Round 2
1a In 2003, who was the youngest footballer in history to reach 50 caps?
Michael OWEN
1b What is the name of the heroin Arthur Miller's play 'Death of a Salesman'?
Willie LOMAN
2a In the World Athletic Championships in 2003, which American sprinter protested by lying on the track after being disqualified in the 100m?
John DRUMMOND
2b Bathsheba Everdene is the heroine of which novel by Thomas Hardy?
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
3a Who said that he did not want to belong to any club that would have him as a member?
GROUCHO MARX
3b Who was the lead singer of Led Zeppelin?
Robert PLANT
4a Who was imprisoned and later hanged by Henry VII for calling himself Richard IV?
PERKIN WARBECK
4b What is a 'Penang -lawyer'?
A WALKING STICK

Round 3
1a Who was President of Chile from 1973-1990?
Augusto PINOCHET
1b Which English King had a favourite called Piers Gaveston?
EDWARD II
2a Who was the King of Saudi Arabia who was assassinated in 1975?
King FAISAL
2b In 1865, who became the first English woman doctor?
Elizabeth Garrett ANDERSON
3a Nora Helmer is the heroine of which Ibsen play?
A DOLL'S HOUSE
3b Who won the Oscar for best director for the 1959 film 'Gigi'?
VINCENTE MINELLI
4a What was the name of Brian and Michael's no 1 song in 1978?
MATCHSTALKMEN AND MATCHSTALK CATS AND DOGS
4b Who originally said 'The report of my death is an exaggeration'?
MARK TWAIN

Round 4
1a What are known as the 'Devil's Bones'?
DICE
1b In children's literature, who are Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy?
LITTLE WOMEN
2a Of which novel by George Eliot are the central characters Tom and Maggie Tulliver?
THE MILL ON THE FLOSS
2b Name the England player who scored a try in the World Cup Final in 2003?
Jason ROBINSON
3a 'Arnold Layne' was the first hit for which rock group?
PINK FLOYD
3b What is a craftsman called who works in a wood, often with beech trees, producing parts -particularly legs - for Windsor chairs?
BODGER
4a What is the name of the stretch of water that separates Russia and Alaska?
BERING STRAIT
4b In 1968, who became the first English footballer to be sent off in an International?
Allan MULLERY

Round 5
1a In 1967, at the age of 44, who became the oldest winner of the (British) Open Golf Championship in the Twentieth Century?
Roberto DE VICENZO
1b What is the common name of the bird of the genus Sternus?
STARLING
2a Which country governs the Andaman Islands?
INDIA
2b Who built the Labyrinth on Crete?
DAEDALUS
3a At which battle in 1775 did William Prescott order his troops not to fire 'until you see the whites of their eyes'?
BUNKER HILL
3b Which was the first building society to complete its conversion into a bank?
ABBEY NATIONAL
4a What shape of a hull has a scow?
FLAT BOTTOMED (square ended)
4b When is Lammas Day?
AUGUST 1st

Round 6
1a Which is the world's largest lizard?
KOMODO DRAGON
1b Which composer was Richard Wagner's father-in-law?
FRANZ LIZST
2a What was the nickname of the waitresses in Lyons' Corner Houses?
NIPPIES
2b Which European explorer discovered the River Niger?
MUNGO PARK
3a Who erected the image of the Golden Calf whilst Moses was on Mount Sinai?
AARON
3b Which film star of the 40's and 50's was born Lucy Johnson?
AVA GARDNER
4a A drink made of hot milk, spices and beer or wine was known as what?
POSSET
4b In early 2004, which so-called American 'life-style guru' was sent to trial for irregularities in share-dealing?
MARTHA STEWART

Round 7
1a Of what are Antwerp, Poulters and Tumblers all types?
PIGEONS
1b Which monk first developed sparkling wine?
DOM PERIGNON
2a What is the Hebrew name for the Jewish Day of Atonement?
YOM KIPPUR
2b Which is the only African country not to have been colonised by Europeans?
ETHIOPIA
3a What nickname was given to Johann Christian, the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach?
The 'LONDON' Bach
3b Which Italian motorcyclist won 12 world championships between 1966 and 1972?
Giacomo AGOSTINI
4a Where, in Greece, is the well-preserved, open-air theatre built in 350BC?
EPIDAUROS
4b In the Old Testament who destroyed the Midianites?
GIDEON

Round 8
1a Which journalist, sacked by the Sunday Express, left the Guardian for the Times in January 2004?
JULIE BURCHILL
1b In sailing, what is a temporary device set up, especially to spread sail, usually used in an emergency e,g. broken mast?
JURY RIG
2a Who, born in 1512 in Antwerp, was known as 'the father of modern map making'?
Gerardus MERCATOR
2b What sort of a creature is a pangolin?
An ANTEATER
3a Which present day film star, born 1949, was born Caryn Johnson?
WHOOPI GOLDBERG
3b Who commanded the Chindits in the Second World War?
ORDE WINGATE
4a Within 10 years either way, when was the Bank of England founded?
1694 (1684-1704)
4b In the 1960's, Barbara Hulanicki founded which store?
BIBA

Spare Questions
1 Bechuanaland is the former name of which country?
BOTSWANA
2 Which metal is liquid at room temperature?
MERCURY
3 What is the Greek name for the Roman god Neptune?
POSEIDON