ROUND ONE
1a In which of Dickens’ novels does Inspector Bucket appear?
BLEAK HOUSE
1b For what does the letter D stand in DRS as used in Formula 1 racing?
DRAG (REDUCTION SYSTEM)
2a What is the capital of the US state of Pennsylvania?
HARRISBURG
2b Who played the title role in "Reggie Perrin" a 2009 remake of "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"?
MARTIN CLUNES
3a Created by Harold Wilson in 1964, who became the UK's first Minister for Overseas Development?
BARBARA CASTLE
3b What is an alternative name for the flower antirrhinum?
SNAPDRAGON
4a Tarom is the national airline of which country?
ROMANIA
4b With more than half the total, which cathedral has the most medieval stained glass in England?
YORK (Minster)

ROUND TWO
1a For what does the letter D stand in DRS as used in Cricket?
DECISION (REVIEW SYSTEM)
1b The jester Touchstone appears in which Shakespeare play?
AS YOU LIKE IT
2a Who plays Ross Poldark in the 2015 and 2016 remake of "Poldark"?
AIDAN TURNER
2b What is the capital of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia?
HALIFAX
3a What is an alternative name for the flower digitalis?
FOXGLOVE
3b Created by Harold Wilson in 1964, who became the UK's first Minister of Technology?
FRANK COUSINS
4a The cathedral of which German city has the tallest spire in Europe?
ULM
4b In which city are headquarters of Cathay Pacific Airlines?
HONG KONG

ROUND THREE
1a What shipping area was known, until 1955, as Heligoland?
GERMAN BIGHT
1b Sun Records was founded by Sam Phillips in 1952 in which US city?
MEMPHIS
2a What, in 1618, began with Defenestration of Prague?
THIRTY YEARS WAR
2b In Norse myth what type of animals are Odin's companions Geri and Freki?
WOLVES
3a What shape is something described as odontoid?
TOOTH shaped
3b The President of which country won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Peace?
COLUMBIA
4a Who, in the OT, was the most famous son of Jesse?
(King) DAVID
4b What was the name of the battle cruiser, sunk in May 1941, in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, by the Bismarck?
HMS HOOD

ROUND FOUR
1a Island Records was founded by Chris Blackwell in 1959 in which country?
JAMAICA
1b What sea areas were created, in 1984, from parts of Viking and Forties?
(N & S) UTSIRE
2a In Egyptian myth what type of creature was Apis?
BULL
2b Which treaty, of 1648, ended the Thirty Years War?
WESTPHALIA
3a In 2006, the Nobel Peace Prize was won by the Grameen Bank for social and economic development of the poor in which Asian country?
BANGLADESH
3b What shape is something describes as oculiform?
EYE shaped
4a Who, in the NT, was the Jewish High Priest at the time of the Crucifixion?
CAIAPHAS
4b Which German battleship/battle cruiser was sunk at the Battle of North Cape in December 1943?
SCHARNHORST

ROUND FIVE
1a How was Horace Green Preparatory known in the title of a 2005 Jack Black film?
SCHOOL OF ROCK
1b Which county is home to a herd of Chillingham wild cattle?
Northumberland
2a Which policeman started in 1987 in "Knots and Crosses" and recently reached No. 20 in the 2015 best sellers list with "Even Dogs in the Wild"?
(Inspector John) REBUS
2b Which artist, in 1967, painted "A Bigger Splash"?
(David) HOCKNEY
3a What relation was Claudius to his predecessor Caligula ?
UNCLE
3b What is the national bird of India ?
PEACOCK
4a Who composed the music for the 1867 opera "Hansel and Gretel"?
(Engelbert) HUMPERDINCK
4b Cutis anserina is the medical term for what?
GOOSE PIMPLES/BUMPS

ROUND SIX
1a Where does the annual gypsy and traveller's horse fair take place?
APPLEBY
1b The action of which 1978 film takes place in Rydell High School?
GREASE
2a Which artist, in 1962, painted "Campbell's Soup Cans"?
(Andy) WARHOL
2b Which ex American military policeman started in 1997 in "Killing Floor" and recently reached No. 21 in the 2016 best sellers list with "Night School"?
(Jack) REACHER
3a What is the national bird of Papua New Guinea?
BIRD OF PARADISE
3b What relation was Louis the Fifteenth of France to his predecessor Louis the Fourteenth?
GREAT GRANDSON
4a Herpes labialis is the medical term for which minor condition?
COLD SORE
4b Who composed the music for the 1887 opera "Samson and Delilah"?
(Camille) SAINT-SAEN

ROUND SEVEN
1a On what river does Cork stand?
LEE
1b What is the forename of Flaubert the author of "Madame Bovary"?
GUSTAVE
2a Having been nominated on 3 previous occasions, who in 2016 won the Oscar for Best Actor?
Leonardo Dl CAPRIO
2b In children's publishing, which school was attended by Little Plum and Minnie the Minx, amongst others?
BASH STREET
3a In July 2015 the embassy of which country opened in Washington DC for the first time since 1961?
CUBA
3b Which scientific constant equal to the Planck Constant divided by 2n (two pi) is named after Paul, an English physicist 1902-1984?
DIRAC
4a From what part of the plant do we obtain cinnamon?
(Inner) BARK
4b Which statesman 1585-1642 was known as the Red Eminence?
(Cardinal) RICHELIEU

ROUND EIGHT
1a What is the forename of de Cervantes the author of "Don Quixote"?
MIGUEL
1b On what river does Belfast stand? LAGAN
2a In the Beano comic what was the name of the castle in which Lord Snooty lived?
BUNKERTON
2b Which Swedish born actress, in February 2016, won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress after her first nomination?
(Alicia) VIKANDER
3a Which scientific constant equal to the Gas Constant divided by the Avogadro Constant is named after Ludwig, an Austrian physicist 1844- 1906?
BOLTZMAN
3b In a May 2015 referendum, which EU country voted to legalise same sex marriage?
IRELAND
4a Which composer 1678-1741 was known as the Red Priest?
(Antonio) VIVALDI
4b From what part of the plant do we obtain cloves?
FLOWER BUDS

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 By what name are Llanelli rugby union team now known?
SCARLETS
2 On the London Underground map what line is coloured yellow?
CIRCLE
3 What type of vehicle was a Vincent Black Lightning?
MOTORCYCLE
4 Who did Molly Sugden play in the sitcom "Are You Being Served"?
MRS. SLOCOMBE