Monday
17th January 2005
Set by the GS Club (Wirral)
All rounds are general
ROUND 1
1a In which war did the Battle of Ebro take place?
SPANISH CIVIL WAR
1b Which town is the administrative centre of Wiltshire?
TROWBRIDGE
2a What is the world's largest rodent?
CAPYBARA
2b Who was the first British monarch to make a Christmas Day broadcast?
GEORGE V
3a Which county is due south of Tyne and Wear?
DURHAM
3b How is the third battle of Ypres in World War One also known?
PASSCHENDALE
4a Which monarch was the first Emperor of India?
EDWARD VII
4b What is the only bird which can fly backwards?
HUMMINGBIRD
ROUND
2
1a Which boxer was nicknamed The Manassa Mauler?
JACK DEMPSEY
1b On TV who narrated The Wombles?
BERNARD CRIBBINS
2a Which Booker winning author wrote `Midnight's Children'?
SALMAN RUSHDIE
2b Who was the last British Prime Minister to be created an Earl?
HAROLD MACMILLAN
3a On TV where do the Teletubbies live?
HOME HILL
3b Who was the first heavyweight boxing champion to retire undefeated?
ROCKY MARCIANO
4a On leaving number 10 Margaret Thatcher became which Baroness?
KESTEVEN
4b Who wrote the Female Eunuch?
GERMAINE GREER
ROUND
3
1a The number of member states in the EU increased to how many on May
1st 2004?
24
1b Which was the first London club for which former England goalkeeper
David Seaman played?
QUEENS PARK RANGERS
2a In which European city is the Atomium?
BRUSSELS
2b Which magazine is supposedly edited by Lord Gnome?
PRIVATE EYE
3a What nationality was the referee in the 1966 World Cup Final?
SWISS
3b Which is the largest state (by population) to join the E U on May 1st
2004?
POLAND
4a In the media what does CNN stand for?
CABLE NEWS NETWORK
4b In what year did Euro Disney now Disney Land Paris open?
1992
ROUND
4
1a Who wrote romantic novels as Mary Westmacott?
AGATHA CHRISTIE
1b Who were cricket's first ever county champions?
SURREY
2a James Dean died during the filming of which film in 1955?
GIANT
2b King Michael abdicated the throne of which country in 1947?
ROMANIA
3a For which West Indian Islands did Viv Richards play cricket?
LEEWARD ISLANDS
3b Who wrote Bridget Jones's diary?
HELEN FIELDING
4a Who succeeded Hussein as King of Jordan?
ABDULLAH
4b Which was the second Carry On film?
CARRY ON NURSE
ROUND
5
1a Mrs Doyle was the housekeeper of which TV comedy character?
FATHER TED
1b 10 Rillington Place was the address of which serial killer?
JOHN CHRISTIE
2a Who was British Deputy Prime Minister 1942-1945?
CLEMENT ATLEE
2b What type of creature is a hairstreak?
BUTTERFLY
3a Who murdered David Blakely in 1955?
RUTH ELLIS
3b Polly Sherman was a hotel waitress in which TV sitcom?
FAWLTY TOWERS
4a What is the common name given to a bird's furcula?
WISHBONE
4b Who, as President of the Board of Trade, was responsible for the Old
Age Pensions Act of 1908?
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
ROUND
6
1a Which horse won the 2004 Cheltenham Gold Cup?
BEST MATE
1b Which Roman road connected Lincoln to Exeter?
FOSSE WAY
2a Whose portrait appears on the front of a US 5 dollar bill?
LINCOLN
2b Which fruit is also called Chinese gooseberry?
KIWI FRUIT
3a The Roman road Ermine Street connected London to where?
YORK
3b Who won the 2004 US Masters Golf Tournament?
PHIL MICKELSON
4a What type of fruit is a Laxtons superb?
APPLE
4b In what year did the farthing cease to be legal tender in the UK?
1960
ROUND
7
1a In which yacht did Sir Alec Rose sail single handedly around the world
in 1968?
LIVELY LADY
1b Rhoose Airport serves which British city?
CARDIFF
2a Who was the last leader of communist East Germany?
EGON KRENZ
2b In 2004 Piers Morgan resigned as the editor of which tabloid newspaper?
DAILY MIRROR
3a Saint Enoch railway station can be found in which British city?
GLASGOW
3b Name the yacht owned by Robert Maxwell from which he went overboard
and drowned in 1991?
LADY GHISLAINE
4a Which national newspaper was merged into the Sun in 1964?
DAILY HERALD
4b Who succeeded Ian Smith as Prime Minister of Rhodesia/Zimbabwe?
ABEL MUZOREWA
ROUND
8
1a Walker Smith was the real name of which boxer?
SUGAR RAY ROBINSON
1b In Greek Mythology who was the messenger of the Gods?
HERMES
2a Daewoo cars were originally produced in which country?
SOUTH KOREA
2b What was the Beatles first number 1 in the USA?
I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND
3a Who was the Egyptian god of the underworld?
OSIRIS
3b Sue Brown made sporting history in 1981 - how?
FIRST WOMAN TO TAKE PART IN THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE
4a Which Beatles hit stayed in the UK top 50 for 33 weeks in 1963?
SHE LOVES YOU
4b In which year was the driving test in the UK initiated?
1935
SPARE
QUESTIONS
1 Which British golf course has a hole called the Postage Stamp?
TROON
2 What was the name of the world's first nuclear powered submarine?
NAUTILUS
3 Freetown is the capital of which country?
SIERRA LEONE
4 Who founded the Body Shop?
ANITA RODDICK
5 Where were the first winter Olympics held in 1924?
CHAMONIX
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