Tuesday 6th December 2005
Set by Northern Quiz League
All rounds are general

Round 1
1a. Which company's products do "exactly what it says on the can"?
RONSEAL
1b. What is the name of the daughter of the Earl and Countess of Wessex?
LOUISE
2a. Who wrote the novel Middlemarch?
GEORGE ELIOT
2b. Which group comprised Scott Engel, John Maus and Gary Leeds?
WALKER BROTHERS
3a. Which German city stands on the River Isar?
MUNICH
3b. What was the forename of the composer Verdi?
GUISEPPE
4a. Miranda is a moon of which planet?
URANUS
4b. Who was President Eisenhower's vice-president?
RICHARD NIXON

Round 2
1a. Who captained South Africa to their Rugby Union World Cup win of 1995?
FRANCOIS PIENAAR
1b. Which pandemic of 1918 killed millions of people, including over half a million in the USA alone?
INFLUENZA (accept SPANISH FLU)
2a. Which new town incorporates the former towns of Bletchley, Stony Stratford and Fenny Stratford?
MILTON KEYNES
2b. What is the name of the cornmeal used in Italian cookery?
POLENTA
3a. In music, what note is half the length of a crotchet?
QUAVER
3b. Which Lake District town lies close to Derwentwater?
KESWICK
4a. Who was King of England in 1400?
HENRY IV
4b. The musician Yo Yo Ma is a virtuoso on which instrument?
CELLO

Round 3
1a. Whose second wife was called Debbie Rowe?
MICHAEL JACKSON
1b. Who captained Australia to their Rugby Union World Cup win of 1991?
NICK FARR-JONES
2a. On which date in December is the Feast of the Holy Innocents?
28th
2b. Which bank claims to be the world's local bank?
HSBC
3a. The bright star of Deneb, part of the Summer Triangle, is in which constellation?
CYGNUS (accept SWAN)
3b. Which is the third and final book in Phillip Pullman's trilogy "His Dark Materials"?
THE AMBER SPYGLASS
4a. In the Bible, who had sisters called Martha and Mary?
LAZARUS
4b. What name is given to a drug that makes one vomit?
EMETIC

Round 4
1a. There are two bridges over the Severn Estuary. One carries the M4. Which road does the other one carry?
M48
1b. What is the name of the Stock Market index in Frankfurt?
DAX
2a. Which jazz musician had the forename Jean-Baptiste, although he was always known by his nickname?
DJANGO REINHARDT
2b. Which German city stands on the rivers Alster and Elbe?
HAMBURG
3a. Which late politician was married to a merchant banker called Jon Norton?
MO MOWLAM
3b. The motor racing circuit Silverstone was built on the site of an old what?
AIRFIELD
4a. Which was the third book and film in the Harry Potter series?
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
4b. Under what name did Ronnie Barker write many scripts for The Two Ronnies?
GERALD WILEY

Round 5
1a. In which year did Scott arrive at th2South Pole to discover he had been beaten there by Amundsen?
1912
1b. In which century did the Black Death occur in England?
14th
2a. The bright star of Vega, part of the Summer Triangle, is in which constellation?
LYRA (accept LYRE)
2b. What name is given to a drug that makes one sweat?
SUDORIFIC or DIAPHORETIC
3a. In music, which note is twice the length of a minim?
SEMIBREVE
3b. Bill Medley and Bobby Hadfield formed which duo?
RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS
4a. Who presents a Sunday morning Radio 2 show called Love Songs?
STEVE WRIGHT
4b. Famous scriptwriting duo Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais wrote the screenplay for which 2005 Football related film?
GOAL

Round 6
1a. There are four stations on Merseyrail's Wirral Line not on the Wirral side of the river. Three are Lime Street, Central and Moorfields. What is the fourth?
JAMES STREET
1b. What is Princess Michael of Kent's real first name?
MARIE-CHRISTINE
2a. Which new town incorporates the old towns of Ironbridge and Madeley?
TELFORD
2b. Former Young Musician of the Year Emma Johnson plays which instrument?
CLARINET
3a. Io is a moon of which planet?
JUPITER
3b. What is the name of the Stock Market index in the USA which concentrates on high tech stocks?
NASDAQ
4a. Which late politician was married to Gaynor Regan?
ROBIN COOK
4b. In which year did Robert Peary allegedly reach the North Pole?
1909

Round 7
1a. In the Bible, who had a brother called Aaron and a sister called Miriam?
MOSES
1b. What was the forename of the composer Bizet?
GEORGES
2a. On what date in December is the feast of St John the Apostle?
27th
2b. What is the name of the clarified butter used in Indian cookery?
GHEE
3a. Which jazz musician had the forenames John Birks, although he was always known by his nickname?
DIZZY GILLESPIE
3b. What is the northernmost station on Merseyrail's Northern Line where you can change from the Southport line to the Kirkby and Ormskirk lines?
SANDHILLS
4a. Who wrote the novel Agnes Grey?
ANNE BRONTE
4b. The motor racing circuit Rockingham in Northamptonshire was built on the site of an old what?
STEELWORKS

Round 8
1a. Which road runs through the Tyne Tunnel?
A19
1b. Which Lake District mountain overlooks Keswick?
SKIDDAW
2a. Who as at October 2005 is H M Chief Inspector of Prisons?
ANN OWERS
2b. Who was President Johnson's vice-president?
HUBERT HUMPHREY
3a. Which sportsman married Erin Nordegren in 2004?
TIGER WOODS
3b. Who presents a Sunday afternoon Radio 2 show featuring songs from the musicals?
ELAINE PAIGE
4a. Who was King of England in 1200?
JOHN
4b. Who as at October 2005 is the Director General of the BBC?
MARK THOMPSON

Spare Questions
1. The radio station Jazz FM is now known by what name?
SMOOTH FM
2. Who rode Shergar to victory in the 1981 Derby?
WALTER SWINBURN
3. Which statuesque actress often bore the brunt of Groucho's insults in the Marx Brothers films?
MARGARET DUMONT
4. How many lines are there in a sonnet?
14