2019–20 Season: Week 9 – 10 December 2019

Specialist Rounds

Set by the Robin Hood.

1	Arts and Entertainment	2	Sport
3	UK Politics of the 20th Century	4	Geography: Capitals of the World
5	Watching the Detectives	6	History
7	Science	8	Robert's Your Father's Brother

Round 1: Arts and Entertainment

1	Who is the only current professional dancer on Strictly Come Dancing to have competed in the original series?
	Anton Du Beke
2	In which year was the original series of Strictly Come Dancing broadcast?
	2004
3	Which fashion designer co–presented television's Eurotrash in the 1990s?
	Jean–Paul Gaultier
4	Vivien Leigh twice won an Oscar for Best Actress in a feature film. One was for her role in Gone with the Wind. Which film was the other for?
	A Streetcar Named Desire
5	Which classical actor played the Scottish undertaker Frazer in Dad's Army from 1968 to 1977?
	John Laurie
6	Who is the famous mother of the well–known actor Toby Stevens?
	Dame Maggie Smith
7	Michael Caine twice won an Oscar for best supporting actor in a feature film. Name either film.
	Cider House Rules or Hannah and her Sisters
8	Hope Street in Liverpool is home to which iconic theatre? Actors such as Julie Walters, Alison Steadman and Matthew Kelly started their careers there.
	The Everyman Theatre

Supplementaries

1	Who played the third Doctor Who, from 1970 until 1974?
	Jon Pertwee
2	Who presented What Not to Wear with Trinny Woodall in the 2000s?
	Susannah Constantine

Round 2: Sport

1	In which year did Maradona score his so–called 'Hand of God' goal against England?
	1986
2	What's the name of the Barcelona Football stadium?
	Nou Camp (or Camp Nou)
3	Which American city is home to the following sports teams: Astros, Texans and Dynamo?
	Houston
4	Who became the first British athlete to win back to back gold medals at the Winter Olympics in 2018 following their success in the Sochi games in 2014?
	Lizzy Yarnold
5	Who won the BBC Sports Personality of the year in 2018?
	Geraint Thomas
6	Who were the first English club to win the Rugby Union Heineken Cup in 1998?
	Bath
7	Which golf course, situated in Southport, England, last hosted the Open Championship in 2008?
	Royal Birkdale
8	Who was the Women's Singles champion at Wimbledon in 2019?
	Simona Halep

Supplementaries

1	Which England footballer was a member of the 1958, 1962, 1966 and 1970 England World Cup Finals Squads?
	Bobby Charlton
2	Which NFL team are known as the Packers?
	Green Bay

Round 3: UK Politics of the Twentieth Century

1	Who was the Labour Minister for Health who implemented the 1946 NHS Act of Parliament?
	Aneurin Bevan
2	Who was Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War I?
	Herbert Asquith
3	Who was the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whose decision on Westland Helicopters caused the resignation of Michael Heseltine from Margaret Thatcher's cabinet?
	Leon Brittan (it also later led to his own resignation)
4	Which Labour Transport Minister was responsible for the introduction of the Breathalyser Act in 1967?
	Barbara Castle
5	Who was Prime Minister during the General Strike in 1926?
	Stanley Baldwin
6	The Social Democrat Party was formed in 1981 as a result of a split in the Labour Party. Its founders were the so–called 'Gang of Four'. Who was the fourth member of the Gang of Four after Roy Jenkins, Shirley Williams and David Owen?
	William Rodgers
7	Which Labour Leader was defeated by Harold MacMillan in the 1959 General Election?
	Hugh Gaitskell
8	Which politician served as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and Secretaries of State for Education and Health in Margaret Thatcher cabinets?
	Kenneth Clarke

Supplementaries

1	Who was the only party leader to win four general elections in the 20th century?
	Harold Wilson
2	Who was Prime Minister at the turn of the 20th century?
	Marquess of Salisbury

Round 4: Geography – Capitals of the World

Each of the following questions asks that you give the name of the capital of a country, state, province, region or county.

1	What's the capital of Slovakia?
	Bratislava
2	What's the capital of the Mexican state of Baja California?
	Mexicali
3	What's the capital of the Australian state of South Australia?
	Adelaide
4	What's the capital of Papua New Guinea?
	Port Moresby
5	What's the capital of the US state of Alaska?
	Juneau
6	What's the capital of the Italian region of Tuscany?
	Florence
7	What's the capital of the East German State of Saxony?
	Dresden
8	What's the capital of the US state of Iowa?
	Des Moines

Supplementaries

1	What's the capital of the Ulster county of Fermanagh?
	Enniskilllen
2	What's the capital of the Canadian province of Manitoba?
	Winnipeg

Round 5: Watching the Detectives

1	Which detective named his Labrador Jussi after the Swedish tenor Jussi Bjorling?
	Kurt Wallander
2	Which Edinburgh based detective was played by both John Hannah and Ken Stott?
	Rebus
3	What was the name of the lead character in the Dennis Potter series The Singing Detective?
	Philip E. Marlow
4	Which P. D. James character shares a similar surname with a former Scotland international football and manager of Liverpool FC?
	Adam Dalgleish (Kenny Dalglish) – variations of the same name
5	Which magazine does the investigative journalist Mikael Blomqvist write for in the trilogy of books that goes by the same name?
	Millennium (the series written by Stieg Larsson)
6	Chief Superintendent Jim Strange was the boss of which detective and crossword expert?
	Morse
7	What was the name of the first story to feature Sherlock Holmes?
	A Study in Scarlet
8	In the TV series The Bridge, Saga Noren and Martin Rohde were thrown together to investigate a dead body found exactly half way across which bridge?
	The Oresund Bridge (accept "the bridge connecting Copenhagen with Malmo")

Supplementaries

1	Rock Hudson and Susan St James played which fictional crime solving duo in the 1970s?
	McMillan & Wife
2	Who plays Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez in the TV series Shetland?
	Douglas Henshall

Round 6: History

1	Who was the Spartan Commander who in 404 BC defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian war?
	Lysander
2	Who was the first husband of Katherine of Aragon?
	Arthur, Prince of Wales – older brother of Henry VIII
3	In which European country was there a civil war from 1946 to 1949?
	Greece
4	In which French city was Joan of Arc put to death?
	Rouen
5	During which decade did compulsory driving tests begin in Britain?
	1930s (1935)
6	Name the last British king born outside the UK?
	George II
7	Which city, now the capital of Burkina Faso, was the capital of the Mossi empire from the 15th century?
	Ouagadougou
8	Who was the first female Prime Minister of Australia?
	Julia Gillard (2010–2013)

Supplementaries

1	Which English city was once known as Duroliponte by the Romans?
	Cambridge
2	Which of Henry VIII's wives is buried alongside him in St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle?
	Jane Seymour (Henry was buried alongside her at his request)

Round 7: Science

1	How long is a Venusian day in Earth days?
	243 days (accept 200 to 300 days) – Venus's day is longer than its year, which is 225 Earth days.
2	How many moons has Jupiter?
	79 (accept 70–90)
3	Umami is one of the five basic what?
	Tastes (the savoury taste)
4	Name the device which uses steam to sterilise equipment invented by Charles Chamberland in 1879?
	The autoclave
5	Which effect is the ability of certain materials to generate an electric charge in response to applied mechanical stress?
	Piezoelectric effect
6	Who won the 1921 Nobel Physics Prize for his work on the photoelectric effect?
	Albert Einstein
7	Who in 1660 discovered the law of elasticity?
	Robert Hooke
8	At what temperature do the Centigrade (Celsius) and Fahrenheit scales both show the same value?
	–40 (minus 40)

Supplementaries

1	What's the most powerful muscle of the human body?
	Gluteus maximus (the buttocks)
2	Name an element other than iron which is ferromagnetic at room temperature.
	Nickel, cobalt, gadolinium and (under very specific conditions) ruthenium

Round 8: Robert's Your Father's Brother

The following questions or answers will contain the name Robert or variants such as Rob, Rab, Bob or Bobby.

1	Ján Ludvik Hyman Binyamin Hoch was better known as?
	Robert Maxwell
2	What name was given to the enthusiastic female fans of the young Frank Sinatra?
	Bobby soxers
3	Which brother of Robert the Bruce was crowned King of Ireland in 1316?
	Edward Bruce (or de Brus) – he was killed fighting the English in 1318 in Dundalk
4	Which Home Secretary instigated the creation of Metropolitan Police in 1829?
	Sir Robert Peel
5	Which TV character emerged from the shower to find that the last two years of the show, which included his death, were only in his wife's dreams?
	Bobby Ewing (in Dallas)
6	Which actor and comedian, born in Eltham, London appeared in 70–plus Hollywood films and dies age 100?
	Bob Hope
7	Which singer had a world–wide pop hit with Ode to Billie Joe during the 1960s?
	Bobbie Gentry
8	Who is the most famous resident of the city of Bikini Bottom?
	SpongeBob SquarePants

Supplementaries

1	Who played Bad Santa?
	Billy Bob Thornton
2	Which Confederate general was initially known as Granny because of his age and caution?
	Robert E. Lee

General Knowledge

Set by Broken Cross Club.

1	Who was Elizabeth I's mother?
	Anne Boleyn
2	Who was Edward VII's father?
	Prince Albert
3	On which Beatles album was the song Polythene Pam?
	Abbey Road
4	On which Beatles album was the song Back in the USSR?
	The Beatles (also known as The White Album)
5	Which football club are known as the Trotters?
	Bolton Wanderers
6	Which football club are known as the Cottagers?
	Fulham
7	What is the Third Battle of Ypres better known as?
	Passchendaele
8	Which German military leader said their Army had been "stabbed in the back" by left–wing politicians in 1918?
	Erich von Ludendorff

9	Who is the UK Secretary of State for Defence (prior to the 2019 general election)?
	Ben Wallace
10	Who is the UK Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (prior to the 2019 general election)?
	Therese Coffey
11	Who wrote The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money?
	John Maynard Keynes
12	Who wrote The Condition of the Working Class in England?
	Frederick Engels
13	Who commanded the British Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland?
	John Jellicoe
14	Which British battleship was sunk in Scapa Flow?
	HMS Royal Oak
15	Who is (was) married to David Platt in Coronation Street?
	Shona Ramsey (accept Shona)
16	Who plays Audrey Roberts in Coronation Street?
	Sue Nicholls

17	What type of research is carried out at the Wellcome Sanger Institute?
	Genomics and genetics (accept either)
18	Which fuel is used to produce most of the UK's electricity?
	Gas
19	Who partners Sebastian Vettel in the Ferrari 2019 Formula 1 team?
	Charles Leclerc
20	Who provided engines for the Red Bull Formula 1 team in 2019?
	Honda
21	Which vehicle is attempting to break the land speed world record?
	Bloodhound
22	Who set the water speed record in Spirit of Australia in 1978?
	Ken Warby
23	Which poet wrote The Song of Hiawatha?
	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
24	What's the title of the 9th of Elgar's Enigma variations?
	Nimrod

25	Who wrote the symphony commonly referred to as The Clock?
	Joseph Haydn
26	What was the code name for the American landings in Morocco of 1942?
	Operation Torch
27	Where were the Summer Olympic Games of 1924 held?
	Paris
28	What is actor Danny Glover's most famous catch line?
	"I'm gettin' too old for this" (from the Lethal Weapon films)
29	Who was the Pope during World War II?
	Pius VII (name and ordinal numeral required)
30	What was Operation Dynamo in World War II?
	The evacuation of Dunkirk
31	What's the only English anagram of 'gyrated'?
	Tragedy
32	Which character (not the actor) said "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" in Gone with the Wind?
	Rhett Butler

33	In the Old Testament which book follows Numbers?
	Deuteronomy
34	Who in the Bible wrote the Epistles to the Corinthians and Thessalonians?
	St. Paul
35	What is Comté a variety of?
	Cheese
36	In which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta does Little Buttercup appear?
	HMS Pinafore
37	Who composed the opera Cosi Fan Tutti?
	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
38	Holy Loch is an inlet of which river?
	The Clyde
39	In which country is Arnhem Land?
	Australia
40	Who is the patron saint of dancers?
	St. Vitus

41	Who is the patron saint of tax collectors?
	Matthew
42	Which song mentions a jolly swagman?
	Waltzing Matilda
43	"Silver white winters" is a phrase from which song?
	My Favorite Things
44	Who played 'the Major' in Fawlty Towers?
	Ballard Berkeley
45	What is lowered by the beta blocker, Bisoprolol?
	Blood pressure
46	Which drug took its name from the Greek god of dreams?
	Morphine
47	What type of creature is a copperhead?
	A snake
48	The ounce is another name for which animal?
	The snow leopard

49	In heraldry, what colour is Or?
	Gold
50	In heraldry, what quality is symbolised by a lion?
	Bravery
51	Which French town situated at the foot of the Pyrenees is a major pilgrimage centre for Roman Catholics?
	Lourdes
52	Ibiza is a part of which island group?
	The Balearics
53	Which former American First Lady married for the second time on the Greek island of Skopios in 1968?
	Jaqueline Kennedy
54	About whom did Churchill say, in relation to the Russian people, "their worst misfortune was his birth, their next worst his death"?
	Vladimir Lenin
55	The Ashes are awarded to the victors of a contest between two sporting nations. Name either of them.
	England and Australia
56	What was Eric Spear's (backroom) contribution to Coronation Street?
	He wrote the (legendary) theme tune

57	From which areas of the world does the word 'anorak' come?
	Greenland
58	Who was London's first directly elected mayor?
	Ken Livingstone
59	Which season does the word 'vernal' relate to
	Spring
60	Which musical celebrated 20 years in London's West End in 2005?
	Les Misérables
61	Who created Coronation Street?
	Tony Warren
62	Who gave up the title of Viscount Stansgate to remain an MP?
	Anthony Benn
63	In which city is the Doge's Palace?
	Venice
64	In the toy world, who is Ken's girlfriend?
	Barbie

65	Who is the Princess Royal?
	Princess Anne
66	In which country is the Marlborough wine region?
	New Zealand
67	What name is given to the art of clipping hedges into shapes?
	Topiary
68	Which sport is the Curragh famous for?
	Horse racing
69	Who dominated world darts throughout the 1990s?
	Phil Taylor
70	Which is the only bird capable of flying all day without flapping its wings?
	Albatross
71	In politics to whom does the expression 'Father of the House' refer?
	The longest continuously serving MP
72	What was Ghana's former name?
	The Gold Coast

73	In what year in the 20th century did England have three kings?
	1936
74	The ancient city of Carthage was in which continent?
	Africa
75	What's the main unit of currency in Haiti?
	The gourde
76	What was the name of the horse in the book and film War Horse?
	Joey
77	Which Scottish–born American invented the telephone?
	Alexander Graham Bell
78	Where is Lady Isabella – the world's largest water wheel?
	Isle of Man
79	The sea swallow is an alternative name for which bird?
	The tern
80	Which is Japan's second largest city?
	Yokohama

81	Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath?
	John Steinbeck
82	Which venomous snake caused the death of Queen Cleopatra?
	Asp
83	Who said "Golf is a good walk spoiled"?
	Mark Twain
84	Geoff Hurst scored a hat trick in the 1966 World Cup Final but who scored the fourth goal?
	Martin Peters
85	Which is the first sign of the zodiac?
	Aries
86	Strontium produces what colour in fireworks?
	Red
87	Which actor was born Issus Danielovitch Demsky?
	Kirk Douglas
88	Which two countries signed a peace treaty at Camp David in 1978?
	Egypt and Israel

89	In American basketball, which city has a team called the Rockets?
	Houston
90	Who founded the UK's first birth control clinic in 1921?
	Marie Stopes
91	Which spirit is used in a Martini?
	Gin
92	Who was leader of the Liberal Party from 1976 to 1988?
	David Steel
93	Who performed the first human heart transplant in 1967?
	Christiaan Barnard
94	In which Australian state is the current series of I'm a Celebrity Get me Out of Here filmed?
	New South Wales
95	Where is RAF Valley situated?
	Anglesey
96	Which boxer appears on the cover of the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album?
	Sonny Liston

Supplementaries

1	Which part of a flower contains the pollen?
	The anther
2	What name is given to a filleted herring wrapped around onion slices and pickled in spiced vinegar?
	Rollmop
3	What is a kudzu?
	An antelope
4	Burned at the stake on 21st March 1556 Thomas Cranmer is generally credited with writing which book of Anglican worship?
	The Book of Common Prayer
5	Who succeeded Edward VI?
	Mary (I)

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