Round 1
1a What is the name given to the streets that link Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace?
The Royal Mile
1b According to the words of the song, at what time does Burlington Bertie rise?
Ten thirty
2a Where on the body would a Hindu woman wear a bindi?
Forehead (red dot)
2b In which city was the American Declaration of Independence signed?
Philadelphia
3a How many years are there between Preston Guilds?
20
3b What was first introduced in 1799, abolished in 1816, re-introduced in 1842 and is still with us today?
Income Tax
4a A Flemish Giant is the largest domestic breed of which animal?
Rabbit
4b How was Derek McCulloch known to listeners of BBC?s Children's Favourites and Children's Hour?
Uncle Mac

Round 2
1a What was the surname of the German who developed an exercise regime whilst interred in a World War 1 prisoner-of-war camp?
Pilates
1b The Blackdown Hills are on the border of two counties, name either?
Somerset or Devon
2a The first head of state to win a Nobel Prize won the Peace Prize in 1906, what was his name?
Theodore Roosevelt
2b Which UK instrumental group had hit singles in the 1960s with Globetrotter and Robot?
The Tornadoes
3a Which is the only English football team, in the top four divisions, to have a Latin word in its name?
Aston Villa
3b According to Edward Lear from what affliction did the Pobble suffer?
It had no toes
4a After Great Britain, which is the next largest island in Europe?
Iceland (not Ireland)
4b There are four Cardinal Virtues; Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude and which other?
Justice

Round 3
1a Which is the major city of the Italian region of Piedmont?
Turin
1b Which Prime Minister died in No. 10 Downing Street in 1908?
Henry Campbell- Bannerman
2a How is food en brochette cooked and/or served?
On a Skewer
2b Which Italian city is known as The City of Juliet?
Verona
3a In a TV advert, a model of which car was made out of cake?
Skoda (Fabia)
3b America's People magazine named which actress as the World's Most Beautiful Woman in 2013? She plays Pepper Potts in the Iron Man series of films.
Gwyneth Paltrow
4a BBC's Children's Favourites became Junior Choice when Radio 1 and Radio 2 were formed, who presented it?
Ed Stewart
4b Which US city is known as the Big Pineapple?
Honolulu

Round 4
1a In the House of Commons, what is the sole mandatory duty of the Father of the House?
(to preside over the) Election of the Speaker
1b Captain of the England rugby union team between 1997 and 2004, who had the real forenames Lorenzo Bruno Nero?
Lawrence Dallaglio
2a Author lain Banks died in 2013, what initial did he add to his name for his science fiction books?
M
2b What name is given to a phase of the moon when the moon's disc as seen from the earth is larger than a semi-circle (but not full)?
Gibbous
3a The bakery chain Gregg's is based in which city?
Newcastle (on-Tyne)
3b Which is the largest island in the Inner Hebrides?
Skye
4a The highest junction number (65) on any road in the UK is on which road?
A1 (M)
4b 1985 was the last year that the Scottish football league title was not won by either Celtic or Rangers, which team won it that year?
Aberdeen

Round 5
1a Harry Hole appears as a policeman in the best-selling books by which author?
Jo Nesbo
1b Who captained the England rugby union team 59 times between 1988 and 1996?
Will Carling
2a What was the occupation of Cliff Clavin in the American TV sitcom ?Cheers??
Postman
2b By winning the best supporting actor Oscar in 2007, who became Spain?s first winner of an Academy Award? He played a Bond villain in ?Skyfall?.
Javier Bardem
3a Which TV personality, who has written an autobiography entitled ?Mud, Sweat and Tears? has sons named Jesse, Marmaduke and Huckleberry?
Bear Grylls
3b Leigh Francis is the real name of which TV entertainer, the character first appeared in ?Whatever I Want? then ?Bo Selecta??
Keith Lemon
4a Which building is the home of the Northern Sinfonia orchestra?
Sage (Gateshead)
4b What war-time occupation was carried out by both Ernest Hemingway and Queen Elizabeth 2nd?
Ambulance driver

Round 6
1a Which was the only sea battle in which Admiral Nelson was defeated?
Santa Cruz (de Tenerife)
1b Terry Deary has written which series of books for children?
Horrible Histories
2a Which English city will be a British City of Culture in 2017?
Hull
2b Which group did Steve Winwood leave to form Traffic?
Spencer Davis Group
3a Which famous playwright acted under the name David Baron?
Harold Pinter
3b Pelleas and Melisande is the only opera by which composer?
Debussy
4a Books including Why Can't Elephants Jump? Why Are Orang-utans Orange? and Will We Ever Speak Dolphin? consist of selected questions and answers from the Last Word section of which magazine?
New Scientist
4b In an 1890 novel, Basil Hallward paints whose portrait?
Dorian Gray

Round 7
1a Which lake was created by the construction of the Aswan High Dam?
Lake Nasser
1b Oscar Deutsch founded which cinema chain in 1930, taking the name from the Greek word for amphitheatre?
Odeon
2a What was the name of the photographer in the film La Dolce Vita?
Paparazzo (hence paparazzi)
2b What was invented by Jonas Hanway in the late 1750s?
Umbrella
3a The USA bought the American Virgin Islands in 1917, from which country?
Denmark
3b Who wrote the 46 volume county-by-county guide Buildings of England between 1951 and 1974?
Nikolaus Pevsner
4a The single shortest term as Prime Minister was a period of 22 days in 1834, who was in office?
Duke of Wellington
4b Who was the Emperor of Rome at the time of the invasion of Britain in 43 AD?
Claudius

Round 8
1a Which war featured the first commandos?
Boer War
1b What is the more common name for the confection rahat lokum?
Turkish Delight
2a St Gertrude is the name of a piece of music usually used for which popular hymn?
Onward Christian Soldiers
2b Miles Standish was the captain of which famous ship?
Mayflower
3a Whole-leaf, broken-leaf, fannings and dust are grades of which commodity?
Tea
3b According to the words of a poem, who lived by the shores of Gitche Gurnee?
Hiawatha
4a The Starbucks coffee chain is named after a character in which book?
4b Name the head of the French Vichy government who was executed for treason after World War 2?
Pierre Laval

Spare Questions
1 The song Hey Big Spender comes from which musical?
Sweet Charity
2 Ann Cleves wrote the novel Red Bones, which BBC TV drama, screened in 2013 and 2014, was based on it?
Shetland
3 Who wrote the James Bond novel Solo?
William Boyd