Round 1
1a What kind of animal was W. A. Rey’s Curious George?
MONKEY
1b Who is the English Cricket Board’s Director of Cricket?
ANDREW STRAUSS
2a Which bird was the emblem of Prussia?
EAGLE
2b Which song writer and recording artist is the subject of the stage musical “Beautiful”?
CAROLE KING
3a Who was voted PFA Young Player of the year 2015?
HARRY KANE
3b David Frost was once married to which of Peter Sellers four wives?
LYNN FREDERICK
4a What was B.B. Kings real first name?
RILEY
4b Go Set a Watchman is a sequel to which famous book?
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Round 2
1a The Canary Islands lie due west of which African Country?
MOROCCO
1b Which group in 1994 released the live Album “Hell Freezes Over”?
THE EAGLES
2a What fish is characterised by red or orange spots on its upper surface?
PLAICE
2b In January 1984 Michael Jackson suffered 2nd degree burns whilst making a commercial for which company?
PEPSI COLA
3a Gracepoint is the US version of which British drama series?
BROADCHURCH
3b Who first spoke the words known as The Magnificat”?
MARY (Mother of Jesus)
4a Which Booker prize winning writer wrote the slogan “That’ll do nicely” for American Express?
SALMAN RUSHDIE
4b In which country was the 2015 Eurovision song contest held?
AUSTRIA

Round 3
1a Guy Garvey is the lead singer with which UK rock band?
ELBOW
1b At 2,900 miles what is Africa’s second longest river?
CONGO
2a Who was the owner of Manchester’s Hacienda Club and Factory Records?
TONY WILSON
2b Into what was Daphne changed as a means of avoiding the advances of the God Apollo?
A LAUREL TREE
3a TV astronomer Brian Cox played keyboards with which group?
D.REAM
3b In which war was Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida set?
TROJAN
4a Which British King was the last to personally lead an army into battle ?
GEORGE II
4b In which country did Dacia cars originate?
ROMANIA

Round 4
1a The new £1 coin due to come into circulation in 2017 will have how many sides?
TWELVE
1b Who did die Japanese defeat at the battle of Tsushima in 1905?
RUSSIA
2a Which composer founded the institution now known as the University of Music and Theatre in Leipzig in 1843?
MENDELSSOHN
2b The holder of which office has the official anthem Hail Columbia?
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE USA
3a Tom Wilkinson played Lyndon Baines Johnson in which 2014 film?
SELMA
3b With which sport do you associate the Coventry bees?
SPEEDWAY
4a The territorial area of Canberra is completely surrounded by which Australian State?
NEW SOUTH WALES
4b Which was voted Britain’s national bird in a recent poll the results were announced on Countryfile in June 2015?
ROBIN

Round 5
1a Who in 1979 released the record “Breakfast in America”?
SUPERTRAMP
1b What is the National Flower of France?
IRIS
2a What does the U stand for in the name of the company UPS?
UNIVERSAL (POSTAL SERVICE)
2b Frank Sinatra married which of Mickey Rooney’s wives?
AVA GARDNER
3a Who played Moses in the film Exodus Gods and Kings ?
CHRISTIAN BALE
3b Who wrote the ghost story Woman in Black?
SUSAN HULL
4a Who chaired South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission from 1995 – 1998?
ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU
4b In what form did Zeus come to Danae?
A SHOWER OF GOLD

Round 6
1a The sea arch known as Durdle Door Ties on the coast of which county?
DORSET
1b At which racecourse did Tony McCoy have his last professional race on a horse called Box Office in April 2015?
SANDOWN
2a Which is the largest country of the Central American isthmus?
NICARAGUA
2b Which Thomas Hardy novel features the heroine Eustacia Vye?
RETURN OF THER NATIVE
3a Which composer wrote an opera based on a series of Pictures by British artist William Hogarth?
STRAVINSKY
3b The Blue Angels are which country’s equivalent of the Red Arrows?
USA
4a Who created and wrote the 2015 TV series Banished?
JIMMY McGOVERN
4b Which hymn traditionally closes The Last Night of the Proms?
JERUSALEM

Round 7
1a During the I930’s which was the most famous club in Harlem?
COTTON
1b Which British actor plays Donald Ducky Mallard in the long running US TV Series NCIS?
DAVID McCALLUM
2a Of which country did Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy became monarchs?
NARNIA
2b In sport who are the Black Caps?
NEW ZEALAND CRICKET TEAM
3a What dId the E Stand for in Ben E King’s name?
EARL
3b At which sea battle in 1942 did the US defeat the Japanese despite their ships being outnumbered 3 to 1?
MIDWAY
4a Who was the highest placed Briton in the 2015 Masters Golf?
JUSTIN ROSE
4b Which actor plays Mr Winston Wolf in the Direct Line TV adverts?
HARVEY KEITEL

Round 8
1a Who was called the wisest fool on Christendom?
JAMES VI OF SCOTLAND/JAMES I OF ENGLAND
1b Who in the Bible sold his birth right for a Mess of Pottage?
ESAU
2a Outside which building in New York was John Lennon shot?
DAKOTA
2b Who is the GMB Union General Secretary who received a knighthood in June 2015?
PAUL KENNY
3a Which insect does Isle of Wight Disease affect?
BEE
3b In which country do Kia Cars originate?
SOUTH KOREA
4a The half penny coin which went out of circulation in 1969 featured an image of which ship on the reverse?
GOLDEN HIND
4b What is the name of the stage musical featuring the songs of the Kinks?
SUNNY AFTERNOON

Spare Questions
1 Which African Country lies due west of Madagascar?
MOZAMBIQUE
2 For which Broadway play did Helen Mirren win a 2015 Tony award?
THE AUDIENCE
3 Who preceded Neil Kinnock as leader of the Labour Party?
MICHAEL FOOT