Round 1
1a What is the capital city of Azerbaijan?
Baku
1b At what battle was the Mexican general Santa Anna defeated by Sam Houston in 1836?
San Jacinto
2a Who famously said in 1916 "History is more or less bunk"?
Henry Ford
2b In the human body what name is given collectively to the five long bones of the foot?
Metatarsus
3a What name is given to the vertical bars dividing the panes of a window?
Mullions
3b Who painted the Rake's Progress series of paintings, in 1721/1723?
William Hogarth
4a What name is given to the arc of brilliant points seen round the moon after a total solar eclipse, named after an English astronomer?
Bailey's Beads
4b As whom is Paul David Hewson better known?
Bono

Round 2
1a 'Ghost Story' in 1981 was the last film of which famous Hollywood film star?
Fred Astaire
1b At what battle did Hannibal defeat the Romans in 216 BC?
Cannae
2a Who was the wife of Moses?
Zipporah
2b What nationality are the rock band The Cardigans?
Swedish
3a Who painted "A Bar at the Folies Bergeres" in 1882?
Edouard Manet
3b Who was the president of the USA at the time of the Wall Street Crash?
Herbert Hoover
4a Tommy Lee, who was formerly married to Pamela Anderson, was the drummer in which successful 1980s heavy metal band?
Motley Crue
4b In Roman mythology who was the god of gates, doors and entrances?
Janu

Round 3
1a What was the last battle fought on English soil?
Sedgemoor (1685)
1b Who wrote the novel "Madame Bovary"?
Gustave Flaubert
2a Declan MacManus is the real name of which rock star?
Elvis Costello
2b In the Shakespeare play, who is Othello's trusted advisor, husband of Emilia?
Iago
3a In cricket what is a ball called that is bowled by a left-handed bowler to a right-handed batsman that spins from off to leg?
A Chinaman
3b What is the chief ingredient of guacamole?
Avocado
4a What is the capital of Madagascar?
Antananarivo
4b Who invented the vacuum flask, in 1892?
James Dewar

Round 4
1a Give a year in the reign of King Stephen.
1135-1154
1b What Spanish name is given to a spicy pork sausage seasoned with garlic?
Chorizo
2a With which planet do you associate Cassini's Division?
Saturn
2b What was the Beatles' first chart single success, released in October 1962?
Love Me Do
3a Which American actor starred in the film 'The Magnificent Seven' and on TV in 'The Man From Uncle'?
Robert Vaughn
3b Which animal derives its name from the native word for `no drink'?
Koala
4a Which actor's autobiography is entitled "Blessings in Disguise"?
Alec Guinness
4b What name is given to the physiological condition where abducted hostages bond to their captors?
Stockholm Syndrome

Round 5
1a What is a zucchetto?
A Skullcap (worn by clergy)
1b Who was the first person to be officially called British Prime Minister, 5 days after he took office in 1905?
Henry Campbell Bannerman
2a Who provided the voice for the Genie of the Lamp in the 1992 Disney film 'Aladdin'?
Robin Williams
2b What is divided into 114 suras?
The Koran
3a What type of military weapon was the MGR-1, known as Honest John?
A (surface to surface) Missile
3b What is the name for a female bear?
A sow
4a What type of creature is a skink?
A lizard
4b Who was the Greek God of fire?
Hephaestus

Round 6
1a Which country did Tsar Nicholas I of Russia call "the sick man of Europe"?
Turkey
1b What is the highest peak on Dartmoor?
(High) Willhays
2a Give a year in the reign of Henry III?
1216-1272
2b What is the main ingredient of Laverbread?
Seaweed
3a What is the young of a pigeon called?
Squab
3b What port city lies at the mouth of the River Seine?
Le Havre
4a From which county does Troika pottery originate?
Cornwall
4b Who directed the 1954 film 'On the Waterfront'?
Elia Kazan

Round 7
1a Adjutant birds are members of which family of birds?
Storks (accept Leptotilos)
1b In which Charles Dickens novel does the character Mr M Choakumchild appear?
Hard Times
2a What is the indigenous religion of Japan?
Shinto
2b Who was the first presenter of 'Ready Steady Go', in August 1963?
Keith Fordyce (Cathy McGowan joined him later in 1964)
3a Who wrote the 1964 play 'Entertaining Mr Sloane'?
Joe Orton
3b Which US state is known as the Magnolia State?
Mississippi
4a Which US state is known as the Palmetto State?
South Carolina
4b Rafael Trujillo was dictator of which state for nearly 20 years?
Dominican Republic

Round 8
1a Which cricket team play home matches at the Riverside Ground?
Durham
1b Which other composer said of Wagner's music that it had "lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour"?
Rossini
2a What was Lester Piggott's first Derby winner?
Never Say Die (1954)
2b Who wrote 'The Return of the Native' in 1878?
Thomas Hardy
3a What was the last Inspector Morse novel called? It was published in 1999.
The Remorseful Day
3b Which poet wrote The Wild Swans at Coole, in 1917?
W B Yeats
4a Which English actor and singer's real name is Michael Patrick Dumbell-Smith?
Michael Crawford
4b The Swaythling Cup is competed for in which sport?
Table Tennis

Spare Questions .
1 Of which country is Helen Clark Prime Minister?
New Zealand
2 Which singer married Bobby Brown in 1992?
Whitney Houston
3 Who in 1986 wrote the novel 'Wolves Eat Dogs'?
Martin Cruz Smith
4 What was the name of the squire in Treasure Island?
Trelawney