22nd March The Questions

 

Specialist questions set by Sutton Mutton, General Knowledge by the Brewers Arms, with additional vetting by the Royal Oak

Specialist Rounds are:

Art and Literature

Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy

Geography

Going Steady

History

Science

Sport (of a sort)

The Only Way To Travel

ART AND LITERATURE

1 Who was the Greek playwright of the comedy ‘The Frogs’ that is first recorded as being performed in 405 BC?

(Aristophanes)

2 Which Roman soldier described building bridges over the River Rhine in 53 BC in his book Commentarii de Bello Gallico (English translation: Notebooks about the Gallic War)?

(Gaius Julius Caesar)

3 The 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto is generally regarded as the first gothic novel. Which Whig politician, son of the man regarded as Britain’s first prime minister, wrote it?

(Horace Walpole)

4 Which Irish playwright’s ‘She Stoops to Conquer’ was first staged in 1773?

(Oliver Goldsmith)

5 Which early 20th century book illustrator and cartoonist - noted for a humorous book called Railway Ribaldy showing how the Great Western Railway was built - gives his name to describe an invention or machine that is simultaneously ingenious, overly-complicated and makeshift (and usually involves knotted string and pulleys)?

(William Heath Robinson)

6 In the Great Hall of which building are 12 murals completed by Ford Madox Brown in 1893?

(Manchester Town Hall)

7 Which science fiction writer’s ‘The War in the Air’ was published in 1908?

(HG Wells)

8 Which well-known artist lived at The Elms, 23 Stalybridge Road, Mottram-in-Longdendale?

(LS Lowry)

Supplementarys

S1 What is the portrait, painted in Florence between 1503 and 1506, and thought to be of Lisa Gherardini, wife of a Florentine cloth merchant named Francesco del Giocondo known as?

(Mona Lisa)

S2 Which playwright, hated and despised by the question setter, was baptised on the 26 April 1564?

(William Shakespeare – spit)

EASY PEASY LEMON SQUEEZY!

1 Who won the FA cup in 2015?

(Arsenal)

2 What is the highest mountain on the Isle of Man?

(Snaefell)

3 Name the longest river in Africa?

(River Nile)

4 In the 1983 advertisement for Yellow Pages, what was the title of the book written by J.R. Hartley?

(Fly Fishing)

5 Which Hanseatic League city, founded in 1201 and a European Capital of Culture 2014, is the capital of Latvia?

(Riga)

6 Whose thirteenth UK single release was the Eurovision song contest winning “Puppet on a String”

(Sandie Shaw)

7 Who wrote the book ‘The Compleat Angler?

(Izaak Walton)

8 Who was the men’s singles champion at Wimbledon in 2014 and 2015, as well as beaten finalist in 2013, when he lost to Andy Murray?

(Novak Djokovic)

Supplementarys

S1 What is the height (in feet) above sea level of Market Place in Macclesfield?

(497 feet – accept 100 foot either side)

S2 Which river runs through Newark in Nottinghamshire?

(Trent)

 

GEOGRAPHY

1 Which country’s southern border follows the 49^th parallel for much of its length?

(Canada)

2 Bandar Seri Begawan is the capital of which Sultanate?

(The Sultanate of Brunei)

3 Monsignor James Horan was the ‘father’ to which unlikely international airport?

(Knock International Airport – known since 2006 as Ireland West Airport Knock)

4 Timbuktu (or Tombouctou) is which African republic?

(Mali)

5 Where were Sean Savage, Daniel McCann, and Mairéad (pronounced marade as in parade) Farrell when they were shot dead by undercover British soldiers on the 6 March 1988?

(Gibraltar)

6 Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s terracotta army was found buried about 35km east of which Chinese city?

(Xian)

7 What is the currency of the United Arab Emirates?

(Dirham)

8 What motorway is the highest in England?

(The M62 - 1,221 feet (372 m) above sea level at Junction 22)

Supplementarys

S1 In what town in Lincolnshire is Batemans Brewery?

(Wainfleet)

S2 Leghorn is the anglicised name for which Italian port city?

(Livorno)

GOING STEADY

1 Which haulage company gives its trucks two female names (e.g. Amy Rose) which are painted on the cab side?

(Eddie Stobart Limited)

2 Which Chelford based haulage company, and former Macclesfield Town FC shirt sponsor, was acquired by Eddie Stobart Limited in 2008?

(James Irlam and Sons Ltd)

3 Who was Going Steady to number 4 in the UK singles charts in 1978, even though he cried all the way to the chip shop when Julie left him for Gordon (the Moron)?

(Jilted John – accept also Graham Fellows)

4 Whish Essex airport is owned by the Stobart Group?

(London Southend International Airport)

5 Which football team had its kit sponsored by the Stobart Group for nineteen consecutive years?

(Carlisle United)

6 Steady Eddie was the nickname of which Australian professional snooker and billiards player?

(Eddie Charlton)

7 The TV programme entitled "Eddie Stobart: Trucks & Trailers" was first broadcast by which TV station?

(Channel 5)

8 Stobart Energy is the division of the Stobart Group formed to source and supply biomass. What is biomass?

(Material derived from live, or recently living, organisms, such as wood products, dried vegetation, crop residues, and aquatic plants i.e. plant material used as fuel for power stations or boilers)

Supplementaries

S1 Eddie Stobart moves trainloads of containers carrying the slogan ‘Less CO2’, for which supermarket?

(Tesco)

S2 Featuring tracks written by Howard Devoto, Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle, the 1981 UK album ‘Singles Going Steady’ was a compilation of which punk band’s songs?

(Buzzcocks)

 

HISTORY

1 Which American suspension bridge – then the third longest in the world and only open for four months - collapsed on the 7^th November 1940 due to wind induced oscillations?

(The first Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington State)

2 Who became king of England on the death of his father in April 1483, and was succeeded by his uncle in June 1483?

(Edward Vth – he was subsequently declared illegitimate and became one of the princes in the tower when his uncle was crowned Richard III)

3 From 24^th to 29^th April 1916 James Connolly was in charge of the defence of what public building in Dublin?

(The General Post Office on Sackville Street – now O’Connell Street – during the 1916 Easter Rising)

4 Which nation’s fleet set sailed more than 18000 miles to the Sea of Japan, where it was decisively defeated – all 11 battleships were lost - by the Japanese fleet in the battle of Tsushima in May 1905?

(Russia)

5 Which patent holder’s wife made the world’s first long distance car journey in August 1888, as well as becoming the world’s first recorded woman driver?

(Karl Benz – his wife Bertha drove 65 miles to see her mother)

6 What was the main cargo of the SS Politician when it sank in the Outer Hebrides in February 1941?

(Whisky – the sinking inspired the book and ensuing film Whiskey Galore)

7 Which Burmese national replaced Dag Hammarskjöld as Secretary General of the United Nations after the latter died in an air crash in September 1961?

(U Thant)

8 In 1675 a royal warrant by Charles II appointed John Flamsteed as the first holder of what post??

(Astronomer Royal)

Supplementaries

S1 Which famous ship dropped anchor at the tip of Cape Cod, in what is now Provincetown Harbour, in November 1620?

(The Mayflower)

S2 Who led the 1907-1909 British Antarctic Expedition to the McMurdo Sound, whose stores include 25 cases of MacKinlays scotch whisky?

(Ernest Shackleton)

 

SCIENCE

1 What colour paint uses Titanium Dioxide as a pigment?

(White)

2 Name any one of the ink colours in the subtractive CYMK colour model used for colour printing.

(Cyan, Yellow, Magenta or blacK)

3 What is the speed of light in miles per second?

(186,000 miles per second)

4 Ethylene Glycol and Propylene Glycol are common constituents of what automotive product?

(Antifreeze for car cooling systems)

5 In what unit is the explosive yield of a nuclear weapon usually expressed in?

(Megatons of TNT, accept also kilotons)

6 What property of an engine oil is designated by an SAE grading of 15W/40 multigrade?

(The viscosity of the oil at two temperatures - accept also fluidity)

7 Dendrochronology is the science of doing what using the characteristic patterns of annual growth rings in timber and tree trunks?

(Dating events, environmental change, and archaeological artefacts)

8 What is Bentonite?

(A sort of clay, chiefly Montmorillonite, with curious physical properties which are exploited in the oil, steel and construction industries, and lead to its use in winemaking and as a health supplement)

Supplementarys

S1 The angle of repose of a granular soil (for example a sand) defines what?

(The angle to the horizontal of the steepest slope the soil can be piled without slumping)

S2 What colour is a solution of Copper Sulphate, or Copper Sulphate crystals in the presence of water?

(Blue)

 

SPORT (OF A SORT)

1 Fictional footballer Roy of the Rovers played centre forward for which (imaginary) football club?

(Melchester Rovers)

2 Billy the Fish, the goalkeeper for Fulchester United FC, made his first appearance in which comic magazine?

(Viz)

3 Centrifugal bumble puppy, Riemann surface tennis and escalator squash are fictional sports in which dystopian 1932 novel?

(Brave New World by Aldous Huxley)

4 Which fictional sport involves a ‘bludger’ and a ‘snitch’

(Quidditch)

5 The film ‘Cool Runnings’ was inspired by which nation’s 1988 Winter Olympics team?

(Jamaica – the team competed in both the two man and four man Bobsleigh)

6 In the film ‘Slap Shot’ the Charlestown Chiefs are a professional team playing which sport?

(Ice Hockey)

7 Which former jump jockey for Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother wrote turf related crime novels when he retired from racing?

(Dick Francis)

8 Name either of the Slag Brothers who drove the Boulder Mobile in Wacky Races?

(Rock or Gravel)

Supplementarys

S1 What was the name of the fictional runner who appeared in the Rover and Victor comics under the soubriquet “the tough of the track”?

(Alf Tupper)

S2 What sport do PG Wodehouse characters Psmith and his friend Mike Jackson both play?

(Cricket)

 

THE ONLY WAY TO TRAVEL!

1 It you wished to travel on a direct train to Cheltenham from London, which London terminus would you leave from?

(Paddington)

2 If you travel on a local (all stations) train from Macclesfield to Stoke, which is the second station the train stops at?

(Kidsgrove)

3 The Flying Scotsman steam locomotive has recently been in the news – but who was its chief designer?

(Sir Nigel Gresley)

4 Crewe station is a well-known railway junction. Railway lines radiate out from the station in how many different directions?

(Six – no leeway – to Chester, Preston (and Scotland), Manchester, Stoke, Stafford (and the South) and Shrewsbury)

5 In Turner’s painting ‘Rail, Steam and Speed’ which railway company is depicted?

(The Great Western Railway – the full title of the painting is Rail, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway)

6 Which station in Liverpool replaced the original 1830 Crown Street station of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1836?

(Liverpool Lime Street)

7 The Railways of Britain were nationalised on the1st of January in which year?

(1948 – no leeway)

8 Terence Cuneo, official painter for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, specialised in paintings of railway subjects. After 1956, what small animal was always hidden in his paintings?

(A mouse)

Supplementarys

S1 What is the name of the Brunel’s railway bridge over the River Tamar between Plymouth and Saltash?

(Royal Albert Bridge)

S2 What is the most northerly railway station on Britain’s national rail network?

(Thurso)

General Knowledge

set by The Brewers Arms

1) Which newspaper group launched the New Day newspaper which hit the streets on February 29^th?

A) Trinity Mirror (Accept Mirror)

2 ) Which natural landmark was described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design"?
A) Arthur`s seat

3) ‘Share Moments. Share Life` is the slogan to which worldwide brand?

A) Kodak

4) Which tortured musician was created by Gustav Leroux?

A) The Phantom of the Opera

5) Who composed: `The Firebird`, `Petrushka` and `The Rite Of Spring`?

A) Igor Stravinsky

6) Which tree appears on the flag of Lebanon?

A Cedar

7) How is the chaparral cock, a bird native to Central America, better known?

A) Roadrunner

8) What is the surname of the two American politicians who lived in Fayetteville, Arkansas after they were married and whose home is now a museum?

A) Clinton (Bill and Hilary)

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9) How are the first five books of the bible known?

A) The Pentateuch (accept Torah or Book of Moses)

10) What is the name of Amsterdam`s main airport?

A Schiphol

11) Who was the first poet to be interred in Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey?
A) Geoffrey Chaucer

12) What sport would you see at Hall Green Stadium in Birmingham?

A Greyhound Racing

13) How many bells are rung when it is the end of a sailor’s watch?

A) 8

14 ) In a competition in 1829, what beat Cycloped, Novelty, Perseverance and Sans Pareil?

A) Stephenson's Rocket (Rainhill Trials)

15) The cable cars of San Francisco are one of only two mobile National Landmarks in the USA. In which city is the other one?

A) New Orleans (Saint Charles streetcar line)

16) Who preceded John F Kennedy as the President of the USA?

A) Dwight Eisenhower

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17) What is the name of the home of the otter?

A) A holt

18) In Homers Odyssey who recognizes Odysseus on his return from Ithaca?

A) His Dog, Argos

19) With what is the Belgian beer Kriek flavoured with?

A) Cherries

20 Q A Pascal is a measure of what?

A) Pressure

21) Who was the head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission of weapons, from March 2000 to June 2003?

A) Hans Blix

22) RAF College Cranwell is located in which county?

A) Lincolnshire

23) What type of material is processed in a ginnery?

A) Cotton

24) What was the name of the hotel in Brighton bombed by the IRA during the Conservative Party conference?

A The Grand Hotel

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25) ‘Will anything happen’, ‘Picture This’ and ‘Sunday Girl’ are three tracks from which Album?

A) Parallel Lines (Blondie)

26) Which martial art was introduced as an official Olympic sport at the 2000 Olympic games?

A Taekwondo

27) Which team was Brian Deane playing for when he scored the first Premier League goal in 1992?

A) Sheffield United (DO NOT ACCEPT UNITED)

28) ‘Cracked Actor’, ‘Time’ and ‘Jean Genie’ are three tracks from which Album?

A) Aladdin Sane

29) Sissinghurst Castle has famous gardens designed and originally managed by which famous writer and gardener?

A) Vita Sackville- West

30) Q Which title did Edward VIII take after he abdicated?

A) Duke of Windsor

31) What was the campaign name of the planned German invasion of Britain, which was thwarted by the RAF?

A) Operation Sealion

32) The Mazurka is traditional dance of which country?

A) Poland

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33) What appeared for the first time in The Times newspaper in August 1861?

a) The weather forecast

34) What does digamy mean?

A) A second legal marriage after the death or divorce of the first husband or wife

35) To which famous author was archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan married?

A) Agatha Christie

36) What is the final book in the Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis?

A) The Last Battle

37) Which UK car company manufactured the Sprite?

A) Austin (accept also Austin-Healy, this was the brand under which most cars were sold or British Motor Corporation (BMC) as lots of Sprites were made at the MG factory at Abingdon owned by BMC )

38) Which of the Great Lakes is the only one contained completely within the United States?

A Lake Michigan

39) What was Margaret Thatcher`s maiden name?

A) Roberts

40 What would you be doing if you jumped to the left, and then stepped to the right, with your hands on your hips and then bring your knees in tight?

A) The Time Warp

41) What would you be doing if you suffered from bruxism?

A) Grinding of the teeth

42) Which wars were fought between the Rome and Carthage?

A) Punic

43) Which county lies on Irelands East coast, immediately south of the county of Dublin?

A) Wicklow

44) What is the strongest suit in the game of bridge?

A) Spades

45) For what would a chef use a mandolin?

A) Fine slicing of vegetables (accept slicing)

46) What does the Statue of Liberty hold in her right hand?

A) A flaming torch

47) The Hugo award is awarded for books which cover what genre?

A) Science Fiction (accept Fantasy)

48) Who are the current sponsors of the London marathon?

A) Virgin Money (Accept Virgin)

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49) Which flower was the work of the American artist Georgia O’Keeffe who died in 1986, aged ninety-eight, and was the subject of a US Postage stamp?

A) Red Poppy (accept Poppy)

50) What is the term for the type of plastic surgery performed on the nose?

A) Rhinoplasty

51) Which charitable organisation has the saying `Train One Save Many`?

A) R.N.L.I. (Royal National Lifeboat Institution)

52) The last Nobel Prize to be introduced was in which subject?

A) Economics

53) The West Indies won the first two cricket world cups, who prevented them winning a hat trick?

A) India (1983)

54) In food and drink what is a Chateaubriand?

A) Steak

55) The Silkie is a breed of what type of farm animal?

A) Chicken

56) Who replaced Nigel Lawson as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1989?

A) John Major

57) Which leader of Panama was overthrown by the United States in 1989?

A) General Noriega

58) Which English sculptor produced rounded forms such as the ‘Reclining Figure’?

A) Henry Moore

59) What term defines the point when the orbit of the Moon is as its closest point to the Earth?

A) Perigee

60) Name one of the two criteria that women had to meet when they first got the vote in the UK?

A) They had to be over 30 and they had to own their own property

61) If you were a `chalkie` in Australia, what would your profession be?

A) Teacher

62) What would you find at Mount Wilson in California, Siding Spring in Australia and Mauna Kea in Hawaii?

a) Astronomical observatories.

63) How was John George Haigh better known as?

A) The Acid Bath Murderer

64) All three members of the Goodies had worked on which radio comedy, running from 1963 to 1973?

A) I’m sorry I’ll read that again

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65) Clifford’s Tower is all that remains of which city’s castle?

A) York

66) The Ishihara test is used to test for which condition?

A) Colour blindness.

67) What was advertised with Eva Herzigovia using the slogan `hello boys`?

A) The wonder-bra (bloody fantastic in my opinion)

68) Which royal opened the main building to the Macclesfield leisure centre in 1981?

A The Duke of Kent

69) Which royal unveiled the Macclesfield Town hall extension in 1992?

A) Prince Andrew

70) Which country’s Parliament is called the Vouli Ton Ellinon?

A) Greece

71) What would you be specifically be part of, if you were in either a team called Goldie or Isis?

A) Reserve crew of the Oxford and Cambridge rowing crews (accept Second Boat)

72) Most commonly, many tiles are there in a Mah Jong set?

A 144

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73) What colour knight is Sir Bertilak, a key character in a medieval poem featuring the Arthurian knight, Sir Gawain?

A) Green

74) What was the name of the horse that the Roman emperor Caligula made a member of the senate?

A) Incitatus,

75) In which Parisian square is the Arc de Triomphe?

A) Place de l’Etoile (accept the Place Charles de Gaulle)

76) In Japan what was the name given to, a mercenary or wandering samurai who had no lord or master?

A) Ronin

77) What kind of computer connection uses a trident as its icon?

A) USB (Universal Serial Bus)

78) What does a somnambulist do?

A) Sleepwalks

79) The Babington Plot was a plan to assassinate which English monarch?

A) Elizabeth I

80) How does a hurley differ from a hockey stick?

A) The hurley is flat on both sides

81) If you were training at Norland College what would you hope to become?

A) Professional Nanny (accept other childcare professions)

82) What is the name of the Schoolmaster in Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?

A) Ichabod Crane

83) What was introduced in London on 17^th February 2003?

A) Congestion charge

84) Which London park lies to the south of The Mall and the north of Birdcage Walk?

A St James Park

85) What term do the Americans use for a stag night?

A) Bachelor Party

86) What is unusual about the Koosh ball?

A It does not bounce (engineer Scott Stillinger was having trouble teaching his two young kids how to play catch. Balls were too bouncy, and bean bags too heavy. The California resident soon realized he needed a better ball—one that was soft, wouldn’t bounce, and could be grasped easily)

87) What was based on the Victorian game called Magic Square?

A) Crossword puzzle

88) Stamford Raffles founded what port city in 1819?

A) Singapore

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89) In Golf, what is a bunker called in the United States?

A) A Sand Trap (Accept Trap)

90) How did the life sentence of Colin Pitchfork in 1988 make history?

A) First murder conviction using DNA

91) What do Germans do with a `handy`?

A) Make a phone call with it (Accept mobile phone)

92) If you are Sinistral what are you?

A) Left handed

93) Kislev, Iyyar and Tammuz are what?

A) Months in the Jewish calendar

94) Which inland sea represents the lowest point below sea level in Europe?

A) The Caspian Sea

95) Which film is this quote taken from: ‘Major Strasser has been shot. Round up the usual suspects’?

A) Casablanca

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96) As host of the 1976 Olympics what were Canada the first nation to fail to do?

A) Win a gold medal

Supplementaries
1) In the book Fever Pitch which team does the hero support?

A) Arsenal

2) The Swiss Guard are the personal guard of which figure?

A) The Pope

3) What according to urban myth causes nettles to sting? (according to Kew they suggest it is not)

A Formic Acid

4) In mathematics what is the Latin for Pebble?

A) Calculus

5) Which constituency has the largest electorate in the UK?

A) Isle of Wight

6) In what year was Bill Clinton born?

A 1946

15th March–The Questions

 

All questions set by

THE BRITISH FLAG

 

Thank you to the Ox-fford “C” for vetting the questions

SPECIALIST ROUNDS

1. ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

2. GEOGRAPHY

3. DOUBLE MEANINGS

4. SCIENCE

5. SPORT

6. BACK TO SCHOOL

7. HISTORY

8. ST. PATRICK’S DAY

ROUND 1: ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

1.	Whose painting titled “Impression, Sunrise” of 1872 gave the Impressionist movement its name ?
		CLAUDE MONET
2.	Which wars are taking place in the book “War and Peace”?
		THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
3.	“I love to laugh” is a song from which musical ?
		MARY POPPINS
4.	Which was the first animated group to reach Number 1 in the UK ?
		THE ARCHIES (Sugar, Sugar)
5.	Harry Potter shares a birthday with which famous author ?
		J. K. ROWLING (also accept Primo Levi - July 31st)
6.	Which actor who has played Dr. Who has also appeared in a Harry Potter film ?
		DAVID TENNANT (Barty Crouch Junior in H.P. and the Goblet Of Fire)
7.	Which colourful D.H. Lawrence book was banned because of its sexual content, along with “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” and “Women In Love” ?
		THE RAINBOW
8.	What is the name of the hiding dog in “Where’s Wally” ?
		WOOF

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I.	Who was the first person to have his birthplace commemorated with an official Royal Society Of Arts blue plaque ?
		LORD BYRON
II.	Who composed the opera Billy Budd ?
		BENJAMIN BRITTEN
III.	In the Bond film “Tomorrow Never Dies” what is “Tomorrow” ?
		A NEWSPAPER

ROUND 2: GEOGRAPHY

1.	Which is the largest African country by area ?
		ALGERIA
2.	The Gambia is surrounded by which other country ?
		SENEGAL
3.	Since 1992, which country’s flag has 27 stars on it ?
		BRAZIL (original 1889 flag had 21 stars)
4.	Which country’s National flag , sometimes called the Lion Flag , shows a yellow lion holding a sword in its right front paw ?
		SRI LANKA
5.	The Remarkables are a range of mountains to be found in which country ?
		NEW ZEALAND (South Island)
6.	In which country would you find Kakadu National Park ?
		AUSTRALIA
7.	What is the most remote inhabited island in the world ? TRISTAN DA CUNHA
8.	Which body of water separates Papua New Guinea and Australia ?
		TORRES STRAIT

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I.	The sandspit at the mouth of England’s River Humber is known by what name ?
		SPURN HEAD
II.	What is the capital of Macedonia ? SKOPJE
III.	How is Lake Tiberius better known ? THE SEA OF GALILEE

ROUND 3 : DOUBLE MEANINGS

Some words can have two different meanings, sometimes with slightly different pronunciations. In each case find the one word which fits both definitions:

1.	A building material; Existing in a physical way;
		CONCRETE
2.	One’s life’s work; To move swiftly in an uncontrolled way;
		CAREER
3.	Friendly; A comforting or pleasant tasting medicine;
		CORDIAL
4.	A papal edict; Optimistic investor;
		BULL
5.	A long term plan; Thrust outward;
		PROJECT
6.	To long for; Resinous tree;
		PINE
7.	To make very angry; A burnt gum or spice;
		INCENSE
8.	A spy in an organisation; Small rodent;
		MOLE

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I.	A high kick; Flat-bottomed boat;
		PUNT
II.	A site of mineral mining; Hunted prey;
		QUARRY
III.	To put into words; Very fast;
		EXPRESS

ROUND 4: SCIENCE

1.	Which planet has craters named Bach, Beethoven, Bartok and Brahms amongst others ?
		MERCURY
2.	Charles’s Wain is a constellation more commonly known as what ?
		THE PLOUGH (also accept Big Dipper or Ursa Major)
3.	In plants what name is given to the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts, such as leaves, stems and flowers ?
		TRANSPIRATION
4.	What is the group of medicines known as “anti-tussives” used to treat ?
		COUGHS
5.	Four letters of the alphabet are used to write the genetic code of DNA. G and A are two, give either of the other two ?
		T + C (thymine + cytosine)
6.	There are three processes used to describe different types of thermal energy transfer. Conduction and convection are two, name the other ?
		RADIATION
7.	Where on your body are the Mounts of the Sun, Mercury and Venus ?
		YOUR HANDS (used in palmistry)
8.	Which gas is used to fill most domestic light bulbs ?
		ARGON

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I.	In 1866, which ship was used to lay the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable linking Britain to America ?     THE GREAT EASTERN
II.	What was the name of the last steam locomotive to be built by British Rail at Swindon in 1960 ?     EVENING STAR
III.	A chemical reaction which releases a sudden amount of energy is known as what ?     EXOTHERMIC

ROUND 5: SPORT

1.	In Rugby League what were Bradford known as before they became the Bulls ?
		NORTHERN
2.	In 1996, who lit the Olympic flame in Atlanta, Georgia ?
		MUHAMMAD ALI
3.	Who appeared in 8 consecutive US Open tennis singles finals in the 1980s ?
		IVAN LENDL (1982 – 1989)
4.	Which club of the original founders of the English Football League has never won the F.A. Cup ?
		STOKE CITY
5.	The founder of the cricket almanac WISDEN played for which English cricket county ?
		SUSSEX
6.	Tommy Simpson was the first British cyclist to wear the Tour De France yellow jersey in 1962, who was the second British cyclist to wear it ?
		CHRIS BOARDMAN (1994)
7.	Since 1989, in which sport is the Hopman Cup played for by mixed teams ?
		TENNIS
8.	Since 1988, in which sport is the Millennium Trophy played for ?
		RUGBY UNION (England V Ireland)

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I.	If you were a member of the Wigan Wasps what sport would you compete in ?
		SWIMMING
II.	In which sport would you follow a derny ?
		CYCLING (small motorised bike used in the kierin event)
III.	Which racecourse is near to Bognor Regis ?
		FONTWELL PARK

ROUND 6 : BACK TO SCHOOL

1.	In which Charlotte Bronte novel is the 10 year old central character sent to the inhuman Lowood school ?
		JANE EYRE
2.	Which actor put together a school rock band in the 2003 film “School of Rock” ?
		JACK BLACK
3.	In a famous comic strip, created by Leo Baxendale, how is the character Percival Proudfoot Plugsey more commonly known ?
		PLUG
4.	Who is the best friend of the school boy Jennings in the novels by Anthony Buckeridge ?
		DARBISHIRE
5.	In which 1967 film does Mark Thackeray take up a teaching post at the North Quay Secondary School in the tough East End of London ?
		TO SIR WITH LOVE
6.	What subject is Charles Ryder studying at Oxford in Evelyn Waugh’s “Brideshead Revisited” ?
		HISTORY
7.	In the poem “The Schoolboy” by William Blake, what is the classroom compared to ?
		A BIRDCAGE
8.	Name the school of wizardry in Terry Pratchett’s “Discworld” ?
		THE UNSEEN UNIVERSITY

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I.	Who wrote the 1857 novel “Tom Brown’s School Days” ?
		THOMAS HUGHES
II.	Which famous school of music is to be found in Manchester ?

CHETHAM’S

III.	Name the boarding school created by Enid Blyton ?

MALORY TOWERS (also accept St Clare’s and Whyteleaf)

ROUND 7: HISTORY

1.	Who was the first Governor General Of India, up until 1948 ?
		LORD MOUNTBATTEN
2.	What was the pirate Blackbeard’s real name ?
		EDWARD TEACH
3.	In which cathedral was Henry III crowned ?
		GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL
4.	In which city were all but 6 French Kings crowned
		REIMS
5.	Under the Treaty Of Tordesillas, signed in 1494, the New World was divided between Spain and which other country ?
		PORTUGAL
6.	The Isle Of Man belonged to two countries before it came under UK administration in 1765. Scotland was one, name the other ?
		NORWAY
7.	The Jersey Battle of Flowers was first held to celebrate the coronation of which King ?
		EDWARD VII
8.	In which country did the Hundred Flowers Campaign (movement) encourage government criticism in 1956 ?
		CHINA

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I.	In which country was the Rosetta Stone found in 1799 ?
		EGYPT
II.	Which monarch’s eldest son died as a result of being hit by a cricket ball ?
		GEORGE II
II.	In which US State did Martin Luther King lead the 1955 bus boycott ?
		ALABAMA

ROUND 8: ST. PATRICK’S DAY

1.	Why is St. Patrick’s Day held on March 17th ?
		SAID TO BE THE DATE OF HIS DEATH
2.	In which Cathedral is St. Patrick believed to lie buried ?
		DOWN CATHEDRAL
3.	Specifically where would you find the Book of Kells ?
		TRINITY COLLEGE (library, Dublin)
4.	Supposedly, what did St. Patrick use to explain the Holy Trinity ?
		A SHAMROCK
5.	St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland and which African country ?
		NIGERIA
6.	Since 1962 which US city celebrates St. Patrick’s Day by an attempt to colour its river green ?
		CHICAGO
7.	Who was the first Irish man to win the Nobel Prize for Literature ?
		WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS (1923)
8.	What is the occupation of a leprechaun ?
		SHOEMAKER (they are a load of cobblers !)

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I.	In 1924 the main street in Dublin had its name changed from Sackville Street to what ?
		O’CONNELL STREET
II.	Which is the only inland city in Ireland ?
		KILKENNY
III.	What did the Romans call Ireland ?
		HIBERNIA ( also except Scotia)

 

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS

1.	What was the title of the sequel to the film “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” ?
		GENTLEMEN MARRY BRUNETTES
2.	In musical notation how many semi-quavers are there in a semi-breve ?
		16
3.	Which film won the most Academy Awards at the recent Oscars ?
		MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
4.	Which country did Great Britain defeat in the first game of their defence of the Davis Cup earlier this month ?
		JAPAN
5.	Who along with Neil Tennant comprises the pop group the Pet Shop Boys ?
		CHRIS LOWE
6.	The 2015 Carbuncle Cup, an annual British “award” for the ugliest building built in that year was a warded to a building at 20 Fenchurch Street, London. What is the nickname of this building ?
		WALKIE TALKIE
7.	Who is the current World Champion on the pommel horse ?
		MAX WHITLOCK
8.	What is the name of the dog in the 1889 book “Three Men In A Boat” by Jerome K. Jerome
		MONTMORENCY
9.	What breed of dog was best in show at Crufts this year ?
		WEST HIGHLAND TERRIER
10.	Two fences in the Grand national are only jumped once, the Chair is one which is the other?
		WATER JUMP (last 2 fences No. 15 and 16 on first circuit)
11.	Eddie Izzard set himself the challenge of running 27 marathons in 27 days to raise money for Sport Relief. Why 27 marathons ?
		NUMBER OF YEARS NELSON MANDELA IN PRISON
12.	The last occurrence of this astronomical phenomenon was on 31 July 2015 and the next two will occur on 31 January and 31 March 2018. What is the phenomenon?
		BLUE MOON
13.	The Gowrie Plot of 1600 was believed to be an assassination attempt on which King ?
		JAMES VI OF SCOTLAND
14.	Which relationship unites the Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Innovation and the Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport?
		TWIN SISTERS (Angela and Maria Eagle)
15.	Who was British Prime Minister during the General Strike of 1926 ?
		STANLEY BALDWIN
16.	Reykjavik is the most Westerly capital of countries in the European Economic Area. What is the most Easterly capital?
		NICOSIA (Cyprus)
17.	Which of Gilbert & Sullivan’s 14 comic operas is also know by the title “ The Town Of Titipu” ?
		THE MIKADO
18.	Alan Shearer and Robbie Savage captained two teams (representing Radio 5 and Match Of The Day) who played 57 continuous hours of 5-a-side football for Sports Relief. Why did they play for 57 hours ?
		TOTAL TIME A PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYER COULD PLAY IN A SEASON (assuming all games played lasted 90 min each) The final score was 547 -529 to Alan Shearer)
19.	How many current United Nation member states are there that were part of former Yugoslavia ?
		SIX (Bosnia and Herzegovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia - Kosovo not a UN State)
20.	In which sport are two of Great Britain’s current top players Paul Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford ?
		TABLE TENNIS
21.	If you have DYSPHONIA what would you have difficulty in doing ?
		SPEAKING (disorder of the mouth, tongue, throat, or vocal cords)
22.	Mediterranean, Little, Iceland and Common are all species of which bird ?
		GULL
23.	Which building, designed by Charles Rennie Macintosh, was badly damaged by fire in May 2014?
		GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART
24.	At this year’s BAFTAS who was Stephen Fry referring to when he joked, controversially that “Only one of the great cinematic costume designers would come to an awards ceremony dressed as a bag lady,” after she picked up her costume design award ?.
		JENNY BEAVAN (she also won the Academy Award for costume design and appeared to be wearing the same clothes ! )
25.	Which jockey won their first amateur race on March 2nd on the Paul Nicholls-trained PACHA DU POLDER at the 3:20 at Wincanton ?
		VICTORIA PENDLETON
26.	Which George Eliot novel has a subtitle of “A Study of Provincial Life”?
		MIDDLEMARCH
27.	Name either of the two countries that claim the cocktail Pisco Sour to be their national drink, which is Pisco (brandy), lemon or lime juice, syrup, egg white and Angostura bitters ?
		PERU OR CHILE
28.	A watercolour of the Old Registry Office in Munich sold at auction in 2014 for just over £100,000 despite being considered of little artistic merit. Who painted it ?
		ADOLPH HITLER
29.	Which British rock band were formed in 1968 as Joe Cocker's backing group, appearing with him at Woodstock in 1969 ?
		THE GREASE BAND
30	Which actor plays Julius Caesar in the recently released film “Hail Caesar !” directed by the Coen Brothers ?
		GEORGE CLOONEY
31.	Which actor played the roles of Julius Caesar, Thomas Cromwell and, most notably, the Khasi of Kalabar?
		KENNETH WILLIAMS (in the Carry On series of films)
32.	As of March 1st 2016 who is the current Director General of the BBC ?
		TONY HALL (Lord Hall Of Birkenhead)
33.	Who played the character Justice Lawrence Wargrave in the BBC series entitled “And Then There Were None”, based on a work by Agatha Christie, and screened between Christmas 2015 and New Year?
		CHARLES DANCE
34.	Which TV soap features the Braxton and Stewart families, amongst others ?
		HOME & AWAY
35.	On how many days in the song “The 12 Days of Christmas” was a type of bird sent as a gift?
		SIX (Partridge, Turtle Doves, French Hens, Calling Birds, Geese, Swans)
36.	Which Christian hymn by Scottish Anglican Henry Francis Lyte is most often sung to English composer William Henry Monk's tune entitled "Eventide"?
		ABIDE WITH ME
37.	Whom did Sebastian Coe succeed as President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ?
		LAMINE DIACK
38.	In which sport might the referees carry a small dagger to show that they are willing to kill themselves if they make a wrong decision
		SUMO WRESTLING
39.	Bigarade Sauce is flavoured with which fruit ?
		ORANGE (usually Seville Oranges, often served with duck)
40.	What organ is surgically removed from the body in a cholecystectomy (koh-luh-sis-TEK-tuh-me) operation ?
		GALL BLADDER
41.	What is the name of the body of water that separates the Malay peninsula from the island of Sumatra ?
		STRAITS OF MALACCA
42.	What is the capital of Moldova ?
		CHISINAU (also accept Kishinev)
43.	In 1983, which singer-songwriter married the Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher ?
		PAUL SIMON
44.	Officially adopted upon independence in 1966, which Caribbean country’s national flag depicts a trident within a central band of gold flanked by vertical bands of blue ?
		BARBADOS
45.	Which monarch was on the throne when the Black Death reached England in 1348?
		EDWARD III (1327 – 1377)
46.	Which actress became Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate from 1992 to 2010 and Hampstead and Kilburn from 2010 to 2015 ?
		GLENDA JACKSON
47.	Three types of traffic-light controlled pedestrian crossings are listed in the Highway Code. Pelican is one type; name either of the other two ?
		PUFFIN + TOUCAN
48.	What event took place in Britain in May 1982 for the first time in 450 years ?
		A VISIT BY THE POPE
49.	What was the name of the horse that “pulled Ernie’s cart, the fastest milk cart in the West” ?
		TRIGGER
50.	Which British PM was born in New Brunswick, Canada and spent his teenage years in Scotland ?
		ANDREW BONAR-LAW
51.	Which golfer had the nickname “The Walrus” ?
		CRAIG STADDLER
52.	Give either of the first names of the Blues Brothers founded by Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi in 1976 ?
		ELWOOD OR JAKE (also accept Joliet)
53.	Who played the part of Thomas Cromwell in the TV adaption of “Wolf Hall” ?
		MARK RYLANCE
54.	Who directed the films “Goodfellas” and “The Aviator” amongst others ?
		MARTIN SCORSESE
55.	In which of Thomas Hardy’s novels does Michael Henchard appear ?
		THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE
56.	In 2015 a retired electrician and his wife were given a suspended sentence of two years for keeping a hoard of whose artworks in their garage ?
		PABLO PICASSO
57.	The Bruntwood prize is specifically awarded for which of the arts ?
		PLAYWRITING
58.	Who in 2015 won the King of the Mountains classification at the Tour De France?”
		CHRIS FROOME (as well as winning the actual Tour De France !)
59.	In what year was the Mary Celeste, an American merchant brigantine found adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean, off the Azores Islands – some leeway ?
		1872 (accept +/- 5 years i.e. 1867 to 1877)
60.	The Greek God of the west wind gave his name to a gentle breeze, what is it called ?
		ZEPHYR
61.	Which Scottish landmark was given UNESCO World Heritage Site status in July 2015, coinciding with its 125th anniversary ?
		FORTH ROAD BRIDGE
62.	On whose grave is the following inscription to be found ? "Good friend, for Jesus' sake forebear, to dig the dust enclosed here; Blest be the man that spares these stones, and curst be he that moves my bones."
		WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
63.	In which card game, consisting of 108 cards, developed in 1971 by American Merle Robbins, can the direction of play be altered, a turn missed, or a player be required to pick up extra cards
		UNO
64.	Another Way to Die, performed by Alicia Keys and Jack White, was the theme song to which Bond movie ?
		QUANTUM OF SOLACE
65.	The song ‘The Sun Has Got His Hat On’ is from which musical ?
		ME AND MY GIRL
66.	Shaun White an American professional snowboarder and skateboarder, two-time winter Olympic gold medalist has the long standing nickname "The Flying Tomato". Why ?
		DUE TO HIS SHOCK OF RED HAIR
67.	Starring Pauline Collins and Tom Conti which film was based on a play by Willy Russell ?
		SHIRLEY VALENTINE
68.	Which British Monarch was on the throne at the turn of the 13th century i.e. in 1201 ?
		KING JOHN (1199 – 1216)
69.	What does a costermonger sell ?
		FRUIT + VEGETABLES
70.	In the Old Testament which book follows directly after the Pentateuch or Torah ?
		JOSHUA (i.e. after Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy)
71.	Which TV entertainer was born Maurice Cole on Christmas Day in 1944 ?
		KENNY EVERET
72.	In April the Government’s new National Living Wage will become law. If you’re working and aged 25 or over and not in the first year of an apprenticeship, you’ll be legally entitled to at least how much per hour ?
		£7:20
73.	The most commonly known variety of which fruit is the Cavendish variety ?
		BANANA
74.	Which small falcon shares its name with a wizard
		MERLIN
75.	The “Weirdstone of Brisingamen: A Tale of Alderley” is a children's fantasy novel written by which English author in 1960 ?
		ALAN GARNER
76.	An Electroencephalogram (EEG) is used for measuring the functioning of which organ of the human body ?
		BRAIN
77.	Florence Nightingale is buried in the grounds of which London hospital ?
		ST THOMAS’
78.	Which actress promotes the perfume ‘Glow’?
		JENNIFER LOPEZ
79.	Members of which comedy double act of the 1970s/80s/90s were born Cyril Mead and Edward McGinnis ?
		SYD LITTLE + EDDIE LARGE (accept Little and Large)
80.	Name the dog that was the title character of the long-running cartoon strip created by Alex Graham and first published in the Daily Mail in 1963?
		FRED BASSETT
81.	Published between 1966 and 1975, which author wrote the works collectively known as The Raj Quartet ?
		PAUL SCOTT
82.	The 1929 painting usually known in English as The Treachery of Images, which depicts a tobacco pipe above a line of text that translates from French as “This is not a pipe”, is by which surrealist artist
		RENE MAGRITTE
83.	Which of the five English horse-racing classics is run latest in the year?
		ST. LEDGER (Doncaster in September)
84.	Which hurdler who anchored the 1991 British 4x400m relay team to victory in the World Athletics Championships became presenter of the TV series Record Breakers?
		KRISS AKABUSSI
85.	The central headquarters of the European Space Agency (ESA) are to be found in which capital city?
		PARIS
86.	Which of Jupiter’s moons is named after one of the mortal lovers of Zeus, the daughter of Inachus and the nymph Melia who Zeus transformed into a heifer?
		IO
87.	SL4 1NJ is the postcode for which royal address ?
		WINDSOR CASTLE
88.	What does the word Veuve mean in the champagne Veuve Clicquot?
		WIDOW
89.	Which English King, known as Bolingbroke (as he was born in Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire) reigned from 1399 - 1413 was the son of John of Gaunt?
		HENRY IV
90.	Which private bank, founded in 1692, and reputed to have the Royal Family amongst its clients, was owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland from 2000 until 2015?
		COUTTS
91.	Which word, which translates as region or state, appears in the names of 5 out of the 29 states of India ?
		PRADESH
92.	Which street in Central London takes its name from a popular 17th century game in which competitors used a mallet to try to drive a ball through a ring at the end of an alley?
		PALL MALL
93.	Aqua Fortis is the alternative name for which acid?
		NITRIC ACID
94.	Which chemical element and precious metal derives its name from the Spanish word for silver? PLATINUM (Spanish platina, literally translates into "little silver")
95.	In the New Testament which book follows directly after the gospels ?
		ACTS (of the Apostles)
96.	Which is the smallest US State by area?
		RHODE ISLAND

SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS

1.	How many states are in the European Economic Area (EEA)?
		31 (28 EU states + Iceland + Liechtenstein + Norway)
2.	What name is given to scissors with saw-tooth blades ?
		PINKING SHEARS
3.	Which singer had the nickname “The Walrus Of Love” ?
		BARRY WHITE
4.	According to the brass plate in its door, who lives at 10, Downing Street?
		FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY
5.	Give the forename of either of the Wright brothers, the first men to successfully engage in powered heavier-than-air flight in 1903 ?
		ORVILLE AND WILBUR
6.	Who wrote the opera ‘Einstein on the Beach’?
		PHILIP GLASS
7.	Which group’s first album was Parachutes released in 2000 and latest album was ‘A Head Full of Dreams’ released in 2015 ?
		COLDPLAY
8.	Which Conservative politician succeeded his uncle, the Marquis of Salisbury, as British Prime Minister in 1902?
		ARTHUR BALFOUR
9.	What was the name of the super group formed in 1998 consisting of George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne & Tom Petty?
		THE TRAVELLING WILBURYS
10.	In Jan 2015 which female golfer from New Zealand became the youngest world Number 1 ranked golfer at the age of 17, being 4 years younger than Tiger Woods when he achieved the same feat ?
		LYDIA KO