Round One
1A In an alphabetical list of world countries, what comes between The Maldives and Malta?
Mali
1B In an alphabetical list of world countries, what comes between Turkey and The Turks and Caicos Islands?
Turkmenistan
2A Which fellow rocker, whose biggest hit was "Be-Bop-A-Lula", survived the car crash which killed Eddie Cochrane in 1960?
Gene Vincent
2B Which country singer, whose biggest hit was "Crazy", was killed in a plane crash in 1963?
Patsy Cline
3A Which actor played US President James Dale in the 1996 film "Mars Attacks!"?
Jack Nicholson
3B Which actor played US President Andrew Shepherd in the 1995 film "The American President'?
Michael Douglas
4A What would you be afraid of if you suffered from carnophobia?
Meat
4B What would you be afraid of if you suffered from demophobia?
Crowds

Round Two
1A Which former PM wrote the memoirs "The Downing Street Years" and "The Path to Power"?
Margaret Thatcher
1B The wife of which former PM has written books on the soprano Joan Sutherland and the PM's country house, Chequers?
John Major (Norma)
2A In 1924, which was the first country ever to host the Summer and Winter Olympics in the same year?
France (Paris & Chamonix)
2B In 1936, which was the last country ever to host the Summer and Winter Olympics in the same year?
Germany (Berlin & Garmisch)
3A Which model was married to photographer David Bailey for 10 years, from 1975?
Marie Helvin
3B Which model was married to singer Billy Joel for 9 years, from 1985?
Christie Brinkley
4A Which late 1990's pop duo was made up of Karen and Shellie, the daughters of 1960's singer Brian Poole?
Alisha's Attic
4B Which early 1990's pop trio was made up of Carnie, Wendy and Chynna, the daughters of members of 1960's bands The Beach Boys and The Mamas and the Papas?
Wilson Phillips

Round Three
1A What is the common name for the part of the human bone with the comparatively unprotected ulnar nerve?
Funny Bone
1B Found in the human body, what is the more common name for myeloid tissue?
Bone Marrow
2A Situated in Cheshire, on what canal would you find the Anderton Boat Lift?
Trent & Mersey
2B Situated in West Yorkshire, on what canal would you find the Bingley Five Rise Locks?
Leeds & Liverpool
3A Members of which London-based sporting club wear a yellow and red tie known as the "Egg & Bacon"?
MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club)
3B Members of which London gentleman's club wear a pink and green tie known as the "Salmon & Cucumber"?
Garrick Club
4A The football chant "Here We Go" is sung to the tune of which Sousa march?
Stars and Stripes Forever
4B The football chant "Who Ate All The Pies" is sung to which music-hall tune?
Knees Up Mother Brown

Round Four
1A What variety of grape is used to produce the Italian red wine Chianti?
Sangiovese
1B What variety of bean is used to produce beansprouts, popular in Oriental cuisine?
Mung
2A Berengaria of Navarre was the queen of which English King?
Richard I (the Lionheart)
2B Catherine of Braganza was the queen of which English King?
Charles II
3A Which comic actor had two top ten hits, both in 1962, with "Hole in the Ground" and "Right Said Fred"?
Bernard Cribbins
3B Which one-man band had two top ten hits, both in 1968, with "Rosie" and "Blue Eyes"?
Don Partridge
4A Who was the former wife of war hero Leonard Cheshire who founded, in 1953, a charitable organisation with the emphasis on care homes and hospices?
Sue Ryder
4B Which former US First Lady founded, in 1982, a well-known drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre?
Betty Ford

Round Five
1A Who was the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor posthumously?
Peter Finch (Network)
1B Directed by John Lasseter, what was, in 1995, the first film to be entirely computer-generated?
Toy Story
2A Journalist and writer Martha Gellhorn was the first wife of which author?
Ernest Hemingway
2B Writer Roald Dahl was the husband of which Oscar-winning actress?
Patricia Neal
3A Which German city stands at the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers?
Duisburg
3B Which French city stands at the confluence of the Rhone and Saone rivers?
4A Formula One star Lewis Hamilton was named after which other famous sportsman?
Carl Lewis
4B South African rugby winger Bryan Habana was named after which famous English sportsman?
Bryan Robson

Round Six
1A Singer Alecia Moore first hit the charts in 2000 under what one-word name?
Pink
1B In 1994, Sannie Carlson became the first ever non-British singer to make a chart debut at number one - under what one word name?
Whigfield
2A The ancient cities of Leptis Magna and Cyrene can be found in which modern-day country?
Libya
2B The ancient cities of Troy and Ephesus can be found in which modern-day country?
Turkey
3A When Muttiah Muralitharan took his record-breaking 709th test wicket, which England player was the victim?
Paul Collingwood
3B Which snooker player has scored a record 709 centuries in professional tournaments?
Stephen Hendry
4A Arlanda airport serves which European capital city?
Stockholm
4B Ruzyne airport serves which European capital city?
Prague

Round Seven
1A The rotund Martin Fitzmaurice introduces the competitors in which annual sporting event?
World Darts Championship (BDO)
1B Scotsman Ivor Robson introduces the competitors in which annual sporting event?
Open Golf Championship
2A From the Arabic for "path", what is the name given to Islamic law?
Sharia
2B Whirlishing Dervishes belong to which Islamic sect?
Sufi/Sufism
3A Which country's currency changed from the Pound to the Euro in January 2008?
Cyprus
3B Which country's currency changed from the Lira to the Euro in January 2008?
Malta
4A How many toes are there on each foot of an ostrich?
2
4B How many pairs of chromosomes does a human have?
23

Round Eight
1A Which Scotland Yard detective is frequently upstaged by the crime-fighting abilities of Sherlock Holmes?
Inspector Lestrade
1B Featured more regularly on TV than in the original books, which Scotland Yard detective is regularly helped (or hindered) by the efforts of Hercule Poirot?
Chief Inspector Japp
2A The world's first what were installed outside the Houses of Parliament on 22nd October 1868?
Traffic Lights
2B Who became the first American to win a Nobel Prize when he was awarded the Peace Prize on 22nd October 1906?
Theodore Roosevelt
3A Luxardo is the most widely-available brand of which alcoholic spirit?
Sambuca
3B Noilly Prat is the most widely-available brand of which alcoholic spirit?
Vermouth
4A What name is given to an island of coral that surrounds a lagoon?
Atoll
4B What name is given to a narrow strip of land which connects two larger land masses?
Isthmus

Spare Questions
1 Who composed the scores for the Alfred Hitchcock movies "North By Northwest" and "Psycho"?
Bernard Herrmann
2 Which city, the fourth largest in the Czech Republic, is renowned for its beer production and is the home of Skoda?
Plzen (Pilsen)
3 Named after a service station on the M4, which chef is proprietor of "The Fat Duck" and has been "In Search of Perfection" in print and on the media?
Heston Blumenthal