Round 1
1a Sorex Minutus is the Latin name for which British mammal?
Pygmy Shrew
1b Which sportsman's autobiography is called Blessed?
George Best
2a El Prat Airport serves which European city?
Barcelona
2b The Dagmoush Clan run all criminal activities in which Middle East gity?
Gaza
3a Which South American country's national airline is called Pluna?
Uruguay
3b Which motor cycle company made a model called the Electra Glide?
Harley Davidson
4a The athlete Oscar Pistorius is known by what nickname?
Blade Runner
4b The H5N1 virus is commonly known as what?
Bird Flu

Round 2
1a Give a year in the life of Bram Stoker.
1847-1912
1b Which metal was invented by Harold Brearley in 1912?
Stainless Steel
2a Which horse won the 2007 Grand National?
Silver Birch
2b What is the name of the teacher imprisoned in the Sudan for calling a teddy bear Mohammed?
Gillian Gibbons
3a What do Australian aborigines call Ayers Rock?
Uluru
3b Lexico was the original name for which board game?
Scrabble
4a What is the state capital of New Jersey?
Trenton
4b Malcolm Morley was the first winner of what in 1984?
Turner Prize

Round 3
1a In which year were women given the vote in the USA?
1920
1b What is the name of the French rogue trader who lost £3.6billion on the stock market?
Jerome Kerviel
2a What does an Alliphage eat lots of?
Garlic
2b What is the capital of the Yemeni Republic?
Sana
3a What is the oldest living species of tree?
Bristlecone Pine
3b The American roadrunner belongs to which family of birds?
Cuckoo
4a What part of the human body is affected by 'iritis'?
Eye (Iris)
4b Algophobia is an irrational fear of what?
Pain

Round 4
1a What type of animal is a bongo?
Antelope
1b If an item is described as sagittate, what shape is it?
Arrowhead
2a A janissary was a soldier in which Empire?
Turkish/Ottoman
2b What is the chemical symbol for sodium?
Na
3a Who was the Prime Minister at the start of Queen Victoria's reign in 1837?
Viscount Melbourne
3b What annual sporting event first took place at the Kennington Oval in 1872?
FA Cup Final
4a What is the world's most widely read magazine?
Reader's Digest
4b Little Nell is a character in which Dickens novel?
The Old Curiosity Shop

Round 5
1a Which freshwater fish has the Latin name Tinca Tinca?
Tench
1b Which actor wrote the book The Moon's a Balloon?
David Niven
2a Name either of the two Yorkshire cities served by Robin Hood airport.
Doncaster / Sheffield
2b What is the name of the BBC reporter kidnapped in Gaza City?
Alan Johnston
3a Which South American country's national airline is called Varig?
Brazil
3b Which motor cycle company made a model called the Atlas?
Norton
4a Which former British boxer is known as 'Champagne Charlie"?
Charlie Magri
4b What is the name of the virus that frequently occurs on cruise ships?
Norovirus

Round 6
1a Give a year in the life of the Mexican artist Diego Rivera.
1886-1957
1b George de Mestral invented what type of fastener in 1948?
Velcro
2a Which jockey won the 2007 Derby?
Frankie Dettori
2b For what offence was Al Capone jailed?
Tax evasion
3a The Ainu are an aboriginal people from which country?
Japan
3b What do you call the bat in a game of shuttlecock?
Battledore
4a What is the state capital of New Mexico?
Santa Fe
4b Who created the sculpture of a bird on a pole outside Liverpool Cathedral?
Tracey Emin

Round 7
1a In which year was NATO founded?
1949
1b What was the name of the bank that rogue trader Nick Leeson worked for?
Barings
2a What do we call the fruit of the blackthorn?
Sloe
2b What is the capital of the Sultanate of Oman?
Muscat
3a What is the largest species of tree, in terms of height and trunk girth?
Giant Sequoia
3b The Kookaburra belongs to which family of birds?
Kingfisher
4a Pyorrhoea is a disease associated with which part of the human body?
Gums
4b Apiophobia is a morbid fear of what?
Bees

Round 8
1a What type of animal is a bonobo?
Ape (pygmy chimp)
1b A pinnate item is what shape?
Feather
2a What were the American militiamen called during the War of Independence?
Minutemen
2b Sb is the chemical symbol for which element?
Antimony
3a Who was the Prime Minister when Queen Victoria died in 1901?
arquis of Salisbury
3b In which city did Roger Bannister become the first man to break the four minute barrier for the mile?
Oxford
4a Which newspaper group owns the Liverpool Echo?
Trinity Mirror Group
4b Uriah Heep is a character in which Dickens novel?
David Copperfield

Spare Questions
1 The Lambeth Walk is a dance from which musical?
Me and My Girl
2 A muster is a group of what?
Peacocks
3 Where would you find Moai statues?
Easter Island (Rapa Nui)