Monday 27th September 2004
Set by The Saints (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a "Sportin' Life" is a central character in which opera?
Porgy and Bess
1b Lakshadweep and Pondicherry are union territories of which country?
India
2a Which alkaline metal is used in atomic clocks?
Caesium
2b Which 1571 battle between Christian forces and the Ottoman Empire was the last major engagement in which galleys were used?
Battle of Lepanto
3a "The Murder" in the Walker Art Gallery, is by which French artist?
Paul Cezanne
3b In which US state is Atlantic City?
New Jersey
4a What Russian word means 'openness' or 'speaking aloud'?
Glasnost
4b Darley Arabian, Byerley Turk, and Godolphin are the ancestors of what?
Thoroughbred Race Horses

Round Two
1a The 1701 Act of Settlement was passed during whose reign?
William III
1b Who was the friend of Odysseus, whose name means trusted adviser?
Mentor
2a Which Egyptian pharaoh circa 1353-1335 BC was the husband of Nefertiti?
Akhenaten
2b What was the popular name of West Germany's Red Army Faction?
Baader-Meinhof Gang
3a In Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales", where did the pilgrims meet?
The Tabard Inn
3b Which ITV drama series is set in Larkhall Prison?
Bad Girls
4a Lester B. Pearson International airport serves which Canadian city?
Toronto
4b Which sodium aluminium silicate is used as a blue pigment?
Lapis Lazuli / Ultramarine

Round Three
1a Andean and Californian are the only two species of what creature?
Condor
1b What did Thornton Wilder describe as 'a bribe to make a housekeeper think she's a householder'?
Marriage
2a In 2002 which footballer was the first ever to play in three consecutive World Cup finals?
Cafu
2b The internet service provider Freeserve is now known as what?
Wanadoo
3a By what name was Burkina Faso known until 1984?
Upper Volta
3b Which former UN Secretary-General was appointed PM of Peru in 2000?
Javier Perez de Cuellar
4a Who was the British Deputy Prime Minister from 1995 to 1997?
Michael Heseltine
4b Which almost always fatal disease is named after a river in Zaire?
Ebola

Round Four
1a Which Briton is credited with the invention of the world wide web?
Tim Berners-Lee
1b What is the English equivalent of an American realtor?
Estate Agent
2a Which US astronomer discovered the existence of other galaxies in 1924?
Edwin Powell Hubble
2b Which medical term was first coined by biochemist Selman Walkman?
Antibiotic
3a Mel Gibson's 1999 film "Payback" was a re-make of which 1967 thriller starring Lee Marvin?
Point Blank
3b Which rock group was named after Andy Warhol's New York night club?
The Velvet Underground
4a Which children's stories are set on the Island of Sodor?
Thomas the Tank Engine
4b Of which parish church is Geraldine Grainger the vicar?
St. Barnabus

Round Five
1a Which fundamental subatomic particle can be bottom, top, up, down, charmed, and strange?
Quark
1b Rhona Martin won an Olympic Gold Medal at what sport?
Curling
2a "Molly Longlegs", in the Walker Art Gallery, is by which British artist?
George Stubbs
2b With which Sultan of Egypt and Syria did Richard I (the Lion-heart) make a truce after failing to capture Jerusalem in 1192?
Saladin
3a Which opera is set in a fishing village called The Borough?
Peter Grimes
3b In which European country was there a 'Velvet Revolution' in 1989?
Czechoslovakia
4a What term for a volunteer soldier of the American Revolution is also a name for a type of intercontinental ballistic missile?
Minuteman
4b In which US city is Brigham Young University?
Salt Lake City

Round Six
1a Umber is a shade of what colour?
Brown
1b Who was the cult leader of 'the Family' sect, in the USA?
Charles Manson
2a In mythology, who killed his father Laius when on the road to Thebes?
Oedipus
2b Which BBC TV series centres around the owners and staff of Gavin Ferreday?
Cutting It
3a What nickname was given to the 1913 Act which enabled hunger-strikers to be released temporarily?
Cat and Mouse Act
3b Which future US President served on the Warren Commission?
Gerald Ford
4a What was the last of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales"?
The Parson's Tale
4b Which of the Pharoahs built the Great Pyramid at Giza?
Khufu (aka Cheops)

Round Seven
1a Which country occupies the East Horn of Africa?
Somalia
1b What is the Latin name for the upper jawbone?
Maxilla
2a Who was the Labour Party's Deputy Leader from 1983-1992?
Roy Hattersley
2b Which United Nations Secretary General died in an air crash in 1961?
Dag Hammarskjold
3a Grants and Thompsons are two of the sixteen species of which animal?
Gazelle
3b What was the trade name of the Coca-Cola bottled water recalled after its February 2003 launch following public health concerns?
Dasani
4a Who in 2003 became the first footballer to win Champions League titles with three different clubs?
Clarence Seedorf
4b Which country did Somerset Maugham describe as 'a sunny place for shady people'?
Monaco

Round Eight
1a Which 1960 Stanley Kubrick film was based on a Howard Fast novel?
Spartacus
1b Which rock group's first nine albums reached No. 1 in the UK, but they never released a British hit single?
Led Zeppelin
2a Captain Scarlet worked for which organisation?
Spectrum
2b In America it's a body shop; what is it called in England?
Garage
3a What astronomical term describes the intensity of a star's brightness?
Magnitude
3b What medicine is given to humour or gratify a patient, rather than to have
any curative effect?
Placebo
4a Which Poet Laureate wrote the children's book "The Iron Man"?
Ted Hughes
4b 'Six of One' is an appreciation society for which cult TV show?
The Prisoner

Spare Questions
1 What middle name did Ronald Reagan share with a British Prime Minister?
Wilson
2 In legend, who was the nephew and final opponent of King Arthur?
Mordred
3 Which Japanese puppet state in Manchuria was ruled by the last Emperor of China from 1932-1945?
Manchukuo