Round 2
1a According to a proverb, what are there many of 'twixt cup and lip?
Slip
1b Which Football League club share the Keepmoat Stadium with the town's rugby league club?
Doncaster Rovers
2a Which of Beethoven's symphonies is named the Eroica?
3rd
2b What would Americans call what we would refer to as grilling?
Broiling
3a Dawley, the birthplace of channel swimmer Matthew Webb, is in which New Town?
Telford
3b What is the British name given to German white wines originally from the Rhine area?
Hock
4a Which American rock band is made up the three Followill brothers and one of their cousins?
Kings of Leon
4b Goosnargh Corn-fed Chicken and Duck is championed by chefs and five of the ten Lancashire cheese dairies listed by the British Cheese Board are located in Goosnargh parish, in which town or city is Goosnargh?
Preston

Round 3
1a Name the French artist (1839-1906) whose painting 'The Card Players' is one of the most expensive ever sold?
Paul Cézanne
1b According to a proverb, which vegetable will not be buttered by fine words? (Fine words butter no ……)
Parsnips
2a In which city is the Kabaa?
Mecca
2b Which of Dvorak's symphonies is named From the New World?
9th
3a The book 'Red Bones' by Anne Cleeves was dramatised by the BBC, on which islands is it set?
Shetlands
3b The largest state or territory by area in Australia is Western Australia, which is second?
Queensland
4a What name is given to the first Sunday of the Christian year?
Advent
4b Which book opens with the line 'It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen'?
1984

Round 4
1a What is the name of the police officer in the TV comedy series 'Allo 'Allo?
Crabtree
1b What was discovered at Qumran in 1947?
Dead Sea Scrolls
2a Who wrote the novella on which the film 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' was based?
Truman Capote
2b King Stephen was the only King of which Royal House?
Blois
3a Monica Rose was a hostess of which 1960s TV quiz show?
Double Your Money
3b Which famous scientist said "A man who wastes one hour of time has not discovered the value of life"?
Charles Darwin
4a The exclusive right to breed Gressingham Ducks was bought by Gressingham Foods in 1996, and the ducks they now produce are all from their farms in East Anglia, however the village of Gressingham is in which Lancashire town or city?
Lancaster
4b Brandon Flowers sings in which American rock band?
The Killers

Round 5
1a Edward Smith was captain of which famous ship?
Titanic
1b Which Football League club share the John Smith's Stadium with the town's rugby league club?
Huddersfield Town
2a Which classic song was the only UK No. 1 hit single for Simon and Garfunkel?
Bridge Over Troubled Water
2b What was the name of the Space Shuttle that flew the last US mission to the International Space Station in July 2011?
Atlantis
3a The wartime code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, is in which New Town?
Milton Keynes
3b Australian Heather McKay was undefeated for a period of almost 20 years until her retirement in 1981, in which sport?
Squash
4a Which US bridge was designed by John Roebling (who died of tetanus during its construction) and completed by his son in 1883, until 1903 it was the longest suspension bridge in the world?
Brooklyn Bridge
4b The name of which Italian city was corrupted to give its name to various British coins since the 14th century?
Florence (florins)

Round 6
1a A Canadian-born former Lord Privy Seal, he represented Ashton-Under-Lyne in parliament. He founded a Sunday newspaper and served in the governments of both Lloyd-George and Churchill, by what title was he known?
Lord Beaverbrook
1b What is the name of the oil and gas exploration and production company that have been drilling for shale gas in the UK?
Caudrilla (Resources)
2a Which ship did Drake command against the Spanish Armada?
Revenge
2b Which song was the only UK No. 1 hit single for the Human League?
Don't You Want Me?
3a 'An Island Parish' is a documentary series on BBC2, in which islands were the first four series set?
Scilly Isles
3b The HQ of the International Olympic Committee is in which Swiss town or city?
Lausanne
4a Who is the actress wife of actor Jim Carter?
Imelda Staunton
4b Which TV programme's 'experts' include Philip Munn and Christopher Payne?
Antiques Roadshow

Round 7
1a Name the French artist (1798-1863) whose painting 'Liberty Leading The People' is in the Louvre?
Eugène Delacroix
1b William David Ormsby-Gore was a former British ambassador to the US; he founded an ITV company and was killed in a car crash in 1985. By which title was he known?
Lord Harlech
2a Who wrote the book from which Sir Benjamin Britten created the opera 'Billy Budd'?
Herman Melville
2b Queen Victoria was a member of which Royal House?
Hanover
3a The HQ of UEFA is in which Swiss town or city, on the shores of Lake Geneva?
Nyon
3b The largest state or territory by area in Canada is Northwest Territories, which is second?
Quebec
4a What name is given to the Sunday before Easter?
Palm Sunday
4b Which bridge was built in Cornwall by IK Brunel in 1859, combining both arch and suspension features?
Royal Albert Bridge or Saltash Bridge

Round 8
1a Which 'sportsperson' would be supported by a 'caudrilla?
Bullfighter
1b Benjamin Briggs was captain of which famous ship?
Mary Celeste
2a At least one of which series of spacecraft is docked to the International Space Station at all times for use as an escape craft in the event of an emergency?
Soyuz
2b Rear Admiral Sir John Hawkins was a commander of the British Fleet fighting the Spanish Armada in 1588, what was the famous name of his flagship??
HMS Victory
3a Sébastien Loeb won a record 9 successive World Championship, in which sport?
Rally driving
3b Which Tuscan wine was traditionally packaged in a squat bottle enclosed in a straw basket, called a fiasco?
Chianti
4a Which TV programme's 'experts' include Francis Prior and Phil Harding?
Time Team
4b Jim Broadbent won an Oscar in 2001 for his portrayal of the husband of which British writer?
Iris Murdoch

Spare Questions
1 According to Forbes magazine which is the richest city in the world?
Abu Dhabi
2 Who wrote the Mott The Hoople hit 'All The Young Dudes'?
David Bowie
3 What is the largest island in the Pacific Ocean?
New Guinea