ROUND ONE
1a What is the main ingredient of hummus?
CHICK PEAS
1b Who composed "Coronation Ode" for the 1902 coronation of Edward the Seventh?
(Edward) ELGAR
2a In what decade was the Factory Act that included that no children under ten to be employed and compulsory education for under ten year olds?
1870s (1878)
2b Milan is the capital of which Italian region?
LOMBARDY
3a Who, in 1961, were the first winners of the English Football League Cup?
ASTON VILLA
3b Give a year in the life of English scientist Joseph Priestley.
1733 -1804
4a The novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Ernest Hemingway takes its title the works of which English poet?
from (John) DONNE
4b In UK Imperial measurement how many fluid ounces make one pint?
TWENTY

ROUND TWO
1a Who composed "Crown Imperial" for the 1937 coronation of George the Sixth?
(William) WALTON
1b What is the main ingredient of guacamole?
AVOCADO
2a Bologna is the capital of which Italian region?
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
2b In what decade were the Corn Laws repealed?
1840s (1846)
3a Give a year in the life of Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus?
1707 -1778
3b Who were the first team to win the English Football League Cup in successive years, doing so in 1977 and 1978?
NOTTINGHAM FOREST
4a In Troy weight how many grains make pennyweight?
TWENTY FOUR
4b The play "Blithe Spirit" by Noel Coward takes its title from the works of which English poet?
(Percy) SHELLEY

ROUND THREE
1a Who, in 1991, became the first Briton to go into space?
(Helen) SHARMAN
1b In IT what does the first P stand for in the encryption program PGP?
PRETTY good privacy
2a Who played DSI Stella Gibson in BBC's "The Fall"?
(Gillian) ANDERSON
2b What creature appears on the flags of Warwickshire, California and Berlin?
BEAR
3a On what date is Trafalgar Day celebrated?
21st OCTOBER
3b In what country is Europe's highest peak, Mount Elbrus?
RUSSIA
4a Elizabeth Sidall was muse, model and eventually wife of which English artist?
(Dante Gabriel) ROSSETTI
4b In which modern country was the 1800 Battle of Marengo fought?
ITALY

ROUND FOUR
1a In IT what does the P stand for in the abbreviation VPN?
Virtual PRIVATE Network
1b What was the name of the Space Station on which Helen Sharman spent 8 days in space in 1991?
MIR
2a What creature appears on the flags of American Samoa, Mexico and Egypt?
EAGLE
2b Who plays Queen Victoria in ITV's 2016 series "Victoria"?
(Jenna) COLEMAN
3a In which country is South America's highest peak Mount Aconcagua?
ARGENTINA
3b In the USA what is celebrated on the second Monday of October?
COLUMBUS DAY
4a In what modern country did the 1805 Battle of Austerlitz take place?
CZECH REPUPLIC
4b Jane Avril was a dancer, model and muse for which French painter?
TOULOUSE-LAUTREC

ROUND FIVE
1a In the Looney Tunes cartoons who was the arch enemy of Bugs Bunny?
ELMER (J) FUDD
1b What gift is traditionally associated with a 20th wedding anniversary?
CHINA/PORCELAIN
2a EOKA was a movement to end British rule in which country?
CYPRUS
2b In February 2016, Mark Rylance won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for which film? BRIDGE OF SPIES
3a Which southern English town has a railway station called Priory?
DOVER
3b Who was Home secretary between 1967-1970 and Foreign Secretary between 1974-1976?
(James) CALLAGHAN
4a From what language do we get the English words balcony and bandit?
ITALIAN
4b On which racecourse is the Kentucky Derby run?
CHURCHILL DOWNS

ROUND SIX
1a What gift is traditionally associated with a 30th wedding anniversary?
PEARL
1b In the Walter Lantz cartoons Knothead and Splinter are the nephew and niece of which character?
WOODY WOODPECKER
2a In February 2016, Alicia Vikander won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for which film?
THE DANISH GIRL
2b The Mau Mau movement to end British rule was in which country?
KENYA
3a Which future PM was Foreign Secretary between 1830-1834,1835-1841 and 1846-1851?
LORD PALMERSTON (H J Temple)
3b Which northern English city has a railway station called Citadel?
CARLISLE
4a The Rowley Mile Course is to be found on which English racecourse?
NEWMARKET
4b From what language do we get the English words landscape and coleslaw?
DUTCH

ROUND SEVEN
1a Of which Shakespeare play is "If music be the food of love, play on;" the opening line?
TWELFTH NIGHT
1b Which British singer reached number 4 in the UK charts in 2015 with her song 'Love Me Like You Do'?
ELLIE GOULDING
2a Which element, number 71, on the periodic table, has its name derived from the Latin name for Paris?
LUTETIUM
2b What is the English dialect word for the green woodpecker?
YAFFLE
3a Perniosis is the medical name for what complaint?
CHILBLAINS
3b Who designed the new Routemaster bus, the 2012 Olympic Cauldron and the British Pavilion at Expo 2010?
(Thomas) HEATHERWICK
4a Which single word describes the button, the introduction of which has been the subject of much speculation by the developers and users of Facebook in recent years?
DISLIKE
4b In Greek myth what shape did Zeus assume when he visited Europa?
(White) BULL

ROUND EIGHT
1a Which Irish singer reached number 2 in the UK charts in 2015 with his song 'Take Me To Church'?
DISLIKE
1b Of which Shakespeare play is "I thought the king had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall", spoken by the Earl of Kent the opening line?
KING LEAR
2a The Scottish name merl is another name for what bird ?
BLACKBIRD
2b Which element, number 72 on the periodic table, has its name derived from the Latin for Copenhagen?
HAFNIUM
3a Who designed Waterloo International Railway Station, Cutty Sark Conservation Project and the Eden Project?
(Nicholas) GRIMSHAW
3b Hallux Valgus is the medical name for which complaint?
BUNION
4a In Greek myth what shape did Zeus assume when he visited Danae?
SHOWER OF GOLD
4b After the Paris attacks in 2015, which hackers' collective declared total war on ISIS?
ANONYMOUS

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 In a website address which European country has the domain code dot sl?
SLOVENIA
2 What name was given to the financial crash of 1720 ?
SOUTH SEA BUBBLE
3 The 2006 film "The Meltdown” is the second film in what franchise ?
ICE AGE
4 What nationality was the first Secretary General of the UN Trygve Lie?
NORWEGIAN
5 The song "Angel of Harlem" by U2 was written as a homage to which singer?
(Billie) HOLIDAY
6 Moorhouse's Brewery is based in which Lancashire town?
BURNLEY