (e.g. cruel kindness)

5.

Edinburgh

6.

Malawi

7.

Hieronymus Bosch

8.

Beerbohm Tree

ROUND 5

1.

Julius Caesar

2.

La Bourse

3.

Mary Pickford

4.

British United Provident Association

5.

Wood (when cut for fuel a cord is a stack 4 x 4 x 8 feet)

6.

Billiards (Act II, Scene V)

7.

Badminton

8.

Chromium (Greek chroma = colour)

ROUND 6

1.

The Spiny Anteater

2.

Jo; Meg; Beth; Amy

3.

Trampoline

4.

Erskine Caldwell

5.

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

6.

Vale of Evesham (Worcestershire and Gloucestershire)

7.

Garden of England (Kent)

8.

Hypnos

ROUND 7

1.

Redgauntlet

2.

Ice-skating

3.

Annie Proulx

4.

The Beach Boys

5.

A Sow

6.

British Honduras

7.

A bass lute

8.

Logan

ROUND 8

1.

Oxalid acid

2.

A470

3.

John Wayne

4.

A stirrup cup / a parting cup

(in Gaelic d(e)och means ‘drink’, an means ‘the’ and doris/dorach/dorius means  ‘door’ - i.e. one for the road)

5.

Benjamin Britten

6.

Flax

7.

Richard Bonynge (pronounced Bonning)

8.

Denmark Strait

SPARES

1.

Charles Clarke

2.

Palk Strait

3.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

4.

Gilda

5.

Anne-Sophie Mutter (world renowned violinist)

6.

An ancient stringed instrument (similar to a lute)

7.

T S Eliot

8.

Gigha (pronounced Ghia)

9.

Joshua Slocum

10.

Trygve Lie