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Tuesday 23rd March 2004
Set by Duncan's Doughnuts (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a In children's TV, what is the name of Fireman Sam's engine?
Jupiter
1b What type of creature is a basilisk?

Lizard (accept Serpent)
2a Who created the detective-superintendent 'Le Commissaire Maigret'?
Georges Simeon
2b In which European capital city is the Manneken-Pis statue?
Brussels
3a What does an anemometer measure?
Wind Speed
3b What is the capital of Mauritius (Ile Maurice)?
Port Louis
4a The Stewards Cup is run on which English racecourse?
Goodwood
4b How many years of marriage is an electric anniversary?
Eight

Round Two
1a Which Nationwide football team play home games at the Bescot Stadium?
Walsall
1b Who was chairman of TV's "The Good Old Days" variety show?
Leonard Sachs
2a The Bitter Lakes form part of which water system?
Suez Canal
2b What type of food is a 'John Dory'?
Fish
3a King Lear's three daughters are Regan, Cordelia, and ?
Goneril
3b Who composed the (six) Brandenburg Concertos?
J. S. Bach
4s Which actor did Natalie Wood marry, divorce and re-marry?
Robert Wagner
4b The clothes logo DKNY is short for what?
Donna Karan New York

Round Three
1a Whose portrait is on the reverse of an English £20 bank note?
Sir Edward Elgar
1b Which US river flows through Washington, DC?
The Potomac
2a Patricide is the killing of whom?
One's Father
2b On the typewriter keyboard, what letter is between 'c' and 'b'?
V
3a Who (January 2003) is chairman of the Conservative Party?
Theresa May
3b Who is BBC2's 'Flying Gardener'?
Chris Beardshaw
4a Which small muscular sac stores bile from the liver?
The Gall Bladder
4b What are the two zones of intense radiation surrounding the earth called?
Van Allen Belts

Round Four
1a Who was the first US President to be nominated by the Republican Party?
Abraham Lincoln
1b The flower 'convallaria' is better known as what?
Lily-of-the-valley
2a Varicella, caused by a herpes virus, is more commonly known as what?
Chickenpox
2b What is dropping off if you start to desquamate?
Skin (comes off in scales)
3a Which animal most regularly features in Minoan art?
A Bull
3b What is the technical name for the thickness of a liquid?
Viscosity
4a In Dickens' novel, who Is the cripple befriended by Nicholas Nickleby?
Smike
4b With which winter sport is the term 'klister' associated?
Ski-ing (Rubbed onto skis)

Round Five
1a What is the name of the vacuum cleaner in TV's "Teletubbies"?
Noo Noo
1b Which New Zealand-born writer created Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn?
Ngaio Marsh
2a What name is given to a young pigeon or rook?
Squab
2b In which Asian capital city is the Shwe Dagon pagoda?
Rangoon
3a At what temperature have all substances lost their heat and can be cooled no further?
Minus 273(.15)°C or Absolute Zero
3b How many years of marriage is a lace anniversary?
Thirteen
4a What is the capital of the Leeward Island of Montserrat?
Plymouth
4b Who was the original chairman of TV's "Juke Box Jury"?
David Jacobs

Round Six
1a The July Cup is run on which English racecourse?
Newmarket
1b The clothes logo FCUK is short for what?
French Connection United Kingdom
2a The Ugandan city of Kampala is situated on what body of water?
Lake Victoria
2b The culinary term 'A la Lyonnaise' indicates served with what?
(Fried) Onions
3a 'Three of a Kind' were Lenny Henry, David Copperfield, and …?
Tracy Ullman
3b Which Nationwide football team play at the Britannia Stadium?
Stoke City
4a Which British-born composer wrote the "War Requiem"?
Benjamin Britten
4b What was the name of Diana Dors' third husband who was an actor?
Alan Lake

Round Seven
1a Who (Jan. 2003) is chairman of the Labour Party?
John Reid
1b On the typewriter keyboard, which letter is between 'z' and 'c'?
X
2a A goitre is an abnormal enlargement of which gland?
Thyroid
2b What measurement is used to describe the brightness of a star?
Magnitude
3a What is on the reverse of a twopence coin?
Prince of Wales Feathers
3b Sarah Beeny is the presenter of which C4 TV programme?
Property Ladder
4a Fratricide is the act of killing whom?
One's Brother
4b In which country does the River Rhine rise?
Switzerland

Round Eight
1a Pertussis is the medical term for what?
Whooping Cough
1b Dromophobia is the morbid fear of what?
Crossing Roads
2a What is the name of the hydrometer used specifically to test the relative density of milk?
A Lactometer
2b The plant 'stachys' is also known as what?
Lamb's Tongue (or Ear)
3a Which US President was known as 'Dutch' in his younger days?
Ronald Reagan
3b Which Dickens' character is the stepson of Edward and Jane Murdstone?
David Copperfleld
4a Which Dutch-born painter threw a knife at Paul Gaugin in Arles, France?
Vincent van Gogh
4b In what acrobatic sport might you see a 'fliffus' and a 'barani'?
Trampolining

Spare Questions
1 A cachalot is what type of mammal?
Sperm Whale
2 What rate of VAT is charged on domestic gas bills?
5 per cent
3 Playwright Tom Stoppard was born in which European country?
Czechoslovakia
4 What was the former name of Malawi before independence in 1964?
Nyasaland
5 Which religion was founded by Guru Nanak in the 16th century?
Sikhism

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