Tuesday 15th March 2005
Set by Plasterers' Arms (Wirral)
All rounds are general

ROUND 1
1a The Engineer James Brindley was famous for building what type of features in 18th Century Britain?
CANALS (accept MILLS)
1b In Greek Mythology, Zeus was the father of the twins Apollo and Artemis, who was the mother?
LETO
2a What is always present in a tincture?
ALCOHOL
2b In which country is the organisation Euskadi Ta Askatasuna based?
SPAIN (it is ETA)
3a Which car manufacturer has a badge featuring a St George's Cross and a serpent?
ALPHA ROMEO
3b Which cocktail is made up from gin, cherry brandy, powdered sugar, fruit juice and carbonated water or/angostura bitters?
SINGAPORE SLING
4a Women in Britain were first enfranchised back in 1918. At the time, how old did they have to be to vote?
30
4b The Poncysyllte Aqueduct, constructed by Thomas Telford, is on which canal?
SHOPSHIRE UNION (LLANGOLLEN branch)

ROUND 2
1a In Spain, Paradores are owned by the state, what are they?
HOTELS or GUEST HOUSES
1b Which Beatles song contains the lyric "The movement you need is on your shoulder"?
HEY JUDE
2a Which lover of Apollo fled his embraces and was turned into a Laurel tree?
DAPHNE
2b In 1897, Rudyard Kipling's poem "Recessional" was published in The Times to celebrate which royal event?
VICTORIA'S DIAMOND JUBILEE
3a Which fruit juice is mixed with champagne to produce a Bellini?
PEACH
3b The badge on Rover cars features what?
A VIKING LONGSHIP
4a "The Power and the Glory" a novel written by Graham Greene is mainly set in which country?
MEXICO
4b What is seborrhoeic dermatitis better known as?
DANDRUFF (accept FLAKEY SCALP/SKIN or RASH

ROUND 3
1a Where according to Douglas Adams was Milliways Restaurant situated?
THE END OF THE UNIVERSE
1b Dinamo Tbilsi are the current football champions of which European country?
GEORGIA
2a What base 10 (denary) number is equivalent to 1001 in the binary system?
9
2b Which John Schlesinger film of 1969 is the only x-rated film to win the Oscar for best film?
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
3a In lonely-hearts adverts you may see the term "GSOH" what does the H of this term
stand for?
HUMOUR (good sense of humour)
3b Which poem begins with the line... "April is the Cruellest Month"?
THE WASTE LAND (T S Elliot)
4a Skopje Vardar are the current football champions of which European country?
(Former Yugoslav Republic of ) MACEDONIA
4b What breed of dog was Greyfriars Bobby?
(SKYE) TERRIER

ROUND 4
1a Which Beatles song contains the lyric "Friday night arrives without a suitcase"?
LADY MADONNA
1b What name do astronomers give to the period of 3.26 light years?
PARSEC
2a Which horse won the Cheltenham Gold Cup for the 3rd time in 2004?
BEST MATE
2b What is the name of the premier university of magic in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels?
UNSEEN UNIVERSITY
3a In which Roman Polanski film does Jack Nicholson star as private detective Jake Gittes?
CHINA TOWN
3b Who scored a try for England in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final?
JASON ROBINSON
4a What was the name of the terrier dog used on the logo for HMV records?
NIPPER
4b In texting parlance you may see the term "LOL" what word is represented by the first L?
LAUGH(S) (LAUGHS OUT LOUD)

ROUND 5
1a Name the third member of the line up of the TV program "3 Of a Kind" with David Copperfield and Lenny Henry?
TRACY ULLMAN
1b In a French restaurant if you ordered potage parmentier, what would you get?
POTATO SOUP
2a In the board game scrabble, 2 letters are worth 8 points, name either?
J or X
2b Which organisation was founded in 1660 following a lecture by Christopher Wren?
ROYAL SOCIETY
3a Opal is the birthstone of which month?
OCTOBER
3b What colour are the flowers of the blackthorn?
WHITE
4a Who was the first director of Britain's National Theatre Company?
LAURENCE OLIVIER (1963)
4b Whose 2nd Piano Concerto was voted top in the classic FM music poll for the third year running?
RACHMANINOV

ROUND 6
1a From which country does the cheese 'Jarlsberg' come?
NORWAY
1b Who won the 2003 Turner Prize for his work with decorative ceramic pots?
GRAYSON PERRY
2a What colour are the flowers of St John's Wort?
YELLOW
2b Name the Minister for Immigration who resigned in April 2003?
BEVERLY HUGHES
3a Mozart's Concerto for which instrument was voted 2nd in the classic FM poll for 2004?
CLARINET
3b In the board game scrabble, assuming no bonus points were scored, how many points would you get for playing the word "WHY"?
12
4a What is the state capital of Nevada USA?
CARSON CITY
4b Diamond is the birthstone of which month?
APRIL

ROUND 7
1a Name the gay Church of England cleric whose appointment to the position of Bishop of Reading was not ratified. He later became the Dean of St Albans.
JEFFREY JOHN
1b Which submarine sank the General Belgrano?
CONQUERER
2a The Booker prizewinner of 2001, written by Peter Carey concerned the true history of which gang?
NED KELLY GANG
2b Complete the line up of the folk group trio: Peter Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and ... ?
MARY TRAVERS (Peter, Paul and Mary)
3a Who in the bible was Jacob's youngest son?
BENJAMIN
3b Cleveland Ohio lies on the shores of which lake?
ERIE
4a Ian Botham played county cricket for 3 teams, Somerset & Durham were two of them, name the third?
WORCESTERSHIRE
4b In the RAF which rank comes immediately below that of Wing Commander?
SQUADRON LEADER

ROUND 8
1a Fondante d'Automne, and Packham's Triumph are varieties of which fruit?
PEAR
1b In the recent Lord of The Rings film trilogy, what part was played by Orlando Bloom?
LEGOLAS
2a The Green Peace ship "Rainbow Warrior" was destroyed in the harbour of which city in 1985? AUCKLAND (NEW ZEALAND)
2b David Beckham was once sent on loan to which then Nationwide 1st division club in 1992?
PRESTON NORTH END
3a In the army, what rank is immediately that of above captain?
MAJOR
3b Who, in the Bible was the sister of Moses and Aaron?
MIRIAM
4a What is the name of the film based on the true story of a racehorse that became an unlikely hero in 1930s America?
SEABISCUIT
4b What type of tree has the Latin name Quercus?
OAK

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 What is the name of the heroine of the Tomb raider series of computer games?
LARA CROFT
2 Which cartoon character's home is Bunkerton Castle?
LORD SNOOTY
3 With which chart topping pop group was Eddie Reader the lead singer?
FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION
4 In 'Coronation Street' what was the first name of the daughter of Stan and Hilda Ogden?
IRMA