1.     What is the name of the disembodied hand in the Addams family films and TV series

Thing

2.     Which Motown artist released the successful album Songs in The Key of Life

Stevie Wonder

3.     Whose assassination sparked off World War One

Archduke Ferdinand

4.     How many lanes are there in an Olympic swimming pool

Ten

5.     What were estate cars formerly known as

Shooting brakes

6.     In the UK we call it candy floss what would an American call it

Cotton candy

7.     Which British organization's motto is In Utmost Good Faith

Lloyds of London

8.     Which sitcom starred Wendy Craig and Geoffrey Palmer as a married couple

Butterflies

9.     From which song do the following lyrics come, “Let's move before they raise the parking rate”

All Right Now by Free

10.  Which breed of terrier is the smallest in stature as recognised by The Kennel Club

Yorkshire terrier

11.  Which county did wicket keeper Godfrey Evans play cricket for

Kent

12.  Why is money sometimes called bread

Bread and honey (rhyming slang)

13.  A consignment sent by boat is called a cargo what is a consignment sent by train called

Shipment

14.  What is the capital of The Bahamas

Nassau

15.  What nationality was actor Raymond Burr who played Ironside and Perry Mason

Canadian

16.  Who had a number one in the seventies with Bye Bye Baby

Bay City Rollers

17.  Which club beginning with B were the first club to provide England with 100 rugby union players

Blackheath

18.  Which American aircraft company made the World War Two Dauntless light bomber

Douglas

19.  What is the spirit used in the Italian dessert Tiramisu

Brandy

20.  When England won the football World Cup in 1966 seven of the squad did not get a game in the finals can you name them (they were finally awarded medals in 2009)

Ron Springett, Peter Bonetti, Jimmy Armfield, Ron Flowers, Norman Hunter George Eastham and Gerry Byrne

21.  Which film were Liz Taylor and Richard Burton working on when they fell in love

Cleopatra

22.  Beethoven’s third symphony the Eroica was originally dedicated to which military leader

Napoleon

23.  In cricket can a batsman be stumped off a wide and given out

Yes

24.  What is the former name of Guyana

British Guiana

25.  How many squares are there on a Snakes and Ladders board

A hundred

26.  Which Swiss watchmaker make the Oyster watch

Rolex

27.  Mission to Moscow was the subtitle of which American comedy film

Police Academy 7

28.  When Buddy Holly was killed in a plane crash in 1959, who were the other two singers that also died (point for each)

Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens

29.  How many branches must a stags antlers have to become a royal stag

Twelve

30.  Which two bodies merged in 1918 to form the RAF

Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps

31.  In which Shakespeare play do we hear about Yorick and Ophelia

Hamlet

32.  American designer Raymond Loewy designed a classic pack for which brand of cigarettes

Lucky Strike

33.  What is the Scottish equivalent to the Attorney General

The Lord Advocate

34.  What is the well known tune for piano that can be played by one finger on each hand called

Chopsticks

35.  What colour are the flowers of the laburnum

Yellow

36.  Which British car manufacturer made the Renown in the forties and fifties

Triumph

37.  What is the only island city in England

Portsmouth on Portsea Island

38.  What was the name of the villain in the Bond film From Russia With Love played by Robert Shaw

Red Grant

39.  From which Handel oratorio does the Hallelujah Chorus come

The Messiah

40.  What is the only English anagram of Indicatory to be found in a dictionary

DICTIONARY

Round 2 - JUST THE JOB

1.     At what profession did Sir Christopher Wren achieve lasting fame

Architect

2.     In which job must you constantly rotate the gob on the end of your nose

Glassblowing

3.     What in Ireland was a gombeen man

Money lender or tallyman

4.     What is the difference between a butler and a valet

A valet serves a man and a butler serves the household

5.     What does a fellmonger deal in

Animal skins

6.     What is the proper term for someone who makes women's hats

Milliner

7.     In the 17th century what job was done by 'Charlies'

Night-watchmen

8.     What is the name given to someone who makes wagons

Wainwright

9.     Originally what was a coward

Boy who took care of-cows

10.  Ellen Church became the first person to take up which occupation in 1930

Air