Monday 22nd September 2003
Set by Warrington Quiz League
All rounds are general

Round 1
1a In 1985 which group had a top ten hit with 'Everybody wants to rule the world'?
TEARS FOR FEARS
1b Which country's parliament is the 'Riksdag'?
SWEDEN
2a Who was the British director of the films 'The Third Man' and 'Our Man in Havana'?
CAROL REED
2b Give a year in the life of Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
1712-1778
3a What nationality is the Manchester United footballer Quinton Fortune?
SOUTH AFRICAN
3b Which architect was responsible for the Albert Memorial?
Sir George Gilbert SCOTT
4a The painter, Henri Rousseau is known as 'Le Douanier'. What does this mean?
CUSTOMS OFFICER
4b What nationality is the Bolton Wanders footballer Jay Jay Okocha?
NIGERIAN

Round 2
1a In which Dickens novel is the interminable case of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce featured?
BLEAK HOUSE
1b In 1556 what mathematical sign was devised by Robert Record of Oxford University?
EQUALS SIGN
2a Who was the last England cricket captain to win the Ashes?
MIKE GATTING
2b On radio, who provided the music for 'The Goon Show'? Name either.
RAY ELLINGTON QUARTET or MAX GELDRAY
3a Which former Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia, a supporter of Black Majority Rule, died aged 94 in 2002?
Sir GARFIELD TODD
3b Whose recent autobiography is called 'Unless I'm Very Much Mistaken'?
MURRAY WALKER
4a In which group of islands would you find the 'Old Man of Hoy'?
ORKNEYS
4b Anne-Sophie Mutter is a virtuoso on which instrument?
VIOLIN

Round 3
1a Which country's parliament is the 'Althing'?
ICELAND
1b Which is the most northerly of the Shetland Isles?
UNST
2a In Greek mythology who was the son of Odysseus?
TELEMACHUS
2b Who was the British director of 'The Angry Silence' and 'International Velvet'?
BRYAN FORBES
3a A Dutch spectacle maker invented the telescope in 1608, who was he?
Hans LIPPERSHEY
3b In 1986 who had a top ten hit with 'When the going gets tough, the tough get going?
BILLY OCEAN
4a Give a year in the life of Thomas Hobbes.
1588-1679
4b In December 2002, John Graham Mellor died aged 50, how was he better known professionally ?
JOE STRUMMER (of The CLASH)

Round 4
1a Mark Elder is the chief conductor of which orchestra?
HALLE
1b What was Paul Gauguin's original profession?
STOCKBROKER
2a In the 'Goon Show' on radio who played the part of Minnie Bannister?
SPIKE MILLIGAN
2b In which Dickens novel does the eponymous hero seek his fortune in America?
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
3a Whose recent biography is called 'Taking on the World'?
ELLEN McARTHUR
3b In Greek mythology who was the sister of Orestes and Electra?
IPHIGENIA
4a Which architect was responsible for the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London?
Sir Edwin LUTYENS
4b Which country is to hold a F1 motor race for the first time in 2004?
CHINA (Shanghai) or BAHRAIN (accept either)

Round 5
1a In the Lord of the Rings - who was Gandalf's horse?
SHADOWFAX
1b In 2002 whose new baby was called Poppy Honey?
JAMIE OLIVER
2a Unsolicited E-Mails are generally known as what?
SPAM
2b Name the spacecraft launched in 1997 due to reach Saturn in 2004.
CASSINI
3a What is unusual about the village of TYNEHAM in Dorset?
EVACUATED & used by the ARMY to practise bombing
3b Which male actor starred in 'Roxanne' & the remake of 'Father of the Bride'?
STEVE MARTIN
4a In 1942 who was the first recording artist to receive a gold disc?
GLEN MILLER
4b Who was the first person to fly over both the North and South Poles?
Admiral Richard BYRD

Round 6
1a Who wrote the play 'The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'?
BERTHOLD BRECHT
1b In 1908 what was designed and made by Fred Cox of Market Harborough so his daughters could avoid wearing stays and corsets?
LIBERTY BODICE
2a Name the hero of the opera 'La Traviata'.
ALFREDO
2b The 100 yard swimming race for the Peter Pan Cup has been held annually since 1903, where does the race take place?
IN THE SERPENTINE (ACCEPT HYDE PARK), on Christmas Day
3a What is the the more common name for the disease 'Infectious Mononucleosis'?
GLANDULAR FEVER
3b Where was St. Paul born?
TARSUS
4a Which flower also has the country name 'gillyflower'?
WALLFLOWER (accept Pink or Carnation)
4b King Leka is the nominal heir to the throne of which country?
ALBANIA (son of ZOG)

Round 7
1a In 2002 which sportsman's new baby was called Rose Elizabeth?
TIM HENMAN
1b Give the more usual name of the flower 'Love-in-idleness'.
PANSY
2a Who discovered Alaska?
VITUS BERING
2b In 1965 Douglas Englebart invented which computer accessory?
MOUSE
3a Which company markets the clothing label 'Blue Harbour'?
MARKS 8 SPENCER
3b In mythology, whose horse was Sleipnir?
ODIN's
4a In 1610 who was first to observe Saturn's Ring System?
GALILEO
4b Nephritis affects which part of the body?
KIDNEYS

Round 8
1a Coming to the throne in 1863, the second King of Greece, George 1st was the son of the monarch of which country?
DENMARK (King Christian IX)
1b What was the first No. 1 record in the first chart published in November 1952? Name either artist or title.
HERE IN MY HEART by AL MARTINO
2a Which goalkeeper made his debut for Manchester City on Christmas Day 1933?
FRANK SWIFT
2b Who wrote the play 'Fallen Angels'?
NOEL COWARD
3a In which village did Mary, Martha & Lazarus live, according to the Bible?
BETHANY
3b Which town had the first zebra crossing and is the setting for the TV sitcom 'The Office'?
SLOUGH
4a Which male actor starred in 'Trading Places' & 'The Golden Child?
EDDIE MURPHY
4b Leporello appears in which opera?
DON GIOVANNI

Spare Questions
1 'Sanditon' was an unfinished novel by whom?
JANE AUSTEN
2 Who in 1885 devised and administered the first anti-rabies vaccine?
LOUIS PASTEUR
3 Who was the 'OKLAHOMA BOMBER'?
TIMOTHY McVEIGH