Monday 1st November 2004
Set by Norton Dominators (Warrington)
All rounds are general

Round 1
1a Which creatures does a sericulturist raise?
Silkworms
1b The nocturnal mammal the aardwolf belongs to which family of animals?
Hyena
2a In which constellation is the star Regulus?
Leo
2b The Pleiades are in which constellation?
Taurus
3a Which Gilbert & Sullivan operetta includes a chorus of policemen?
Pirates of Penzance
3b In which Gilbert & Sullivan operetta do fairies appear in the House of Lords?
Iolanthe
4a Which is the second city of Pakistan?
Lahore
4b In which city were the second modern Olympic Games held in 1900?
Paris

Round 2
1a In which US state did the Ku Klux Klan originate?
Tennessee
1b Who was the last Roman Catholic monarch of England?
James II
2a What is the Royal significance of July 29th 1981?
Charles & Diana's wedding day
2b Which was the first building society to convert to a bank?
Abbey National
3a Which bank took over the Natwest in 2000?
Royal Bank of Scotland
3b Who wrote 'The Iceman Cometh'?
Eugene O'Neil
4a There are three main types of sword used in the sport of fencing, sabre, epee and which other?
Foil
4b What has for the last few years been Britain's most popular tourist attraction for which a fee is charged?
London Eye

Round 3
1a What is the name of the weaver in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?
Bottom
1b Which Dickens character quoted the line "If the law supposes that, the law is an ass"?
Mr Bumble
2a For which geographical feature is weald an old English name?
Forest
2b In Russia what is the name given to the charcoal heated urn which is often used to make tea?
Samovar
3a What is dulse?
Seaweed (accept algae)
3b In which year did the Easter rising take place in Dublin?
1916
4a What was the name of the Beverly Hillbilly's bank manager?
Mr Drysdale
4b What was the name of Mr Drysdale's secretary?
Miss Hathaway

Round 4
1a Which county cricket club play home games at the St Lawrence ground?
Kent
1b Which county's cricket badge incorporates a running fox?
Leicestershire
2a The drink advocaat is usually a mixture of egg yolk and which alcoholic spirit?
Brandy
2b Which musical features the song 'Memory'?
Cats
3a In the BBC shipping forecasts, which area is always first named?
Viking
3b Which shipping area covers the most northerly part of Scotland?
Fairisle
4a Which baseball team does Homer Simpson support?
(Springfield) Isotopes
4b What was the first name of the Italian tenor Caruso?
Enrico

Round 5
1a Who wrote 'Cat's Cradle' and' 'Slaughterhouse 5'?
Kurt Vonnegut (jnr)
1b Who was the first Baron Tweedsmuir?
John Buchan
2a In which city is HMS Warrior, Britain's first ironclad warship?
Portsmouth
2b Who was the last of the Stuart monarchs?
Queen Anne
3a What is the most common metal in the Earth's crust?
Aluminium
3b In which film does the strip act 'Hot Metal' appear?
The Full Monty
4a In which US state is TV's 'South Park' set?
Colorado
4b The Drakensburg mountains are in which country?
South Africa

Round 6
1a Who became famous for his book 'Centuries' published in 1555?
Nostradamus
1b Who is the Greek god of shepherds?
Pan
2a What is the relationship between Andrew Mackay, MP for Bracknell and Julie Kirkbride, MP for Bromsgrove?
Husband & wife
2b What is the relationship between the MPs for Keighley and Hornchurch?
Mother & son
3a For what does the third S stand in the abbreviation SSSI?
(Site of Special) Scientific (Interest)
3b For what does the R stand in the abbreviation CPRE?
(Council for the Protection of) Rural (England)
4a In mathematics what is the opposite of integration?
Differentiation
4b What is found in an Oort Cloud?
Comets

Round 7
1a With which pop group did Stephen Gately find fame?
Boyzone
1b Who, in 1957, was the first fist black male artist to top the UK pop charts?
Harry Belafonte
2a With what is the slogan "Gotta catch 'em all" associated?
Pokemon
2b Which fictional detective had an assistant called Captain Hastings?
Hercule Poirot
3a In which well-known book do Hazel, Fiver and Bigwig appear?
Watership Down
3b Which TV series featured the character Harry Grout?
Porridge
4a Steven King wrote the book 'Christine' about a 'possessed' car, what was the make of the car?
Plymouth (Fury)
4b James Dean died in a car crash in 1955, what was the make of the car that he was driving?
Porsche (Spyder)

Round 8
1a We throw rubbish into a skip, what do the Americans call a skip?
Dumpster
1b In which city was the film 'the Third man' set?
Vienna
2a Who wrote 'All Quiet On The Western Front'?
Erich Maria Remarque
2b Daltonism is another name for which impairment?
Colour blindness
3a Which Shakespeare character spoke the line 'Once more unto the breach....'?
Henry V
3b Who presents the 'Midweek' programme on Radio 4?
Libby Purves
4a In which South American city is Interlagos motor racing circuit?
Sao Paulo
4b In Greek mythology who solved the riddle of the Sphinx?
Oedipus

Spare Questions
1 Who wrote the song 'Anything Goes'?
Cole Porter
2 To which animal does the adjective caprine apply?
Goat
3 Of what is hagiology the study?
Saints