Tuesday 25th November 2003
Set by Culcheth RBL (Warrington)
All rounds are general

Round 1
1a Spud, Sick Boy & Renton are characters in which best-selling book, also turned into a film?
TRAINSPOTTING
1b Born 1829, this property developer left money for a training school for gardeners- how is he also remembered?
As JOHN INNES compost
2a Who is the patron saint of postal workers?
St. GABRIEL
2b Who wrote the opera 'Pelleas & Melisande'?
Claude DEBUSSY
3a In 2002 who swindled the Allied Irish Bank out of millions of dollars?
John RUSNAK
3b The phenomenon where people who have been abducted or kidnapped begin to bond with their captors is known as what?
STOCKHOLM SYNDROME
4a In which game do hands called 'Gathering Plum Blossoms from the Roof and 'Moon from the Bottom of the Sea' earn the player maximum points?
Chinese MAH-JONG
4b What do we call what the French call St. Sylvestre?
NEW YEAR's EVE

Round 2
1a Which modern playwright wrote 'Racing Demon', 'Murmuring Judges' and 'The Absence of War'?
David HARE
1b In 1642, who devised the first mechanical adding machine?
Blaise PASCAL
2a In the season 2002-3, on which soccer ground do the Rugby Union Team, London Irish play their home games?
MADEJSKI STADIUM - accept READING
2b Which group had a recent album called 'A Rush of Blood to the Head'?
COLDPLAY
3a Where could you hear Brian Cobby at any time?
He is the VOICE of the SPEAKING CLOCK
3b In 1876, who began excavating the site of Mycenae?
Heinrich SCHLIEMANN
4a Which great battle of WW2 is known as 'The Place of Two Flags' in its native language?
EL ALAMEIN (Bedouin)
4b Who is the head of the Miramax Corporation?
Harvey WEINSTEIN

Round 3
1a In 1911, Vincent Perrugia stole which world famous icon?
Portrait of the MONA LISA
1b Which war was precipitated by the sinking of the U.S. ship 'Maine' in Havana harbour 1898?
SPANISH-AMERICAN
2a When is Walpurgis Night (Walpurgisnacht)?
Eve of May Day (April 30 )
2b Who is the patron saint of winegrowers?
St. VINCENT
3a Who is credited with developing the World Wide Web?
Tim BERNERS-LEE
3b In a recent (2002) survey by Waterstones & Channel 4, which book was voted No. 1?
LORD of the RINGS
4a Who composed the music for the ballets 'Three-cornered Hat' and 'Love the Magician'?
Manuel DE FALLA
4b Anne Ashurst, who writes under the name of Sara Craven, was last in a long line of what?
WINNERS of MASTERMIND (original series hosted by Magnus Magnusson)

Round 4
1a Who is the new President of the British Board of Film Classification?
Quentin THOMAS
1b What are. Miss Milligan, Agnes Sorel & La Belle Lucie?
CARD GAMES (specifically Patience games)
2a Which group had a recent album called 'Missundaztood'?
PINK
2b Which modern playwright wrote 'After the Fall' and 'The Last Yankee'?
ARTHUR MILLER
3a What did Jean-Francois Champollian do with the help of the Rosetta Stone?
Deciphered EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS
3b In 2002 at the start of the Commonwealth Games which seven year old girl accompanied David Beckham to give the baton to the Queen?
Kirsty HOWARD
4a REYES syndrome in children has been attributed to what?
ASPIRIN
4b In the season 2002-3, on which soccer ground do the Rugby Union Team, Saracens play their home games?
VICARAGE ROAD, accept WATFORD

Round 5
1a In which sport are Catriona Matthew & Mhairi Mackay leading British competitors?
GOLF
1b Name Jupiter's largest moon?
GANYMEDE
2a In 73.B.C. who led the slaves of Rome in rebellion?
SPARTACUS
2b Whose recent autobiography is called 'The Kindness of Strangers'?
KATE ADIE
3a In USA, what are people travelling South in RV's Recreational Vehicles to find the sun called?
SNOWBIRDS
3b Whose 43rd album is called 'Love & Theft'?
BOB DYLAN
4a The film 'Chariots of Fire' is set at which Olympic Games? Give place and year.
PARIS 1924
4b Give a year in the life of the painter Rembrandt.
1606-1669

Round 6
1a What was first performed on April 13 1742, in a furniture repository that had been a foundry, in Dublin?
The MESSIAH
1b In 1912, which German meteorologist set forth in detail the concept of a single land mass Pangaea, which later split into North and South Hemispheres?
Alfred WEGENER
2a LAUTRO is the organisation which regulates which investments?
(Life Assurance and) UNIT TRUSTS (Regulatory Organisation)
2b In the TV cartoon series' The Simpsons', what is the name of the place where Homer does his drinking?
MOE'S TAVERN
3a What kind of creature is described as oviparous?
EGG LAYING
3b In 'The Archers 'on Radio 4, what is the name of the Brian Aldridge and Siobhan's baby?
RUAIRI (pronounced RORY)
4a What was made and sold in 1885 as a brain tonic by Dr. John Pemberton?
COCA COLA
4b Which Durham fast bowler made his England debut in 2002?
Steve HARMISON

Round 7
1a Which planet did Johann Gottfried Galle discover in 1846?
NEPTUNE
1b Which monk is credited with inventing champagne?
Dom Pierre PERIGNON
2a Give a year in the life of Peter Paul Rubens.
1577-1640
2b In 410 AD, who sacked Rome, causing 2 Roman Legions to leave Britain?
ALARIC the GOTH
3a Name the world's largest known volcanic eruption, occurring in 1815 on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia.
TAMBORA
3b In which sport are Lucy Ahl and Jane Donoghue, British competitors?
TENNIS
4a Whose recent biography is called 'Give Me Ten Seconds'?
John SERGEANT
4b Name the glands, which occur in the skin, making an oily substance which keeps the hairs soft and waterproof?
SEBACEOUS Glands

Round 8
1a Which Everton footballer made his England debut in April 2003?
WAYNE ROONEY
1b The 1993 film 'Cool Runnings' was about which Olympic event?
BOBSLEIGH (Jamaican Bobsleigh team
2a Name the Simpson's baby in the TV cartoon.
MAGGIE
2b In 1913, what work by Stravinsky caused a riot in Paris?
The RITE of SPRING
3a Felicity Finch plays which character in 'The Archers' on Radio 4?
RUTH ARCHER
3b Whose portrait appears on an American $5 note?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
4a Which guitarist was the instigator of the charity 'Concert for Bangladesh?
George HARRISON
4b In 1950, the world's first credit card was introduced in New York. What was it?
DINERS' CLUB CARD

Spare Questions
1 Whose recent album is called 'Goddess in the Doorway'?
MICK JAGGER
2 In which country would you find the wine-producing region known as Casablanca Valley?
CHILE
3 Which country's flag is Red, with a Black Double Headed Eagle in the centre?
ALBANIA