ROUND 2
1a With which athletics discipline do you associate Michael Johnson?
400m or 200m (ACCEPT 400m RELAY)
1b What name was given to the flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina in AD 622?
HEGIRA
2a What is the capital of Slovakia?
BRATISLAVA
2b Who killed Hamlet?
LAERTES
3a Who designed Birkenhead Park?
SIR JOSEPH PAXTON
3b What is the capital of Lithuania?
VILNIUS
4a Who painted the picture 'When did you last see you father'?
WILLIAM FREDERICK YEAMES
4b In Athletics who was the second man to break the 4 minute mile?
JOHN LANDY

ROUND 3
1a Who won football's Carling Cup in 2004?
MIDDLESBOROUGH
1b Which architect designed Liverpool's Albert Dock?
JESSE HARTLEY
2a What did Churchward, Collier and Stanier design?
STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
2b Pinchbeck is an alloy composed of 2 metals - name one?
COPPER or ZINC
3a Which Scottish actor was best known for his roles in the TV series Upstairs Downstairs and the Professionals?
GORDON JACKSON
3b Name one of the 2 people who were 'Waiting for Godot'?
VLADIMIR and ESTRAGON
4a Which Cheshire town has a Salt Museum?
NORTHWICH
4b Whose record did Brian Lara beat with his 400 not out?
MATTHEW HAYDEN

ROUND 4
1a Which book begins 'all children but one grow up'?
PETER PAN
1b Which Beethoven symphony is known as the Eroica?
No.3
2a Where will the Winter Olympics be held in 2006?
TURIN
2b In Thomas Hardy's 'The Mayor of Casterbridge' what was the title character's name?
MICHAEL HENCHARD
3a Where in the human body is the Loop of Henle?
KIDNEY
3b In the Harry Potter books in which house is Harry at Hogwarts?
GRYFFINDOR
4a Who topped the classical charts in 2004 with her debut album 'Premiere'?
KATHERINE JENKINS
4b Little Gem and Tom Thumb are varieties of what?
LETTUCE

ROUND 5
1a Name either US rover that landed on Mars in 2004?
SPIRIT or OPPORTUNITY
1b In the blood, Haemoglobin contains iron, what metal does Chlorophyll contain?
MAGNESIUM
2a In which country are the Maipo and Casablanca wine growing regions?
CHILE
2b Justin Hawkins is lead singer with which band?
THE DARKNESS
3a What was the name of the three-headed dog in Greek Mythology?
CERBERUS
3b Who designed the Flying Scotsman?
SIR NIGEL GRESLEY
4a Beretta, Boss and Browning all manufacture what particular weapon?
SHOTGUN (accept GUNS)
4b Which is Greater London's largest park?
RICHMOND

ROUND 6
1a Michael Jackson, Prince and Madonna were all born in which year?
1958
1b Who wrote the best selling non-fiction book 'A short history of nearly everything'?
BILL BRYSON
2a In Lord of the Rings whose wife was Goldberry?
TOM BOMBADIL
2b Which monarch ordered the execution of Sir Walter Raleigh?
JAMES I (6th of Scotland)
3a Which commission investigated the assassination of John F Kennedy?
WARREN COMISSION
3b The Bren gun was manufactured in two places name the English one?
ENFIELD
4a Who wrote the best selling non-fiction book 'Dude where's my country'?
MICHAEL MOORE
4b In Lord of the Rings what was the name of Gandalf s horse?
SHADOWFAX

ROUND 7
1a Which stately home near Salisbury is home to the Earls of Pembroke?
WILTON HOUSE
1b In what year did Jimi Hendrix die?
1970
2a In 1914 of whom did Margot Asquith say that 'if he was not a great man he was at least a great poster'?
LORD KITCHENER
2b Who won the American Football Super bowl in 2004?
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
3a What is the Christian name of the Australian swimmer nicknamed 'The Thorpedo'?
IAN
3b Nonesuch was a place built by which English king?
HENRY VIII
4a Which London department store opened in March 1909?
SELFRIDGES
4b John Arbuthnot created which 'British' character in 1712?
JOHN BULL

ROUND 8
1a On which River does Lisbon stand?
TAGUS
1b Who won the World Superbike Championship in 2003?
NEIL HODGSON
2a In which county is Sutton Hoo where an Anglo Saxon Treasure trove was discovered in 1939?
SUFFOLK
2b Which planet was known in ancient times as Lucifer or the Morning Star?
VENUS
3a Which elements name is derived from the Greek word for unstable?
ASTATINE
3b In which London park is there a statue of Peter Pan?
KENSINGTON GARDENS
4a On which river does Oporto stand?
DOURO
4b In which county are the Lost Gardens of Heligan?
CORNWALL

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 Which singer and piano player is married to Elvis Costello?
DIANA KRALL
2 In which film does Quentin Tarrantino play Richard Gecho and George Clooney play Seth Gecho?
FROM DUSK TO DAWN
3 Name either of the actors in the film 'Red River'?
JOHN WAYNE or MONTGOMERY CLIFT