Tuesday 22nd February 2005
Set by Marquis of Granby (Warrington)
All rounds are general

Round 1
1a In 2002 the boss of which company, facing falling sales, said "People have realised that though it could be you, it probably won't be"?
Camelot
1b In which city did Molly Malone 'wheel her wheelbarrow'?
Dublin
2a Which bird welfare organisation has its HQ at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire?
Wetlands and Wildfowl Trust
2b Which TV detective duo had the Christian names Christine and Mary Beth?
Cagney and Lacey
3a What is the date of St Swithin's Day?
July 15th
3b Which reward card scheme covers Barclaycard, Sainsbury's and BP?
Nectar
4a In which city will the 2006 Commonwealth Games be held?
Melbourne
4b In which Belgian town is Brussels (South) Airport, served by Ryanair from Liverpool?
Charleroi

Round 2
1a At which battle of 1314 did Robert The Bruce defeat the English?
Bannockburn
1b In 2002 which actress said "I should have notified the store and said I was going to come and shoplift"?
Winona Ryder
2a In which Gilbert & Sullivan operetta does Major-General Stanley sing 'I am the very model of a modern Major-General'?
Pirates of Penzance
2b Where in Surrey is the HQ of the Royal Horticultural Society?
Wisley
3a In which US city is the Walt Disney Concert Hall?
Los Angeles
3b Who was the Republican President of the USA from 1929 to 1933?
Herbert C Hoover
4a Which group, formed as a result of a TV programme, had the Christmas no 1 in 2002 and sang the 2004 'Children in Need' song?
4b In the 'Wizard of Oz' who are the two wicked witches?
East & West

Round 3
1a On which river do tourist boats called 'Bateau Mouches' operate?
Seine
1b What name is given to a private in the Royal Artillery?
Gunner
2a Who starred as the undertaker William in the TV series 'William and Mary'?
Martin Clunes
2b On a football pitch what is the width of a goal?
8 yards (24 feet)
3a What was the former name of a 'Snickers' bar?
Marathon
3b Which story was retold in the film 'The Slipper and the Rose'?
Cinderella
4a What name is given to the dark gap between the rings of Saturn?
Cassini's Division
4b On which course will the 2006 Open Golf Championship be held?
Royal Liverpool (accept Hoylake)

Round 4
la The Post Office changed its name in 2001 before becoming Royal Mail in 2002, what was its name in the intervening period?
Consignia
1b Who presided over the 'Bloody Assizes' of 1685?
Judge Jeffries
2a Which river enters the Mersey near Runcorn?
Weaver
2b Who painted 'Dance at the Moulin de la Galette'?
Renoir
3a Which plant is known as the butterfly bush?
Buddleia
3b Dr Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker were voted Britain's favourite TV scientists, on which programme did they appear?
The Muppets
4a Ryanair are to operate a service to Venice from Liverpool, at which airport will the planes arrive?
Treviso
4b Girls Aloud were formed from the TV programme 'Pop Stars - The Rivals', what was the name of the boy group formed at the same time that has now split up?
One True Voice

Round 5
1a Who is credited with having written the 'Acts of the Apostles'?
St Luke
1b The song 'How to Handle a Woman' comes from which musical?
Camelot
2a Who said in 2003, just before he lost his job, "the quiet man is here to stay and he's turning up the volume"?
Iain Duncan Smith
2b Who was the mother of King Edward 6th?
Jane Seymour
3a Legend has it that the British monarchy will fall if which type of bird leaves the Tower of London?
Raven
3b In the pantomime, what is the name of Aladdin's mother?
Widow Twankey
4a Who became the first Prime Minister of South Africa in 1910?
Louis Botha
4b What did Tsar Nicholas 1st describe as 'two generals in whom Russia can trust'?
January & February

Round 6
1a Who was the winner of the 1925 Nobel Prize for literature who wrote the play 'Caesar and Cleopatra'?
George Bernard Shaw
1b What name is given to a private in the Royal Engineers?
Sapper
2a Name the young woman who loses her reason and drowns herself in Shakespeare's Hamlet?
Ophelia
2b Who painted 'The Third of May'?
Goya
3a What is the date of Burn's Night?
January 25th
3b Who was the Democrat President of the USA from 1945 to 1953?
Harry S Truman
4a Which character first appeared in the book 'the Little White Bird' in 1902?
Peter Pan
4b Which lexicographer compiled the 'American Dictionary of the English Language' published in 1828?
Noah Webster

Round 7
1a The song 'Leaning on a Lamppost' comes from which musical?
Me and My Girl
1b Who was the former leader of the Conservative Party who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925 but never became Prime Minister?
Austen Chamberlain
2a Name either of the two rivers that flow together in Stockport to form the Mersey?
Goyt & Tame
2b What was Bob Geldof talking about when he said "it's brilliant, you die of a heart attack, but so what? You die thin"?
'The Atkins' Diet
3a Heston Blumenthal is famous in which field?
Cooking (he's a chef)
3b Where did the TV characters Gobo, Mokey, Boober and the Doozers live?
Fraggle Rock
4a Which brothers compiled the 'Concise Oxford Dictionary', published in 1911 and in 1926 'Modern English Usage' which is still known by their surname?
Fowler
4b Who became the first Prime Minister of Australia in 1901?
Sir Edmund Barton

Round 8
1a Coca Cola launched an ill-fated bottled water in 2004, what was its trade name?
Dasani
1b Who wrote the New Testament book 'Revelations'?
St John (the Divine)
2a Bonnie Prince Charlie was the grandson of which King?
James 2nd
2b On a football pitch what is the distance from the goal-line of the penalty spot?
12 yards (36 feet)
3a In which English town or city is the Sage Concert Hall?
Gateshead
3b Which famous French chef invented the Peach Melba?
Escoffier
4a What name is given to the brilliant points of light seen around the Moon just before and after a total solar eclipse?
Baily's Beads
4b Which books about a dancing mouse are written by Katharine Holabird?
Angelina Ballerina

Spare Questions
1 To what type of animal does the adjective 'hircine' refer?
Goat
2 What was the name of Lord Nelson's daughter?
Horatia
3 Who led the Spanish conquistadors to conquer Peru?
Francisco Pizarro