Round 1
1a Who was Britain’s Prime Minister from December 1905 to April 1908?
SIR HENRY CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN
1b Who was the twin of the goddess Artemis?
APOLLO
2a In the USA what is the state capital of Maine?
AUGUSTA
2b Give a year in the life of the poet John Donne.
1573-1631
3a According to its legal status, the filling for which foodstuff must consist of uncooked beef, swede (turnip), potato, onion and seasoning, and nothing else before it is cooked?
CORNISH PASTY
3b Who did Diana Ross sing with in duet on the song Endless Love?
LIONEL RICHIE
4a Who did Alex Ferguson succeed as Manchester United Football Club manager?
RON ATKINSON
4b In Thunderbirds, Alan, Gordon, Scott and John, were four of the five Tracy brothers. What was the name of the fifth?
VIRGIL

Round 2
1a Ardbeg, Laphroaig and Lagavulin are malt whiskies distilled on which Scottish island?
ISLAY
1b Which group had many number one singles in the 1970s including Coz I Luv You and Mama Weer All Crazee Now?
SLADE
2a Who is the only driver to win the Formula One World Championship in a car that he designed?
JACK BRABHAM
2b Nicola Walker and Sarah Lancashire play step sisters in which BBC TV drama?
LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX
3a What is the collective name for the Lakeland fells Harrison Stickle, Pavey Ark, Loft Crag and Pike o’ Stickle?
LANGDALE PIKES
3b The writer James Joyce is buried in which Swiss city?
ZURICH
4a Who was the last Viceroy of India?
LORD MOUNTBATTEN
4b What did the 13th amendment to the American Constitution abolish?
SLAVERY

Round 3
1a In which Australian state is the city of Wagga Wagga?
NEW SOUTH WALES
1b Which literary group of the 1930s and 1940s included amongst its members J R R Tolkien and C S Lewis?
THE INKLINGS
2a Hatfield, St Aidan’s and Ustinov are colleges at which English university?
DURHAM
2b What colour is mazarine?
BLUE
3a Which city hosted the 1956 Summer Olympic Games?
MELBOURNE
3b Who sings the song Happy from the film Despicable Me 2?
PHARRELL WILLIAMS
4a ‘Fair maids of February’ are another name for which flowers?
SNOWDROPS
4b Which composer died in Vienna in 1828, leaving his 8th symphony in B Minor unfinished?
FRANZ SCHUBERT

Round 4
1a What is the minimum age for a horse to be allowed to race in the Grand National?
SEVEN
1b In the films of Harry Potter which actor plays Severus Snape?
ALAN RICKMAN
2a Which French town is the setting for Van Gogh’s paintings The Night Cafe and The Yellow House?
ARLES
2b Who composed the opera Hansel and Gretel?
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
3a Roxelana (nicknamed Khourrem - The Laughing One) was married to which 16th century ruler?
SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT
3b In the Indian cooking term Dopiaza, Do means double but what ingredient does Piaza refer?
ONION
4a By what name was the city of Chemnitz, Germany known as prior to 1990?
KARL-MARX-STADT
4b Who is the husband of Portia in the play The Merchant of Venice?
BASSANIO

Round 5
1a Van Gogh, Rembrandt and Andre Rieu all have what varieties of flower named after them?
TULIP
1b To whom did Beethoven originally dedicate his 3rd symphony?
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
2a Which city hosted the 1964 Summer Olympic Games?
TOKYO
2b Who sings the title song from the Bond movie Skyfalll?
ADELE
3a What is the deepest of the Lake District’s lakes?
WASTWATER
3b Which Swiss artist (1879-1940) is buried in Schosshalden cemetery in Bern?
PAUL KLEE
4a On which island was Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh born?
CORFU
4b What is the traditional gift for a 13th wedding anniversary?
LACE

Round 6
1a How was Temujin better known?
GENGHIS KHAN
1b The Indian cooking tern Jalffezi means a dish has been prepared in what way?
SAUTEED or FRIED
2a By what name was Jakarta, Indonesia called until its change in 1949?
BATAVIA
2b Who is the wife of Antipholus of Ephesus in the play The Comedy of Errors?
ADRIANA
3a Which is the oldest Scottish University?
ST ANDREWS
3b What colour is the semi-precious stone citrine?
YELLOW
4a In which Canadian province is the city of Calgary?
ALBERTA
4b Complete the title of the book in the Chronicles of Narnia series: Prince ……… : The Return toNarnia?
CASPIAN

Round 7
1a By which nickname is Michael Morris the trainer of the 2016 Grand National winner usually known?
MOUSE
1b Who plays Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films?
MAGGIE SMITH
2a Which river completes the title of Van Gogh’s 1888 painting of Arles at night time - Starry Night over the ………..?
RHONE
2b Who composed the opera Bluebeard’s Castle?
BELA BARTOK
3a Glenlivet, Cragganmore and Glenfiddich are single malt whiskys distilled in the area around which Scottish river?
SPEY (they are Speyside malts)
3b The line up of which pop band with top ten hits in the 1970s included Les McKeown, Eric Faulkner and Stuart ‘Woody’ Wood?
BAY CITY ROLLERS
4a Which British driver won the Monaco Grand Prix five times in the 1960s?
GRAHAM HILL
4b Who co-starred with Derek Jacobi in the ITV comedy Vicious?
IAN MCKELLEN

Round 8
1a Of which US state is Topeka the capital?
KANSAS
1b Give a year in the life of the writer Edgar Allan Poe.
1809-1849
2a Who was Britain’s Prime Minister from June 1929 to June 1935?
RAMSAY MACDONALD
2b Which bird is associated with the goddess Athena?
OWL
3a Which Scot managed Chelsea in the 1960s and Manchester United in the 1970s?
TOMMY DOCHERTY
3b Francis Matthews voiced which Gerry Anderson puppet, real name Paul Metcalfe?
CAPTAIN SCARLET
4a According to its legal status, the filling for which foodstuff must consist of chopped uncured pork?
MELTON MOWBRAY PORK PIE
4b Who did Freddie Mercury sing with in duet on the song Barcelona?
MONTSERRAT CABALLE

Spare Questions
1 Scene of a famous mutiny in 1931, but now known as the ‘Cruise Capital of Scotland’, Invergordon stands on which firth?
CROMARTY
2 The first British Green Party MP, Caroline Lucas, was elected in the 2010 General Election as MP for the constituency of …………Pavilion – complete the name.
BRIGHTON
3 The always helmet-wearing Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo make up which duo, who had a huge number 1 hit in 2013?
DAFT PUNK