Monday 13th September 2004
Set by Warrington Quiz League
All rounds are general

Round 1
1a What was the name of Shackleton's ship trapped and crushed by ice in 1915 in the Antarctic?
ENDURANCE
1b Who was the first person to win seven Olympic gold medals at one Games?
MARK SPITZ (1972)
2a Name the businessman who built gull-winged cars in Northern Ireland.
John DE LOREAN
2b What is a wobbegong?
Small Australian SHARK
3a What extremely popular food item was first eaten in 1904 at the St. Louis World Fair?
HAMBURGER (accept also ice cream cones)
3b The Campbell-Stokes instrument, now superseded, was used to record what?
Hours of SUNSHINE
4a 'How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child' is a quotation from which Shakespeare play?
KING LEAR
4b Who had a best selling album in 2004 with 'Permission to Land'?
DARKNESS

Round 2
1a Who was the first English monarch to abdicate after 1066?
RICHARD II (1399)
1b In 1911, what did Polish biochemist Casimir Funk discover?
VITAMINS
2a Susan, Lady Greenfield became the first female director of which body?
ROYAL INSTITUTION
2b Which 190 century author invented the word 'snob'?
William Makepeace THACKERAY
3a Which English public school is at Godalming in Surrey?
CHARTERHOUSE
3b In Greek mythology, what was the name of Jason's ship?
ARGO
4a Which photographer, who died in August 2004, aged 95, would not use flash or a wide-angled lens and never cropped his prints?
Henri CARTIER-BRESSON
4b Which poet wrote two novels - 'Jill' & 'A Girl in Winter'?
PHILIP LARKIN

Round 3
1a At what sport did Lazio Papp (who died in 2003) win medals in three consecutive 0lympic Games?
BOXING
1b Which American photographer, 1902-84, specialised in images of dramatic landscapes, often in black & white?
ANSEL ADAMS
2a Who had a recent best selling album with 'Feels Like Home'?
NORAH JONES
2b The International Monetary Fund was set up in1944 by which agreement?
BRETTON WOODS
3a In 1900, what did Karl Landsteiner discover?
BLOOD GROUPS
3b Who discovered Newfoundland in 1497?
John CABOT
4a What type of animal is a bilby?
MARSUPIAL (Bandicoot)
4b Which German educator opened the first kindergarten in1841?
Friedrich FROEBEL

Round 4
1a Which Prime minister was also a successful novelist - writing Sybil & Coningsby?
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
1b 'Brevity is the soul of wit' is a quotation from which Shakespeare play?
HAMLET
2a Which word was invented by T.H.Huxley to describe uncertainty about the existence of God?
AGNOSTICISM
2b Which King of England first awarded the Order of Merit?
EDWARD 7th
3a In Greek mythology who killed Hector?
ACHILLES
3b Which brand of water, subsequently found to be contaminated tap water, did Coca-Cola market in 2004?
DASANI
4a What does an ammeter measure?
ELECTRIC CURRENT
4b Which member of a British Nobel-prize winning team died in July 2004?
FRANCIS CRICK

Round 5
1a Which Gilbert & Sullivan Opera is subtitled ' A Slave to Duty'?
The PIRATES ofPENZANCE
1b Margarita McLeod was executed in 1917- how was she better known?
MATA HARI
2a Name Gary Puckett's backing group?
UNION GAP
2b The yield of an oil well is measured in barrels. How many Imperial gallons are there to a barrel?
35
3a Who wrote the recent best seller 'Blow Fly'?
PATRICIA CORNWELL
3b At the mouth of which river does the Portuguese city of Porto stand?
DOURO
4a At which battle did Miltiades lead the Greeks to victory - despite being heavily outnumbered by the enemy?
MARATHON
4b Which Salford-born ex TV presenter started Factory Records and the Hacienda Night club?
TONY WILSON

Round 6
1a Which country will lose its independence if there is no heir to the throne?
MONACO
1b In which US State is the greater part of Yellowstone National Park?
WYOMING
2a Who composed the music for the ballet 'Romeo & Juliet'?
PROKOFIEV
2b What were made by a cordwainer?
SHOES
3a What were built along the coast of England for protection against Napoleon?
MARTELLO TOWERS
3b Of what type of cross is the St. Andrew's Cross an example?
SALTIRE
4a Of what are Border, Corriedale and Leicester all breeds?
SHEEP
4b In what part of the world would you find a Gamelan orchestra?
SOUTH-EAST ASIA accept Indonesia

Round 7
1a What was the real forename of landscape gardener 'Capability Brown'?
LANCELOT
1b The name of which dinosaur means 'thunder lizard'?
BRONTOSAURUS
2a Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis all began their recording careers with which record company?
SUN RECORDS
2b Name Cliff Bennett's backing group.
The REBEL ROUSERS
3a In 1865, in Tennessee, which controversial organisation was formed?
KU KLUX KLAN
3b Which dance is supposed to be the antidote to a poisonous spider-bite?
TARANTELLA
4a What is one tenth of a nautical mile?
CABLE
4b Who designed the 'skeleton' of the Statue of Liberty?
Alexandre-Gustave EIFFEL

Round 8
1a Musically, where would you hear a coda?
AT THE END OF A PIECE OF MUSIC
1b At which battle did Stonewall Jackson earn his nickname?
BULL RUN
2a In the manufacture of which product does the 'retting' process take place?
LINEN
2b King Leka is the claimant to which European throne?
ALBANIA
3a What name was given to the first emblem of the Confederate States in the American Civil War?
STARS and BARS
3b Who wrote the recent best seller 'The Lovely Bones'?
ALICE SEBOLD
4a What is the name of the stretch of water that separates Java & Sumatra?
The SUNDA Strait
4b At one time a member of Diaghilev's company, she became Director of the Royal Ballet - who is she?
Dame NINETTE de VALOIS

Spare Questions
1 In the 1950s, which economist coined the phrase 'The Affluent Society'?
JK GALBRAITH
2 In which James Bond film does Orson Welles appear?
CASINO ROYALE
3 On which river does Melbourne, Australia stand?
YARRA