Round 1
1a What is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria?
GENOA
1b Naples is the capital of which Italian region?
CAMPANIA
2a Which female celebrity was married on December 2000 at Skibo Castle in Scotland?
MADONNA
2b Sandringham House, the private residence of the monarch, is in which English county?
NORFOLK
3a Which Greek mathematician claimed that the earth was a sphere, revolving on its own axis?
PYTHAGORAS
3b Which Roman poet is most renowned for his poetry about love, seduction and adultery?
OVID
4a Brimstone is an old name for which chemical element?
SULPHUR
4b The stone Lapis Lazuli is used to make which shade of blue pigment for artists?
ULTRAMARINE

Round 2
1a What is the name of the butler in "Upstairs Downstairs"?
MR HUDSON
1b In fiction, at what address did housekeeper Mrs Hudson live?
221B BAKER STREET
2a Which English island is separated from the mainland by The Swale?
THE ISLE OF SHEPPEY
2b On which Scottish island is the town of Stornoway?
LEWIS
3a Who wrote the operas 'The Queen of Sheba" and "Romeo and Juliet"?
CHARLES GOUNOD
3b Give a year in the life of composer Richard Strauss?
1864-1949
4a Into which body of water does the River Ganges flow?
THE BAY OF BENGAL
4b On which river does Leicester stand?
THE RIVER SOARE

Round 3
1a What was the name of the sea nymph who imprisoned Odysseus on her island for 7 years?
CALYPSO
1b In Norse mythology what name is given to the rainbow bridge that leads from the mortal realm to Asgard?
BIFROST
2a What is the name of the skin test used to determine susceptibility to diphtheria?
THE SCHICK TEST
2b In the drug type known as NSAID for what does the S stand?
STEROIDAL (Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs)
3a Which WW2 general was known as "Blood and Guts"?
GENERAL PATTON
3b Who was the allied Supreme Commander in Europe from 1944 onwards?
DWIGHT D EISENHOWER
4a How many years of marriage does a crystal anniversary represent?
FIFTEEN
4b Where would you find "The Line of Mars" and "The Girdle of Venus"?
ON THE PALM (accept hand - they are terms in palmistry)

Round 4
1a Who was the first of the Lancastrian Kings?
HENRY IV
1b Which English King was born at Caenarvon Castle in 1284?
EDWARD II
2a The Habanero is a variety of which vegetable?
CHILLI PEPPER
2b Which foodstuff derives its name from the capital of the island of Minorca?
MAYONAISSE
3a Which actor played the second Dr Who?
PATRICK TROUGHTON (1960-1969)
3b Who played the part of companion Martha Jones in the 2007 series of Dr Who?
FREEMA AGYEMAN
4a In boxing what weight comes above Light Heavyweight?
CRUISERWEIGHT
4b To within 4 pounds either way what is the maximum weight for the WBC straw-weight fighting class?
105 lbs (accept 101-109 or 46.7 - 48.5kg)

Round 5
1a What rank in the Royal Navy is equivalent to that of Brigadier in the Army?
COMMODORE
1b What rank in the British Army is equivalent to a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF?
CAPTAIN
2a In which year of the 1960s did Sandie Shaw have a number one hit with 'Puppet on a String' and Procol Harum with 'Whiter Shade of Pale'?
1967
2b Who had a hit in 1961 with Poetry in Motion?
JOHNNY TILLOTSON
3a Which car company produces the Meriva model?
VAUXHALL
3b Which car company, between 1930 and 1935, produced the Hornet saloon car?
WOLSELEY
4a Which Emperor split the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western empires?
DIOCLETIAN (284-286)
4b Which Roman emperor is known by a name which translates as 'Little Boots'?
CALIGULA

Round 6
1a Who in 1938 invented the game of Scrabble (although he called it Criss-Crosswords)?
ALFRED BUTTS
1b In a standard game of Monopoly how much does it cost to buy Bond Street?
£320
2a Which artist's last words, in 1851, were "The sun is God"?
J M W TURNER
2b The last words of which German philosopher and author were (in translation) "More Light!"?
J W VON GOETHE
3a Who, in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, was the first British swimmer to win 2 gold medals since 1908?
REBECCA ADLINGTON
3b Give the year or venue of the last time a British woman won gold in a swimming event prior to the 2008 Olympics.
1960/ROME (Anita Lonsborough)
4a Who wrote the operas Rienzi and Parsifal?
RICHARD WAGNER
4b Give a year in the life of composer Gaetano Donizetti?
1797-1848

Round 7
1a Who painted the "Adoration of the Magi" now in the Uffizi Gallery?
SANDRO BOTTICELLI
1b Whose 9 metre high statue of a spider was acquired by Tate Modern in 2008?
LOUISE BOURGEOIS
2a Cyclist Tommy Simpson died whilst taking part in the 1967 Tour de France. What 'first' had he previously achieved in the event?
FIRST ENGLISHMAN TO WEAR THE YELLOW JERSEY
2b Who was the last Englishman before Lewis Hamilton to win the Formula One World Championship?
DAMON HILL (1996)
3a Comedian Charles Springall (1925-2006) was better known by which name?
CHARLIE DRAKE
3b In the 2004 film of the same name who played the part of 'Vera Drake'?
IMELDA STAUNTON
4a Children's author Mrs Darrell Waters was better known under which name?
ENID BLYTON
4b Who wrote the novel Les Miserables?
VICTOR HUGO

Round 8
1a Matter is thought to contain two classes of particles, Hadrons and which other?
LEPTONS
1b What physical fact was proven by Foucault's pendulum?
THAT THE EARTH ROTATES
2a Which war was ended by the Treaty of Westphalia?
THE THIRTY YEAR WAR
2b In the reign of which British King did the Hundred Year War end?
HENRY VI
3a If you had a postcode starting with ZE5 where would you live?
SHETLAND (Isles)
3b If you had a postcode starting NE5 where would you live?
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
4a On which pipe of a set of bagpipes is the tune fingered?
THE CHANTER
4b The style of singing known as Fado comes from which European country?
PORTUGAL

Spare Questions
1 Who said "I think, therefore I am"?
RENE DESCARTES
2 In Greek mythology who was the Muse of Tragedy?
MELPOMENE
3 Which bird, seen in Britain in the summer, has varieties called Reed, Grasshopper and Willow?
WARBLER
4 Who, in legend, commanded the Greeks during the Trojan War?
AGAMEMNON
5 What hardly ever happens in "Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire"?
HURRICANES (My Fair Lady)
6 Who wrote "Mr Midshipman Easy"?
FREDERICK MARRYAT