Round 1 – Alphabet Soup

The answers to these questions follow each other in alphabetical order. However, we’re not telling you which letter the sequence begins with!

1. Palmerston Park is the home ground of which Scottish football league team?

2. Which Sanskrit word literally means “kingdom”?

3. Which group had a 1979 Top Ten hit with ‘We Are Family’?

4. Wolfram is an alternate name for which metal?

5. Which subterranean transport system opened in Berlin in 1902?

6. Caracas is the capital city of which country?

7. What is the more common name for the trachea?

8. Which album was released by Coldplay in June 2005?

9. Which internet search engine first started out as "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web"?

10. Which former Brazilian football player was born Arthur Antunes Coimbra in March 1953?

Round 2 – General Knowledge

1. Which fruit is also known as the love apple?

2. In which decade did the Eurovision Song contest begin?

3. The name of which sport means `empty hand` in Japanese?

4. Who is the patron saint of Spain?

5. What father and daughter duo had a number 1 hit in 1967 with the song `Somethin' Stupid`?

6. From `The Famous Five` who is missing from George, Anne, Dick and Timmy?

7. In which century did Christopher Columbus die?

8. Which British actor played Lee Harvey Oswald in the 1991 film `JFK`?

9. With which pop duo would you associate Theresa Bazaar and David Van Day?

10. What ancient Greek mathematician compiled 13 volumes on geometry called `The Elements`?

Round 3 – Gimme 5

Name the five Boswell siblings from the TV series ‘Bread’, starting with the eldest first.

Round 4 – Connections

1. Who was leader of the Conservative Party from 12 September 2001 to 6 November 2003?

2. What name is given to an employee who is responsible for some or all aspects of the welfare of a stable owner's horses and/or the care of the stables themselves?

3. Which English actor is well known for his portrayal of the villainous prison warder Jim Fenner in the television series ‘Bad Girls’?

4. Which singer released the single ‘Father and Son’ alongside Yusuf Islam?

5. What is the connection?

Round 5 – General Knowledge

1. With whom does Quasimodo fall in love in the novel “Notre Dame de Paris”?

2. On August 1st 1981 MTV broadcast its first video, what was it?

3. Which is the oldest of the royal parks in London?

4. What is the chemical symbol for Arsenic?

5. In 2004, Arsenal became only the second team to go a whole season in the top division unbeaten. Who were the first?

6. In what year did Margaret Thatcher become Prime Minister?

7. In which religion is Vishnu worshipped as the God of creation?

8. Cats are feline, dogs are canine, what animals are caprine?

9. Who succeeded Richard the Lionheart to the throne?

10. Where in your body would you find your Sartorius muscle?

Round 6 – Geographically speaking

1. In which country would you find Lake Disappointment?

2. In which Canadian city is the CN Tower?

3. Which country in Europe has the oldest Parliament?

4. Which two European capital cities are closest together?

5. How many countries border Germany?

6. In which American city is O`Hare International Airport?

7. Which African country achieved its independence from Ethiopia in 1993?

8. Which river runs through Budapest?

9. Hartford is the capital of which American state?

10. Charles University is situated in which European city?

Round 7 – Who Am I?

10 Points – I am a TV presenter and author was born in 1972 in Greater London to Irish parents from Limerick. My middle names are Anthony and Patrick.

8 Points – I am mainly known for being a comedian.

6 Points – In 2007, I obtained the world record for being the first comedian in cyberspace, after my show I did on Second Life.

4 Points – I am well known for my deadpan, satirical and often very dark humour. I have presented many 100s programmes for Channel 4 (eg ‘100 Greatest Cartoon Characters’)

2 Points – I host the quiz show ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’, other TV work includes ‘The Big Fat Quiz of the Year’ and ‘Distraction’ as well as my live DVD’s.

Note to quizmaster – Who am I? should be the last round played after the final sub-totals have been announced. This round gives every team the opportunity to win 10 points at the end, and to maybe snatch the top prize at the death. Each team has only one opportunity to hand an answer in, getting the relevant number of points for a correct answer, but zero points for an incorrect answer. Each team should only get one go, with the correct answer not announced until every team has handed their sheet in.

Jackpot/Tiebreak Questions

1. How high in metres is Mont Blanc, the highest point in the Alps?

2. What was the estimated population of Eritrea in July 2005?

Note to quizmaster – A Jackpot round at the end of the quiz is usually a great way to keep people coming back week after week. You should usually charge per individual entry with a special prize for the winner. You can split the prize for more than one winner, you can award the prize to the nearest answer (if the question is looking for a year or number), or you can allow a rollover into the following week if nobody is correct.

Answer Sheets / Score Sheet

Round 1 Answers

1. Queen of the South

2. Raj

3. Sister Sledge

4. Tungsten

5. U-Bahn

6. Venezuela

7. Windpipe

8. X&Y

9. Yahoo!

10. Zico

Round 2 Answers

1. Tomato

2. 1950s (1956)

3. Karate

4. St James

5. Frank & Nancy Sinatra

6. Julian

7. 16^th

8. Gary Oldman

9. Dollar

10. Euclid

Round 3 Answers

1. Joey

2. Jack

3. Adrian

4. Aveline

5. Billy

Round 4 Answers

6. Iain Duncan Smith

7. Groom

8. Jack Ellis

9. Ronan Keating

10. Blue Peter presenters

Round 5 Answers

1. Esmerelda

2. ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ by Buggles

3. St James’s Park

4. As

5. Preston North End

6. 1979

7. Hinduism

8. Goats

9. King John

10. Thigh

Round Six Answers

11. Australia

12. Toronto

13. Iceland

14. Vienna and Bratislava – However Rome (Italy) and Vatican City (Vatican City) are the two closest capitals of Europe (even of the world). The distance between them is 0 km….However Vatican City is a sovereign state and not a true capital of a country.

15. 9

16. Chicago

17. Eritrea

18. The Danube

19. Connecticut

20. Prague

Who Am I?

• Correct answer is Jimmy Carr

Tiebreak/Jackpot Answers

1. 4,808 metres

2. 4,401,009