Round One.
1A Bugibba is a holiday resort in which European country?
MALTA
1B Which firm of car manufacturers describes one of its models as, "Full of Lovely Stuff", and has a TV advert showing it being made from cake and other confectionaries?
SKODA
2A In which 1953 film musical did Doris Day sing the hit song, "Secret Love"?
CALAMITY JANE
2B On which island did the Dodo become extinct in about 1681?
MAURITIUS
3A Which English romantic poet, (1795-1821), wrote the poem, "The Eve of St Agnes"?
JOHN KEATS
3B Who was the German Ambassador to Britain from 1936-38?
JOACHIM VON RIBBENTROP
4A Which of London's orchestras was founded by Sir Thomas Beecham in 1946?
THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC
4B In which country was Adolf Eichmann a resident, when captured by the Israelis in 1960?
ARGENTINA

Round Two.
1A Near the end of which TV programme was the question often asked, "Who was that masked man"?
THE LONE RANGER
1B Which famous actor of his day, played the Hunchback of Notre Dame in the 1923 silent film?
LON CHANEY
2A Thomas Gragrind and Josiah Bounderby are major characters in which Charles Dickens novel?
HARD TIMES
2B Which famous Englishman was born at Burnamthorpe in Norfolk in 1758?
LORD HORATIO NELSON
3A The criteria of which two people are used to calculate the outcome of a limited over cricket match which has been curtailed by rain?
DUCKWORTH / LEWIS
3B What is the main ingredient in the Indian drink, "lassi"?
YOGHURT
4A Kerstin Hakansson, winner of the first Miss World contest, came from which country?
SWEDEN
4B What is the family name of the Duke of Westminster?
GROSVENOR

Round Three.
1A Russell is the family name of which English Duke?
DUKE OF BEDFORD
1B Name the American winner of the 1973 Miss World contest, whose reign lasted just 104 days, before she was sacked, following a series of high profile liaisons with various famous men of the day.
MARJORIE WALLACE
2A The German liqueur, "Kummel" is flavoured with cumin and two other herbs. Name either.
CARAWAY SEED or FENNEL
2B When Jim Laker took 19 wickets in the Old Trafford Test Match in 1956, who was the Australian captain?
RICHIE BENAUD
3A Which famous Englishman was born in Lichfield in Staffordshire in 1709?
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON
3B John Jarndyce and Honoria, Lady Dedlock are major characters in which Dickens novel?
BLEAK HOUSE
4A Who played Esmeralda, to Charles Laughton's Quasimodo, in the 1939 version of the film, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"?
MAUREEN O'HARA
4B Which TV programme always ended with the words, "Head 'em up, Move 'em out"?
RAWHIDE

Round Four.
1A In which country was Che Guevara executed by the military in 1967?
BOLIVIA
1B For which conductor was the NBC Symphony orchestra created in 1937?
ARTURO TOSCANINI
2A Who was the US Ambassador to Britain from 1938-1940?
JOSEPH KENNEDY
2B Which English poet, (1770-1850), wrote, "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey?
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
3A The last known specimens of which flightless seabird were killed off Iceland in about 1844? THE GREAT AUK
3B In which 1954 film musical did Jane Powell sing, "Wonderful, Wonderful Day"?
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
4A Which car firm has an advert showing the members of an orchestra playing instruments in the shape of parts of a car, with the slogan, "Beautifully Arranged?"
FORD (Focus)
4B El Gouna, known as the "Venice of the Red Sea", is a holiday resort in which country?
EGYPT

Round Five.
1A The Guardian cartoonist, Steve Bell, always portrayed which politician with his Y-fronts outside his trousers?
JOHN MAJOR
1B The attraction of which insect to the Buddleia gives the bush its alternative name?
THE BUTTERFLY
2A Which song, recorded in 1955 by Dickie Valentine, was the first Christmas No 1 hit record with the word Christmas in the title?
CHRISTMAS ALPHABET
2B Which island in the Grenadines of St. Vincent was bought by Colin Tennant in 1958? Princess Margaret built a holiday home there in the 1960's.
MUSTIQUE
3A Which American Formula One motor racing driver, heir to part of the vast family fortune made in the cosmetics industry, won the British Grand Prix in 1973, but was killed during the South African Grand Prix, in 1974?
PETER REVSON
3B The White Death was an alternative name for which once common disease?
TUBERCULOSIS.
4A A person who writes the music for an opera is called a composer. What name is given to the person who writes the words?
A LIBRETTIST
4B Which famous historical event was featured in the novel, "Lorna Doone"?
THE MONMOUTH REBELLION

Round Six.
1A Give a year in the life of Geoffrey Chaucer, dubbed "The Father of English Literature"?
c1343-1400.
1B Who was the female member of the 1980's pop music duo, "Eurythmics"?
ANNIE LENNOX
2A In the TV comedy series, "Absolutely Fabulous", which actress played the part of Edina's dim-witted assistant, "Bubble"?
JANE HORROCKS
2B What is the name of the Australian actor/comedian who created the character Dame Edna Everage?
BARRY HUMPHRIES
3A Which British city was once said to be famous for Jam, Jute and Journalism?
DUNDEE
3B The author, George Orwell was shot in the throat whilst fighting in which war?
SPANISH CIVIL WAR
4A Which heavyweight boxing World Champion was born in Brockton Massachusetts in 1923, and died in a plane crash in 1969?
ROCKY MARCIANO
4B Which singer once said of herself, "It takes a lot of money to look as cheap as this"?
DOLLY PARTON

Round Seven.
1A Which man said of Gandhi, "You'd be amazed how much it costs to keep that old man in poverty"?
LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN
1B Although losing all three fights, which British boxer, between 1973 and 1975, went the distance with Joe Frazier and twice with Muhammed Ali?
JOE BUGNER
2A Which British Trade Union leader fought with the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War, and was badly wounded at the Battle of Ebro in 1938?
JACK JONES
2B In which Yorkshire town was the opera singer Lesley Garrett born in 1955?
DONCASTER (accept THORNE)
3A What is the name of the drunken, uncouth character, created by Barry Humphries, who is the Australian cultural attaché and minister for the arts?
SIR LES PATTERSON
3B Which actress played the part of Brenda Furlong in the TV comedy series, "Dinner Ladies"? The same actress also wrote and produced the series.
VICTORIA WOOD
4A Name either of the two musicians who make up the pop duo, "Pet Shop Boys"
NEIL TENNANT or CHRIS LOWE
4B Give a year in the life of playwright and poet, Christopher Marlowe.
1564-1593

Round Eight.
1A Which Dickens novel features the Gordon anti Catholic riots in London in 1780?
BARNABY RUDGE
1B What name is given to the members of the religious denomination, founded in the 17th century, who are also known as The Society of Friends?
QUAKERS
2A Which disease, the victims of which are nearly always men, (females are asymptomatic carriers of the disorder), is sometimes known as "The Royal Disease"?
HAEMOPHILIA
2B In which country was the British Formula One racing driver Jim Clark killed in 1967?
GERMANY (Hockenheim)
3A The West Indian island of Hispaniola consists of The Dominican Republic and which other country?
HAITI
3B In 1965, which American pop group, whose original members include the legendary David Crosby, had a No.1 hit with the Bob Dylan song, "Mr Tambourine Man"?
THE BYRDS
4A Which common spring flower has the Latin name Galanthus?
SNOWDROP
4B Which politician was portrayed as a bulldog by cartoonist Steve Bell?
JOHN PRESCOTT

Spare Questions.
1. Made in 1961, what was the last film of both Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable?
THE MISFITS
2. Which famous American jazz singer was born Eleanora Fagan in Baltimore in 1915?
BILLIE HOLIDAY
3. By which more common name is the Solan Goose better known?
THE GANNET