Tuesday 4th November 2003
Set by Marquis of Granby (Warrington)
All rounds are general

Round 1
1a Who had a surprise chart hit in 1978 with "The Floral Dance"?
Terry Wogan
1b Who succeeded Mikhail Gorbachev as Russian leader in 1991?
Boris Yeltsin
2a Which poet and professor of Latin called himself "The Shropshire Lad"?
A.E. Houseman
2b Traditionally, at which battle did Edward, the Black Prince, win his spurs?
Crecy (1346)
3a Which fruit has the botanical name Ribes Nigrum?
Blackcurrant
3b Which BBC TV series centres on the Glenbogle estate?
Monarch of the Glen
4a Who wrote the sons "Georgia on my Mind" and "Stardust"?
Hoagy Carmichael
4b Approximately half the population of Alaska lives in which town?
Anchorage

Round 2
1a The ruins of Macchu Picchu are in which country?
Peru
1b In 1955, who first took "Unchained Melody" to number 1 in the charts?
Jimmy Young
2a From which fish are kippers made?
Herring
2b Athletics - Which woman has won a total 8 Olympic medals, more than any other woman?
Merlene Ottey
3a Who was the UN's chief weapons inspector in Iraq?
Hans Blix
3b Which chart singer has the real name Eileen Lange (nee Perkins)?
Shania Twain
4a The world's most active volcano is in which American state?
Hawaii
4b What kind of living thing is a gingko?
Tree

Round 3
1a Which Soviet dissident, husband of Yelena Bonner, was released from internal exile in December 1986?
Andrei Sakharov
1b Which 1933 film ends with the line "It was beauty killed the beast"?
King Kong
2a At which battle did Robert the Bruce defeat the English army, according to tradition after being inspired by a spider?
Bannockburn
2b Complete the name of Scotland's first National Park, Loch Lomond and .. .. ... ..?
The Trossachs
3a Which TV entertainer has the real name Michael Kieran Parker?
Michael Barrymore
3b Morello is a sour variety of which fruit?
Cherry
4a Which chemical element derives its name from the Greek for "violet"?
Iodine
4b The song "Big Spender" features in which musical?
Sweet Charity

Round 4
la Which book opens with these lines "When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere"?
Day of the Triffids
1b In which country are the ruins of Chichen Itza?
Mexico
2a Athletics - Which British man has won a medal at each of the last three Olympic Games?
Steve Backley
2b Which Poet Laureate wrote "Sea Fever"?
John Masefield
3a The BBC TV series "Monarch of the Glen" is based on novels by which author?
Compton McKenzie
3b Which Shakespearean queen was "Ill met by moonlight"?
Titania
4a What kind of living thing is a saguaro?
Cactus
4b What name is given to the income from Government of the British monarch?
Civil List

Round 5
1a Who wrote the music for Berthold Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera"?
Kurt Weill
1b If in vitro is the term used to describe an experiment carried out outside a living body, which term describes an experiment carried out inside a living body?
In Vivo
2a Arbroath smokies are made from which fish?
Haddock
2b In Norse mythology what name is given to the Maidens of Odin, the Choosers of the Slain?
Valkyries
3a Who was the first Prime Minister of India?
Nehru
3b Who was the last Viceroy of India?
Mountbatten
4a Who painted "Whaam" in 1963?
Roy Liechtenstein
4b What is measured with a sphygmomanometer?
Blood pressure

Round 6
1a Which book begins with these lines "The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way towards the lagoon"?
Lord of the Flies
1b In the title of a modern film, who are Agent J and Agent K?
The Men In Black
2a Who won the Best Actor Oscar in 1996 for his role in the film "Shine"?
Geoffrey Rush
2b Scotland's second National Park will be Britain's largest, what will it be called?
The Cairngorms
3a What was the number of the UN resolution to disarm Iraq?
1441
3b What is the name of the fancy biscuits or cakes that is taken from the French for "little oven"?
Petits four
4a A sufferer from hypertrichosis has an abnormal amount of what?
Hair
4b Which ancient British tribe occupied most of Northern England at the time of the Roman Conquest?
Brigantes

Round 7
1a What name is given to a virus that stores its genetic information in the form of RNA instead of DNA?
Retrovirus
1b Which tennis player was ranked in the world top ten continuously from 1973 to 1988; in his career he won 109 singles titles - more than any other man?
Jimmy Connors
2a In German mythology what name was given to the river nymph of the Rhine who lured sailors to destruction?
Lorelei
2b When King David died, who was Solomon's main rival for the throne of Israel?
Adonijah
3a The prescription charge is reviewed annually, what is the current cost from Aril 2003?
£6.30
3b Which Shakespearean female character owned "a handkerchief spotted with strawberries"?
Desdemona
4a Which ancient British tribe occupied most of South Wales at the time of the Roman Conquest?
Silures
4b Who painted "La Grande Guerre" in 1964, a surrealist picture of a bowler-hatted figure with an apple for a face?
Rene Magritte

Round 8
1a Who won the 2003 US Masters Golf title, only the second left-hander ever to win a major championship?
Mike Weir
1b Which play "made Gay rich and Rich gay"?
The Beggar's Opera
2a What was the name of Solomon's son, who succeeded him as the King of Israel?
Rehoboam
2b Who won the Best Actress Oscar in 1997 for her role in the film "As Good As It Gets"?
Helen Hunt
3a What name is given to the cylindrical clay oven used in Indian cookery?
Tandoor
3b What is the current cost of a colour TV licence?
£116
4a Which chemical element derives its name from the Greek for "stench"?
Bromine
4b What is the personal expenditure of a British monarch called?
Privy Purse

Spare Questions
1 Who was the last man to stand on the moon 1972?
Eugene (Gene) Cernan
2 Which strait separates Australia and Papua New Guinea?
Torres
3 Which former Glasgow Rangers footballer is now a well known chef?
Gordon Ramsey