Round One
1A In a British greyhound race what colour jacket is worn by the dog in Trap 2?
White
1B What is the maximum letters or spaces permitted in a racehorse's name?
18
2A According to a song by Al Martino who was "as friendly as any man could be, but you never saw a man outdraw the man" from where?
Laramie
2B In the song by Merle Haggard the singer was proud to be a what from Muskogee?
Okie
3A Screen actor Peter Lorre and director Alexander Korda where born in which country?
Hungary
3B Screen actresses Julie Christie and Merle Oberon were both born in which country?
India
4A Which American novel published in 1852 was subtitled "Life Among The Lowly"?
Uncle Tom?s Cabin
4B Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland was originally published in 1865 as Alice?s Adventures .. where?
(Alice?s Adventures) Underground

Round Two
1A Who wrote the play "The Admirable Crichton"?
J M Barrie
1B Who wrote the play "The Quare Fellow"?
Brendan Beehan
2A Which bird referred to in literature is the state bird of Arkansas, Florida and Mississippi?
The Mockingbird
2B Which bird, made famous on film and TV, is the state bird of New Mexico?
The Road Runner
3A In which decade was the English FA Cup first contested?
1870's (1871-2)
3B In which decade was the English League Cup first contested?
1960's (1960-1)
4A In the 2002 BBC poll of 100 Most Famous Britons, name either of the two females who appear in the top ten?
Elizabeth I, Diana, Princess of Wales
4B In the same BBC poll, name either of the two males in the top 10 who died in the 20th century.
Winston Churchill, John Lennon

Round Three
1A Which band has members called Agnetha Falsestart and Frida Longstocking?
Bjorn Again
1B Frank Beard was the only beardless member of which three man rock band?
ZZTop
2A Britain?s first Muslim MP, Mohammad Sawar was elected in which city in 1997?
Glasgow
2B Adam Afriyie is the conservative MP for which Berkshire constituency?
Windsor
3A Which Bond movie shares its name with a type of duck?
Goldeneye
3B Which perfume and clothing company shares its name with a breed of duck found in the Camargue region of France?
Cacherel
4A How old were Cass Elliott, Karen Carpenter and Keith Moon when they died?
32
4B How old were Jimmi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison when they died?
27

Round Four
1A "All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players" is a quote from which Shakespeare
play?
As You Like It
1B "This was the most unkindest cut of ail" is a quotation from which Shakespeare play?
Julius Caesar
2A The paramilitary group Alpha 66 was formed in Florida to oppose whom?
Fidel Castro
2B The revolutionary group the Sandinistas were active in which country?
Nicaragua
3A Which scientific word is derived from the Greek meaning uncut?
Atom
3B Acid is derived from the Latin word meaning what?
Sour
4A Which area together with Dagenham forms a unitary body or borough within Greater London?
Barking
4B Which district is linked with Hammersmith to form a unitary body or borough within Greater London?
Fulham

Round Five
1A Which English king was known as "Old Coppernose" because of his debasement of the currency?
Henry VllI
IB In which monarch's reign did the sovereign replace the guinea as the standard gold coin?
George III
2A Author Henry Fielding introduced a forerunner of which modern service in the18th century?
The Police
2B Blaise Pascal introduced which public service to Paris in the 17th century?
Public transport (horse drawn carriages)
3A In 1901 who became the first Prime Minister of Australia?
Edmund Barton
3B In 1867 who became the first Prime Minister of Canada?
John A Macdonald
4A Who plays Agnes Brown in "Mrs Brown's Boys"?
Brendan O?Carroil
4B Who plays Citizen Khan in the eponymous TV sitcom?
Adil Ray

Round Six
1A Upper Volta is the former name of which country?
Burkina Fasso
1B British Honduras is now known by what name?
Belize
2A Gideon is the first name of which contemporary politician?
George Osborne
2B Lionel was the first name of which trade union leader of the 1970s?
Len Murray
3a In which year was Prince Andrew born?
1960
3B In which year did the Queen marry the Duke of Edinburgh?
1947
4A "Being and Nothingness" was a 1946 work by which French philosopher?
Jean Paul Sartre
4B "The Concept of Irony" was a 1820s philosophical work by which Dane?
Soren Kirkegaard

Round Seven
1A Which poet guided Dante through Hell in "The Divine Comedy"?
Virgil
1B Which great Assyrian city is named in the opening line of the poem Cargoes by John Masefield?
Nineveh
2A Which Chuck Berry song is performed by Marty McFly at the end of the film Back to the Future?
Johnny B Goode
2B To which Tom Jones song is the final striptease performed in the film The Full Monty?
You can leave your hat on
3A An orrery, popular in the 13th and 19th centuries, was a model of what?
The Solar System
3B What is the name coined by Arthur Cayley to a group of numbers displayed in rows and columns to form a rectangular array?
A matrix
4A Which famous sportsman's dad appeared on TV and in newspapers in adverts for Coral's saying "Stick One On It?
Joe Calzaghe
4B Bookmakers "Bet Fred" were founded in which northern city?
Salford

Round Eight
1A Give a year in the life of French writer and philosopher Francois- Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire.
1694 - 1778
1B Give a year in the life of German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
1749 -1832
2A Which is the 6th book of the New Testament following the four gospels and Acts of The Apostles?
Romans
2B What is the penultimate book of the New Testament?
Jude
3A The song "I Could Have Danced All Night" comes from which musical?
My Fair Lady
3B The song "Getting To Know You" comes from which musical?
The King and I
4A The word poodle for the breed of dog originated from which language?
German
4B Which breed of dog originated in Germany, and is known in that country as the German Mastiff?
The Great Dane

Spare Questions
1 Who plays Sheldon Cooper in "The Big Bang Theory"?
Jim Parsons
2 Who wrote "Love on The Dole"?
Walter Greenwood
3 Who wrote "The Owl Service"?
Alan Garner
4 Regan and Goneril are two of King Lear's daughters, who is the third?
Cordelia
5 What is the capital city of Yemen
Sana'a
6 What is the capital city of Bhutan?
Thimphu
7 In which year did Mrs Bandaranaike become Prime Minister of Ceylon?
1960
8 Who wrote the plays "Tartouffe" and "The Hypochondriac"?
Moliere