Round One
1a What is the nationality of former Moto GP World Champion Casey Stoner?
Australian
1b Which 15-year-old won the 125 CC British Grand Prix at Donington Park 2008?
Scott Redding
2a What was the surname of the character who ran the orphanage in the strip cartoon and subsequent versions of "Annie"?
(Miss) Hannigan
2b What is the real surname of singer Kiki Dee?
Matthews (Pauline).
3a In World War 2 what was the name of the American mass-produced prefabricated cargo ships?
Liberty Ships
3b How many pounds are there in an imperial ton?
2240
4a Who, in 1616, announced important observations on blood circulation?
William Harvey
4b What is the word for the part of a solid geometric figure left after the top part has been cut off on a plane parallel to the base?
Frustum

Round Two
1a Which major city is located on the River Loire, approximately 50 kilometres from the Atlantic coast?
Nantes
1b Which state lies between Guyana and French Guiana?
Surinam
2a Burgess, McLean and Blunt all belonged to which arcane Cambridge University Debating Society founded in the 1820's?
The Apostles
2b Who played Yosser Hughes in the acclaimed TV series "The Boys From The Black Stuff'?
Bernard Hill
3a What was the name of the 15-year-old diver who won the 10m Gold at the 2009 World Championships in Rome?
Tom Daley
3b Give a year in the life of Prince Henry the Navigator.
1394-1460
4a Give a year in the life of philosopher John Locke.
1632-1704
4b What is the name of the cyclist from the Isle of Man who won six stages in the 2009 Tour de France?
Mark Cavendish

Round Three
1a Which theatre was Abraham Lincoln attending when he was assassinated?
Ford
1b In which city is the tomb of Saint Ignatius Loyola?
Rome
2a In which city is the tomb of Christopher Columbus?
Seville
2b Which delicacy are pigs often used to locate?
Truffles
3a The character Charlie Hungerford, played by Terence Alexander, appeared in which TV series?
Bergerac
3b Whose funeral in New York in 1926 attracted 100,000 mourners?
Rudolph Valentino
4a In which State is USA's highest mountain, Mount McKinley?
Alaska
4b Who played Himmler in the 1976 film "The Eagle Has Landed"?
Donald Pleasance

Round Four
1a in which 1964 Gerry and the Pacemakers film did Cilla Black appear?
Ferry Across the Mersey
1b Who wrote "March of the Meanies" for the Beatles' cartoon film "Yellow Submarine"?
George Martin.
2a Who is Prime Minister of Russia?
Vladimir Putin
2b How often does the Lambeth Conference take place?
Every ten years
3a Who had a Greek phrase which could translate as: "Why worry" carved into the pediment of his cottage at Cloudshill, Dorset?
T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia).
3b Which 14th-century English religious reformer was often called The Morning Star of the Reformation?
John Wycliffe
4a Which modern-day country is the birthplace of Sigmund Freud?
Czech Republic
4b Who was the Greek God of Thunder?
Zeus

Round Five
1a What is the flavour of the liqueur Amaretto?
Almond
1b In which city was Guy Fawkes born?
York
2a In Australia what is known as "The Coathanger"?
Sydney Harbour Bridge
2b In 1990, which was the first UK city to be a European City of Culture?
Glasgow
3a How many teeth should a fully-grown male horse have?
40
3b In 1983, Lady Donaldson was the first woman to be elected as what?
Lord Mayor of London
4a Biologically-speaking, what name is given to an organ that serves no evident purpose?
Vestigial
4b Which South American soldier and statesman became known as "The Liberator"?
Vestigial

Round Six
1a The novels of which contemporary author feature the character Lincoln Rhyme?
Jeffery Deaver
1b In which city was the original Jewish ghetto founded, from which all other ghettos take their name?
Venice
2a In Egyptian mythology, which God has the head of a crocodile?
Sobek (also called Sebek, Sochet, Sobk, Sobki, Soknopais, and in Greek, Suchos)
2b The novels of which contemporary author feature the character Dirk Pitt?
Clive Cussler
3a Which Commonwealth country is known as "The Land of the Long White Cloud"?
New Zealand
3b In which TV series of the 1990s did Sarah Lancashire play a District Nurse?
Where The Heart Is
4a Which war, involving Great Britain, was ended by the Treaty of Nanking, 1842?
First Opium War (accept Anglo-Chinese War)
4b Which bird is also called the stormcock?
Mistle Thrush

Round Seven
1a Who painted "Virgin Of The Rocks" or "Madonna Of The Rocks" between 1483 and 1506?
Leonardo Da Vinci
1b What is the better-known name for the wood hyacinth?
Bluebell
2a How is the thyroid cartilage better known?
Adam's Apple.
2b What is the word for uncoined gold and silver?
Bullion
3a Who is the Patron Saint of The Orkneys? It is also the name of the cathedral in Kirkwall.
St Magnus
3b What is made up of linseed oil and powdered chalk?
Putty
4a What, with vinegar, is added to egg yolk to make mayonnaise?
(Olive) Oil
4b What, in a bathroom, do the Americans know as a porcelator?
Bath or sink overflow

Round Eight
1a Which supermarket has a line of clothes known as Cherokee?
Tesco
1b Which dessert is obtained from the starch of a palm-tree?
Sago
2a What is the name of the aquarium found in Ellesmere Port?
The Blue Planet
2b What is the name of the top fashion designer who founder of the Fashion and Textile Museum in London?
Zandra Rhodes
3a General James Wolfe was killed at which battle in 1759?
Quebec
3b Who was the first European explorer to cross the Antarctic circle?
Captain James Cook
4a With which specific art form do you associate the American Alexander Calder?
Mobiles
4b Specifically, for what adjective does the D stand for in USDAW?
Distributive

Spare Questions
1 In which city was Beethoven born?
Bonn
2 To which song does Bill Murray wake up each day in the film "Groundhog Day"?
"I Got You, Babe"
3 In 1955, in which European city was the wheel-clamp first used, officially?
Paris
4 Which county cricket club's HQ was elevated to Test status for the 2009 Ashes series?
Glamorgan