Round 1
1a Which actor starred in the 1940 pirate film 'The Sea Hawk'?
ERROL FLYNN
1b Which Russian Composer completed the unfinished works Boris Godunov by Murrorgski and Prince Igor by Borodin?
RIMSKY KORSOKOV
2a Who was the first Yorkist King of England?
EDWARD IV
2b Which park in Berlin houses both the 200 and a memorial to Rosa Luxemburg?
THE TIERGARDEN
3a Ba is the chemical symbol for which element?
BARIUM
3b The hot and spicy dish Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca is named after what group of workers in Naples?
PROSTITUTES
4a Which French artist abandoned the law in favour of art, and specialised in painting ballet dancers, circus folk and race horses?
EDGAR DEGAS
4b To which family of fish does the dogfish belong?
SHARK

Round 2
1a Which Polish born British novelist spent 10 years sailing between Singapore and Borneo?
JOSEPH CONRAD
1b Who was the first Vice President of the USA?
JOHN ADAMS
2a Which record holding try scorer became the first man to win 50 caps at Rugby Union for England?
RORY UNDERWOOD
2b In Greek mythology who pined away from unrequited love for Narcissus until only her voice was left?
ECHO
3a Which South American capital was founded on the banks of the Rio Mapocho by Pedro de Valdivia in 1541?
SANTIAGO (Chile)
3b On which record label did Elvis Presley launch his career?
SUN
4a Which port handles the greatest amount of trade in the world?
ROTTERDAM
4b Which road runs from Alaska to Chile?
PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY

Round 3
1a What grammatical term is used to describe the simple arrangement of words in a meaningful order?
SYNTAX
1b What was Reg Varney's character called in 'On the Buses'?
STAN BUTLER
2a Which artist did Valerie Solanis attempt to murder in 'The Factory'?
ANDY WARHOL
2b Who is the patron saint of musicians?
ST CECILIA
3a Founded in 1460, Antwerp has the world's oldest what?
STOCK EXCHANGE
3b Which theatre is the London home of the Royal Shakespeare Company?
THE BARBICAN
4a The writers C S Lewis and Aldous Huxley both died on the same day in 1963 as which world figure?
JOHN F KENNEDY
4b What beverage did Dr John Pemberton of Atlanta, Georgia invent in 1886?
COCA COLA

Round 4
1a Which Booker Prize winning novelist wrote the Advertising slogan 'That will do nicely' for American Express?
SALMAN RUSHDIE
1b Who was the first man to win Olympic Gold medals at 200 and 400 metres?
MICHAEL JOHNSON
2a Who was the first person to sail round northern Canada through the Bering Strait in 1906?
ROALD AMUNDSEN
2b The plot of which musical concerned a strike at the Sleep-Tite Factory in Iowa?
THE PYJAMA GAME
3a Who was the creator of the TV series Star Trek?
GENE RODDENBERRY
3b Who is the elephant-headed Hindu God of good luck?
GANESH
4a In the children's nursery rhymes with what did Jack mend his head?
VINEGAR AND BROWN
PAPER
4b Which famous slave led the revolt on San Domingo in 1791?
TOUSSAINT L'OVERTURE

Round 5
1a Which French artist, the son of a nobleman, was famous for his paintings and posters of the night life of the Moulin Rouge?
TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
1b By what other name is the German Mastiff known?
GREAT DANE
2a 'Pt' is the chemical symbol for which element?
PLATINUM
2b In Scotland, which soup is traditionally served on Burns Night?
COCK-A-LEEKIE
3a Who was the first English King to have held the title Prince of Wales?
EDWARD II
3b Which park in Rome is situated in the palace garden of one of its most notorious families?
THE VILLA BORGHESE
4a Which actor starred in the 1952 film 'The Crimson Pirate'?
BURT LANCASTER
4b Which English composer wrote the music 'Crown Imperial' for the coronation of George VI?
WILLIAM WALTON

Round 6
1a In which country are the world's deepest industrial mines?
SOUTH AFRICA (Carletonville)
1b Which is the longest railway line in the world?
TRANS SIBERIAN
2a Which modern capital is built on the site of ancient Carthage?
TUNIS
2b Which recording company turned down the Beatles but signed the Rolling Stones?
DECCA
3a Who is the youngest Englishman to score 30 points in a Rugby Union International match?
JONNY WILKINSON
3b In Greek mythology who spent 6months of every year in the underworld, a symbolic reference to the germination of seeds and their rebirth every spring?
PERSEPHONE
4a Which British author went to Eton and later served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma?
GEORGE ORWELL
4b Which US President was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919?
WOODROW WILSON

Round 7
1a Which religious figure died in the same week as Princess Diana?
MOTHER TERESA
1b What was the name of the American who patented a burglar-proof lock described as 'magic and infallible'?
LINUS YALE
2a What is the Paris Stock Exchange called?
LA BOURSE
2b The American movie star Kevin Spacey has been the artistic director of which London Theatre for the past 3 years?
THE OLD VIC
3a Which Spanish poet and playwright was murdered by Falangist soldiers in 1936?
FREDERICO GARCIA
LORCA
3b Who is the patron saint of lawyers?
ST NICHOLAS
4a What is a palindromic word?
ONE THAT READS THE SAME BACKWARDS AS FORWARDS
4b In the TV series what is the Vicar of Dibley's name?
GERALDINE GRAINGER

Round 8
1a In the children's nursery rhyme who was the black sheep's second bag of wooF for?
THE DAME
1b What was the name of the Aztec leader defeated by Cortez?
MONTEZUMA
2a Which classic sci-fi novel divides the human species into the gentle Eloi and the bestial Morlocks? Wells?
THE TIME MACHINE (H G Wells)
2b Who was the wife of Osiris in Egyptian mythology?
ISIS
3a Who was the first to reach Asia by sailing all the way around the Cape of Good Hope?
VASCO DA GAMA
3b Catfish Row, Charleston is the setting of which opera?
PORGY AND BESS
4a The novelist Dorothy L Sayers produced which advertising symbol for Guinness?
THE TOUCAN
4b Who became the oldest Olympic 100 metres Champion when he won Gold in 1980?
ALAN WELLS

Spare Questions
1 By what name are the biblical plays of the Middle Ages known?
MYSTERY PLAYS
2 Which battle in 1746 marked the end of the Jacobite Rebellion?
CULLODEN
3 What is the motto of the Prince of Wales?
ICH DIEN (I serve)
4 'The Mysterious Affairs at Styles" introduced which famous literary detective?
HERCULE POIROT
5 Which is the world's largest marine park?
THE GREAT BARRIER REEF NATIONAL PARK