Monday 13th December 2004
Set by WSC Woodworms (Warrington)
All rounds are general

Round 1
1a Which is the westernmost of the five North American Great Lakes?
Superior
1b Who preceded David Blunkett as Home Secretary?
Jack Straw
2a Bolton Wanderers' Reebok Stadium is situated alongside which motorway?
M61
2b Which actor played Lofty in 'It Ain't half Hot Mum', going on to have singing success duetting with a fellow actor from the show?
Don Estelle
3a In which town or city is the headquarters of the Open University?
Milton Keynes
3b Which former Tranmere Rovers soccer player lost his high-profile job in the Faria Alam scandal?
Mark Palios
4a '55° North', the 2004 TV series about a detective named Nicky Cole, involved his relocation to which town or city?
Newcastle-on-Tyne
4b In the computing abbreviation ISP, for what does the letter 'P' stand?
Provider (Internet Service Provider)

Round 2
1a 44 is the international dialling code for which country?
United Kingdom
1b In which film did Joseph Cotton play a character called Holly?
The Third Man
2a To the English it is the English Channel, by what name do the French know this stretch of water?
La Manche
2b Apart from Grenville, what was the surname of the other father and son to have been Prime Ministers of Britain?
Pitt
3a Which orchestral conductor devised the Promenade Concerts?
Henry Wood
3b The wildebeest is alternatively known by which three-lettered name?
Gnu
4a What is the sum of the interior angles of a triangle?
180°
4b Billy Bigelow is a central character in which stage and screen musical?
Carousel

Round 3
1a Michael Eavis and his wife staged the first of which now annual event in September 1971?
Glastonbury Festival
1b When Real Madrid won the first European Cup in 1956, which French team did they defeat in the final?
(Stade de) Rheims
2a Who designed the aviary at London Zoo, opened in 1965?
Anthony Armstrong Jones (Lord Snowdon)
2b What type of living creature is a macaque?
Monkey
3a Which Shakespeare play opens with the line 'Two households, both alike in dignity in fair Verona '?
Romeo and Juliet
3b Which English quarter day occurs on March 25th each year?
Lady Day
4a Which British entertainer was known as 'the Forces Sweetheart'?
Vera Lynn
4b What is the currency of Finland?
Euro

Round 4
1a In which town or city is Winson Green Prison?
Birmingham
1b Who composed the music for the new musical 'The Woman in White', first staged in the West End in 2004?
Andrew Lloyd Webber
2a Which killer disease has often been known as 'The white death'?
Tuberculosis
2b Whose right to the English throne did Lady Jane Grey challenge?
Mary 1st
3a In cricket's 2004 Totesport League, what was the alliterative full name of the Lancashire team?
Lancashire Lightning
3b Which country's colonial control over Vietnam effectively ended after defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu?
France
4a Where in 1966 did a devastating coal tip slide kill many children in the local primary school?
Aberfan
4b Little Gem and Webb's Wonder are both types of which plant or vegetable?
Lettuce

Round 5
1a At which UK venue did the July 1985 Live Aid concert take place?
Wembley
1b Real Madrid won each of the first five European Cup finals, which was the second club to win it in 1961?
Benfica
2a Where in relation to 21st century London was King James 1st's aviary situated?
Birdcage Walk
2b What type of living creature is a boomslang?
Snake
3a Which Shakespeare play ends with the line 'Whom we invite to see us crowned at Scone'?
Macbeth (spoken by Malcolm)
3b On which date do the French celebrate Bastille Day?
July 14th
4a What was the surname of the British entertainer who billed herself as 'Two-Ton Tessie'?
O'Shea
4b How many member states constitute the European Union?
25

Round 6
1a In which town or city is Barlinnie Prison?
Glasgow
1b In Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical 'The Woman in White', who played Count Fosco when the show opened in the West End in 2004?
Michael Crawford
2a What is the more common name for the potentially killer illness known as Infantile Paralysis?
Poliomyelitis (accept Polio)
2b Whose right to the British throne did the Duke of Monmouth challenge?
James 2nd
3a Which Premiership rugby league club call themselves the 'Rhinos'?
Leeds
3b Which country ceded colonial rights to Britain by the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840?
New Zealand
4a In which town in 1996 did Thomas Hamilton commit the mass murder of a schoolteacher and many of her pupils?
Dunblane
4b James Grieve and Braeburn are both types of which fruit?
Apple

Round 7
1a What is the telephone dialling code for Edinburgh numbers?
0131
1b Tom Hanks stars in the 2004 remake of which 1955 classic film?
The Ladykillers
2a What, in France, is a TGV?
Train (Grand Vitesse)
2b What was the surname of the first father and son to become President of the USA?
Adams
3a What is the principal venue used for the BBC Promenade Concerts?
Royal Albert Hall
3b The old land measure of 5½ yards was known by a variety of names; to some it was a pole, to others a perch. By what three lettered name was it also commonly known?
Rod
4a What is the second-highest score that can be achieved with a throwing of three darts onto a regulation dartboard?
177 (2 treble 20s and treble 19)
4b Sally Bowles is a central character in which stage and screen musical?
Cabaret

Round 8
1a Who lost his job as editor of the Daily Mirror following a scandal over photographs concerning maltreatment of Iraqi prisoners?
Piers Morgan
1b Which author created the detective Inspector Rebus?
Ian Rankin
2a In the abbreviation SUV, widely used in the motor industry, for what does the letter 'S' stand?
Sports (Utility Vehicle)
2b Milwaukee and Green Bay stand on which of the Great Lakes?
Michigan
3a Who preceded Gordon Brown as Chancellor of the Exchequer?
Kenneth Clark
3b Which of Britain's motorways reaches the highest point above sea level?
M62
4a In which TV comedy series did Squadron Leader Clive Dempster replace Geoffrey Fairbrother as the manager of the organisation?
Hi-Di-Hi
4b Which football league team migrated to Milton Keynes ahead of the 2002-2003 season?
Wimbledon

Spare Questions
1 The song 'Bright Eyes' features in which film?
Watership Down
2 Who composed the music for 'The Student Prince'?
Sigmund Romberg
3 Who succeeded John Major as leader of the Conservative Party leader?
William Hague