Tuesday 8th November 2005
Set by Sefton Cricket Club (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a Whose first (1711) London opera, based on an epic poem by Torquato Tasso, is entitled Rinaldo"?
Handel
1b In which year did Fascist Italy invade the Empire of Ethiopia?
1935
2a Who, from 1949-63, was the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany?
Konrad Adenauer
2b Which Austrian composer (1874-1951) employed the Dodecaphonic Scale and the Note-Row?
Schoenberg
3a Which Hungarian-born British film director created London Film Productions, and built Denham Studios?
Sir Alexander Korda
3b Which industrial town within Greater Manchester lies near the source of the River Medlock?
Oldham
4a Rigel and Betelgeuse are stars in which constellation?
Orion
4b The Adi Granth (or Granth Sahib) is a holy book of which world religion?
Sikhism

Round Two
1a In nautical terms, what name is given to the upper edge of a ship's side?
Gunwhale, or Gunnel
1b Where is the world-famous Massabielle Grotto?
Lourdes, France
2a What kind of vehicles are 'Olympians', 'Darts', and 'Tridents'?
PSV's / Buses / Trams
2b What was the name of the rod of Hermes, or Mercury; it is also an emblem of the medical profession?
Caduceus
3a As used in ancient Greece, what is the name of the poem or puzzle in which the first (or last) letters spell a word or sentence?
Acrostic
3b The name of which Italian statesman and philosopher has been turned into a synonym for cunning and duplicity?
Niccolo Machiavelli
4a Which English cathedral city is surrounded on three sides by a meander of the River Wear?
Durham
4b What kind of vehicles are 'Pacers', 'Sprinters', and 'Voyagers'?
Diesel Railcars / Trains

Round Three
1a Originally a votary of St. John the Baptist, which of Christ's disciples was the brother of Simon Peter?
St. Andrew
1b What is the literal meaning of 'Magna Carta'?
Great Charter
2a Where in the human body are the adrenal glands situated?
Kidneys
2b Fuerteventura, Gomera, and Hierro form part of which island group?
Canary Isles
3a Which East Indian herbaceous plant of the nightshade family has varieties called 'common', 'dwarf', and 'snake'?
Aubergine / Egg Plant / Field Egg
3b The Latin word 'pinx' ('pinxit') following a name on a painting means what?
He/she painted (this)
4a The Plantaganet kings from Henry the Second to Richard the Second belonged to which dynasty?
Angevin (of Anjou, France)
4b Choral music sung without accompaniment is called what?
A cappella (or alla cappella)

Round Four
1a Which athlete beat Roger Bannister's four minute mile record in 1954?
John Landy
1b The American writer William Sydney Porter had what pseudonym?
O. Henry
2a Which Augustinian monk (1379-1471), writer of "The Imitation of Christ", had the real name Thomas Hemerken (or Thomas Hammerlein)?
Thomas a Kempis
2b What is the largest moon of the planet Saturn?
Titan
3a In South Africa, what is a stoep?
A verandah (or similar)
3b California was ceded to the USA after which 19th century conflict?
Mexican-American War
4a Which English writer created the character 'Sergeant Cuff'?
Wilkie Collins
4b Who is known as 'the father of English clockmaking'?
Thomas Tompion

Round Five
1a Which acid occurs in stinging ants and stinging nettles?
Formic Acid
1b Balmoral Castle, Scotland, lies on which river?
River Dee
2a The Queen's Theatre and the Gielgud Theatre are on which London thoroughfare?
Shaftesbury Avenue
2b Who would unwittingly cause an erratum?
Printer or Writer
3a Which woodwind instrument is the smallest member of the flute family?
Piccolo
3b In which English county are the Langdale Pikes?
Cumbria
4a Which drama, based on the Archer Shee case, was published in 1946?
The Winslow Boy
4b Hablot Knight Browne used what pseudonym as illustrator of some of Charles Dickens' novels?
Phiz

Round Six
1a Which Hetfordshire Jacobean mansion was built by Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, early 17th century. It was where Queen Elizabeth the First learned of her accession?
Hatfield House
1b What name did King Edward the First call the 1295 parliament?
Model Parliament
2a Urho Kaleva Kekkonen was four times Prime Minister in the early 1950's, becoming President in 1956, of which northern European country?
Finland
2b What does the now largely obsolete Bessemer Process produce?
Steel
3a Who composed the music for Sir John Betjeman's 1977 "Pastoral Hymn"?
Malcolm Williamson
3b Launcelot Gobbo, the 'clown', features in which Shakespeare play?
The Merchant of Venice
4a Which Lancashire-born contralto was invited, in 1946, to sing the leading role of Benjamin Britten's "The Rape of Lucretia"?
Kathleen Ferrier
4b Which province of France occupies the peninsula between La Manche to the north and the Bay of Biscay (Vizcaya) to the south?
Brittany (Bretagne)

Round Seven
1a TAP is the national airline of which country?
Portugal
1b What is the name of the square cap with three or four projections in the crown, worn by the Roman Catholic clergy?
Biretta
2a Which of the Greek gods was known as the 'earth shaker'?
Poseidon
2b Which English king founded the Most Noble Order of the Garter?
Edward the Third
3a In "Gulliver's Travels", what were the Houygnhnms?
A race of noble horses
3b 'One out of many' (e pluribus unum) was regarded as the motto of which country until 1956?
USA
4a Which English king was born in Falaise, NW France, the bastard son of a Duke, and a tanner's daughter?
William the Conqueror or William the First
4b Septuagint is the name given to which translation of the Old Testament?
The Greek translation

Round Eight
1a Which English writer, art critic, and reformer, whose work "Modern Painters", published in 1843, was in part a defence of the painter J. M. W. Turner?
John Ruskin
1b In which year did George Washington retire as US President, and the Battle of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal, take place?
1797
2a Which part of the human body would be affected by a cutaneous disease?
The Skin
2b Name either Belgian city linked by the Albert Canal
Antwerp / Liege
3a Speed is whose servant in Shakespeare's "Two Gentlemen of Verona"?
Valentine
3b At which sporting venue did Henry Cooper lose the British, European, and Commonwealth titles to Joe Bugner in March, 1971?
Wembley Stadium
4a In which country is Hekla the best-known volcano, and Vatnajokull Europe's largest ice cap?
Iceland
4b The prefix cry- (or cryo-) denotes what?
Cold

Spare Questions
1 Jozef Pilsudski was succeeded by General Edward Smigly-Rydz, who later became Commander-in-Chief of the army of which European country?
Poland
2 Which mythical city lies at the bottom of the 'Western Ocean'?
Atlantis
3 British motor-racing driver Sir Jackie (John Young) Stewart is also adept at what other sport?
Clay Pigeon or Trap-Shooting
4 Which tennis player defeated Boris Becker in the 1988 and 1990 Wimbledon Men's Singles final, losing to Becker in 1989?
Stefan Edberg