Round 1
1a In which year did all the following events occur: The Dandy comic first published. The Golden Gate road bridge opened in Califomia, the Coronation of George VI and the airship Hindenburg disaster?
1937
1b In the Children?s TV series Peppa Pig who is Peppa's best friend?
Suzy (Sheep)
2a In which US state is the TV hospital series House set?
New Jersey
2b What was the name of the devastating hurricane that hit New York and the North Eastern USA in October 2012?
Sandy
3a Which name is shared by the governor of the Bank of England from 2003-2013 and a current top British Darts player born in Ipswich?
Mervyn King
3b Nick Matthew and Laura Massaro are current British World champions in which sport?
Squash
4a Ketevan 'Katie' Melua was bom in 1984 in which Soviet Socialist Republic, now an independent country?
Georgia
4b The CCGT super car is made by which manufacturer?
Koenigsegg

Round 2
1a Who was the architect of The Shard building in Southwark London?
Renzo Piano
1b In botany, what name is given to a plant that grows on another plant non-parasitically?
An Epiphyte
2a To within a year either way, how old was Mickey Rooney when he died in April 2014?
93 (accept 92-94)
2b An oophorectomy is an operation to remove which part of the body?
Ovary
3a Which Australian city is served by Tullamarine Airport?
Melbourne
3b Which film director won the Oscar for Best Picture for the film 12 Years a Slave in 2013?
Steve McQueen
4a Bradley Walsh plays Detective Sergeant Ronnie Brooks in which TV series?
Law and Order: UK
4b Valerie Trierweiler was the partner for some years of which politician?
Francois Hollande

Round 3
1a What is featured in the centre of the flag of Uganda?
A Bird (specifically a Crane - accept either)
1b Electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and which other metal?
Silver
2a In which British Overseas Territory does a Ceremony of the Keys take place every year?
Gibraltar
2b What is the more familiar name of Patrick Clifton, a character in an animated series for children?
Postman Pat
3a Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson and which other actor starred in both The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape films?
James Coburn
3b Which actor starred in both The Magnificent Seven and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly films?
Eli Wallach
4a The MP4-12c super car is made by which manufacturer?
McLaren
4b Who was the wife of Richard III?
Anne (Neville)

Round 4
1a What was Britain's first designated New Town, established by the New Towns Act 1945?
Stevenage
1b What is the common name of the plant hedera helix?
Ivy
2a Who is the only man to win both a Nobel Prize for Literature and an Oscar?
George Bernard Shaw
2b Who was the Swedish scientist 1814-1874 who has a unit of length named after him?
Anders Jonas Angstrom
3a Which comedienne and TV actress's 2008 autobiography is entitled Dear Fatty?
Dawn French
3b During the Wars of the Roses, Richard Duke of York (father of Richard III) was killed at which battle of 1460?
Wakefield
4a At which English racecourse is the Winter Derby run?
Lingfield Park
4b Becky Sharp is the heroine of which novel?
Vanity Fair (by William Makepeace Thackeray)

Round 5
1a My Animals and Other Family is a 2013 autobiography by which TV and Radio presenter?
Clare Balding
1b Who was the director of the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall?
Sam Mendes
2a What is indicated by the Eastern Slavic name suffix 'ovich'?
Son of
2b What is the more familiar name of Samuel Peyton Jones, a character in an animated series for children?
Fireman Sam
3a Singer Alecia Beth Moore, who has had 3 UK number one hits, records under what name?
Pink
3b Sophia Dorothea of Celle was married to which British king?
George I
4a Established in 1903, what was Britain's first designated Garden City?
Letchworth
4b What does the Malaysian word Kuala mean as in Kuala Lumpur?
Estuary, confluence or river mouth

Round 6
1a Where in the British Isles would you find Trinity Manor, Longueville Manor and Rosel Manor?
Jersey
1b Which fruit has varieties called Medjool and Deglet Nour?
Dates
2a Which racecourse stages the Midlands Grand National?
Uttoxeter
2b Becky Thatcher is a character in which novel?
(The Adventures of) Tom Sawyer
3a Who was the architect of the Gherkin Building at 30 St Mary Axe, London?
Norman Foster
3b What is the common name of birds of the genus Pica?
Magpie
4a Which Frenchman was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize for Literature but refused it?
Jean Paul Sartre
4b In the children?s TV series Dora the Explorer what is the name of the monkey who is Dora's best friend?
Boots

Round 7
1a What name is shared by a former Manchester City FC manager (1965-1971) and a champion flat jockey who used to ride for the Queen?
Joe Mercer
1b Which metal, atomic number 22, is used in the construction of parts for high speed planes, spacecraft and missiles?
Titanium
2a Which fruit has varieties called Lady de Coverly and Kishmish?
Sultana (accept grape or raisin)
2b William Wallace defeated the English forces of the Earl of Surrey at which battle of 1297?
Stirling (Bridge)
3a What is featured on the central yellow stripe of the flag of Ghana?
(Black) Star
3b Eve Muirhead and David Murdoch captained British teams to Olympic medals in which sport? Curling
4a In which city is the TV Hospital series Grey's Anatomy set?
Seattle
4b From the Greek words for dry and plant what word is given to a plant that has adapted to survive in an environment with little available water?
Xerophyte

Round 8
1a Which Canadian is served by Pierre Trudeau International Airport?
Montreal
1b A cholecystectomy is an operation to remove which organ?
Gall Bladder
2a To within one year either way how old was Joan Rivers when she died in September 2014?
81 (accept 80-82)
2b Who was the Swedish scientist (1707-1778) who devised the binomial naming system for plants and animals?
(Carl) Linnaeus or (Carl) von Linne
3a Shaun Evans plays which TV fictional detective-portrayed in his younger days?
(Detective Constable) Morse (in the ITV series Endeavour?
3b Miriam Gonzalez Durantez married which UK politician in 2000?
Nick Clegg
4a In which year did all the following events occur: Tunguska explosion in Siberia, First Model T Ford produced, 2-year-old Pu Yi becomes Emperor in China and the Summer Olympics first held in London?
1908
4b What was the name of the Super Typhoon that devastated the Philippines and Southeast Asia in November 2013?
Haiyan (accept Yolanda)

Spare Questions
1 Who had a UK No. 1 hit in 1960 with Only the Lonely?
Roy Orbison
2 In The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, what kind of creature is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi?
A Mongoose
3 Which of Shakespeare's plays opens with the line Now is the winter of our discontent?
King Richard III
4 Arctic King and Saladin are varieties of which vegetable?
Lettuce
5 Who captained the England Women's cricket team in the 2014 T20 World Cup?
Charlotte Edwards