Round 1
1a What was the former name of the Pura Cup before 1999? It is the first-class cricket competition in Australia.
Sheffield Shield
1b Which operatic heroine is the daughter of Amonasro, King of Ethiopia?
Aida
2a In which novel of 1869 does Pierre Bezuhov fight a duel in which both participants survive?
War and Peace
2b Who is the current Lord Chancellor?
Michael Gove
3a Which theatre critic devised and produced the erotic revue ‘Oh! Calcutta!’ in 1969?
Kenneth Tynan
3b Located in the Orkney Islands, which sea stack is the third tallest in Britain?
Old Man of Hoy
4a The orrery, invented in 1710 by George Graham was in use for several centuries despite its inaccuracies in size and distance. What is it a model of?
The Solar System
4b Who was Commander-In-Chief of the English forces which faced the Spanish Armada in 1588?
Lord Howard of Effingham

Round 2
1a Used to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the BBC, the song ‘Perfect Day’ was written by which American performer?
Lou Reed
1b Who skippered an all-woman crew in the 1989 Whitbread round-the-world yacht race in a yacht called Maiden?
Tracy Edwards
2a Who is the current Foreign Secretary?
Philip Hammond
2b The sisters Gudrun and Ursula Brangwen are the eponymous characters in which D. H. Lawrence novel from 1920?
Women In Love
3a Striding Edge is a feature on which English mountain?
Helvellyn
3b In 2004, who performed a record 499 jokes in one hour at the Soho Theatre, London?
Tim Vine
4a Later Prime Minister, which statesman fought a duel with Viscount Castlereagh in 1809?
George Canning
4b Who is credited with creating the periodic table?
Dmitri Mendeleev

Round 3
1a Whose only novel won the Pulitzer Booker Prize in 1937?
Margaret Mitchell (for Gone with the Wind)
1b Which political leader has a black Labrador called Connie Paulgrave?
Vladimir Putin
2a Who designed the Glasgow School of Art?
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
2b Which singer is known as the “Empress of the blues?
Bessie Smith
3a Deriving their name from the Latin for ‘fat’, which cells are found in connective tissue and are specialised to synthesise large globules of fat?
Adipose
3b Name either the 47th or the 48th State to join the United States of America in 1912.
New Mexico or Arizona
4a Who narrated the children’s animation called 'Bod'?
John Le Mesurier
4b Name either of the French Departments located in the Indian Ocean?
(La) Reunion or Mayotte

Round 4
1a Which politically active Chinese artist was arrested for “Economic Crimes' in 2011?
Ai Weiwei
1b Brother and sister Scout and Jem are the main characters in which book?
To Kill a Mockingbird
2a Which musical era began in August 1935 at LA’s Palomar Ballroom?
Swing (accept Big Band)
2b Which building’s proposed extension did Prince Charles describe as a great carbuncle?
The National Gallery
3a Which European city has the world’s oldest stock exchange formed in 1602?
Amsterdam
3b In geology what is the layer below the earth’s crust?
The Mantle
4a Name either country, which is a member of the Commonwealth that has no historical links to Britain?
Mozambique or Rwanda
4b Which BBC newsreader narrated‘Mary, Mungo and Midge’?
Richard Baker

Round 5
1a In which 2014 film was Chris Kyle the central character?
AmericanSniper
1b How many National Parks are there in Scotland
2
2a Kodkod, margay, oncilla and caracal are all types of what?
(Wild) at
2b Sir Hudson Lowe was whose gaoler?
Napoleon (on St Helena)
3a In which city did the 2 015 Football Champions League final take place?
Berlin
3b Tsar Alexander I is a silent role in which opera?
William Tell
4a In literature, which paradox is first explained by Doc Daneeka?
Catch-22
4b Goodluck Jonathan was defeated in an election in 2015 ending his term as president of which country?
Nigeria

Round 6
1a Where do the Rivers Foss and Ouse meet?
York
1b How is Jordan Belfort described in a 2014 film title?
The Wolf of Wall Street
2a Who made the “Tryst with Destiny” speech in 1947?
Jawaharlal Nehru
2b What is the alternative name for the Snow Leopard?
Ounce
3a According to the record where were Typically Tropical going in 1975.
Barbados
3b In which city was the 2015 Women’s Football World Cup Final held?
Vancouver
4a In 2015 the left wing Syriza party won the general election in which country?
Greece
4b In 1975, ‘Curtain’ was the last novel starring which character?
Hercule Poirot

Round 7
1a According to the Old Testament, which place is the source of the river that divides into four other rivers - the Pishon, Gihon, Tigris and Euphrates?
The Garden of Eden
1b The Roman arena on the Piazza Bra is the venue for an operatic festival every summer in which Italian city?
Verona
2a Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Thomas De Quincy were among literary users of which tincture of opium? Laudanum
2b Who wrote the TV Drama "Life and Loves of a She Devil7'
Fay Weldon
3a In 1919, which Dadaist created L.H.O.O.Q., a parody of the Mona Lisa, in which a moustache and goatee beard were added to a reproduction of the painting?
Marcel Duchamp
3b Gerald Durrell was a director of which zoo?
Jersey
4a Which TV series is based on the ‘Constable’ novels by Nicholas Rhea?
Heartbeat
4b The term “paparazzi’ is derived from the name of a character in which film by Federico Fellini?
La Dolce Vita

Round 8
1a In 1984 which song urged you to “push pineapple, shake the tree”?
Agadoo
1b Who said “I married beneath me. All women do.”?
Nancy Astor
2a Give the first name and surname shared by a British singer, songwriter who won 4 awards at the 2015 Grammys and Yorkshire’s oldest Brewery.
Sam(uel) Smith
2b What in Wiltshire is Europe’s largest man-made mound?
Silbury Hill
3a What did members of the Guinea Pig Club undergo?
Plastic surgery(in the Second World War)
3b Rolls Royce dashboards are traditionally finished in the veneer of which type of wood?
Walnut
4a Name either partner who “consciously uncoupled” in 2014.
Gwyneth Paltrow or Chris Martin
4b Which brewery makes Flying Scotsman, Golden XPA and Deuchars IPA?
Caledonian

Spare Questions
1 Which Lord was commissioned to report into the 1981 Brixton Riots?
Scarman
2 Alistair Foot and Anthony Marriott wrote which long-running stage comedy?
No Sex Please, We’re British
3 Who cried when his ‘Walkers Crisps’ were taken off him?
Paul Gascoigne
4 What opera venue is near Lewes East Sussex?
Glyndebourne