Round Two
1a Who succeeded Walter Cronkite as CBS Evening News anchor man in 1981?
Dan Rather
1b The Alan Price Combo was re-named what after Eric Burdon joined in 1962?
The Animals
2a What is another name for solid carbon dioxide?
Dry Ice
2b Which novel is George Orwell's own account of the Spanish Civil War?
Homage to Catalonia
3a Which Hyde Park building housed the 1851 Great Exhibition?
The Crystal Palace
3b Which loose garment, with veiled eyeholes, covers Muslim women?
Burka (Boorka, Burqa)
4a Which US President was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford (to avoid the draft)?
Bill Clinton
4b What is the longest bone in the human body?
The Femur (Thigh Bone)

Round Three
1a In which English town or city is the Baltic Arts Centre?
Gateshead
1b In which English county is the Forest of Bowland?
Lancashire
2a Who played "The Rose" in the 1979 film, based on the life of Janis Joplin?
Bette Midler
2b In 1889, which Liverpool woman poisoned her husband with arsenic obtained from fly papers?
Florence Maybrick
3a In TV's "Eastenders", what name did Sharon give to the E20 club?
Angie's Club
3b Who plays Lara Croft in the 2001 film "Lara Croft, Tomb Raider"?
Angelina Jolie
4a Which range of mountains runs from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Alabama?
The Appalachians
4b Born in Toronto, Canada, in 1938, who is the anchor man of ABC News?
Peter Jennings

Round Four
1a What is the highest value Euro coin in circulation?
Two Euros
1b What is the name of John Lennon's former home in Menlove Ave, Liverpool?
Mendips
2a What was Jack McVitie's nickname, murdered by the Krays in 1967?
The Hat
2b How is Dr. Matthew Hall better known in the entertainment world?
Harry Hill
3a Which Manchester brewery produces "Jekyll's Gold"?
Hydes
3b What phrase was coined by US record producer Jerry Wexler to replace the term 'black rock and roll"?
Rhythm and Blues
4a Which murderous character first appeared in the 1986 film "Manhunter"?
Hannibal Lecter
4b What bluish-white brittle metallic element is used in alloys, with lead, and in medicine?
Antimony

Round Five
1a Which British PM described the traditions of the Royal Navy as 'rum, sodomy and the lash'?
Winston Churchill
1b In which London church are the famous bow bells?
St. Mary-le-Bow (Cheapside)
2a Which Cheshire town is said to be named after King Canute?
Knutsford
2b What was the real forename of the late Lonnie Donegan?
Anthony
3a Which group recorded the 1977 album "Out of the Blue"?
Electric Light Orchestra
3b What is the Japanese art of flower arranging called?
Ikebana
4a The late Joe Strummer gained fame as a guitarist with which group?
The Clash
4b Where in the British Isles were the Gibb twins, of the Bee Gees, born?
Isle of Man (1949)

Round Six
1a How many times did Martina Navratilova win the Wimbledon Ladies' championship?
Nine
1b A gold-coloured alloy of copper, zinc and tin is known as what?
Ormolu
2a What is the name of the national anthem of Australia?
Advance Australia Fair
2b Which Polish architect designed the Imperial War Museum North, Manchester?
Daniel Libeskind
3a Whose first book, published 1902, was entitled "Salt-Water Ballads"?
John Masefleld
3b In what year was Monica Seles stabbed by a crazed spectator?
1993
4a What term refers to a case heard privately, in the Judge's chambers?
In Camera
4b Which then British Cabinet Minister said in January 2000: "Unlike President Clinton, I did inhale", when referring to smoking cannabis?
Mo (Marjorie) Mowlam

Round Seven
1a The Greek word 'epistaxis' refers to what medical condition?
Nose Bleed
1b Who wrote the novel "Honour Amongst Thieves"?
Jeffrey Archer
2a For what purpose is sodium thiosulphate used in photography?
As a fixer
2b Where in Japan did the 2002 Football World Cup Final take place?
Yokohama
3a Where did the shooting events take place at the 2002 Commonwealth Games?
Bisley, Surrey
3b A CD is a compact disc; what music format is abbreviated as MD?
Minidisc
4a Who wrote "Journey to the Centre of the Earth"?
Jules Verne
4b Which Berlin monument, built 1788-91, was designed by Carl Langhans?
Brandenburg Gate

Round Eight
1a 'Nipper' is a trademark of HMV in the UK, and of which US record label?
RCA Victor
1b Which sporting trophy is made from melted down Indian coins?
The Calcutta Cup
2a Which family has a 1966 World Cup winner and a 2003 Rugby Union World Cup winner?
Cohen (George and Ben)
2b Which female is the only current holder of the Order of the Garter?
Baroness Thatcher
3a Which Roman slave extracted a thorn from the paw of a lion?
Androcles
3b What was established by King Arthur and his knights so that none would have precedence?
The Round Table
4a Which was the last county to join the first class cricket competition?
Durham
4b What is the name of George Washington's estate, near the Potomac River?
Mount Vernon

Spare Questions
1 "On a desert highway, cool wind in my hair" are the opening lines of which Eagles hit song?
Hotel California
2 Which Merseyside art gallery is a memorial to the wife of the first Lord Leverhulme?
The Lady Lever
3 In which modern country is the city of Babylon?
Iraq
4 Singer Bobby Hatfield, died 2003, was a member of which duo?
Righteous Brothers