Tuesday 19th March 2002
Question set by Liverpool Quiz League
Round 4 is headed, the rest are general

Round One
1a Which now world-famous invention of Atlanta chemist John Pemberton went on sale in May 1886, advertised as: 'an esteemed brain tonic and intellectual beverage'?
Coca-Cola
1b On her 21st birthday in 1930, Barbara Hutton became one of the world's most eligible heiresses when she inherited $20 million from her grandfather. Who was he?
F. W. Woolworth
2a Making her name on his TV show in the 1970's, who duetted with Cliff Richard on the 1980 single "Suddenly"?
Olivia Newton-John
2b Which African capital city derives its name from the Swahili word for 'swamp'?
Nairobi
3a On 8th July, 1942, Barbara Hutton married which film star, one week after he became a US citizen?
Cary Grant
3b What did Stockton-on-Tees chemist John Walker make by accident in 1827 from the dried residue left on a stick he had used to stir a mixture of potash and antimony?
(Safety) Match
4a Which African capital derives its name from the Amharic word meaning 'new flower'?
Addis Ababa
4b Who duetted with Glen Campbell on the 1970 hit single "All I Have To Do Is Dream"?
Bobbie Gentry

Round Two
1a What item of riding gear was named from the Indian city where it was first worn?
Jodhpurs
1b Who was the original 'daring young man on the flying trapeze' after whom the close-fitting garment worn by gymnast;;, etc., is named?
Jules Leotard
2a At which non-League football ground did Bournemouth AFC play their home games while Dean Court was being re-built?
Dorchester FC
2b How many groups are there in the European Champions' League?
Eight
3a Which is the only US state to feature the portrait of a President as the centre piece of its flag?
Washington
3b Which US state has the Union Jack on its flag, possibly reflecting its discovery by Captain Cook?
Hawaii
4a Mazarine Pigenot is now officially recognised as the illegitimate daughter of which former French President?
François Mitterand
4b Who was ordered to pay £6,000 a month in maintenance for his son, Lucas Morad?
Mick Jagger

Round Three
1a The lead sheep in a flock on whose neck a bell was hung was called what?
Bell-Wether
1b In which of the United Arab Emirates does the world's richest horse race take place, worth over £2 million to the winner?
Dubai
2a Which German engineer first brought out the differential gear on a car?
Karl Benz (1885)
2b Hilary Swank won the 1999 Best Actress Oscar for playing the lesbian transvestite con-person Brandon Teena in which film?
Boys Don't Cry
3a The ro1es of Ada Love, Christina Drayton, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and Ethel Thayer all won Best Actress Oscars for whom?
Katherine Hepburn
3b What word, meaning to pet or pamper, described a lamb or other young animal reared by hand, which then became a family pet?
Cosset
4a Name one of the horse races in the American Triple Crown.
Kentucky Derby; Preakness or Belmont Stakes
4b With which 1947 invention are the Americans Shockley, Brattain, and Bardeen associated?
Transistor

Round Four - SCHOOL & COLLEGE
1a "Tom Brown's Schooldays" written by Thomas Hughes in 1857, was based on his education at which public school?
Rugby
1b Wilfred, Toots, Danny, and Plug have all been pupils at which comic primary school since 1954?
Bash Street
2a Nelson Muntz, Milhouse van Houten, Ralph Wiggum, and Jimbo Jones are all pupils at which cartoon elementary school?
Springfield
2b Lord Byron, Anthony Trollope, and Sir Winston Churchill were all 'old boys' of which public school?
Harrow
3a Which controversial school was founded by Scottish educationalist A. S. Neill at Leiston, Suffolk, in 1927, with the philosophy that children should be educated 'free from fear'?
Summerhill
3b Which famous school was founded near Elgin, Scotland, by the educationalist Kurt Hahn in 1934, after he had fled Nazi Germany?
Gordonstoun
4a Which Oxford college, founded in 1886 by Elizabeth Wordsworth, daughter of the Bishop of Lincoln, was named in honour of a 12th century Bishop of Lincoln?
St. Hugh's
4b Which Oxford college, founded in 1793 by Dorothea Beale, principal of Cheltenham Ladies' College, was named to honour a 7th century Abbess of Whitby?
St. Hilda's

Round Five
1a By what name are members of the Order of the Reformed Cistercians of the Strict Observance, noted for their austerity of diet and absolute silence, usually known?
Trappist
1b The road along the seafront at Nice, France, built at the expense of English visitors to the resort as a token of gratitude for the hospitality they had received, is called what?
Promenade des Anglais
2a Which novel by Colette was produced as a Broadway play starring Audrey Hepburn in 1950 and as a Lerner and Lowe film musical eight years later?
Gigi
2b What was the real name of the Birdman of Alcatraz, who, while spending 42 years in solitary
confinement, became an acknowledged expert on the diseases of cage birds?
Robert Stroud
3a In 1955, which kidnapper wrote "Cell 2455 Death Row" from San Quentin's death row, where he won numerous reprieves until his execution on May 2nd, 1960?
Caryl Chessman
3b Which song from Irving Berlin's "Annie Get Your Gun", later used as the title of a Hollywood musical, is an unofficial anthem for the American musical theatre?
There's No Business Like Show Business
4a What name is given to the 19 mile section of three parallel highways along the French Riviera from Nice to Merton?
Corniche
4b If a priest has the suffix O.P. after his name, ha would belong to which of the four great mendicant orders of the Roman Catholic Church?
Dominican

Round Six
1a What was the stage name of the diminutive Charles S. Stratton who, at the tender age of five, was the first major attraction promoted by P. T. Barnum?
General Tom Thumb
1b What was the name of the 11 ft. tall elephant whose sale by London Zoo for $10,000 to P. T. Barnum in 1882 caused a national outcry?
Jumbo
2a The Roman city of Lindum stood on which river?
Witham (Lincoln)
2b The Roman city of Deva stood on which river?
Dee (Chester)
3a Which gaseous compound comprises three atoms of hydrogen and one atom of nitrogen?
Ammonia
3b What is the popular name of the gaseous compound comprising two atoms of nitrogen and one atom of oxygen?
Laughing Gas
4a In Act Two of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Puck claims he can 'put a girdle round the world' in how many minutes?
Forty
4b In keeping with the tradition, started by William Herschel in 1787, of naming the moons of this planet after characters by Shakespeare, what has been orbited by Puck since 1986?
Uranus

Round Seven
1a If a hawker travelled from place to place selling his wares from the back of a cart or on horseback, what word describes one who sold his wares travelling on foot?
Pedlar
1b As a highwayman robbed carriages while mounted on horseback, what name describes a robber who committed his crimes while on toot?
Footpad
2a What kind of factory, the first such in Britain, was opened in Bermondsey by Brian Donkin in 1812 to supply food to British naval forces while at sea?
Canning Factory
2b In the days of sailing ships, what term was used by sailors to describe the very dry arid often weevil-ridden ship's biscuits which formed part of their staple diet?
Hard Tack
3a The editor of which magazine said in April, 2000: "There have been times when I didn't think we would make 1000, usually while standing outside a law court"?
Private Eye
3b Which famous magazine, first published in Washington in 1888, first adopted its distinctive yellow and white cover in 1910?
National Geographic
4a Which Canadian-born newspaper magnate applied his business acumen to producing fighter planes for the Battle of Britain when he was appointed Minister of Aircraft Production by Churchill in 1940?
Lord Beaverbrook
4b By 1941, Lord Beaverbrook had moved on to the Ministry of Supply. Which South African-born pioneer of the holiday industry did he appoint to be Director General of Hostels to the Ministry?
Billy Butlin

Round Eight
1a The dying words of which English monarch were: "When l am dead and opened, you shall find 'Calals' lying in my heart"?
Mary I
1b The dying words of which English monarch were supposedly "Bugger Bognor"?
George V
2a Which track event has been won by British athletes on three occasions in the Olympic Games,
most recently in 1992?
100 Metres
2b Which Olympic track event has been won by British athletes twice; the first being Lord Burghley in 1928?
400 Metres Hurdles
3a Of which pop singer, who had her first UK hit in 1984, did Joan Rivers say: "She is so hairy - when she lifts up her arm. I thought it was Tina Turner in her armpit"?
Madonna
3b Of which pop singer, who had her first No. 1 in 1971, did Joan Rivers say: "She is a piece of liquorice in shoes. She walks into a pool hall and they chalk her head"?
Diana Ross
4a Which novel, first published in 1865, its title in the author's native language being "Voina I Mir"?
War and Peace
4b Which novel was published in 1912, its title in the author's native language being "Der Tod in Venedig"?
Death in Venice

Spare Questions
1 By what popular antagonistic/oxymoron name is 'woody nightshade' also know?
Bittersweet
2 Who wrote the musical revue "Bitter Sweet" from which came the song "I'll See You Again"?
Noel Coward
3 In "The Wizard of Oz", the Cowardly Lion wanted courage from the Wizard. What did the Tinman want?
A Heart
4 Heart Lake can be found within the boundaries of the world's first National Park, which was established by an US Act of Congress in 1872. Which park is that?
Yellowstone