Round One YOUNG CARER (surnames where necessary) 10 points

  1. What colour can go before fever, hammer, jacket, jersey and pages to make five new words or phrases? Yellow (disease, bird, wasp, Tour de France and directory)
  2. McCaig’s Tower overlooks which west coast ferry port known as ‘the Gateway to the Isles’? Oban
  3. Which rock band released albums in the 1980’s entitled ‘Boy’, ‘October’, ‘War’ and ‘The Joshua Tree?U2
  4. Which country is bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south? Nicaragua
  5. Constantine II was the last king of which European country? Greece (1964-1967 1973 monarchy abolished)
  6. The TivoliGardens are a tourist attraction in which European capital city? Copenhagen
  7. Which radio soap opera is set in the village of Ambridge? The Archers
  8. Which actor and director became the first chairman of the Sundance Film Festival in 1978? Robert Redford (Utah)
  9. Which international artificial language was invented in 1887? Esperanto (Dr. Zamenhoff, Polish, 1859-1917)
  10. Who wrote Booker Prize winner ‘Midnight’s Children’ (1981) and ‘The Satanic Verses’ (1988)? Salman Rushdie

Round Two TV and film themes 10 points

  1. Grease (1978) Summer Nights
  2. Countdown (1982-present)
  3. Star Wars (1977-1980-1983-1999-2003-2005)
  4. Cagney and Lacey (1982-1988, 7 seasons, 125 episodes)
  5. You Only Live Twice (1967)
  6. Blockbusters (ITV 1983-1993 1204 episodes)
  7. Back to the Future (1985-1989-1990)
  8. The A-Team (1983-1987 97 episodes)
  9. The Full Monty (1997) You Can Leave Your Hat On
  10. Cheers (1982-1993 11 seasons 275 episodes)

Round Three Numbers 1-10, no number repeated, question numbers are not question answers 10 points

  1. Roman numerals: what is the letter ‘X’ expressed as a decimal? TEN
  2. How many railway stations are there between EdinburghWaverley and Kirkcaldy on the East Coast Mainline, excluding both of these stations (2010)? NINE (Haymarket, South Gyle, Dalmeny, North Queensferry, Inverkeithing, Dalgety Bay, Aberdour, Burntisland, Kinghorn – Gogar station proposed for airport/tram link)
  3. How many tennis Grand Slams are there (major tournaments)? FOUR (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open)
  4. Denmark has land borders with how many countries? ONE - Germany
  5. How many digits make up the binary system? TWO (0 and 1)
  6. How many times did Ireland win the Eurovision Song Contest in the twentieth century? SEVEN (70, 80, 87, 92, 93, 94, 96)
  7. How many Georges have been king of Great Britain? SIX
  8. How many sides are there on a pentagon? FIVE
  9. What number of motorway links Edinburgh and Glasgow? EIGHT
  10. How many musketeers are in the title of Alexander Dumas’ novel? THREE

Round Four Cover versions – name the song and EITHER the group or artist heard OR the original group or artist 20 pts

  1. Uptown GirlWestlifeBilly Joel
  2. JumpGirls AloudThe Pointer Sisters
  3. Against All OddsSteve BrooksteinPhil Collins
  4. Suspicious MindsDwight YoakhamElvis Presley
  5. Love Me for a ReasonBoyzoneThe Osmonds
  6. RevolutionThompson TwinsThe Beatles
  7. Bohemian RhapsodyPinkQueen
  8. Let’s Spend the Night TogetherDavid BowieThe Rolling Stones
  9. Pinball WizardElton JohnThe Who
  10. Wichita LinemanR. E. M.Glen Campbell

Round Five Doubles

  1. HOBBIES: Apart from clothing, what two pieces of equipment are essential for the sport of orienteering? Map and compass
  2. TV: What were the first names of ‘Starsky and Hutch’? David Starsky and Kenneth Hutchison
  3. KINGS & QUEENS: Which two of Henry VIII wives were beheaded? Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard
  4. GEOGRAPHY: Name the two U. S. states that are not part of what is known as continental U. S. A. (non-contiguous). Hawaii and Alaska
  5. POLITICS: Name two of the first four Presiding Officers of the Scottish Parliament. David Steele (Lib Dem 1999-2003), George Reid (SNP 2003-2007), Alex Ferguson (Tory 2007-2011) and Tricia Marwick (SNP 2011-present)
  6. BOARD GAMES: On a standard Trivial Pursuit board, which two categories make up green questions? Science and nature
  7. SPORT: Which two English football league teams play their home games in Stoke-on-Trent? Stoke City and Port Vale (Robbie Williams is a famous fan)
  8. BUSINESS: What do the initials ‘QR’ represent in ‘QR’ code (square matrix barcode)? Quick response (Toyota 1994)
  9. FILM: Timothy Dalton starred in which two James Bond film? ‘The Living Daylights’ (Aha) 1987 and ‘Licence to Kill’ (Gladys Knight) 1989
  10. FOOD: What are the two main ingredients of meringue? Egg whites and sugar

Tiebreak questions

  1. What was Crocodile Dundee’s first name? Mick or Michael
  2. Holden Caulfield is the main character of which novel published in 1951? ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ J. D. Salinger
  3. What is the longest motorway in the U. K.? M6 (SIX)
  4. Wichita is the largest city in which U. S. state? Kansas
  5. In which decade of the twentieth century did Constantinople officially become Istanbul? 1930’s (1930)

Ultimate tiebreak: Name the five most visited websites in the world (as of November 2011) all dot com

  1. Google.com
  2. Facebook.com
  3. Youtube.com
  4. Yahoo.com
  5. Wikipedia.com

Kev, Leigh, Jo and Iain 67/70 tiebreak 3/5, The Bitches of Prestwick 67/70 tiebreak 2/5, Drive By Audio 64/70

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