Monday 20th September 2004
Set by Sefton Cricket Club (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a Which US organisation was founded by Curtis Silwa?
Guardian Angels
1b Which English county cricket team play at a venue called the Rose Bowl?
Hampshire
2a Which singer was "Lost in France" in 1976?
Bonnie Tyler
2b In the ranking of the aristocracy, what is between marquis and viscount?
Earl
3a Globe and Jerusalem (Girasole) are varieties of what plant?
Artichoke
3b Name a country in which the Pashtun people live.
Afghanistan or Pakistan
4a On board which vessel did Nelson allegedly say "Kiss me, Hardy"?
HMS Victory
4b What plant is known as the butterfly bush?
Buddleia

Round Two
1a Who overthrew the regime of King Idris of Libya in 1969?
Muammar Gaddafi
1b The name of what type of confection means 'baked twice'?
Biscuit
2a In which South East resort was a nudist beach established in 1979?
Brighton
2b The autobiography of which US comedienne/writer/TV hostess is entitled "Can We Talk"?
Joan Rivers
3a What was the floral nickname of one of King Edward VII's mistresses, Frances, Countess of Warwick?
Daisy
3b Which Australian marsupial has a name meaning 'no drink'?
Koala Bear
4a Who wrote "The Chronicles of Narnia"?
C S Lewis
4b In which country are the Taurus Mountains?
Turkey

Round Three
1a Which British writer and former politician lost his liberty in 2001 when he was found guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice?
Jeffrey Archer
1b What name is given to the green colouring in plants?
Chlorophyll
2a Which 1999 supernatural film starred Tom Hanks as a prison guard on Death Row?
The Green Mile
2b Which English comic actor and writer's films include "A Fish Called Wanda" (1988) and "Clockwise" (1985)?
John Cleese
3a Which song opens with the line: "Starry, starry night, paint your palettes blue and grey"?
Vincent (by Don McLean)
3b Which Biblical character, the elder son of Jacob, was deprived of Isaac's blessing, and his birthright, by his cunning brother Jacob?
Esau
4a Thunder and Lightning, and Greenwells Glory are types of what?
Flies (used in fly fishing)
4b In "Treasure Island" who passes the black spot to Billy Bones?
Blind Pew

Round Four
1a In which decade of the 20th century was the Readers Digest founded; Amelia Earhart flew the Atlantic; Marilyn Monroe was born?
1920's (1922, 1926, 1929)
1b In computer terminology, what is the smallest unit of information called?
Bit
2a "I saw the dull, yellow eye of the creature open" first appeared in which Gothic tale of terror, in 1818?
Frankenstein
2b What is the connection between HRH The Princess Royal, Dr. Benjamin Spock, and Errol Flynn?
All Olympic competitors
3a Which horse won the 2003 Cheltenham Champion Hurdle?
Rooster Booster
3b The film "Kiss Me Kate" is based on which Shakespeare play?
The Taming of the Shrew
4a What is the name of the world's driest desert?
Atacama
4b What is the collective name for a group of frogs?
Army or Colony

Round Five
1a Which city provided "The French Connection" in the 1975 film?
Marseilles
1b Which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is performed on roller skates?
Starlight Express
2a In which US state was George W. Bush born, in 1946?
Connecticut (New Haven)
2b What, until 1966, was the name of the list of books banned by the Roman Catholic Church?
Index (Liborum Prohibitorum)
3a Who scored Arsenal's winning goal in the 2003 FA Cup Final?
Robert Pires
3b Mr. Rex Hunt was Governor of where until 1982?
Falkland Islands
4a What award has the initials CGM?
Conspicuous Gallantry Medal
4b Which Swiss peak is nicknamed 'the meanest mountain on earth'?
The Eiger

Round Six
1a "Good Morning Starshine" is featured in which rock musical?
Hair
1b What in the human body is cerumen more commonly known as?
Earwax
2a Who is the Patron Saint of butchers and doctors?
St. Luke
2b In which 1990 film did Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon and Kiefer Sutherland play medical students?
Flatliners
3a Which US film actor was born on February 8th, 1931, and died in a car crash on September 30th, 1955?
James Dean
3b What was the title of Norman Greenbaum's only hit record?
Spirit in the Sky
4a What, relating to the human body, does desquamate mean?
Scaling of skin (cuticles)
4b In British politics, what was the former name of the Green Party?
Ecology Party

Round Seven
1a Which Prime Minister shared the blame, with King George III, for the loss of the American colonies?
Lord North
1b What is a projecting watchtower over a castle gate called?
Barbican
2a Who gained her 15 minutes of fame when streaking at Twickenham in 1982?
Erica Rowe
2b Which British politician, 1879-1964, said: "I married beneath me, all women do"?
Nancy Astor
3a How many letters of the alphabet can be signalled in semaphore using only one flag?
Seven (A to G)
3b Who won Best Actor Oscar for the 1985 film "Kiss of the Spiderwoman"?
William Hurt
4a Which US space probe was launched towards Jupiter in 1989?
Galileo (Project)
4b What is the capital of the islands of Bermuda?
Hamilton

Round Eight
1a In a Christian church, what is the name of the kneeling cushion?
Hassock
1b Which Turkish peninsula provided the title of a 1981 Mel Gibson film?
Gallipoli
2a Who was the special prosecutor appointed to investigate the impeachment of President Clinton in 1998?
Kenneth Starr
2b Which poem contains the line: "The best laid plans of mice and men"?
To a Mouse (Robert Burns)
3a In which 1969 film did Robert Redford play Henry Longbaugh?
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
3b Which song links the Aga Khan, Picasso, Sacha Distel, and Marlene Dietrich'?
Where do you go to my lovely
4a Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980-1991?
Robert Runcie
4b What colour is lobster blood?
Pale Blue

Spare Questions
1 Where in London is the Duke of Wellington buried?
St Paul's Cathedral
2 La Stampa is a newspaper published in which country?
Italy
3 In which French city is the General Secretariat of Interpol based?
Lyon
4 Who wrote the song "Mr. Tambourine Man"?
Bob Dylan