Round One
1A Who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for Profiles of Courage?
John F Kennedy
1B Which Australian city will host the 2018 Commonwealth Games?
Gold Coast
2A Who designed the Grand theatre in Blackpool and the London Palladium amongst others?
Frank Matcham
2B The top-level domain suffix of which country is .at?
Austria
3A Give a year in the life of Thomas Gainsborough.
1727-1788
3B Which chocolate company produces Nutella spread?
Ferraro (Group)
4A Which Football League dub play home games at Oakwell Stadium?
Barnsley FC
4B In Christian tradition, which class of angels are highest in the hierarchy?
Seraphim

Round Two
1A Which country will host the Rugby World Cup in 2019?
Japan
1B From which musical, filmed in 1958, does the song The Night They Invented Champagne come?
Gigi
2A Olga, Masha and Irina are the title characters of which play?
The Three Sisters
2B Which band hold the record for Grammy wins by a rock act, with 22?
U2
3A Who won a Golden Globe in 2015 for her role as Anna Bates in Downton Abbey?
Joanne Froggatt
3B Give a year in the life of John Constable.
1776-1837
4A What is the derived SI unit of inductance?
Henry
4B Which Football League club play home games at The Den?
Millwall FC

Round Three
1A Which 2009 film was the first to be nominated as both Best Animated Feature and Best Picture? Up
1B Which politician wrote the novels Coningsby and Sybil?
Benjamin Disraeli
2A Which British artist won four Grammys at the 2015 ceremony?
Sam Smith
2B Who designed Manchester Town Hall and the Natural History Museum in London?
Alfred Waterhouse
3A Which cereal company produces Alpen muesli?
Weetabix (Food Company)
3B Which series of books for children by Jeff Kinney feature the character Greg Heffley?
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
4A In 2015 the US government changed the official name of Mount McKinley to what?
Denali
4B What is the derived SI unit of electric conductance?
Siemens

Round Four
1A From which musical, filmed in 1953, does the song Brush Up Your Shakespeare come?
Kiss Me Kate
1B Who became the first person to win Oscars as Producer, Director and Screenwriter for the same film of 1960? Billy Wilder
2A The top-level domain suffix of which country is .hr?
Croatia
2B Dmitri, Ivan and Alexei are the title characters of which novel?
The Brothers Karamazov
3A Which series of novels for children by Caroline Lawrence feature the lead character Flavia Gemina?The Roman Mysteries
3B Who was nominated for a BAFTA in 2012 for her role as Chummy Noakes in Call the Midwife?
Miranda Hart
4A According to Islamic tradition, who revealed the Qur’an to Muhammad?
Angel Gabriel (accept Jibril)
4B Kibo and Shira are two of the volcanic cones of which mountain?
Kilimanjaro

Round Five
1A Of which constellation is Antares the brightest star?
Scorpio
1B Three areas of the Met Office shipping forecast are named after English rivers. Name one. Tyne, Humber or Thames
2A Which politician, who died in 2015, was MP for East Surrey and served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary?
Geoffrey Howe
2B In which county is Blarney Castle, home of the famous stone?
Cork
3A In the Bible, in which book is the story of St Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus?
Acts of the Apostles
3B Which country's flag is the reverse of the flags of Monaco and Indonesia?
Poland
4A Who is the chef-owner of the two Michelin-starred The Hand and Flowers in Marlow, Buckinghamshire?
Tom Kenridge
4B Which Stoic philosopher and writer was tutor to the emperor Nero?
(Lucius Annaeus) Seneca

Round Six
1A What is the family name of the Dukes of Devonshire?
Cavendish
1B Which Egyptian god was credited with tire invention of writing and medicine, and was represented as having the head of an ibis?
Thoth
2A In January 2016, which England cricketer beat Ian Botham’s record for the fastest double century, scoring 200 off 163 balls during the second Test in South Africa?
Ben Stokes
2B Which French stew or casserole is named after the earthenware pot with slanted sides it is traditionally cooked in?
Cassoulet
3A Give either of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge's middle names.
Elizabeth or Diana
3B In the Bible, in which book is the story of David and Goliath?
1 Samuel
4A Which Roman poet was exiled to Tomis by the emperor Augustus?
Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
4B Who became Prime Minister of Canada in 2015?
Justin Trudeau

Round Seven
1A Which god of Norse myth was killed by a dart of mistletoe thrown by Hodr, under the guidance of Loki?
Baldur
1B What is the family name of the Dukes of Norfolk?
(Fitzalan-) Howard
2A Which north African stew is named after the lidded earthenware pot it is cooked in?
Taglne
2B In November 2015, which nation were runners-up in the Davis Cup Final?
Belgium
3A Which African country's flag is the same as that of Romania?
Chad
3B Australorp, Plymouth Rock, Sussex and Dorking are breeds of which creature?
Chicken
4A What name is shared by a battle of the Wars of the Roses (1461) and a motorway service station?
Ferrybridge
4B Who is the executive Chef at the two Michelin-starred Gidleigh Park in Changford, Devon? Michael Caines

Round Eight
1A Which Met Office shipping forecast area is named after a person?
Fitzroy
1B Of which constellation is Spica the brightest star?
Virgo
2A In which county is the Giant's Causeway?
Antrim
2B Which politician, who died in 2015, was MP for Richmond and served as Home Secretary and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry?
Leon Brittan
3A Cotswold, Friesland, Texel and Hebridean are breeds of which creature?
Sheep
3B Give the first name of either of the daughters of Peter and Autumn Phillips.
Savannah or Isia
4A Who became Prime Minister of Australia in 2015?
Malcolm Turnbull
4B What name is shared by a battle of the Monmouth Rebellion (1685) and a motorway service station?
Sedgemoor

Spare Questions
1 Which Jamaican author won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for A Brief History of Seven Killings?
Marlon James
2 Which word connected with social media comes from the Japanese meaning "letter or character picture"?
Emoji (not emoticon)
3 Who directed the Oscar-nominated 2014 film The Grand Budapest Hotel?
Wes Anderson
4 Which was the first planet to be discovered by telescope (1781)?
Uranus
5 How many men have held the office of US President?
43
6 What is the base spirit of a mint julep?
Bourbon