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2016–17 Season: Week 8 – 6 December 2016

Specialist Rounds

Set by the Plough Taverners.

Round 1: History

1 Who was Richard the Lionheart's father? Click to show or hide the answer
2 Which of Henry VIII's wives is buried next to him in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle? Click to show or hide the answer
3 In which year was the Battle of Little Bighorn? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
4 Suleiman the Magnificent was the ruler of which Empire? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
5 The Bevin Boys were conscripted during the Second World War to do what kind of work? Click to show or hide the answer
6 How many children did Queen Victoria have? Click to show or hide the answer
7 Against whom did Rome fight the Punic Wars? Click to show or hide the answer
8 Which politician was assassinated on 21 May 1991 by a female suicide bomber? First name and family name required. Click to show or hide the answer

Supplementaries:

1 Guy Fawkes enlisted in the army of which European country in 1593? Click to show or hide the answer
2 Who was the Iron Chancellor who united Germany? Click to show or hide the answer
3 Who became Prime Minister of Great Britain on 7 December 1916? Click to show or hide the answer
4 Which famous battle was fought at Senlac Hill? Click to show or hide the answer

Round 2: Geography

1 In which country is Cox's Bazar Beach – probably the longest unbroken sandy beach in the world? Click to show or hide the answer
2 Which city is the state capital of Minnesota? Click to show or hide the answer
3 Brazil has had three capital cities. Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro are two; what is the third? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
4 In which English county is most of the Forest of Dean? Click to show or hide the answer
5 What is the most northern capital city in Europe? Click to show or hide the answer
6 Which river rises on Mount Hermon and flows into the Dead Sea? Click to show or hide the answer
7 Which is the highest mountain of the Canary Isles? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
8 What is the name of the industrial city on Honshu island in Japan, which is associated with the manufacture of motor bikes? Click to show or hide the answer

Supplementaries:

1 What is the name of the straits between South East Ireland and South West Wales? Click to show or hide the answer
2 In which country is the Albert Canal? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
3 To which group of islands does Corfu belong? Click to show or hide the answer
4 What is the name of the world's largest sand island north-east of Brisbane? Click to show or hide the answer

Round 3: As Simple as ABC

The answers to each question is a word that begins with three sequential alphabetic characters.

For example:

  To win a victory over Click to show or hide the answer

1 Northern Hemisphere marine fish, valued as a source of caviar Click to show or hide the answer
2 To rob a vehicle by stopping it in transit Click to show or hide the answer
3 The amount by which a sum of money falls short of an expected amount Click to show or hide the answer
4 A professional guide and servant for sportsmen Click to show or hide the answer
5 Country of the South-West Pacific consisting of nine islands Click to show or hide the answer
6 No longer operative, effective or respected Click to show or hide the answer
7 Headgear traditionally worn by Muslim women in the presence of adult males outside of their immediate family Click to show or hide the answer
8 The workroom of an artist or photographer Click to show or hide the answer

Supplementaries:

1 To spoil or mar the surface or appearance Click to show or hide the answer
2 Substantially built Click to show or hide the answer

Round 4: Arts & Entertainment

1 "Life? ... don't talk to me about life." Which character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy said this? Click to show or hide the answer
2 Screened in 1979, what was the first of David Attenborough's blockbuster series with the Natural History Unit? Click to show or hide the answer
3 The Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, on the Sgt Pepper album, was banned by the BBC due to its alleged references to drugs. Which other track on the same album was also banned for the same reason? Click to show or hide the answer
4 In which of the arts was Frederick Ashton a significant British figure in the 20th century? Click to show or hide the answer
5 In which town is Coronation Street set? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
6 What is the cinematic connection between Singapore, Zanzibar, Morocco, Utopia, Rio, Bali and Hong Kong? Click to show or hide the answer
7 The Rostovs are a central family in which famous novel? Click to show or hide the answer
8 Which series of concerts is held in late summer at the Royal Albert Hall? Click to show or hide the answer

Supplementaries:

1 Which dance band leader disappeared during World War II? Click to show or hide the answer
2 A balalaika originates from which country? Click to show or hide the answer

Round 5: Science

1 Whose law may be expressed as V=I x R ? Click to show or hide the answer
2 What is the more scientific name for the God Particle? Click to show or hide the answer
3 Which gas smells like rotten eggs? Click to show or hide the answer
4 What is produced by a Wimshurst Machine? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
5 Betz cells are found in which part of the body? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
6 In biology, what is the process called when water passes from a dilute solution to a less dilute solution through a semipermeable membrane? Click to show or hide the answer
7 In the laboratory, what might be generated in a Kipps Apparatus? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
8 In mathematics, what is the name given to a quantity which has both magnitude and direction? Click to show or hide the answer

Supplementaries:

1 What is the term for a positive electrode? Click to show or hide the answer
2 In electronics, what is the name given to a component which allows current to flow in one direction but not in the reverse direction? Click to show or hide the answer

Round 6: "Americans and British are one people separated by a common language."

1 What do Americans call the silencer of a car? Click to show or hide the answer
2 What is played on a gridiron? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
3 If an American male was using suspenders, what would we say he was using? Click to show or hide the answer
4 What would Americans be doing if they were "Shooting the breeze"? Click to show or hide the answer
5 What do the British call a buzz saw? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
6 What do teamsters do for a living? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
7 What is played on a ballpark? Click to show or hide the answer
8 Who would use a nightstick? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer

Supplementaries:

1 What might you be doing if you were in the bleachers? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
2 Jelly Roll Morton was an influential jazz pianist, but what do we call a Jelly Roll? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer

Round 7: Assassins

All the questions and/or answers in this round are related to assassins / assassinations.

1 Who was assassinated on The Ides of March? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
2 In the novel "The Day of the Jackal" who is the target of The Jackal's assassination attempt? Click to show or hide the answer
3 How old was John Lennon when he was shot dead in December 1980? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
4 What was used to assassinate Leon Trotsky in August 1940? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
5 Who was assassinated on January 30th 1948 by Nathuram Godse? First name and family name required. Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
6 In which decade was Abraham Lincoln assassinated? Click to show or hide the answer
7 Edward Oxford attempted to assassinate which monarch in June 1840? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
8 Which US President survived 2 assassination attempts within 3 weeks of each other in September 1975? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer

Supplementaries:

1 Who shot Ronald Reagan on March 30th, 1981? Click to show or hide the answer
2 Assassing was a 1984 single for which rock band ? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer

Round 8: Sport

1 Rugby Union: On 5th November 2016, Ireland beat New Zealand for the first time ever. In which country did the match take place? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
2 In October 2016 Freddy Tylicki was left paralysed after an accident in which sport? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
3 According to the official rules of Badminton, how many feathers are used to make the cone of a Shuttlecock? Click to show or hide the answer
4 Which sportsman has recently published a crime novel inspired by his early life entitled "Framed"? Click to show or hide the answer
5 Cricket: Name any of the three current First Class counties that have never won the County Championship Click to show or hide the answer
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6 Blue, White, Yellow, and Double Yellow balls (differentiated by small coloured dots) may be used in which sport? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
7 Golf: Name either Gold Medal winner (men's or women's) at the Rio Olympics? Click for more information Men Click to show or hide the answer
Women Click to show or hide the answer
8 Formula 1: Name any of the countries that hosted the first 3 races in the 2016 calendar. Click to show or hide the answer
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Supplementaries:

1 Which baseball team has recently won the World Series for the first time since 1908? Click to show or hide the answer
2 Which city hosted the 1996 Summer Olympics? Click to show or hide the answer

General Knowledge

Set by the Harrington 'B'.

1Which English comedy actor has had great success with his own American chat show and also provides the voice of "Biggie" in the latest Dreamworks film Trolls? Click to show or hide the answer
2Which British paralympian won Gold Medals in both athletics and cycling in Rio? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
3What sort of bird is a Kea? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
4In the world of horticulture what are Sungold and Gardeners Delight varieties of? Click to show or hide the answer
5Which is Britain's newest National Park, established in 2009 and becoming fully operational in 2011? Click to show or hide the answer
6After dwindling sales of its normal products and filing for bankruptcy in 2012, which large U.S. company launched its first smartphone the IM5 in 2015? Click to show or hide the answer
7Sam Allardyce resigned from his job as England football manager after being filmed talking to undercover reporters from which newspaper? Click to show or hide the answer
8In which Scottish town does football team Queen of the South play its home games? Click to show or hide the answer
9Which South American country is the only one to have English as its official language? Click to show or hide the answer
10In 1967 Louis Washansky found fame in the world of medicine. Why? Click to show or hide the answer
11How many times has Brazil won the football World Cup? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
12Which large, wealthy country has no cinemas as they've been banned for over 30 years? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
13Which Middle Eastern country has compulsory military service for women? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
14How many funnels did the Titanic have? Click to show or hide the answer
15What are the tiny sacs in the lungs where oxygen is transferred from the bronchioles to the blood vessels (or capillaries) Click to show or hide the answer
16What is the most common non-contagious disease in the world? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
17What is the name of the National Trust Garden at Over Alderley in Cheshire? Click to show or hide the answer
18What is the smallest class of vessel considered to be a warship? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
19Name the actor who played the character Arnold Rimmer in the Red Dwarf TV series. Click to show or hide the answer
20What part of a church is at right angles to the nave? Click to show or hide the answer
21In which American state is Fort Knox? Click to show or hide the answer
22Where is Admiral Lord Nelson Buried? Click to show or hide the answer
23Which car maker produces the Duster model? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
24What is the county town and Administrative centre of Buckinghamshire? Click to show or hide the answer
25In Greek mythology, who was the God of Sleep? Click to show or hide the answer
26Who was Theresa May's final opponent in the elections to succeed David Cameron? Click to show or hide the answer
27Keith Vaz, much in the news in the last 3 months, is the MP for which constituency? Click to show or hide the answer
28In India, what is a Dhoti? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
29What name is used for the colour blue in heraldry? Click to show or hide the answer
30In what film is Holly Golightly the main female character? Click to show or hide the answer
31In which sport did Joe Clark win a Gold Medal in Rio for Team GB? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
32How was Mossack Fonseca in the news 6 month ago? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
33Who currently presents 'The Apprentice: You're Fired'? Click to show or hide the answer
34How do you spell Sapphire, i.e. the gemstone? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
35Which Yorkshire football club is known as the Terriers? Click to show or hide the answer
36 What is England's most northerly town? Click to show or hide the answer
37How do you spell poignant, i.e. deeply moving? Click to show or hide the answer
38Which London football club is known as the Lions? Click to show or hide the answer
39 England were well set to win this year's World T20 cricket competition until Carlos Braithwaite hit 4 sixes off the last over to give West Indies victory. Who was our unfortunate bowler for that last over? Click to show or hide the answer
40 Serendip is the old Persian name for which country? Its present name translates as 'Resplendent Island'? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
41 How is the cockchafer beetle better known? Click to show or hide the answer
42Who is the Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government? Click to show or hide the answer
43Who is the Secretary of State for Work & Pensions? Click to show or hide the answer
44In the American TV series, what does the 'N' in NCIS stand for? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
45Who wrote the Adrian Mole books? Click to show or hide the answer
46What, amongst big cats, is unique about a cheetah's claws? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
47 What is the capital of Barbados? Click to show or hide the answer
48 What is the capital of Mauritius? Click to show or hide the answer
49 We have all heard of ATOL through our holiday bookings. What does the O in ATOL stand for? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
50 In the term Paralympics, what is 'Para' short for? Click to show or hide the answer
51What local position is held by Gareth Tidman? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
52 Which family occupied Errwood Hall prior to its demolition for the construction of Errwood Reservoir? Click to show or hide the answer
53 What is the name of Sir Philip Green's latest superyacht? Click to show or hide the answer
54 In which county is Sports Direct's headquarters and massive warehouse situated? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
55What other sport is played at Wimbledon's All England Club? Click to show or hide the answer
56What is the home ground of Warwickshire County Cricket Club? Click to show or hide the answer
57The River Sheaf flows through which city? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
58 Who scored England's winner (the first for his country) against Slovakia in Sam Allardyce's only game in charge? Click to show or hide the answer
59What local sporting triumph did Ian Stannard achieve in September? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
60 Name the Wallasey MP who was the first to mount a challenge against Jeremy Corbyn in July. Click to show or hide the answer
61Who won Team GB's first gold medal at the Rio Olympics? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
62 According to the UN's World Population Day report in 2014, what is the world's most populated city? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
63 What is the most southerly state in the USA? Click to show or hide the answer
64 Name the keyboard player with 70s prog rock group Genesis. Click to show or hide the answer
65 Who was the lead singer with rock legends AC/DC before Brian Johnson? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
66In motor racing, which F1 circuit made its first appearance on the 2016 calendar? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
67 F1 driver Nico Rosberg and his father Keke have both now been World Champions. Who are the only other father and son to have become champions? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
68 Give a year in the life of composer Johann Sebastian Bach. Click to show or hide the answer
69 Give a year in the life of artist Thomas Gainsborough. Click to show or hide the answer
70 In Africa, what is a 'kudu'? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
71 In music, what are splash, crash and ride types of? Click to show or hide the answer
72 Which country has land borders with Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina? Click to show or hide the answer
73 Which country has land borders with Western Sahara, Algeria, Mali and Senegal? Click to show or hide the answer
74 Which winning act from the X Factor recently released an album called 'Glory Days'? Click to show or hide the answer
75 Who sang this year's Children in Need song? Click to show or hide the answer
76 The only pub in Britain with two Michelin stars is the Hand & Flowers in Marlow, Bucks. Which celebrity chef owns it? Click to show or hide the answer
77 'Britain's Best Restaurant', according to the Good Food Guide, is L'Enclume in Cartmel in the Lake District. Which celebrity chef owns it? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
78 What's the second largest stringed instrument in an orchestra? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
79 Which film won the Best Picture Oscar in 2015? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
80 What type of pastry is used for profiteroles? Click to show or hide the answer
81 What name is given to an omelette that contains smoked haddock, parmesan cheese and cream? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
82 Name the Hollywood music composer, responsible for the Titanic and Avatar scores, who was tragically killed in an air crash in 2015? Click to show or hide the answer
83 Where in the human body is the only bone that doesn't articulate with another bone? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
84 In South Africa, what does the term 'Braai' (pronounced 'bry') refer to? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
85 Which supermarket's 2016 Christmas commercials feature a carrot called Kevin? Click to show or hide the answer
86 In which gland of the human body is the hormone cortisol produced? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
87 In November, the first named storm of the 2016/17 season hit the South coast of the UK. What was it called? Click to show or hide the answer
88 Which author wrote the novel 'Cannery Row'? Click to show or hide the answer
89 Which book by DH Lawrence was named after a meteorological phenomenon? Click to show or hide the answer
90Who was the last British king born outside of the UK? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
91Which old name for Britain derives from the Latin word for white? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
92Ben Miller and Ruth Jones star in commercials for which retailer? Click to show or hide the answer
93Which is Britain's largest cathedral? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
94How many hearts has an octopus? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
95 Which is the hottest planet in the solar system? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
96Which car manufacturer produces the F-Pace model? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer

Supplementaries:

1Which is the only rock to float in water? Click to show or hide the answer
2What has the chemical formula H2O2? Click to show or hide the answer
3Which Canadian territory forms most of the border with Alaska? Click to show or hide the answer
4What was scientist Friedrich Miescher the first to identify in 1869? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
6Which train did Casey Jones drive? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
7On an Indian menu, what does a dish whose name includes 'Sag' contain? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
8Who, in November, was re–elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives in the US? Click to show or hide the answer
9For which club side does England Rugby Union Captain Dylan Hartley play? Click to show or hide the answer
10For which king was Brighton Pavilion built? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer

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