Tuesday 15th February 2005
Set by Taxes (Wirral)
All rounds are general

ROUND 1
1a Which of Shakespeare's plays is also known by the alternative title "What You Will"?
TWELFTH NIGHT
1b In which Irish County is Shannon airport situated?
COUNTY CLARE
2a What was the name of the conspiracy of 1683 to murder Charles II and his brother James, Duke of York?
THE RYE HOUSE PLOT
2b Which Nationwide Conference football team play home matches at Underhill?
BARNET
3a In which decade of the 19th Century was Coca Cola invented?
1880's (1886)
3b Which American playwright wrote "The Children's Hour", "Little Foxes" and "Toys In The Attic"?
LILIAN HELLMAN
4a Woodrow Wilson (1912-1967) were the real Christian names of which US folk singer/songwriter?
WOODY GUTHRIE
4b What name is given to a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne?
NOVOCASTRIAN

ROUND 2
1a Where would you find the "Cassini Division"?
BETWEEN THE RINGS OF SATURN
1b Give any one-year in the life of the German mathematician and astronomer Johann Kepler?
1571-1630
2a In the TV sitcom "Frasier" what is the name of Frasier's father as played by John Mahoney?
MARTIN
2b What is the more common name for the plant Antirrhinum?
SNAPDRAGON
3a Which musical featured the song "Stranger in Paradise"?
KISMET
3b What is the capital of Greenland?
NUUK (Accept GODTHAAB)
4a What branch of dentistry deals with the correction to the faulty position of teeth?
ORTHODONTICS
4b Jazz musician Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969) was noted for playing which instrument?
SAXOPHONE

ROUND 3
1a In which English county is Towcester?
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
1b Who wrote the recent best selling book 'The Da Vinci Code'?
DAN BROWN
2a Prior to becoming a snooker star what was Ray Reardon's job?
POLICEMAN
2b In the world of finance what is the FSA?
FINANCIAL SERVICES AUTHORITY
3a What is the meaning of the Latin phrase "Sub Rosa"?
SECRETLY or CONFIDENTIALLY (accept equivalent)
3b Which protein forms nails, horns and hair?
KERATIN
4a Who was Tsar of Russia from 1682 to 1725?
PETER THE GREAT
4b What do Americans call the food item we call treacle?
MOLASSES

ROUND 4
1a Mimi is a character in which Puccini opera?
LA BOHEME
1b What is the plural of the word "Memorandum"?
MEMORANDA
2a Which British comedy actor was given the freedom of Tirana in 1995?
NORMAN WISDOM
2b In which Irish town is an International Oyster Festival held annually?
GALWAY
3a Which car company make a model called "Agila"?
VAUXHALL
3b Which creatures live in a Skep?
BEES (It's a conical hive)
4a Which flower has types called "Decorative", "Ball" and "Pom-pom"?
DAHLIA
4b In World War II, which company manufactured the "Zero" fighter plane?
MITSUBISHI

ROUND 5
1a In Geology what name is given to the layer between the Earth's crust and the core?
THE MANTLE
1b Offa's Dyke footpath runs 175 miles between 2 Welsh towns, name either?
PRESTATYN/CHEPSTOW
2a What is the alternative title of the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta "Ruddigore"?
THE WITCH'S CURSE
2b Which family of trees has the Latin name Betula?
BIRCH
3a Which country music legend had a backing group called the Drifting Cowboys?
HANK WILLIAMS
3b Haakon the Good (915-961) was king of which European country?
NORWAY
4a What was the name of the character played by Bill Cosby in "The Cosby Show"?
CLIFF HUXTABLE
4b Which islands were known to the Ancient Greeks as the Fortunate Islands?
CANARY ISLANDS

ROUND 6
la In which English county is Market Rasen?
LINCOLNSHIRE
1b What is the official language of Iran?
FARSI
2a Which ballet tells the story of Franz, who falls in love with a mechanical doll, believing her to be a real woman?
COPPELIA
2b Which veteran actor played the trail boss in the film City Slickers?
JACK PALANCE
3a The naval battles of Lagos and Quiberon Bay took place during which war?
THE SEVEN YEARS WAR
3b Which Nationwide conference football team play home matches at "The McCain Stadium?
SCARBOROUGH
4a McKinley Morganfield (1915-1983) was the real name of which US Blues Legend? MUDDY WATERS
4b In the world of finance what is the ABI?
ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH INSURERS

ROUND 7
1a Which car company make a model called "Bora"?
VOLKSWAGEN
1b Who wrote the recent best seller 'The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night'?
MARK HADDON
2a Who is the patron saint of cooks?
ST LAWRENCE
2b What is the capital city of Sicily?
PALERMO
3a What is a gar?
( FRESHWATER) FISH
3b What does an epidemic become when it spreads to many countries?
PANDEMIC
4a In the 1980's Maureen Lipman presented shows performing famous monologues as a tribute to whom?
JOYCE GRENFELL
4b In personal advertisements for dating/friendship for what do the letters "NSP" stand?
NON-SMOKER PREFERRED

ROUND 8
1a Elias Howe patented the first sewing machine in which decade of the 19th Century?
1840s (1846)
1b From which language does the word "coleslaw" originate?
DUTCH
2a What device is used to summon MP's to vote in the House of Commons?
THE DIVISION BELL
2b Which modern day country was the domain of the Hittites?
TURKEY
3a Pooley Bridge lies at the North-East tip of which Lake of the English Lake District?
ULLSWATER
3b Dr David Bruce Banner is the alter ego of which comic and film character?
THE INCREDIBLE HULK
4a Who was the first Yorkist King of England?
EDWARD IV
4b Which musical features the song "Younger Than Springtime"?
SOUTH PACIFIC

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 Who played Queen Victoria in the film "Mrs Brown"?
DAME JUDI DENCH
2 Which literary figure had a dog called "Boatswain"?
LORD BYRON
3 What was Field Marshal Montgomery's first Christian name?
BERNARD