ROUND 2
1a Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean is a possession of which country?
NORWAY
1b Dao is a region of wine production in which country?
PORTUGAL
2a The medical condition pica during pregnancy has what effect?
A DESIRE TO EAT UNSUITABLE SUBSTANCES
2b The epitaph for which American singer who died in 1988 was 'The best is yet to come'?
FRANK SINATRA
3a Gully the Seagull is the mascot for which south coast Championship football club?
BRIGHTON (& HOVE ALBION)
3b Give one year when the actor David Garrick was alive.
1717 - 1779
4a Moroni is the capital of which Indian Ocean island group?
COMOROS
4b At which battle in 1471 did Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, die?
BARNET

ROUND 3
1a The Order of the Elephant is an honour awarded in which North European country?
DENMARK
1b Who is the heroine and part narrator of Dickens' Bleak House'?
ESTHER SUMVIERSON
2a Arthur Thistlewood led which failed conspiracy in 1820?
CATO STREET
2b What collective name is given to the seven bones that make up the back of the foot and ankle?
TARSUS
3a The 2007 film 'Cinderella Man' is a biopic of which boxer?
JAMES J BRADDOCK
3b The island of Socotra in the Arabian Sea belongs to which country?
YEMEN
4a The last words of which American actor who died in 1957 are reputed to be 'I should never have switched from scotch to martinis'?
HUMPHREY BOGART
4b Beira is the second largest city in which African country?
MOZAMBIQUE

ROUND 4
1a Who directed the 2012 film 'Django Unchained'?
QUENTIN TARANTINO
1b Which Briton won the Men's Triathlon at the 2012 London Olympics?
ALISTAIR BROWNLEE
2a Corazon Aquino succeeded which President in the Philippines in 1986?
FERDINAND MARCOS
2b The 2004 film 'The Aviator' starring Leonardo DiCaprio is a biopic of whom?
HOWARD HUGHES
3a Which author wrote using the pen name Mary Westmacott?
AGATHA CHRISTIE
3b The TV series 'Heartbeat' was largely set in which fictitious Yorkshire village?
AIDENSFIELD
4a Which famous woman wrote 'Leaves from the Journal of our Life in the Highlands', published in 1868?
QUEEN VICTORIA
4b The Order of the White Lion is an honour bestowed in which East European country?
CZECH REPUBLIC

ROUND 5
1a Who succeeded Mary Queen of Scots as Scottish monarch in 1567?
JAMES THE SIXTH
1b In Kipling's 'The Jungle Book' what kind of creature is Akela?
A WOLF
2a On a German menu what kind of meat is 'huhn'?
CHICKEN
2b Who was the author of 'Daniel Deronda' published in 1876?
GEORGE ELIOT
3a In place names what is the original meaning of `thwaite' as in Satterthwaite?
CLEARING or MEADOW
3b The element ytterbium takes its name from a locality in which country?
SWEDEN
4a What is the common name for the garden flower whose botanical name is hemerocallis?
DAYLILY
4b Marty McFly is the central character in which trilogy of films?
BACK TO THE FUTURE

ROUND 6
1a In shipping weather forecasts what adjective is used for an event due to occur in less than six hours?
IMMINENT
1b Who was the British composer of 'Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis'?
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
2a On the BBC programme of the same name about failing businesses, who is 'The Fixer'?
ALEX POLIZZI
2b In English place names what is the meaning of 'bourne' as in Sittingboume?
STREAM
3a In mathematics what name is given to the portion of a circle between the centre and two points on the circumference?
A SECTOR
3b Who had number one hits with 'Genie in a Bottle' in 1999 and 'Lady Marmalade' in 2001?
CHRISTINA AGUILERA
4a In Kipling's 'The Jungle Book' what kind of creature is Hathi?
AN ELEPHANT
4b In what year did the Relief of Mafeking take place during the Boer War?
1900

ROUND 7
1a 'Relight my Fire' was a number one in 1993 for Take That with which female singer?
LULU
1b In shipping weather forecasting regarding wind direction, what is the opposite term to 'veering'?
BACKING
2a Which Football League Division One club is based at the New York Stadium?
ROTHERHAM UNITED
2b In horse racing at which course is the Eclipse Stakes run?
SANDOWN (PARK)
3a Which composer wrote the opera 'A Village Romeo and Juliet'?
FREDERICK DELIUS
3b In 2013 who became the first Australian to win the US Masters in golf?
ADAM SCOTT
4a Who won the Oscar for Best Director in 2013?
ANG LEE (for LIFE OF PI)
4b Who plays the title character in the TV series 'Mrs Brown's Boys'?
BRENDAN O'CARROLL

ROUND 8
1a Which chemical element takes its name from the Greek for 'stranger'?
XENON
1b Which Football League Division One club's ground is the Matchroom Stadium?
LEYTON ORIENT
2a Which nineteenth century novelist wrote 'Mary Barton, A Tale of Manchester Life'?
ELIZABETH GASKELL
2b What is the common name for the garden shrub pyracantha?
FIRETHORN
3a In horse racing which course hosts the Coronation Stakes?
ASCOT
3b In the 2013 Oscar awards which singer won Best Original Song?
ADELE (for SKYFALL)
4a The Brockman family's home was the setting for which BBC TV comedy series?
OUTNUMBERED
4b Much used in Mediterranean cuisine, what is `aceite de oliva' on a Spanish menu?
OLIVE OIL

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 Which river was immortalised by Rudyard Kipling as 'The Road to Mandalay'?
IRRAWADDY
2 In which English city is the Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Chad?
BIRMINGHAM
3 Eleanor of Provence was the queen of which English monarch?
HENRY THE THIRD
4 What is the capital of the French region of Midi-Pyrenees?
TOULOUSE