Monday 21st November 2005
Set by Northern Quiz League
All rounds are general

Round 1
1a. Which is the only American state with a monosyllabic name?
MAINE
1b. What was the name of the cook in the TV series Upstairs Downstairs?
MRS BRIDGES
2a. Which singer had the real name Mary O'Brien?
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
2b. Which element has the chemical symbol Cd?
CADMIUM
3a. In which year did the Live Aid concert take place?
1985
3b. What is the name of the first feature-length film starring Wallace and Gromit?
THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT
4a. Which A Road connects Liverpool and York via Preston, Skipton and Harrogate?
A59
4b. Where were the first BBC Television studios in 1936?
ALEXANDRA PALACE

Round 2
1a. The main news on the 7th July was the London bombs, but what was the main news the previous day?
THE WINNING OF THE OLYMPIC BID
1b. Which comedian plays the character The Pub Landlord?
AL MURRAY
2a. What is the highest mountain in Canada?
MOUNT LOGAN
2b. Princes William and Harry attended which school?
ETON
3a. From which musical does the song "Getting To Know You" come?
THE KING AND I
3b. What animal would be described as ovine?
SHEEP
4a. Two of the chambers of the heart are called ventricles. What are the other two called?
AURICLES (or ATRIA)
4b. In which Welsh village was the TV series the Prisoner filmed?
PORTMEIRION

Round 3
1a. Which Japanese car company has a big plant near Derby?
TOYOTA
1b. Who was President of the USA when the US joined the First World War?
WOODROW WILSON
2a. The British team won an Olympic Gold medal for the only time in 1988 in which team sport?
HOCKEY
2b. Who wrote the novel "Gone With The Wind"?
MARGARET MITCHELL
3a. Who is the voice of Wallace in the Wallace and Gromit films?
PETER SALLIS
3b. In which town does the Rugby League team known as the Vikings play?
WIDNES
4a. A Pink Lady is a variety of which fruit?
APPLE
4b. What was the forename of Mr Royce, co-founder of the famous car company?
HENRY

Round 4
1a. Which comedian has played the roles of Tony Ferrino, a singer, and Paul Calf?
STEVE COOGAN
1b. Who is the editor of Private Eye?
IAN HISLOP
2a. Who wrote the novel "Peyton Place"?
GRACE METALIOUS
2b. From which musical does the song "Happy Talk" come?
SOUTH PACIFIC
3a. When driving from Liverpool along the M62 and north onto the M6, you pass Burtonwood Services first. Which Services do you pass next?
CHARNOCK RICHARD
3b. Which is the only American state to have its capital with the same name as the state?
OKLAHOMA
4a. What is the name of the two-headed llama in the Dr Dolittle books?
PUSHMI-PULLYOU
4b. In which English county is the resort of Minehead?
SOMERSET

Round 5
1a. Which 1960s singer has the real name Sandra Goodrich?
SANDIE SHAW
1b. Which children's character was created by Barbara Euphan Todd?
WORZEL GUMMIDGE
2a. What is the highest mountain in New Zealand?
MOUNT COOK (Aorangi or Aoraki)
2b. In which Yorkshire town is the series Last of the Summer Wine filmed and set?
HOLMFIRTH
3a. In which event did the British team win Olympic Gold medals in both 1968 and 1972?
THREE DAY EVENT (EQUESTRIANISM)
3b. In which town does the Rugby League team known as the Tigers play?
CASTLEFORD
4a. In which organ of the body would you find alveoli?
LUNGS
4b. Which former editor of Private Eye later founded and edited The Oldie?
RICHARD INGRAMS

Round 6
1a. What would you buy at a boulangerie in France?
BREAD
1b. Princes Charles and Andrew attended which school?
GORDONSTOUN
2a. Which children's character was created by L M Montgomery?
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
2b. Which animal would be described as ursine?
BEAR
3a. Ratatouille is a vegetable stew originally from which area of France?
PROVENCE
3b. Which element has the chemical symbol Pd?
PALLADIUM
4a. Which Japanese car company has a big plant near Sunderland?
NISSAN
4b. BBC Television Centre stands on the site of which former sporting venue?
WHITE CITY

Round 7
1a. When driving from Liverpool along the M62 and south onto the M6, you pass Burtonwood Services first. Which Services do you pass next?
KNUTSFORD
1b. Who originally played the Dutch detective Van der Valk on Television?
BARRY FOSTER
2a. Moscow is how many hours ahead of GMT?
THREE
2b. What was the forename of Mr Bentley, founder of the famous car company?
WALTER
3a. On what date in July was there seemingly another attempt to set explosions off on the London Underground, but this time failing?
21st
3b. What was the real first name of the revolutionary Che Guevara?
ERNESTO
4a. Which A road connects Liverpool and Lincoln via Manchester and Sheffield?
A57
4b. What would you buy at a charcouterie in France?
COOKED MEATS

Round 8
1a. In which year did Iraq invade Kuwait, leading to the first Iraq War?
1990
1b. Who was the Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War 1?
H H ASQUITH
2a. What was Lenin's real first name?
VLADIMIR
2b. New York is how many hours behind GMT?
FIVE
3a. A Bartlett is a variety of which fruit?
PEAR
3b. In which English county is the resort of Skegness?
LINCOLNSHIRE
4a. In the Dr Dolittle books, what is the name of the parrot who teaches the doctor how to speak to the animals?
POLYNESIA
4b. Choucroute is the French equivalent of which German dish?
SAUERKRAUT

Spare Questions
1. The Humber estuary is formed by the confluence of the Ouse and which other river?
TRENT
2. Jazz musician Wally Fawkes is also known as a cartoonist under what name?
TROG
3. What was Augustus Caesar's name before he became Emperor of Rome?
OCTAVIAN
4. Who is the wife of Nobel Prize winner Harold Pinter?
LADY ANTONIA FRASER