Round 1
1A Of which state was George W. Bush governor before becoming President of the USA?
Texas
1B Who wrote the 1925 novel Gentleman Prefer Blondes?
Anita Loos
2A Who is the only man to win the Grand Slam at lawn tennis as both an amateur and a professional ?
Rod Laver
2B From which musical do the songs Another Suitcase in Another Hall and Oh What a Circus come?
Evita
3A What is the indentation in a brick called?
Frog
3B The Casa Rosada, or Pink House, is the president's official residence in which country?
Argentina
4A In morse code what letter do two dots represent?
I (Eye)
4B What was the name of the defoliant used by the Americans in Vietnam?
Agent Orange

Round Two
1A Who wrote the 1929 novel The Maltese Falcon?
Dashiel Hammett
1B Of which state was Bill Clinton governor before becoming President of the USA?
Arkansas
2A My Own Best Friend and Mr Cellophane are songs from which musical?
Chicago
2B Who was the first woman to achieve the Grand Slam at singles lawn tennis?
Maureen Connelly
3A The Palacio da Alvorada, or the Palace of the Dawn, is the president's official residence in which country?
Brazil
3B What is the board on which plasterers hold their plaster called?
Hawk
4A In which country did the Orange Revolution of 2004 to 2005 take place?
Ukraine
4B In the morse code what letter is represented by a single dash?
T (Tee)

Round Three
1A What does a Gibson martini have instead of an olive?
(Pearl) Onion
1B Who won the Oscar for Best Director for the 2000 film Traffic?
Steven Soderbergh
2A Who, between 1890 and 1895, painted five versions of the picture The Card Players?
Paul Cezanne
2B Which African country's flag is halved vertically into green and white with a red crescent and star at its centre?
Algeria
3A Who, in Greek myth, killed the chimera?
Bellerophon
3B Which member of the British royal family fought at the Battle of Jutland on HMS Collingwood?
Duke of York later George VI (accept either)
4A Which motor manufacturer makes the models Picanto and Sorrento?
Kia
4B What in the world of nature is Yorkshire fog?
(Type of) Grass

Round Four
1A Who directed the 2005 Oscar winning film Crash?
Paul Haggis
1B Specifically, what is the alcoholic base of a sidecar cocktail?
Cognac
2A The flag of which Asian country is dark green with a white crescent and star at its centre and a broad white stripe at its hoist?
Pakistan
2B Who, between 1851 and 1904, painted three versions of the painting The Light of the World ?
William Holman Hunt
3A At which battle did General Jackson get his nickname 'Stonewall'?
(1st) Bullrun or Manassas
3B Who, in Greek myth, killed the gorgon Medusa?
Perseus
4A In the world of nature what is Irish moss?
(Type of) Seaweed
4B Which motor manufacturer makes the models Santa Fe and Tucson ?
Hyundai

Round Five
1A Who, in the Old Testament was the mother of Solomon?
Bathsheba
1B What is the collective noun for a group of toads?
Knot or Nest
2A What is the name of the policeman in Enid Blyton's Noddy books?
Mr or PC Plod
2B On which river does Rome stand?
Tiber
3A Who composed the music for the 1867 opera Romeo and Juliet?
Charles Gounod
3B Who played Les Battersby in Coronation Street?
Bruce Jones
4A Whose law states "the expansion of an elastic body is in proportion to its tension"?
Robert Hooke's
4B Who, in 1881, shot and killed Billy the Kid?
Pat Garratt

Round Six
1A What is the collective noun for a group of frogs?
Colony or Army
1B Who, in the Old Testament, was the sister of Moses?
Miriam
2A On what river does Lisbon stand?
Tagus
2B What is the name of the policeman in Camberwick Green?
PC McGarry
3A Who plays Max Branning in Eastenders?
Jake Wood
3B Who composed the music for the 1877 opera Samson and Delilah?
Camille Saint-Saens
4A Who, in 1882, shot and killed Jesse James?
Robert Ford
4B Whose law states "that galaxies are moving apart at speeds that increase in direct proportion to their distance apart"?
Edwin Hubble's

Round Seven
1A Who is the only man to win both the amateur and professional Snooker World Championships?
Ken Doherty
1B What nationality was the explorer Vitus Bering after whom a strait was named?
Danish
2A Whose first UK No. 1 hit was in 1985 with Into the Groove?
Madonna
2B Who created the detective DCI Tom Barnaby?
Caroline Graham
3A Since 1066, who is the only king of England, besides Edward VIII, not to have had a coronation?
Edward V
3B What is the common name for the medical term 'cutis anserina'?
Goose Pimples/Bumps
4A In Theresa May's 1st cabinet of July 2016, who was appointed Secretary of State for Transport?]
Chris Grayling
4B In which English county are Peveril Castle and Hardwick Hall?
Derbyshire

Round Eight
1A What nationality was the explorer Willlem Barents after whom a sea is named?
Dutch
1B What is the surname of the only father and son to have scored centuries for England in test cricket?
(Chris and Stuart) Broad
2A Who created the detective DCI George Gently?
Alan Hunter
2B Whose first UK No. 1 hit was in 1985 with West End Girls?
Pet Shop Boys
3A What is the common name for the medical term 'herpes labialis'?
Cold sore
3B Which king of England banned his wife from his coronation?
George IV
4A In which English county are Dunster Castle and Cleeve Abbey?
Somerset
4B In Theresa May's 1st cabinet of July 2016, who was appointed Secretary of State for Education?
Justine Greening

Spare Questions
1 What are produced by the lachrymal glands?
Tears
2 In both novel and film in what hospital did chief surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt work ?
St. Swithins
3 Which Prime Minister said "I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole"?
Benjamin Disraeli
4 What was the surname of the quintuplets born in Ontario, Canada, in 1934, the first known to have survived infancy?
Dionne