2021–2 Season: Week 6 – 18 January 2022

Specialist Rounds

Set by the Sutton Club; vetted by the Plough Horntails and the Queens.

1	Arts & Entertainment	2	Bird Brain
3	Geography – UNESCO World Heritage Sites	4	History – The Fifties
5	Numbers	6	Science & Nature
7	Sport	8	Television Quiz Shows and Panel Games

Specialist Questions

Round 1: Arts & Entertainment

1	How are the TV characters Blanche, Dorothy, Rose and Sophia better known?
	The Golden Girls
2	What did comedian Joe Lycett legally change his name to in 2020 as a protest?
	Hugo Boss
3	Who sang the theme song to the Bond film No Time to Die?
	Billie Eilish
4	In March 2021, the painting Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque, was sold by Angelina Jolie for nearly £8.3million. It was originally gifted to F.D. Roosevelt in 1943 by whom?
	Winston Churchill (the artist)
5	Who sculpted the world–famous statue now universally known as The Thinker?
	Auguste Rodin
6	Which TV series is set on the fictional island of Saint Marie?
	Death in Paradise
7	Charles–Marie Widor (pronounced veedor) is widely associated with music composed for which instrument?
	Organ
8	Which film studios company is famous for producing the Wallace and Gromit etc series of films?
	Aardman Animations (accept Aardman)

Supplementaries:

1	Which nation did the band Maneskin represent when they won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2021?
	Italy
2	Before the singer Bjork went solo, what was the name of the band in which she sang lead vocals?
	The Sugarcubes

Round 2: Bird Brain

Each answer is the name of a British bird.

1	Used to feature on the reverse of the last issued farthing in circulation.
	The wren
2	World Speed Record steam locomotive.
	Mallard
3	Has the country name of 'Yaffle'.
	(Green) woodpecker
4	Symbol of the RSPB.
	Avocet
5	The castle in chess is also known as.
	Rook
6	Also known in the countryside as Mavis.
	(Song) thrush
7	Britain's smallest bird.
	Goldcrest (accept firecrest – a subspecies)
8	Concertina–like Tudor collar.
	Ruff

Supplementaries:

1	Amongst the heaviest of flying animals in the world, which bird is a resident of parts of Salisbury Plain?
	Great bustard
2	Part owned by the Queen and also The Vintners and Dyers companies.
	Mute swan

Round 3: Geography – UNESCO World Heritage Sites

You'll be given the year in which the site was first listed, at the start of the question.

1	1986. Which uninhabited island lies to the west of the Outer Hebrides and was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status for its natural heritage?
	St. Kilda
2	2001. Which industrial village in West Yorkshire is located on the river Aire, and its mill also houses a permanent exhibition of works by David Hockney?
	Saltaire
3	1988. In which cathedral was Thomas à Beckett assassinated in 1170?
	Canterbury
4	1986. Which site was at the heart of the industrial revolution and covers approximately 5.5 square kilometres near Telford in Shropshire?
	Ironbridge Gorge (accept Ironbridge or Coalbrookdale)
5	1997. The Queens House, designed by Inigo Jones, and the Royal Naval College, designed by Christopher Wren, are part of which maritime site?
	Greenwich
6	1986. Built in the late 11th and early 12th century, which cathedral is the largest example of Norman architecture in England and houses relics of St. Cuthbert and the Venerable Bede?
	Durham
7	2009. Who designed the aqueduct at Pontycysyllte (pont–cuh–suck–teh) in Wales?
	Thomas Telford
8	2001. The mills in Cromford village, which are home to many of Richard Arkwright's inventions, are in the valley of which British river?
	The Derwent

Supplementaries:

1	1987. Which country house in Oxfordshire is home to the Duke of Marlborough?
	Blenheim Palace
2	2019. Which site in Cheshire is also the home of the Bluedot Festival?
	Jodrell Bank

Round 4: History – the Fifties

1	Who was the US senator who conducted a witch–hunt against what he called 'reds'?
	Joseph McCarthy
2	Joy Beverley of The Beverley Sisters married which England football captain?
	Billy Wright
3	What was the name of the speech therapist that helped King George VI with his impediment? He died in 1953.
	Lionel Logue
4	Who was the designer of the German V2 missile who later helped guide the American space programme?
	Werner von Braun
5	Miles Davis was a famous fifties jazz musician who played his music on which instrument?
	Trumpet
6	After the defection of the spies Burgess and Maclean, who was revealed as the Third Man?
	Kim Philby
7	What was its nickname of the Rolls Royce Thrust Measuring Rig, which took off vertically?
	The flying bedstead
8	In 1957 who invented a vaccine to protect against poliomyelitis?
	Jonas Salk

Supplementaries:

1	The Festival of Britain opened in 1951, in which month?
	May (3rd)
2	Musical star Mary Martin was the mother of which American actor whose screen home was South Fork?
	Larry Hagman

Round 5: Numbers

1	How fast, in miles per hour, did the De Lorean have to travel to get Back to the Future?
	88
2	How many lines are there in a sonnet?
	14
3	What number car does Lewis Hamilton drive in Formula One?
	44
4	Which three digits would you dial to get the Speaking Clock?
	123
5	How many stripes, of both red and white in total, are there on the US flag?
	13
6	In The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, which number is "the meaning of life, the universe and everything"?
	42
7	Which Beethoven symphony was used by the BBC in World War II to send the code for victory?
	5 (dot, dot, dot, dash – morse code for V)
8	How many emirates make up the UAE?
	7

Supplementaries:

1	What number do the opposite faces of a die add up to?
	7
2	In Imperial measurement, how many pounds are there in a hundredweight?
	112

Round 6: Science & Nature

1	Which is the only muscle in the human body that is not attached at both ends?
	The tongue
2	According to the RHS, which shrub is commonly known as a Californian lilac?
	Ceanothus
3	What is the SI unit of measurement for luminous intensity?
	The candela
4	Which British bird – a very common garden visitor – has the binomial Pica pica?
	The magpie
5	Which species of adult mammal has the heaviest brain?
	The sperm whale (8 kg)
6	In Ohm's law, what is calculated by multiplying current by resistance?
	Voltage (V=IR)
7	Which insect nymph is responsible for producing what we call 'cuckoo spit'?
	The froghopper
8	Malachite is a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral of mainly which colour?
	Green

Supplementaries:

1	What equation is used to measure the area of a circle?
	πr2 (pi r squared)
2	What are the stone columns in the Giant's Causeway made from?
	Basalt

Round 7: Sport

1	Who is the current manager of Brentford FC?
	Thomas Frank
2	In which city are the 2022 Winter Olympics due to be held?
	Beijing
3	Which country won the 2021 T20 cricket world cup held in the UAE?
	Australia
4	Which player gave up the Manchester United No. 7 shirt for the return of Ronaldo in September 2021?
	Edinson Cavani
5	Where is the Ryder Cup due to be held in 2022?
	Rome (accept Italy)
6	Peter Wright became the PDC World darts champion on 3rd January 2022 but after whom is the trophy named?
	Sid Waddell
7	Which team won the Superbowl in 2021?
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
8	Who was the last British woman to win a singles tennis grand slam before Emma Raducanu's victory in 2021's US Open ?
	Virginia Wade (1977)

Supplementaries:

1	Which player won golf's British Open in 2021?
	Colin Morikawa
2	The BCGBA is the UK governing body of which very popular local sport?
	Crown green bowls (accept bowls)

Round 8: Television Quiz Shows and Panel Games

1	Who is the new host of BBC's The Weakest Link?
	Romesh Ranganathan
2	In which quiz do teams attempt to solve the Connecting Wall?
	Only Connect
3	In which game show of the 70s and 80s was Dusty Bin the booby prize?
	3–2–1
4	Who was the host of The Price is Right when first aired on ITV in 1984?
	Leslie Crowther
5	Which children's quiz show has been hosted by Bob Holness, Michael Aspel, and Lisa Tarbuck amongst others?
	Blockbusters
6	Which news quiz has had the same two team captains since it first aired in 1990, although the question master now changes weekly?
	Have I Got News for You
7	With 22 boxes to choose from, what was the largest amount of money a contestant could win on Deal or No Deal?
	£250,000.00 (two hundred and fifty thousand pounds)
8	In 2021, on which panel show did Bob Mortimer claim he had helped Damon Hill to F1 World Championship by giving him a scotch egg before the race?
	Would I Lie to You? (It was in fact true!)

Supplementaries:

1	Which quiz show had two teams, each comprising two adults and two children, answering questions put to them by Robert Robinson?
	Ask the Family
2	Which quiz has rounds including Where is Kazakhstan, Answer Smash and Distinctly Average?
	Richard Osman's House of Games (accept House of Games)

General Knowledge

Set by the Plough Horntails; vetted by the Sutton Club and the Queens.

1	After which president of the USA was Washington's National airport renamed?
	Ronald Reagan
2	Why were Samuel Pepys's diaries not published until after 1825?
	Their shorthand could not be deciphered
3	What is the atomic number for Magnesium?
	12
4	Of which country was Zog king from 1928 to 1939?
	Albania
5	How is the TV presenter and comedian Leslie Heseltine better known?
	Les Dennis
6	In which country is the Seikan Tunnel?
	Japan
7	Jonquil is a shade of which colour?
	Yellow
8	Name the Conservative MP for North Shropshire who resigned after the Prime Minister made it clear he would not prevent him from being punished by Parliament for lobbying.
	Owen Patterson

9	Apiculture is the raising and care of which creatures?
	Bees
10	In which part of the human body is the organ of Corti?
	The ear (cochlea)
11	What was the name of the hydroplane in which the English car and speedboat racer Donald Campbell was killed in 1967?
	Bluebird (K7)
12	The Winter War, from 1939 to 1940, was a military conflict between Russia (or the Soviet Union) and which other country?
	Finland
13	What's the capital of Indonesia?
	Jakarta
14	Where on a horse's body would you find the frog?
	On the underside of the hoof (accept foot)
15	Which US state is known as the Beef State?
	Nebraska
16	In which town does Rupert Bear live?
	Nutwood

17	Which foodstuff is used in an annual race at Olney in Buckinghamshire?
	Pancakes
18	Which Channel 4 gameshow was presented by Richard O'Brien, Ed Tudor–Pole and Richard Ayoade?
	The Crystal Maze
19	Who painted the Queen's portrait in 2005, commissioned by the BBC to celebrate her 80th birthday?
	Rolf Harris
20	In the Beano comic, who was the arch rival of Walter Brown, a.k.a. Walter the Softie?
	Dennis the Menace
21	What product was the late Michael Jackson filming a commercial for when his hair caught fire in 1984?
	Pepsi Cola
22	Which football team were Manchester United playing in 1995 when Eric Cantona took offence to some verbal abuse and Kung Foo kicked a fan?
	Crystal Palace
23	Which river flows through Leicester?
	The Soar
24	Where would you most likely find a toposcope?
	A viewpoint, or the top of a hill – showing the direction and distance to notable locations

25	What was the currency of Portugal before they adopted the Euro?
	Escudo
26	In tennis, what piece of fruit is found at the top of the men's singles Wimbledon trophy?
	A pineapple
27	What was the name of the own brand of children's clothing sold by Woolworths?
	Ladybird
28	Which is the only United States State capital city that ends in the letter 'x'?
	Phoenix (Arizona)
29	Which musical does the song You'll Never Walk Alone come from?
	Carousel
30	What kind of nut is in a Ferrero Rocher chocolate?
	Hazelnut
31	Who was the last British monarch to be born outside Great Britain?
	George II (born in Hanover)
32	Which British television series is filmed at Weald and Downland Living Museum in Singleton, West Sussex?
	The Repair Shop

33	What is the only property on a standard British monopoly board that is south of the river Thames?
	Old Kent Road
34	What is the name of the group of street urchins who sometimes aided Sherlock Holmes?
	The Baker Street Irregulars (accept Irregulars)
35	What kind of leather is named after a European country?
	Suede (from the French gants de Suède, which literally means 'gloves from Sweden')
36	What is the British name for the herb that the Americans call cilantro?
	Coriander
37	In Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, which instruments represent the wolf?
	French horn
38	To which country does the island of Spitzbergen belong?
	Norway
39	Which comedy double act had the real names Thomas Derbyshire and Robert Harper?
	Cannon and Ball
40	In 2006 Pluto was re–classified as a dwarf planet. What's the next largest dwarf planet by diameter?
	Eris (some observations actually make Eris slightly larger than Pluto)

41	What is measured with a goniometer?
	Angles
42	If an insect is xylophagous, what does it eat?
	Wood
43	How old was King George VI when he died in 1952?
	56 (accept ± 1 year)
44	In which year did the Duke of Windsor (formerly King Edward VIII) die?
	1972 (±1 year)
45	In which stretch of British water would you find Bass Rock?
	The Firth of Forth
46	What do the Australians call a long narrow lake, left behind after a river changes its course?
	A billabong
47	The formula 4/3 π r 3 (four thirds pi r cubed – where r is the radius) will give the volume of what shape of object?
	A sphere
48	What stroke is missing from this cycle of a 4–stroke engine: Induction; (blank); ignition; exhaust
	Compression

49	Which British Prime Minister had Witney as his constituency?
	David Cameron
50	Which British Prime Minister had Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath as his constituency?
	Gordon Brown
51	Who wrote and performed the theme music to the TV programme One Foot in the Grave?
	Eric Idle
52	Which US authoress, humorist and wit said: "If all the girls who attend the Yale prom were laid end to end, it wouldn't surprise me one bit"?
	Dorothy Parker
53	Which footpath runs approximately 100 miles from Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, to Winchester?
	The South Downs Way
54	The North Downs Way runs approximately 150 miles across southern England. Name one of the towns at either end.
	Farnham or Dover
55	Which car company started assembling cars in Swindon in 1985 and stopped during 2021?
	Honda
56	Which car company started assembling cars in Malvern, Worcestershire in 1910 and is still doing so in 2021?
	Morgan

57	The M55 motorway runs from the M6 to the outskirts of which town?
	Blackpool
58	Two suspension bridges carry motorways from England to Wales (and vice versa). One is the M4; what's the other?
	M48
59	Which product is "Made in Scotland frae girders"?
	Barr's Irn Bru (accept Iron Bru)
60	Which product was advertised with the slogan "Guards against night starvation!"?
	Horlicks
61	In which country was Leon Trotsky assassinated in 1940 when someone hit his head with an ice pick or ice axe?
	Mexico
62	Which Egyptian Prime Minister was killed while reviewing a military parade in 1981?
	Anwar Sadat
63	What's the county town of Buckinghamshire?
	Aylesbury
64	What's the county town of Somerset?
	Taunton

65	Which author, the subject of the film Shadowlands, died on the same day as John F. Kennedy?
	C. S. Lewis
66	Which singer is the only person to have UK Number One singles in six consecutive decades?
	Elton John
67	Which song by Tony Christie took 34 years, 10 months and 2 days, from its initial release in 1971, to becoming number 1 in the UK?
	(Is This The Way To) Amarillo
68	Which canonised Nobel Peace prize winner died in the same week as Princess Diana?
	Mother Teresa (of Calcutta)
69	The song The Power of Love by Huey Lewis & the News was written specifically for which film?
	Back to the Future
70	Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers featured in which film?
	Ghost
71	Who created the fictional detective Adam Dalgleish?
	P.D. James
72	Who created the fictional detective Philip Marlowe?
	Raymond Chandler

73	Which country has a region that produces Douro wines?
	Portugal
74	Which region of France originally produced Carménerè wines?
	Bordeaux (accept Medoc) carmenere
75	Name one of the two films in which Vin Diesel played or voiced Groot ("I am Groot").
	Guardians of the Galaxy or Avengers: Endgame
76	In which series of films was the title character voiced by Mike Myers?
	Shrek
77	What is the food dish Nasi Goreng?
	(Indonesian) fried rice
78	The fermented cabbage and radish dish known as kimchi originated in which country?
	Korea
79	Which was the first of the two National Parks established by the Scottish parliament in 2002, and situated north of Glasgow?
	Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
80	Hamilton is the capital of which British Overseas Territory?
	Bermuda

81	In chemistry, which piece of laboratory equipment did the German Scientist Liebig invent?
	The condenser
82	Which bizarre classic, directed by Tim Burton, starred Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis?
	Beetlejuice
83	Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain won the Women's Singles at Wimbledon in 2017, but who was the first (and only other) Spanish woman to win the singles title?
	Conchita Martinez (she beat Martina Navratilova in 1994)
84	Whose second symphony is known as The Little Russian?
	Tchaikovsky
85	What was H. G. Wells's first novel?
	The Time Machine
86	Who was Harold Wilson's immediate predecessor as Labour Party Leader?
	Hugh Gaitskell
87	In which of Charlotte Bronte's novels, set in the time of the Luddite attacks on Mill machinery, does the character Caroline Helstone appear?
	Shirley
88	In which film did Meryl Streep win her first Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role?
	Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

89	Name the English scientist whose work on X–ray diffraction images of DNA, which led to the discovery of its double helical structure, was directly acknowledged by Francis Crick.
	Rosalind Franklin
90	Who, in 1865, became the first English woman to qualify as a medical doctor?
	Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
91	What's the capital of Belarus?
	Minsk
92	What's the capital of Liechtenstein?
	Vaduz
93	Which Swedish physicist, who died in 1874, gave his name to a unit of length equal to one ten millionth of a millimetre?
	Anders Jonas Ångstrom
94	Name the gardener to King George III who has a perennial yellow flowering shrub named after him.
	William Forsyth (hence forsythia)
95	In which English county is Didcot?
	The historic county of Berkshire, or the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire (accept either)
96	On the UK Monopoly board, which station is between Go and Jail?
	King's Cross

Supplementaries:

1	Lady Nancy Astor was the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons. In which year was she elected?
	1919 (accept 1918 to 1920)
2	The 516–metre Arouca Bridge (in the town of Arouca, about an hour's drive away from Porto) opened in 2021. What is its claim to fame?
	It's the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge
3	What is Keir Starmer's constituency?
	Holborn & St. Pancras
4	Who was US Vice President under George W. Bush?
	Dick Cheney
5	Name Boris Johnson's adviser who resigned in December 2021 because of the leaked video about the Downing Street party.
	Allegra Stratton
6	The construction of which iconic Californian structure began January 1933?
	The Golden Gate Bridge

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