Monday 18th October 2004
Set by Duncan's Donuts (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a Who had an October 1959 No. 1 hit with "Here Comes Summer"?
Jerry Keller
1b Which English poet wrote "The Borderers" and "The Prelude"?
William Wordsworth
2a How many quires are there in one ream?
Twenty
2b Which horse won the 2003 Doncaster St. Leger?
Bryan Boru
3a The Festival of Wesak is celebrated in which world religion?
Buddhism
3b The 'Mass of the Presanctifled' is celebrated on which particluar holy day?
Good Friday
4a What in the MKS/SI system is the unit of magnetic flux?
The Weber
4b Keith Holyoake, Robert Muldoon, and David Lange were Prime Ministers of where?
New Zealand

Round Two
1a What is the capital of the US state of Wisconsin?
Madison
1b Who wrote the novels "For Kicks" and "Racing Cert"?
Dick Francis
2a Which garden plant has the Latin name 'Lathyrus orodatus'?
Sweet Pea
2b Who succeeded Gustav Husak as Czechoslovakian President in 1993?
Vaclav Havel
3a Who is the leader of the Welsh Assembly?
Rhodri Morgan
3b Mount McKinley is in which US state?
Alaska
4a On which UK island are the Rivers Dhoo and Nebb?
Isle of Man
4b What did David Lloyd George call 'Mr. Balfour's Poodle'?
The House of Lords

Round Three
1a The game of draughts originated in which Middle Eastern country?
Egypt
1b Which Coca-Cola football team play home games at Plainmoor?
Torquay United
2a Who created the cartoon strip character Rupert Bear?
Mary Tourtel
2b Give a year in the life of Spanish artist Diego Velasquez.
1599-1660
3a In military terms, what do the letters WAC stand for in the acronym AWACS ?
Airborne Warning and Control System
3b Who is the heroine of Shakespeare's play "Cymbeline"?
Imogen
4a The character Brian Potter is better known by what name?
Peter Kay
4b What is the normal method of movement of a macropod?
Hopping (Kangaroos, etc)

Round Four
1a Which British monarch had a nurse called Mrs. Innocent?
Queen Victoria
1b What is the name for the ridgeless mass of earth, rock and stone deposited by a glacier?
Moraine
2a What is an off-break bowled by a left-handed bowler to a right-handed batsman called?
A Chinaman
2b Who was appointed German Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda in 1933?
Joseph Goebbels
3a What is the monetary unit of Morocco?
Dirham
3b What name is given to a triangle with two equal sides?
Isosceles
4a The Welsh word 'Llyn' translates to what in English?
Lake
4b Which Dickens' novel is regarded as his autobiography?
David Copperfield

Round Five
1a Who had a 1958 No. 1 hit with "It's All in the Game"?
Tommy Edwards
1b Which English writer, curate and then rector wrote "Christian Socialist" and "Politics for the People"?
Charles Kingsley
2a How many roods are there in one acre?
Four
2b Which horse won the 2003 Cheltenham Champion Hurdle?
Rooster Booster
3a The sacred text, the "Tripitaka", is a collection of whose teachings?
Buddha
3b "Mass in D" (Missa Solemnis) is by which German-born composer (1770-1827)?
Ludwig van Beethoven
4a What is the MKS/SI unit of inductance?
Henry
4b Lester Pearson, Charles Joseph Clark, and Brian Mulroney have all been Prime Ministers of which country?
Canada

Round Six
1a What is the capital of the US state of Wyoming?
Cheyenne
1b Who wrote the political novels "Coningsby" and "Sybil"?
Benjamin Disraeli
2a The flower galanthus is more commonly known as what?
Snowdrop
2b Which Egyptian soldier, politician and Nobel Prize winner was assassinated by Muslim extremists in 1981?
Anwar Sadat
3a In which country are the Drakensberg Mountains?
South Africa
3b John McConnell is the leader of which assembly?
Scottish Parliament
4a On which UK island is the River Medina?
Isle of Wight
4b What in Victorian times was the device known as a servant regulator?
Alarm Clock

Round Seven
1a The card game ambigu was the forerunner of what?
Poker
1b Which Coca-Cola football team play at Gay Meadow?
Shrewsbury Town
2a Which Daily Express cartoonist's characters include Maudie Littlehampton?
Osbert Lancaster
2b Give a year in the life of portraitl landscape painter Thomas Gainsborough.
1727-1788
3a Michael Pennington is better known as which comedian?
Johnny Vegas
3b What word denotes a triangle with unequal sides?
Scalene
4a In military terms, what do the letters LB stand for in the acronym SLBM?
Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile
4b Pulicide is a poison or other agent to kill what?
Fleas

Round Eight
1a The mistress of King Charles II, Frances Theresa Stewart, is said to have been the model of which famous figure?
Britannia
1b The Sphinx, and the pyramids of Cheops (Khufu), Khafra, and Mankara are in which Egyptian governorate?
(El) Giza
2a hat does the term 'king pair' mean to a cricketer?
Out 1st ball in both innings
2b Which Norwegian Fascist leader's name became synonymous with 'traitor'?
Vidkun Quisling
3a The Tugrik is the monetary unit of which East Central Asian country?
Mongolia
3b Which Charles Dickens' eponymous character sails with Mark Tapley to seek his fortune in America?
Martin Chuzzlewit
4a What is another name for the Welsh word 'Cwm'?
Valley/Glen/Cirque/Corrie
4b Ohelia features in which Shakespeare play?
Hamlet

Spare Questions
1 Complete the name of the band: "Sam the Sham and the …"
Pharaohs
2 What name was given to a heavily armed Greek foot soldier?
Hoplite
3 The Blessed Virgin Mary, Adalbert, and Stanislaus are Patron Saints which European country?
Poland
4 What was the original occupation of Scottish novelist Sir Walter Scott?
The Law
5 Steve and Julie Pankhurst introduced which nostalgic website in 2000?
Friends Reunited