Round 1
1a According to legend, who drove all the snakes from Ireland?
Saint Patrick
1b Which famous cowboy was created by George W Trendle?
The Lone Ranger
2a In the Bible what was the name of Cain's first-born son?
Enoch
2b Enoch Powell was MP for which constituency between 1950 and 1974?
Wolverhampton (South West)
3a Which Wolverhampton Wanderers player scored on his England debut against Scotland at Hampden Park in 1989?
Steve Bull
3b In which Spanish city does a famous bull run take place in Italy?
Pamplona
4a Which element has the chemical symbol K?
Potassium
4b In which novel by Charles Dickens does the character Magwitch appear?
Great Expectations

Round 2
1a Where in the human body is the only bone that is not connected to any other bone?
In the neck (hyoid bone) accept chin or throat
2a Which symbol is represented by a figure 8 on its side, known as a lemniscate?
Infinity
2b Which is the smallest British bird?
Goldcrest
3a Who won the 2009 Rugby Union World Sevens Cup held in Dubai?
Wales
3b Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain in which country?
Australia
4a What is the collective noun for a group of moles?
A Labour (accept Company or Movement)
4b Who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in 1948?
Nathuram Godse

Round 3
1a Which band had hits with Sad Moon Rising' and 'Proud Mary'?
Creedence Clearwater Revival
1b Which TV family live at 742 Evergreen Terrace?
The Simpsons
2a Which English monarch founded Eton College?
Henry VI
2b Which London tube station has the longest escalator?
Angel
3a What is the capital of Venezuela?
Caracas
3b What does ECG stand for?
Electrocardiogram (or graph)
4a What is the non-medical name given to people who suffer from kyphosis?
Hunchback
4b What is the SI unit of time?
Second

Round 4
1a What is the name of Jupiter's largest moon?
Ganymede
1b In the UK, how much does it cost to buy Trafalgar Square on a Monopoly board?
£240
2a Who in May 2009 was convicted of the murder of Lana Clarkson?
Phil Spector
2b Which everyday kitchen device was developed in 1946 by Percy Le Baron Spencer?
Microwave
3a Who was named as the successor to Adolf Hitler and assumed the title 'President of the Reich' in April 1945?
Karl Doenitz
3b Who did Catherine Parr marry after the death of Henry VIII?
Thomas Seymour
4a In which city was the Titanic built?
Belfast
4b Mintonette was the original name for which sport?
Volleyball

Round 5
1a Which saint, whose feast day is 25 July, is the patron saint of travellers, sailors and drivers?
St Christopher
1 b What was John Wayne's last film, in 1976?
The Shootist
2a 'The Arnolfini Marriage' is a famous 1434 painting by whom?
Jan Van Eyck
2b Who was the only bachelor president of the USA?
James Buchanan
3a Who was the first player to be sent off in a FA Cup Final at Wembley?
Kevin Moran
3b What is the nationality of golfer Angel Cabrera?
Argentinian
4a Which element has the chemical symbol Na?
Sodium
4b In which novel by Charles Dickens does the character Dick Swiveller appear?
The Old Curiosity Shop

Round 6
1a Where in the human body would you find the scaphoid bone?
In the wrist (accept carpus)
1b How many operas comprise the Ring Cycle?
Four
2a A hendecagon has how many sides?
Eleven
2b Which British bird has the most feathers?
(Mute) Swan
3a Which country will host the 2014 Football World Cup?
Brazil
3b Which sea lies between New Zealand and Australia?
Tasman Sea
4a What is the collective noun for a group of badgers?
Cete (accept colony, company or set)
4b Who was Prime Minister of Britain at the time of King Edward VIII's abdication in 1936?
Stanley Baldwin

Round 7
1a Which group had members with the Christian names Jay, Merrill, Alan and Wayne?
The Osmonds
1b In fiction, who lives at 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging?
Harry Potter
2a Who was the last British monarch to be born in Scotland?
Charles I
2b Name one of the two London Underground stations connected by the longest continuous tunnel of the system (17.5 miles)?
East Finchley/Morden
3a What is the capital of Ecuador?
Quito
3b What name is given to the home of beaver?
Lodge
4a What type of headgear is named after a hatmaker born in New Jersey in 1830?
Stetson
4b What is the SI unit of Force?
Newton

Round 8
1a What is the name of the planet discovered in 1781 by William Herschel?
Uranus
1b Which cartoon character lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Spongebob Squarepants (accept Gary the Snail!!)
2a Which US actress, star of TV and films, died in June 2009 in Santa Monica, aged 62?
Farrah Fawcett
2b What everyday kitchen device was invented in 1922 by Arthur Leslie Large?
Electric Kettle
3a Who did Jenny Von Westphalen marry in 1843?
Karl Marx
3b Who was the first husband of Catherine of Aragon?
Prince Arthur (eldest son of Henry VII)
4a Which French port was the Titanic's first port of call after it left Southampton?
Cherbourg
4b Gossima was one of the original names for which sport?
Table Tennis

Spare Questions
1 Who was the Roman goddess of love?
Venus
2 To within 2 years either way, in which year was the emergency number 999 introduced in the UK?
1937
3 For which newspaper did Superman work?
Daily Planet