Round 1
1a What colour jersey is worn by the overall leader of the Giro d’ltalia?
Pink (Maglia Rosa)
1b What colour connects a hit 1984 song by Prince, a 1987 Steven Spielberg film and an English rock group from the seventies/eighties, considered pioneers of heavy metal?
Purple (Purple Rain, The Colour Purple, Deep Purple)
2a Which European capital city stands on the Manzanares River?
Madrid
2b Which country’s pre-Euro currency was the tolar?
Slovenia
3a The Bell’ and The Red and the Green’ and ‘Henry and Cato’ are works by which writer?
Iris Murdoch
3b Who was the 2015 Moto GP champion?
Jorge Lorenzo
4a In which year did the following all take place? Ronald Reagan becomes US President, Toxteth riots in Liverpool, and Bobby Sands dies on hunger strike?
1981
4b In astronomy, what does the acronym ‘Quasar’ stand for?
Quasi-Stellar Radio Source

Round 2
1a Which US city is named after an 18th century British Prime Minister, who was in office from 1766-1768?
Pittsburgh
1b On April 30th of which year did Saigon, then capital of South Vietnam, fall to North Vietnamese forces?
1975
2a Usually regarded as Britain’s most popular pub name and taken from the emblem of John of Gaunt. What is this name?
Red Lion
2b The Fields medal is awarded for achievers in which discipline, for which there is no Nobel prize?
Mathematics
3a How many manned landings have there been on the moon?
Six
3b What as the name of the band, active between 1988-90, that included Bob Dylan, George Harrison and Roy Orbison, amongst others?
The Traveling Wilburys
4a Which French scientist (1743-1794) is considered by many as the Father of Modern Chemistry?
Antoine Lavoisier
4b Which Canadian-born son of a Scottish clergyman became the Prime Minister of the UK in 1922?
Andrew Bonar Law

Round 3
1a Which Persian king invaded Greece in 480BC and defeated the Spartan Army at Thermopylae?
Xerxes (I)
1b The name of which US city is derived from the Native American word for wild or smelly onion (or garlic) or a skunk?
Chicago
2a The distinctive trademark of which British beer can be seen on a bottle in the 1882 Manet painting 'A Bar at the Folies Bergere’?
Bass (Pale Ale)
2b What lasted 30 seconds in 1881 and inspired a 1957 film directed by John Sturges?
The Gunfight at the OK Corral
3a Which 2009 film became the first to gross over $2bn?
Avatar
3b At the age of 44, Frankie Dettori rode his second Epsom Derby winner of his career in 2015. What was the name of the horse?
Golden Horn
4a The wreck of the flagship of Sir John Franklin was found in 2014 in the Canadian Arctic. What is its name?
HMS Erebus
4b Which Austrian player became the first official undisputed World Chess Champion in 1886?
Wilhelm Steinitz

Round 4
a What does the word “mull” mean in Scottish place names?
Promontory (accept headland or similar)
1b Which actress was born Vivien Hartley in India in 1913?
VivienLeigh
2a Which 1901 Kipling novel tells the story of Kimball O’Hara?
Kim
2b What word is the given to the science and study of projectiles in flight and their propulsion ?
Ballistics
3a Which of the four existing legal societies known as Inns of Court is missing from this group Lincoln’s Inn, Inner Temple and Middle Temple?
Gray’s Inn
3b Who wrote the1722 novel ‘Moll Flanders’?
Daniel Defoe
4a Who, assisted by Nicholas Hawksmoor, designed Blenheim Palace?
John Vanbrugh
4b In which English cathedral is Catherine of Aragon buried?
Peterborough

Round 5
1a In the Tour de France cycle race who wears the red and white polka dot jersey?
King of the Mountains (accept mountain leader or equivalent)
1b What colour connects a 1983 hit song by New Order, a 1986 David Lynch film and a 60s British rock group formed in Birmingham?
Blue (Blue Monday, Blue Velvet, Moody Blues)
2a Which European capital stands on the River Vistula?
Warsaw
2b Which country’s pre-Euro currency was the kroon?
Estonia
3a The Ginger Man', The Onion Eaters’ and 'A Fairy tale of New York’ are novels by which writer?
J(ames) P(atrick) Donleavy
3b Who was the 2015 World Superbike champion?
Jonathan Rea
4a In which year did the following all take place? The Torrey Canyon runs aground near Land’s End, Che Guevara is executed in Bolivia and an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease hits the UK.
1967
4b Astronomy: In 1967, when pulsars were first discovered they were given the acronym ‘LGM’. What does this stand for?
Little Green Men

Round 6
1a Who wrote the BBC TV comedy series’ The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin’?
David Nobbs
1b Which former London prison stood opposite the Old Bailey, London’s Central Criminal Court?
Newgate
2a What is the condition of the eye in which vision is blurred due to irregular curvature of the cornea or lens? There are 2 types regular and irregular.
Astigmatism
2b Which is the most northerly horse racing course in Great Britain?
Perth
3a What is the minimum age of a president or vice president in the USA?
35
3b Which economist wrote the book ‘The Affluent Society’ in 1953?
J K Galbraith
4a Which Austrian psychologist and psychiatrist (1870-1937) evolved the concept of the ‘Inferiority Complex’?
Alfred Adler
4b Which English king is reputed to have died from “a surfeit of lampreys” in 1135?
Henry I

Round 7
1a What is the main currency unit of Israel?
Shekel
1b What is the main currency unit of the United Arab Emirates?
Dirham
2a In which city is the HQ of the Food and Agriculture Organisation?
Rome
2b In which city is the HQ of UNESCO?
Paris
3a The French overseas territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands is in which ocean?
Pacific
3b The French overseas territory of St Pierre and Miquelon is in which ocean?
Atlantic
4a Tucuman, Chubut and Formosa are 3 of the 23 provinces of which country?
Argentina
4b Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Perak are 3 of the 13 states of which country?
Malaysia

Round 8
1a What Latin name is given to the order of insects which includes true flies, gnats and mosquitos?
Diptera
1b What Latin name is given to the order of insects which includes bees, wasps and sawflies?
Hymenoptera
2a Which geological period is named after an area of Russia near the Ural mountains?
Permian
2b Which geological period is named after a mountainous legion on the French/Swiss border?
Jurassic
3a The 1989 Magellan mission mapped 98% of which planet’s surface?
Venus
3b The 1997 Cassini-Huygens mission sent a probe to land on which moon?
Titan
4a In which country were fossils of Neanderthal man first discovered in the 19th century?
Germany (near Dusseldorf)
4b What genus name, meaning “Southern Ape” was given to fossils first found in South Africa in 1924?
Australopithecus

Spare Questions
1 The Blueshirts who fought for Franco in the Spanish Civil War were from which country?
Ireland or Irish Free State
2 Who is the present World Chess Champion?
Magnus Carlson
3 From which wine region of France produces Cornas and Hermitage wines?
(Northern) Rhone
4 Name either Northern Irishman who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998.
John Hume, David Trimble