Round 1
1a In the TV comedy "Dad's Army", what was the name of Captain Mainwaring's wife?
Elizabeth
1b Which London station was designed by Brunel and completed in 1854?
Paddington
2a Which Roman road ran from London to York via Lincoln?
Ermine Street
2b Where is the largest Gothic cathedral in England?
York (Minster)
3a Which American terrorist group of the early 1970s took its name from a line in a bob Dylan song?
The Weathermen
3b Which artist's name means in translation "Little Barrel"?
(Sandro) Botticelli
4a Who was the Roman goddess of the hearth?
Vesta
4b Who wrote "Little Lord Fauntleroy" in 1885?
Francis Hodgson Burnett

Round 2
1a In a film of the 1950s, what was the name of the car in which Kenneth Moore and Dinah Sheridan travelled from London to Brighton?
Genevieve
1b Which football league club plays home games at the London Road Stadium?
Peterborough United FC
2a In which castle was Mary Queen of Scots executed in 1587?
Fotheringay
2b The city of Timbuktu is in which country?
Mali
3a Who wrote the novel "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" in 1891?
Thomas Hardy
3b According to the nursery rhyme, when did the Queen of Hearts make some tarts?
(All on a) summer's day
4a Which French composer wrote the "Symphonie Fantastique" in 1830?
Hector Berlioz
4b Who is the current holder (May 2009) of the Olympic and World record for the 100 metres at 9.69 seconds?
Usain Bolt

Round 3
1a Whose words are used in the 1916 hymn "Jerusalem" composed by Hubert Parry?
William Blake
1b Which gemstone is also known as "The Great Star of Africa"?
Cullinen Diamond
2a From which country does Red Stripe lager originate?
Jamaica
2b In London, HMS Belfast is moored between Tower Bridge and which other bridge?
London Bridge
3a Which 1911 event involved a group of anarchists including Peter the Painter?
The Siege of Sydney Street
3b In which of Grimm's fairy tales does the wicked witch end up in the oven?
Hansel and Gretel
4a What was Beethoven's only opera?
Fidelio
4b The city of Cleveland in the USA stands on which of the Great Lakes?
Lake Erie

Round 4
la What was the Christian name of Joan Collins' character in "Dynasty"?
Alexis (Carrington)
1b Which common fish belongs to the family gadidae?
Cod
2a Celestial, Alba Maxima and Great Maiden's Blush are varieties of which flower?
Rose
2b In the nursery rhyme, whose wife 'could eat no lean'?
Jack Sprat
3a Which Indian city was devastated by a toxic gas escape in 1984?
Bhopal
3b Which orchestral instrument is the smallest member of the flute family?
Piccolo
4a In which card game can one score "one for his knob"?
Cribbage
4b Which French World War I general later headed the pro-German Vichy Government in World War II from 1940-1944?
Henri Petain

Round 5
1a In "Dad's Army", who played the cockney spiv, Private Joe Walker?
James Beck
1b What is the name of the new British steam locomotive No. 60163 built in Darlington and the first mainline locomotive built in the UK since 'Evening Star'?
Tornado
2a Which Roman road connected Lincoln and Exeter?
Fosse Way
2b In which cathedral is King John buried?
Worcester
3a Which rock group was founded by Lou Reed and John Cale?
Velvet Underground
3b Which artist's name means in translation "Little Dyer"?
Tintoretto (accept Jacopo Robusti or Jacopo Comin)
4a Who was the Greek goddess of Peace?
Irene (Eirene)
4b In which book of 1920 did Hercule Poirot make his first appearance?
The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Round 6
1a Which star of the film "East of Eden" died in a car crash at the age of 24?
James Dean
1b Which football league club play home games at Griffin Park?
Brentford FC
2a Which English king was known as "Longshanks" or "The Hammer of the Scots"?
Edward I
2b What is the small independent state in the High Pyrenees, between Spain and France?
Andorra
3a Who wrote the play "A Streetcar Named Desire" in 1947?
Tennessee Williams
3b According to the nursery rhyme, who or what ran away with spoon?
The dish
4a Whose first symphony of 1917 is known as "The Classical Symphony"?
Sergei Prokofiev
4b In 1976 who was the first gymnast to score a perfect ten in Olympic competition?
Nadia Comaneci

Round 7
1 a Which 1750 poem begins "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day"?
Gray's Elegy (accept Elegy written in a country churchyard)
1b What kind of gemstone is the "Star of India"?
(Blue Star) Sapphire
2a From which country does Stein lager originate?
New Zealand
2b Which pedestrian bridge in London connects the Tate Modern Art Gallery and St Paul's Cathedral?
Millennium Bridge
3a Who was brought to trial in 1962 and convicted of being the A6 murderer?
James Hanratty
3b In the Hans Christian Andersen story, who slept in a walnut shell for a cradle?
Thumbelina
4a From which opera by Mascagni does the famous Easter Hymn come?
Cavalleria Rusticana
4b The Hoover Dam stands on which river?
Colorado

Round 8
1a In the soap opera, The Colbys, which Hollywood legend played Jason Colby?
Charlton Heston
1b Which fish belong to the family anguillidae?
Eels
2a Ailsa Craig is a popular variety of which fruit?
Tomato
2b In the nursery rhyme where was Doctor Foster's destination?
Gloucester
3a Which Moroccan city was destroyed by an earthquake in 1960?
Agadir
3b Which orchestral musical instrument had 46 or 47 strings?
Concert harp
4a In the game of Scrabble, two letters are worth eight points. Name either.
J or X
4b In office from 1949 to 1963, who was the first Chancellor of West Germany?
Konrad Adenauer

Spare Questions
1 Which Israeli seaport lies below Mount Carmel?
Haifa
2 What is the "Via Lactea" of the night sky?
Milky Way
3 Which British king, born in 1769, was known as "The Sailor King"?
William IV
4 By what other name is the plant "sea pink" known?
Thrift (accept Armeria)