Round 1
1a In which city were the World Athletics Championships held in August 2009?
Berlin
1b What is the name of the country as it appears on Norwegian stamps?
Norge
2a Which Shakespeare play begins 'Now is the winter of our discontent'?
Richard 3rd
2b In show-jumping, how many faults does a competitor get for a refusal?
Three
3a In which series of films does the character John McClane appear?
Die Hard
3b In which city is the TV series 'ER' set?
Chicago_
4a Which daily newspaper was first issued in 1900 at the price of ½d (halfpenny) and from 1914 came under the control of Lord Beaverbrook?
Daily Express
4b In which month is Martin Luther King Day celebrated in the USA?
January

Round 2
1a Which is the largest of the asteroids?
Ceres
1b Who was on the English throne in 1300?
Edward 1st
2a In ice skating, what was the maximum mark that a judge could give to a competitor (in competitions up to 2006)?
Six
2b Which sea lies between Saudi Arabia and the Sudan?
Red Sea
3a Gibraltar Point stands on the English coast, in which county?
Lincolnshire
3b Which angel is reputed to have given the word of God (the Koran) to Mohammed?
Gabriel
4a According to Arthurian legend, who was Sir Galahad's father?
Sir Lancelot
4b Allium porrum is the scientific name of which vegetable?
Leek

Round 3
1a In 'The Simpsons', who is headmaster of the school that Bart attends?
Seymour Skinner
1b A Mr Chicken was the last private resident of which famous house in England?
10 Downing Street
2a Which physicist is credited with the 'Quantum Theory'?
Max Planck
2b Who created the character 'Mike Hammer'?
Mickey Spillane
3a In which city is the TV series 'Gray's Anatomy' set?
Seattle
3b Now part of Santander, with which company would you have expected 'a smarter investor'?
Alliance & Leicester
4a The name of which Russian spacecraft means 'travelling companion' or 'satellite'?
Sputnik
4b Which daily newspaper was founded in 1855 and was the first London penny paper? It was the means of sending Henry Morgan Stanley to Africa to continue Livingstone's work.
Daily Telegraph

Round 4
1a Who was on the English throne in 1400?
Henry 4th
1b Millfield and Downside are public schools in which English county?
Somerset
2a Which spirit is found in a Metropolitan cocktail?
Brandy
2b Which Shakespeare play begins 'If music be the food of love, play on'?
Twelfth Night
3a The angel Moroni appears in which religious book?
Book of Mormon
3b Blackpool is found on the English coast as well as in Lancashire, in which county is it?
Devon
4a In which month is George Washington Day celebrated in the USA?
February
4b According to Arthurian legend, which knight returned Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake?
Sir Bedivere

Round 5
1a In 'The Simpsons', who has two children named Tod and Rod?
Ned Flanders
1b Who was the first Prime Minister to live in 10 Downing Street?
Sir Robert Walpole
2a In which country did Kaiser Wilhelm II live from 1918 until his death in 1941?
Netherlands
2b Which sea lies between India and Oman?
Arabian Sea
3a In which films do the characters Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler and Winston Zeddemore appear?
Ghostbusters
3b In the 2009 Tour de France which British Olympic medallist finished 4th overall?
Bradley Wiggins
4a Who wrote 'The Boys From Brazil'?
Ira Levin
4b The life of 15th century French serial killer Gilles de Rais is believed to be the basis of which story by Charles Perrault?
Bluebeard

Round 6
1a Which is the highest mountain in the Caucasus?
Mt Elbruz
1b What is the name of the country as it appears on Swedish stamps?
Sverige
2a In Greek mythology who killed Hector?
Achilles
2b Who created the character 'Sam Spade'?
Dashiell Hammett
3a What is the architectural term for a representation of leaves at the top of a column?
Acanthus
3b Now part of Santander, with which company would you have expected to get the ' ....... habit'?
Abbey
4a What was the real name of the pirate, Blackbeard?
Edward Teach (or Thatch)
4b In the Lake District which is the only body of water to actually be called lake?
Bassenthwaite Lake

Round 7
1a In which city were the World Swimming Championships held in July 2009?
Rome
1b Wellingborough and Oundle are public schools in which English county?
Northamptonshire
2a Which spirit is found in a daiquiri cocktail?
Rum
2b In which country did Idi Amin settle and die after his exile from Uganda?
Saudi Arabia
3a In the 2009 Tour de France which British cyclist won six stages?
Mark Cavendish
3b Who wrote the book 'A Thousand Splendid Suns'?
Khaled Hosseni
4a Which is the only body of water in Scotland to be called a lake as opposed to a loch?
Lake of Menteith
4b Who wrote 'Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man'?
Siegfried Sassoon

Round 8
1a Which is the brightest of the asteroids?
Vesta
1b Which is the highest mountain in Antarctica?
Vinson Massif
2a Which physicist is credited with the 'Uncertainty Principle'?
Werner Heisenberg
2b In Greek mythology who killed Achilles?
Paris
3a Which group released the album 'A Hundred Million Suns'?
Snow Patrol
3b What is the architectural term for ornamental stonework representing a scroll of paper?
Cartouche
4a The name of which Russian spacecraft means 'east"?
Vostok
4b Prunus persica is the scientific name of which fruit?
Peach

Spare Questions
1 Henry Cecil Booth patented which household appliance in 1901?
Vacuum cleaner
2 What does the musical term 'pizzicato' mean?
Plucked
3 Which word is defined as 'an Arctic plain with permanently frozen subsoil'?
Tundra