Tuesday 16th December 2003
Set by Chat Moss Locos (Warrington)
All rounds are general

Round 1
1a Who was the UN's chief weapons inspector in Iraq?
Hans Blix
1b Wood Buffalo National Park, one of the largest in the world straddles the border between North-West Territories and which Canadian Province?
Alberta
2a Which famous motor racing circuit is near Towcester in Silverstone?
Northamptonshire?
2b Which institution, founded in 1231 by Pope Gregory 9th, was revived in Spain in 1478 against Jews, Muslims and later Protestants?
Inquisition
3a In what part of the human body are the ossicle chains?
Ear
3b Which group had hits in the 1970s with 'Co-Co', 'Teenage Rampage' and 'Little Will'?
Sweet
4a Who was named as the successor to Adolf Hitler in 1945?
Karl Doenitz
4b The name of which unit of measurement can mean an island in Scotland?
Inch

Round 2
1a Which is the largest lake in South America?
Maracaibo
1b In the cartoon strip 'Peanuts', who pretends to fly a Sopwith Camel?
Snoopy
2a Who wrote the novel 'The Painted House'?
John Grisham
2b The Greek dish tsatsziki contains which vegetable?
Cucumber
3a In Norse mythology, who carries a hammer called Mjollnir?
Thor
3b Where in the human body are dendrites (neurones) found?
Nerves
4a The name of which unit of measurement can mean a stick for beating as punishment or a long beam on the mast of a ship?
Yard
4b Complete the title of the Prokofiev opera 'the Love for Three ……'
Oranges

Round 3
1a Which Dutch artist, born in 1450, took the name by which he was known from the last syllable of the town where he was born?
Bosch (S'Hertogenbosch)
1b What was the number of the UN resolution to disarm Iraq?
1441
2a The Jewish dish latke contains which vegetable?
Potato
2b For what does the D stand in the acronym for the organisation PDSA?
Dispensary
3a Which group had three no 1 hits in the UK during 1993 with 'Pray', 'Relight My Fire' and 'Babe'?
Take That
3b What was the name of the doctor played by Andrew Cruickshank in the 1960s TV programme 'Dr Finlay's Casebook'?
Dr Cameron
4a Billy Connolly had a hit in 1979 with 'In the Brownies', which was a skit of which group's hit from the previous year?
Village People (Y.M.C.A.)
4b Which German field marshal commanded troops at Stalingrad during World War 2?
Friedrich Paulus

Round 4
1a In the cartoon series, what kind of dog is Scooby-Doo?
Great Dane
1b Which artist, born in 1848, left France for Peru at the age of one, his mother being of a Peruvian noble family?
Paul Gauguin
2a For what does the A stand in the acronym for the organisation UCAS?
Admissions
2b Which famous motor racing circuit is north of Chichester in West Sussex?
Goodwood
3a What was the name of Fletcher's cell mate in the TV series 'Porridge'?
(Lennie) Godber
3b In Norse mythology who is the wife of Odin and by some said to be leader of the Valkyries?
Freya (Frejya or Frigga)
4a According to Greek mythology, Atalanta lost a running race because she stopped to pick a three what?
Apples
4b Billy Connolly's 'D.I.V.O.R.C.E.' in 1975, was his version of whose hit from earlier the same year?
Tammy Wynnette

Round 5
1a In what language was the Old Testament originally written?
Hebrew
1b Which London thoroughfare is named after a type of collar (they were made there)?
Piccadilly
2a Who wrote the novel 'The Constant Gardener'?
John le Carre
2b What name was given to the Spanish conquerors of large parts of Central and South America in the early 16th century?
Conquistadors
3a Which novelist's works include 'Injury Time' and 'An Awfully Big Adventure'?
Beryl Bainbridge
3b In the 1859-61 Italian War of Unification, Italy and France fought against which country?
Austria
4a Which British motor company made the Atlantic model?
Austin
4b Ants, bees and wasps are not true insects, to which order do they belong?
Hymenoptera

Round 6
1a According to the old proverb, the grey mare is…. what?
…the better horse
1b Which fruit has the scientific name 'malus pumilla'?
Apple
2a Keswick stands at the northern end of which Lake District lake, mere or water?
Derwentwater
2b Who was the Sultan of Egypt who captured Jerusalem in 1187?
Saladin
3a In the 1879-84 War of the Pacific, Peru and Bolivia fought against which country?
Chile
3b Who scored the only goal of the 2003 FA Cup Final?
Robert Pires
4a Near which river in Siberia, the longest river in Russia, did the revolutionary Vladimir Ulyanov spend a period of exile in the 1890s before he changed his name in the earl 20th century?
Lena (hence Lenin)
4b Which British motor cycle company made the Leader model?
Ariel

Round 7
1a Which fruit has the scientific name 'musa sapientum'?
Banana
1b In what language was the New Testament originally written?
Greek
2a Who has released her debut solo album entitled 'Cockahoop'?
Cerys Matthews
2b Hawkshead lies between Windermere and which other lake?
Coniston
3a Which English international was voted PFA Young Footballer of the Year 2003?
Jermaine Jenas
3b Which poet was MP for Hull from 1659 until his death in 1678?
Andrew Marvell
4a What is the common name of the insect ephemera danica, often known to anglers as 'duns', 'spinners' or 'drakes'?
Mayfly
4b What is the name of Harry Potter's pet owl?
Hedwig

Round 8
1a Which fine woollen cloth gets its name from a village near Norwich?
Worsted
1b Complete the proverb which begins: 'If wishes were horses…'
Beggars would ride
2a Who was the sultan of the Ottoman empire (1520-66), when it was at its largest? He was known as 'The Magnificent'
Suleiman (lst)
2b Who released the album 'Songs from the West Coast'?
Elton John
3a Which dramatist and theatre manager was MP for Stafford from 1780 to 1812?
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
3b Which novelist's works include 'Devices and Desires' and 'Original Sin'?
P D James
4a What game is played on broomsticks in the Harry Potter books?
Quidditch
4b The cowboy and bank robber Henry Longbaugh changed his name after sending time in jail in which town in Wyoming?
Sundance

Spare Questions
1 Which Scottish football team has the name of an Irish monk?
St Mirren
2 If you were having a drink in an area called the 'Marais', in which European city would you be?
Paris
3 In comic books, when Billy Batson said 'Shazam', who did he become?
Captain Marvel