Round One
1A Although no monarch has lived there for nearly 200 years, which London Palace is the official residence of the Queen?
St. James' Palace
1B In Arthurian legend, the Fisher King is is the keeper of which relic?
The Holy Grail
2A Who won the Golden Boot at the 1966 World Cup, scoring 9 goals?
Eusebio
2B Who owned Estimate, the winner of the Ascot Gold Cup in 2013?
The Queen
3A Writer and model, Sophie Dahl is married to which musician?
Jamie Cullum
3B What is the capital of Venezuela?
Caracas
4A Who was the Vice President to US President John F Kennedy?
L B Johnson
4B Tony Abbott was elected to which office in 2013?
Prime Minister of Australia

Round Two
1A Name the spacecraft launched in 2004 by the European Space Agency to chase the comet 67P Churuyumov-Gerasimenko?
Rosetta
1B Which was the county town of Westmoreland?
Appleby
2A In the musical and T S Eliot's book Cats, which was the railway cat?
Skimbleshanks
2B In a standard game of backgammon with how many playing pieces does each player start the game?
15
3A Which is the home city of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, where he recently finished his career?
Mumbai
38 Who was the comic script-writing partner of Marty Feldman?
Barry Took
4A In September 2013, a plaque was unveiled at the Pier Head, Liverpool commemorating the loss of which ship, sunk in June 1940 with the loss of at least 4000 lives?
RMS Lancastria
4B Which motor company now manufactures the Mini and the Mini Cooper?
BMW

Round Three
1A Former tennis player Vijay Armitrage apears in which James Bond film?
Octopussy
1B Which county cricket limited over side is nick-named The Steelbacks?
Northamptonshire
2A Which businessman on his elevation to the House of Lords, by Gordon Brown, in 2000, took the title Baron of Clapton?
Alan Sugar
2B Who plays singer Paul Potts in the 2013 biopic One Chance?
James Corden
3A In which book of the bible is the story of Samson and Delilah?
Judges
3B The name of which element is derived from the Latin for lime?
Calcium
4A As of January 2014, what post is held by Sir Nicholas Hytner?
Artistic Director of the National Theatre
4B Name the last British winner, who was also the oldest winner, of the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Doris Lessing

Round Four
1A Whicn former captain of tne England cricket team was announced as the new President of the MCC in May 2013?
Mike Getting
1B Which character is played by Peter Capaldi in The Thick of It?
Malcolm Tucker
2A Which German fashion house, still trading today, allegedly supplied uniforms for the Hitler Youth and the National Socialist Party from 1928 until 1939?
Hugo Boss
2B Published in 2013, Saints of the Shadow Bible is the latest novel to feature which detective?
John Rebus
3A Who directed the 2013 film 12 Years a Slave?
Steve McQueen
3B After featuring in the Wallace and Gromit film The Curse of the Were Rabbit the sales of which cheese increased by 500%?
Stinking Bishop
4A Which river is spanned by Abraham Darby's Iron Bridge?
Severn
4B Who was President of France immediately after Jacques Chirac?
Nikolas Sarkozy

Round Five
1A In which London building would you find St. Stephen's Chapel and St. Mary's Undercroft?
Westminster Palace (accept Houses of Parliament)
1B In Irish legend, what name is given to the Otherworld or Land of Promise, inhabited by fairies?
Tir Na Nog
2A Which hero of the 1956 F A Cup Final played for non-league side St. Helen's Town before joining Manchester City?
Bert Trautmann
2B Normally presented by the Queen, who presented the Ascot Gold Cup to the Queen when her horse won, in 2013?
Prince Andrew
3A In Downton Abbey, who plays the Earl of Grantham?
Hugh Bonneville
3B What is the capital of Guyana?
Georgetown
4A Who was the US Attorney General to J F Kennedy?
Robert Kennedy
4B Bill de Blasio took which office on 1st January 2014?
Mayor of New York

Round Six
1A Name the probe launched from Rosetta which landed on the comet 67P/C-G in November 2014.
Philae
1B Which town is the administrative centre of Buckinghamshire?
Aylesbury
2A Which Liverpool born writer penned the comedy series Butterflies?
Carla Lane
2B In a standard game of draughts with how many playing pieces does each player start the game?
12
3A Which then twice a season cricket fixture was last contested in Scarborough in September 1962?
Gentlemen v Players
3B In 1969, who took over from Dick Hills and Sid Green as a script?writer for Morecambe and Wise?
Eddie Braben
4A The Mersey ferries Iris and Daffodil were both given Royal status after which World War I action?
The raid on Zeebrugge
4B Name the German manufacturer of the Smart Automobile?
Daimler AG (accept Daimler Chrysler)

Round Seven
1A The cast of which Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine film also included footballers Bobby Moore, John Wark and Ossie Ardilles?
Escape to Victory
1B In the 2014 English Counties Twenty/20 cricket competition, which is the only side named after a city rather than a county?
Birmingham Bears
2A Which former Labour MP took the title Baroness of Bow on her elevation to the House of Lords, by David Cameron, in 2010?
Oona King
2B Who played Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film A Long Walk to Freedom?
Idris Elba
3A In which book of the bible is the story of Noah's Ark?
Genesis
3B The name of which chemical element takes its name from the Greek for light-bringing?
Phosphorus
4A Who produces and presents the BBC arts programme Imagine?
Alan Yentob
4B Name the British scientist who shared the 2013 Nobel Prize for Physics.
Peter Higgs

Round Eight
1A Who captained the English XI on the 1987 rebel cricket tour of South Africa?
Graham Gooch
1B Who created the TV series The Thick of It?
Armando lannucci
2A Which American singer's music publishing company was called Gladys Music?
Elvis Presley
2B Who wrote the 1989 novel A Clear and Present Danger?
Tom Clancy
3A Who directed the film The Hurt Locker, winner of the Oscar for Best Director in 2010?
Kathryn Bigelow
3B Cornish yarg cheese is traditionally wrapped in the leaves of which plant?
Nettle
4A The Grade 1 listed Pulteney Bridge spans which river?
Avon
4B Who was the President of France immediately before Jacques Chirac?
Francois Mitterand

Spare Questions
1 Who presents the BBC Radio 4 Food Programme?
Sheila Dillon
2 Which singer played the lead in the 1972 film, The Harder they Come?
Jimmy Cliff
3 In which country was politician Peter Hain born?
Kenya
4 James Ramsden was the last person to hold which political office in the UK, which was abolished in 1964 under Alec Douglas Hume's premiership?
Secretary of State for War