Round 1
1a In which country does the River Rhine rise?
Switzerland
1b “Don’t You Want Me?” was a 1981 hit for which group?
Human League
2a Which composer’s music was used in the 1945 film “Brief Encounter”?
Rachmaninov
2b Give a year in the life of Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible.
1530 - 1584
3a What was the first name of Spanish dictator Franco?
Francisco
3b In “Coronation St” which actor has played Kevin Webster since 1983?
Michael Le Vell
4a In which city does the football club Sampdoria play home games?
Genoa
4b Turdus Merula is the Latin name for which common bird?
Blackbird

Round 2
1a What was the name of the first British woman in space?
Helen Sharman
1b Who wrote the children’s book “Fungus the Bogeyman?
RaymondBriggs
2a Who in 2015 became the first female leader of the Democratic Unionist Party?
Arlene Foster
2b Who resigned as leader of the Conservative party in October 2003?
Iain Duncan Smith
3a Which family holds the title Duke of Bedford?
Russell
3b Clifton Suspension Bridge spans which river?
Avon
4a Who played bank clerk Henry Holland in the 1951 film “The Lavender Hill Mob”?
Alec Guinness
4b First broadcast in 1974 “New Faces, Old Hands” was episode 1 of which TV comedy series?
Porridge

Round 3
1a Which flower is sometimes called the 'poor man’s weatherglass’?
Scarlet Pimpernel
1b What was the specific location of Canadian Chris Hadfield’s performance of a David Bowie song in 2013?
ISS (International Space Station)
2a What was the first name of landscape gardener Capability Brown?
Lancelot
2b In legend which German scholar sold his soul to the devil?
Faust/Dr Faustus
3a In rhyme, who tolled the bell at Cock Robin’s funeral?
The Bull
3b In which 1881 adventure book would you find Gagool, Twala and Umbopa?
King Solomon’s Mines
4a Who succeeded U Thant as secretary general of the UN in 1972?
Kurt Waldheim
4b Who is the actress wife of writer and cartoonist Gerald Scarfe?
Jane Asher

Round 4
1a The drink brandy gets its name from the Dutch for what?
Burnt wine
1b Where would you usually find a Derailleur system?
On a Bicycle (gears)
2a In the solar system, what is measured using Wolf numbers?
Sunspot activity
2b In which sport would you play for the Thomas Cup?
Badminton
3a A player in which rugby union position wears the number 9?
Scrum Half
3b Which drink gets its name from a county in Kentucky?
Bourbon
4a Who was married to director Blake Edwards from 1969-2010?
Julie Andrews
4b What term is used to measure the fineness of yarn?
Denier

Round 5
1a What was the first name of the Italian dictator Mussolini?
Benito
1b Give a year in the life of King Richard the Lionheart.
1157-1199
2a Which composer wrote the music for the film “Scott of the Antarctic”?
Ralph Vaughan-Williams
2b In “EastEnders” which actor has played Ian Beale since 1985?
Adam Woodyatt
3a In which country does the River Danube rise?
Germany
3b Passer Domesticus is the Latin name for which bird?
House Sparrow
4a As of December 2015, of which football club is Gary Neville the manager?
Valencia
4b “Tainted Love” was a 1981 hit for which duo?
Soft Cell

Round 6
1a Which comedian wrote the books “The Liar” and “Moab is my Washpot”?
Stephen Fry
1b Name either of the two major cities that are effectively connected by the Oresund Bridge?
Copenhagen or Malmo
2a Who was the only UKIP MP elected in 2015?
Douglas Carswell
2b First broadcast in 1997, “The Killing at Badger’s Drift” was episode 1 of which TV series?
Midsomer Murders
3a Which titled person owns Longleat?
Marquess of Bath
3b Who resigned as UK Prime Minister in March 1976?
Harold Wilson
4a Who starred in the films “Lily”, “Gigi” and “Fanny”?
Leslie Caron
4b Who is Britain’s first space station astronaut?
Tim Peake

Round 7
1a Bosendorfer and Bechstein are most well-known for the manufacture of what?
Pianos
1b Which state of the USA is nicknamed the “Show Me State”?
Missouri
2a What prefix denotes the value 10 to the minus 12?
Pico
2b Don’t be evil” is the motto of which global company?
Google
3a Which country’s flag has its top half blue and its bottom half yellow?
Ukraine
3b Conceived and directed in 1975 by Michael Bennett which musical was for a time the longest running in Broadway history?
A Chorus Line
4a “My word is my bond” is the motto of which organisation?
London Stock Exchange
4b In mathematics what is the symbol for the square root of minus one?
Lower case i

Round 8
1a What sort of fruit is a Laxton Superb?
Apple
1b What was the nickname of singer Perry Como?
The Singing Barber
2a What was the first name of fashion designer Coco Chanel?
Gabrielle
2b In angular measurement, what unit is used for a 60th of a degree?
Minute
3a In rhyme who married the Owl and the Pussycat?
The Turkey
3b Which 1841 book concerns the killing of Madame L’Espanaye and her daughter?
Murders in the Rue Morgue
4a Who preceded John Masefield as poet laureate?
Robert Bridges
4b Who swam the Hellespont nightly to visit his lover Hero?
Leander

Spare Questions
1 Which creatures might you find in a Habitrail?
Hamsters or Mice (tubes)
2 The Welsh place name ‘afon’ refers to what?
River
3 Who is the patron saint of gypsies?
St Sarah
4 In which sitcom did Nicholas Lyndhurst play Adam Parkinson?
Butterflies