CUP & PLATE SEMI-FINALS

 

28th February 2012-02-25

Questions set by

The Church House, Bollington

and

Harrington B, Gawsworth

1. What is the only Shakespeare play to mention America?

A COMEDY OF ERRORS

2. Who was the first cricketer to play 100 test matches?   
COLIN COWDREY

3. Which TV western series starred Leif Ericsson as a rancher and Cameron Mitchell as his brother?                   
THE HIGH CHAPARRAL

4. In which film did Kane, Parker, Lambert, Ash, Dallas and Brett all fail to make it to the end?                       
ALIEN (NB NOT Aliens)

5. On which river, also the name of a local beer, does Amsterdam stand?
AMSTEL

6. A tangelo is a hybrid of a tangerine and which other fruit?   
POMELO

7. Which prophetess and witch lived in a cave near Knaresborough?  MOTHER SHIPTON

8.What is removed in the process of excortication?  
BARK OF A TREE

9. What German word means pleasure in another’s misfortune?  SCHADENFREUDE

10. Capers are the pickled seeds of which flower?   
NASTURTIUM

11. Which train did Casey Jones drive?       
CANNONBALL EXPRESS

12. Which actress is the mother of film star Melanie Griffith?  
TIPPI HEDREN

13. In literature, who was the son of the giant Pantagruel?   
GARGANTUA

14. Which TV character’s catchphrase was “You’ve all done very well”?  (YOUNG) MR GRACE

15. Which city was known by the Romans as Durovernum?   
CANTERBURY

16. Who wrote the novel I Know Why The Caged Bird sings?   MAYA ANGELOU

17. Who or what was referred to in the early 20th century as The Sick Man of Europe?   
TURKEY (OTTOMAN EMPIRE)

18. On what product can a painting of the Barnum & Bailey’s Circus animal Old Joe be seen?                       
CAMEL CIGARETTES

19. What was Casanova’s main profession?           
LIBRARIAN

20. Who was the manager of Arsenal when they won the double in 1971?  BERTIE MEE

21. Which secret society took its name from the Greek word for circle? 
KU KLUX KLAN

22. Which Canadian territory forms most of the border with Alaska?   
YUKON

23. By what name is Lake Tiberias also known?       
SEA OF GALILEE

24. What code was invented by Depillon and developed by Popham and Pasley? 
SEMAPHORE

25. In a pack of playing cards, what are the queens holding?   
A FLOWER

26. What did the Combination Laws of 1799 & 1800 prohibit?   
TRADE UNIONS

27. As in Galapagos Islands, what does the word Galapagos mean?  TORTOISES/TURTLES

28. What is the more common name for a lycanthrope?   
WEREWOLF

29. What poison is obtained from the seed nux vomica?   
STRYCHNINE

30. What was Kevin Keegan’s first football league club as a player?  SCUNTHORPE UNITED

31. Who was Israel’s Defence Minister during the Six-day War?   
MOSHE DAYAN

32. Which liqueur is flavoured with caraway seeds?       
KUMMEL

33. What is made in the process of nidification?       
A NEST

34. Which Englishman became Pope Adrian IV?       
NICHOLAS BREAKSPEAR

35. Which country was liberated in the 19th century by Bernardo O’Higgins?  CHILE

36. Which flower is also known as the rose-mallow?   
HOLLYHOCK

37. From which TV programme did the hit songs Hi-Fidelity and Starmaker come? 
FAME

38. Which breed of dog was originally bred to hunt badgers?  
DACHSHUND

39. What is the purpose of the process of kyanisation?   
TO PREVENT DRY-ROT

40. Which old name for Britain derives from the Latin word for white?
ALBION

41. In Elizabethan times, what profession was followed by the Admiral’s Men?  ACTORS

42. Which James Herbert novel features a man who is reincarnated as a dog? FLUKE

43. What would be most distinctive about someone suffering from calivity? THEY’D BE BALD

44. Which spice comes from the berry of the pimento?       
ALLSPICE

45. Whom did Frank Bruno defeat to win the WBC heavyweight Championship?
OLIVER McCALL

46. Who would use a cockabondy?                   
AN ANGLER

47. By what name is a loupe better known?           
MAGNIFYING GLASS
48. By what name is the drug methylene dioxy methamphetamine better known?
ECSTACY

49. Where in Britain is a figure supposed to represent Hercules carved into the earth? 
CERNE ABBAS

50. A proposed merger between Oxford United and Reading very nearly took place a few years ago. By what name would the new club have been known? THAMES VALLEY ROYALS

51. Which poem by Milton tells the story of Christ’s temptation by Satan? PARADISE REGAINED

52. Of which bay is the Andamam Sea a part?        
BAY OF BENGAL

53. On which London street is the Stock Exchange?       
OLD BROAD STREET

54. Who won both an FA Cup winners medal and a cricket County Championship winners medal in cricket in 1964?           
JIM STANDEN

55. In which book does Bustopher Jones appear?   
OLD POSSUM’S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS

56. What animal is used to represent the Egyptian god of death and evil?     CROCODILE

57. What is Kent Cap?                   
A PAPER SIZE

58. Which range of mountains in Germany is supposedly haunted by Spectre of the Brocken?                       
HARZ MOUNTAINS

59. Which great general was finally defeated by Scipio in 202 BC?   HANNIBAL

60. By what name was the artist Jacopo Robusti, the son of a dyer, better known?
TINTORETTO

61.    What does the “M” represent in MRI scanner?
MAGNETIC

62.    Which singer’s real name is Gordon Sumner?
STING

63.    What is the STD dialling code for Leeds?
0113

64.    Who won the Apprentice 2011 to become Lord Sugar’s business partner?
TOM PELLEREAU

65.    What was the name of the Detective played by Philip Glenister in Ashes to Ashes and Life on Mars?
GENE HUNT

66.    On which island does Thomas the Tank Engine work?
SODOR

67.    Who provides the voice of Lightning McQueen in Cars and Cars 2? OWEN WILSON

68.    If you were offered “Kaugummi” (cow-gummy) in Germany, what would you do with it?   
CHEW IT (chewing gum)

69.    Who won the first series of X-Factor?
STEVE BROOKSTEIN

70.    In which county is the 9 square mile area known as the Rhubarb Triangle? 
YORKSHIRE

71.    In gambling, what odds are sometimes referred to as “Double Carpet”?   THIRTY-THREE TO ONE

72.    In Sky One’s drama, what are Max Beesley, Marc Warren, Philip Glenister and John Simm collectively known as? 
MAD DOGS
 
73.    In Celtic mythology, what name is given to the Land of the Young, whose inhabitants enjoy eternal youth?       
TIR NA NOG

74.    Under what title was Charles Jaggers immortalised in the words of a song written in 1891?               
THE MAN WHO BROKE THE BANK IN MONTE CARLO

75.    On an Indian menu, what does a dish whose name includes ‘Sag’ contain?               
SPINACH

76.    As well as Ayrton Senna, another driver was killed during the weekend of the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994. Who?               
ROLAND RATZENBERGER

77.    Name the American golfer who won the 2011 US PGA Golf Tournament.
KEEGAN BRADLEY

78.    Which religious holiday do the French call ‘Vendredi Saint’?
GOOD FRIDAY

79.    With which Formula 1 team did Jenson Button start his career?
WILLIAMS

80.    Who preceded Mervyn King as Governor of the Bank of England?
EDDIE GEORGE

81.    Which Asian island was formerly known as Formosa?
TAIWAN

82.    What name is given to a native of the Orkneys?
ORCADIAN

83.    What inscription does the George Cross bear?
FOR GALLANTRY

84.    The establishment of which international organisation was inspired by the Battle of Solferino in 1859?
THE RED CROSS

85.    The mascot for the 2012 Olympic Games is called what?
WENLOCK (do NOT accept Mandeville – this is the Paralympic mascot)

86.    On a pencil, what do the letters ‘HB’ stand for?
HARD BLACK

87.    Who designed the first Blue peter badge?
TONY HART

88.    Haiti’s President between 1957 and 1971 was known as Papa Doc. What was his real name?
FRANCOIS DUVALIER

89.    Who was the first Prime Minister of South Africa?
LOUIS BOTHA

90.    In which sport is John Paramor a leading referee?
GOLF (Chief Referee of the European Tour)

91.    Who was the first woman to referee a World Snooker Championship Final?
MICHAELA TABB

92.    Which cathedral city is most closely associated with Edward Elgar?
WORCESTER

93.    With which composer would you associate the Aldeburgh Festival?
BENJAMIN BRITTEN

94.    What kind of creature is a ‘Dik-Dik’?
ANTELOPE

95.    What kind of creature is a ‘Canvasback’?
DUCK

96.    In which country is the source of the River Danube?
GERMANY

97.    Which former English county disappeared in 1974, absorbed into the county of Cambridgeshire?
HUNTINGDONSHIRE

98.    The Isle of Wight has three prisons – name one.
PARKHURST, ALBANY OR CAMP HILL

99.    In the TV series ‘The Man from Uncle’, which organisation did the bad guys work for?
THRUSH

100.    Which fictional law enforcement organisation did the 60s TV characters Jason King, Stewart Sullivan and Annabelle Hurst work for?
DEPARTMENT S

101.    Cinnabar is the principal ore of which metal?
MERCURY

102.    What name do chemists give to those elements with atomic numbers greater than 92?
TRANSURANIC ELEMENTS (i.e. beyond uranium)

103.    How many children did Queen Victoria and Prince Albert have?
NINE

104.    Which unit of measurement was defined for several centuries in England as ‘equal to three barleycorns’?
AN INCH

105.    Which of the six towns that make up the City of Stoke on Trent is missing: Hanley, Stoke, Longton, Burslem, Tunstall and…?
FENTON

106.    Which is the only church in the centre of Macclesfield (NOT the neighbouring parishes) with a spire?
ST. PAUL’S

107.    Seen in sitcom Benidorm, which comedian’s real name is Michael Pennington?
JOHNNY VEGAS

108.    What nationality is actor Donald Sutherland?
CANADIAN

109.    Mount Logan is the highest mountain in which country?
CANADA

110.    Which country borders Syria, Iran, Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia?
TURKEY

111.    How many squares are there on a Scrabble board?
225 (15x15)

112.    Which sports name is derived from the French for ‘take it’?
TENNIS (from ‘tenez’)

113.    Shakespeare’s Othello is set in Venice and on which island?
CYPRUS

114.    Sam Weller is a character in which Dickens novel?
PICKWICK PAPERS

115.    In which year was the £1 coin introduced in the UK?
1983

116.    In which year was Fawlty Towers first screened?
1975

117.    Name the most easterly town in the UK.
LOWESTOFT

118.    Australian Baz Luhrmann directed a 1996 screen adaptation of which Shakespeare play?
ROMEO & JULIET

119.    Tsar Kolokol, in Moscow, is the world’s biggest what?
BELL (broken in casting, it has never been rung)

120.    Edo was the former name of which city?
TOKYO

 

Supplementaries

Which bishop of England signs his name ‘Sarum’?
SALISBURY

Name the popular confectionery bar that was launched in 1935 as ‘Rowntree’s Chocolate Crisp’.
KIT KAT

Which is the only country crossed by the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn?
BRAZIL

Who had a number one hit single in 1975 with ‘January’?
PILOT

Who was the second wife of Henry VIII?
ANNE BOLEYN

Which fruit juice combines with Champagne to make a Bellini?
PEACH

Near which major American city will this year’s Ryder Cup Matches be held?
CHICAGO (Medinah Country Club)

What can be vulgar, complex or mixed?
FRACTIONS

Tie-breaker:

According to Wikipedia, the M6 is the longest motorway in Britain, running from Junction 19 of the M1 to the Scottish borders. How long is it in miles?
232.2 miles (373.7km)

Shrove Tuesday

 

Specialist Rounds 21 February 2012

Tonight’s specialist questions have been set by the Puss In Boots, and vetted by the Albion.

Entertainment: Radio Ha Ha

Q1. What four unimaginative new names were given to the Home Service, Light and Third Programmes and their associated services following a reorganisation on 30 September 1967?

A1. BBC Radios 1, 2, 3 and 4 [all four station names required].

Q2. The Mary Whitehouse Experience was Radio 1’s first attempt at a comedy series in 1989. The four original writers included Rob Newman and Hugh Dennis. Name one of the other two who went on to TV fame?

A2. David Baddiel or Steve Punt

Q3. The Million Pound Radio Show that aired in the mid-1980s launched the career of which TV funny man that went on to make ‘loadsamoney’?

A3. Harry Enfield

Q4. Which long-running topical television panel game was a taken from an idea first tested by Radio 4’s The News Quiz?

A4. Have I Got News for You

Q5. What was peculiar about Radio 4’s eight-and-a-half hour continuous broadcast on Boxing Day 2000?

A5. Uninterrupted and unabridged reading of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (because JK Rowling refused to let it be serialised).

Q6. Jack Dee now gives the panel members of I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue silly things to do, but whose famous jazz-trumpet playing shoes did he fill?

A6. Humphrey Lyttelton

Q7. Where is the radio show Old Harry’s Game set?

A7. Hell

Q8. Who wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, originally a radio comedy, first broadcast in 1978?

A8. Douglas Adams

Supplementaries

Q9. In which BBC Radio programme could you have found the characters Neddie, Eccles, Min, Major Bloodknock and Count Moriarty?

A9. The Goon Show

Q10. Mark Steel presenter of Mark Steel’s in Town, also writes a column for which national daily newspaper?

A10. The Independent or the "i"

Geography

Q1. The Oresund bridge joins two European countries - name either of them.

A1. Sweden or Denmark

Q2. Which river separates Devon and Cornwall?

A2. Tamar

Q3. Which Motorway links Glasgow and Edinburgh?

A3. M8

Q4. Which Motorway links Coventry and Leicester?

A4. M69

Q5. Which is the only English port offering passenger ferry services to the Republic of Ireland?

A5. Liverpool

Q6. Which is the only English port offering passenger ferry services to Scandinavia?

A6. Harwich (runs to Esbjerg in Denmark)

Q7. Which British National Park has the longest Coastline?

A7. Pembrokeshire Coast (260 miles)

Q8. Near which British city would you find the mumbles?

A8. Swansea

Supplementaries

Q9. What is the highest denomination Euro banknote available?

A9. 500 Euro

Q10. St Davids, St Thomas and St James Park are all railway stations in which British City?

A10. Exeter

History: 20th Century Europe

Q1. Who was the maternal grandmother of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany?

A1. Queen Victoria of Great Britain

Q2. What was St Petersburg known as between 1914 and 1924?

A2. Petrograd [and then Leningrad until 1991 but I specifically want “Petrograd”]

Q3. Who was Chancellor of West Germany at the time of its reunification with East Germany?

A3. Helmut Kohl

Q4. The Falange were a far right wing group holding power from the 1930s to 1970s in which European country?

A4. Spain

Q5. In which year did Ted Heath's Government impose the "Three Day Week"?

A5. 1974 [leeway 1973-1975]

Q6. Which British Prime Minister lived at Chartwell in Kent from 1924 to 1965?

A6. Winston Churchill

Q7. Apart from West Germany and France, name one other of the founding members in 1952 of the European Coal and Steel Community?

A7. Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg

Q8. In 1963, which French president vetoed the UK's application to join the European Economic Community?

A8. Charles De Gaulle

Supplementaries

Q9. What was the name of the trade union that went on strike at the Lenin Shipyards in Gdansk in 1980?

A9. Solidarity ("Solidarnosc" if anyone can remember the Polish).

Q10. What is the name of the Bosnian town, infamous as the site of the July 1995 mass murders perpetrated by Ratko Mladic's forces?

A10. Srebrenica [pronounced Sreb-ren-itsa]

Science: Some of us are looking at the stars

Q1. What do 82.5% of the UK population use every day that was first developed at CERN by Tim Berners-Lee and his team?

A1. The World Wide Web (Do not accept ‘The Internet’)

Q2. In which decade of the 17 Century did Galileo first use a telescope he had built himself to study the Universe?

A2. 1610s (actual date1609)

Q3. What is the common name for the star Alpha Orionis situated at the top left of the constellation Orion?

A3. Betelgeuse [pronounced Beetlejuice]

Q4. What is the name of the project that Professor Brian Cox is working on at CERN?

A4. BERN Atlas (Accept ‘Atlas’)

Q5. The ‘apparent magnitude’ of a star is a measurement of its what?

A5. Brightness

Q6. International Space Station (ISS) Astronauts' schedules are set on a 24-hour, Earth-based timetable to keep their activity as grounded as possible. The clocks onboard the ISS are set to which time zone?

A6. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) because that is roughly half way between Houston, Texas and Moscow.

Q7. The first known pulsar was observed in 1967 by astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish who referred to their discovery as LGM-1. What did LGM stand for?

A7. Little Green Men

Q8. In which US state is Palomar Observatory?

A8. California

Supplementaries

Q9. As of 2006, Pluto is no longer considered a planet, but is now one of five in a class of objects called a dwarf planet. Name one of the other four dwarf planets as identified by the International Astronomical Union?

A9. Ceres, Eris, Makemake or Haumea

Q10. Patrick Moore has been presenting ‘The Sky at Night’ since 1957; name one of his current team of four co-presenters?

A10. Dr Chris Lintott; Pete Lawrence; Paul Abel; Dr Chris North

Sport

Q1. Who holds the women's world 100 metre dash world record?

A1. Florence Griffith-Joyner accept Flo-JO

Q2. Over how many sets is a women's grand slam tennis match contested?

A2. 3

Q3. Which British gymnast won the 2006 and 2010 uneven bars world championship?

A3. Beth Tweddle

Q4. Who was the only woman to win BBC's sport personality of the year in the 1990s?

A4. Liz McColgan (1991)

Q5. Which BBC sports presenter was the the Amateur flat jockey Champion Lady rider in 1990?

A5. Clare Balding

Q6. What is the women's equivalent to the men's tennis competition the Davis Cup?

A6. The Fed Cup

Q7. What is the women's equivalent to the men's golf competition the Ryder Cup?

A7. The Solheim Cup

Q8. Which is the first event contested in an Olympic heptathlon?

A8. 100 metre hurdles

Supplementaries

Q9. Which swimmer won gold medals at the 2008 Olympic games in the 400 metre and 800 metre freestyle?

A9. Rebecca Adlington

Q10. Who is going to be the head coach of the women's Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic football team?

A10. Hope Powell

“C” & “R” round

All the answers in this round start with the letter “R” or “C”.

Q1. Whose parents were Quorum and Mared?

A1. Red Rum

Q2. In which city was Joan of Arc burned at the stake?

A2. Rouen

Q3. A French Press can be used to make which drink?

A3. Coffee

Q4. Until 1955, which word meant a mathematician - it now refers to a machine?

A4. Computer

Q5. Which event was not televised by the BBC in 2009, the first time since 1966 that they had not covered it?

A5. Crufts

Q6. Which of Batman's enemies had henchmen called 'Across and Down' and a girlfriend called 'Anna Gram?'

A6. Riddler

Q7. A substance which is used to alter the rate of a chemical reaction but which does not otherwise take part in it is called what?

A7. Catalyst

Q8. What was the first name of Martin Luther King's widow?

A8. Coretta

Supplementaries

Q9. In which sitcom do Jim, Twiggy and Dave drink in 'The Feathers?'

A9. Royle Family

Q10. Who composed the Minute Waltz?

A10. Chopin

Philosophy

We didn’t want this to be too highbrow so, according to Monty Python “Immanuel Kant was a real pissant who was very rarely stable; Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar who could think you under the table”. This just about rhymes, badly, but may inspire a few guesses with questions 3-6.

Q1. Which Athenian philosopher was put to death for impiety in 399 BC by being forced to drink Hemlock?

A1. Socrates

Q2. Which Italian dedicated his book "The Prince" to Lorenzo de Medici? His name then became a byword for underhand political cunning.

A2. Niccolo Machiavelli

Q3. Which Victorian English philosopher wrote 'On Liberty' and 'Utilitarianism', and according to Monty Python "...of his own free will, on half a pint of shandy was particularly ill" ?

A3. John Stuart Mill

Q4. Which Edinburgh-born philosopher has a statue on the Royal Mile, and argued you can't get an "ought" from an "is"? According to Monty Python he "could out-consume Schopenhauer and Hegel".

A4. David Hume

Q5. Which Austrian-born British philosopher of the 20th century is known for his work on the nature and limits of language, and according to Monty Python "was a beery swine"?

A5. Ludwig Wittgenstein

Q6. Which ancient Greek philosopher was a student of Plato and tutor to Alexander the Great? He made contributions to science, logic and ethics, but according to Monty Python was "a bugger for the bottle".

A6. Aristotle. [apparently this is also used as rhyming slang for “bottle” by some cockneys and Australians]

Q7. Which English philosopher and proponent of utilitarianism has his clothed skeleton preserved at University College London?

A7. Jeremy Bentham

Q8. Which Welsh philosopher and mathematician was the grandson of a Victorian prime minister and well known for his activism in pacifism and campaigning for nuclear disarmament?

A8. Bertrand Russell

Supplementaries

Q9. In Thomas Hobbes' 'Leviathan', he describes the life of man without society as "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and" what?

A9. Short

Q10. Which still-living philosopher of language and mind is better known for his political writing on international affairs and criticism of US politics?

A10. Noam Chomsky

Going Dutch!

Q1. Who was one of the leading artists in the De Stijl art movement and best known for his paintings which consisted of white backgrounder with a grid of black lines and 3 primary colours?

A1. Piet Mondrian

Q2. Which Dutch explorer is credited with the discovery of New Zeland?

A2. Able Tazman

Q3. The Dutch East Indies is now which modern day country?

A3. Indonesia

Q4. Name a year in the life of William the 3rd of England?

A4. 1650-1702

Q5. Who directed the films Basic Instinct and Show Girls?

A5. Paul Verhoven

Q6. Which Orwellian reality TV show was first shown on Dutch tv in 1999?

A6. Big Brother

Q7. Which Dutch football team won the European Cup in 1988?

A7. PSV Eindoven

Q8. Which far sighted scientific instrument is credited as being first developed by Hans Lippershey and Zacharias Janssen in the 17th century?

A8. The telescope

Q9. Which darts player won his first world championship in 1998?

A9. Raymond Van Barneveld

Q10. Which band had a hit with the song Radar Love?

A10. Golden Earing

 

General Knowledge 21 February 2012

Tonight’s general knowledge questions have been set by the Albion, and vetted by the Puss In Boots.

1 What is the next to last element in the periodic table Alphabetically?

Answer Zinc (Zirconium is the last)

2 Where are the 2016 Olympics due to be held?

Answer Rio De Janeiro

3 Which Shakespeare play is about the confused identity of two sets of twins?

Answer - A Comedy of Errors

4 Name the dog belonging to Harry Redknapp whose name was on a bank account in Monaco.

Answer - Rosie

5 In which country did the song and dance rhythm the Rumba originate?

Answer - Cuba

6 First published in 1929 which character is Belgian George Remi best known for creating?

Answer - Tin Tin This was challenged as Herge was the author – but in fact that is his pen name

7 Who was credited with a second U.K. number one hit single with ‘Mambo No 5’

Answer - Bob The Builder

8 Which early 19th century flamboyant poet and lover wrote these words? "Champagne with foaming whirls as white as Cleopatra's pearls"

Answer - Lord Byron

9 In 'The Lord of the Rings', what is the name of the inn in Bree, where a fine beer can be enjoyed?

Answer - The Prancing Pony

10 Which metallic element atomic, no 83 in the periodic table, soothes Gastric Ulcers?

Answer Bismuth

11 What was the name of the plastic horn which caused problems for broadcasters during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa?

Answer - Vuvuzela

12 Whose recently published memoirs of her time at no 10 Downing Street are entitles ‘Behind the Black Door’?

Answer - Sarah Brown

13 North Korean leader Kim Jong il who died in December last year has been succeeded by which of his sons?

Answer - Kim Jong Un

14 Tony Blair was recently reported in the press as having paid £315,000 in Income tax. From what level of reported income was this deducted

Answer - 12 million pounds (Accept 11 to 13 Millions)

15 What palace is part of the Hermitage museum in St Petersburg, Russia?

Answer - The Winter Palace

16 Which recently deceased pop singer was at one time married to Debbie Rowe

Answer - Michael Jackson

17 Who were the longest running cartoon family before the Simpsons?

Answer The Flintstones

18 Which fashion chain, now operating in more than 20 countries, began in 1964 at a small shop in another store in Sheffield where it could be found up a flight of stairs

Answer Topshop

19 Who was the manager of the Manchester United team that won the European cup in 1968?

Answer - Matt Busby

20 Which U.S. stunt rider, 1938 - 2007, entered the Guinness book of records with the most bones broken in a lifetime?

Answer - Evel Knievel

21 Lyme Disease is spread by which parasitic creature?

Answer - The Tick

22 What song was a hit for Justin Hayward in 1978?

Answer - Forever Autumn

23 What was the name of the canoeist who famously faked his own death in 2002?

Answer - John Darwin

24 Who wrote the book ‘Cakes and Ale‘?

Answer - Somerset Maugham

25 What type of musician would play a rimshot

Answer A Drummer

26 Give the real or character name of the only actor in ‘Dad’s Army‘ who saw active service in both world wars

Answer Arnold Ridley, playing Private Godfrey

27 What was the title of Thin Lizzy’s first top ten hit in 1973?

Answer - Whisky in the Jar

28 What is the name of the flying island in Jonathon Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels?

Answer - Laputa

29 What poison was used in the umbrella killing of Georgi Markov, the Bulgarian dissident?

Answer- Ricin

30 What was the title of the 1961 film featuring Tony Hancock’s first cinematic role?

Answer - The Rebel

31 Which monarch exchanged fire with potential assassins outside the Vienna State Opera is 1931

Answer - King Zog of Albania

32 Sebastian, Scuttle and Flounder are all characters in which Disney film?

Answer - The Little Mermaid

33 In the 70’s who did Idi Amin oust from power in Uganda?

Answer- Milton Obote

34 Who wrote the novel The Women In White?

Answer - Wilkie Collins

35 What was the nickname of Arthur Marx?

Answer‘ - Harpo’

36 In which century was Richard the Lionheart born?

Answer - 12^th

37 Which US state is known for its Black Hills?

Answer - South Dakota

38 What kind of school was run by Pussy Galore?

Answer -Flying School

39 Which character did Emma Samms play in ‘Dynasty’?

Answer - Fallon Carrington-Colby ( Accept Fallon )

40 Bruce Woodcock was connected with which sport?

Answer - Boxing

41 What is the Royal Navy equivalent of the army rank of Major General? Answer - Rear Admiral

42 Who was the first president of the Fifth French republic?

Answer - General DeGaulle

43 What was Disney’s second animated feature film?

Answer - Pinocchio

44 In which city are the world headquarters of the Mormon Church?

Answer - Salt Lake City

45 Which Motown group featured Lionel Ritchie before he went solo?

Answer - The Commodores

46 Which animals name is aboriginal and means ‘No drink’?

Answer - Koala

47 Which role did Phil Collins play in a stage version of Oliver?

Answer - The Artful Dodger

48 Which flowering plant family includes asparagus?

Answer - Lily

49 Who wrote The Secret Garden?

Answer - Frances Hodgson Burnett

50 In which state was ‘Dynasty ‘ set?

Answer - Colorado

51 What was the nickname of Sir Arthur Travers Harris?

Answer - Bomber

52 Who had a 50’s no1 with ‘The Story of My Life’

Answer - Michael Holliday

53 Which British school did Kurt Hahn found in the 1930’s ?

Answer - Gordonstoun

54 Who was asked for the bolt in the original ‘The Golden Shot’?

Answer - Bernie

55 Concorde and Louise Bonne are types of which fruit?

Answer - Pears

56 How were Roberta, Phyllis and Peter collectively known?

Answer - The Railway Children

57 Which county is home to the Brecon Beacons?

Answer - Powys

58 Which King received the support of Robin Hood?

Answer - Richard 1

59 Who played Dot Cotton in Eastenders?

Answer - June Brown

60 Alan Hansen joined Liverpool from which club?

Answer - Partick Thistle

61 What kind of reference book was Bradshaws?

Answer - Railway Timetable

62 Which actress appeared in Woody Allen’s The Purple Rose of Cairo? Answer - Mia Farrow

63 Who said ‘there’s always something fishy about the French’?

Answer - Noel Coward

64 In an archeological context what is ‘ogham’?

Answer - An early medieval alphabet

65 Alphabetically by first name who was the last of the twelve apostles?

Answer - Thomas

66 What is the capital of Equador?

Answer - Quito

67 Which African football team are nicknamed ‘the elephants’?

Answer - Ivory Coast

68 What is a devil’s coachhorse?

Answer - A type of beetle

69 Which Government building, provided for use primarily by the prime minister and also senior politicians, was Prime Minister Lloyd George the first to use?

Answer - Chequers

70 How many laps are there in a single speedway race?

Answer - 4

71 On which river does Florence stand ?

Answer - The Arno

72 Who was the Greek God of time?

Answer - Chronos

73 Which member of England’s 1966 World Cup winning team also played first-class cricket for Essex?

Answer - Geoff Hurst.

74 What does the I in AIDS stand for?

Answer - Immunity (Accept immune) (Acquired Immunity Deficiency Syndrome)

75 Which member of the Royal Family wrote the children’s story The Old Man of Lochnagar?

Answer - Prince Charles.

76 What country contains Africa’s northernmost point?

Answer - Tunisia.

77 Where in Europe would you find the village of Y?

Answer - France.

78 What, with white crème de menthe, puts the sting in a stinger?

Answer - Brandy.

79 What colour is in Rupert the Bear’s scarf in addition to black?

Answer - Yellow.

80 Corfe castle stands amid which range of hills in Dorset?

Answer - The Purbeck Hills.

81 In what film does Michael Caine say, ‘There’s not many people know that’?

Answer - Educating Rita.

82 Quails and Partridges belong to which family of birds?

Answer - Pheasants.

83 In Imperial units how high is the centre of a tennis net?

Answer - Three feet. (No leeway)

84 Whose death on the same day knocked Aldous Huxley’s off the front page?

Answer - John F. Kennedy’s.

85 How many hearts does an octopus have?

Answer - Three.

86 What’s the name of Sherlock Holmes’s smarter brother?

Answer - Mycroft.

87 What kind of apple is on the Beatles Apple label?

Answer - A Granny Smith.

88 In which American state is Amarillo, made famous by the Tony Christie song?

Answer - Texas.

89 Who painted ‘Soft Self-Portrait with Grilled Bacon’?

Answer - Salvador Dali.

90 Who’s missing from Dave Dee, Beaky, Mick and Titch?

Answer - Dozy.

91 What was Britain’s first national park?

Answer - The Peak District.

92 At what age did both Princess Diana and Marilyn Monroe die?

Answer - 36. (Accept 35 to 37)

93 What colour jersey does the Best Young Rider in the Tour de France wear?

Answer - White.

94 On how many separate occasions was Disraeli Prime Minister?

Answer - Twice.

95 Whose only novel was entitled ‘The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym’?

Answer - Edgar Allen Poe.

96 How many Best Director Oscars did Alfred Hitchcock win?

Answer - None.

SUPPLEMENTARY

1. What is the German word meaning ‘the spirit of the times’?

Answer - Zeitgeist.

2. What is Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall’s maiden name?

Answer - Shand

3. Which word derived from the old Norse language means ’trusted intermediary’, and signifies someone who could be of use in the event of problems with officialdom?

Answer - Ombudsman

4. In which decade did the last manned lighthouse in the U.K. close?

Answer - 1990s

5. Which American poet wrote the lines, ‘Because I would not stop for Death, Death kindly stopped for me, The carriage held but us, And Immortality’?

Answer - Emily Dickinson.

6. Joanna Lumley, Honor Blackman and Diana Rigg were all Bond girls, but in which television series did they also all appear?

Answer - The Avengers

7. Name one of the escape tunnels in the film ‘The Great Escape’

Answer Tom, Dick or Harry

8. What is the capital of Uganda?

Answer - Kampala

9. What is the capital of Tanzania

Answer - Dar Es Salaam

14th Feb All Questions Set By The Nags Head

SPECIALIST QUESTIONS

set by The Nags Head

Round 1. Arts and Entertainment

1. To which London theatre would you go to watch ‘The Mousetrap’?

St. Martin’s

2. Which German town hosts the annual Wagner festival?

Bayreuth

3. A portrait of singer Bonnie Tyler was valued at £50,000 on The Antiques Road Show last year. Who painted it?

Rolf Harris

4. Which tune, played on the big screen by Ronny Cox and Billy Redden,won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance?

Duelling Banjos (from Deliverance)

5. What is the name of the music venue in Gateshead, which is home to the Northern Sinfonia Orchestra?

The Sage

6. In theatrical parlance, what is a ‘breeches part’?

A Male Part Played By an Actress

7. Which film from the 1990’s spawned the best selling soundtrack album of all time?

The Bodyguard

8. On whose life is Somerset Maugham’s ‘The Moon and Sixpence’ based?

Paul Gauguin

Supps.

1. Which comedian was recently voted ‘The UK’s most influential stand-up of all time’?

Billy Connolly

2. Name the ‘Dancing on Ice’ female judge, who is a former Olympic and World champion figure skater, and model

Katarina Witt

Round 2. For your ears only (a round on radio)

1. What is broadcast each weekday at 5.43 a.m. on Radio 4?

Prayer for the Day

2. What does the ‘M’ stand for in AM and FM?

Modulation

3. What are the UK radio’s annual Oscar equivalent awards called?

Sony Radio Academy Awards (accept Sony)

4. Which radio station across the UK, can be found between 99.9 and101.9 MHz FM?

Classic FM

5. Who is on the end of the line at Talk Sport, for the post- match phone- in on Saturdays

Stan Collymore

6. On Desert Island Discs, apart from a bible, or other appropriate religious work, what else do guests automatically receive?

The Complete Works Of Shakespeare

7. Which song of 1973, helped start a fad for Citizens Band radio. The song was the inspiration for a 1978 film of the same name?

Convoy

8. Radio Caroline began broadcasting from a ship in March 1964. It was initially anchored 3 miles out from the coast of which English port?

Felixstowe

Supps.

1. What fictional village is the setting for The Archers radio drama?

Ambridge

2. How much does the Radio Times currently cost?

£1.40

Round 3. They died in 2011

1. Died in January, this actor died aged 64. Born Warrington. Oscar nominated for In The Name of the father in 1993. Steven Spielberg called him, "the best actor in the world".

Pete Postlethwaite

2. Died in October at the age of 84, Yorkshire born entertainer extrordinaire he fought 107 bouts as a wrestler and won only 7 of them and ran 212 marathons. He claims to have invented the disco.
Jimmy Saville

3. Died aged 83, a US actor famous for his character of being a shabby and ostensibly absent-minded police detective lieutenant wearing an old raincoat in a celebrated 1970s TV series?
Peter Falk

4. Died in July, this painter Known chiefly for his thickly impasted portrait and figure paintings, he was widely considered the pre-eminent British artist of his time?
Lucien Freud

5. Died in September: co- creator of Dad's Army and Hi-de-Hi?
David Croft

6. Died in January. Children's author who wrote Babe?
Dick King-Smith

7. Died in May. This actress was famous for impersonating Margaret Thatcher?
Janet Brown

8. Died in October, this American businessman and inventor is widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution.
Steve Jobs

Supps.

1. Died in January, this Yorkshire born composer wrote film scores Midnight Cowboy and Born Free. Wrote the theme tune for Jukebox Jury.
John Barry

2 . Died in November, former world heavyweight boxer aged 67. Beat Ali once but lost to him twice.
Joe Frazier

Round4. Sport – 164

There are 164 days to go to the opening ceremony of the London Olympics so this sport round is all about Olympic Games, past and present.

1. Two sports were voted out of the 2012 Olympic Games, the first time any sports have been voted out since 1936. Name either of these two sports.

Baseball and Softball

2. At this year’s Olympic Games, which sport will take place at Lords Cricket Ground?

ARCHERY

3. There are 6 grounds staging football matches. Wembley and Old Trafford are two of them. Name any of the other four.

Hampden Park (Glasgow), Millenium Stadium (Cardiff), St. James’ Park

(accept Sports Direct Arena or Newcastle) and City Of Coventry Stadium

(accept Ricoh Arena or Coventry)

4. Who won the men’s long jump gold medal in 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996 as well as 5 other gold medals?

CARL LEWIS

5. The first modern Olympics were staged in Athens in 1896 but where were the 1900 Olympics held?

PARIS

6. Steve Redgrave won gold medals at 5 different Olympics. In which year did he win the first of these?

1984 (at Los Angeles)

7. Who lit the flame during the Opening Ceremony at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996?

Muhammad Ali

8. Who is the artistic director of the Opening Ceremony at this year’s Olympics?

Danny Boyle

Supps.

1. Give either the year or the city of the Olympics, where Muhammad Ali (or Cassius Clay as he was then), won a gold medal

1960 in Rome

2. Rugby was last staged at the 1924 Olympics in Paris. Which country surprisingly won the gold medal ?

USA

Round 5. Geography

1. The lowest point in the USA is Death Valley. The highest point in the contiguous USA (ie. not including Hawaii and Alaska), is only 84 miles from Death Valley. What is it’s name?

Mount Whitney

2. Which is Britain’s largest National Park?

Cairngorms

3. Which is the world’s largest landlocked country by area?

Kazakhstan

4. Tourist chiefs want its name to be changed to ‘The Queen Elizabeth Promenade’. What do we know it as now?

The Golden Mile (at Blackpool)

5. Only two South American countries are landlocked. Name either. Bolivia and Paraguay

6. The capital city of Slovakia is the only national capital that borders two independent countries. What is the name of this capital city?

Bratislava (it borders Austria and Hungary)

7. Three countries have both an Atlantic coast and a Mediterranean coast. France and Spain are two. What is the other?

Morocco

8. Two United Nations member states, are double landlocked (ie they are surrounded only by other landlocked countries). Name either.

Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan

Supps.

1. Which is the only US state that does not have a straight line in its borders?

Hawaii

2. The world’s tallest cable-stayed bridge was completed in January 2012, in which country?

Mexico (Baluarte bridge)

Round 6. Science and Nature

1. What is the Cassini division?
The Gap Seperating Saturn’s Rings

2. Who discovered Uranus in 1871?
William Herschel

3. While Britain developed the Gloster Meteor, its German counterpart was the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft. Including the model, what was it called?
Messerschmitt ME262

4. For what would you use a wheatstone bridge?
To Measure Resistance Of A Conductor

5. In nautical terms, what name is given to the upper edge of a ship's side?
Gunwale (pronounced Gunnle)

6. What was the name of the first propeller driven ship to cross the Atlantic?
SS Great Britain

7. What is the name of the pollen producing part of a flower?
Anther

8. What is hydroponics?

Soil-less Gardening.

Supps

1. The yield of an oil well is measured in barrels. How many gallons are there in a barrel?
35 Imperial gallons or 42 US gallons

2. Which breed of dog is considered to be the tallest?
Irish Wolfhound

Round 7. History

1. What was the last battle of the English Civil War, after which the future Charles II allegedly escaped by hiding in an oak tree?

The Battle of Worcester

2. What is the name given to the forced evacuation of Scottish people in the 18^th and 19^th centuries, to make way for more profitable farming use of the land?

The Highland Clearances (accept Clearances)

3. Give a year in the Great Famine in Ireland when the potato crop failed?

1845 to 1852

4. Which English king was responsible for initiating the great programme of castle building, to subdue the Welsh people after a string of conflicts in the late 13^th century

Edward I

5. What nickname was given to the Duke of Cumberland for his brutal suppression of the Scots after the Battle of Culloden in 1745?

Butcher

6. Who was the longest reigning monarch of England i.e. before the Treaty of Union in 1707?

Henry III (he reigned for over 56 years)

7. Who was the first elected labour MP, chosen to represent Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare in 1900?

Keir Hardie

8. Which Irish nationalist leader, described by Gladstone as the most remarkable man he ever met, fell from grace after revelations about his relationship with Kitty O’Shea

Charles Stewart Parnell

Supps

1. Where is the Stone of Scone (pronounced Scoon) now kept, having been handed back to Scotland in 1996?

Edinburgh Castle

2. In which battle of 1690, did the deposed James II, rally Irish Catholics to try and take back the crown from William and Mary?

The Battle of the Boyne

Round 8. Oh Brother, Where art thou?

All of the questions in this round have some connection with brothers. Obviously where the surname appears in the question then the Christian name will be required.

1. Which comedian made a novelty record called “My Bruvver”?

Terry Scott

2. Which Parliamentary constituency does Ed Miliband represent?

Doncaster North (accept Doncaster)

3. What was the name of the eldest Kennedy son, (brother to JFK) who was killed in action in 1944?

Joseph (or Joe) – his full name was Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jnr

4. What nationality are the footballing brothers Kolo and Yaya Toure?

Ivory Coast

5. Who was the last British monarch to be succeeded by their brother?

Edward VIII

6. Leonard, Adolph, Julius, Milton and Herbert were the real first names of which group of brothers?

The Marx Brothers

7. What is the surname of the brothers who were part of Australia’s 1999 cricket world cup winning team?

Waugh (Steve and Mark)

8. What was the name of Jesse James elder brother?

Frank - his full name was Alexander Franklin James

Supps

1. Who is missing from this list of members of The Jackson 5 – Jackie, Tito, Marlin and Michael?

Jermain

2. Who is missing from this list of members of The Osmonds group – Alan, Merrill, Jay and Donnny

Wayne (Jimmy or Marie weren’t members of the group)

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

 

1. Named after the the US judge who first grew it in the 1880s, what is a cross between a blackberry and a raspberry called?

LOGANBERRY

2. Why has Francesco Schettino been in the news recently?

HE WAS THE CAPTAIN OF THE COSTA CONCORDIA CRUISE SHIP WHICH CAPSIZED

3. In the Disney film Bambi, what sort of creature is Flower?

A SKUNK

4. Dennis the Menace has a dog called Gnasher and a pig called Rasher. What is his spider called?

DASHER

5. What name for a short haircut came from its popularity amongst the rowing teams of Harvard & Yale in the 1950s?

CREW CUT

6. What word which now means a “time limit”, formerly applied to the perimeter around a military prison in the USA, beyond which a prisoner was likely to be shot?

DEADLINE

7. In which North American city is the Space Needle?

SEATTLE

8. Which Spanish city is the setting for both Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Bizet’s Carmen?

SEVILLE

9. In 1934, the Biograph Theatre in Chicago was the scene of the killing of which bank robber?

JOHN DILLINGER

10. Apart from writing 'Tom Jones’, the author Henry Fielding also founded which organisation, often called London’s first police force?

THE BOW STREET RUNNERS

11. Which breed of dog features on Radley handbags and accessories?

SCOTTISH TERRIER (accept Scottie or Aberdeen Terrier)

12. 51 year old American Nancy Shevell is married to whom?

PAUL McMARTNEY

13. In gymnastics, the vault is one of 2 events that are common to both men and women. Which is the other one?

THE FLOOR EXERCISE

14. The symbol for which world currency derives its name from the Latin word for scales or a balance?

POUND (libra)

15. The Tugela Falls are the second highest waterfall in the world. In which country are they?

SOUTH AFRICA

16. Which is the longest river in the word which flows entirely in one country?

THE YANGTZE

17. What is the popular name for the Swiss RE Building, 30 St Mary Axe, London?

THE GHERKIN

18. Which writer and craftsman’s only completed oil painting was the 1858 work Queen Guinevere?

WILLIAM MORRIS

19. Who was the drummer on Scarlet Division’s song Sundial, which was a number 42 hit on its re-release in 2000 ? He later went on to achieve fame and fortune as a chef.

JAIMIE OLIVER

20. The circumstances of whose death were examined by the Hutton Inquiry in 2003?

DAVID KELLY

21. In which 2000 film and 2005 musical is Georgia Wilkinson the eponymous character’s teacher?

BILLY ELLIOT

22. What is the name of the dog who has a starring role in the film ‘The Artist’?

UGGIE

23. Which comedian, actor and TV presenter, as at Christmas 2011, has been guest presenter of ‘Have I Got News For You’ a record 19 times but has never been a panellist?

ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG

24. In Islamic law, how many wives is a man allowed to have?

4

25. In which year was the satellite Sputnik 1 launched?

1957 (allow 1956 – 1958)

26. What traditionally did a costermonger sell?

FRUIT & VEGETABLES (accept either)

27. Which American 79 year old film and TV actor appeared recently as Milton in Coronation Street?

ROBERT VAUGHN

28. Which Salford band, founded in 1980, has Shaun Ryder as lead vocalist?

HAPPY MONDAYS

29. What was the name of the Irish political leader born in 1775 and often referred to as ‘The Liberator’?

DANIEL O’CONNELL

30. As at January 1^st this year, Goodluck Jonathan is the President of which African country?

NIGERIA

31. How many US states have a Pacific coastline?

5 (California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii)

32. Which Dutch city’s claim to fame is its pottery as well as being home to the painter Vermeer?

DELFT

33. An Indian Camelback was sold at auction recently for $72,540. What is it?

A MOTORCYCLE (from 1906 - one of the oldest motorcycles in existence)

34. Who wrote the play ‘Uncle Vanya’?

HENRIK IBSEN

35. Who is the only Spice Girl never to have had a British number one single as a solo artist?

VICTORIA BECKHAM or POSH SPICE

36. ‘Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right’. Where am I ?

STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU (from ‘Stuck In The Middle With You’ by Stealers Wheel)

37. Which range of hills extends through the middle of the county of Hereford & Worcester?

THE MALVERNS

38. The highest price ever paid for a work of art is now £158 million when ‘The Card Players’ was sold at auction recently. Who painted it?

PAUL CEZANNE

39. What culinary term is the Urdu word for bucket?

BALTI

40. A ban on Stilton cheese being produced in Stilton, Cambridgeshire has been lifted but bizarrely it must be called something else. What will it be called?

BELL BLUE (blue cheese made in the Bell Inn)

41. Which organisation’s logo is a lighted candle surrounded by barbed wire?

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

42. In vocal jazz, what is the style in which vocal improvisation is made with random syllables or even without words?

SCAT SINGING

43. Which book and film features the characters Atticus Finch and Boo Radley?

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

44. Which herb, now commonly associated with pizza, derives its name from the Greek for ‘joy of the mountain’?

OREGANO

45. In which Egyptian city were 74 people killed recently after a football match?

PORT SAID

46. Which type of cheese with an unappetising name, was brought to international attention by its role in the 2005 Oscar film Wallace & Grommet : The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit?

STINKING BISHOP

47. What is the name of the island off the coast of Italy where the cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground last month?

GIGLIO

48. Until his death 10 days ago, Nigel Doughty was the owner of which Championship football club?

NOTTINGHAM FOREST

49. Who directed the film Hugo which has received 11 Oscar nominations?

MARTIN SCORSESE

50. Who has directed the two recent Sherlock Holmes movies starring Robert Downey Jr as Sherlock?

GUY RITCHIE

51. Which actor has received huge acclaim in the recent TV productions of Sherlock Holmes?

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

52. Who is the Chief Executive of RBS who, rather reluctantly, gave up his £1 million share bonus recently?

STEPHEN HESTER

53. Carson City is the capital of which US state?

NEVADA

54. In which European city are the headquarters of OPEC?

VIENNA

55. Who wrote the novel ‘Something Happened’, in which nothing ever did?

JOSEPH HELLER (it was the follow up to Catch 22)

56. Whose poem states that “ the female of the species is more deadly than the male”?

RUDYARD KIPLING (The Female Of The Species)

57. Of which island group is Formentera a part?

BALEARIC ISLANDS

58. In which year was the first Premium Bonds draw held?

1957 (allow 1956 – 1958) (the first Bond was sold on November 1^st 1956 with the first draw on June 1^st 1957)

59. When were Nobel Prizes first awarded?

1901 (accept 1899 – 1903)

60. AltaVista, which closed down in 2011, was an early type of what?

INTERNET SEARCH ENGINE

61. Who recently won the 2012 series of Celebrity Big Brother?

DENISE WELCH

62. The 2012 Superbowl was played at the Lucas Oil Stadium in which city?

INDIANAPOLIS

63. Terry Biddlecombe was a champion in which sport in the 1960s?

HORSERACING (he won the National Hunt Champion Jockey title 3 times)

64. ‘Chimes Of Freedom : The Songs Of Bob Dylan’, released this month, is a 4 cd set of cover versions of Dylan songs issued to commemorate the 50^th anniversary of what?

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

65. What name is given to a person who cuts, polishes and engraves precious stones?

LAPIDARY

66. First appearing on children’s television in 1981, how is Patrick Clifton better known?

POSTMAN PAT

67. Until sacked in 612 BC, Nineveh was the capital of which empire?

ASSYRIAN

68. Helena is the capital of which US state?

MONTANA

69. Which former England manager was sacked by Nottingham Forest after just 10 matches in charge at the start of the 2011/12 season?

STEVE MCLAREN

70. Who is the mother of 5 children called Track, Trig Paxson Van, Bristol Sheeran Marie, Willow and Piper?

SARAH PALIN

71. Who wrote children’s books The Midnight Folk and The Box Of Delights and in 1967 was the last poet buried in Poets Corner?

JOHN MASEFIELD

72. In Manet’s painting ‘Bar At The Folies Bergere’, 2 bottles of which English beer are standing on the bar?

BASS

73. Which female American folk singer was the regular singer on the 60s TV programme The Frost Report ?

JULIE FELIX

74. Where in the body are the temporal bones?

SKULL

75. In which country was the wife of comedian Billy Connolly born?

NEW ZEALAND (Pamela Stephenson was born in New Zealand in 1949 and moved to Australia in 1964)

76. What bird did William Wordsworth refer to as ‘the pilgrim of the sky’?

SKYLARK

77. The novels of RD Wingfield were used as the basis of which television detective series which ran from 1992 to 2010 ?

A TOUCH OF FROST (accept Frost)

78. Why was Gary Dobson in the news last month?

HE WAS CONVICTED, ALONG WITH DAVID NORRIS, OF THE MURDER OF STEPHEN LAWRENCE

79. Which South African tennis player did Boris Becker beat to win his first Wimbledon title in 1985?

KEVIN CURREN

80. The only player to have won the FA Cup with both Liverpool and Everton, died on January 1^st at the age of 46. What is his name?

GARY ABLETT

81. What did RAF Finningley become in 2005?

ROBIN HOOD AIRPORT (accept Doncaster Airport or Doncaster Sheffield Airport)

82. With whom did Karl Marx write the Communist Manifesto?

FRIEDRICH ENGELS

83. Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney are the 2 front runners for the Republican Presidential nomination. Name either of the other two potential candidates?

RON PAUL and RICK SANTORUM

84. What is the name of the RAF base on the Moray Firth which was the home of the Nimrod reconnaissance fleet until being closed in 2011?

KINLOSS

85. The album “Old Ideas”, released at the end of January, was the first release of new material in over seven years by which 77 year old singer/songwriter?

LEONARD COHEN

86. Which navigator is credited with popularising the name Australia where several venues (including a sporting one) and many geographical features are named after him?

MATTHEW FLINDERS

87. Who wrote the novel ‘Schindler’s Ark’ which formed the basis of the Spielberg film ‘Schindler’s List’?

THOMAS KENEALLY

88. The Information Commissioners Office which is responsible for both Data Protection and Freedom Of Information in the UK is based in which Cheshire town?

WILMSLOW

89. Which is the only country to have won at least 1 gold medal at every Summer Olympics?

GREAT BRITAIN

90. The name of which game can be traced to the winter hoods of French priests which were black on the outside and white on the inside?

DOMINOES

91. In Greek mythology, who commanded a group of fierce fighters called the Myrmidons?

ACHILLES

92. Which classic ballet tells the story of Odett who is turned into a creature by an evil sorcerer’s curse?

SWAN LAKE

93. Which London Underground line was the first to be built?

METROPOLITAN LINE

94. Which painter gave his name to a type of beard and a type of collar?

VAN DYCK

95. Which is the smallest of the Canadian provinces?

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

96. And finally, the token Valentines Day question…..The Saint Valentines Day Massacre took place in 1929 when 7 members of whose gang were murdered?

BUGS MORAN (accept George Moran)

Supplementaries

1. What was the subject of both the 18^th and 21^st Amendments to the US Constitution?

PROHIBITION (they covered the establishment and subsequent repeal)

2. The script of Thuluth, a variety of Islamic calligraphy, is seen on the flag of which country?

SAUDI ARABIA

3. Nunavut is a territory of which country?

CANADA

4. What is Hong Kong Phooey’s day job?

JANITOR

5. Ron Flowers was the oldest member of England’s 1966 World Cup winning squad. For which club did he play for the majority of his career?

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS (Wolves)

6. Which instrument would you associate with bandleader Gene Krupa?

DRUMS

7. If someone from Manchester is a Mancunian, what term is sometimes used for someone from Macclesfield?

MAXONIAN

8. Why did Jeremy Clarkson get into trouble at the end of November last year?

HE JOKINGLY SUGGESTED THAT STRIKING PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT AND SHOT

February 7th Questions

Specialist Questions

Set by

The Plough Taverners

Rounds are:

Eponymous

Sport

Right Royal History

Geography - Cities

Science

The Blues

Arts & Entertainment

A Bit On The Side

Eponymous

In this round you need to provide the title of a film, or book from the description given. All the titles are eponymous with respect, i.e. relate, to the character named in the question.

Example: 1860 novel in which Anne Catherick’s identity is switched with that of an heiress (Answer: The Woman In White).

Q1. 1976 film about ex US marine, Travis Bickle?

A1. Taxi Driver

Q2. 1987 Oscar winning biopic of Aisin-Gioro Puyi?

A2. The Last Emperor

Q3. 1963 book telling the story of loner Frederick Clegg and his criminal life after winning the football pools?

A3. The Collector

Q4. 1980 film about Julian Kaye – a male prostitute framed for murder?

A4. American Gigolo

Q5. 1976 film about the humanoid alien Thomas Jerome Newton and his search for water?

A5. The Man Who Fell To Earth

Q6. 1983 film following the fortunes of Cuban immigrant, Tony Montana?

A6. Scarface

Q7. 1998 film in which animal trainer Tom Booker helps a girl recover from a life threatening accident?

A7. The Horse Whisperer

Q8. 1969 book (& 1981 film) about Sarah Woodruff, a disgraced resident of Lyme Regis?

A8. The French Lieutenant’s Woman

SQ1. UK television documentary series fronted initially by Ruth Watson and latterly by Alex Polizzi?

SA1. The Hotel Inspector

SQ2. US television series about Robert McCall a former secret agent turned vigilante?

SA2. The Equalizer

Sport

Q1. Camogie is the female version of which “stick and ball” sport?

A1. Hurling

Q2. The highest average league home attendance in the world is for a team playing which sport?

A2. American Football (Dallas Cowboys Average 87,047 for season 2010-2011)

Q3. Who is the only Belgian to be in an FA Cup winning team?

A3. Vincent Kompany (Manchester City season 2010-2011)

Q4. For muslims, what is controversial about the timing of this year’s Summer Olympics?

A4. They occur during the fasting month of Ramadan

Q5. Kempton Park and Lingfield Park racecourses are in which English county?

A5. Surrey

Q6. In Yachting, how did the America’s Cup get it’s name?

A6. The trophy was (re)named after it’s first winner – the schooner America in 1851. (It had previously been known as The Royal Yacht Squadron’s One Hundred Guinea Cup).

Q7. In 2014 which nation will host the Winter Olympics for the first time?

A7. Russia (Host City of Sochi)

Q8. Which is the only founder member of the Football League (still in existence) that has never won the FA Cup?

A8. Stoke City

SQ1. Who was the last British tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles title?

SA1. Virginia Wade (Wimbledon 1977)

SQ2. How many points are awarded for a try in Rugby League?

SA2. Four

Right Royal History

Q1. What service did John Dolland provide to King George III?

A1. He was his optician. (His company eventually became Dolland & Atchison recently purchased by Boots Opticians.)

Q2. Who was the youngest brother of Edward VIII and George VI who died in 1919 aged 13?

A2 Prince John

Q3 Besides being husband and wife, how were Queen Victoria and Prince Albert related?

A3 Cousins

Q4 Which Queen founded the chapel which evolved into St Michael’s Church in Macclesfield?

A4 Eleanor of Castile, (wife of Edward 1) on 25 January 1279

Q5 How is Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall connected to Edward VII?

A5 Her grandmother was his mistress.

Q6 What relation was Kaiser Wilhelm II to Edward VII?

A6 His nephew

Q7 Where were Richard the Lionheart and King John born?

A7 Beaumont Palace, Oxford. (accept either)

Q8 In Scotland, the real King Macbeth (not Shakespeare’s character) 1040-1057 was a contemporary of which English King?

A8 Edward the Confessor

SQ1. During whose reign was England ruled temporarily by two regents, Hubert de Burgh and William the Marshal?

SA1 Henry III ( He was crowned King at the age of nine.)

SQ2 Edward IV fell out with his brother George, Duke of Clarence, who is then murdered. How is it supposed that he died?

SA2 In the Tower, drowned in a butt of malmsey wine.

Geography - Cities

In this round you will be given three clues from which to identify a city. Simply name the city.

Q1 South Rampart Street, Basin Street, Jackson Square.

A1 New Orleans

Q2 Chowpatty Beach, Dhobi Ghats, Taj Hotel.

A2 Mumbai or Bombay

Q3 Promenade des Anglais, Musée Matisse, Baie des Anges.

A3 Nice (France)

Q4 The Malecón, Hotel Nacional, Tropicana Nightclub

A4 Havana, Cuba

Q5 Copacabana, Ipanema, Sugar Loaf mountain

A5 Rio de Janeiro.

Q6 Nanjing Street, The Bund, Oriental Pearl TV Tower.

A6 Shanghai

Q7 Beale Street, Union Avenue, W C Handy Park.

A7 Memphis, Tennessee

Q8 Mulholland Drive., Kodak Theatre, Venice Beach

A8 Los Angeles

SQ1 Church of our Lady before Tyn, Charles Bridge, Hradcany Castle

SA1 Prague

SQ2 Unter den Linden, Potsdamer Plaz, Kurfurstendamm.

SA2 Berlin

Science Round

Q1. Which British inventor is credited with inventing the incandescent light bulb?

A1. Sir Joseph Swan

Q2. What common compound is responsible for giving Mars its red appearance?

A2. Rust (Accept Iron Oxide)

Q3. Metrology is the study of what?

A3. Measurement

Q4. Which chemist is credited with producing the first periodic table of elements in 1869?

A4. Dmitri Mendeleev

Q5. Which element with atomic number 13 is the most abundant metal in the earth’s crust?

A5. Aluminium (approximately 8.1%)

Q6. What was the nationality of the famous astronomer Edwin Hubble?

A6. American (ie USA citizen)

Q7. Give a year in the life of Gregor Mendel, the father of the science of genetics?

A7. 1822-1884

Q8. Which “ology” is the scientific study of caves?

A8. Speleology

S1. Which physicist is regarded as the founder of “quantum theory”?

S1. Max Planck

S2. The heart drug Digoxin is extracted from which plant?

S2. Foxglove (Accept Digitalis)

The Blues

In this round either the question or the answer have a reference to “blue”

Q1 How is the “Memphis Blues Boy” more commonly known?

A1 B. B. King

Q2 What did “Dolly Blue” do to your washing?

A2 It made it appear whiter.

Q3 Which country’s national football team are called Azzurri?

A3 Italy (azzurri – Italian for light blue)

Q4 How was the blues singer born Jamesetta Hawkins who died recently better known?

A4 Etta James

Q5 Which copying process was invented In 1861 by Alphonse Louis Poitevin?

A5 Blueprints

Q6 In publishing, a blue pencil is traditionally used by whom?

A6 Editors (or sub editors)

Q7 What did Josiah Wedgwood call the colour of his first kind of Jasperware?

A7 Portland Blue

Q8 What kind of blue is the colour of Ferric ferrocyanide first synthesised Diesbach around 1706?

A8 Prussian Blue

SQ1 How are the Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons of the Household Cavalry also known?

SA1 The Blues and Royals

SQ2 Who wrote and performed on what is probably the best selling jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue?

SA2 Miles Davis

Arts & Entertainment

Q1. Which author wrote The Foundation Series and developed three laws of robotics?

A1. Isaac Asimov

Q2. Which Roman poet, who was banished by Augustus, wrote The Metamorphoses?

A2 Ovid (Pubilus Ovidius Naso)

Q3. Paul Rodgers, Paul Kossoff, Andy Fraser and Simon Kirke were the founder members of which rock band?

A3 Free

Q4. Who played Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars films?

A4 Mark Hamill

Q5. What was the name of Tintin’s dog?

A5 Snowy (or Milou in the French version)

Q6. Which London-born singer asked Da Ya Think I’m Sexy in 1978?

A6 Rod Stewart

Q7. Dashiell Hammett created which detective, who first appeared in The Maltese Falcon and was played on-screen by Humphrey Bogart?

A7 Sam Spade

Q8. Which actress was married to Humphrey Bogart from 1945 until his death?

A8 Lauren Bacall

Supplementaries

SQ1. Dame Barbara Hepworth was a noted 20^th century British figure in which of the arts?

SA1 Sculpture

SQ2. Dermot Morgan played which eponymous television comedy character?

SA2 Father Ted

SQ3. Which sitcom was a spin-off from Man About the House?

SA3 George and Mildred

SQ4. Who played Fontaine Khaled in The Stud and the Bitch?

SA4 Joan Collins

A BIT ON THE SIDE

You will be given the name and description of women in history who were mistresses – you just have to name their famous lovers.

Q1 The Polish Countess, Marie Walewski, was a blonde beauty with an outstanding presence that completely conquered the heart of one of the most powerful men in history. Maria was born into a wealthy noble family in Kiernozia.

A1 Napoleon Bonaparte

Q2 Frances Stevenson was born in London. She was educated at Clapham High School and Royal Holloway College, where she graduated with a Classics degree. She was hired as a governess for her future lover’s youngest daughter Megan when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer.

A2 David Lloyd George

Q3 Famous courtesan and outstanding personality, Madame de Pompadour, was intelligent, beautiful, and refined. She spent her younger childhood at the Ursuline convent in Poissy where she received a good education and was known as Reinette to her friends.

A3 King Louis XV of France

Q4 Eleanor "Nell" Gwynne was called "pretty, witty Nell" by Samuel Pepys, she has been regarded as a living embodiment of the spirit of Restoration England and has come to be considered a folk heroine, with a story echoing the rags-to-royalty tale of Cinderella.

A4 King Charles II

Q5 Emma, Lady Hamilton, was the muse of George Romney. She was born Amy Lyon in Ness near Neston, Cheshire, England, the daughter of a blacksmith, Henry Lyon, who died when she was two months old.

A5 Admiral Lord Nelson

Q6 Sara Keays is the former mistress and personal secretary of a British Conservative politician. Her public revelation of her pregnancy and of their twelve-year long affair, when she realised that her lover would neither marry her nor help her become an MP, led to his resignation.

A6 Cecil Parkinson

Q7 Before Ellen Ternan disappeared into her lover’s life and custody, she was highly visible: she had been an actress. She was the youngest of three sisters who were the third generation of theatre folk; her family had trouped with the great from the days of Mrs. Siddons.

A7 Charles Dickens

Q8. American waitress Jaimee Grubbs, a Los Angeles cocktail waitress, claimed she and her lover carried on a torrid 31-month affair - and that she has photos and 300 "racy" text messages to prove it.

A8 Golfer Tiger Woods

SQ1. Eva Anna Paula Braun was a longtime companion and, for less than 40 hours, a wife. Braun met her lover in Munich when she was 17 years old, while she was working as an assistant and model for his personal photographer.

SA1 Adolf Hitler

SQ2 Rosamund Clifford, often called "The Fair Rosamund", was famed for her beauty and was the daughter of the marcher Lord Walter de Clifford and his wife Margaret Isobel de Tosny.

SA2. King Henry II

 

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS Set by the Cock

1. Who is the Home Secretary?

TERESA MAY

2. Who is the Immigration Minister?

DAMIAN GREEN

3. Where was HMS Royal Oak sunk?

SCAPA FLOW

4. Which was the first airline to use Boeing's 787 airliner? ALL NIPPON AIRLINES

5. Whose aircraft engines are named after rivers?

ROLLS ROYCE

6. Who wrote A Clockwork Orange?

 ANTHONY BURGESS

7. Which Dickens novel contains the line "The children of the very poor are not brought up, but dragged up"?

BLEAK HOUSE

8. Which Dickens novel contains the line "Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess"?

DOMBEY & SON

9. Who was the last Viceroy of India?

EARL MOUNTBATTEN

10. Who was the last Emperor of India?

GEORGE VI

11. Calcium Carbonate is the main constituent of which rock?

LIMESTONE

12. Granite is a type of which rock?

IGNEOUS

13. Who conducted the 2011 Last Night of the Proms? EDWARD GARDNER

14. Who bought the chocolate firm Cadbury in 2010? KRAFT FOODS

15. Where are Rolls Royce cars made?

GOODWOOD

16. Which is the newest Oxford college; formed in 2008? GREEN TEMPLETON

17. Who is generally regarded as Britain's first Prime Minister?

ROBERT WALPOLE

18. Who succeeded Henry VIII?

EDWARD VI

19. Who produced the "Light Nancy" and the "Three Peaks" beers?

BOLLINGTON BREWING COMPANY

20. Where is the Bruce Arms in Macclesfield? CROMPTON ROAD

21. In which children's TV programme would you find Upsy Daisy?

IN THE NIGHT GARDEN

22. In which children' TV programme was there a cleaning lady called Mrs Scrubbit?

THE WOODENTOPS

23. TWANG, a Lionel Bart musical was about which hero?

ROBIN HOOD

24. Which musical film has characters called Nathan Detroit and Nicely Nicely?

GUYS AND DOLLS

25. Mother Carey's chicken is what type of bird?

STORM PETREL

26. What does a Buck Rarebit have that a Welsh Rarebit doesn't?

A POACHED EGG

27. In which hotel was the Singapore Sling allegedly "invented"?

RAFFLES

28. Who was the first Briton to walk in space?

MICHAEL FOALE

29. Who made Number 1 with Spaceman?

BABYLON ZOO

30. Onto which road did a British Midlands plane crash in 1989?

M1

31. Who referred to his wife as "She who must be obeyed"? RUMPOLE

32. Who referred to his wife as 'Er indoors"?

 ARTHUR DALEY

33. What is the title of the only surviving Mitford sister? Deborah, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire

34. What is the name of the Cheshire seat of the Duke of Westminster?

EATON HALL

35. What was the name of Hoppalong Cassidy's horse? TOPPER

36. What was the name of the track used for horse races in Roman times called?

HIPPODROME

37. Stamps with the name Suomi come from which country? FINLAND

38. Stamps with the name Sverge come from which country?

SWEDEN

39. In which group of Islands is Corfu?

IONIAN

40. Which canal joins the Adriatic with the Mediterranean?

CORINTH This is wrong – it connects the Aegean to the Gulf of Corinth

41. What was the title of the sixth Harry Potter book? HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE

42. What was the name of the bank in the Harry Potter books?

GRINGROTS

43. Where in the body would you find the sylvian fissure? THE BRAIN

44. Which organs of the body are affected by Bright's Disease?

THE KIDNEYS

45. In Enid Blyton Secret Seven Books, what is the name of the dog?

SCAMP

46. What was the name of Dennis the Menace's pet pig? RASHER

47. Cheyenne is the capital of which state in the USA? WYOMING

48. Annapolis is the capital of which state in the USA? MARYLAND

49. Who seduced Europa in the guise of a bull?

ZEUS

50. Who was the Roman Goddess of Wisdom?

MINERVA

51. Which word can mean a sailing vessel and a drinking glass?

SCHOONER

52. Which word can mean a type of shoe and a poisonous snake?

MOCCASIN

53. In which country would you find the National Parks of Fundy and Jasper?

CANADA

54. In which country are the Troodos mountains? CYPRUS

55. Which king had a horse called White Surrey? RICHARD III

56. Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as president of France in 1969?

GEORGES POMPIDOU

57. What is the main use for calcium nitrate? FERTILISER

58. Which acid is found in stinging nettles?

FORMIC ACID

59. Who set Edith Sitwell's poem Facade, to music? WILLIAM WALTON

60. Who wrote the opera the Bartered Bride?

 SMETANA

61. Which British hospital has the ability to stage a full athletics meeting?

 STOKE MANDEVILLE

62. In motor racing, what does a yellow flag indicate to the drivers?

NO OVERTAKING

63. Arnold Ridley (Private Godfrey) in Dad's Army wrote the play The Ghost Train after being stranded at a railway station — what is the name of the station?

MANGOTSFIELD - BRISTOL

64. In the TV comedy The Vicar of Dibley who did the verger, Alice Tinker marry?

HUGO HORTON

65. What is the Aborigine word for Ayer's Rock? ULURU

66. Which Derbyshire town is overlooked by Riber Castle?

MATLOCK

67. On which Island was Napoleon born?

CORSICA

68. Who was the mother of Solomon?

BATHSHEBA

69. Who was the sister of Moses?

MIRIAM

70. What was the name of the ship whose crew were rescued by Grace Darling?

SS FORFARSHIRE

71. Which Samuel Becket play features a master who cannot stand up and a servant who cannot sit down?

ENDGAME

72. Michaelangelo's statue of David is housed in which city?

FLORENCE

73. What is the more common name for the skin complaint miliaria?

PRICKLY HEAT

74. Rome is the capital city of which region of Italy? LAZIO

75. The Hunter Valley is a famous wine producing region in which country?

AUSTRALIA

76. Robert Plant was the lead singer in which British rock band? LED ZEPPLIN

77. The British competitor Tommy Simpson was a leading name in which sport in the 1960's?

CYCLING

78. 0131 is the dialling code for which British city? BIRMIN GHAM This is incorrect, Birmingham is 0121 Edinburgh is 0131

79. James Moir is the real name of which comedian?

VIC REEVES

80. What is the name of the man who shot Lee Harvey Oswald?

JACK RUBY

81. Russia and which other country share a border with Estonia?

LATVIA

82. Which TV presenter founded the charity Childline in 1986?

ESTHER RANTZEN

83. John Balliol was the king of which country in the 13^th century?

SCOTLAND

84. Who wrote the novel Middlemarch?

GEORGE ELIOT

85. George Eliot was the pen name of which author? MARY ANN EVANS

86. Which Scottish monarch was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513?

JAMES IV

87. The Zambesi river flows into which ocean

THE INDIAN OCEAN

88. The phrase "Sewards Folly" refers to the U.S.A. 1867 purchase of which land?

ALASKA

89. In the human body the Pinna is a part of which sensory organ?

THE EAR

90. In the 1925 film The Gold Rush, Charlie Chaplin ate which item of clothing?

A BOOT

91. Fado is a type of melancholy folk music associated with which country?

PORTUGAL

92. In what year were tins of baked beans commercially introduced into the UK?

1901 (ACCEPT 5 YEARS EITHER WAY)

93. In which country is the Zandvoort motor racing circuit?

THE NETHERLANDS

94. The pod of the carob tree is used as a substitute for which food?

CHOCOLATE

95. Who was the manager of Celtic F.0 in 1967 when they became the first British club to win the European Cup?

JOCK STEIN

96. If you were born on 11 November, what would your star sign be? SCORPIO

SUPPLEMENTARIES

What year did Britain go fully decimal?

1971 (NO LEEWAY)

In which year were the Olympic Games first televised? 1936

What is the capital of Taiwan?

TAIPEI

Which singer is known as the Queen of Soul?

ARETHA FRANKLIN

What is the world's third most spoken language? HINDUSTANI

How was Ghana known before independence?

THE GOLD COAST