Monday 8th October 2001
Question set by Colly Wobblers (Ormskirk)
All rounds are general

ROUND 1
1A. Which city was the setting for the film "The Third Man"?
VIENNA.
1B. Steps had a recent hit with "Tragedy". Who had the original hit with this song?
THE BEE GEES.
2A. Which group of painters produced the paintings "The Scapegoat" and "Ophelia"?
P.R.B. (PRE-RAPHAELITE BROTHERHOOD)
2B. Which famous explorer was buried on South Georgia in 1922?
SHACKLETON.
3A. Which golfer threw away the 1999 Open, taking 7 after playing into a stream?
(JEAN) VAN DER VELDE.
3B. Which river is formed by the confluence of the rivers Tame and Goyt?
THE MERSEY.
4A. Whose most famous poem is "The Tay Bridge Disaster" of 1880?
(WILLIAM) McGONAGALL.
4B. Which Minister of Education introduced the Education Act of 1944?
R.A. BUTLER.

ROUND 2.
1A. In which country did Kaiser Wilhelm II live from 1918 until his death in 1941?
THE NETHERLANDS.
1B. In Italian Commedia del Arte what was the name of Pantaloon's daughter?
COLUMBINE.
2A. Aleppo is the second largest city in which country?
SYRIA.
2B. Since WW2, who has won the most consecutive singles titles at Wimbledon?
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA.
3A. Name the W-shaped (sometimes M-shaped) constellation prominent in the northern skies.
CASSIOPEIA.
3B. Which cathedral in the south of England has three spires?
TRURO.
4A. Which composer, born in Russia in 1882, became a French citizen in 1934 and an American citizen in 1945, and died in New York City in 1971 ?
STRAVINSKY.
4B. Name the family who live next door to "The Simpsons".
THE FLANDERS.

ROUND 3.
1A. In the 13th C. French tales about Reynard the Fox, what is the name of the cockerel?
CHANTICLEER.
1B. To which family of birds does the hobby belong?
FALCON (FALCONIDAE).
2A. In April 2000, who took over from Zoe Ball as presenter of the Radio One Breakfast Show?
SARAH COX.
2B. On which mountain in the English Lake District is Striding Edge?
HELVELLYN.
3A. In Greek myth, who was the brother of Electra, with whom she conspired to murder their mother Clytemnestra?
ORESTES.
3B. In 1199 John succeeded Richard I on the English throne. How were they related?
BROTHERS.
4A. What was unusual about the first Australian cricket team to tour England, in 1868?
THEY WERE ALL ABORIGINES.
4B. Which composer's 3 surviving operas are "Orfeo", "Ulysses", and "Poppaea" in brief?
MONTEVERDI.

ROUND 4.
1A. Geri Halliwell had a hit in 2001 with "It's Raining Men". Who had the original hit with this song?
THE WEATHERGIRLS.
1B. Name the Scottish football team whose home ground is in Kirkcaldy.
RAITH ROVERS.
2A. Who, as Minister of Health, introduced the National Health Service in 1948?
ANEURIN BEVAN.
2B. What name was given in 1905 to a group of painters of whom the best-known was Henri Matisse?
LES FAUVES.
3A. On which mountain in the English Lake District is Nape's Needle?
GREAT GABLE.
3B. In the James Bond films, what was the name of Bond's usual CIA partner?
FELIX LEITER.
4A. Which famous explorer was killed by natives in the Philippines in 1521?
MAGELLAN.
4B. Complete the name of the cocktail invented by Zaphod Beeblebrox, a character in "Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy". A Pan-galactic what?
GARGLEBLASTER.

ROUND 5.
1A. Which road crosses the Forth Road Bridge? Letter and number, please.
THE A90.
1B. Name the Scottish Premiership football club whose home ground is in Perth.
ST. JOHNSTONE.
2A. Name the battle of 1571 in which a Christian alliance under Don John of Austria defeated a large Turkish fleet.
LEPANTO.
2B. Jane Eyre is the best-known of Charlotte Bronte's four completed novels. Name one of the other three.
VILLETTE, SHIRLEY, or THE PROFESSOR.
3A. With which instrument was jazz musician Joe Venuti chiefly associated?
VIOLIN.
3B. Name the headmaster of the school attended by Bart and Lisa Simpson,
SEYMOUR SKINNER.
4B. With which element is iron treated in the process known as galvanisation?
ZINC.
4B. What is the lowest commissioned rank in the RAF?
PILOT OFFICER.

ROUND 6.
1A. In Greek myth, which daughter of Demeter was abducted to the underworld by Hades?
PERSEPHONE.
1B. To which family of birds does the fieldfare belong?
THRUSH (TURDIDAE).
2A. In which location is Hitchcock's film "To Catch a Thief', starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, mainly set?
THE FRENCH RIVIERA (Accept MONTE CARLO or MONACO).
2B. Which composer's three best-known operas are "Der Freischutz", "Oberon", and "Euryanthe"?
WEBER.
3A. In "Cautionary Tales" by Hilaire Belloc, which 'interesting play' had Matilda's aunt gone to see when Matilda burnt her house down?
THE SECOND MRS. TANQUERAY.
3B. In 1399, Henry IV succeeded Richard II. How were they related?
(FIRST) COUSINS.
4A. Which golfer played a ball lodged in the branches of a tree during the Benson & Hedges International Open in 1981?
(BERNHARD) LANGER.
4B. Into which body of water does the River Trent flow?
THE HUMBER (ESTUARY).

ROUND 7.
1A. In which country did Idi Amin finally settle after his exile from Uganda? As far as we know he is still there.
SAUDI ARABIA.
1B. In which cathedral is the campanile known as Giotto's Tower?
FLORENCE.
2A. Name the composer, born in Halle in 1685, who settled in England in 1712, becoming naturalised in 1726, and died in 1759.
HANDEL.
2B. Who, in 1959, became the first tennis player not from the USA to win the Ladies Singles at Wimbledon since WW2?
MARIA BUENO.
3A. Name one of the two brightest stars in the constellation Gemini.
CASTOR or POLLUX.
3B. Which type of car is also the name of a character in "The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy"?
FORD PREFECT.
4A. In which country is Ibadan the second largest city?
NIGERIA.
4B. Who played the female lead in the Hitchcock film "North by Northwest"?
EVE-MARIE SAINT.

ROUND 8.
1A. In April 2000, the Radio 4 show Loose Ends moved from Saturday mornings to Saturday evenings. Who is still the regular presenter of the programme?
NED SHERRIN.
1B. Which road crosses the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Strait? Letter and number, please.
THE A5.
2A. By which work is novelist Laurence Sterne best remembered?
TRISTRAM SHANDY.
2B. With which element is rubber treated in the process of vulcanisation?
SULPHUR.
3A. What name has been given to the instrument introduced by Channel 4 this season which shows the flight path of a cricket ball and verifies or disproves lbw decisions?
HAWKEYE.
3B. With which instrument is jazz musician Lionel Hampton chiefly associated?
VIBRAPHONE. (VIBES).
4A. What rank in the Royal Artillery corresponds to corporal in other regiments?
BOMBARDIER.
4B. In which battle of 1812, 70 miles from Moscow, did Napoleon claim victory, but suffered such devastating losses that his eventual defeat was assured?
BORODINO.

SPARE QUESTIONS.
1. Name the Scottish Football League club whose home ground is in Dumfries.
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH.
2. Which composer was born in Belgium in 1822 but later became a French citizen?
CESAR FRANCK.
3. Which future Prime Minister resigned as Foreign Secretary in 1938 over the appeasement of Hitler?
(ANTHONY) EDEN.
4. Name the witch who is the best friend of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
WILLOW.