Tuesday 7th December 2004
Set by Roundheads (Wirral)
All rounds are general

ROUND 1
1a In which county is Castle Drogo?
DEVON
1b Who was the author of Greenmantle and Mr Standfast?
JOHN BUCHAN
2a By birth, what was the nationality of Marc Brunel, the father of Isambard Kingdom Brunel?
FRENCH
2b Which Roman God was the equivalent of the Greek God Zeus?
JUPITER
3a In which field was Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) Famous?
LANDSCAPE GARDENING
3b Mozart's Piano Concerto No 26 is nicknamed after a regal event, what is the concerto known as?
CORONATION
4a Which British clearing bank was taken over by the Royal Bank of Scotland in 2000?
NATWEST
4b What is the last book of the Old Testament?
MALACHI

ROUND 2
1a Who became President of the US on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
ANDREW JOHNSON
1b Which actor with a cynical screen persona was reputedly born on Christmas Day 1899?
HUMPHREY BOGART
2a Who played Jim Corbett in the film 'Gentleman Jim'?
ERROL FLYNN
2b Who became President of the US on the assassination of William McKinley?
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
3a Which rock star has the nickname 'Slowhand'?
ERIC CLAPTON
3b Which singer had a No 1 hit in 1960 with 'Three Steps To Heaven'?
EDDIE COCHRAN
4a Whose painting of the 'Madonna and Child' was saved for the nation by the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh in 1999 when £10.25 million was raised in less than three weeks?
BOTTICELLI
4b Which artist painted the "2nd of May 1808" and the "3rd of May 1808"?
GOYA

ROUND 3
1a How many time zones are there in Russia?
11
1b How many time zones are there in China?
1 (all on Beijing time)
2a The Equator runs through Ecuador, Brazil and which other South American country?
COLOMBIA
2b The Prime Meridian runs through Algeria, Burkina Faso, Togo, Ghana and which other African country?
MALI
3a Which island was used as Australia's penal colony?
NORFOLK ISLAND
3b 'Alcatraz' comes from the Spanish name for which bird?
PELICAN
4a From which Indian Ocean island was the population evacuated to allow the US to use it as an air force base?
DIEGO GARCIA
4b Geographically, the Indian Ocean island of Socotra is African, but politically is part of which Asian country?
YEMEN

ROUND 4
1a Which openly gay American Episcopalian has become the Bishop of New Hampshire?
GENE ROBINSON
1b Which clergyman was elected Bishop of reading but declined the appointment due to controversy over his sexuality?
JEFFREY JOHN
2a At the base of which peninsula does Swansea stand?
GOWER
2b On which peninsular does Pwllhelli stand?
LLEYN
3a Who narrates Moby Dick?
ISMAEL
3b Who narrates Treasure Island?
JIM HAWKINS
4a Which country has the internet domain name .no?
NORWAY
4b Which country has the Internet domain name .is?
ICELAND

ROUND 5
1a Who was the architect of Castle Drogo?
SIR EDWARD LUTYENS
1b Which high office did John Buchan hold at the time of his death (as Lord Tweedsmuir)?
GOVERNOR GENERAL of CANADA
2a Which tunnel under the River Thames did Marc and I.K Brunel build (1825-43)?
ROTHERHITHE
2b Within one either way, how many times greater is the diameter of Jupiter than that of Earth?
11 (accept 10 or 12)
3a Which famous landscape gardener, Christian name Lancelot was responsible for the Gardens of Blenheim Palace?
'CAPABILITY' BROWN
3b Which British king's coronation had to be postponed due to his contracting appendicitis?
EDWARD VII
4a Which British bank merged with the Bank of Scotland in 2001?
HALIFAX (BANK)
4b Which is the shortest book in the Old Testament?
OBADIAH

ROUND 6
1a Which gangster does Dustin Hoffman play in the film 'Billy Bathgate?
DUTCH SCHULTZ
1b Which film featured the Bob Dylan hit 'Knockin on Heaven's Door'?
PAT GARRETT and BILLY THE KID
2a Who succeeded Tiberius as Emperor of Rome in 37 AD?
CALIGULA
2b Who succeeded Caligula as Roman Emperor in 41 AD?
CLAUDIUS
3a Which American car takes its name from the Indian chief who laid siege to the 1760's?
PONTIAC Detroit in
3b Who shot and killed Jesse James?
ROBERT FORD
4a Founded in 1541, the capital city of which South American country is named after St James?
CHILE (Santiago)
4b Founded by the Spaniards in 1736, the capital city of which central American country was named after St Joseph?
COSTA RICA (San Jose)

ROUND 7
1a Who wrote the best selling novels 'Enigma' and 'Fatherland'?
ROBERT HARRIS
1b Who was voted the greatest black Briton in a Feb 2004 poll?
MARY SEACOLE
2a In which state was the Democrats' first Caucus in the run up to the Presidential Election 2004?
IOWA
2b In which sport is Cassie Jackman the women's world No 1?
SQUASH
3a How old was Alistair Cooke when he retired from his BBC radio programme 'Letter from America'?
95 (allow 93-97)
3b What was the subject of Lynne Truss' bestseller 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves'?
PUNCTUATION
4a In which city would you be if you landed at Ruzyne Airport?
PRAGUE
4b What nationality was the composer Franz Lehar?
HUNGARIAN

ROUND 8
1a For what is Mary Seacole famous?
NURSING in the CRIMEAN WAR
1b Who wrote the bestsellers 'Berlin' and 'Stalingrad?
ANTONY BEEVOR
2a In which sport is James Male world champion?
RACQUETS (not SQUASH)
2b Where was the 1st Democratic Primary Election in the 2004 Presidential Elections?
NEW HAMPSHIRE
3a Whose memoirs were titled 'A Royal Duty'?
PAUL BURRELL
3b For how many years was Alistair Cooke's 'Letter from America' broadcast?
58 (accept 56-60)
4a What was the nationality of Cesar Franck, the composer?
ELGIAN
4b In which city would you be if you landed at Schonefeld Airport?
BERLIN

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 What is enuresis?
BED WETTING
2 Name the largest city in the Basque country.
BILBAO
3 Name the dark fortified wine of Sicily.
MARSALA
4 There are 2 steeplechase courses at Aintree, the Grand National course and the ……?
MILDMAY COURSE