Round 1
1a What is the Hindu "Festival of Lights" called?
Diwali
1b With berries and flowers that are useful to the winemaker, which British tree has the botanical name sorbus nigra?
Elder
2a In Hamlet what is the name of Hamlet's stepfather and uncle?
Claudius
2b Who was the wife of the Celtic king, Pratsugatus?
Boadlcea or Boudicca
3a Medoc, Saint Emilion and Sauternes are areas in which French wine growing region?
Bordeaux
3b "Lady with an Ermine" and the two versions of "Virgin on the Rocks" are paintings by which artist?
Leonardo da Vinci
4a In which American city is the "Wizards" basketball team based?
Washington DC
4b Which alloy of zinc with a small proportion of copper, a cheap alternative for gold in clock-making and jewellery? It is named after the 18th century jeweller who developed it.
Pinchbeck (from Christopher Pinchbeck

Round 2
1a Which British wild flower, with the Latin name Dipsacus Fullonum, was once used in the cloth-making industry?
Common Teasel
1b The song "Send in the Clowns" comes from which Stephen Sondheim musical?
A Little Night Music
2a Who was the wife of the British Monarch, William IV?
Adelaide (of Saxe-Meiningen)
2b Sfax is the second largest city of which African country?
Tunisia
3a Which Dutch artist painted more than 90 self-portraits from the 1620's to 1669 the year of his death?
Rembrandt
3b Many professional darts players are known for using "walk-on music" at the start of a match. Which PDC player used the song “Eye of The Tiger" by Survivor?
Raymond Van Barneveld
4a The patriotic-sounding Britannia-metal, developed as a cheap substitute for silver, is an alloy of antimony with which other metal?
Tin
4b Which mining-town in Northumberland gives its name to which a British breed of terrier?
Bedlington

Round 3
1a "Bewitched, bothered and bewildered" and "The lady is a tramp" are songs from which Rogers and Hart musical of 1957?
Pal Joey
1b The corpse of Glyndwr Michael was used in which Allied Operation of World War 2?
Operation Mincemeat
2a Which African capital city means "New Flower" in its native language?
Addis Ababa
2b Andy Clarke is the chief executive of which retail chain?
Asda
3a Many professional darts players are known for using "walk-on music" at the start of a match. Which player used the song "Rabbit" by Chas ‘n’ Dave?
Eric Bristow
3b The SI unit of time, a second, is based upon the ground state transition of an atom of which element?
Caesium
4a Which breed of terrier takes its name from a Scottish island?
Skye Terrier
4b Who is the female protagonist of the Verdi opera "La Traviata"?
Violetta

Round 4
1a In the Second World War, which French location was central to Operation Jubilee?
Dieppe
1b Which large bay lies between Canada and Greenland?
Baffin Bay
2a Who is the chief executive of the technology company Apple?
Tim Cook
2b In the children's TV series, "The Herbs", who was the wife of Sir Basil?
Lady Rosemary
3a The atomic number of an element is derived from the number of which sub-atomic particle in the nucleus?
Proton
3b In 2016 Portia Simpson Miller is the Prime Minister of which Caribbean country?
Jamaica
4a Hanna Glawari is the title character of which operetta, first performed in 1905?
The Merry Widow
4b Give either Christian name of the writer H.E. Bates, creator of the Larkin family in "The Darling Buds of May"?
Herbert or Ernest

Round 5
1a The 2015 season for which British vegetable ran officially from April 23rd to June 21st?
Asparagus
1b Which 12,275 square mile lake is the largest to lie entirely in Canada?
Great Bear Lake
2a What prefix is used in the SI system of measurement to denote a number to the power of 10 to the 12?
Tera
2b Destiny, Harmony, Melody, Rhapsody and Symphony were the names of Spectrum's five "Angel" pilots in which children's animated TV series?
Captain Scarlett and the Mysterons
3a Which guitarist formed Rainbow after leaving Deep Purple for the first time?
Ritchie Blackmore
3b Who became president of Argentina in 2007?
Christina Kirchner
4a Of which London Underground line are Elephant & Castle and Harrow & Wealdstone the southern and northern termini?
The Bakerloo Line
4b For what does the J stand for in the name of the writer JK Rowling?
Joanne

Round 6
1a What was the name of the theme tune to the "Monty Python's Flying Circus" TV series?
The Liberty Bell March
1b Rock and Marsh are the two types of which bright green sea vegetable with a salty taste?
Samphire
2a Which saint is believed to have written the Biblical book, "The Acts of the Apostles"?
Saint Luke
2b What prefix is used in the SI system of measurements to denote a number to the power of 10 to the minus 12?
Pico
3a Who was Poet Laureate from 1968 to 1972?
Cecil Day Lewis
3b Saul Hudson who uses the stage name "Slash" was the guitarist with which rock band until the mid-nineties?
Guns and Roses
4a Who won the Best director Oscar award in 2005 for the film "Brokeback Mountain"?
Ang Lee
4b High Barnet and Morden are northern and southern termini on which line of the London Underground?
Northern Line

Round 7
1a What was the nickname given to the World Heavyweight boxing champion James Braddock?
The Cinderella Man
1b What is the name of the song by Fever Ray that is the theme to the TV series "Vikings" that premiered on the History Channel?
If I Had a Heart
2a In Roman mythology, Diana is the goddess of what?
The Hunt (accept Fertility)
2b According to the Acts of the Apostles, in the Bible, which saint accompanied St Paul on his missionary journey to Antioch, where the term "Christian" was first used?
Saint Barnabas
3a The 1989 revolution in Czechoslovakia is known by what name?
Velvet Revolution
3b Which Irish poet and dramatist was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923?
William Butler Yeats
4a Who did Corporal Jones marry in the last episode of Dad's Army?
Mrs Mildred Fox
4b Who won the Best director Oscar award in 2001 for the film "A Beautiful Mind"?
Ron Howard

Round 8
1a In Islam, what is the haji?
The pilgrimage to Mecca
1b In which city did Tyson Fury defeat Wladimir Klitschko to win the World Heavyweight Boxing championship?
Dusseldorf
2a Which character brings about the downfall of Othello in the Shakespeare play of that name?
lago
2b Who was the Roman Goddess of wisdom?
Minerva
3a Which fortified wine has varieties known as "Sercial" and Verdelho"?
Madeira
3b What name was given to the 1974 revolution in Portugal?
Carnation
4a Kobe Bryant retired at the end of the 2015-16 season after 20 years of playing basketball for which team?
LA Lakers
4b Played by Jane Horrocks, what was the name of Edwina's simple minded PA in "Absolutely Fabulous"?
Bubble

Spare Questions
1 What is the nickname of the premiership football team, Bournemouth FC?
The Cherries
2 In Norse mythology, Loki is the God of what?
Fire or Mischief
3 "Smith of Wootton Major", "Farmer Giles of Ham" and "Leaf by Niggle" are short published works by which major 20th-century writer?
J.R.R. Tolkien
4 "Common Sense", "The Rights of Man", and "The Age of Reason" are works by which 18th century radical thinker?
Thomas Paine
5 Male is the capital of which island group, whose highest point is 2.4 metres above sea level?
Maldives