Monday 1st December 2003
Set by The Roundheads (Wirral)
Rounds 3 and 7 are headed

Round 1
1a Name the Director of the film "Lawrence of Arabia.
DAVID LEAN
1b Give the main grape variety used in the wine Chianti.
SANGIOVESE
2a Who was the film star whose real name was Emmanuel Goldenberg?
EDWARD G ROBINSON
2b The modern republic of Iraq stretches over the area of which ancient country?
MESOPOTAMIA
3a In England, heraldry is controlled by which institution?
THE COLLEGE OF ARMS
3b What name is given to an unlicensed liquor house in Ireland?
SHEBEEN
4a Which country has the Amalienborg Palace as its royal residence?
DENMARK
4b Who was the first cricketer to achieve the double of 2,500 runs and 250 wickets in Test cricket?
I. T. BOTHAM

Round 2
1a To whom was Beethoven's 3rd Symphony originally dedicated?
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
1b In which year did Turkey invade Cyprus, leading to its partition?
1974
2a Who invented the electric battery?
VOLTA
2b Who was the last Norman King of England?
STEPHEN
3a What is the national faith of all Scandinavian countries?
LUTHERANISM
3b What is the name of the farm in George Orwell's "Animal Farm"?
MANOR FARM
4a Under what pen name did Cecil Day Lewis write detective novels?
NICHOLAS BLAKE
4b Give a year in the life of Joseph Pulitzer.
1847 - 1911

Round 3 - NEWS IN 2002
1a In February 2002, Percy Gibson became only the fifth man to do what?
MARRY JOAN COLLINS
1b What was the connection between Preston, Stirling, Newport, Newry and Lisburn?
ALL GIVEN CITY STATUS
2a In May 2002, Paul Boating became the country's first black Cabinet Minister. To which post was he appointed?
CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY
2b Who broke his bail conditions by absconding to Gillian Shepherd's party?
JEFFREY ARCHER
3a Who complained "you know what's wrong with the French? They don't have a word for entrepreneur"?
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
3b Which place is the connection between Isambard Kingdom Brunel, John Cabot and Cherie Blair?
BRISTOL
4a Who left her job in 2002 because she didn't think she was any good?
ESTELLE MORRIS
4b Jo Moore eventually resigned after saying that September 11th 2001 was 'a good day to bury bad news". She worked in which Government department?
TRANSPORT

Round 4
1a Who is the only soccer player to be voted both Scottish Player of the Year (1980) and English Player of the Year (1992)?
GORDON STRACHAN
1b Who is the Patron Saint of Hungary?
ST. STEPHEN
2a Who wrote the novels "The Trial" and "The Castle"?
FRANZ KAFKA
2b Which Shakespeare character speaks the line "but screw your courage to the sticking place, and we'll not fail"?
LADY MACBETH
3a Who is the Government Chief Whip?
HILARY ARMSTRONG
3b Who is the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer?
MICHAEL HOWARD
4a Which vegetable has the varieties "Boltardy" and "Detroit"?
BEETROOT
4b What is the name for the field in American Football?
GRID IRON

Round 5
1a Name the director of the film "The Great Escape".
JOHN STURGES
1b Name the grape variety used in the wine Beaujolais.
GAMAY
2a Who was the film star whose real name was Arthur S Jefferson?
STAN LAUREL
2b In the Bible, in which city in Mesopotamia was Abraham born?
UR
3a In heraldry, what is an achievement?
A (full) COAT OF ARMS OR SHIELD
3b What is the name of the Irish illicit liquor, traditionally made from potatoes?
POTEEN
4a Where did Martin Luther pin his 95 theses?
(ON THE CATHEDRAL DOOR IN) WITTENBERG
4b On the 25th February 2003, who became the first cricketer to take 500 one-day Test wickets?
WASIM AKRAM

Round 6
1a Beethoven's 3rd Symphony, originally dedicated to Napoleon, is called what?
THE EROICA
1b To which islands was Archbishop Makarios deported b the British in 1956?
THE SEYCHELLES
2a The River Volta flows through which West African country to the sea?
GHANA
2b What was the name of the conspiracy invented by Titus Oates in 1678 to assassinate Charles II?
THE POPISH PLOT
3a In the Catholic church, what term is used for the belief that the Eucharist of the Bread and Wine is turned into the body and blood of Christ?
TRANSUBSTANTIATION
3b Who wrote the novel "Cold Comfort Farm"?
STELLA GIBBONS
4a Who succeeded Cecil Day Lewis as Poet Laureate in 1972?
JOHN BETJEMAN
4b Who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for his book "Profiles in Courage"?
JOHN F KENNEDY

Round 7 - NEWS IN 1902
1a The Coronation of Edward VII was postponed. Why?
HE HAD APPENDICITIS
1b Which Prime Minister's nephew became Prime Minister?
A J BALFOUR (his uncle was Lord Salisbury - origin of the term 'Bob's your uncle')
2a What was ended by the Treaty of Vereeniging?
(2nd) BOER WAR
2b In a visionary move, what were soldiers allowed to do?
WEAR SPECTACLES
3a English became the official language of Malta in 1902. What did it replace?
ITALIAN
3b Marlow F.C. beat Paris 4 - 0 at home. What was the significance of the match?
1st FRENCH TEAM TO PLAY IN ENGLAND
4a Who died in 1902, allegedly with the words "So little done, so much to do"?
CECIL RHODES
4b An exhibition in Madrid featured the work of the 16th century artist Domenico Theotokopoulos. By what name is he better known?
EL GRECO

Round 8
1a James Male is a long-outstanding world champion in which sport?
RACKETS (NOT squash rackets)
1b Who is the Patron Saint of Germany?
ST BONIFACE
2a Who wrote the novel "The African Queen"?
C. S. FORESTER
2b Which character sings the song "Where the bee sucks, there suck I" in "The Tempest"?
ARIEL
3a Who is the Shadow Home Secretary?
OLIVER LETWIN
3b Who is Minister for the Civil Service?
TONY BLAIR
4a Which vegetable has the varieties Streamline and Enorma?
RUNNER BEAN
4b Name the author whose books contain the characters Filch and Peeves.
J.K ROWLING (Harry Potter)

SPARE QUESTIONS
1. The popular name of the flower Calendula is what?
MARIGOLD
2. What, in the natural world, is a "white leghorn"?
DOMESTIC FOWL (chicken)
3. In "Alice in Wonderland", how much did the Mad Hatter's hat cost?
10s 6d
4. In which town is the "Grand Ole Opry"?
NASHVILLE (Tennessee)