2021–2 Season: Week 9 – 15 February 2022

All questions set by the Poachers.

Specialist Rounds

1	Sport	2	History
3	Actors	4	Geography
5	Science	6	Highbrow / Lowbrow
7	Those We Have Lost	8	The Streets of Your Town

Round 1: Sport

1	Football. Who was top scorer at the 1966 World Cup Finals, held in England?
	Eusebio (of Portugal, with 9 goals)
2	Football. Which Spanish side defeated Manchester United in the men's UEFA Europa League Final last season?
	Villareal (after a penalty shoot–out)
3	Cricket. During the men's World Cup competition in 2019, which England player hit 17 sixes against Afghanistan in a game at Old Trafford – a world record for a one day international?
	Eoin Morgan
4	Cricket. The Hundred competition started in England in 2021. Which side – based at The Ageas Bowl, Southampton – won the men's competition? (Two–word answer needed.)
	Southern Brave
5	Which US female figure skater was attacked shortly before the 1994 Winter Olympics, with the aim of injuring her and keeping her out of the US team?
	Nancy Kerrigan (the attack injured her knee but she still went to the Olympics and won a silver medal)
6	By what nickname was Eric Moussambani better known at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney?
	Eric the Eel
7	Golf. Which Spaniard won his first major title at the 2021 US Open?
	Jon Rahm
8	Golf. How old was Phil Mickelson when he became the oldest ever winner of a golf major, in winning the USPGA Championship last May?
	50 (no leeway)

Supplementaries:

1	Rugby Union. Who is England's record try scorer?
	Rory Underwood (49 tries from 85 caps)
2	Who is the only cyclist to have won the Tour de France on five consecutive occasions?
	Miguel Indurain

Round 2: History

1	Which convicted spy escaped from Wormwood Scrubs jail in 1966 and fled to the Soviet Union? He died in Russia, just over a year ago, aged 98.
	George Blake
2	Which D–Day landing beach is missing: Sword, Juno, Gold, Utah and ... ?
	Omaha
3	In which year was the RAC founded?
	1897 (allow 1895 to 1899).
4	Who was the last British monarch to be buried outside the British Isles?
	George I (buried in Hanover)
5	Who was British Foreign Secretary at the outbreak of the Second World War?
	Lord Halifax (accept Edward Wood)
6	In which year was the Battle of Bannockburn?
	1314 (allow 1312 to 1316).
7	The naval Battle of Actium in 31 BC was won by Octavian (later Emperor Augustus). The defeated forces were jointly led by Antony and who else?
	Cleopatra
8	What relation was Kublai Khan to Genghis Khan?
	Grandson

Supplementaries:

1	Which British monarch had lovers including Jennie Churchill and Sarah Bernhardt?
	Edward VII ("Dirty Bertie")
2	During the Second World War, Operation Pedestal was an allied convoy sent to relieve which island?
	Malta

Round 3: Actors

1	Sidney Poitier died in January. He became the first black winner of the Best Actor Oscar, for his part in which 1963 film?
	Lilies of the Field
2	Which actor's first major film role was as Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead in the 1964 classic, Zulu?
	Michael Caine
3	In the epic Spaghetti Western, Clint Eastwood played the Good and Eli Wallach played the Ugly. Who played the Bad?
	Lee Van Cleef
4	Which actor played all nine members of the D'Ascoyne family in the 1949 film Kind Hearts and Coronets?
	Sir Alec Guinness
5	Which actress portrayed Cleopatra in the 1963 film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz?
	Elizabeth Taylor
6	In 1973, who became the youngest winner of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar, for her role in Paper Moon, at only 10 years old?
	Tatum O'Neal
7	As well as being the daughter of a famous Hollywood actor, which actress has also been married to three different actors – Johnny Lee Miller, Billy Bob Thornton and more recently Brad Pitt?
	Angelina Jolie (daughter of Jon Voight)
8	Who starred as Ann Darrow in the original 1933 version of King Kong?
	Fay Wray

Supplementaries:

1	Which actor, a star of From Here to Eternity and The Birdman of Alcatraz among many others, started his entertainment career as a circus acrobat?
	Burt Lancaster
2	The multi–Oscar–winning film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was produced by which actor, star of many films as well as 70s TV show The Streets of San Francisco?
	Michael Douglas

Round 4: Geography

1	Paramaribo is the capital of which South American country?
	Suriname
2	Which Indian city in the Punjab region is home to the Golden Temple, the holiest gurdwara of the Sikh religion?
	Amritsar
3	Following a unanimous vote by the Kazakhstan government in 2019, what was the name of the capital city, Astana, changed to?
	Nur-Sultan
4	The Welsh city of Newport stands at the mouth of which river?
	Usk
5	In which Spanish city could you visit the Guggenheim Museum – designed by Canadian architect Frank Gehry?
	Bilbao
6	Which major Pacific port city stands at the eastern end of the Trans–Siberian Railway?
	Vladivostok
7	Name either of the capital cities that stand on opposite banks of the Congo river.
	Kinshasa (DR Congo) or Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo)
8	Similarly, name either of the capital cities found on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.
	Port Au Prince (Haiti) or Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Supplementaries:

1	Situated at the base of Cape York Peninsula, which Australian city is considered the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef?
	Cairns
2	Which African capital city's name is an anagram of the river it stands on?
	Bangui (capital of Central African Republic, situated on the Ubangi River)

Round 5: Science

1	The achievements of which Danish astronomer (1546-1601) tend to be overshadowed by interest in his artificial nose, once thought to have been made of gold but, after a 2010 exhumation, considered more likely to have been of brass?
	Tycho Brahe
2	What word is defined as the bending of waves around the corner of an object or through an aperture into the region of shadow of that aperture?
	Diffraction
3	Whose exclusion principle states that in an atom, no two electrons can have the same value for all four of their quantum numbers?
	Wolfgang Pauli
4	The Atomic Mass of an atom is calculated by adding together the number of protons and which other subatomic particles ?
	Neutrons
5	What word is given to a mixture of chemical elements where at least one is a metal?
	Alloy
6	Cryptozoology is the study of what?
	Animals not recognized by science (e.g. the Yeti, Loch Ness Monster)
7	Cyclones that occur in the Pacific Ocean are known by what name?
	Typhoons
8	Thrombocytes is an alternative name for which component of blood, that helps it to clot?
	Platelets

Supplementaries:

1	Which animal's stripes are on their skin as well as their fur?
	Tiger
2	What family of birds are known as 'chickadees' in North America?
	Tits

Round 6: Highbrow / Lowbrow

Each question will have two clues to the same answer – one clue will be highbrow and one lowbrow.

For example:

0	What surname connects the author of Ulysses and the drummer in the Smiths?
	Joyce (James and Mike)

1	What word connects: a location mentioned in the first line of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan; and a 1980 number one single for Olivia Newton–John and the Electric Light Orchestra?
	Xanadu ("In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure–dome decree" and the hit of that name)
2	What word connects: a Norfolk seaside town; and the surname of the top goal–scorer in the inaugural season of football's Premier League?
	Sheringham (the town and Teddy Sheringham)
3	What name connects: a US President assassinated in 1881; and the title character in a comic strip created by Jim Davis who lives in the same house as a dog named Odie?
	Garfield (James Garfield and the lasagne–loving cat of that name)
4	What name connects: the stage name of the winner of the first series of Ru Paul's UK drag race; and the first name of an 80–year–old fashion designer, born in Tintwistle in the High Peak?
	Vivienne (The Vivienne and Vivienne Westwood)
5	What name links: the surname of the author of Moll Flanders and Robinson Crusoe; and the surname of a striker who has recently rejoined Sunderland from Rangers, but is best known for two spells at Tottenham?
	Defoe (Daniel and Jermain)
6	What name links: an early 18th Century political and literary club whose members included John Locke and Robert Walpole, and a chocolate bar that can come in 'regular' or 'chunky' form?
	Kit Kat (The Kit Cat Club and um, Kit Kats)
7	What two–word phrase links one of the nicknames of Mary I of England, and a cocktail which is often served with a stick of celery?
	Bloody Mary
8	What surname links a former Prime Minister of Australia, dubbed 'the Lizard of Oz' after he manhandled the Queen during a state visit down under, and an Irish singer whose first solo hit was When You Say Nothing At All?
	Keating (Paul and Ronan)

Supplementaries:

1	What surname connects: an aristocratic family whose seat is Chatsworth House; and a cyclist known as 'the Manx Missile'?
	Cavendish (The Dukes of Devonshire and Mark)
2	What surname connects: the second–longest–serving British prime minister; and an actor whose films include Legends of the Fall and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button?
	Pitt (William the Younger and Brad)

Round 7: Those We Have Lost

A round about celebrities who died in 2021.

1	Which star of The Golden Girls died in December aged 99, just three weeks before what would have been her 100th birthday?
	Betty White
2	Two former England cricket captains died in 2021. One was Ray Illingworth. Who was the other, who captained the side between 1961 and 1964?
	Ted Dexter
3	Which member of Girls Aloud died aged just 39 in September 2021?
	Sarah Harding
4	Les McKeown died in April 2021. He was the singer with which band, who had two No. 1 hits in 1975 with Bye Bye Baby and Give A Little Love?
	Bay City Rollers
5	Which model died in May 2021? He was best known for a 1980s Levi advert in which he undressed in a launderette.
	Nick Kamen
6	Which presenter of Name That Tune died in July 2021? He was also father–in–law to heptathlete Denise Lewis.
	Tom O'Connor
7	Which middleweight boxer died in March 2021? He was best known for his fights with Thomas Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard, and legally changed his name to incorporate his nickname 'Marvellous'.
	Marvin Hagler
8	Meat Loaf died in January 2022, nine months after which man, who wrote the songs on both Bat Out of Hell albums?
	Jim Steinman

Supplementaries:

1	Which actor, who died in September, will be best remembered for playing Boycie in Last of the Summer Wine?
	John Challis
2	Saxophonist Dennis Thomas, who died in August, was a founder member of which group, known for the songs Ladies Night, Joanna and Cherish?
	Kool and the Gang

Round 8: the Streets of Your Town

Each answer contains the name of a street or road in Macclesfield town centre.

1	Natives of which city are known as Mackems?
	Sunderland
2	Although their official nickname is the Pirates, by what other nickname are Bristol Rovers known? It comes from the proximity of their old stadium to an industrial site and the smell given off from it.
	The Gas
3	Which actress was the only female founder of United Artists?
	Mary Pickford
4	Which actor, born in Hayfield, is best known for his role as Captain Mainwaring in Dad's Army?
	Arthur Lowe
5	Which woman gained notoriety in 1982 when she ran topless across the pitch at Twickenham during an England v Australia rugby international?
	Erica Roe
6	Named in reference to a stationery company, who was comedian Russ Abbot's spoof 007 character?
	Basildon Bond
7	Which song from Guns N Roses' Appetite for Destruction album features the lyric "Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty, Oh won't you please take me home"?
	Paradise City
8	Which French city has been known as the country's gastronomic capital since the 19th Century? Bouchons are a type of restaurant found in this city, specialising in the distinctive local cuisine.
	Lyon

Supplementaries:

1	Which area near Holborn is known as London's jewellery quarter? It hit the headlines in 2015 when a heist was perpetrated by six elderly men who stole £14 million.
	Hatton Garden
2	What type of cake, sometimes referred to as an 'icebox cake', consists of bread or sponge filled with a fruit puree or custard? Ladyfingers are often used as the lining. It shares its name with the largest city in North Carolina.
	Charlotte

General Knowledge

1	What was the first album to be released on the Virgin Records label in May 1973?
	Tubular Bells (Mike Oldfield)
2	On New Year's Day 2022, which football team received its 100th red card of the Premier League era – the first team to reach this dubious milestone?
	Arsenal
3	In which year was the Strangeways Prison riot and rooftop protest, which lasted for 25 days in April, making it the longest prison riot in British history?
	1990 (accept 1989 to 1991)
4	In which country would you find the Great Slave Lake?
	Canada
5	Which EFL League Two football club, based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, plays its home games at The New Lawn Stadium?
	Forest Green Rovers
6	What was the name of the fictional paedophile protagonist of Vladimir Nabakov's 1955 novel, Lolita – played in different film versions by both James Mason and Jeremy Irons?
	Humbert Humbert
7	What poisonous plant, having emetic and narcotic properties and possessing a root once thought to resemble the human form, is said to shriek when plucked?
	Mandrake
8	Queen Alexandra's Birdwing, native to Papua New Guinea and with a wingspan of up to 30cm, is the worlds largest example of what?
	Butterfly

9	In Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, what was the name of Gandalf's horse?
	Shadowfax
10	In Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, what was the name of Squire Trelawney's ship – skippered by Captain Smollett?
	Hispaniola
11	Which Welshman became the first World Darts Champion in 1978, beating John Lowe 11-7?
	Leighton Rees
12	In the nursery rhyme, when Lucy Locket lost her pocket, who found it?
	Kitty Fisher
13	Which television producer and presenter also became a bestselling author with his debut novel The Thursday Murder Club?
	Richard Osman
14	"These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr Bucket", is the first line of which classic children's novel?
	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
15	What name is given to the large west African baboon, the adult of which has a brilliantly coloured face and blue buttocks?
	Mandrill
16	In which European country would you find Lake Balaton, the north shore of which is a wine growing region?
	Hungary

17	Which brewery, founded in Fraserburgh, Scotland in 2007, produces among many others, beers such as Nanny State, Elvis Juice and Punk IPA?
	BrewDog
18	Robert Prosinecki is the only player to have scored goals at the FIFA World Cup for two different countries. Can you name either of them?
	Yugoslavia (1990) or Croatia (1998 & 2002)
19	In which year did the notorious Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, in San Francisco Bay, close due to rising operating costs and severe seawater erosion of some of the buildings?
	1963 (accept 62-64)
20	What was the name of the container ship that gained notoriety for blocking the Suez Canal in March 2021?
	Ever Given
21	In November 2019 Prince Andrew was interviewed by the BBC concerning his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and allegations about under age sex. Who conducted the interview, which was widely seen as a disaster for the Prince?
	Emily Maitlis
22	The Channel 5 documentary series Our Yorkshire Farm is set on a remote sheep farm at the head of which Yorkshire dale?
	Swaledale
23	With approximately 1.7 million people, which is the most populous US state capital?
	Phoenix (Arizona)
24	As at the 10th of January, which former Conservative MP is the leader of UKIP?
	Neil Hamilton

25	Who replaced Angela Merkel in December as Chancellor of Germany?
	Olaf Scholz
26	Which Roman God was the equivalent of the Greek God Hephaestus?
	Vulcan (also accept Mulciber)
27	Johnny Depp was married to which actress between 2015 and 2017? The marriage broke up acrimoniously amidst allegations of domestic abuse and wife beating; Depp is currently suing his ex–wife for libel.
	Amber Heard
28	Which city in the southern hemisphere is known as The City of Sails?
	Auckland
29	The Lofoten Islands are part of which country?
	Norway
30	Which 34–mile footpath runs from Frodsham in Cheshire, via Delamere Forest, to Whitchurch in Shropshire?
	The Sandstone Trail
31	In Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, who or what are Ents?
	Beings that closely resemble trees (accept similar)
32	Science. What name is given to the transition of a substance directly from a solid to a gas without going through the liquid state?
	Sublimation

33	How many sides has a tetradecagon?
	14
34	Which line is coloured light blue on the London Underground map?
	The Victoria Line
35	Which Jacobean playwright wrote The Duchess of Malfi and The White Devil?
	John Webster
36	Which actor has played the role of Q in Bond films since Skyfall in 2012?
	Ben Whishaw
37	Louise Fletcher received an Oscar for Best Actress in 1975 for playing which part in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?
	Nurse (Mildred) Ratched
38	António Guterres, a former Prime Minister of Portugal, now holds which international diplomatic position?
	United Nations Secretary General
39	As at the 10th of January, who is the UK Cabinet Minister for Levelling Up?
	Michael Gove
40	Paul McShane was voted Rugby League Superleague's Man of Steel last season. Which team does he play for and captain?
	Castleford Tigers

41	Which competition, usually shown on TV around Christmas, was won in 2017 by Eddie Hall from Newcastle–under–Lyme?
	World's Strongest Man
42	Which 2022 BBC police procedural series stars Martin Freeman as a recently demoted Liverpool police officer?
	The Responder
43	Who was named as Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2021?
	Elon Musk
44	Who became the oldest winner of the Best Actor Oscar last year, aged 83, for his role in The Father?
	Anthony Hopkins
45	The team from which plate glass university, founded in 1965, are the reigning champions of University Challenge?
	Warwick University
46	What breed of dog are (or were) Champ, Major and Commander, Joe Biden's pets in the White House?
	German Shepherd (accept Alsatian)
47	Whose solo albums were I Got Dem Ol' Kosmic Blues Again Mama and Pearl? She died in 1970.
	Janis Joplin
48	In which American state does the Iditarod race take place?
	Alaska (it's a long–distance sled dog race)

49	The auctioneers Tattersalls specialise in selling what?
	Racehorses
50	Forster Square and Interchange are the two main railway stations in which English city?
	Bradford
51	How many spots are there in total on the domino used in the Dominos pizza logo?
	3
52	What is Indiana Jones's real first name?
	Henry
53	Although they have produced manuals for other topics, what do Haynes Manuals primarily focus on?
	Cars
54	Norton Canes is the only service station on which motorway?
	M6 Toll (do not accept or prompt on 'M6')
55	Robin of Loxley is an alternative name for Robin Hood. Although there is a Locksley (with a ck) in Nottinghamshire, he is generally thought to have originated in Loxley (with an x), an area now in which city?
	Sheffield
56	In which Whitechapel pub did Ronnie Kray murder George Cornell?
	The Blind Beggar

57	After Windermere, which is the second largest body of water in The Lake District?
	Ullswater
58	Which is the only team to have been champions of the old First Division but never to have played in the Premier League?
	Preston North End
59	Whose solo albums include Still Crazy After All These Years, Hearts and Bones, and The Rhythm of the Saints?
	Paul Simon
60	Disney operates three theme parks in Asia. Tokyo and Shanghai are two; where is the other?
	Hong Kong
61	Nancy Shevell is the third and current wife of which 79–year–old man?
	Paul McCartney
62	The chalk figure known as the Uffington White Horse can be found in which county?
	Oxfordshire
63	In Norse mythology, what kind of birds are Huginn and Muninn who fly all over the world and report matters of interest back to their master Odin?
	Ravens
64	Dachau concentration camp was situated 10 miles outside which city?
	Munich

65	In dog shows, which dog group is sometimes described as a 'catch–all' – i.e. for all breeds that don't fit into any other category?
	Utility
66	Spraint is the dung of which creature?
	An otter
67	What was Donald Trump's wife Melania's nationality at birth? You may give either the name of the country then or now.
	Slovenian or Yugoslavian
68	The River Bure is the main waterway through which national park? It flows through Wroxham, the main settlement in the park.
	The Norfolk Broads
69	In which country was the retail chain Primark founded?
	Republic of Ireland
70	Which city's metro network has stations called O'Donnell, Republica Argentina, Bilbao and Opera?
	Madrid
71	Jazz musician Vasmin Ahmed has written a musical tribute to Rosa Parks entitled 2857. What's the significance of that title?
	It's the number of the bus on which she refused to give up her seat
72	Name any of the three counties covered by BBC Three Counties Radio.
	Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire or Buckinghamshire

73	Which actress played Pamela Ewing in Dallas?
	Victoria Principal
74	Which movie star appeared as Daniel Reece, a wealthy horse breeder, in the fifth season of the original US run of Dynasty?
	Rock Hudson
75	Which singer recently demanded that his music be removed from Spotify in protest at their promotion of podcaster Joe Rogan's Covid misinformation spreading? Joni Mitchell was among others to follow suit.
	Neil Young
76	In January, which newspaper paid a seven–figure sum for the rights to the hit word game Wordle?
	The New York Times
77	Which 19th century poet is the longest serving Poet Laureate?
	Alfred, Lord Tennyson (from 1850 to 1892)
78	Which Spartan king led the allied Greek forces against the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480BC?
	Leonidas
79	Which former President of the European Central Bank is now the Prime Minister of Italy?
	Mario Draghi
80	Which male star of the Fifty Shades film trilogy is now starring as 'Pa' in the film Belfast (directed by Kenneth Branagh)?
	Jamie Dornan

81	Sharing its name with a major international technology company with its corporate headquarters in Munich, what is the derived SI unit of electrical conductance?
	The siemens
82	As at the 4th of February, who is the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party?
	Jeffrey Donaldson
83	In which Italian city is the oldest university in continuous operation in the world?
	Bologna (founded 1088)
84	Which light opera company, that operated from the 1870s to 1982 and was strongly linked to the Savoy Theatre, was famous for its staging of Gilbert and Sullivan operas?
	The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
85	Who was recently sacked as head coach of the men's England cricket team following the poor performance of the team in the Ashes tests against Australia?
	Chris Silverwood
86	Addison's disease is caused by a lack of hormone production by which glands in the human body?
	Adrenal glands
87	Who is the lead singer of the pop group ABC – most famous for their hits in the 1980s?
	Martin Fry
88	Name either of the co–creators of the TV sitcoms Allo Allo and Are you Being Served.
	David Croft or Jeremy Lloyd

89	The Royal Albert Bridge, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, links Plymouth to Saltash by rail, over which river?
	The Tamar
90	A full house is a hand in poker. How is it comprised?
	It contains three cards of one rank and two cards of another (e.g. three 4s and two 8s)
91	What's missing from this list seen on a current quiz show? Lion, water, horned viper, twisted flax, two reeds, and ... ?
	Eye of Horus (question categories on BBC2's Only Connect)
92	Which French artist's works include The Absinthe Drinker and The Ballet Class?
	Edgar Dégas
93	Assay offices test the purity of precious metals and hallmark those items which conform to the rules. There are four such offices in the UK – based in London, Birmingham, Edinburgh and which other city?
	Sheffield
94	Who was buried in Westminster Abbey on the 11th of November 1920?
	The Unknown Warrior (accept The Unknown Soldier)
95	Cassiterite is the major ore of which metal?
	Tin
96	What was the Rolling Stones' first number one single in the UK?
	It's All Over Now (in 1964)

Supplementaries:

1	Which rapper had a number one hit in 2018 with Old Town Road?
	Lil Nas X
2	Tosca and Turandot are operas by which composer?
	Giacomo Puccini
3	Which 19th Century novelist wrote The Luck of Barry Lyndon, Pendennis and The Virginians?
	William Makepeace Thackeray
4	In which German city is Mercedes headquartered?
	Stuttgart
5	The title of which sitcom was a response to the question "Does it hurt"?
	Only When I Laugh

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