Round 1
1a In which country is Schengen which gave its name to the treaty?
LUXEMBOURG
1b What is the name of the superstate in the book 1984?
OCEANIA
2a Which singer had the nickname ‘The Thin White Duke”?
DAVID BOWIE
2b Which country won cricket’s 2016 ICC World Twenty20?
WEST INDIES
3a Sao Miguel is the largest Island in which island group?
AZORES
3b Which 1989 film was based on the attack on Fort Wagner during the American Civil War
GLORY
4a In online discussion forums what do the initials OP stand for?
ORIGINAL POSTER
4b Which newspaper had the slogan “All human life is there”?
NEWS OF THE WORLD

Round 2
1a During World War 1 in which country was the Hindenburg Line?
FRANCE
1b What is Sepp Blatter’s real first name?
JOSEPH
2a What did ancient Romans call the first of the month?
KALENDS
2b Who had a wardrobe malfunction at the 2004 Superbowl?
JANET JACKSON
3a Pippin Fort run by Captain Snort and Sergeant Major Grubb featured in which children’s television programme?
CAMBERWICK GREEN
3b From which nation did the Seychelles gain independence in 1976?
UNITED KINGDOM
4a Which sports firm is named after the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet?
KAPPA
4b Who was the author of the book Harry’s Game?
GERALD SEYMOUR

Round 3
1a Which US comedy sketch show has been running since 1975?
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
1b Which word the Japanese for circle is used in the name of their cargo ships?
MARU
2a In which country was Nollywood started?
NIGERIA
2b Who wrote the book Kim?
RUDYARD KIPLING
3a Which fruit if eaten in great quantities can cause potassium poisoning?
BANANA
3b In which city were the 2016 Invictus Games held?
ORLANDO
4a Which now defunct brewery produced Double Diamond?
IND COOPE
4b Which is the only land locked country in South East Asia?
LAOS

Round 4
1a Who is the longest serving member of the Privy Council?
DUKE OF EDINBURGH
1b Five employees of which technology company have won Nobel Prizes?
I.B.M.
2a Who was the wife of wild west sharpshooter Frank E Butler?
ANNIE OAKLEY
2b Under which country does the Gotthard Railway Tunnel run?
SWITZERLAND
3a In which country was the explorer Mungo Park born?
SCOTLAND
3b Which British composer taught at St. Pauls girls school in Hammersmith West, London from 1905 until his death in 1934?
GUSTAV HOLST
4a Which creature appears on the logo of Tripadvisor?
OWL
4b Name either of the horses that won the Grand National between Red Rums second and third wins.
LESCARGOT or RAG TRADE

Round 5
1a When Yugoslavia broke up into 6 nations they were Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro and which other nation?
1b Leopold Bloom is the central character in which book ?
ULYSSES
2a Which singer recorded Relight My Fire with Take That?
LULU
2b What nationality is tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga?
FRENCH
3a In which Country is the Bekaa Valley?
LEBANON
3b Who played Nick Leeson in the 1999 film Rogue Trader?
EWEN MCGREGOR
4a In which piece of technology would you find a subscriber information module?
MOBILE PHONE (SIM CARD)
4b According to the advert what product “spreads straight from the fridge”?
BLUE BAND MARGARINE

Round 6
1a What nickname do the US Navy give to aircraft carriers?
FLAT TOPS
1b Which singer/songwriter has a company called Gingerman Records?
ED SHEERAN
2a In which city was Napoleon crowned King of Italy in 1805?
MILAN
2b What is Boris Johnson’s real first name?
ALEXANDER
3a Justin Fletcher is better known as which character on children’s television?
MR TUMBLE
3b Who was the author of the book Gorky Park?
MARTIN CRUZ SMITH
4a Which footballer designed children’s football boots with Mohican Wigs and the slogan “Why Always Me” on them?
MARIO BALOTELLI
4b Haiti, Cuba and Hispaniola are part of which island group?
GREATER ANTILLES

Round 7
1a In 2009/10 series of Reggie Perrin which actor played Reggie Perrin?
MARTIN CLUNES
1b Wind Water is the usual translation of which familiar Chinese term?
FENG SHUI
2a Which annual awards for excellence in film and television are bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association?
GOLDEN GLOBES
2b Which name was adopted rather tham Boaty McBoatface as the name for the Government’s new polar research vessel?
SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH
3a Which drug was first made by Swiss Chemist Albert Hoffman in 1938?
3b What is the capital of Cambodia?
PHNOM PENH
4a Bombardier beer features Eddie the mascot for which rock group on its label?
IRON MAIDEN
4b Who wrote the book Call of the Wild?
JACK LONDON

Round 8
1a How many Labour Prime Ministers were there in the 20th Century?
5 (McDONALD, ATLEE, WILSON, CALLAGHAN, BLAIR)
1b Which team won the third place play off in the 1966 World Cup?
PORTUGAL
2a In which town was Wild Bill Hickock shot and killed whilst playing cards?
DEADWOOD
2b Who was the Conservative candidate in the 2016 London mayoral election?
ZAC GOLDSMITH
3a In which country was Pope Francis born?
ARGENTINA
3b The 1812 overture was composed to celebrate the Russian victory at which battle?
BORODINO
4a What is the nationality of the clothing designer Tommy Hilfiger?
AMERICAN
4b Which semi conductor company was founded in 1968 by Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce?
INTEL CORPORATION

Spare Questions
1 What nickname did American Admiral William Halsey have?
BULL
2 What is the middle name of the artist Millais?
EVERETT
3 What is unique about the sphinx cat?
TOTALLY HAIRLESS