Round 1 Name NT places in Wales 1-9 and 9 cathedrals/minsters in England/Wales 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Round 2 Name the 10 British horse racing courses beginning with ‘A’ or ‘C’ [Includes flat, jump and flat and jump race-courses; according to the official website of The Racecourse Association as of April 2019.] Name the first 10 one-word countries alphabetically after Nigeria that end with the letter ‘A’ [Help: The last one begins with ‘S’] Round 3 1 The word paprika means what in Hungarian? 2 Joan Collins played Alexis Carrington in which US soap? 3 The Americas Cup is a competition in which sport? 4 Elton John’s 1976 hit ‘Don’t go breaking my heart’ featured which singer? 5 The word carpal refers to bones in which part of the body? 6 Which country has the international vehicle registration letters TR? 7 What is the name of the building that serves as the seat of the German Parliament? 8 Phobos and Deimos are moons of which planet? 9 Which country is the worlds top coffee producer? 10 The road sign with a white rectangle and a red circle background means what? 11 Name the only PM of UK to be assassinated? 12 New Orleans international airport is named after which jazz singer? 13 The Taj Mahal is in which city? 14 Compounds of which element have been used for centuries to impart a blue colour to glazed ceramics? 15 Which record producer who died in 2016 was referred to as the fifth Beatle? 16 What is the general name for a male voice between tenor and bass? 17 Eliza Doolittle is the lead character in which 1964 film? 18 The granite city is a nickname for which Scottish city? 19 Who served as Prime Minister 4 times in the 19th century? 20 The longest man made waterway is in which continent? Answers for week 29 Round 1 1 Jimmy Hendrix 2 Eric Clapton 3 Keith Richards 4 George Harrison 5 The Edge 6 Slash 7 Pete Townsend 8 Keith Moon 9 Ringo Starr 10 Phil Collins 11 Mick Fleetwood 12 Roger Taylor 13 Charlie Watts 14 Gilbert O’Sullivan 15 Billy Joel 16 Elton John 17 Jerry Lee Lewis 18 Stevie Wonder Round 2 The last 10 presidential surnames with six or fewer letters [Up to and including the president as of March 2019; this list contains 10 different surnames: any surname shared by two presidents appears only once.] Trump, Obama, Bush, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Truman, Hoover & Wilson The 10 Charles Dickens novels that contain the letter ‘O’ in their title [This is about the 14 major published novels by Charles Dickens that were completed in his lifetime; the titles are as they appear on the “Dickens as a Fiction Writer” page of the Dickens Fellowship website as of May 2019; the Christmas books, including “A Christmas Carol” are not included in this list.] A Tale of Two Cities, Bleak House, David Copperfield, Dombey & Son, Great Expectations, Little Dorrit, Nicholas Nickleby, Oliver Twist, Our Mutual Friend & The Old Curiosity Shop Round 3 1 Largest river in Ireland? Shannon 2 Since 2006 Kirsty Young has presented which BBC 4 programme? Desert Island Discs 3 Which president died in Dallas 22nd Nov 1963? John F Kennedy 4 A billet doux is what type of letter? Love 5 Irish group that has won more grammy awards than any other Irish band? U2 6 In 1977 which football club won their first European cup? Liverpool 7 The battle of Rorkes drift appears in which 1964 film? Zulu 8 Cleeve Hill is the highest point of which range of hills? Cotswold Hills 9 Which country came top of the 2016 world happiness report? Denmark 10 Ashes to Ashes is the sequel to which TV series ? Life on Mars 11 Carmine is a shade of which primary colour? Red 12 In the children’s folk tale Billy Goat Gruff who lived under the bridge? Troll 13 Who designed the Olympic kit for the 2012 Olympic games in London? Stella McCartney 14 What type of animal is a muntjac? deer 15 Which planet in the solar system has planets named after Shakespearian characters? Uranus 16 Singer Shakira was born in which country? Columbia 17 What is the most northerly town in England? Berwick on Tweed 18 In video games what is the occupation of the Nintendo character Mario? Plumber 19 Which wild flower takes its name from lions tooth ? dandelion 20 What does Thursdays child do in the traditional poem? has far to go .