Monday 6th October 2003
Set by Plasterers' Arms (Wirral)
All rounds are general

Round 1
1a What was the title of Cliff Richard's first No.1 single in the UK?
LIVING DOLL
1b In 1957, which was the first of Britain's African colonies to gain independence?
GHANA
2a In which town or city is the racecourse known as Prestbury Park?
CHELTENHAM
2b As at March 2003, what is the national hourly minimum wage for adults?
£4.20
3a Which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta features the character "Mad Margaret?
RUDDIGORE
3b Which animal has the scientific name 'meles meles'?
BADGER
4a What is the former name of Zambia?
NORTHERN RHODESIA
4b Who wrote the novel "The Silence of the Lambs"?
THOMAS HARRIS

Round 2
1a As at March 2003, what is the standard rate of income tax?
22%
1b In place names such as Chipping Norton, what does the word "Chipping" stand for?
MARKET
2a Which animal has the scientific name "cervus elaphus"?
RED DEER
2b Which horse won the 2002 and 2003 Cheltenham Gold Cup Steeplechase?
BEST MATE
3a Who wrote the novel "The Empire of the Sun"?
J G BALLARD
3b In 1995, the song "Some Might Say" was the first No. 1 for which group?
OASIS
4a In place names like "Nantwich", to what commodity does the "wich" refer?
SALT
4b Which Gilbert-and Sullivan operetta features the character Frederic, "the Slave of Duty"?
PIRATES OF PENZANCE

Round 3
1a Vanilla comes from which flower?
ORCHID
1b Mariachi and Marimba are types of music from which country?
MEXICO
2a Which motorway runs from the M6 to the outskirts of Blackpool?
M55
2b In 1897, Rudyard Kipling's poem "Recessional" was published. Which royal event did it celebrate?
QUEEN VICTORIA'S DIAMOND JUBILEE
3a Which hydrocarbon contains 8 carbon atoms and is present in petrol?
OCTANE
3b Plantain is a cooking variety of which fruit?
BANANA
4a In April 2002, which footballer became the youngest captain of England since Bobby Moore?
MICHAEL OWEN
4b As what is Zechariah's song better known?
BENEDICTUS

Round 4
1a The line "You'll be a Man, My Son!" is the last line of which poem by Rudyard Kipling?
IF
1b Which motorway runs from the M6 to Colne in Lancashire?
M65
2a The dance music "Zarzuela" originated in what country?
SPAIN
2b Who created "The Gambols" cartoon strip?
BARRY APPLEBY
3a The Canticle of Simeon is better known as what?
NUNC DIMITTIS
3b Which footballer in 1982 became the youngest player ever to appear in the World Cup Finals Tournament when he played against Yugoslavia?
NORMAN WHITESIDE
4a in "The Simpsons" TV programme, who is Marge Simpson's favourite singer?
TOM JONES
4b Which hydrocarbon has the formula C3H8?
PROPANE

Round 5
1a Which Treaty of 1842 ceded Hong Kong to Britain?
TREATY OF NANKING
1b Rod Eddington is Chief Executive of which major company?
BRITISH AIRWAYS
2a Who coined the phrase "Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses"?
DOROTHY PARKER
2b What is the name of the Old English Sheepdog in "The Perishers" cartoon strip?
BOOT
3a Who is the Director-General of the CBI?
DIGBY JONES
3b What is the state capital of Louisiana?
BATON ROUGE
4a Bix Beiderbecke was a virtuoso on which instrument?
CORNET (accept Trumpet)
4b Phobos is one of the moons of the planet Mars. Name the other.
DEIMOS

Round 6
1a What breed of dog is named after a character in a novel by Sir Walter Scott?
DANDY DINMONT
1b Which Treaty of 1856 ended the Crimean War?
TREATY OF PARIS
2a Which pigment do we get from the cuttlefish?
SEPIA
2b What instrument was jazz musician Woody Herman famous for?
CLARINET
3a Charon is the only moon of which planet?
PLUTO
3b Who said "Brigands demand our money or our life; women require both"?
SAMUEL BUTLER
4a What is the capital of the Canadian province of Manitoba?
WINNIPEG
4b Quinine is obtained from the bark of which tree?
CINCHONA

Round 7
1a Which country's wine may be labelled DOCG?
ITALY (Denominazionne di Origine e Garantia)
1b Inverary Castle is the ducal home of whom?
DUKE OF ARGYLL
2a Who painted the Rokeby Venus?
DIEGO VELASQUEZ
2b Which American Football team beat the Oakland Raiders to win the Super Bowl 37 in January 2003?
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
3a For which film did Milos Foreman receive the Oscar for the Best Direction in 1984 (the film also won Best Film Oscar)?
AMADEUS
3b In children's literature, who was the sister of John and Michael Darling?
WENDY
4a Which Duke owns Badminton?
DUKE OF BEAUFORT
4b Which son contains the lyric "Strummin' my Pain with his Fingers"?
KILLING ME SOFTLY

Round 8
1a In children's literature, who is the eldest of the Railway Children?
BOBBIE (accept Roberta)
1b Who, in 1960, received the Best Actor Oscar for the film "Elmer Gantry"?
BURT LANCASTER
2a Which song contains the lyric "On a Tour of One Night Stands My Suitcase and Guitar in Hand"?
HOMEWARD BOUND
2b Who painted "The Luncheon of the Boating Party"?
PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR
3a The San Diego Padres play which sport?
BASEBALL
3b What is hypermetropia?
LONG.SIGHTEDNESS
4a The word "tulip" comes from the word "tuliban", which means "turban" in which language?
TURKISH
4b What sort of wine is sold annually at the Hospices de Beaune?
BURGUNDY

SPARE QUESTIONS
1. Which country has a wine producing area centred on Gisborne?
NEW ZEALAND
2. Which journal did Addison and Steele found?
THE SPECTATOR
3. Who shot Archduke Francis Ferdinand in Sarajevo?
GAVRILO PRINCIP
4. How man sixpences were there in half a crown?
Five
5. NaOH is the chemical formula for what?
SODIUM HYDROXIDE