Round 1
1a Which best-selling author wrote the novel 'Timeline'?
Michael Crichton
1b Who sang the theme song for the Bond film 'Tomorrow Never Dies'?
Sheryl Crow
2a Which was the first song played on BBC Radio One?
Flowers in the Rain
2b How many squares are found along one side of a Scrabble board?
15
3a What title is earned by a Moslem who makes a pilgrimage to Mecca?
Hajj
3b Rothesay is the principal town of which island?
Bute
4a What name was given to the regime in France from July 1940 to August 1944?
Vichy
4b Which dish is a confection of sugar, egg yolks and Marsala wine?
Zabaglione

Round 2
1a Sir Titus Salt, the first manufacturer of alpaca fabrics in this country, built a model village to house his employees, what name did he give to it?
Saltaire
1b Kerry McCarthy, Doug Naysmith, Dawn Primarolo and Stephen Williams are MPs representing constituencies in which city?
Bristol
2a Name the 6ft 5ins tall actor who achieved fame as a western lawman in a 1958-1963 TV series named after his preferred weapon?
Chuck Connors (The Rifleman)
2b On which river does Hamburg stand?
Elbe
3a Who wrote 'Crime and Punishment' and 'The Brothers Karamazov'?
Dostoyevsky
3b Pan was the Greek god of the woods and fields, who was his Roman counterpart?
Faunus or Sylvanus
4a Cotopaxi in Ecuador and Paricutin in Mexico are examples of which geographical feature?
Volcano
4b Of what is brontophobia the fear?
Thunder

Round 3
1a Of what is cynophobia (QM; spell please) the fear?
Dogs
1b Tugela in South Africa and Angel in Venezuela are examples of which geographical feature?
Waterfalls
2a Aurora was the Roman goddess of the dawn, who was her Greek counterpart?
Eos
2b Who wrote 'She' and 'King Solomon's Mines'?
H Rider Haggard
3a At which port do the rivers Rhine and Maas reach the sea?
Rotterdam
3b Which actor played character roles in films from the mid 1940s but was most famous for playing a moustachioed, overweight private detective in a 1971-1976 TV series?
William Conrad (Cannon)
4a Jenny Willott, Julie Morgan, Alun Michael and Kevin Brennan are MPs representing constituencies in which city?
Cardiff
4b What name did Josiah Wedgwood give to his factory near Hanley, Staffordshire?
Etruria

Round 4
1a Which dish is a combination of pancakes re-heated in a sauce of sugar, oranges and Curacao or Grand Marnier?
Crepe Suzette
1b What name is now given to the regime in Germany between 1919 and 1933?
Weimar Republic
2a Which is the principal town on the Isle of Skye?
Portree
2b What title is earned by a Moslem who learns the entire Koran?
Hafiz
3a What is the largest number on a standard backgammon doubling dice?
64
3b What was the title of the aptly named first song to be played on MTV in Britain?
Video Killed the Radio Star
4a The theme to which Bond film was sung by A-Ha?
Living Daylights
4b Which best-selling author wrote the novel 'A Painted House'?
John Grisham

Round 5
1a Which radio station became BBC Radio Two in 1967?
Light Programme
1b Who painted 'The Bathers' and 'Umbrellas'?
Renoir
2a In the context of law and order, for what does the C stand in the acronym ACPO?
(Association of) Chief (Police Officers)
2b Which building stands at 350, Fifth Avenue, New York?
Empire State
3a To which family of fish does the minnow belong?
Carp
3b In which Shakespeare play does Sir Lancelot Gobbo appear?
Merchant of Venice
4a Who is MP for Redditch?
Jacqui Smith
4b Who was the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury, consecrated in 1533 during the reign of Henry 8th?
Thomas Cranmer

Round 6
1a Which admiral commanded the British fleet sent to repel the Spanish Armada in 1588?
Lord Howard of Effingham
1b In rhyming slang what is 'bangers and mash'?
Cash
2a Which religion's holy book is the Adi Granth?
Sikh(ism)
2b Name the British swimmer who took part in his fifth Olympic Games in Beijing?
Mark Foster
3a The process of increasing the abundance of a particular isotope in a mixture of isotopes is known by what name?
Enrichment
3b Who had hit records with The Move, ELO and Wizzard?
Roy Wood
4a Knightsbridge and Hyde Park Corner are stations on which London Underground line?
Piccadilly
4b Smithsonite is a carbonate of zinc, by what name is it commonly known?
Calamine

Round 7
1a Vulcanisation involves heating rubber latex with which yellow, very brittle, fusible and inflammable non-metallic element?
Sulphur
1b Marble Arch and St Paul's are stations on which London Underground line?
Central
2a Who had hit records for Slik, Visage and Ultravox?
Midge Ure
2b The change of an organic structure such as a tree into a mineral structure is known as what?
Petrification
3a Name the British equestrian who took part in her fifth Olympic Games in Beijing?
Mary King
3b Which religion believes in the Four Noble Truths?
Buddhism
4a In rhyming slang what is a 'Tommy Trinder'?
Window
4b Admiral Togo was a commander at which major battle of 1905?
Tsushima

Round 8
1a Dedicated to Henry 8th, the first complete translation of the Bible into English was made in 1535 by which English Augustinian friar in exile in Europe?
Miles Coverdale
1b Who is MP for Sheffield Hallam?
Nick Clegg
2a Who is the clown in Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'?
Feste
2b Which small fish of the herring family is prized for its flavor and used in sauces and pizza toppings?
Anchovy
3a Which famous US building was erected using Aquia sandstone between 1792 and 1800?
The White House
3b In the context of UK government, for what does the C stand in the acronym COBRA?
Cabinet (Office Briefing Room A)
4a Who painted 'The Fighting Temeraire'?
JMW Turner
4b Which radio station became BBC Radio Four in 1967?
The Home Service

Spare Questions
1 Featured for the first time in 'Vogue' in 1926, which designer is famous for her 'Little black dresses?
2 Which National Park is home to Yogi Bear?
Jellystone
3 The world's first iron bridge was completed in 1781 at Coalbrookdale, which river does it span?
Severn