Monday
22nd March 2004
Set by Mersey Bowmen (Liverpool)
All rounds are general
Round
One
1a Give
either surname of TV's 'Ant and Dec'.
A. McPartlin/D. Donelly
1b What is an ASBO?
Antisocial Behaviour Order
2a Who was the 2002 Embassy World Darts champion?
Tony David
2b In which century did Dr. John Arbuthnot's "John Bull" first
appear in print?
Eighteenth (1712)
3a Who, in 1865, wrote the hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers"?
Sabine Baring-Gould
3b Name the year in which Premium Bonds were introduced; Dwight Eisenhower's
second term as US President; and the show "My Fair Lady" opened
on Broadway?
1956
4a Who came second in BBC TV's "Greatest Briton" poll?
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
4b In Australian slang, what are 'nippers'?
Trainee Life Guards
Round
Two
1a How many original member states comprised the European Union?
Six
1b Which is the longest river wholly in England?
The Thames
2a How often is the John Moores Exhibition held?
Every two years
2b The wine 'Chateau Musar' comes from which eastern Mediterranean country?
Lebanon
3a Sunday World is a newspaper published in which European capital?
Dublin
3b Which organisation has gardens at Wisley, Rosemoor, and Hyde Hall?
Royal Horticultural Society
4a Who wrote the 1956 book "Breakfast at Tiffany's"?
Truman Capote
4b Which march was used as the theme tune for "Bridge on the River
Kwai"?
Colonel Bogey
Round
Three
1a The 1990 film "The Hunt for Red October" was filmed in California,
Washington State, North Carolina. and where else?
Liverpool, England
1b The US film director Sean Aloysius O'Fearna was better known as who?
John Ford
2a What is 'South Stack'?
A Lighthouse (accept island)
2b In which decade was Tesco founded?
1920's (1924)
3a Which famous golf course is located at Virginia Water, Surrey, England?
Wentworth
3b What is the name of the trophy, donated by Sir Peter Barrie, swum for
each year on Christmas Day, by the Serpentine Swimming Club?
The Peter Pan Cup
4a Which role did Michael Caine play in the film "The Ipcress File"?
Harry Palmer
4b Which was the first dresswear hire firm in the United Kingdom?
Moss Bros.
Round
Four
1a James Blade and Evelyn Glennie are famous for what skill?
Percussionists
1b Who, December 2002, is Musical Director of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Orchestra?
Gerard Schwarz
2a Chippy Minton was the carpenter of which children's TV series?
Trumpton
2b The first word of which Shakespeare play is "Boatswain!"?
The Tempest
3a What, in Ireland, is a 'gombeen man'?
Moneylender/Usurer
3b Antoine Domino is better known by what nickname?
Fats
4a Julia Margaret Cameron and Roger Fenton were pioneers of what art form?
Photography
4b Which Impressionist painter (1839-1899) of Anglo-French descent painted
"L'Isle St. Denis", "Fog", and "Morning Sunshine"?
Alfred Sisley
Round
Five
1a Royston Vasey is the real name of which 'entertainer'?
Roy 'Chubby' Brown
1b Which four-letter acronym is used to name the current hospital 'super-bug'?
MRSA
2a The Vinson Massif, the highest point of the Ellsworth Mountains, is
in which region?
Antarctica
2b What name is given to the young of a squirrel?
Kitten
3a What does Gresham's Law state?
Bad money drives out good
3b Who played the part of Edith in TV's 'Allo, Allo'?
Carmen Silvera
4a To which fair were Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney and Harry Hawk going?
Widdicombe
4b What is the capital of Algeria?
Algiers
Round
Six
1a A hygrometer is used for measuring the humidity of what?
Air/Gases
1b How many shillings were there in an English guinea?
Twenty-one
2a Who, together with James Stewart, was the male co-star of the 1940
film "The Philadelphia Story"?
Cary Grant
2b Which Japanese verse form is in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables?
Haiku
3a What was the name of the Lone Ranger's horse?
Silver
3b What is the name of the Scottie dog featured in a Saturday Telegraph
series written by its owner Will Cohu?
Parker
4a In the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" what is supposedly
represented by 'ten lords a-leaping'?
The Ten Commandments
4b What is the meaning of the Latin phrase 'cui bono'?
For whose benefit or advantage is it?/who is the gainer? (or similar)
Round
Seven
1a What was the name of the dog that appeared on TV with Bob Carolgees?
Spit
1b What name is given in set theory to the graphical way of representing
sets as circles?
A Venn diagram
2a What is the wording on the edge of a current £2 coin?
Standing on the shoulders of giants
2b The name of which flower is from the French for 'lion's tooth'?
Dandelion
3a Who played Sergeant Major Snudge in TV's "The Army Game"?
Bill Fraser
3b Which company produced the first commercial 35mm still camera?
Leica
4a Knots that join two ropes together are called what?
Bends
4b Which British assay office has an anchor as its symbol?
Birmingham
Round
Eight
1a In which year was O. J. Simpson found not guilty; Oklahoma City was
bombed; and the US space shuttle 'Atlantis' docked with 'Mir'?
1995
1b Who wrote about Miss Joan Hunter Dunn?
John Betjeman
2a Who, on children's TV, hopped around on a duck-headed, talking pogostick
umbrella, called Jefferson? Doctor Snuggles
2b Which influential British fashion designer opened a shop called 'Bazaar'
in the King's Road, London, in 1955?
Mary Quant
3a Who was the leader of the Kentish rebels in the 1381 Peasants' Revolt?
Wat Tyler
3b Which is reputedly the oldest of London's gentlemen's clubs?
Whites
4a Tony Blair is MP for which constituency?
Sedgefield
4b Which 1746 battle was fought five miles east of Inverness, Scotland?
Culloden
Spare
Questions
1 Who directed the 1971 film "Straw Dogs"?
Sam Peckinpah
2 In which English county is Alnwick Castle?
Northumberland
3 What is the former name of the Maze Prison in Co. Antrim?
Long Kesh
4 Odilon Radon and Gustave Moreau were members of which art movement?
Symbolism
5 In parliamentary language, what is an EDM?
Early Day Motion
6 Who is the central character of Franz Kafka's "The Trial"?
Joseph K
7 What is a bouzouki?
Greek stringed Instrument
8 Who was voted PFA Young Player of the Year in 2000?
Harry Kewell
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