ONLINE QUIZ LEAGUE Questions set by: Michael McPartland

Edited by: Daniel Fullard and Alexander Furby

For use in matches on 07/07/2021 Correct as of 07/07/2021

Round 1 1a The Belgian beer Fruli is flavoured with which fruit? strawberry 1b Which of the 12 Apostles also became the first Pope of the St Peter / Simon Peter Roman Catholic Church after having denied Jesus three times during the events of the Crucifixion? 2a What was the name of the fictional plot made up by Titus Oates Popish Plot to win favour with Charles II, it resulted in at least 22 innocent people being executed and eventually Oates being sentenced to life imprisonment and an annual stay in the pillories for perjury? 2b Which 1854 Arthur Hughes painting depicts an historical woman Fair Rosamund known for great beauty who was a mistress of King Henry II? 3a After Russia, which in terms of area is the second largest of the Kazakhstan ex-Soviet republics? 3b What is the appropriate name of the horse which with the time of Mr Frisk 8 minutes and 47.8 seconds, holds the record for winning the Aintree Grand National is the quickest time? It set the record in 1990. 4a On what day of the week is the TV show Songs of Praise Sunday generally shown? 4b Which group teamed up with the England football team on the New Order UK Number One single World in Motion?

Round 2 1a Which solo artist became a one hit wonder in 1994, with the Tony Di Bart number one single The Real Thing? 1b Which actresses’ TV roles include playing Megan Roberts the Nerys Hughes titular character in the 1980s drama series The District Nurse and Sandra Hutchinson, one of the two title characters, alongside Polly James in the 1970s comedy series The Liver Birds? 2a What 28 letter long word is given to the position that advocates antidisestablishmentarianism that the established state church should continue to receive government patronage and should not become unrecognised as the state’s official religion? 2b The actress Stella Banderas is one of the daughters of Melanie Dakota Johnson Griffith. Which actress is her other daughter? 3a Which historical figure is the central character in the three Hilary Thomas Cromwell Mantell novels Wolf Hall, Bring up the Bodies and The Mirror and the Light? 3b Queen Anne was the last Monarch of which British Royal Stuart House? 4a Which Swiss tennis player won three of the tennis grand slam Martina Hingis tournaments in 1997, but was prevented from completing the Grand Slam when Iva Majoli won that year’s French Open? 4b Located on the border of Transylvania and Wallachia, what is the Bran castle name of the castle which is sometimes called Dracula Castle as it is the home of the title character in the Bram Stoker novel?

Round 3 1a Found in his Codex Atlanticus, a 1489 drawing by Leonardo Da Helicopter Vinci which depicts an aerial screw is thought of as a prototype version of which modern form of transport? 1b In which city did the assassination of American President John K Dallas Kennedy take place? 2a Kai Havertz scored the only goal in the 2021 Champions League Chelsea FC Final, that saw which team to beat Manchester City 0-1? 2b Which is the only Central American country to share a border Panama with Colombia, it was formerly part of Colombia until 1903? 3a Mily Balakirev was considered the leader of which group of 19th The Mighty Handful / The Five Century Russian Composers? / The Mighty Five / New Russian School 3b In which country would you find the film making area known as Pakistan (based in Lahore) Lollywood? 4a In Greek Mythology, what was the name of the outlaw Sciron eventually killed by Theseus who forced passers-by to wash his feet. Whilst they were doing that, he would kick them off a cliff to their death? 4b Which pop singer has the unofficial nickname Queen Bey? Beyonce Knowles (accept either name or both together)

Round 4 1a What is Europe’s largest peninsula, it contains Norway, Sweden, Scandinavian peninusla the Northwest of Finland and a tiny sliver of Northwest Russia? 1b In 2010 Brock Lesnar lost the UFC Heavyweight Championship Cain Velasquez to which Mexican American Mixed Martial Artist? Their only rematch took place in a WWE ring in 2019 which saw Lesnar win by submission in 88 seconds? 2a Channing Tatum plays the title character Michael Lane who is Magic Mike better known by what two-word name in a 2012 comedy drama in which he plays a male stripper? 2b Lisa Scott Lee, Faye Tozer, Clare Richards, Lee Latchford Evans Steps and H are the five members of which British pop band, whose 2020 album What the Future Holds went to Number 2 in the UK Album Charts, 21 years after their highest selling single Tragedy? 3a In the first Basic Edition of Dungeons and Dragons a player Cleric could choose to play as 4 different human character classes, these were Magic User, Fighter, Thief and which other religious based class? 3b With a chemical formula C4H10 what is the name of the straight butane chain alkane which contains 4 carbon atoms? 4a In 1901, Clement Duval became the first person to successfully Devil’s Island escape from which penal colony that was found just off the coast of French Guiana? 4b A Marsh-wiggle called Puddleglum and a talking owl called The Chronicles of Narnia Glimfeather are characters which appear in which series of seven (accept ‘Narnia’ alone or The fantasy novels? Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe)

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Round 5 1a After Russia, which in terms of population is the second largest Ukraine of the ex-Soviet republics? 1b With a winning time of 14 minutes and 53 seconds, which horse Lottery holds the record for winning the Aintree Grand National in the slowest ever time? This happened in 1839 and was the first ever Grand National. 2a Although there was also a version called Sunday Grandstand, on Saturday what day of the week was the Sports TV Show Grandstand generally shown? 2b Members of which group teamed up with Frank Skinner and The Lightning Seeds David Baddiel on the UK Number One football song Three Lions? 3a The Belgian beer Framboise is flavoured with which fruit? raspberry 3b Which of the 12 Apostles betrayed Jesus with a kiss in the Judas Iscariot Garden of Gethsemane in exchange for thirty pieces of silver? 4a In 2006 Sunderland-born John Humble was sentenced to 8 years Wearside Jack (accept in prison for perverting the course of justice. He had been found Yorkshire Ripper hoaxer or guilty of being which notorious hoaxer from the 1970s? similar) 4b An 1872 triptych by Arthur Hughes found in the Walker Gallery As You Like It in Liverpool depicts scenes from which play by William Shakespeare?

Round 6 1a Which King of England is one the title characters in the Mark Edward VI Twin novel The Prince and the Pauper? 1b Queen Elizabeth I was the last Monarch of which English Royal Tudor House? 2a Which tennis player, then representing Yugoslavia, won three of Monica Seles the tennis grand slam tournaments in 1991 but was prevented from completing the Grand Slam when Steffi Graf won that year’s Wimbledon Championship? 2b Located in Poland what is the world’s largest castle measured in Malbork castle terms of land area? 3a Which group became a one hit wonder in 1994, when they had a Doop UK number one single with a song which shared its name with the name of the band? The word is four letters long? 3b Which actresses’ TV roles include playing Aunt Sal, the sister of Anna Karen Peggy Mitchell, in the soap opera Eastenders and Olive Rudge in the 1970s comedy series On the Buses? 4a At 29 letters long, ‘floccinaucinihilipilification’ [Flock e knock Jacob Rees-Mogg in e phil e fee kay shun] is the longest word to ever appear in Hansard due to which politician using it in a speech in the House of Commons on the 21st of February 2012? 4b The actor Jack Quaid is the only son of which actress? Meg Ryan

Round 7 1a Operas by which member of the Mighty Handful include The Nikolai Rimsky-Koraskov Snow Maiden, The Golden Cockerill and The Tale of Tsar Saltan, the latter of which contains a work which was intended to portray the chaotic and rapidly changing flying pattern of a type of insect? 1b Name either country where one would find a film making area India / Nepal (based in the cities known as Kollywood? of Kolkata and Kathmandu) 2a In Greek Mythology, what was the name of the thief eventually Procrustes killed by Theseus who invited travellers to stay in a bed which he would then make them fit exactly by either stretching them or chopping off their limbs if they were too big? 2b Which pop singer has the unofficial nickname Riri? Rihanna Fenty / Robyn Fenty 3a Only attributed to him in 2011, which painting of Christ by Salvador Mundi Leonardo became in 2017 the most expensive painting ever sold? 3b In which city did the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Sarajevo take place, which would trigger the start of World War 1? 4a Youri Tielemans scored the only goal in the 2021 FA Cup Final, Leicester City FC that saw which team to beat Chelsea 0-1? 4b Which is the only Central American Country which does not El Salvador have a coastline on the Caribbean Sea?

Round 8 1a In the first Basic Edition of Dungeons and Dragons a player Halfling could choose to play as 3 different demi-human races, these were Elf, Dwarf and which other race who were shorter than dwarves and did not have beards? 1b With a chemical formula C3H7OH what is the name of the propanol straight chain primary alcohol which contains 3 carbon atoms? 2a Situated on an island about a mile offshore in the Bay of Chateau D’if Marseille, what is the name of the prison which Edmund Dantes successfully escaped from in the novel The Count of Monte Cristo? 2b A Mentat or Human Computer called Thufir Hawat and a Dune Fremen called Chani are characters in which series of science fiction novels? 3a What is Europe’s second largest peninsula, it contains Andorra, Iberian peninsula Spain, Gibraltar, Portugal and a small part of Southern France? 3b Which Mixed Martial Artist won the first ever UFC Superfight Ken Shamrock Championship in 1996, he would go on to win the WWE King of the Ring Tournament in 1998 and feud with The Rock over the WWE Intercontinental title? 4a Robert Carlyle and Mark Addy play the two lead characters in The Full Monty which 1997 comedy film that centres of a group of unemployed men who take up male stripping? The title of the film refers to strippers who take everything off and don’t just strip down to their underpants. 4b Cliff Williams, Phil Rudd, Stevie Young, Angus Young and AC/DC Brian Johnson are the current members of which Australian Rock band whose 2020 album Power Up went to Number 1 in the UK Album Charts, 30 years after their highest charting single Thunderstruck?

Spare Questions 1 Harald Gormsson the King of Denmark between 958 and 986 Bluetooth shares his nickname with the name for what wireless technology for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices using radio waves which was developed by Ericsson in 1994? 2 The singer Katy Perry shares her real name with which actress Kate Hudson who appeared in the films Almost Famous, Skeleton Key and Bride Wars? 3 Which person won his first World Heavyweight Boxing Evander Holyfield Championship when he knocked out James Buster Douglas in 1990? 4 Despite having no connection with the city of Venice, what is the gondola official name of the carriage which carries people and cars from one side of the River Tees to the other on Middlesbrough’s Transporter Bridge?