Tonight we return to the hotseat for the second time in 2008. Here’s the questions I set:

Round One

1. Between which two islands would you find the Denmark Strait?
2. Between which two seas would you pass through the Kattegat and the Skaggerak?
3. Which European capital cities contain the following metro stations: a) Stortinget, Gronland and Holmenkollen; b) Minska, Pecherska and Dnipro; c) Garibaldi, Rome and Stalingrad?
4. In which European cities would you find the following airports: a) John Paul II; b) Nikola Tesla; c) Galileo Galilei
5. What connects the River Avon, East Timor, South Australia and Torpenhow Hill in Cumbria?
6. Great Britain is the third most populated island in the world. Which two islands sustain larger populations?
7. The top five countries in the world are Canada, Norway, Indonesia, Russia and the Philippines, if you rank them by what criterion?
8. The longest non-stop scheduled flight in the world covers a distance of 10,314 miles with a flying time of 18h40m. Which two cities are connected by this route?
9. Three part question about Australia. By what names do non-aboriginals recognise the following things: a) Kata Tjuta b) Yirdaki c) Purnululu
10. . What’s the only island in the world which has two national capitals on it? Which two countries and which two capitals?

Round Two

1. 1970s film taglines: which films had the following taglines: a) The brother man in the motherland; b) Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water; c) Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven;
2. On 21 November 1980, 360 million viewers around the world found out the answer. What was the question?
3. What, in computing, is the Scunthorpe Problem?
4. Four teams have appeared in a world cup final but not won. Which four?
5. Which creature’s latin name is ‘ursus arctos horribilis’?
6. Which three political parties has Vincent Cable stood as a candidate for in general elections?
7. Which well known logo is formed from a representation of the semaphore letters N and D inside a circle?
8. Why did B&Q recently stop selling sonic mole repelling devices in Northern Ireland?
9. . “You’ve got to hold and give / But do it at the right time / You can be slow or fast / But you must get to the line” – which 1990 hit single, by which band, and featuring whose rapping skills?

Beer Round

1. Which Shakespeare play was the first to be performed on television? It was broadcast live from Alexandra Palace in 1937
2. What newspaper is Pakistan’s most widely-read English-language paper?
3. Which 1997 single featured Tom Jones, Dr John, Burning Spear and Tanny Wynette, amongst others?
4. What record has been held since 1997 by Wing Commander Andy Green?
5. What was George Grossmith’s only novel?