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10 ROUNDS ON WHICH JOKER PLAYABLE DOUBLING
SCORE NOT PHOTOS OR MASTERMIND. A MASTERMIND ROUND QUESTION WILL BE
ASKED IN THE MIDDLE OF EACH ROUND ANSWERS TO GO ON THE MASTERMIND
SHEET AND HANDED IN RIGHT AT THE END.
1: History
I. After 1066, who was the fourth monarch of England and from when
to when did that person reign?
II. From what year to what year did the slave war of Spartacus take
place?
III. Who was the fifth wife of Henry
8th and what fate befell her?
IV. Who was the author of "An
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations"
published in 1776?
V. Who was defeated by Paulinus Suetonius in 60 - 61 CE?
M1 What was the name of that person's
spouse?
VI. Which two countries declared war on which other country on 3rd
September 1939?
VII. Who said: "Non violence is the greatest force at the disposal
of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction
devised by the ingenuity of man"?
VIII. Who was executed on January 30th 1649?
IX. Who lead the Spartans at the battle of Thermopylae?
X. What battle took place on 18th June 1815? Name the commander who
won and the one who lost.
2: Geography
I. How many independent states are there in the world and how many
belong to the UN?
II. Which is the world's longest river and how long is it?
III. Which is the world's least urbanised country?
IV. Which is the world's highest active volcano and how high is it?
V. Which is the world's most populous metropolitan area?
M2 How many people live there?
VI. What is the tilt of the earth's axis?
VII. What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica?
VIII. Put the following towns in order from West to East - Belfast,
Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London
IX. If, on Monday 6th December 2004 it was 12.00 midday in London;
what time was Wellington, N.Z.?
X. Iran shares its border with how many other countries?
3: Spelling
UH DUH NEED A MICROPHONE!!!!
4: Maths
I. 4 / 3 is the same as what?
II. How many sides does a regular heptagon have?
III. How many faces, vertices (where three or more faces and an equal
number of edges meet) and edges does an octahedron have?
IV. What is 25% of 610,048?
V. What are the smallest and the largest prime numbers (only divide
by itself and one) below 1,000?
M4 What are the next largest and smallest
prime numbers below 1,000?
VI. Pythagoras' Theorem states that in a right angled triangle the
sum of the square of the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle)
is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides or a2 +
b2 = c2. If a is 12 and b is 5 what is c?
VII. What is the mean average of: 3, 7, 5, 13, 20, 23, 39, 23, 40,
23, 14, 12, 56, 23, 29?
VIII. Calculate (162 x 5) ÷ (32 + 49)
IX. How many seconds are there in a week?
X. When a barrel is one-quarter full it contains 6 litres. How much,
to the nearest litre, does it contain when two-thirds full?
5: Scripture
I. Who took the place of Judas as one of the apostles?
II. Who was the first person to build an altar unto the Lord?
III. Nebuchadnezzar was king of which city?
IV. After David killed Goliath, what did he do?
V. Satan is 'god of this world'. True or False?
M5 By what other names is Satan known
in the Bible?
VI. In what book of the Bible will you find the Ten Commandments?
VII. Who was the king in this quotation? "But the king covered
his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom,
O Absalom, my son, my son!"
VIII. Where is the 'garden of Gethsemane' located?
IX. What sign did the angels tell the shepherds to look for?
X. Who was the brother of Jacob?
6: Science
I. What is Andrology?
II. What is Batonophobia?
III. As what is Cholecalciferol or Calciferol better known and for
which disease is its deficiency responsible?
IV. What is the greatest constituent of the air that we breathe?
V. What is the common name for triglyceride?
M6 Glycerol or glycerine is the main
constituent of triglycerides; draw its chemical structure?
VI. What makes up most of the earth?
VII. What is the brightest visible star?
VIII. What naturally occurring element has the largest atom?
IX. From what is dry ice made?
X. What is the chemical symbol in the periodic table for Cesium
7: Food and drink
I. What is the difference between an herb and a spice?
II. To what internal temperature must chicken be cooked so that it
is safe to eat?
III. What is borscht?
IV. What is the main ingredient used to make houmous?
V. What grape is used to produce Nuits St. Georges?
M7 Nuits St. Georges gives its name
to the Cotes de Nuits - what is generally recognized as the most famous
red wine vineyard in the Cotes de Nuits?
VI. Which people were the first to drink chocolate?
VII. For what does the term V.S.O.P. stand?
VIII. From what do hot peppers get their heat?
IX. From what is Saffron derived?
X. What is the 1855 classification?
8: Sports
I. In how many ways can you be dismissed at cricket?
II. The 150th Oxford v. Cambridge boat race took place in 2004. Who
has won most races and how many?
III. Who won the football world cup in 1950?
IV. What, in pounds, is the weight limit for a cruiserweight boxer?
V. To which side of the hooker are you, if you are standing beside
him or her, looking forwards as the tighthead prop?
M8 Who is England's most capped prop
forward and how many England caps has he won?
VI. What is the nickname for Newcastle United F. C.?
VII. Who won the Formula One World Drivers Championship in 1969?
VIII. In netball, after you have caught the ball what must you do
with it?
IX. In which years did Red Rum win the Grand National?
X. When and where did the current Olympic marathon distance become
the norm?
9: Films, literature, art and music
I. Who married Prince Rainier Grimaldi III in 1956?
II. Who was called "the white lady of soul"?
III. Who wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray?
IV. What is the full name of the man who repainted the ceiling of
the Sistine Chapel?
V. What was and what was the name of Jimmy Stewart's friend in a famous
film made in 1950?
M9 What was the name of Jimmy Stewart's
character in the film?
VI. Who painted The Fighting Temeraire?
VII. Who wrote The Silmarillion?
VIII. Who wrote the oratorio The Messiah?
IX. Who wrote The Sound of Music?
X. Who wrote Paradise Lost?
10: Music
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
TRACK 3
TRACK 4
TRACK 5
M10 In what year did the composer of
the previous piece die (within 10 years)
TRACK 6
TRACK 7
TRACK 8
TRACK 9
TRACK 10
M: Mastermind
M1 What was the name of that person's spouse?
M2 How many people live there?
M3 From what Latin word is cemetery derived and what does that Latin
word mean?
M4 What are the next largest and smallest prime numbers below 1,000?
M5 By what other names is Satan known in the Bible?
M Glycerol or glycerine is the main constituent of triglycerides;
draw its chemical structure?
M7 Nuits St. Georges gives its name to the Cotes de Nuits - what is
generally recognized as the most famous red wine vineyard in the Cotes
de Nuits?
M8 Who is England's most capped prop forward and how many England
caps has he won?
M9 What was the name of Jimmy Stewart's character in the film?
M10 In what year did the composer of the previous piece die (within
10 years)
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