Round 1
1a What kind of aircraft gave the space shuttle a piggy-back prior to 1981?
BOEING 747 (accept Jumbo Jet)
1b What is the Islamic equivalent of "kosher" food?
HALAL
2a Who said his forenames were 'Anthony Aloysius St. John'?
TONY HANCOCK
2b In which ballroom dance is the man represented as a matador and the woman his cape?
PASA DOBLE
3a What was the name of the 14 year old boy whom Winnie Mandela was cleared of killing?
STOMPIE MOEKETSI
3b Name the American TV detective played by Gene Barry who had a chauffeur-driven Rolls in a 1960s series?
AMOS BURKE
4a How is the Shakespeare character 'Robin Goodfellow' better known?
PUCK
4b Which classic sports car was created by the firm who built a famous WW2 fighter plane, the `Beaufighter'?
BRISTOL

Round 2
1a In the comic-strip "Batman and Robin" what is the Boy Wonder's real name?
DICK GRAYSON
1b Which ship, during the Falklands conflict was nicknamed 'The Great White Whale'?
CANBERRA
2a Which is the only disease that has been eradicated by man?
SMALLPOX
2b Shirley Temple Black became US Ambassador to which African Country in 1974?
GHANA
3a What is the female equivalent of a 'Barber Shop Quartet'?
SWEET ADELINES
3b Where on the body, would you find the `philtrum'?
ON THE UPPER LIP (Channel)
4a Which hotel is world-famous for its 'grill'?
THE SAVOY
4b Which word is used, familiarly, by an Australian for 'food'?
TUCKER

Round 3
1a Give one of the forenames of 'Lenin'?
VLADIMIR ILYICH
1b In the film 'Jason and the Argonauts', who played the title role?
TODD ARMSTRONG
2a According to the Old Testament, who was the first person to have a 'navel'?
CAIN
2b Which was the first novel written by Charles Dickens?
THE PICKWICK PAPERS (The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club)
3a In which 1950s TV series was the leading character's name Peter Brady?
THE INVISIBLE MAN
3b According to the Old Testament, who was the first person to have a hangover?
NOAH (Inventor of Wine)
4a What name is given to a mixture of coffee, steamed milk and powdered chocolate?
CAPPUCCINO
4b What kind of creature's largest species is called a 'Goliath'?
FROG (also accept Toad or Beetle)

Round 4
1a Who painted 'Les Parapluie's' (The Umbrellas)?
P A RENOIR
1b Which American State has the name of a Red Indian nation as its capital?
WYOMING (Cheyenne)
2a According to Roman mythology, who was the father of the God Jupiter?
SATURN
2b What is the maximum number of missiles that a 'Polaris' submarine could carry?
SIXTEEN
3a What is the favourite form of greeting given to Royalty, VIPs etc, from a Maori?
STICKING OUT OF TONGUE
3b Which artist painted 'The Birth of Venus'?
SANDRO BOTTICELLI
4a What is the better known name of the creature called a 'Scarab'?
DUNG BEETLE
4b According to Greek mythology, who gave birth to the winged horse 'Pegasus'?
MEDUSA (The Gorgon)

Round 5
1a In pre-decimal currency, how much in shillings and pence was 100d (not 'p')?
8s/4d
1b On which town or city's beach did John Stonehouse do his Reggie Perrin (disappearing act)?
MIAMI
2a Which Company produced the famous `Stratocaster' guitar?
FENDER
2b Who starred in, wrote the screenplay and directed the film 'The Railway Children'?
LIONEL JEFFRIES
3a Who is the grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, who was also Minister for Food in the Thatcher cabinet?
NICHOLAS SOAMES
3b Who was the first black person to win a Wimbledon title?
ALTHEA GIBSON
4a In which town or city is Sha Tin airport?
HONG KONG
4b Which controversial rock star named his first two children `Moon Unit' and `Dweezil'?
FRANK ZAPPA

Round 6
1a Who was the first black person to captain an England football team?
PAUL INCE
1b How is the Dickens character 'Jack Dawkins' better known?
THE ARTUL DODGER
2a What sort of creature is a 'Pine Marten'?
A WEASEL-LIKE RODENT (MUSTELIDAE)
2b In pre-decimal currency, what was the sum total of a tanner, a `bob', a florin and a half-a-crown?
6/- (Six Shillings)
3a Who is the central female character in the musical 'Cabaret'?
SALLY BOWLES
3b What kind of creature may be 'bottle-nosed'?
DOLPHIN
4a Which Roman orator was slain by Mark Anthony's soldiers in 43 B.C.?
CICERO
4b Which is the oldest inhabited walled city in the world?
JERICHO

Round 7
1a The actress Laila Ward, who played Dr Who's assistant, married which of the Doctors?
TOM BAKER
1b Who was the woodcarver who created Pinocchio?
GEPETTO
2a What is removed in an odontectomy?
TOOTH
2b Who was the last person to be Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government of the 1970's?
DENNIS HEALEY
3a For what is the firm of Pratt and Whitney famous?
AERO-ENGINES
3b What name is given to the largest bottle of champagne, which holds 20 bottles or 15 litres?
4a For what medium are 'Tony's' awarded?
THE THEATRE
4b Who was the first British athlete to win the men's 100 metres Olympic title?
HAROLD ABRAHAMS

Round 8
1a To which animal does the adjective 'leporine' refer?
THE HARE
1b The world's largest diamond at 530 carats is 'The Star of Africa'. In which of the Crown Jewels can it be found?
THE SCEPTRE
2a Which was the last palindromic Grand National winner?
OXO (1959)
2b The original Orient Express train ran from Paris to which city?
ISTANBUL
3a Which Spanish word is also used in English slang for 'quickly' 'soon' or 'promptly'?
PRONTO
3b What is the name of the shop in London that boasts it is HM the Queen's Grocers?
FORTNUM AND MASON
4a Who is the ex-actress wife of disgraced former war minister John Profumo?
VALERIE HOBSON
4b As what does the German word 'Donner' translate into English?
THUNDER

Spare Questions
1 What is the most common name for the creature called the Hamadryad?
KING COBRA
2 Where is the tallest free-standing building in the world?
(TOWER) DUBAI
3 What was the name given to the synthetic material which was the fore-runner to today's modern plastic?
BAKELITE
4 By what name is the spear-fish better known?
THE MARLIN
5 Which is the largest seaport in Africa?
DURBAN
6 Which creature has the largest eye?
GIANT SQUID
7 Who was the partner of Kid Curry in the 1970s western TV series?
HANNIBAL HAYES
8 What is the name of the hormone which is said to give males their aggressiveness?
TESTOSTERONE