Question Paper 27th January 2010

set by The Bards of Didsbury

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ROUND 1

1.

Ghost Story in 1981 was the last film of which famous Hollywood film star?

Fred Astaire

2.

Declan MacManus is the real name of which rock star?

Elvis Costello

3.

What is divided into 5 lathes?

Kent

4.

What is divided into 114 suras?

The Koran

5.

Who is the only Irishman present in any of Shakespeare’s plays?

Captain MacMorris

(in Henry V)

6.

In which Dickens novel would you find Dick Swiveller?

The Old Curiosity Shop

7.

What is the southernmost point of India?

Cape Comorin

(accept Kanyakumari)

8.

Who is the MP for Redditch?

Jacqui Smith

ROUND 2

1.

The Farne Islands are located in which Shipping Forecast Area?

Tyne

2.

In the Simpsons cartoon series what is the first name of Principal Skinner?

Seymour

3.

Macaroni, Chinstrap and Rockhopper are all species of which bird?

Penguin

4.

What was the first novel in the Inspector Morse series of novels, published in 1975?

Last Bus to Woodstock

5.

“Life is like a box of chocolates” is a quote from which 1994 film?

Forrest Gump

6.

What is the capital of Gambia?

Banjul

7.

Which British author wrote under the pseudonym Peter Porcupine?

William Cobbett

8.

In which English city would you find Winson Green Prison?

Birmingham

ROUND 3

1.

Jean Rhys' novel The Wide Sargasso Sea was inspired by which classic novel?

Jane Eyre

2.

Love Changes Everything is the best known song from which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical?

Aspects of Love

3.

Who wrote Cold Comfort Farm?

Stella Gibbons

4.

Who wrote the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's?

Truman Capote

5.

Divine Comedy performed the title song to which very popular TV comedy series?

Father Ted

6.

Which 20th century British Prime Minister was born in Broadstairs, Kent?

Edward Heath

7.

What is the first line of the poem Home Thoughts from Abroad by Robert Browning?

“Oh, to be in England now that April's there”

8.

Which TV personality is the current Chief Scout?

Bear Grylls

ROUND 4

1.

When Gracie Fields sang the words: “...you're more than the whole world to me”, to whom was she referring?

Sally

2.

In which year was the 50p coin introduced into circulation in Britain?

1969

3.

According to its name, how big is the wood in Winnie the Pooh?

100 acres

4.

In which city is the HQ of Mercedes cars?

Stuttgart

5.

Who is the present Master of the Queen's Music?

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

6.

Name either of the US states separated by the original Mason-Dixon Line.

Pennsylvania or Maryland

7.

On which London thoroughfare would you find the Savoy Hotel, Stanley Gibbons Stamp Shop and the Adelphi Theatre?

The Strand

8.

Who was responsible for the creation of the decoration the Legion D'Honneur?

Napoleon Bonaparte I

ROUND 5

1.

Who directed the 1954 film On the Waterfront?

Elia Kazan

2.

Which English actor and singer's real name is Michael Patrick Dumbell-Smith?

Michael Crawford

3.

What is divided into 6 rapes?

Sussex

4.

What comprises 6 Orders (often collectively referred to as Shas)?

The Talmud

5.

What is the name of the Welsh captain in Henry V?

Fluellen

6.

In which Dickens novel would you find the Barnacle family?

Little Dorrit

7.

In which country is Cape Matapan (its southernmost point)?

Greece

8.

Who is the MP for Sheffield Hallam?

Nick Clegg

ROUND 6

1.

The Orkney Islands are located in which Shipping Forecast Area?

Fair Isle

2.

In the Simpsons cartoon series what is the name of Police Chief Wiggum's son?

Ralph

3.

Leopard, Ross and Crabeater are all species of which mammal?

Seal

4.

What was the last novel in the Inspector Morse series of novels?

Remorseful Day

5.

“I'll have what she's having” is a quote from which 1989 film?

When Harry Met Sally

6.

What is the capital of Burundi?

Bujumbura

7.

Which English king used the pseudonym Ralph Robinson when writing to gardening magazines?

George III

8.

In which British city would you find Armley prison?

Leeds

ROUND 7

1.

On which novel was the 1995 film Clueless loosely based?

Emma

(by Jane Austen)

2.

My Heart Will Go On is the theme from which film?

Titanic

3.

Which war poet wrote Dulce Et Decorum Est?

Wilfred Owen

4.

Who wrote the political treatise called The Prince in 1513?

Niccolo Machiavelli

5.

The Alabama Three performed Woke Up This Morning, the title song to which very popular crime series?

The Sopranos

6.

Which 20th century British Prime Minister was born in Portsmouth?

James Callaghan

7.

What is the first line of the poem The Soldier by Rupert Brooke?

"If I should die, think only this of me"

8.

Which Blue Peter presenter was a Chief Scout?

Peter Duncan

ROUND 8

1.

When George Formby sang the lines: “It may be sticky, but I never complain, I like to have a nibble at it now and again”, to what was he ostensibly referring?

My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock

2.

In which year was the 20p coin introduced and the word new dropped from all newly minted coins in Britain?

1982

3.

In Winnie the Pooh, who lived in the House at Pooh Corner?

Eeyore

4.

In which city is the HQ of Volkswagen cars HQ of Volkswagen cars?

Wolfsburg

5.

Who is the present Poet Laureate?

Carol Ann Duffy

6.

Rosa Parkes’ refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger caused a riot in which US city in 1955?

Montogomery

(Alabama)

7.

On which London thoroughfare would you find Burlington House, The Ritz Hotel and Fortnum and Masons?

Piccadilly

8.

Who was responsible for the creation of the decoration The Purple Heart?

George Washington

Spares 1

Which authors wrote books or series of books containing the following police or private investigator characters…

1.

Jemima Shore

Antonia Fraser

2.

Cordelia Gray

P D James

3.

Clarice Starling

Thomas Harris

4.

Thomas Linley

Elizabeth George

5.

Kurt Wallender

Henning Mankell

6.

Albert Campion

Marjorie Allingham

7.

V I Warshawsky

Sarah Paretsky

8.

Kinsey Milhone

Sue Grafton

Spares 2

…and here is the missing round from the last time we were setters

1.

Federico Fellini Airport serves which Italian holiday resort?

Rimini

2.

John F Kennedy Airport serves which Latin American seat of government?

La Paz

3.

Which famous London theatre (built 1818) was originally called The Royal Coburg Theatre?

The Old Vic

4.

Name either of the termini of the first commercial hovercraft service.

Wallasey or Rhyl

5.

Name either of the termini of the first commercial passenger train.

Liverpool or Manchester

6.

In 1902 which British car manufacturer invented disc brakes?

Lanchester

7.

In 1915 which Dutch engineer perfected the interrupter, which allowed a machine gun to fire safely through the propellers of an aircraft?

Fokker

8.

In which English town or city would you find Britain's largest theatre?

Blackpool

(Opera House)