Round One
1a What is the main ingredient of the Spanish appertizer gazpacho?
Tomatoes
1b The Red Special electric guitar was custom-buiit by which musician?
Brian May
2a The F1 Circuit of the Americas (CoTA) is in which US State?
Texas (Austin)
2b Where is the oldest cathedral in England?
Canterbury
3a Rose-Red is whose sister in the German fairy tale?
Snow White
3b Who was the choreographer of the dance troupe Hot Gossip?
Arlene Phillips
4a Name the year - Lyndon B. Johnson died; the first hand-held mobile phone is made; Summerland, Isle of Man, destroyed by fire.
1973
4b Which English monarch founded Eton College in the 15th century?
Henry the Sixth

Round Two
1a The River Ganges empties into what body of water?
Bay of Bengal
1b In anatomy, what is a ganglion?
Nerve Cell Cluster
2a Nicolai Petrovich Poliakov became better known as who?
Coco the Clown
2b What type of creature is a tercel?
(Male) Hawk
3a What is the metric race distance of all Olympic rowing events?
2,000 metres
3b Which geologic period is between Triassic and Cretaceous?
Jurassic
4a What is the collective name for a group of tigers?
Ambush
4b Who was Britain?s first female DJ on BBC Radio 1?
Anne Nightingale

Round Three
1a Holby City was a spin-off from which BBC medical drama?
Casualty
1b What is the official London residence of HRH Prince Charles?
Clarence House
2a Geronimo was leader of which native American tribe?
Apache
2b What is the largest commonly used woodwind instrument?
(Contra)bassoon
3a Raki, Pernod and Ouzo contain what aromatic herb?
Aniseed
3b The fictional Arkham Asylum featured in which 70's TV series?
Batman
4a The 02 Arena is in which London borough?
Greenwich
4b Which indoor sport includes a side wall, front wall, and a tin?
Squash

Round Four
1a Which US city, known as the Athens of the South, has a full-scale replica of the Parthenon?
Nashville, Tn'
1b What is the forename of Mary Shelleys Frankenstein?
Victor
2a The laburnum tree has what colour flowers?
Yellow
2b What is France's second largest city (it's in the Rhone-Alpes region)?
Lyon
3a Which Scottish pop band, formed 1985, released albums including Raintown, Fellow Hoodlums, Walking Back Home?
Deacon Blue
3b The memoirs of which US politican are called Decision Points?
George W. Bush
4a Which stately home is near the towns of Warminster and Frome?
Longleat
4b Canal+ TV is based in which country?
France

Round Five
1a What condiment is made of boiled beans, roasted grain and brine?
Soy Sauce
1b Which US born blues musician has a Gibson guitar called Lucille?
B. B. King
2a What F1 event is now for vintage and classic cars, run from Brescia to Rome?
Mille Miglia
2b Where in Germany is Europe's largest Gothic church?
Cologne (Cathedral)
3a Princess Aurora, Prince Philip, and Maleficent feature in which pantomime?
Sleeping Beauty
3b The Go-Jos were the first dance troupe to appear on which TV show?
Top of the Pops
4a Name the year- The Winter Olympics staged in Grenoble, France; Martin Luther King, Jr. is shot dead in Memphis, Tn; The ?I?m Backing Britain? campaign endorsed by Harold Wilson.
1968
4b Who founded Gordonstoun Boarding School in 1934?
Kurt Hahn

Round Six
1a Which major European river has its source in the Black Forest, Germany?
Rive Danube
1b Pneumoconiosis is a type of what illness?
Silicosis
2a Michelangelo Merisi (or Amerighi) is the birth name of which artist?
Caravaggio
2b What type of creature is an argonaut?
Octopus
3a What is the shortest Olympic track race with a staggered start?
200 metres
3b What is the newest geologic period (ratified 2004) it refers to 635-541 million years ago?
Ediacaran
4a What is the collective noun for group of alligators?
Congregation
4b Which Wirral-born Radio 1 disc jockey died in Peru in 2004?
John Peel

Round Seven
1a The Ponderosa was a spin-off of which TV series?
Bonanza
1b HRH Princess Anne?s Gloucestershire country home is called what?
Gatcombe Park
2a Sitting Bull was the leader of which native American tribe?
Sioux
2b How many strings has the Russian balalaika?
Three
3a Cafe mocha has what flavour?
Chocolate
3b Which Irish sitcom, produced by Hat Trick Productions, was mostly filmed in County Clare?
Father Ted
4a West Ham FC?s new ground, the former Olympic Stadium, is in which London district?
Stratford
4b Heel flip, kick flip, and ollie are tricks in which action sport?
Skateboarding

Round Eight
1a The Gateway Arch, aka Gateway to the West, America?s largest man-made monument, is in which city?
St. Louis, Mo
1b What is the name of the dog in Enid Blyton?s novels The Famous Five?
Timmy
2a Taxus baccata refers to what species of tree?
Yew
2b What is Germany"s second largest city (it's on the southern end of the Jutland Peninsula)?
Hamburg
3a Which Irish group, from Dundalk, released albums, including Forgiven Not Forgotten, Talk on Corners, In Blue?
The Corrs
3b Which former US President's real name is William Jefferson Blythe III?
Bill Clinton
4a Which Royal residence is situated between Dersingham and King's Lynn?
Sandringham House
4b Which TV network is based in Doha, Qatar?
Al Jazeera

Spare Questions
1 What Is the original name of the word sudoku?
Number Place
2 Which athlete was nicknamed The Jarrow Arrow?
Steve Cram
3 The cricket term DRS stands for what?
Decision Review System
4 What is the name of the thin layer that forms on the surface of stone, copper, bronze, and similar metals?
Patina
5 Which American main road is known as the Will Rogers Highway, the Main Street of America, also the Mother Road?
Route 88
6 Which late actor said: The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind?
Humphrey Bogart