Round 1
1a Which acid is produced by muscles when working hard and experiencing oxygen debt?
Lactic Acid
1b Swansea City used to play home games at the "Vetch Reid". At which ground do they now play their home games?
The Liberty Stadium
2a George Clooney came to fame playing Dr Douglas Ross in which television drama series?
ER
2b In which African country is the Nubian desert to be found?
Sudan
3a The Treaty of Portsmouth signed in 1905 ended which war?
Russo-Japanese War
3b In which 1847 novel does Edgar Linton marry Catherine Eamshaw?
Wuthering Heights
4a Fortuna was the Roman Goddess of what?
Luck (and Chance)
4b In the Bible who were the parents of Isaac?
Abraham and Sarah

Round 2
1a After a dispute about rent, Coventry City moved to share with Northampton Town in 2013, moving from which stadium?
Ricoh Arena
1b Jane Wymark and Daniel Casey were among the original cast of which long-running TV crime series, first broadcast in 1997?
Midsomer Murders
2a In which country is Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain?
Tanzania
2b What name did the Romans give to the British city of Gloucester?
Glevum
3a Inspired by his time as an officer in the Indian Imperial Police, what was George Orwell's first novel?
Burmese Days
3b In Greek mythology Andromache was the wife of which Trojan hero?
Hector
4a In the Old Testament, what were the names of the twin sons of Isaac and Rebecca?
Jacob and Esau
4b In July 2015, "New Horizons" was the first spacecraft to take close up images of which body in the solar system?
Pluto

Round 3
1a Gillian Anderson played which PCI, in the BBC2 series "The Fall?
Stella Gibson
1b Who played Sir Thomas More opposite Robert Shaw's "King Henry the Eighth" in the 1960's film, "A Man for all Seasons"?
Paul Schofield
2a The Roman town of Mamucium in Britain is now known as what?
Manchester
2b Who was the narrator of the Brer Rabbit stories in the works of Joel Chandler Harris?
Uncle Remus
3a In Greek mythology who was the Cretan princess made into the immortal wife of Dionysus?
Ariadne
3b Who was the Minister of Health who oversaw the introduction of the NHS into the UK in 1948?
Aneurin Bevan
4a Which planet was explored by the Russian Venera space probes?
Venus
4b Which Disney character made his debut in the 1934 cartoon "The Wise Little Hen"?
Donald Duck

Round 4
1a Who played George III in the film "The Madness of King George"?
Nigel Hawthorne
1b In which year was Leon Trotsky assassinated in Mexico?
1940
2a Who was the brother of Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail?
Peter Rabbit
2b Three celebrated European composers were born in 1685. Domenico Scarlatti and George Frideric Handel were two, who was the third?
JS Bach
3a Which leader of the Labour Party died of a heart attack in 1994?
John Smith
3b What prefix is used in the SI system of measurements to denote a number 10 to the power of 15?
Peta
4a In "The Simpsons" what is the name of the Mayor of Springfield?
Joe Quimby
4b The Guinness Record for the "Best Selling Single of Instrumental Music" is held by a disco arrangement of which famous film theme, having sold over 2 million units in 1977?
Star Wars (entitled "Star Wars Theme and Cantina Band" – by record producer Meco)

Round 5
1a Which writer, politician and colonial administrator, who died in 1940, wrote the novels "Castle Gay", Huntingtower" and "The Island of Sheep"?
John Buchan
1b In which year was Che Guevara executed in Bolivia?
1967
2a The British wild flower anagallis arvensis, a member of the primula family, has which elusive-sounding English name?
Scarlett Pimpernel
2b Three British composers died in 1934. Sir Edward Elgar and Frederick Delius were two, name the third.
Gustav Holst
3a What is the name of the race in France, held at Chantilly, that is equivalent to the English Derby, known as the French Derby?
Prix Du Jockey Club
3b What prefix is used in the SI system of measurements to denote a number to the power of 10 of minus 15?
Femto
4a Which city is the Australian state capital of South Australia?
Adelaide
4b Sting won a Golden Globe for his song "Until..." written for which 2001 film starring Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman?
Kate & Leopold

Round 6
1a "Well it's one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go cat go", is the opening line of which Elvis Presley hit?
Blue Suede Shoes
1b The books "A Bend in the River" and "A House for Mr Biswas" are among the works of which author?
V.S. Naipaul
2a In which year did Clyde Tombaugh discover Pluto in the solar system?
1930
2b By what popular name do gardeners call the composite perennial garden flower whose correct name is "Solidago"?
Golden Rod
3a Moose cheese, made from Moose milk is traditionally made in which country?
Sweden
3b On which racecourse are the 1000 and 2000 Guineas run?
Newmarket
4a Which animal is known to the French as a cochon?
Pig
4b What is the capital of the Australian state of Queensland?
Brisbane

Round 7
1a Leopardus pardalis is the Latin name for which member of the cat family, native to Central and South America, and also found in Texas, USA?
Ocelot
1b " Wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom!", is the opening line of which Little Richard hit?
Tutti Frutti
2a Which family own the NFL American Football team the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?
The Glazer Family
2b Give a year in the life of the English astronomer Edmund Halley (of comet fame).
1656-1742
3a What is the largest city in the US state of Wisconsin?
Milwaukee
3b Samso Cheese is traditionally made in which country?
Denmark
4a Which Radiohead album was released after "The Bends" and before "Kid A"?
OK Computer
4b What French term for a brandy translates as "Water of Life"?
Eau de Vie

Round 8
1a Which bone is also known as the shinbone?
Tibia
1b Haematopus ostralegus is the Latin name for which black-and-white wading bird, common on British shore-lines?
Oystercatcher
2a In which political comedy series did Peter Capaldi play spin doctor Malcolm Tucker?
The Thick of It
2b In which city was the opening game of Major League's Baseball 2014 season between Arizona and LA Dodgers on March 22?
Sydney
3a Which uprising in China in 1900 was undertaken by members of the society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists?
Boxer Rebellion
3b What is the largest city in the US state of Maryland?
Baltimore
4a Victoria was the Roman Goddess of what?
Victory
4b What was the title of the 2003 debut album by Amy Winehouse?
Frank

Spare Questions
1 Railway enthusiasts, both in the UK and continental Europe, give what name to steam locomotives with a 4-6-4 wheel arrangement?
Baltic
2 The resort of Lindos, the ancient city of Kamiros and the monastery of Tsampika can all be found on which Greek island?
Rhodes
3 What word (the name of a sea-port in the Puglia region of Italy) is used for a drinking-song in opera, such as the famous one in "La Traviata”?
Brindisi
4 Which composer (1925-2003) wrote film-music for "633 Squadron", "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines" and the series of films starring Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple?
Ron Goodwin
5 5671.64 degrees is the boiling point of water on which temperature scale?
Rankine