Round 1
1a In which year was the International Garden Festival held in Liverpool?
1984
1b Which National Trust property is located adjacent to Liverpool John Lennon Airport?
Speke Hall
2a Which country has ET as the international car registration number?
Egypt
2b The azalea is a member of which genus of plants?
Rhododendron
3a Which town is the administrative HQ of Flintshire?
Mold
3b Kingstown is a former name for which Irish port?
Dun Laoghaire
4a Whose first novel was Buddenbrooks, published in 1901?
Thomas Mann
4b Give one year in the reign of King Henry III?
1216-72

Round 2
1a Which poet (1770-1835) was known as the Ettrick Shepherd?
James Hogg
1b Who wrote Tom Brown's Schooldays, in 1857?
Thomas Hughes
2a The cassowary is native to two countries. Name one.
Australia / New Guinea
2b In which city was Charles Dickens born?
Portsmouth (accept Portsea/Landport)
3a Give a life in the year of Geoffrey Chaucer.
c.1343-1400
3b Which film star's real name was Archibald Alec Leach?
Cary Grant
4a Retinol is another name for which vitamin?
Vitamin A
4b Which American state has the nickname the Green Mountain state?
Vermont

Round 3
1a Which mammal is the nearest relative of the giraffe, and is only found in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
Okapi
1b Who wrote the novel Agnes Grey, in 1847?
Anne Bronte
2a Musically speaking, what do the words "a cappella" signify?
Without musical accompaniment (accept in church/chapel style)
2b What does the Russian word Babushka mean?
Grandmother (accept old woman) (also a triangular headscarf worn under the chin, or doll)
3a Saffron is obtained from which flower?
Crocus
3b What is the capital of Haiti?
Port-au-Prince
4a Who wrote the poetic drama 'Murder in the Cathedral' in 1939?
T S Eliot
4b What is the capital of Venezuela?
Caracas

Round 4
1a Which film actress played Jimena - the leading female role in the 1961 film El Cid?
Sophia Loren
1b Who wrote the novel Ben Hur (A Tale of the Christ) in 1880?
Lew Wallace
2a What type of animal is a fulmar?
A (large) (sea) bird
2b What type of tool is a bolster?
A wide nosed chisel (used by bricklayers, stonemasons and sculptors)
3a In the Christian religion, which is the last book of the Old Testament?
Malachi
3b Which film star was born on 20 June 1909 in Hobart, Tasmania?
Errol Flynn
4a What is the official language of Ethiopia?
Amharic
4b What is the alternative English name for the rowan tree?
Mountain Ash

Round 5
1a Which year saw the culmination and end of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
1962
1b What does the Russian word Pravda mean?
Truth (accept Justice)
2a How many stars are there on the Australian flag?
6
2b Which country owns the Aland Islands?
Finland
3a Lao Tse (or Lauzi) is a central figure of which religion?
Taoism
3b Which American film actor who died in 1993 was known principally for his roles in horror films such as 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Fall of the House of Usher'?
Vincent Price
4a What position did Will Sommers hold at the court of Henry VIII?
Jester
4b In which New York borough is Greenwich Village?
Manhattan

Round 6
1a In which US state is Palm Springs?
California
1b Machu Picchu is a famous ruin in which South American county?
Peru
2a Where in New York is the official residence of the Mayor?
Gracie Mansion
2b On what river does Bristol (UK) stand?
River Avon
3a Who collaborated with Karl Marx to co-author the Communist Manifesto in 1848?
Friedrich Engels
3b Larry Adler was a virtuoso of which musical instrument?
Harmonica
4a To within one year either way, in which year was Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh?
1930
4b To within one year either way, when was the Sydney Opera House formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II?
1973

Round 7
1a What would you serve in a samovar?
Tea
1b Who wrote "A cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with a college education"?
Mark Twain
2a Which character did Felicity Kendall play in 'The Good Life'? (Christian name and surname required)
Barbara Good
2b Which character did Penelope Keith play in 'the Good Life'? (Christian name and surname required)
Margot Leadbetter
3a In which country was Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law born?
Canada
3b Who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in 1948?
Nathuram Godse
4a What does the term 'Halal' literally mean? As in Halal meat eaten by Muslims.
Permissible (accept lawful, or according to custom)
4b What is the literal meaning of the Jewish word 'Kosher'?
Pure (accept proper or fit or clean or right)

Round 8
1a What was Queen Victoria's first Christian name?
Alexandrina
1b King George V changed the surname of the British Royal family to Windsor; what had it been previously?
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
2a Name Shirley MacLaine's actor brother.
Warren Beatty
2b Which animal married the Owl and the Pussycat in the Edward Lear poem?
The Turkey
3a What name is given to the traditional type of folk song sung by Venetian gondoliers?
Barcarolle
3b Name the town in California where Clint Eastwood was elected mayor in 1986.
Carmel(-by-the-sea)
4a The Aran Islands are located at the mouth of which bay?
Galway Bay
4b The Irish town of Drogheda stands on which river?
River Boyne

Spare Questions
1 Who is the muse of love poetry?
Erato
2 Saddam Hussein was born in which town?
Tikrit
3 Which website was founded by Steve and Julie Pankhurst in 1999?
Friends Reunited
4 What year appears on bottles of the French lager Kronenbourg?
1664