2022–3 Season: Week 17 – 11 April 2023

Set by the Chester Road Tavern.

Specialist Rounds

1	Geography	2	Science
3	Zzzzzzzzzzz	4	Sitcoms
5	Arts & Entertainment	6	History
7	Name That Tune	8	Sport

Specialist Questions

Round 1: Geography

1	What's the state capital of Montana?
	Helena
2	Into which body of water does the River Ganges drain?
	Bay of Bengal
3	The Galapagos Islands are a province of which country?
	Ecuador
4	What's the capital of the US State of South Carolina?
	Colombia
5	In which country are the Cantabrian Mountains?
	Spain
6	What's the highest point in the Peak District?
	Kinder Scout
7	Which is the highest mountain outside of Asia?
	Aconcagua (in Argentina)
8	By surface area, what is the largest country in the European Union?
	France

Supplementaries:

1	Which long–distance footpath runs from Kidsgrove to Disley?
	The Gritstone Trail
2	What is the capital city of Saudi Arabia?
	Riyadh

Round 2: Science

1	What is the chemical symbol for potassium?
	K
2	Which element is extracted from the ore called galena?
	Lead
3	By what name is nitrous oxide more commonly known?
	Laughing gas
4	What used to be known as Oil of Vitriol?
	Sulphuric acid
5	Which Scottish mathematician is best remembered for his development of logarithms?
	John Napier
6	Who invented the electric dynamo?
	Michael Faraday
7	Which metal is the main constituent of pewter?
	Tin
8	What planet in the Solar System is closest in size to Earth?
	Venus

Supplementaries:

1	What's the SI unit of electrical capacitance?
	Farad
2	Which chemical element has the symbol 'V'?
	Vanadium

Round 3: Zzzzzzzzzzz

All the answers begin with the letter Z.

1	What is the capital of Croatia?
	Zagreb
2	What is the fourth longest river in Africa?
	Zambezi
3	Which chemical element has the atomic number 40?
	Zirconium
4	American actress, possibly most famous for her portrayal of Bridget Jones.
	Renee Zellweger
5	64–year–old British poet, writer and actor; he appeared in Peaky Blinders.
	Benjamin Zephaniah
6	Athlete who won three gold medals in the 1952 Olympics – 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres and marathon.
	Emil Zatopek
7	Character in the children's show The Magic Roundabout.
	Zebedee
8	Fictional swordsman who has been portrayed on screen by Antonio Banderas.
	Zorro

Supplementaries:

1	What a courgette is known as in the USA.
	Zucchini
2	The grape Primitivo, grown in Italy, is known as what in the USA?
	Zinfandel

Round 4: Sitcoms

You will be given the names of three characters in a sitcom; just name the show.

1	Mark, Jeremy, Sophie.
	Peep Show
2	Erin, Orla, Michelle.
	Derry Girls
3	Rupert, Phillip, Alan.
	Rising Damp
4	Stan, Jack, Olive.
	On the Buses
5	Andy, Lance, Becky.
	Detectorists
6	Will, Simon, Jay.
	The Inbetweeners
7	Malcolm, Oliver, Nicola.
	The Thick of it
8	James, Humphrey, Bernard.
	Yes Minister or Yes Prime Minister

Supplementaries:

1	Foggy, Clegg, Nora.
	Last of the Summer Wine
2	Albert, Harold, Hercules.
	Steptoe and Son

Round 5: Arts & Entertainment

1	Who painted The Laughing Cavalier?
	Frans Hals
2	The musical Miss Saigon is based on which 1904 opera?
	Madame Butterfly
3	Phil and Nige are policemen in which British TV comedy?
	Early Doors
4	What is the name of Peter Kay's female alter ego? (Christian and surname)
	Geraldine McQueen
5	Who plays Lydia Tár, a renowned conductor, in the 2022 film Tár?
	Cate Blanchett
6	Johnny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion are members of which band?
	Coldplay
7	Who wrote Catch–22?
	Joseph Heller
8	Who painted The Persistence of Memory?
	Salvador Dali

Supplementaries:

1	Who plays Willy Wonka in the 2005 remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
	Johnny Depp
2	Lou Reed and John Cale were founding members of which American group?
	The Velvet Underground

Round 6: History

1	Who was the first woman to actually take her seat as an MP?
	Nancy Astor
2	In which sea battle of 1942 did the Americans defeat the Japanese?
	Midway
3	In 1982, which ship was the first to be sunk by a nuclear submarine?
	General Belgrano
4	Which English city was known to the Romans as Eboracum?
	York
5	In which battle did Custer's last stand take place?
	The Battle of the Little Bighorn
6	Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
	John Wilkes Booth
7	What is the name of the cart used to transport victims to the guillotine?
	Tumbril
8	Agincourt was a battle in which war?
	The Hundred Years War

Supplementaries:

1	Fill in the gap: Lincoln, Garfield, ..., Kennedy.
	McKinley (third US President to be assassinated)
2	Which King of England was killed while hunting in the New Forest in 1100?
	William the Second

Round 7: Name That Tune

Simply name the song from the lyrics given.

1	Good times never seemed so good. I've been inclined to believe they never would.
	Sweet Caroline
2	You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
	Hotel California
3	Look at the stars, look how they shine for you.
	Yellow
4	Today is gonna be the day that they're gonna throw it back to you.
	Wonderwall
5	The minute you let her under your skin, then you begin to make it better.
	Hey, Jude
6	Jesus loves you more than you will know, wo, wo, wo.
	Mrs Robinson
7	In that jingle jangle morning, I'll come following you.
	Mr Tambourine Man
8	But February made me shiver, with every paper I'd deliver.
	American Pie

Supplementaries:

1	She studied sculpture at St Martins College.
	Common People
2	You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal.
	YMCA

Round 8: Sport

1	Which is the only non–English team in Rugby League's Super League?
	Catalans Dragons (accept Catalans or Dragons)
2	Christian Horner is the Team Principal of which Formula 1 team?
	Red Bull
3	The St Leger, the last of the English classics, is run at which racecourse?
	Doncaster
4	Who retired last month as captain of the English women's rugby XV?
	Sarah Hunter
5	Nicknamed Bully Boy, who won the latest PDC World Darts Championship?
	Michael Smith
6	Jonas Vingegaard became the first Dane to win which sports event last year?
	Tour de France
7	Who overtook Ronan O'Gara's record of 560 pts in rugby's Six Nations this year?
	Johnny Sexton
8	Whose record of 53 goals for England did Harry Kane beat last month?
	Wayne Rooney

Supplementaries:

1	Who won last year's The Hundred cricket competition?
	Trent Rockets
2	Who did Tyson Fury beat in December 2022 after coming out of retirement?
	Derek Chisora

General Knowledge

1	Who won the Best (Male) Actor award at the 2023 Academy Awards?
	Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
2	Who finished third in the 2023 Men's Rugby Union Six Nations?
	Scotland
3	Who served as MP for Sedgefield, County Durham, from 1983 to 2007?
	Tony Blair
4	Who served as Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden from January 2021 to December 2022?
	Dr. Anthony Fauci
5	The slogan for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign was known by what four–letter acronym? It featured prominently on red baseball caps.
	MAGA (Make America Great Again)
6	Name one of the 3 headliners announced for the 2023 Glastonbury Festival
	Elton John, Guns 'n' Roses, Arctic Monkeys
7	The Masters golf tournament is held in which US state?
	Georgia
8	What is the county town of Somerset?
	Taunton

9	Which band had a 1967 hit with A Whiter Shade of Pale?
	Procol Harum
10	In English or German, what was the code name of the planned Nazi invasion of mainland Britain?
	Operation Sea Lion (Unternehmen Seelöwe)
11	Who succeeded George IV on the British throne?
	William IV
12	What is the second longest river in the UK?
	The Thames
13	Which composer wrote Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus?
	Ralph Vaughan Williams
14	Which film won the best picture award at the 2023 Academy Awards?
	Everything Everywhere All at Once
15	In what book or film series would you find the character Katniss Everdeen?
	The Hunger Games
16	What alcohol is traditionally used to make a Daiquiri?
	Rum

17	How many boroughs are there in New York?
	Five (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island)
18	How many hearts does an octopus have?
	Three
19	Which American rapper released The College Dropout in 2004?
	Kanye West
20	Judi Dench and Ralph Fiennes have both played which character in James Bond films?
	M
21	Who is the current leader of the SNP?
	Humza Yousaf
22	Artist George Stubbs specialised in painting which animals?
	Horses
23	The Minoan civilisation was based on which Mediterranean Island?
	Crete
24	Juneau is the capital of which US state?
	Alaska

25	The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves comes from which Verdi opera?
	Nabucco
26	Tanganyika and which other country united in 1964 to form Tanzania?
	Zanzibar
27	Where in London would you find the Lutine Bell?
	Lloyd's of London
28	Which author created The Saint?
	Leslie Charteris
29	Which English poet wrote A Shropshire Lad?
	A. E. Housman
30	Which is the only French City that stands on the river Rhine?
	Strasbourg
31	Three countries share a land border with Mexico. USA and Belize are two; name the other.
	Guatemala
32	Sterlet, Osetra and Sevruga are all types of what?
	Caviar

33	What gas has the chemical formula NH3?
	Ammonia
34	What's the only animal, apart from humans, to have unique fingerprints?
	Koalas
35	Who killed the snake–haired gorgon, Medusa?
	Perseus
36	Orangutans are currently only found in the rainforests of two islands. Name either of them.
	Borneo and Sumatra
37	Which Italian football club shares its ground with Roma?
	Lazio
38	Who designed the bronze lion statues in Trafalgar Square?
	Edwin Landseer
39	Who wrote the Booker Prize–winning novel The Luminaries?
	Eleanor Catton
40	BEA and which other airline combined in 1974 to form British Airways?
	BOAC

41	What was the name of the clown in Stephen King's It?
	Pennywise
42	Where was the German fleet scuttled in 1919?
	Scapa Flow
43	In TV's Dad's Army, what was Captain Mainwaring's first name?
	George
44	Who composed The Beggar's Opera in 1728?
	Johann Pepusch
45	What would a florin be worth in decimal currency?
	10 pence
46	Who is the all–time leading foreign (non–English) goalscorer in the Premier League?
	Sergio Aguero
47	Which comedian was the second permanent host of Never Mind the Buzzcocks after Mark Lamarr?
	Simon Amstell
48	Who wrote the novels Gone Girl and Sharp Objects?
	Gillian Flynn

49	As at 27 March 2023, who is the Secretary of State for Education?
	Gillian Keegan
50	What year was Heinz established (as in the ketchup)?
	1869 (accept 1864 to 1874)
51	What's the name of the fictional town where the series Stranger Things is set?
	Hawkins
52	Listen very carefully for I shall ask this only once. What's the name of the actress that played Michelle 'of the Résistance' Dubois in 'Allo 'Allo'?
	Kirsten Cooke
53	What is the real name of the pirate commonly known as Blackbeard?
	Edward Teach
54	Which American University (or College) did Bill Gates attend but never graduated?
	Harvard
55	"This is a local shop for local people; we'll have no trouble here" was the catchphrase of Edward, the shopkeeper from which BBC comedy programme?
	The League of Gentlemen
56	Who composed the opera Death in Venice – based on a novella of the same title?
	Benjamin Britten

57	Operation Chastise, a.k.a. the Dambusters raid, was assigned to which newly–formed RAF Squadron?
	No 617 Squadron
58	The letterbox of 10 Downing Street in London has an inscription that reads "First Lord of ..." what?
	The Treasury
59	Which King of England was crowned on Christmas Day?
	William I (accept William the Conqueror)
60	When was the Lego brick invented?
	1958 (accept 1956 to 1960)
61	Dermatophobia is the irrational fear of what?
	Skin disease
62	Who collaborated with Karl Marx to produce The Communist Manifesto?
	Friedrich Engels
63	Poitín (potcheen) is a form of what?
	Alcohol (accept anything relating to alcoholic drinks)
64	Which American actor and film maker was born Mark Sinclair?
	Vin Diesel

65	Which Test cricket nation has the most Test wins?
	Australia (405)
66	Which cricketer has the most runs as a number 11 batsman in test cricket?
	Jimmy Anderson (648)
67	Which character is the main antagonist in Shakespeare's Othello?
	Iago
68	What's the title of the 1976 film about the Watergate scandal, starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman?
	All the President's Men
69	Which Tennis Grand Slam tournament is played on a clay surface?
	The French Open (Roland Garros)
70	Which football club plays its home games at Loftus Road?
	Queen's Park Rangers
71	Who was the head of state in Japan during the Second World War?
	Emperor Hirohito
72	By what name was the Turkish city of Istanbul known before 1930?
	Constantinople

73	Name the coffee shop in the US sitcom Friends.
	Central Perk
74	Street artist Banksy is originally associated with which British city?
	Bristol
75	From what grain is the Japanese spirit saké made?
	Rice
76	Who wrote the 2018 novel Normal People, on which the 2020 television drama miniseries (broadcast on both BBC Three and BBC One) was based?
	Sally Rooney
77	Definitely Maybe, released in 1994, was the debut album of which British band?
	Oasis
78	Which US actor delivered the line "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" in the 1949 film White Heat?
	James Cagney
79	"Think Different" was an advertising slogan, used from 1997 to 2002 by which US tech company?
	Apple
80	Which of the men's golf majors is the first of the year?
	The US Masters

81	Which Mexican artist produced works entitled The Broken Column and Diego and I?
	Frida Kahlo
82	How many sides has a heptadecagon?
	17
83	What's the name of the fourth book in the Harry Potter series?
	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
84	What does the surname Singh mean when translated into English?
	Lion
85	Jermaine and Michael were two members of the Jackson 5; name one of the other three.
	Jackie, Tito or Marlon
86	In Scrabble, which is the only letter with a value of five points?
	K
87	Tobermory is the capital of which Scottish island?
	Mull
88	Which actor portrayed Samuel Johnson, writer of the first dictionary, in Blackadder the Third?
	Robbie Coltrane

89	How much is the purchase price of Old Kent Road in the London version of Monopoly?
	£60
90	In which English county is Blenheim Palace?
	Oxfordshire
91	The Ponte Vecchio in Florence spans which river?
	The Arno
92	Which famous event took place at Max Yasgur's farm in 1969?
	Woodstock
93	Who was the Roman god of fire?
	Vulcan
94	Who became King of England in 1422?
	Henry VI
95	After leaving John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Peter Green became a founding member of which famous band?
	Fleetwood Mac
96	According to the Old Testament, who was the first King of Israel?
	Saul

Supplementaries:

1	The League of Gentlemen was set in the fictional town of Royston Vasey. This is the real name of which infamous British comedian?
	Roy 'Chubby' Brown
2	Which fish has the Latin name Esox lucius?
	The pike
3	In which country is the world's longest fjord?
	Greenland (Scoresby Sund)
4	Who was the Soviet leader during the Cuban missile crisis?
	Nikita Krushchev
5	What's the name of the largest active cruise ship in the world (by both gross tonnage and passenger capacity)?
	Wonder of the Seas (236,857 tonnage, 6,988 capacity)

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