Monday 9th September 2002
Question set by Ormskirk Quiz League
All rounds are general

ROUND ONE
1A. Whose comedy band of the 40s and 50s were called "The City Slickers"?
SPIKE JONES.
1B. Which TV series contained the line "I am not a number, I am a man"?
THE PRISONER.
2A. In which town in California is Disneyland?
ANAHEIM.
2B Which statesman was known as "The Dockers' K.C." in his early years?
ERNEST BEVIN.
3A. Give one of the three areas in which the Trade Union BECTU was formed to represent.
BROADCASTING, ENTERTAINMENT, or CINEMA.
3B. The water hog or capybara is a member of which order of animals?
RODENT(IA).
4A. In which sport was Graeme Obree briefly world record holder in 1993, only to lose it to another Briton shortly afterwards?
CYCLING.
4B. What is Margery Allingham's detective Campion's first name?
ALBERT.

ROUND TWO.
1A Who wrote the 1978 novel "The Sea, The Sea"?
IRIS MURDOCH.
1B. Which great jockey, born in 1935, was nicknamed "The Long Fellow"?
LESTER PIGGOTT.
2A. What old name for a judge is used only in the Isle of Man now?
A DEEMSTER.
2B. What does the suffix "-algia" mean, as in "neuralgia"?
PAIN
3A. Which campaign of the 1980s had the codename Operation Corporate?
THE FALKLANDS WAR
3B. Which is the only English city on the River Wye?
HEREFORD
4A. Which 1984 Roland Joffe film was set in Cambodia?
THE KILLING FIELDS
4B. Around 1940 which composer wrote two ballets set in the Wild West?
AARON COPLAND.

ROUND THREE.
1A. Who was killed at San Marino in May 1994?
AYRTON SENNA
1B. Under what name did Goldie Mabovitch of Milwaukee become famous?
GOLDA MEIR
2A. Which composer (1809-47) had a sister called Fanny, also a composer of some note?
MENDELSSOHN
2B.
Which striped or check cotton cloth takes its name from the Malay word for striped?
GINGHAM
3A. Which Office of the Ministry of Defence is at London Road, Bracknell?
THE METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE
3B. Which giant hero with a vast appetite was created by Rabelais?
GARGANTUA
4A. Where does the Pope wear his zuchetto?
ON HIS HEAD
4B. Who was Nerys Hughes' first partner in "The Liver Birds" - replaced by Polly James?
PAULINE COLLINS

ROUND FOUR.
1A. Who played the male lead in the 1957 film "Room at the Top"?
LAURENCE HARVEY.
1B. In which industry, specifically, did the Trade Union NACODS operate?
COAL MINING.
2A. On which island did Ernest Hemingway spend most of his last years?
CUBA.
2B. Near which town in Hampshire was the Royal Aeronautical Establishment established?
FARNBOROUGH.
3A. What did Leonard Fuchs first describe in 1542 which was eventually named after him?
FUCHSIA.
3B. Which Harvard mathematician wrote the song "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park"?
TOM LEHRER.
4A. Who was an M.P. as a Conservative, an Independent, and Labour; a Labour Minister, and a Fascist?
OSWALD MOSLEY.
4B. What's the traditional colour of Coventry City FC's strip, giving rise to their nickname?
SKY BLUE.

ROUND FIVE.
1A. What is the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff called, especially in Jersey and Guernsey?
BAILIWICK.
1B. What does a butcher call the streaks of fat running through a piece of meat?
MARBLING.
2A. In which house did Ian Fleming spend most of his last years?
GOLDENEYE.
2B. Which footballer captained England 90 times and married Joy Beverley?
BILLY WRIGHT.
3A. Which 1985 Sidney Pollack film was set in Kenya?
OUT OF AFRICA.
3B. Which female American rock singer died of a drugs overdose in Los Angeles in 1970 at the age of 27?
JANIS JOPLIN.
4A. On which island is Wideawake airfield, much in the news during the Falklands campaign?
ASCENSION ISLAND.
4B. Which port lies at the mouth of the Great Ouse?
KING'S LYNN.

ROUND SIX.
1A. Which is the only State of the USA with an old royal palace?
HAWAII.
1B. Who assumed command at the Battle of Trafalgar after the death of Nelson?
LORD COLLINGWOOD.
2A. Which composer (1874-1934) had a musician daughter called Imogen?
HOLST.
2B. Who played Sandra's boyfriend in "The Liver Birds" and went on to play two very different detectives as the star of two different series?
JOHN NETTLES.
3A. At which sport were Americans Bruce Penhall and Sam Ermalenko World Champions?
SPEEDWAY.
3B. What is Georges Simenon's detective Maigret's first name?
JULES.
4A. What is an oenophile (spelt OENOPHILE) fond of?
WINE
4B. The caracal is a member of which family of animals?
CAT or FELIDAE.

ROUND SEVEN.
1A Who wrote the 1980 novel "Earthly Powers"?
ANTHONY BURGESS.
1B. Which is the nearest point of England to Ireland?
ST. BEES HEAD.
2A. Who played the part of Charlie Babbitt, brother of Dustin Hoffman's autistic savant, in the 1989 Oscar-winning film "Rainman"?
TOM CRUISE.
2B. Which old English word meant going anti-clockwise, especially round a church?
WIDDERSHINS. (Accept WITHERSHINS).
3A. Who was the last British monarch to refuse the Royal Assent to an Act of Parliament?
QUEEN ANNE.
3B. In which city was the best-known Baseball ground in England?
DERBY.
4A. From which country were tulips introduced into Western Europe in the 16th Century? The word tulip is derived from the word for turban in its language.
TURKEY.
4B. Which composer wrote a "London Symphony" between 1911 and 1913?
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS.

ROUND EIGHT.
1A. Which unique female singer died of a life of steady excess in Paris in 1963 at the age of 47?
EDITH PIAF.
1B. Which town near Antwerp has given its name to a thick coarse woollen cloth and in particular to a bag made of this material?
DUFFEL.
2A. In which city is the best-known Radcliffe Road in the country?
NOTTINGHAM.
2B. Which terrorist organisation was led by Colonel George Grivas?
E.O.K.A.
3A. What familiar product is still obtained from trees and takes its name from the terebinth tree which was the original source?
TURPENTINE.
3B. In the TV series "Yes, Minister", what was the name of Jim Hacker's department?
ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS.
4A. On which river is Cauldron Snout, Britain's highest waterfall?
THE TEES.
4B. Who is the sweetheart of Harlequin, in Commedia del Arte?
COLUMBINE.

SPARE QUESTIONS.
1. In America, CREEP was the Campaign to RE-Elect the President. Which one?
RICHARD NIXON.
2. Which composer was born in Bradford in 1862?
FREDERICK DELIUS.
3. Who won Oscars for roles in "Sergeant York" and "High Noon"?
GARY COOPER.
4. Who in 1994 was the first Briton since Tommy Simpson to wear the yellow jersey?
CHRIS BOARDMAN.
5. What is the criminal offence embracery?
BRIBING JURORS.