Tuesday 1st March 2005
Set by WSC (Wirral)
Rounds 2 and 6 are headed

Round 1
1a To help the player on which instrument is the C string red?
HARP
1b In the theatre or opera house what is a 'loge'?
PRIVATE BOX
2a What is 1 to the power of 10?
1
2b Which acid is also known as oil of vitriol?
SULPHURIC ACID
3a What nationality was the ballerina Alicia Markova?
BRITISH (born London 1910)
3b The airport at Dyce serves which British city?
ABERDEEN
4a Cassis is a syrup made from which fruit?
BLACKCURRANT
4b Which large English city has the dialling code 0114?
SHEFFIELD

Round 2 Memorable Film Quotations - Name the film
1a 'This doesn't look like Kansas.'
WIZARD OF OZ
1b 'Life is like a box of chocolates.'
FORREST GUMP
2a 'I'll have what she's having.'
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
2b 'I'll be back.'
THE TERMINATOR (Any version)
3a 'Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me.'
CARRY ON CLEO
3b 'He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy.'
THE LIFE OF BRIAN
4a 'You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off.'
THE ITALIAN JOB
4b 'I wish we could chat longer but I'm having an old friend for dinner.'
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

Round 3
1a By what name is Mary Anne Evans better known?
GEORGE ELLIOT
1b Over what age did women have to be when they were given the vote in 1918?
30
2a Who was the first explorer to reach the South Pole?
ROALD AMUNDSEN
2b Which Liverpool railway was closed to the public in 1956?
OVERHEAD RAILWAY
3a Who wrote 'Paradise Lost'?
JOHN MILTON
3b What type of marine creature is a star of thorns?
STARFISH
4a What did Liverpool born Arthur Wynne originate in New York?
THE CROSSWORD (1913)
4b Which is the UK's oldest Sunday newspaper?
THE OBSERVER (1791)

Round 4
1a What instrument did George Formby play?
UKELELE (Banjolele)
1b We know BSA motorcycles, but what does BSA stand for?
BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARMS
2a What was the unusual occupation of Anne Bonney and Mary Reade?
FEMALE PIRATES
2b What is the densest planet in our solar system?
EARTH
3a What French name is given to a dish normally served as a hors d'oeuvres comprising of sliced raw vegetables?
CRUDITES
3b Which Liverpool FC manager was born in Bootle on 4th October 1948?
ROY EVANS
4a What is the traditional accompaniment to haggis on Burns Night?
TATTIES (potatoes) and NEEPS (mashed swede/turnip)
4b Which foodstuff has the Latin name 'allium sativum'?
GARLIC

Round 5
1a What is an iconostasis?
A SCREEN OR WALL COVERED IN ICONS (Greek Orthodox)
1b Which nobleman introduced the Factory Act (1833) which prevented children under nine from working?
LORD SHAFTESBURY
2a Which is the fifth book of the bible - the death of Moses is recorded in it?
DEUTERONOMY
2b What is the name of a Sikh place of worship?
GURDWARA
3a Who built the world's first passenger railway from Stockton to Darlington?
GEORGE STEPHENSON
3b In his book 'Sybil', Disraeli said, 'Our queen reigns over two nations.' Name one of the two nations referred to.
RICH or POOR
4a What name was given to the machine invented by John Kay to speed up weaving?
FLYING SHUTTLE
4b What was the name of Sherlock Holmes' brother?
MYCROFT

Round 6 Around America
1a Which US state has the highest population?
CALIFORNIA
1b In which state is the Grand Canyon?
ARIZONA
2a What is traditionally easy to obtain in Reno, Nevada?
DIVORCE
2b Which is the most southerly state of the USA?
HAWAII
3a Other than white Americans what is the largest racial group in Hawaii?
JAPANESE (25%)
3b What is the largest state of America in area?
ALASKA
4a Which US state is known as the Sunshine State?
FLORIDA
4b After which bird is Alcatraz named?
PELICAN

Round 7
1a 'The Lass Who Loved A Sailor' is the subtitle of which Gilbert and Sullivan opera?
HMS PINAFORE
1b Which political party takes its name from a band of Irish outlaws?
THE TORIES
2a Which is the largest native wild animal in the British Isles?
(SCOTTISH) RED DEER
2b Which song starts, 'The taxman's taken all my dough'?
SUNNY AFTERNOON (The Kinks)
3a Which territory left the European Community in 1985?
GREENLAND
3b Which company first introduced tea bags for home consumption in Great Britain in 1952?
TETLEY
4a Which city in the British Isles is known in its own language as Baille Atha Cliath?
DUBLIN
4b Which politician, the MP for Henley, has hosted the TV programme 'Have I Got News For You'?
BORIS JOHNSON

Round 8
1a What part of a garment is a raglan?
SLEEVE (accept also OVERCOAT)
1b Which TV character had a secretary called Sly?
J R EWING (Sly Lovegren)
2a How many bottles of wine are in a Methuselah?
EIGHT
2b Who shot the person who shot John F Kennedy?
JACK RUBY
3a Roy Rogers' horse was called Trigger, but what was his dog called?
BULLET
3b What is the capital of Taiwan?
TAIPEI
4a Which writer and actor was David Niven's batman in World War II?
PETER USTINOV
4b From which language does the word 'divan' come?
PERSIAN (accept DARI or FARSI)

Spare Questions
1. What is the capital of Majorca?
PALMA
2. Name one of the three colours which appear on the Jamaican flag?
GREEN, YELLOW, BLACK
3. Who with Odia Coates had a 1974 hit with the song 'You're Having My Baby'?
PAUL ANKA