Monday 29th November 2004
Set by Marconi (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a Which 17th century Dutch artist painted a portrait of Oliver Cromwell, 'pimples, warts, and everything'?
Sir Peter Lely
1b In which year did the husband of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, die?
1861
2a What name is given to the leaf-like, spore-carrying, structure of a fern?
Frond
2b Which Asian country's flag consists of a yellow star on a red field?
Vietnam
3a What creatures belong to the order 'chiroptera'?
Bats
3b Who is the leader of the 'Famous Five' in the Billy Bunter stories?
Harry Wharton
4a Who was the voice of 'Rambling Syd Rumpo' in radio's "Round the Horne"?
Kenneth Williams
4b Who, from 1980-87, was the first President of the Republic of Zimbabwe?
Canaan Banana

Round Two
1a In which year was Queen Victoria proclaimed Empress of India?
1876
1b Which Flemish artist, who worked during his career for the Spanish Habsburgs as a diplomat, was knighted by King Charles I in 1630?
Sir Peter Paul Rubens
2a Name either country whose flag is divided horizontally - red over white.
Indonesia / Monaco
2b What name is given to the cup or trumpet of a daffodil or narcissus, etc?
Corona
3a In "Treasure Island", who is the gullible squire who leads the expedition to find Captain Flint's treasure?
Trelawny
3b What mammals belong to the order 'proboscidea'?
Elephants
4a Who, 1964-85, was the first President of the United Republic of Tanzania?
Julius Nyerere
4b Who was the voice of 'Able Seaman Fatso Johnson' in radio's "The Navy Lark"?
Ronnie Barker

Round Three
1a In Scandinavian mythology, what sort of bridge was Bifrost, joining Heaven and Earth?
Rainbow
1b What does the 'V' stand for in the abbreviation 'DVD'?
Versatile
2a Which Biblical character married Leah, and later Rachel?
Jacob
2b The conductor Sir George Solti (originally Gyorgy Stern), 1912-1997, was born in which country?
Hungary
3a Name either country that fought in the 1709 Battle of Poltava.
Russia or Sweden
3b Who were the Good's neighbours in TV's "The Good Life"?
Leadbetters
4a Which ocean current flows off the west coast of South America?
Humboldt
4b What colour denotes the slowest ball in the game of squash?
Yellow

Round Four
1a What does the 'H' stand for in the abbreviation 'VHS'?
Home
1b In Scandinavian mythology, what type of tree is Yggdrasil, whose roots and branches connect Heaven, Earth and Hell?
Ash
2a The soprano Dame Joan Sutherland was born in which country?
Australia
2b Which Dickens' character married Dora Spenlow and later Agnes Wickfield?
David Copperfield
3a What was the name of the family in TV's "Bless This House"?
Abbott
3b Name either country that fought in the 1866 Battle of Sadowa.
Prussia or Austria
4a Two types of canoe are used-in Olympic events - the kayak and ?
Canadian
4b Which ocean current flows north along the SW coast of Africa?
Benguela

Round Five
1a An optometer is an instrument for testing what?
Vision
1b Who beat Alan Minter for the World Middleweight boxing title in 1980?
Marvin Hagler
2a In the Morse Code what letter is represented by dot-dash?
A
2b Beltane is an ancient Celtic festival celebrated on what date?
May 1st
3a Benjamin Britten's "Billy Budd, Foretopman" is based on whose novella?
Herman Melville
3b What type of creature was the now extinct 'Solitaire'?
Bird (Flightless Pigeon)
4a What is the name of the largest Christian sect in the Lebanon?
Maronites (accept Uniats)
4b Thor Heyerdal's raft the "Kon-Tiki" was made of what type of wood?
Balsa

Round Six
1a Who beat Barry McGuigan for the World Featherweight boxing title in 1986?
Steve Cruz
1b What name is given to the science and development of the Earth's crust?
Geology
2a Michaelmas is celebrated on what date in the Christian church?
September 29th
2b In the Morse Code what letter is represented by dash-dot?
N
3a The gigantic extinct bird, the Moa, was native to which country?
New Zealand
3b Donizetti's opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" is based on whose story?
Sir Walter Scott
4a Thor Heyerdal's "Ra II" and "Tigris" were made from what type of reed?
Papyrus
4b The Patriarch of Alexandria and all Egypt is the head of which branch
of the Christian church?
Coptic

Round Seven
1a Which group had a 1972 UK Top Ten hit with "Horse With No Name"?
America
1b Which German-born novelist and Nobel Prize winner (1877-1962) wrote "Steppenwolf" and "Das Glasperienspeil" ("The Glass Bead Game")?
Hermann Hesse
2a A cutaneous disease affect what part of the human body?
Skin
2b Which English king was married to Mary of Teck?
George V
3a Ferdinand Magellan was killed in 1521 in which group of islands?
Philippines
3b What is the capital of the Republic of Croatia?
Zagreb
4a Which 1701 Act established the Electress Sophia of Hanover and her descendants to the succession of the British throne?
Act of Settlement
4b Who played the part of Eliza Doolittle in the 1964 film "My Fair Lady"?
Audrey Hepburn

Round Eight
1a Which US novelist wrote "The Dharma Bums" and "Big Sur"?
Jack Kerouac
1b Which group had a 1977 UK Top Ten hit with "Hotel California"?
The Eagles
2a Name the first British man to be knighted for his scientific achievements.
Sir Isaac Newton
2b Meniere's disease affects what part of the human body?
The Ear
3a What is the capital of the Republic of Belarus?
Minsk
3b Captain James Cook was killed in 1779 in which group of islands?
Hawaii (accept Sandwich)
4a Who played Mr. Chips in the 1939 film "Goodbye, Mr. Chips"?
Robert Donat
4b The 1536-37 'Pilgrimage of Grace' was a rebellion against which English king?
Henry VIII

Spare Questions
1 Who rode Shergar to victory in the 1981 Epsom Derby?
Walter Swinburne
2 In what year was the Cuban 'Bay of Pigs' invasion?
1961
3 Who directed the 1976 film "Taxi Driver"?
Martin Scorsese
4 Who, in 1885, wrote the story of Pinnochio?
Carlo Collodi