Tuesday 19th October 2004
Set by Brewery Tap (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a Which pass leads from Lake Windermere to Ullswater?
Kirkstone Pass
1b Who directed the film "Mulholland Drive"?
David Lynch
2a In internet lingo, what does FWIW stand for?
For what It's worth
2b Who made the first steam pumping engine, in 1705?
Thomas Newcomen
3a Which royal burgh on the Kintyre peninsula is famous for whisky?
Campbeltown
3b Which French city is the centre of the champagne industry?
Reims (Rheims)
4a What sea area lies between Australia and Tasmania?
Bass Strait
4b What are 'charlottes' and 'pink fir apples'?
Potatoes

Round Two
1a Which car manufacturer produces the Fusion model?
Ford Motors
1b Which soul artiste had UK No. 1 hit albums with "Fill Me In", "7 Days", and "Born To Do It" in the year 2000?
Craig David
2a Pancetta is what type of foodstuff?
Bacon (cured in spices and salt)
2b What is the English translation of the Swedish word 'tungsten'?
Heavy Stone
3a Gold, silver, and which other metal has to be hallmarked before going on sale?
Platinum
3b Who stood as a Green Party candidate against George W Bush in 2000?
Ralph Nader
4a Which US Major League Baseball team play at Oriole Park?
Baltimore Orioles
4b Who is the older daughter of Prince Ranier and Grace Kelly?
Princess Caroline

Round Three
1a Where, in the human body, is the basilar artery?
Base of the Brain
1b Which ex-Lancashire cricketer was temporary bowling coach to the England touring party in the winter of 2003?
Mike Watkinson
2a In the world of F1, what were East and Buzzin Hornets used to get around?
Tobacco Advertising
2b Which English essayist and poet's best known works are "Essays of Elia"?
Charles Lamb
3a Who won the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for "The Life of Pi"?
Yann Martel
3b On a 1:50,000 OS map, what is shown by the letters CG?
Coastguard Station
4a Which company owned the insecticide factory at Bhopal, India (disaster Dec. 1984)?
Union Carbide
4b What does a rubophobic fear?
Dirt

Round Four
1a What type of creature is a speckled wood?
(Brown) Butterfly
1b Which English artist, born 1964, created the stained and detritus-littered "My Bed" in 1998?
Tracey Emin
2a Which Michelin star-rated chef played football for Glasgow Rangers FC?
Gordon Ramsay
2b What is the UK's longest railway tunnel?
Severn Railway Tunnel
3a In which American state is Cape Cod?
Massachusetts
3b Which sportsman wrote the book "It's Not About the Bike"?
Lance Armstrong
4a Who was the first man to clear eight feet in the high jump?
Jose Sotomayor
4b In radio, what do the initials FM stand for?
Frequency Modulation

Round Five
1a What is the deepest lake in Cumbria?
Wastwater
1b Which actor played Mike Bassett, England football manager?
Ricky Tomlinson
2a In computer terminology, what does the acronym 'RTF' stand for?
Rich Text Format
2b What cooking aid did Papin invent in the 17th century?
Pressure Cooker
3a Which is Scotland's oldest distillery, near Crieff, Perthshire?
Matthew Gloag (Famous Grouse)
3b The Charente basin, France, is noted for what alcoholic spirit?
Brandy
4a What sea area lies between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra?
Strait of Malacca
4b What is the Italian name for maize porridge?
Polenta

Round Six
1a Which car company produces the Meriva model?
Vauxhall
1b Which French singer/songwritgr recorded the 1970's albums "Ballade du Melody Nelson", "Rock Around the Bunker", etc?
Serge Gainsbourg
2a What type of nut is used in the Italian dish of pesto sauce?
Pine
2b What is the literal English translation of the French term 'papier-maché'?
Chewed paper
3a Which radioactive element (94) is known as the 'infernal element'?
Plutonium
3b Who is the Member of Parliament for Henley, Oxon?
Boris Johnson
4a Which US National Football League team play in the state of Wisconsin?
Green Bay Packers
4b Prince Willem-Alexander, born 1967, is the heir to which European throne?
Netherlands

Round Seven
1a Which English novelist wrote "Headlong" (1999) and "Spies" (2002)?
Michael Frayn
1b Which former Lancashire and Yorkshire cricketer was appointed Yorkshire coach in 2004?
David Byas
2a Michael Schumaker and David Beckham advertise which mobile phone company?
Vodafone
2b Who directed the 2002 film "Bowling for Columbine"?
Michael Moore
3a In the motor vehicle world, what does I.C.E. stand for?
In Car Entertainment
3b On a 1:50,000 OS map, what is shown by a black triangular flag?
Golf Course
4a What method is used to generate electricity at West Hoyle Bank?
Wind (Farm)
4b Where in the human body are the five pairs of sacral nerves?
The Spine

Round Eight
1a The egret belongs to what species of birds?
(White) Heron
1b Which English artist, born 1965, created "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living", and "Mother and Child, Divided"?
Damien Hurst
2a Which TV chef started the Restaurant 'Fifteen'?
Jamie Oliver
2b In which US state is the world's largest airfield (700 sq. miles)?
Florida (Elgin AFB)
3a Where in the UK is the only remaining transporter bridge?
Middlesbrough
3b What colour jersey is worn by the leader of the Giro d'Italia?
Pink
4a Who was the first man to swim 100 metres Freestyle in less than one minute, and 440 yards (402m) in less than five minutes?
Johnny Weismuller
4b In radio, what do the initials DAB stand for?
Digital Audio Broadcast

Spare Questions
1 Which author objected to part of his work being acted out in the BBC series "100 Best Books"?
J. D. Salinger (Catcher in the Rye)
2 Martin Parr's "The Last Resort", based on New Brighton, is based on what medium?
Photography
3 Who brews the beer 'Landlord'?
Timothy Taylor