2023–4 Season: Week 5 – 5 December 2023

Set by Harrington Academicals; vetted by Sutton Mutton and the Dolphin.

Specialist Rounds

1	Sport	2	Arts & Entertainment
3	Science (and Nature)	4	History
5	Geography	6	Food and Drink
7	Cats and Dogs	8	Dumb Britain

Round 1: Sport

1	In cricket, who were the winners of this year's County Championship?
	Surrey
2	Name the head coach who led England to their 2003 Rugby Union World Cup win.
	Clive Woodward
3	Who is currently manager of the Wales men's football team?
	Rob Page
4	Which British athlete has held the world record for the men's triple jump since 1995?
	Jonathan Edwards
5	The record winning time for which sporting event is 16 minutes 19 seconds, set in 1998?
	The University Boat Race (won by Cambridge)
6	Alf Ramsey and Bobby Robson both left which club job to become England manager?
	Ipswich Town
7	In snooker, how many successful pots are required for a maximum break?
	36 (15 reds and 15 blacks, followed by the six colours)
8	In which sporting event is the record winning time 8 minutes 47 seconds, set in 1990?
	The Grand National (won by Mr Frisk)

Supplementaries:

1	What change was introduced to the Wimbledon championships in 1986 for the benefit of TV viewers?
	The traditional white balls were replaced with yellow balls
2	In rugby league, who were the winners of this year's Super League Grand Final?
	Wigan Warriors
3	According to the rules of golf, what's the maximum number of clubs that may be carried?
	14

Round 2: Arts and Entertainment: Classic Movies – A time before CGI

1	Who directed Hobson's Choice in 1954 and A Passage to India in 1984?
	David Lean
2	Who directed The Grapes of Wrath in 1940 and The Quiet Man in 1952?
	John Ford
3	Daniel Day Lewis has won the Oscar for Best Actor three times – in 1989, 2007 and 2012. Which film did his first victory come from?
	My Left Foot
4	Which actress has won the most Best Actress Oscars, with four wins between 1932/33 and 1981, when she starred opposite Jane Fonda?
	Katharine Hepburn
5	High Society (1956) was a remake of which earlier non–musical film, for which James Stewart won the Oscar for best Actor?
	The Philadelphia Story
6	Which novel by Erich Maria Remarque has been made into a film three times – in 1930, 1979 and 2022?
	All Quiet on the Western Front
7	Which song did Ingrid Bergmann ask Dooley Wilson to play in a 1942 classic?
	As Time Goes By (in Casablanca)
8	Which actor was buried with a whistle given to him by his fourth wife?
	Humphrey Bogart (Lauren Bacall)

Supplementaries:

1	What was the theme song to High Noon?
	The Ballad of High Noon (accept Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')
2	Who sang the theme song to the Bond film From Russia With Love?
	Matt Monro
3	White Christmas was the titular song of a 1954 film, but in which film did the song first appear twelve years earlier?
	Holiday Inn

Round 3: Science

1	In which European city are the headquarters of UNESCO, the UN's Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation?
	Paris
2	Deteriorating RAAC is a national problem, forcing classrooms, schools and other public buildings to close recently. Name either of the As in RAAC
	Autoclaved or aerated
3	Which muscles are found in the front of your thighs?
	The quadriceps
4	Dowsing rods, traditionally used to detect water underground, are most commonly made from twigs cut from which tree?
	Hazel
5	A carminative can be used to relieve what human discomfort?
	Flatulence (accept farting)
6	Tellurium is named after which planet of the Solar System?
	Earth (from the Latin, tellus)
7	What does the P stand for in a PSA test?
	Prostate(–Specific Antigen)
8	Name the process in which metal is heated and cooled in order to make it more malleable.
	Annealing (accept tempering)

Supplementaries:

1	The Greenland – the longest–living vertebrate in the world – is a species of which type creature?
	Shark (it can live for more than 400 years)
2	What is the largest moon of Saturn?
	Titan

Round 4: History

1	What was drawn up in 1787, adopted in 1789 and has seven articles and twenty –six amendments?
	The constitution of the United States of America
2	What name was given to the statement of policy made by the US president in 1823, which declared that the Americas were not to be a field for any political interference by European powers?
	The Monroe Doctrine
3	The 38 th parallel was the focal point of military and diplomatic activity in which war?
	The Korean War
4	Which country declared itself an Islamic republic on 1 April 1979?
	Iran
5	In mediaeval England, what was the name of the tax based on one tenth of a person's income?
	Tithe
6	What hoisting or lifting apparatus, used in construction or dockyard work, gets its name from a London hangman?
	The derrick
7	Who was the mother of King Edward VI?
	Jane Seymour
8	Which world figure publicly renounced his divinity in 1946?
	Emperor Hirohito of Japan

Supplementaries:

1	Margaret Beaufort was the mother of which king?
	Henry VII
2	Charles Edward Stuart is remembered nowadays as Bonnie Prince Charlie. But by what name was he commonly to his political opponents in his own time?
	The Young Pretender (accept TheYoung Chevalier, reluctantly)

Round 5: Geography

1	Name one of the three counties in the ancient province of Ulster which lie in the Republic of Ireland.
	Cavan, Donegal or Monaghan
2	Which UK city has two cathedrals, both dedicated to St Patrick?
	Armagh
3	Convectional, relief and cyclonic are types of what?
	Rainfall
4	The Australian Capital Territory is an enclave in which state?
	New South Wales
5	On which river do Phnom Penh and Vientiane, the respective capital cities of Cambodia and Laos, lie?
	The Mekong
6	Which river rises on Mount Hermon and flows into the Dead Sea via the Sea of Galilee?
	The Jordan
7	Which African capital city, lying on the Congo river, was formerly known as Leopoldville?
	Kinshasa
8	Which river flows through Congleton?
	The Dane

Supplementaries:

1	Which wooded mountain range is known to the Germans as the Schwartzwald?
	The Black Forest
2	Name one of the two legendary giants that are the traditional guardians of the City of London, and whose wicker effigies lead the procession of the Lord Mayor's Show.
	Gog or Magog (may–gog)

Round 6: Food and Drink

1	What is the nearest Michelin–starred restaurant to Macclesfield?
	Mana – in Ancoats, Manchester
2	A Negroni cocktail is made with gin, Campari, and what other alcoholic ingredient?
	Red Vermouth (accept Martini)
3	In an Indian restaurant, what is paneer?
	A type of cheese – made from curdled milk
4	Which TV chef announced the closing of his famous restaurant, le Gavroche?
	Michel Roux Jr.
5	Which dark ale, which has won awards including World's Best Ale and Champion Beer of Britain, has been brewed in Stockport since 1899?
	Old Tom
6	What is the French name for cider–apple brandy?
	Calvados
7	Which famous wine from the Burgundy area is made from Gamay grapes?
	Beaujolais
8	Which dry white wine from the western end of the Loire Valley, said to go particularly well with seafood, is made from the Melon de Bourgogne grape?
	Muscadet

Supplementaries:

1	On a Spanish menu, what are mejillones? ( meh–hee–own–es – please spell it out)
	Mussels
2	Which herb is usually used to flavour Béarnaise sauce?
	Tarragon and/or chervil– accept either

,,, and just for fun ...

Treat it as a tiebreaker!

	How much does the full tasting menu at Mana cost in November 2023?
	£195

Round 6: Cats and Dogs

The first three letters of each answer are either 'C–A–T' or 'D–O–G'.

1	Which word means a waterfall occurring when a large amount of fast–moving water falls over a cliff?
	Cataract
2	What is the adjective for strongly expressing beliefs as if they were facts?
	Dogmatic
3	What was the title of the chief magistrate of Venice or Genoa?
	The Doge
4	What name is given to an underground cemetery, consisting of a gallery with recesses for tombs, as constructed by the ancient Romans?
	Catacomb
5	What name is given to a tube that's inserted into your bladder, to allow your urine to drain freely?
	Catheter
6	Which adjective means 'appearing to be in a daze or stupor, or unresponsive'?
	Catatonic (accept catatonia)
7	What name is given to the practice of watching or engaging in exhibitionist sexual activity in a public place?
	Dogging
8	What word means poetry that is silly or badly written?
	Doggerel

Supplementaries:

1	Which shipping forecast area lies between Tyne and German Bight?
	Dogger
2	Cerys Matthews was the lead singer of which Welsh band?
	Catatonia
3	Which word means an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering – a disaster, but not a cataclysm?
	Catastrophe

Round 8: Dumb Britain

These questions have all been asked in UK quiz shows and reported in Private Eye. Give either the correct answer or the answer given by the contestant.

1	What was the Christian name of the suffragette whose surname was Fawcett?
	Millicent (not Farrah)
2	Which Oscar–winning actress shares her name with William Shakespeare's wife?
	Anne Hathaway (not Meryl Streep)
3	The TV series Dalgleish is based on the novels by which author?
	P. D. James (not Kenny Dalglish)
4	Which treaty was signed to bring World War I to an end in 1918?
	The Treaty of Versailles (not Magna Carta)
5	At the Malta summit in 1989, which US president declared the end of the Cold War?
	George W. Bush (not Kennedy)
6	What was the Christian name of Captain Cook, the explorer?
	James (not Thomas)
7	What name is given to the condition where the sufferer can fall asleep at any time?
	Narcolepsy (not nostalgia)
8	Which is the largest Spanish–speaking country in the world?
	Mexico (not Barcelona)

Supplementaries:

1	The title of which film starring Bob Hoskins is also the name of a famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci?
	Mona Lisa (not Who Framed Roger Rabbit?)
2	On which street did Sherlock Holmes live?
	Baker Street (not Kipling Street)
3	Which East Anglian warrior queen fought against the Romans?
	Boudicca (accept Boadicea) – not Joan of Arc
4	Rubber News was a feature of which 1980s satirical puppet show?
	Spitting Image (not Sooty and Sweep)
5	In the British Army, what are cherrypickers and cheesemongers?
	Regiments (not homosexuals)

General Knowledge

1	In August this year, which country became the fourth to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon?
	India
2	The birthplace of Henrik Ibsen, Skien is the main city of which country's Telemark region?
	Norway
3	Who chronicled an affair with his wife's companion Deb Willet (1650 or 51, to 1678) in his diary?
	Samuel Pepys
4	The Royal Navy explorer, Captain Matthew Flinders, is credited with giving which Commonwealth country its name?
	Australia
5	Which Earl of Leicester led the rebels in the Second Barons' War (1264–67)?
	Simon de Montfort
6	Which Manchester–born religious leader (1736–84) brought the Shaker sect from England to the American colonies?
	Ann Lee (a.k.a. Mother Ann Lee)
7	Which Kent island derives its name from the ancient Saxon Sceapige, meaning 'sheep island'?
	The Isle of Sheppey
8	Which day following Holy Week is the celebration of Jesus's resurrection?
	Easter or Easter Sunday

9	The Murder of Sherlock Holmes was the 1984 premiere episode of which US TV series, starring Angela Lansbury?
	Murder, She Wrote
10	The actor Tony Booth was the father–in–law of which Labour prime minister?
	Tony Blair
11	By what name is a pizza Quattro Stagioni known in English?
	Four seasons pizza
12	Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is the prequel to which novel (and film)?
	Hunger Games
13	Viscount Weymouth is the title usually held by the heir apparent to the Marquess of where?
	Bath
14	Rishi Sunak is the first follower of which religion to become British prime minister?
	Hinduism
15	The far–right president–elect Javier Milei has been called which South American country's Donald Trump?
	Argentina
16	Which Athenian temple is the subject of a 2002 book by Mary Beard?
	The Parthenon

17	Which politician was soaked with a bucket of ice water by Danbert Nobacon, of Chumbawamba, at the 1998 Brit Awards?
	John Prescott
18	Which Japanese company launched the world's first commercial quartz watch, the Astron, in 1969?
	Seiko
19	Claire Foy played which role in the first two seasons of The Crown on Netflix?
	Queen Elizabeth II
20	Which monetary unit was retained by India after independence in 1947, and was decimalised in 1957?
	The rupee
21	The Via Dolorosa is a processional route through the Old City of where?
	Jerusalem
22	High blood pressure can result from consuming too much of which element, with the atomic number 11?
	Sodium
23	In November 2023, American Sam Bankman–Fried was convicted of fraud and conspiracy. He embezzled billions of dollars from customers worldwide through his cryptocurrency empire. By what name was his company known?
	FTX (accept futures exchange or Almeda Research)
24	In demographic studies, what word follows 'zero population', in the term abbreviated to ZPG?
	Growth

25	What does the R stand for in a term for the accent of the social elite, abbreviated to RP?
	Received (pronunciation)
26	Which feature of a total eclipse of the Sun is named after the astronomer Francis Baily?
	Baily's beads
27	In 1937, which Spanish artist wrote a movie screenplay for the Marx Brothers called Giraffes on Horseback Salad?
	Salvador Dalí (it was rejected by MGM)
28	Which future king served as a midshipman at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780?
	William IV
29	Chipping Ongar, Braintree, Epping and Clacton–on–Sea are towns in which county?
	Essex
30	Which children's author and illustrator married her solicitor, William Heelis, in 1913?
	Beatrix Potter
31	In August 1942, the convoy codenamed Operation Pedestal took supplies to which Mediterranean island?
	Malta
32	Which king of England and Scotland called Robert Cecil his "little beagle"?
	James I and VI

33	Which former Tory prime minister was foreign secretary from December 1916 to October 1919?
	Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
34	In Holst's Planet Suite, which planet is the magician?
	Uranus
35	The sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes) is a species of which reptile?
	Snake or rattlesnake or pit viper
36	Which flag forms the canton (top left corner) of both the British Blue Ensign and the British Red Ensign?
	Union Jack or Union flag
37	Which former poet laureate wrote the festive poem Christmas Eve at The Moon Under Water (in 2023)?
	Carol Ann Duffy
38	Henry III was the son of King John and which Countess of Angoulême?
	Isabella of Angoulême
39	Which Disney creation was the first animated character to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
	Mickey Mouse, in 1978
40	What did Oscar Wilde describe as "the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable"?
	Fox hunting. The quote comes from A Woman of No Importance

41	Which French saint gives her name to a 1981 No 5 hit for OMD?
	Joan of Arc (accept Maid of Orleans)
42	Richard Westmacott's Hyde Park statue of Achilles (1822) is a monument to which duke?
	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
43	In the Noël Coward play Blithe Spirit, what is Madame Arcati's occupation?
	Medium or clairvoyant or spiritualist
44	"Do not disturb my circles!" were the reputed last words of which 3rd–century BC Greek mathematician?
	Archimedes. He is said to have been killed by a Roman soldier during the Siege of Syracuse
45	Retired Hong Kong judge Wayne Gould is credited with popularising which number puzzle in the Western world?
	Sudoku
46	In the British children's TV show Hey Duggee, what kind of animal is Duggee?
	Dog
47	Which American feral horse is named from the Spanish for 'stray beast'?
	Mustang (from mestengo)
48	The titular hero of which 1819 Sir Walter Scott novel fought in the Third Crusade alongside Richard the Lionheart?
	Ivanhoe

49	Charles Crichton's Hue and Cry (1947) was the first comedy released by which British film studio?
	Ealing Studios
50	First produced in 1874, what is Modest Mussorgsky's only completed opera?
	Boris Godunov
51	Nullius in verba, or "take nobody's word for it", is the motto of which British organisation, founded in 1660?
	The Royal Society
52	One of the largest stately houses in Europe, Wentworth Woodhouse is in which county?
	South Yorkshire (accept Yorkshire)
53	The first glass of which soft drink was poured at Jacobs' Pharmacy in Atlanta in May 1886?
	Coca–Cola
54	Marsh Daisy and British Faverolles are breeds of which domesticated bird?
	Chicken
55	Bildu is the former political wing of which now–defunct Basque terrorist group?
	ETA (accept Batasuna)
56	Loch Lochy is one of the freshwater lochs that forms part of which 60–mile waterway?
	The Caledonian Canal

57	On the 21 st of July 1969, who took the photograph of Buzz Aldrin on the Moon?
	Neil Armstrong
58	Which New Testament prophet criticised King Herod Antipas for marrying Herodias?
	John the Baptist, because she was the wife of his half–brother Philip
59	Who played Lord Brett Sinclair in the 1971–72 TV show The Persuaders!?
	(Sir) Roger Moore
60	What 1954 William Golding novel was originally titled Strangers From Within?
	Lord of the Flies
61	In UK transport, the following are types of what: broad, double, stop, guillotine, staircase?
	Canal locks
62	A 2023 Sandra Newman novel retells the story of which George Orwell work from Julia's point of view?
	Nineteen Eighty–Four. Newman's novel is entitled Julia
63	The Shrine of Our Lady of Caversham was destroyed in 1538 on the orders of which king?
	Henry VIII
64	Which city in the West Midlands has 35 miles of canals – said to be more than Venice?
	Birmingham

65	What is the two–word name of the UK's second–highest mountain?
	Ben Macdui
66	In 2012, the Diamond Jubilee year, the clock tower that houses Big Ben was given what name?
	The Elizabeth Tower
67	What is the most abundant chemical element in the Earth's crust?
	Oxygen (the core is largely iron)
68	What did Mahatma Gandhi call "the greatest force at the disposal of mankind"?
	Non–violence
69	"Vanity of vanities; all is vanity" is a statement at the beginning of which Old Testament book?
	Ecclesiastes
70	Which British athlete won the men's decathlon at both the 1982 and 1986 European championships?
	Daley Thompson
71	Which England and Warwickshire cricketer was the first batsman to score a century on his World Cup debut?
	Dennis Amiss, who scored 137 against India in 1975
72	Henry VI was king of England when which series of conflicts ended in 1453?
	The Hundred Years' War

73	In which Scottish city did the Clyde Arc bridge open in 2006?
	Glasgow
74	In which Dutch city was the Permanent Court of Arbitration established in 1899?
	The Hague (accept Den Haag)
75	Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin developed the first successful vaccine against which disease?
	Tuberculosis (the vaccine is Bacillus Calmette–Guérin, abbreviated to BCG)
76	George Gershwin based which "rhapsodic ballet" on the 1926 musical fragment Very Parisienne?
	An American in Paris
77	In which religion is the Feast of Pesach celebrated
	Judaism
78	Basil the Rat (1979) was the twelfth and last episode of which BBC sitcom?
	Fawlty Towers
79	Cloud–to–cloud, cloud–to–ground and intracloud or sheet are types of which weather phenomenon?
	Lightning
80	Which Shakespeare character gives her name to a 2016 film starring Florence Pugh?
	Lady Macbeth

81	Which bassist with The Animals brought Jimi Hendrix to London in 1966?
	Chas Chandler
82	Which US coffee chain opened its first UK store at 123 King's Road, London, in 1998?
	Starbucks
83	Norman Rockwell's 1970 painting Mr Apple pays homage to which Belgian surrealist?
	René Magritte (it references The Son of Man)
84	In the acronym for London's ULEZ, what does the E stand for?
	Emission (Ultra Low Emission Zone)
85	Which Stealers Wheel song was used in an infamous torture scene in the film Reservoir Dogs?
	Stuck in the Middle with You
86	Argyll's Rising (1685) was an attempt to overthrow which Stuart king?
	James II (and VII of Scotland)
87	Blenheim Palace was built as a gift to which duke from Queen Anne?
	John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
88	Which satyr play by Euripides, featuring Odysseus, is named after a type of mythical one–eyed giant?
	Cyclops

89	Who is the late comedy partner of Griff Rhys Jones, who played the title role in the sitcom Colin's Sandwich?
	Mel Smith
90	Chianti wine is made in which region of Italy?
	Tuscany
91	Alan Measles is the childhood teddy bear of which Turner prize–winning potter?
	Grayson Perry
92	Which range of hills in northern England is known as 'the backbone of England'?
	The Pennines
93	In which Merseyside town did the World of Glass museum open in 2000?
	St. Helens
94	The shakuhachi (shakoo–hatchi) is a Japanese flute traditionally made from a single piece of what?
	Bamboo
95	Which English golfer held the men's world No 1 ranking for the entirety of 1993?
	Nick Faldo
96	The song Flower of Scotland commemorates the victory of the Scots at which battle?
	Bannockburn

Supplementaries:

1	Old Swan, Wavertree, Sefton Park, Croxteth and Walton are areas of which city?
	Liverpool
2	A hepatectomy is a surgical procedure to remove part of which organ?
	The liver
3	On whose death in 1980 did Harry Secombe say "Bluebottle is deaded now"?
	Peter Sellers
4	The titular heroine of which Anne Bronte novel marries the curate Edward Weston?
	Agnes Grey
5	Which 1835 epic poem by Robert Browning is about a 16th century German–Swiss alchemist and physician?
	Paracelsus

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