1. Gardens
a. What name is given to a fence hidden in a ditch at the boundary of a garden or park to allow uninterrupted views of the countryside beyond?
b. Whose controversial garden design for the 2004 Chelsea Flower Show featured a number of brightly coloured enamelled steel balls?
c. In which county is the Westonbirt National Arboretum?
2. The Rolling Stones
a. Who replaced Brian Jones in the Rolling Stones?
b. Which pianist, originally a member of the group, accompanied the Stones on many of their live concerts until his death in 1985?
c. What was unusual about the cover of the Stones’ 1971 Sticky Fingers album?
3. British Isles
a. Where are the islands of Flat Holme and Steep Holme?
b. Which name is shared by islands in England, Scotland and Wales?
c. Which British island has a legislature called the States of Deliberation?
4. Club Names
a. Which is the only Football League club whose name starts with five consecutive consonants?
b. Which Zurich Premiership club shares a nickname with a Barclays Premiership club?
c. If Boston is Red and Chicago is White, what is Halifax?
5. Food and Drink
a. Where is Laphroaig whisky distilled?
b. Cheese sold as “stilton” must be produced in one of which three counties?
c. The Irish dish “champ” is made from mashed potato mixed with which other vegetable?
6. Lost Works
a. Cardenio is believed to be a lost work by which writer?
b. Whose album Smile was released in 2004, 37 years after it was initially abandoned?
c. Whose Third Symphony was completed from the composer’s notes by Anthony Payne in 1998?
7. World War I
a. Who was the top British air ace of WW1?
b. Which nation’s troops fought the Germans at the battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917?
c. Who resigned as First Lord of the Admiralty following the disastrous Gallipoli campaign?
8. Folk Dancing
a. Which seaside town’s annual folk song and dance festival celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2004?
b. In which Cornish village is the ‘Obby ‘Oss dance held every May Day?
c. How many dancers make up a side or team of Morris dancers?