2021–2 Season: Week 1 – 23 November 2021

All questions set by the Nags Head 'B'.

Specialist Rounds

1	Arts and Entertainment	2	British TV Comedy	3	History	4	Sport
5	French Phrases	6	Science	7	Geography	8	US Presidents

Round 1: Arts and Entertainment

1	In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, which intelligent animals tried to warn humans about the world coming to an end?
	Dolphins
2	Which American dancer, exiled from the USA for her pro–Soviet sympathies, was killed in France in 1927 after her long silk scarf became entangled around a wheel and the rear axle of the car she was travelling in?
	Isadora Duncan
3	Which poet published a final anthology of poems shortly before his death in 1998 entitled Birthday Letters?
	Ted Hughes
4	What are Alex's fellow gang members called in A Clockwork Orange?
	Droogs
5	Which Shakespeare play tells the story of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated at birth?
	The Comedy of Errors
6	Which Scottish author wrote The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie?
	Muriel Spark
7	The works of which English painter includedA Harlot's Progress and A Rake's Progress?
	William Hogarth
8	Which John Ford film ends with a newspaper editor saying, "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend"?
	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence

Supplementaries:

1	Which British artist, who was born in Brighton and died in 1898 at just 25 years of age, famously illustrated the 1893 edition of Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur?
	Aubrey Beardsley
2	In which country is Roddy Doyle's Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha set?
	Ireland

Round 2: British TV Comedy

1	What is the name of the tower block where the Trotters live in Only Fools & Horses?
	Nelson Mandela House
2	In an episode of Fawlty Towers, an American guest asks for what type of salad that Basil has never heard of?
	Waldorf salad
3	Which show, written by John Sullivan, featured the characters Vince Pinner and Penny Warrender?
	Just Good Friends
4	Which fictional character's autobiography, entitled Bouncing Back, describes his battles with weight and depression?
	Alan Partridge
5	In Birds of a Feather, what was the name of Sharon & Tracey's toy boy loving next–door neighbour?
	Dorien (Green) (accept either name)
6	In The Young Ones, who played the students' landlord Jerzy Balowski (and all of his family!)?
	Alexi Sayle
7	In The Good Life, what was the surname of Tom & Barbara Good's next–door neighbours, Margo & Jerry?
	Leadbetter
8	What was the name of the voluptuous movie star, created by Kenny Everett, who did everything "in the best possible taste"?
	Cupid Stunt

Supplementaries:

1	Which duo played George & Anne in the Enid Blyton spoof Five Go Mad In Dorset?
	Jennifer Saunders & Dawn French
2	In The Office, paper merchants Wernham Hogg were based in which town?
	Slough

Round 3: History

1	What was French revolutionary Jean–Paul Marat doing when he was stabbed to death on 13 July 1793 by Royalist Charlotte Corday?
	Taking a bath
2	Eboracum was a fort and city in Roman Britain. By what name is it known today?
	York
3	What was the name of the Thames River boat which sank in 1989 killing 51 people?
	Marchioness
4	Which infamous Nazi was known as the 'Butcher of Lyon'?
	Klaus Barbie
5	Who is the only Roman Catholic to have held the office of President of the United States?
	John F. Kennedy
6	The invasion by Iraq of which country in 1990 led to the first Gulf War?
	Kuwait
7	What was the name of Christopher Columbus's flagship in 1492?
	Santa Maria
8	Who was the English archaeologist who became world famous after discovering the intact tomb of 14th–century BC pharaoh Tutankhamun in November 1922?
	Howard Carter

Supplementaries:

1	In which city did Anne Frank hide from the Germans?
	Amsterdam
2	What was the name given to the pact signed by Germany, Italy, France and Great Britain on September 29, 1938?
	Munich Pact

Round 4: Sport

1	Which England footballer was arrested for theft during the build up to the 1970 World Cup finals?
	Bobby Moore
2	Who was Captain of the European team in the 2020 Ryder Cup when it took place in September 2021?
	Pádraig Harrington
3	Who wore gold-coloured running shoes at the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta?
	Michael Johnson
4	The name of which martial art, first practiced by Buddhist monks in China, literally means 'empty hand'?
	Karate
5	Who was the first Australian cricketer to play 100 Tests for his country?
	Allan Border
6	For which club was Michel Platini playing when he won the European Footballer of the Year award in 1983?
	Juventus
7	During the Olympic games, which item is usually thrown the furthest in order for a man to win a gold medal?
	Javelin
8	Who scored four tries for New Zealand when they defeated England in the semi–finals of the 1995 Rugby World Cup?
	Jonah Lomu

Supplementaries:

1	Which former WBA heavyweight champion died in Ohio in 2012 after losing a battle with liver cancer at the age of 54?
	Michael Dokes
2	How many players are there in a Water Polo team?
	Seven

Round 5: French Phrases

Which French phrases are commonly used in English to mean the following?

For example: something that has been already seen before – Déjà vu.

1	A road closed at one end
	Cul–de–sac
2	Each dish individually priced
	Á la carte
3	A false step or mistake
	Faux pas
4	Clothing which is ready to wear off the shelf (in contrast to haute couture)
	Prêt–à–porter
5	The right word at the right time
	(Le) mot juste
6	A sexual arrangement between three people
	Ménage à trois
7	A military overthrow
	Coup d'état
8	Coolness and composure under strain
	Sang–froid

Supplementaries:

1	A feeling of solidarity among members of a group or morale
	Esprit de corps
2	Small ornamental objects, less valuable than antiques
	Bric–à–brac

Round 6: Science

1	The scientist Joseph Priestly called it 'dephlogisticated air'; fellow scientist Antoine Lavoisier called it something else. What was that?
	Oxygen
2	What is the name given to the molten rock found beneath the Earth's crust that erupts as lava?
	Magma
3	What was the name of the German engineer who invented the first rotary engine?
	Felix Wankel
4	Toothed and Baleen are both examples of what?
	Whales
5	The scientific name for which animal is 'Ursus Arctos Horribilis'?
	Grizzly bear
6	The measurement 'half the base multiplied by the height' works out the area of what?
	A triangle
7	In which part of the human body is the pineal gland?
	Brain
8	What colour is the non–metallic element sulphur?
	Yellow

Supplementaries:

S1	Pure gold is rated as how many carats?
	24
S2	What does the Douglas scale measure?
	Disturbance of the ocean surface

Round 7: Geography

1	Which European capital city stands on the river Tagus, and hosted the final of Euro 2004?
	Lisbon
2	Which North African capital city stands near the site of the ancient city of Carthage?
	Tunis
3	Kathmandu is the capital city of which Himalayan Kingdom?
	Nepal
4	Wenceslas Square is a popular tourist haunt in which European capital city?
	Prague
5	Cape Town is the legislative capital city of South Africa, but which city is its administrative capital?
	Pretoria (or Tshwane)
6	The capital city of The Gambia was previously known as Bathurst, by what name is it currently known?
	Banjul
7	Which capital city in Northern Europe has a name meaning "Smoky Bay"?
	Reykjavik
8	Which Middle Eastern capital city is believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world?
	Damascus

Supplementaries:

1	Which South American capital city is the nearest to the Equator?
	Quito (Ecuador)
2	What is the name of Ethiopia's capital city, which means "new flower"?
	Addis Ababa

Round 8: US Presidents (not including the last buffoon ...)

1	Which President was born in a one–room log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky, in 1809?
	Abraham Lincoln
2	Which President said that the proper way to conduct foreign affairs was to 'speak softly and carry a big stick'?
	Theodore Roosevelt (both names needed)
3	Which President won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957, for his book Profiles In Courage?
	John F. Kennedy
4	Two assassinated Presidents have been succeeded by men with which surname?
	Johnson (Andrew & Lyndon B. succeeded Lincoln & JFK)
5	What did John Adams describe as "The most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived, or his imagination conceived"?
	The Vice Presidency
6	Nixon's first Vice–President, Spiro Agnew, resigned in 1973, and subsequently pleaded "no contest" to which criminal offence?
	Income tax evasion
7	Who is the only President to have served 2 non-consecutive terms of office?
	Grover Cleveland
8	Which group's song Don't Stop was used by Bill Clinton as his campaign song, and they later performed it at his inauguration concert?
	Fleetwood Mac

Supplementaries:

1	Which term, for the wife of an American President, was said to have been coined by Zachary Taylor, in 1849, at the funeral of Dolly Madison, wife of James Madison?
	First Lady
2	Barack Obama was born in which state in 1961?
	Hawaii

General Knowledge

1	First performed in 1948, which Cole Porter musical is based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew?
	Kiss Me, Kate
2	Opening in London in 1973, which musical features characters including Columbia, Magenta, Brad Majors and Janet Weiss?
	The Rocky Horror Show
3	Which Anglo–Saxon leader of a revolt against William the Conqueror took refuge on the Isle of Ely?
	Hereward the Wake
4	Who was King of England in the year 1000AD?
	Ethelred the Unready
5	By what name are the Islands Inishmore, Inishmaan and Inisheer known?
	The Aran Islands
6	One of Europe's largest oil ports, Sullom Voe, is found in which group of islands?
	The Shetland Islands
7	Which French Carthusian Monastery is famous for the Liqueur distilled by its monks?
	La Grande Chartreuse (accept Chartreuse)
8	What famous American building was burnt by British Troops in 1814?
	The White House (during the Anglo–American War of 1812 to 1815)

9	What was the first name of the Spanish Dictator General Franco?
	Francisco
10	By what name is the plant "Rosa Canina" better known?
	Dog Rose
11	Edward Cullen, Jacob Black and Bella Swan are characters in which series of books?
	The Twilight series (by Stephanie Meyer)
12	Of which public school was Thomas Arnold appointed Headmaster in 1828?
	Rugby
13	Who is the current President of the People's Republic of China?
	Xi Jinping
14	Which Italian town in Piedmont is famous for its sparkling wine?
	Asti
15	Which part of its body does a firefly 'flash'?
	Abdomen
16	Winter Nelis is a variety of which fruit?
	Pear

17	Who was the Chairman of the original Juke Box Jury programme?
	David Jacobs
18	In The Forsyte Saga, broadcast by the BBC in the 1960s, who played the character of Soames?
	Eric Porter
19	Who was the jackal–headed god of the dead in Egyptian mythology?
	Anubis
20	'Firedamp' is a name given to a number of flammable gases, but which is the main one it refers to?
	Methane
21	Which is the largest of the Dodecanese Islands?
	Rhodes
22	Whom did Mehmet Ali Ağca try to assassinate in Italy, in 1981?
	Pope John Paul II (accept "the Pope")
23	Which British Composer wrote On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring?
	Frederick Delius
24	Who wrote the opera Orpheus in the Underworld?
	Jacques Offenbach

25	Which Western figure set aside his taste for alcohol to help the Earp Brothers at the OK Corral?
	Doc Holliday
26	Who played DCI Gene Hunt in Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes?
	Philip Glenister
27	Which part of the human body is clinically known as the umbilicus?
	The navel (accept "belly button", etc.)
28	Which electronics company was founded in 1968 by Alan Sugar?
	Amstrad
29	Mardi is the French word for which day of the week?
	Tuesday
30	What was the name of the dog in Enid Blyton's Famous Five stories?
	Timmy
31	Which boxer was the first to defeat Muhammed Ali in a professional fight?
	Joe Frazier
32	In the TV series Auf Wiedersehen Pet, who played the part of Leonard "Oz" Osborne?
	Jimmy Nail

33	What was the name of the dog featured on the His Masters Voice record label?
	Nipper
34	Which Director's films include The Terminator, Titanic and Avatar?
	James Cameron
35	Also known as the Red Rose City, in which Middle Eastern country is Petra?
	Jordan
36	Who was the famous mother of the politician Shirley Williams?
	Vera Brittain
37	Craig and Charlie Reed are members of which pop group?
	37 The Proclaimers
38	Which musician's real name was Simon Ritchie?
	Sid Vicious
39	Lilongwe is the capital of which African country, formerly known as Nyasaland?
	Malawi
40	Until 1962, the French Foreign Legion was traditionally based in which country?
	Algeria

41	Diana Mary Fluck was the real name of which British actress?
	Diana Dors
42	Which US comedian said "When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick" and "Nice to be here? At my age it's nice to be anywhere."?
	George Burns
43	Against which country did Prussia fight the Seven Weeks War in 1866?
	Austria
44	Which race of people's religio–cultural worldview is known as 'Dreamtime'?
	Australian Aborigines
45	What is the name of the sea monster referred to in the Bible, whose name has become synonymous with any large sea monster or creature?
	Leviathan
46	Marlborough College is a well–known independent boarding and day school in the town of Marlborough, but in which county is it?
	Wiltshire
47	What was Fanny Cradock's real Christian name?
	Phyllis
48	The next European Football Championships are due to be held in 2024 – in which country?
	Germany

49	How many points is the letter W worth in scrabble?
	Four
50	Who wrote the autobiography Spend, Spend, Spend, which was dramatised for the BBC's Play for Today series in 1977 by Jack Rosenthal?
	Viv Nicholson
51	For which film did Liza Minnelli win a Best Actress Oscar in 1972?
	Cabaret
52	What number was assigned to Boeing's first commercial jet airliner?
	707
53	What was the name of the orangutan in the films Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can?
	Clyde
54	In which country was the 1995 film Babe set?
	Australia
55	Which Football League club was the first to use artificial turf?
	QPR (1981 to 1988)
56	Which Football club are known as The Irons, as well as by another nickname?
	West Ham United (also known as The Hammers)

57	What is the longest and widest nerve in the human body?
	The sciatic nerve
58	In which English county did the Great Train Robbery take place?
	Buckinghamshire
59	How did Arthur Daley refer to his wife, who was never seen in the TV series Minder?
	'Er Indoors
60	The crossed swords trademark is used by which porcelain manufacturing company?
	Meissen
61	London, Birmingham and Edinburgh are three of the four UK Assay Offices which remain in operation. Which is the fourth?
	Sheffield
62	Which French west coast port is twinned with Cardiff?
	Nantes
63	Which film studio claimed to have "more stars than there are in heaven"?
	MGM
64	Which successful film led Colin Welland to declare that "The British are Coming"?
	Chariots of Fire

65	Which Latin term is used to describe the period of time between two reigns, when the throne is unoccupied?
	Interregnum
66	In musical notation, which note (also called the whole note) has double the value of a minim?
	Semibreve
67	What is the SI Unit for pressure, equivalent to one newton per square metre?
	Pascal
68	Which Louisiana port is regarded as the birthplace of jazz?
	New Orleans
69	From 1940, who ran the Free French Army from exile in London?
	Charles de Gaulle
70	Which racecourse in Berkshire was established in 1711 by Queen Anne?
	Ascot
71	In Greek mythology, who was the first woman on earth and was made from clay?
	Pandora
72	In which City are the headquarters of the Council of Europe?
	Strasbourg

73	By what name is the US Military academy in New York State usually known?
	West Point
74	In Norse mythology, which series of events, including a great battle, was foretold to lead to the death of a number of gods and other natural disasters?
	Ragnarök
75	Which explorer's last words were reportedly "I have not told half of what I saw"?
	Marco Polo
76	What is the name of the Jewish New Year?
	Rosh Hashanah
77	Which opera singer recorded the theme song to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics with Freddie Mercury?
	Montserrat Caballé
78	In which country did General Pervez Musharraf seize power in 1999?
	Pakistan
79	Which Germanic race of people sacked Rome in 455 AD?
	Vandals
80	Which MP is the current Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee?
	Jeremy Hunt (that well–known spelling mistake ... )

81	Which Welsh Rugby Union player has won the most caps for Test appearances?
	Alun Wyn Jones (161)
82	Where would you find the Pillars of Hercules?
	On either side of the Straits of Gibraltar
83	What is the capital of Slovakia?
	Bratislava
84	Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, is an important centre for which sport?
	Tennis
85	Who, in 1984, described a proposed building extension to the National Gallery as being "like a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much–loved and elegant friend"?
	Prince Charles
86	What word in the New Testament is used to signify the final battle between Good and Evil?
	Armageddon
87	Which influential writer of novels and short stories wrote The Trial and The Castle?
	Franz Kafka
88	Which German Nazi leader was abducted by Israeli Agents in Argentina in 1960?
	Adolf Eichmann

89	What was the name of the mythical half–human monster killed by Beowulf?
	Grendel
90	Which order of chivalry did Edward III found in 1348 that women were only admitted to in 1987?
	The Order of the Garter
91	Musically speaking, who presided over The Birth of the Cool in 1948?
	Miles Davis
92	The 1997 British comedy film Fierce Creatures was the spiritual successor to which 1988 comedy film, starring the same cast?
	A Fish Called Wanda
93	Which US Author wrote The Beautiful and the Damned and The Last Tycoon?
	F. Scott Fitzgerald
94	What instrument is primarily associated with Courtney Pine?
	Saxophone
95	In the rhyme Monday's Child, what is the characteristic of Wednesday's child?
	Full of woe
96	Which is the oldest of the five British classic horse races, having been established in 1776?
	St. Leger

Supplementaries:

1	Which 1964 Walt Disney film was based on a book by P. L. Travers?
	Mary Poppins
2	What was the name of Tonto's horse in The Lone Ranger?
	Scout
3	What did John Bellingham do on the 11th of May 1812, that resulted in him being hanged?
	He assassinated the British Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval
4	Which element has the chemical symbol Pt?
	Platinum
5	To what London landmark was Wordsworth referring in his line, "Earth has not anything to show more fair"?
	Westminster Bridge
6	Which famous English writer was named by his parents after a lake in Staffordshire?
	Rudyard Kipling
7	Cape York is the northernmost point of which Commonwealth country?
	Australia
8	Which US state capital city's name means 'sheltered bay'?
	Honolulu (Hawaii)
9	Which British King has had the longest reign since 1066?
	George III (1760–1820)
10	What happened in Canterbury on the 29th of December 1170?
	The murder of Thomas Becket

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