Round 2
1a In 1679 what did Denis Papin invent in Paris?
The PRESSURE COOKER
1b Which was the first country to give women the vote?
NEW ZEALAND (1893)
2a In which city is the Fitzwilliam Museum?
CAMBRIDGE
2b In 2004 who had a best-selling album called 'Call off the Search'?
KATIE MELUA
3a In 2004 who became the artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre?
KEVIN SPACEY
3b Who wrote the children's book Artemis Fowl?
Eoin COLFER
4a Who won the Golden Boot in the 1998 football World Cup?
Davor SUKER
4b In what year was the ban on 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' lifted, the film 'Psycho' made and Princess Margaret married Anthony Armstrong-Jones?
1960

Round 3
1a What is the largest freshwater lake entirely in the USA?
LAKE MICHIGAN
1b Which Italian missed the last kick in the 1994 world Cup Final penalty shoot-out?
Roberto BAGGIO
2a Name either of the British runners who are the subject of the film, 'Chariots of Fire'?
Harold ABRAHAMS or Eric LIDDELL
2b What is a computer programme called that allows you to download and display web pages from the Net on to your computer screen?
BROWSER
3a Who became the Independent MP for Tatton at the 1997 General Election?
Martin BELL
3b Who led the barons in the revolt against Henry III (3rd)?
SIMON de MONTFORT
4a Michael Pennington performs under what name?
JOHNNY VEGAS
4b Who is the director of the RSC?
MICHAEL BOYD

Round 4
1a In what year did the Russians launch a dog into space on Sputnik 2 and Althea Gibson became the first black woman to win Wimbledon?
1957
1b Of what is the word 'yob' an example?
BACKSLANG
2a In 2004 who had a best-selling album called 'Elephunk'?
BLACK-EYED PEAS
2b In 1767 what toy did John Spilsbury create?
The FIRST JIGSAW PUZZLE
3a Which childrens' author created 'The Grinch' & 'Thudwick the big-hearted Moose' among others?
Dr. SEUSS
3b 'Neither a borrower nor a lender be' is a quotation from which Shakespeare play?
HAMLET
4a What is the common name of Potassium nitrate?
SALTPETRE
4b Which English cathedral was struck by lightning in July 1984?
YORK MINSTER

Round 5
1a In 2004, singer Bobby Hatfield died. Which group was he part of?
The RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS
1b In cricket, what word is used to describe an offbreak bowled with a legbreak action?
GOOGLY
2a Who wrote the 2004 bestseller 'The Da Vinci Code'?
DAN BROWN
2b From which creatures is catgut obtained?
HORSES or SHEEP
3a Which aircraft manufacturer built the Comet?
DE HAVILLAND
3b For which event were the first British commemorative stamps issued in 1924?
The BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION
4a In music, how many semiquavers are there in a semibreve?
SIXTEEN
4b In recent literature who created the detective Precious Ramotswe?
Alexander McCall SMITH

Round 6
1a In which film was the chief character called Charlie Allnut?
The AFRICAN QUEEN
1b Which sound system begun in the 1960's reduced hiss and produced a crisper sound?
DOLBY
2a What is the name for the technique of painting directly on to wet plaster on walls?
FRESCO
2b What was the Latin name for Troy?
ILIUM
3a Which American Indian is buried at Gravesend in Kent?
POCOHANTAS
3b Who first conquered the Matterhorn in 1865?
Edward WHYMPER
4a Which measurement is reputed to have originated as the length of three barleycorns laid end to end?
The INCH
4b Who designed the Willow Pattern for pottery?
Thomas MINTON

Round 7
1a How many ways are there of getting out in cricket?
TEN
1b Which part of the human body was taken as the length of a cubit?
The FOREARM
2a In recent literature who created the detective Lincoln Rhymes?
Jeffery DEAVER
2b Who wrote the recent bestseller 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time?
Mark HADDON
3a What name is usually given to the high-frequency loud-speaker in a hi-fi set-up?
TWEETER
3b Of which group was Maddy Prior the lead singer?
STEELEYE SPAN
4a From which animal is the fur nutria obtained?
COYPU
4b Which Apache Chief finally surrendered, went to Florida, became a farmer, dictated his autobiography and died in 1909?
GERONIMO

Round 8
1a What was the name of the glazed and ornamented pottery supposed to have been brought to Europe from Majorca in the fifteenth century?
MAJOLICA
1b Where would you find the vox humana and the vox angelica?
On an ORGAN
2a What was the name of the Cyclops blinded by Odysseus?
POLYPHEMUS
2b Which real life person was portrayed by Diana Ross in 'Lady Sings The Blues'?
BILLY HOLLIDAY
3a Who was the leader of he successful British expedition who climbed Mount Everest in 1953?
Sir JOHN HUNT
3b Which aircraft was designed by R.J.Mitchell in 1936?
SPITFIRE
4a Which oil is commonly used in oil painting?
LINSEED OIL
4b Which bird was depicted on a farthing?
WREN

Spare Questions
1 What is the capital of Crete?
Heraklion
2 Which body of water separates Chile and Tierra del Fuego?
Magellan Strait
3 A 'Lady's Slipper' is an example of which flower?
Orchid