Monday 11th October 2004
Set by Phoenix (Warrington)
All rounds are general

Round 1
1a Shalimar was the husband of which literary narrator?
Scheherazade
1b Vaalserberg is the highest point of which European country?
Netherlands
2a Who won the 1996 Booker Prize with 'Last Orders'?
Graham Swift
2b Which French city was the site of Concorde's maiden flight?
Toulouse
3a In which film does Robert de Niro play the character Rupert Pupkin?
King of Comedy
3b Which famous chef is the proprietor of 'Le Manoir Aux Quat Saisons' in Oxfordshire?
Raymond Blanc
4a Which Florentine statesman's name has become a byword for devious plotting?
Machiavelli
4b Which deadly organism was once called Bradford disease, the organism causing it having been isolated there in the 19th century?
Anthrax

Round 2
1a Prior to Best Mate in 2003, which was the last horse to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup in consecutive years - 1970 and 1971?
L'Escargot
1b Who created the 'Big Tongue' logo for the Rolling Stones?
Andy Warhol
2a Which King of England first stepped onto English soil at Brixham harbour?
William III
2b Which was the last musical before 'Chicago' to win the Oscar for Best Film?
Oliver
3a What is the common name for the fruit granadilla?
Passion fruit
3b Which brewery is situated in Southwold, Suffolk?
Adnams
4a Which acid is found in oranges, limes and lemons?
Citric
4b Which American actor was arrested in London on 6th June 2002, accused of damaging a taxi in an altercation with the driver?
Woody Harrelson

Round 3
1a Whose radio catchphrase was "Mind my bike"?
Jack Warner
1b What was the surname of Pope Adrian 4th?
Brakspear (the only English Pope)
2a The Barossa Valley, famous for its winemaking, is in which Australian state?
South Australia
2b Who composed the opera 'The Trojans'?
Hector Berlioz
3a Who was the first Astronomer Royal?
John Flamsteed
3b In which county is the shingle headland Dungeness?
Kent
4a The England squad for the 1966 World Cup contained three goalkeepers, Gordon Banks, Peter Bonetti and which other?
Ron Springett
4b A parliament is the collective noun for a group of which birds?
Owl

Round 4
1a British carmakers TVR have their factory in which town?
Blackpool
1b What name is commonly given to the phenomenon in which a luminous discharge appears on a ship or aircraft during a storm?
St Elmo's Fire
2a Which is the southernmost of the Channel Islands?
Jersey
2b The psittacosaurus has been discovered in which country?
China
3a In which year were the railways nationalised in Britain?
1948
3b Which fashion label did Shami Ahmed create?
Joe Bloggs
4a How many bulls are killed in a formal bullfight?
Six
4b Which herb is sometimes known as Chinese Parsley?
Coriander

Round 5
1a Which novel does Holden Caulfield narrate?
Catcher in the Rye
1b Name the restaurant, opened by Jamie Oliver in 2003, which is staffed by young people from under-privileged backgrounds?
Fifteen
2a How many knights sat at the Round Table?
150
2b Which singer, now famous once again, was arrested on 19th February 1982 for defiling an American National Monument (The Alamo) by urinating on it?
Ozzy Osborne
3a Which acid is found in grapes?
Tartaric
3b A murder is the collective noun for a group of which birds?
Crow
4a In 2002 the horse Rock of Gibraltar won a record seven consecutive Group One races, which horse had held the record?
Mil Reef
4b Botrange is the highest point in which European country?
Belgium

Round 6
1a Who was the first Poet Laureate?
John Dryden
1b Which Scottish island was quarantined for half a century after anthrax was released there during World War 2?
Gruinard
2a The England squad for the 1990 World Cup contained three goalkeepers, Peter Shilton, David Seaman and which other?
Chris Woods
2b Give either of the forenames of the fashion designers Dolce and Gabbana?
Domenico or Stefano
3a Where, specifically, did William the Conqueror first land in England?
Pevensey Bay
3b Of what type of vehicle was the SRN-1 the first commercial example?
Hovercraft
4a Only three fruits are native only to North America, the blueberry is one, name either of the other two?
Cranberry or Concord grape
4b Who directed the first talking film to be made in Britain?
Alfred Hitchcock

Round 7
1a Which area north of San Francisco is the main wine producing area of California?
Napa Valley
1b With what phenomenon are Bailey's Beads associated?
Total eclipse of the sun
2a In what year was the breathalyser introduced to Britain?
1967
2b Which brewery is situated in Cockermouth, Cumbria?
Jennings
3a Who was considered to be the inspiration for Machiavelli's best known work "The Prince"?
Cesare Borgia
3b What name is given to the Pope's personal representative in a foreign country?
Nuncio
4a Who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1991 for the book "Rabbit at Rest"?
John Updike
4b Who composed the opera 'Troilus and Cressida'?
William Walton

Round 8
1a Which of the Channel Islands is nearest to France
Alderney
1b Which member of the ginger family is used as a yellow dye and flavouring?
Turmeric
2a Which British car manufacturer has a factory in Newport Pagnell?
Aston Martin
2b In which town is the administrative centre of Kent?
Maidstone
3a Whose catchphrase was "I've arrived and to prove it I'm here"?
Max Bygraves
3b On which modern continent did Tyrannosaurus Rex live?
North America
4a In which film does Harrison Ford play the character John Book?
Witness
4b The Rolling Stones had two number one hit singles that had a colour in the title, 'Paint it Black' was one, 'Brown Sugar' only made it to number two, which was the other?
Little Red Rooster

Spare Questions
1 John Mills won an Oscar for a non-speaking part in which film?
Ryan's Daughter
2 The Battles of Barnet and St Albans were in which war?
Wars of the Roses
3 Victorians called them 'servant regulators', what do we call them now?
Alarm clocks