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Round 1 – Mixed Bag

1. George Cole played entrepreneur Arthur Daley in which long running TV

show?

2. Garuda is the national airline of which country?

3. Going into the 2010 General Election, Malcolm Pearson was the leader of which political party?

4. In which film did Mickey Mouse play the sorcerer's apprentice?

5. Which Russian Marxist and revolutionary was killed in Mexico by an assassin

wielding an ice pick?

6. Summoned by Bells was the autobiographical work of which poet?

7. Sofia is the capital of which country?

8. What was the name of Fred Flintstone's pet dinosaur in The Flintstones cartoon TV series?

9. In which decade did Amelia Earhart fly solo over the Atlantic Ocean?

10. Which chart-topping British pop star of the 1980s recorded under the name

Jesus Loves You in the early 1990s and wrote under the name Angela Dust?

1. Minder 2. Indonesia 3. United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) 4. Fantasia 5. Leon Trotsky 6. John Betjeman 7. Bulgaria 8. Dino 9. 1930s (1932) 10. Boy George


Round 2 - Horse Racing

1. Le Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is run at which French racecourse?

2. Who was the trainer of the famous steeplechaser Red Rum?

3. In English horse racing on the flat, how many so-called ‘Classics’ are there?

4. At which racecourse are the 1,000 Guineas and 2,000 Guineas run?

5. What was the name of the great steeplechaser who won the Cheltenham

Gold Cup in 1964, 1965 and 1966?

6. Nursery Handicaps are for horses of what age?

7. Which is the oldest racecourse in Britain, having been staging horse races since the 16th century?

8. What term describes a racehorse that has not yet won a race?

9. At which racecourse is the Scottish Grand National usually held?

10. What is the minimum age a horse must be to run in the Grand National?

1. Longchamps (Pronounced Long-Shom) 2. Donald 'Ginger' McCain 3. 5 (Derby, Oaks, 1000 Guineas, 2000 Guineas, St. Leger) 4. Newmarket 5. Arkle 6. Two Year Olds 7. Chester 8. A Maiden 9. Ayr 10. Six


Round 3 – Quickfire Round – Covers

Name the pop song that has been recorded by each group of three artists.

1. Guy Mitchell, Tommy Steele, Dave Edmunds

2. Dusty Springfield, The Tourists, Samantha Fox

3. Barry Manilow, Donna Summer, Take That

4. Harold Melvin, Thelma Houston, The Communards

5. The Drifters, The Tom Tom Club, Bruce Willis

6. Elvis Presley, The Stylistics, UB40

7. Eddie Floyd, David Bowie, Amii Stewart

8. The Jacksons, Big Fun, Clock

9. The Beatles, Tina Turner, Bananarama

10. Buddy Holly, Showaddywaddy, Nick Berry

1. Singing The Blues 2. I Only Wanna Be With You 3. Could It Be Magic 4. Don’t Leave Me This Way 5. Under The Boardwalk 6. (I Can’t Help) Falling In Love With You 7. Knock On Wood 8. Blame It On The Boogie 9. Help 10. Heartbeat


Round 4 - Geography

1. How many spikes are in the crown of the Statue of Liberty?

2. In which country would you find the cities of Hanoi and Haiphong

(Pronounced High-Fong)?

3. What is the capital of Guatemala?

4. What is the unit of currency in Lithuania?

5. What is the official language of San Marino?

6. Niagara Falls border, which U.S. state?

7. Ponta Delgado is the largest port in which island group in the Atlantic Ocean?

8. What symbol is on the national flag of Canada?

9. In which American state is the city of San Francisco?

10. Which country in Southeast Asia comprises 17,508 islands?

1. 7 2. Vietnam 3. Guatemala City 4. Litas 5. Italian 6. New York 7. Azores 8. Maple Leaf 9. California 10. Indonesia


Round 5 - Princes

1. What was the civilian name and secret identity of Wonder Woman?

2. What was the first hit for Madness in September 1979?

3. Which title did King George IV hold for the nine years immediately before he

became king in 1820?

4. Which royal personage died of typhoid at the age of 42?

5. Marco Antonio Barrera was the first boxer to beat which British boxer on 4th July 2001?

6. Who searched high and low for the owner of a lost glass slipper and was told

by Adam and the Ants that “ridicule is nothing to be scared of”?

7. Which Jamaican ska musician had hits in the U.K. with Al Capone and Whine and Grine?

8. Which video game series has spawned sequels including The Shadow and

the Flame, The Sands of Time and Warrior Within?

9. In which film did Nick Nolte talk to his suicidal sister’s psychiatrist, played by Barbra Streisand and end up falling in love with her?

10. In which 1992 Prince hit did he sing, “In the beginning, God made the sea, but

on the seventh day, he made me”?

1. Diana Prince 2. The Prince 3. Prince Regent 4. Prince Albert 5. Prince Naseem Hamed 6. Prince Charming 7. Prince Buster 8. Prince of Persia 9. Prince of Tides 10. My Name Is Prince


Round 6 – History

1. Which African country made a Unilateral Declaration of Independence from

the U.K. in November 1965?

2. Who was the last British monarch to be killed in battle when he fell during the Battle of Bosworth Field?

3. In which country did Richard the Lionheart die?

4. Which Henry was the first Tudor king of England?

5. In Japanese history, what was the name of the written set of rules followed by

the Samurai?

6. Where in Suffolk was the site of a 6th century cemetery discovered in 1937?

7. In which English county would you find the ancient sites of Stonehenge, Avebury and Silbury Hill?

8. Who was the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet

Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953?

9. Who was the last Anglo-Saxon king before the Norman Conquest?

10. Which former naval administrator kept a diary between 1660 and 1669 that was first published in the nineteenth century?

1. Rhodesia 2. Richard III 3. France 4. Henry VII 5. Bushido 6. Sutton Hoo 7. Wiltshire 8. Josef Stalin 9. Harold 10. Samuel Pepys (Pronounced Peeps)


Round 7 – Entertainment

1. Which TV sitcom featured the characters Eddie Hitler and Richie Richard?

2. In chess, the King can move how many squares at a time?

3. Which singer appeared in the TV series Fame, Diff’rent Strokes and Good

Times?

4. Which country provided the setting for the musical The King And I?

5. Which Hollywood legend won an Oscar for The African Queen in 1951?

6. Which actor played the male lead alongside Kathy Burke in Gimme Gimme Gimme?

7. Who had a hit with Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm in 1993?

8. In the 2010 Ridley Scott film, which folk hero was played by Russell Crowe?

9. Who played Buffy The Vampire Slayer?

10. Which martial arts actor starred in the films Fist Of Fury, The Game of Death

and The Big Boss?

1. Bottom 2. One 3. Janet Jackson 4. Siam (Accept Thailand) 5. Humphrey Bogart 6. James Dreyfus 7. Crash Test Dummies 8. Robin Hood 9. Sarah-Michelle Gellar 10. Bruce Lee


Round 8 – Food and Drink

1. If a dish is described as ‘Florentine’, with which vegetable is it prepared or

served?

2. Which vegetable is also known as Gumbo or Lady’s Fingers?

3. The traditional Japanese drink sake (Pronounced Sar-Kay) is made from what?

4. What name is given to the Italian liqueur traditionally served flaming with

coffee beans floating on the top?

5. What ‘H’ is the English generic term for German white wines from the Rhine?

6. From which language do the words caviar, coffee and yoghurt originate?

7. Which Sicilian wine is traditionally used to make the dessert Zabaglione? (Pronounced Zab-Alli-Oh-Nay)

8. The food company H.J. Heinz has its headquarters in which American city?

9. Mythos beer was first brewed in which country in 1997?

10. Paella originated near which city in Spain?

1. Spinach 2. Okra 3. Rice 4. Sambuca 5. Hock 6. Turkish 7. Marsala (Accept also Prosecco) 8. Pittsburgh 9. Greece 10. Valencia


Round 9 – Human Body

1. Which part of the body would be affected by Myalgia?

2. What part of the hand is the Pollex?

3. What name is given to the yellow liquid component of the blood?

4. What part of a man can increase in size ten-fold when he is excited?

5. What name is given to the strong fibrous tissue that joins one bone to another

at a joint?

6. Where in the body would you find a Fontanelle?

7. Which vitamin can be formed in the skin by the action of sunlight?

8. What does the human body produce when it encounters an Antigen?

9. The adjective “Costal” refers to which part of the human body?

10. Epistaxis is the medical term for which common complaint?

1. Muscles 2. Thumb 3. Plasma 4. The Pupil of the Eye 5. Ligament 6. On The Skull (Of an infant) 7. Vitamin D 8. An Antibody 9. Ribs 10. Nose Bleed


Final Round – Wipeout

10 questions – answer as many as you like – you’ll receive 1 point for each correct answer but remember – if you get any wrong in this round, you’re

wiped out and get 0 points. Teams who get full marks on this round receive 5 bonus points giving them 15/10

1. In which Jane Austen novel did Anne Elliot fall in love with Frederick

Wentworth?

2. Which pop star's real name is Anna Mae Bullock?

3. Which American Secretary of State shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973?

4. In which country was the opera singer Joan Sutherland born?

5. To the naked eye, what colour is the Hope Diamond?

6. Which animal is used as an emblem for the U.S. Republican Party?

7. In Russia, what might be Bolshoi, Mariinsky or Kirov?

8. Which unit of time might be synodic, sidereal or calendar?

9. How many states of America begin with the letter U?

10. Which American golfer is also known as 'The Golden Bear'? Tie-break question if required (Closest wins or first correct answer handed in): In which year did author Jane Austen die?

1. Persuasion 2. Tina Turner 3. Henry Kissinger 4. Australia 5. Blue 6. Elephant 7. Ballet Companies 8. Month 9. One (Utah) 10. Jack Nicklaus

Tie-break answer: 1817

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