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Round 2: International Bodies

Which international movement has the motto ‘Faster, higher, stronger’?
Ban Ki-moon succeeded Kofi Annan as secretary-general of which organisation on 1 January 2007?
Who to date has been the only Briton to serve as president of the European Commission?
In which country does football’s FIFA have its headquarters?
Which international religious organisation was founded by George Fox in 1650?
What is the emblem of the World Wide Fund for Nature?
Which international criminal organisation provided the villains in the
Man from Uncle
series?
Austria became a member of the European Union at the same time as the UK – true or false?
Which international humanitarian organisation was founded in Geneva in 1863?
Which international religious organisation was founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1881?

Half-time teaser

Under manager Alf Ramsey England played 113 games – how many did they win?

Round 3: Wales

Which Welsh city became capital of Wales in 1955?
Who designed the building occupied by the Welsh Assembly in 2006?
What two main ingredients are needed to make Welsh rarebit?
Which vegetable is a national emblem of Wales?
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Which Welsh actor, born Richard Walter Jenkins, received seven Best Actor Oscar nominations?
Which Welsh designer died after falling downstairs in 1985?
Where is the Welsh Grand National run?
Which Welsh playwright wrote the play
The Corn is Green
?
In which field is Welshman Jeff Banks a prominent name?
Which famous singer was born in Tiger Bay, Cardiff in 1937?

Round 4: Pot Luck

In which city is the Prado gallery?
What was the name of the ship in which Sir Francis Drake sailed against the Armada?
From which city does Parmesan cheese get its name?
In which war was the Battle of Antietam fought?
What is the name of the one college of Dublin University?
In which play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan does Mrs Malaprop appear?
Which group started out with a line-up comprising Louise Clarke, Flick Colby, Babs Lord, Ruth Pearson, Andi Rutherford and Dee Dee Wilde?
Who is the senior Roman Catholic prelate in England and Wales?
Which religion was founded by Guru Nanak?
Is shiatsu a form of massage, a Japanese hat or a breed of dog?

Jackpot

Which figure from French history was known as the ‘Sea-Green Incorruptible’?

Quiz 29

Round 1: Pot Luck

What was the name of Elvis Presley’s home in Memphis?
In which US television series are Bree, Gabrielle and Susan central characters?
The memoir As
I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
by Laurie Lee was a sequel to which better-known work?
Who had hits with ‘Lamplight’, ‘Rock on’ and ‘Stardust’?
What, in US army slang, is a ‘jarhead’?
What object displayed as a work of art in 1915 was in 2005 voted the most influential work of art of the twentieth century?
Where on the body might one find a whorl?
Who wore a fur bikini in the 1966 film
One Million Years B.C
.?
What is the state crop of the US state of Georgia?
During the Napoleonic Wars, what were the 95th Rifles better known as?

Round 2: Saints

Which saint is credited with ridding Ireland of its snakes?
Who is the patron saint of Scotland and Russia?
Pope John Paul II created more saints during his reign than had been created in the previous 500 years – true or false?
Which of the early martyrs of the Church was, at his own request, crucified head downwards?
Who is the patron saint of mountaineers and skiers?
Who was patron saint of England before the adoption of St George?
After which saint is Newcastle United’s ground named?
As what pop group did Natalie Appleton, Nicole Appleton, Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis become well known?
Which university did Prince William attend?
How did St Paul originally make his living?

Half-time teaser

Lewis Carroll was a prolific letter-writer – over the last 37 years of his life, how many letters did he write?

Round 3: Television

Who played Robin Hood in the classic 1950s series
The Adventures of Robin Hood
?
Which long-running US series had a theme tune that was turned into a chart hit with the title ‘Suicide is painless’?
Which series followed the long-running romance of Jean and Lionel?
What was the subject of the UK’s first television advertisement?
What is the name of the city in which the medical drama series
Casualty
is set?
Who was the Polish-born scientist who presented
The Ascent of Man
in 1973?
Who hosts the television archaeology series
Time Team
?
In which television sitcom is Patsy Stone a character?
Which part did former child star Jackie Coogan play in television’s
Addams Family
?
With whom did Andy Pandy share a basket in
Watch with Mother
?

Round 4: Pot Luck

What name did the press give the Venezuelan assassin Illich Ramirez Sanchez, otherwise known as Carlos?
The first pound note was introduced in which year – 1854, 1894 or 1914?
To which piece of music did Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean skate to Olympic gold in 1984?
To which order of fishes do plaice belong?
Which band has included in its line-up Dan Felder, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Timothy B. Schmit and Joe Walsh?
In which British city can you go aboard Scott’s ship
Discovery
?
What do the initials SAD stand for?
Who said ‘It’s not that I’m afraid to die. I just don’t want to be there when it happens’?
What style of art dating from the 1960s incorporates patterns and optical illusions that dazzle the viewer?
What is the name given to a pedestrian crossing light comprising an amber-coloured globe mounted on a black-and-white banded pole?

Jackpot

Who had a number one hit in 1972 with ‘Mouldy Old Dough’?
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Quiz 30

Round 1: Pot Luck

Which biblical character had a coat of many colours?
With which band does ‘The Edge’ play guitar?
Who, in March 1942, promised to return?
According to the proverb, what is the road to hell paved with?
Who wrote the plays
The Chairs
and
The Bald Prima Donna
?
What kind of garment is a montero?
Which constituency did Margaret Thatcher represent?
What does the word pope mean?
Who has won golf’s World Matchplay Championship six times since 1993?
What do the initials P&O stand for?

Round 2: Computers

In computer jargon, what does the acronym ‘wysiwyg’ stand for?
On a computer keyboard, which is the only vowel not on the top row?
What do the initials CGI stand for?
Which keyboard symbol is variously known as the little snail, monkey tail or elephant’s trunk?
Which computer company makes the iMac?
What does the internet chat abbreviation KISS stand for?
Which early computer pioneer is credited with designing the first programmable computing machine in 1837?
In computer jargon, what do the initials FAQ stand for?
What is a CPU?
What does the internet chat abbreviation ROFL stand for?

Half-time teaser

How many litres are there in 50 gallons?

Round 3: Premature ends

Which suffragette threw herself under the king’s horse during the 1913 Epsom Derby?
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In which river did Virginia Woolf drown herself in 1941?
With which band was John Bonham drummer until his death from alcoholic poisoning?
How did Otis Redding die at the age of 25 in 1967?
Which fashion designer was murdered outside his Miami home in 1997?
Which composer was shot dead by a US military policeman while out during curfew – Gershwin, Webern or Debussy?
Which Wild West legend died with the words ‘That picture is crooked’?
To whom was film actress Carole Lombard married at the time of her death in a plane crash?
Which Swedish prime minister was assassinated in Stockholm in 1986?
Which film was Oliver Reed making when he died?

Round 4: Pot Luck

What is the Thursday before Easter called?
What was Malcolm Campbell’s record-breaking car called?
Which rock group had a Top Ten hit with ‘Cigarettes and alcohol’?
In which part of the USA is
The Shipping News
set?
What term was given to the alliance of Fascist powers in World War II?
In which film did the central character find himself living the same day over and over again?
Where did Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson spend his final years?
What was baseball legend ‘Babe’ Ruth’s first name?
Which British battleship of 1906 gave its name to a whole class of similar warships?
Which European city is served by the port of Piraeus?

Jackpot

How many Brandenburg Concertos are there?

Quiz 31

Round 1: Pot Luck

What do the initials ‘SWALK’ mean when written on the back of a love letter?
Which vegetable has the Latin name
capsicum annuum
?
Which band’s line-up included Bert Jansch, Jacqui McShee, John Renbourn and Danny Thompson?
Which television programme had a theme tune based on Khachaturian’s
Spartacus
?
Which king of England was known by such nicknames as Tum-Tum, Edward the Caresser and Uncle of Europe?
Which television quiz was presented by Bamber Gascoigne from 1962 to 1987?
What make and model of car was Herbie?
Which country has the largest number of prisons and other penal establishments?
The Colossus of Rhodes was a huge bronze statue of which Greek god?
By what name is novelist David John Moore Cornwell better known?

Round 2: Crime

Who, in the Sherlock Holmes stories, was called ‘the Napoleon of crime’?
What does the acronym ‘twoc’ stand for?
Why was Colonel Thomas Blood arrested in London in 1671?
What is the International Criminal Police Organisation otherwise known as?
Which television programme about real crime was presented for many years by Shaw Taylor?
Who was the special agent who put an end to scores of criminal enterprises with the help of his assistants Snowey White and Jock Anderson between 1946 and 1951?
What is the name of the police station in the long-running television series
The Bill
?
What nickname did the press give murderer Donald Nilsen, who carried out his crimes while wearing a black hood?
What nickname has been given to the coastal region of Spain where numerous criminals are said to live in comfortable exile?
Which garment commonly worn towards the end of the twentieth century became a symbol of street culture and criminal activity?

Half-time teaser

What is the record (in feet and inches) for the longest moustache ever grown?

Round 3: Art and Artists

Which artistic movement included among its founders Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso?
What nationality was Hieronymus Bosch?
Which Spanish artist is remembered for his melting clocks and long-legged elephants?
Antonio Canaletto is particularly associated with panoramic views of London and which other city?
Which artistic style of the 1920s and 1930s features geometrical shapes and zigzag forms?
Of which artistic movement were Edward Burne-Jones, John Everett Millais and William Holman Hunt leading members?
Of which monarch did Anthony van Dyck paint a celebrated portrait presenting three views of his subject’s face?
Which British artist made an impact with such works as
The Hut
and
My Bed
?
On which Pacific island did Post-Impressionist Paul Gauguin paint many of his most famous works?
Where can you see Graham Sutherland’s official portrait of Sir Winston Churchill?

Round 4: Pot Luck

Which country was awarded the George Cross for gallantry in 1942?
In bingo, which number is referred to as ‘snake eyes’?
Which fictional character was born on St Valentine’s Day, the daughter of Lord Henshingley Croft?
Who played the liberal Southern lawyer in the 1962 film
To Kill A Mockingbird
?
In which country was the Bofors anti-aircraft gun originally made?
Who won the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest with the song ‘Love shine a light’?
Which planet in the solar system is the largest?
What was added to the Olympic swimming events in 1984?
Which is ‘the windy city’?
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Which line on maps of the London Underground is coloured yellow?