2017–18 Season: Week 13 – 13 February 2018
Specialist Rounds
Round 1: Valentines
All answers in this round contain a word with a link to Valentine's Day.
1 |
Both names required. What was the name of the Regency dandy and friend of the future George IV who is credited with introducing
the modern men's suit? |
|
Beau Brummel |
2 |
What was the name of the character played by Kenny Everett, a blonde American B–movie actress with pneumatic breasts whose raunchy
scenes were always done 'in the best possss–ible taste'? |
|
Cupid Stunt |
3 |
The Starchild, The Demon, The Spaceman and the Catman were the alter–egos of the members of which American rock band? |
|
Kiss |
4 |
What was the name of the 2004 biblical drama directed by Mel Gibson depicting the final twelve hours of Jesus' life? |
|
The Passion of the Christ |
5 |
Which Scottish football club are sometimes known as the 'Jambos'? |
|
Heart of Midlothian or Hearts |
6 |
What was the name of the sitcom, first seen in 1981 and starring real–life husband–and–wife Michael Williams and Judi Dench, which
took its name from a song in a 1936 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film? |
|
A Fine Romance |
7 |
Paul O'Grady hosts the revived version of which TV show? Melanie Sykes provides the voiceover role which was held by Graham Skidmore in the original run. |
|
Blind Date |
8 |
What is the name of the lead singer of The Killers? |
|
Brandon
Flowers |
Supplementaries:
1 |
What is the first name of David and Victoria Beckham's second–born son? |
|
Romeo |
2 |
What is the name of the Joanne Harris novel, set in a French village, which was turned into a film with Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp in 2000? |
|
Chocolat |
Round 2: Manchester - a City United
1 |
What is the name of the hotel owned by former Manchester United footballers including Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville that stands next to Old Trafford? |
|
Hotel Football |
2 |
What was the name of the ill–fated Manchester nightclub and music venue largely financed by record label Factory Records and the band New Order? |
|
The Hacienda |
3 |
If the first two letters stood for University of Manchester, what did the last three letters of the former university UMIST stand for? |
|
Institute of Science and Technology |
4 |
Who is the poet also known as Longfella, whose poem, Mancunians Forever (also known as 'This Is the Place') became famous when he read it at a vigil for the Manchester Arena bomb victims in May 2017? |
|
Tony Walsh |
5 |
One of the worst riots and subsequent rooftop protests to hit the British penal system took place at Strangeways Prison, now HMP Manchester, but in what year? |
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1990 (allow one year leeway
1989–1991) |
6 |
What nickname was given to Manchester in the 19th century, inspired by its status as the international centre of a particular industry? |
|
Cottonopolis |
7 |
What was the name of the radio and television presenter, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist known as Mr Manchester who died in 2007 aged 57? |
|
Tony Wilson |
8 |
Which footballer became Manchester City's all–time record goal scorer when he surpassed Eric Brook's tally of 177 goals in November 2017? |
|
Sergio Aguero |
Supplementaries:
1 |
What is the name of Manchester's symphony orchestra founded in 1858 and currently based at the Bridgewater Hall? |
|
The Hallé |
2 |
Manchester got its first 'Boris–Style' bike hire scheme in June 2017. What is it called? |
|
Mobike |
Round 3: History
1 |
As at 15th January 2018 four US Presidents have been assassinated in office. Abraham Lincoln and John F Kennedy are two. Name either of the other two. |
|
William
McKinley (in 1901) or James Garfield (in 1881) |
2 |
In the Second World War what was the operation code word given to the Anglo American landings in French North Africa in November 1942? |
|
Torch
(also accept Operation Gymnast, its original name) |
3 |
Which foreign monarch was Mary I married to? Name, regnal number and country required. |
|
Phillip II
of Spain. |
4 |
Give a year in the reign of Richard II. |
|
Any year from
1377 to 1399 |
5 |
What name was subsequently given to the telegram sent by Germany's foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico in 1917 which was intercepted by the British and played a major role in persuading the Americans to enter the First World War? |
|
The Zimmerman
Telegram (Zimmerman being the name of the foreign minister. The
telegram contained inducements to the Mexicans to fight the Americans in
the event of the latter declaring war on Germany). |
6 |
Which British archaeologist discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun? |
|
Howard Carter |
7 |
Who was Prime Minister at the time of the UK General Strike? |
|
Stanley
Baldwin |
8 |
In what year was the TUC founded? |
|
1868
(allow 1866 to 1870) |
Supplementaries:
1 |
In the Second World War which general had the nickname 'Old Blood And Guts'? |
|
General Patton. |
2 |
Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837 upon the death of William IV. What blood relation was she to him? |
|
She was his
niece. (He had eight surviving illegitimate children, but none
of them legitimate.) |
Round 4: Geography
1 |
In which capital city could you admire the statues on
Charles Bridge and drink Staropramen beer in Wenceslas Square? |
|
Prague |
2 |
In which US city could you eat seafood at Fisherman's
Wharf and catch a boat trip to Alcatraz Island? |
|
San Francisco |
3 |
If you took the Inca Trail to Cusco and visited the ancient city of Machu Picchu, which country would you be in? |
|
|
Peru |
4 |
In which country could you visit the ancient Khmer temple of Angkor Wat? |
|
Cambodia |
5 |
What is the highest mountain outside of Asia? Found in the Andes, it is the highest point in the Western and
Southern Hemispheres. |
|
Mt Aconcagua |
6 |
Which river flows through South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique and drains into the Indian Ocean? |
|
|
Limpopo |
7 |
The five biggest Canary Islands are Tenerife, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La Palma and Gran Canaria. Can you name one of the next
two largest islands? |
|
|
El Hierro or La Gomera |
8 |
What island country of the Indian Ocean is made up of a chain of 26 atolls and has Malé as its capital? |
|
The Maldives |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which island nation is home to a prison and an airport,
both called Changi? |
|
Singapore |
2 |
In which US city would you find the Gateway Arch? |
|
St Louis |
Round 5: Sport and Games
1 |
Where will the 2022 Winter Olympics be held? It will be the first city to have hosted both Summer and Winter games. |
|
Beijing |
2 |
Which Belgian cyclist, a five times Tour de France winner, was known as the 'Cannibal'? |
|
Eddy Merckx |
3 |
What was the name of the UFC fighter who was beaten by Floyd Mayweather in ten rounds in his first professional boxing match in August 2017? |
|
Conor McGregor |
4 |
Which board game is named after a medieval fortified town in southern France? |
|
Carcassone |
5 |
In darts, which double is known as 'madhouse'? |
|
Double 1 |
6 |
Daryl Strawberry, Hank Aaron, Cy Young and Derek Jeter are all famous names in which sport? |
|
Baseball |
7 |
Which team are the reigning English Premiership rugby union champions? |
|
Exeter (Chiefs) |
8 |
Which Briton reached the semi–finals of the 2018 Australian Open Men's singles? |
|
Kyle Edmund |
Supplementaries:
1 |
What was the name of the man who trained Red Rum to three Grand National victories? |
|
Ginger McCain |
2 |
Which team knocked holders Arsenal out of this season's FA Cup in the third round? |
|
Nottingham Forest |
Round 6: Arts and Entertainment
1 |
Lady Dedlock, John Jarndyce and Esther Summerson all appear in which Charles Dickens novel? |
|
Bleak House |
2 |
Who is the author of the children's books Stick Man,
Room on the Broom and The Gruffalo? |
|
Julia
Donaldson |
3 |
Full name required. As You Were, the second–biggest selling album in the UK in 2017, was the debut solo album by which British singer? |
|
Liam Gallagher |
4 |
Who portrayed Rachel Zane on the TV legal drama Suits for seven series? She has recently announced her retirement from acting. |
|
Meghan Markle |
5 |
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring is a tone poem by which English composer? |
|
Frederick Delius |
6 |
What was the superhero alter–ego of Penry Pooch, a police station janitor? |
|
Hong Kong Phooey |
7 |
In which city will this year's Eurovision Song Contest be held? |
|
Lisbon |
8 |
Released in November 2017, what was the number of the most recent Now That's What I Call Music album? |
|
98 (no leeway) |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Lin–Manuel Miranda is the composer and lyricist of which musical which made its Broadway debut in 2015? |
|
Hamilton |
2 |
Low, Heroes and Lodger make up a trilogy of studio albums by David Bowie which are collectively
known by the name of which European city? |
|
Berlin |
Round 7: Science and Nature
1 |
In which country is the Baikonur cosmodrome from which Tim Peake was launched to the International Space Station in December
2015? |
|
Kazakhstan |
2 |
In which year were the Nobel prizes first awarded? |
|
1901 (accept 1900 or 1902) |
3 |
Rothschilds, Reticulated and Masai are all types of which African mammal? |
|
Giraffe |
4 |
What is Britain's smallest bird of prey? It shares its name with a BBC1 drama which ran from 2008 to 2012. |
|
Merlin |
5 |
Which planet was originally named 'George's Star' by its discoverer William Herschel, in honour of his patron
George III? |
|
Uranus |
6 |
Which element has the chemical symbol W? |
|
Tungsten |
7 |
What 'I' is the name given to variants of a chemical element which differ in neutron number? |
|
Isotope |
8 |
The 'James Webb', due to be launched in 2019, has been described by NASA as the successor to which piece of space
equipment which was launched in 1990? |
|
Hubble Space Telescope |
Supplementaries:
1 |
From 1933 until his death in 1955, Albert Einstein was a resident scholar at which Ivy League university? |
|
|
Princeton |
2 |
How is the plant 'Helianthus' better known? |
|
Sunflower |
Round 8: Strictly Come Quizzing
All the answers contain the surname of someone who has won the main series of Strictly Come Dancing.
1 |
Which footballer was transferred from Stoke City to Arsenal in 1988 as a pair with his central defensive partner Steve Bould?
He went on to make 458 Premier League appearances for the Gunners. |
|
|
Lee Dixon (SCD winner: Alesha Dixon) |
2 |
What name is given to the rooms or offices used by a barrister or a judge? |
|
Chambers (SCD winner: Tom Chambers) |
3 |
Which Bristol–based snooker player is currently ranked number 3 in the world? He was runner up in the 2011 World Championships
and shares his surname with an American president. |
|
Judd Trump (SCD winner: Harry Judd) |
4 |
Who is the lead singer of The Cure? |
|
Robert Smith (SCD winner: Louis Smith) |
5 |
Which novelist wrote The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger? |
|
Tom Clancy (SCD winner: Abby Clancy) |
6 |
Which American singer had international hits with both The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly
With His Song? |
|
Roberta Flack (SCD winner: Caroline Flack) |
7 |
Which coin was withdrawn from circulation in Britain in December 1984? |
|
Halfpenny (SCD winner: Jill Halfpenny) |
8 |
Who plays Phil Mitchell in Eastenders? |
|
Steve McFadden (SCD winner: Joe McFadden) |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which former leader of the provisional IRA died in March 2017? |
|
Martin
McGuinness (SCD winner: Jay McGuiness) |
General Knowledge
1 |
In which year was the world's first teletext service, Ceefax finally shut down? |
|
2012
(accept 2011 & 2013) |
2 |
Andre Geim & Konstantin Novoselov won the Nobel Prize in physics for discovering what substance? |
|
Graphene |
3 |
Jodie Foster won the Oscar for Best Actress in 1992 for her role as which character? |
|
Clarice
Starling (in The Silence of the Lambs) |
4 |
In which European country was the drinks company Schweppes founded? |
|
Switzerland |
5 |
Who currently holds the record for the most runs scored by a batsman in Test cricket? |
|
Sachin
Tendulkar (15,921 runs scored between 1989 & 2013) |
6 |
Rob Ford confessed to smoking crack cocaine in 2013; of which North American City was he mayor at the time? |
|
Toronto |
7 |
What element was named after the mining village in Scotland where it was first found? |
|
Strontium (after the village of Strontian) |
8 |
Who was the author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit? |
|
Jeanette
Winterson |
9 |
Which magazine was launched in 1956, aimed at, (quote) "All those men and women who are interested in scientific discovery"? |
|
New Scientist |
10 |
Mount Sinabung is an active volcano in which country? |
|
Indonesia |
11 |
Which Chinese artist helped design the Beijing Olympic Stadium, later saying he regretted doing so? |
|
Ai Weiwei |
12 |
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, was born in which country? |
|
Columbia (in Aracataca in 1927) |
13 |
The ice bucket challenge was designed to raise money and awareness of which disease in 2014? |
|
Motor Neurone Disease
(accept Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehring's disease) |
14 |
Which Country did Islam Karimov rule as dictator until his death in September 2016? |
|
Uzbekistan |
15 |
Which philosopher introduced the concept of the "categorical imperative"? |
|
Immanuel Kant |
16 |
In what year was the Betamax video recording system introduced? |
|
1975
(accept 1974 or 1976) |
17 |
Ian Frazer Kilmister was the birthname of which singer? |
|
Lemmy (frontman of Hawkwind and Motorhead) |
|
18 |
Who wrote the play Hedda Gabler? |
|
Henrik Ibsen |
19 |
Who won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 2016? |
|
Serena Williams |
20 |
The Fields Medal is awarded to recognise achievement in which academic discipline? |
|
Mathematics |
21 |
What is a pangram? |
|
A sentence using every letter of the alphabet at least once
(e.g. "a quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog") |
22 |
Who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1935 for discovery of the neutron? He was born in Bollington, the son of a cotton worker
and a domestic servant and started his education at Bollington Cross School. |
|
James Chadwick |
23 |
Football: which current female England international and Manchester City midfielder was born in Macclesfield and raised in Rainow? |
|
Isobel (Izzy) Christiansen |
24 |
Who played Nora Batty in The Last of The Summer Wine? |
|
Kathy Staff |
25 |
Who directed and produced the 2017 film, Dunkirk? |
|
Christopher Nolan |
26 |
In mythology which goddess is the Greek equivalent of the Roman goddess Diana? |
|
Artemis |
27 |
Football: who was the first Premier League manager to be dismissed during the current season? |
|
Frank de Boer (of Crystal Palace in September 2017) |
28 |
Whose books include To the Lighthouse and Mrs Dalloway? |
|
Virginia Woolf |
29 |
In which English county is the city of Wells? |
|
Somerset |
30 |
Who played the part of Bilbo Baggins in the three–film series directed by Peter Jackson? |
|
|
Martin Freeman (accept Ian Holm who played
Bilbo in the prologue and epilogue) |
31 |
In the book Animal Farm, who was Napoleon's main rival? |
|
Snowball |
32 |
In 2017, Salvator Mundi set a new record for the highest price paid for a painting. Which painting by Picasso held the
previous record? |
|
|
Women of Algiers (accept Les Femmes d' Alger).
Sold for $179M in 2015. |
33 |
Whose books include The Big Sleep and The High Window? |
|
Raymond Chandler |
34 |
What is the county town of West Sussex? |
|
Chichester |
35 |
Newhaven has ferry links with which French port? |
|
Dieppe |
36 |
Tashkent is the capital of which Asian country? |
|
Uzbekistan |
37 |
St George's is the capital of which Caribbean island? |
|
Grenada |
38 |
TV: Which celebrity won the first ever Strictly Come Dancing competition in 2004? |
|
Natasha Kaplinski (with professional partner Brendan Cole) |
39 |
TV: Who hosts ITV game show Tipping Point? |
|
Ben Shephard |
40 |
Who was the Poet Laureate from 1930 to 1967? |
|
John Masefield |
41 |
Who was British Foreign Secretary at the start of the Second World War in 1939? |
|
Lord Halifax |
42 |
During the 2017 General Election, who described Jeremy Corbyn as a "mutton–headed old mugwump"? |
|
Boris Johnson |
43 |
In January 2017, Antonio Guterres began his term as United Nations Secretary General. Who did he replace? |
|
Ban Ki–moon |
44 |
In golf, who won his first major with victory at the 2017 US Masters? |
|
Sergio Garcia |
45 |
Who is the current Prime Minister of Australia? |
|
Malcolm Turnbull |
46 |
What is the name for the mesh tube that is used to treat weak or narrow arteries? |
|
Stent |
47 |
What type of bird is a harlequin? |
|
|
Duck |
48 |
Which fictional school was created by cartoonist Ronald Searle? |
|
St. Trinians (also accept St. Custard's which was
featured in his Molesworth books) |
|
49 |
The Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport serves which US city? |
|
Little Rock (Arkansas) |
50 |
The Weetabix cereal company has manufactured which brand of muesli for the UK market since the 1960's? |
|
Alpen |
51 |
How is Rebecca Rolfe, buried in Gravesend, better known? |
|
Pocahontas |
52 |
Malham Tarn in the Yorkshire Dales is said to have inspired which novel by Charles Kingsley? |
|
The Water Babies |
53 |
Who was Poet Laureate between Robert Southey and Alfred Lord Tennyson? |
|
William Wordsworth |
54 |
Which Stanley Kubrick film had the alternative title, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb? |
|
Dr. Strangelove |
55 |
Only five German footballers have won European Footballer of the Year. Franz Beckenbauer and Matthais Sammer are two; can you
name one of the other three? |
|
Gerd Muller, Lothar Matthaus or Karl Heinz
Rumenigge |
56 |
Who was the original host of Channel 4's Fifteen to One, who sadly passed away in September 2017? |
|
William G. Stewart |
57 |
Name one of the two celebrities given the wrong card and who subsequently read out the wrong winners of the Best Picture Oscar
at the 2017 ceremony. |
|
Warren Beatty or Faye Dunaway |
58 |
What is the name of the first female Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, appointed in February 2017? |
|
Cressida Dick |
59 |
Which Asian country has the ringgit as its main unit of currency? |
|
Malaysia |
60 |
Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy, A Bigger Splash and A Bigger Grand Canyon are all works of art by which artist? |
|
David Hockney |
61 |
In which American city was TV series Happy Days set? |
|
Milwaukee |
62 |
Who created the character Tarzan? |
|
Edgar Rice Burroughs |
63 |
Which character was played by Mark Gatiss in the BBC drama
Sherlock? Both names required. |
|
Mycroft Holmes |
64 |
In the taxonomic rankings, which rank comes between Phylum and Order? |
|
Class |
65 |
Four US states begin with the letter W. Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming are three. What is the fourth? |
|
Wisconsin |
66 |
Which children's film is set in the fictional kingdom of Arendelle? |
|
Frozen |
67 |
Terrance and Phillip, a poorly–drawn and puerile Canadian comedy duo, feature in which animated TV show? |
|
South Park |
68 |
What was the name of Bo and Luke Duke's cousin in the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard? |
|
Daisy Duke |
69 |
Only two American states are precisely rectangular. Name either. |
|
|
Colorado or Wyoming |
70 |
How many holes are there in a Connect Four grid? |
|
42 (6 x 7) |
71 |
What is the state capital of Florida? |
|
Tallahassee |
72 |
Love Never Dies was the sequel to which smash hit musical? |
|
The Phantom of the Opera |
73 |
'We Ourselves' is an English translation of the name of which political party? |
|
Sinn Fein |
74 |
In the game of Cluedo, the secret passage from the lounge leads to which room? |
|
Conservatory |
75 |
What was the notorious profession of Anne Bonny and Mary Read? |
|
Pirates |
76 |
Lake Mead is the reservoir above which dam? |
|
Hoover Dam |
77 |
The highest tidal range in the world occurs in the Bay of Fundy. In which country is it? |
|
Canada |
78 |
What is an otter's den called? |
|
Holt |
79 |
Which Hartlepool–born TV personality presents Soccer Saturday on Sky and has in the past presented
Countdown? |
|
Jeff Stelling |
80 |
If Cut–throat Jake is the captain of the Flying Dustman, what ship is his arch–enemy the captain of? |
|
The Black Pig (his arch–enemy being Captain Pugwash) |
81 |
Which song from the film The Wizard of Oz reached number 2 on the UK singles chart in April 2013 following the death of a
particular public figure? |
|
Ding–dong! The Witch is Dead (accept anything that shows clear
knowledge, e.g. Ding Dong OR The Witch is Dead) |
82 |
Incorporating the name of a US city, by what name is a wheelclamp better known in America? |
|
Denver Boot |
83 |
Christian Horner, the team principal of the Red Bull Formula 1 racing team, is married to which pop star? |
|
Geri Halliwell |
84 |
Apart from iron, name any one of the other four elements which are magnetic? |
|
Cobalt or Nickel or Neodymium or
Gadolinum |
|
85 |
The 1970s TV series Crown Court was set in which fictional town? It is also the name of the town in which Billy the
Fish plays football in Viz comic. |
|
Fulchester |
86 |
Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem were the house band on which TV show? |
|
The Muppets |
87 |
What is the most commonly used papal name? |
|
John |
88 |
"9 stone 3 pounds – but post–Christmas" is the start of whose diary? |
|
Bridget Jones |
89 |
Which player holds the record for the longest gap between FA Cup final appearances? He played in goal for Newcastle United in
the 1998 final and then again for Aston Villa in 2015. |
|
Shay Given |
90 |
What was the name of the 1979 Kit Williams book which took the form of a treasure hunt to find a real golden hare buried
somewhere in the UK? |
|
Masquerade |
91 |
Who is the only Shakespeare title character to die before the end of Act 3? |
|
Julius Caesar |
92 |
Which entertainers can be either 'heels' or 'faces'? |
|
Wrestlers |
93 |
Who was Puff the Magic Dragon's human friend? |
|
Little Jackie Paper |
94 |
Apart from the Simpson family themselves, which character has had a speaking role in the most episodes of the Simpsons? First
name only required. |
|
Moe |
95 |
Which is the only American state to contain a royal palace? |
|
Hawaii |
96 |
Equatorial Guinea is the only African nation to have which European language as a national language? |
|
Spanish |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which electrician won the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize? |
|
Lech Walesa |
2 |
The oldest extant alliance is between England which country, dating from 1373? |
|
Portugal |
3 |
Brazzaville sits opposite which other capital city on the Congo River? |
|
|
Kinshasa |
4 |
Adolf Dassler founded Adidas. Which other sportswear manufacturer was founded by his brother Rudolf? |
|
|
Puma |
5 |
Which politician once owned a cat called Harold Wilson? |
|
Jeremy Corbyn |
6 |
The Navarra region of Northern Spain has which city, famous for the Running of the Bulls, as its capital? |
|
|
Pamplona |
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