After a long break we’re back in the hotseat tonight. Each of the groups who set the Prince of Wales quiz regularly bring something unique and recognisable to it, and one of the things we feel that we do well is to give the evening a slight sense of shambolic disorganisation. We excel this evening, over-running by twenty minutes and then finding out that two teams managed to claim the beer round prize. No idea who the fraudsters were but we’ll be watching carefully next time.

Here’s some of our questions:

Round One (me)

1. Who said in a recent interview that one of the things he hates most is people who misspell his name? “It’s real simple”, he said. “Just look at the albums. There’s a space in there”
2. Antonio Romero Monge and Rafael Ruiz, from Seville, have been performing Andalusian folk songs together since the 1960s. They briefly became world famous in 1996. Who are they, and for what did they become
3. Since records began, the total number of murders in England and Wales has only ever been above 1000 in a year once, in 2003. What caused this?
4. In April this year (2008), a man was charged with assault after dressing up as Darth Vader and attacking a Star Wars fan who had set up a Jedi Church. He didn’t arrive on time for his court case. What did the judge say when issuing an arrest warrant?
5. What connects Park Street, Bristol, the wall between Israel and the West Bank, London Zoo, and the corner of Highgate Hill and Tollhouse Way (just down the road from here)
6. In 1991, what was the connection between my car, my cat, my hat, your party, Milan, New York and Japan?
7. My accent is nonrhotic. Oli, Pete and Stu all have rhotic accents. What defines a rhotic accent?
8. The heat is on, the time is right. It’s time for your to play your game. People are coming, everyone’s trying, trying to be the best that they can, when they are what?
9. Thomas Midgley Jr. was a US chemist who, among other achievements, developed two chemicals, one an additive for petrol, and the other used in fire extinguishers, polystyrene manufacture, and refrigeration. As a result of his inventions it has been said that he has had more impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in the history of the Earth. What were the two chemicals?
10. Where in China would you be if you were in places whose names translate as the following: a) North Capital, b) South Capital, c) On the sea, and d) Fragrant Harbour

Round Two (Me, Stu, Ivan)

1. Who, in 2002, became the first foreigner to be given honorary citizenship of South Korea?
2. Political parties with this word in their name include an ultranationalist party in Russia, a centreright party in Australia, a centreground party in Japan, and a left wing party in Canada. What’s the word?
3. Which make of Mitsubishi is marketed as the Montero in Spain and Latin America, because its original name means wanker in spanish?
4. What massive selling early 90s rock album links the films Cool Hand Luke, Vanishing Point and Terminator?
5. Danny Cipriani has featured regularly in the showbiz columns of the popular press over the last month. His club Wasps, was hammered in their most recent Heineken European Cup game 41-11, but by which club?
6. Which film, released in 1964, was given the title Hi-Hi-Hilfe in Germany?
7. Former Atomic Kitten and twice Mum of the Year (2002 and 2005) Kerry Katona has recently undergone breast reduction surgery. According to the Daily Mail how has her cupsize changed? a) from DD to C b) from J to E c) from C to A d) from GG to DD
8. If you were the capocanonieri in Italy and the winner of the Pichichi in Spain, what would you be in England?
9. Mexicali forms a conurbation with which US city?
10. There are seven fundamental units in the SI system. What are they?

Round Three (Oli)

1. What sinister link is there between Barack Obama, John McCain, Osama bin Laden, Al Gore, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George Bush Sr, Winston Churchill, Jim Callaghan and Fidel Castro?
2. What is the longest word in common English usage which contains no vowels? (Twyndyllyngs does not count)
3. Who has the Canadian postcode of H0H 0H0?
4. The official title of the head of which European country’s government’s translates roughly as chieftain or leader? (His deputy’s title translates roughly as “heir apparent to the chief”).
5. Where is Thatcher Peninsula?
6. What is the only integer which is equal to its Scrabble score? (Blank tiles not allowed)
7. Which two continents do not contain the capital city of a monarchy?
8. According to a leak from the John McCain campaign to FOX News, which of the following continents does Sarah Palin believe to be a country: Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia, South America?
9. Who said, of Clint Eastwood, “I like Clint Eastwood because he has only two facial expressions: one with the hat, and one without it”?
10. Which 1984 movie was briefly listed in the Guinness Book of Records as being the most violent of all time? (It wasn’t listed as being the most right-wing – but it could have been).