Round 1
1a In which month of 1914 was Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated?
JUNE
1b Baja California is the northernmost and westernmost state of which country?
MEXICO
2a Name a country, other than France, visited by the 2016 Tour de France.
ANDORRA, SPAIN or SWITZERLAND
2b In what year did Aviation pioneer Orville Wright die, Burma gain independence from the UK and London host the Olympic Games for the second time?
1948
3a In which Book of the Bible does the Tower of Babel appear?
GENESIS
3b Who hosted This is Your Life from 1987 after the death of Eamonn Andrews?
MICHAEL ASPEL
4a Who did American actress Barbara Bach marry in 1981?
RINGO STARR
4b Which song begins ‘They asked me how I knew my true love was true, I of course replied, something here inside, cannot be denied’?
SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES

Round 2
1a The first summer Olympic Games in the USA were held in which city?
ST LOUIS
1b In Roman times, what was a gladius?
SWORD
2a What was the family name of the politician who took the office of Prime Minister as Lord Liverpool?
JENKINSON
2b On which river is the Cauldron Snout waterfall?
TEES
3a Which palace was the birthplace of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and Mary I?
GREENWICH (accept PALACE OF PLACENTIA)
3b Which shipping forecast area was renamed Fitzroy in 2002?
FINISTERRE
4a What is the name of the home ground of the English rugby union team Gloucester?
KINGSHOLM
4b Andy Burnham is MP for which constituency?
LEIGH

Round 3
1a What is another name for the garbanzo bean?
CHICKPEA
1b Who composed the opera Idomeneo?
MOZART
2a Who became the first Children’s Laureate in 1999?
QUENTIN BLAKE
2b What is Peter Griffin’s wife called in the cartoon Family Guy?
LOIS
3a Name either of the England cricketers who hold the record for the highest partnership (399) for the sixth wicket in test cricket?
BEN STOKES or JONNY BAIRSTOW
3b Give a year in the life of the artist Tintoretto.
1518 to 1594
4a Which Pioneer of Family Allowances became an MP, fought for women’s rights, came from a philanthropic Liverpool family and has a hall of residence at Edge Hill University named after her?
ELEANOR RATHBONE
4b What is the fourth largest of the Balearic Islands?
FORMENTERA

Round 4
1a Who is the Roman equivalent of the Greek God of the Sun Helios?
SOL
1b For what does the C stand in the acronym SPECTRE, title of the 2015 Bond film?
COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE
2a What is the alternative English name for the Asian fruit known as carambola?
STARFRUIT
2b Who was the lead singer of the 1970s/80s pop group Hot Chocolate, who died in 2015?
ERROL BROWN
3a The names of two chemical elements end in the letter ‘y’. One is mercury, what is the other?
ANTIMONY
3b Adam Richard Wiles, whose debut album was I created Disco in 2007 is better known by what name?
CALVIN HARRIS
4a In Anne Bronte’s novel, what is the first name of the Tenant of Wildfell Hall?
HELEN
4b On which TV show did Jenny Ryan make her debut in September 2015?
THE CHASE

Round 5
1a Who was the Greek equivalent of the Roman Goddess of the Moon, Luna?
SELENE
1b What is the subtitle of the 2013 Star Trek film directed by JJ Abrams starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan?
INTO DARKNESS
2a The fruit Persea Americana grows on a tree native to Mexico and Central America. By what name is it known in the UK?
AVOCADO (or ALLIGATOR PEAR)
2b Which former Miss Sweden, who appeared in the film La Dolce Vita, died in 2015?
ANITA EKBERG
3a Which footballer had the longest England career, 22 years and 228 days, between his first and last appearance?
STANLEY MATTHEWS (1934-1957)
3b Give a year in the life of the sculptor and wood carver Grinling Gibbons.
1648 to 1721
4a Give the first name of any of the daughters of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst.
CHRISTABEL, SYLVIA or ADELA
4b What is the third largest island of the Maltese archipelago?
COMINO

Round 6
1a Named for an Indian location at the foot of the Himalayas, the name of which tea literally means ‘Land of the Thunderbolt’?
DARJEELING
1b Who composed the opera Lucrezia Borgia?
DONIZETTI
2a Who was the Children’s Laureate from 2003 to 2005 who wrote The Butterfly Lion and Private Peaceful?
MICHAEL MORPURGO
2b In which US State was the TV series Breaking Bad set?
NEW MEXICO
3a The names of two chemical elements end in the letter ‘c’’. One is zinc, what is the other?
ARSENIC
3b Dylan Mills, whose debut album was Boy in da Comer in 2003 is better known by what name?
DIZZEE RASCAL
4a In Thomas Hardy’s novel The Return of the Native, what is the name of the title character?
CLYM YEOBRIGHT
4b What is the nickname of Egghead Dave Rainford?
TREMENDOUS KNOWLEDGE

Round 7
1a In which city were the first summer Olympic Games held outside Europe or the USA?
MELBOURNE
1b In fashion, what kind of a garment is a baldric?
A BELT (accept SASH)
2a What was the family name of the politician who took the office of Prime Minister as Lord Melbourne?
LAMB
2b On which river are the Aysgarth Falls?
URE
3a Who is the only monarch to have both been born and died at Buckingham Palace?
EDWARD VII
3b What was the name of the shipping forecast area German Bight until the mid 1950s?
HELIGOLAND
4a Rodney Parade is a sports stadium in which city?
NEWPORT
4b Which Liberal Democrat is MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale?
TIM FARRON

Round 8
1a Who was the First Lady of the United States who died in August 1914?
ELLEN AXSON WILSON
1b Northland is the northernmost region and Southland the southernmost region of which country?
NEW ZEALAND
2a Which Spanish tennis player won the women’s singles title at Roland Garros in 2016?
GARBlÑE MUGURUZA
2b In what year was cigarette advertising banned on British TV, Julie Andrews won Best Actress at the Oscars and Sir Winston Churchill died?
1965
3a According to mediaeval Jewish sources, who was Adam’s first wife before Eve?
LILITH
3b Who hosted Crackerjack between Eamonn Andrews and Michael Aspel?
LESLIE CROWTHER
4a What female superstar has a daughter named Blue Ivy?
BEYONCÉ
4b What are the next three words - also the title - in this song ‘The Ritz I never sigh for, the Carlton they can keep, there’s only one place that I know, and that is where I sleep’?
UNDERNEATH THE ARCHES

Spare Questions
1 Who is the father-in-law of historian and TV presenter Dan Snow?
DUKE OF WESTMINSTER
2 In 1899, the South Kensington Museum changed its name to what?
VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM
3 What is Doctor Who’s home planet?
GALLIFREY