Monday 17th November 2003
Set by Columba (Wirral)
All rounds are general

Round 1
1a Name either of the rivers on which Coventry stands?
SOWE or SHERBOURNE
1b Which river flows into Padstow Bay at Wadebridge?
CAMEL
2a Which city in the north of England did the Romans call Luguvalium?
CARLISLE
2b Which city in the West Count did the Romans call Isca Dumnoniorum?
EXETER
3a Who wrote the novel "Tortilla Flat"?
JOHN STEINBECK
3b Who wrote the play "The Enemy of the People"?
HENRIK IBSEN
4a What is a Deltiologist?
A POSTCARD COLLECTOR
4b What is a Tegestologist?
A BEER MAT COLLECTOR

Round 2
1a What in the world of nature is a Medusa?
A JELLYFISH
1b What in the world of nature is a Chimaera?
A FISH
2a Which US state is nicknamed the "Sunflower State"?
KANSAS
2b Which US state is nicknamed the "Sooner State"?
OKLAHOMA
3a In mythology, who was the Muse of History?
CLIO
3b In mythology, who was the Muse of Comedy?
THALIA
4a What name is given to a triangle in which NO sides or angles are equal?
SCALENE
4b What term is used to describe two vowels forming one sound?
DIPTHONG

Round 3
1a Which chemical element has the symbol B?
BORON
1b Which chemical element has the symbol Gd?
GADOLINIUM
2a How old was Red Rum when he won the Grand National for the last time in 1977?
12
2b How old was Stanley Matthews when he won his only FA Cup Winner's Medal in 1953?
38
3a Give a year in the life of Botticelli.
1444/5 to 1510
3b Give a year in the life of Canaletto.
1697 to 1768
4a What form of government is ruled by the wealthy?
PLUTOCRACY
4b What form of government is ruled by the military?
STRATOCRACY

Round 4
1a What was the title of the Everley Brothers FIRST number one hit in the UK?
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM
1b What was the title of Buddy Holly's ONLY number one hit in the UK?
IT DOESN'T MATTER ANY MORE
2a Who played Rodney in the TV comedy series "Only Fools and Horses"?
NICHOLAS LYNDHURST
2b Who played Rene in the TV comedy series "'Allo Allo"?
GORDON KAYE
3a Which country's cars have the international registration letters FL?
LIECHTENSTEIN
3b Which country's cars have the international registration letters RA?
ARGENTINA
4a Syringa is a garden shrub. What is its common name?
LILAC
4b What is the better known name of the garden perennial Kniphofia?
RED HOT POKER

Round 5
1a In the Bible, who was the mother of Isaac?
SARAH
1b In the Bible, which animal did Joseph's brothers kill so they could smear its blood on his coat?
A GOAT
2a What is Ergophobia the fear of?
WORK
2b What is Pathophobia the fear of?
DISEASE
3a In which year did betting shops become legal (to within 2 years either way)?
1961
3b In which year was National Insurance first introduced (to within 2 years either way)?
1911
4a What was the better-known name of Erich Weiss?
HARRY HOUDINI
4b What was the better-known name of David Daniel Kaminsky?
DANNY KAYE

Round 6
1a Which order of monks built Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire?
CISTERCIAN
1b Torquemada, head of the Spanish Inquisition, belonged to which order of monks?
DOMINICAN
2a In which modern country are the ruins of Carthage?
TUNISIA
2b Which borough of New York City forms the south-west end of Long Island?
BROOKLYN
3a Where is the burial place of William the Conqueror?
CAEN (St Stephen's Church)
3b Where is Henry VIII buried?
ST GEORGE'S CHAPEL (accept Windsor)
4a Who composed the opera "Don Giovanni"?
MOZART
4b Who composed the oratorio "The Creation"?
HAYDN

Round 7
1a What is the SI unit of work or energy?
JOULE
1b What is the SI unit of power?
WATT
2a Name the capital of Chile.
SANTIAGO
2b Name the capital of Colombia.
BOGOTA
3a Which elephant first appeared in a book by Jean de Brunhoff, published in France, in 1931?
BABAR
3b Who won the Pulitzer Prize for his book "Profiles of Courage"?
JOHN F. KENNEDY
4a Which is the largest of Jupiter's moons?
GANYMEDE
4b Which is the largest of Saturn's moons?
TITAN

Round 8
1a What is the Wiltshire country seat of the Marquis of Bath?
LONGLEAT
1b Alnwick Castle is the chief seat of which family?
PERCY (accept DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND)
2a What is Tagliatelle a type of?
PASTA
2b From what was Mozzarella Cheese originally made?
BUFFALO MILK
3a What is the name of the town referred to in the title of the book "The Small Town in Germany"?
BONN
3b Who wrote "A Horseman Riding By"?
R. F. DELDERFIELD
4a Which cartoonist created "Popeye" and "Betty Boop"?
MAX FLEISCHER
4b Name the creator of the cartoon character "Andy Capp".
REG SMYTHE

SPARE QUESTIONS
1. What is musophobia?
FEAR OF MICE
2. How many bones are there in the adult human body?
206
3. Who founded the Glasgow Orpheus Choir"?
HUGH ROBERTSON
4. Who is the principal Patron Saint of Cooks?
ST LAWRENCE
5. Who wrote "Ben Hur"?
LEW WALLACE
6. In which year did the Gordon Riots occur?
1780