Tuesday 29th November 2005
Set by Duncan's Donuts (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a Who painted "Marriage a la Mode"?
William Hogarth
1b Silk worms feed on the leaves of which plant?
Mulberry (accept Osage orange and lettuce)
2a Who led the Peasants' Revolt of 1381?
Wat Tyler
2b Which wind-spirits (Greek 'snatching' or 'seizing') have a woman's head and breasts, and the bodies and talons of birds of prey?
Harpies
3a Which English Rugby League team has the appellation 'Hornets'?
Rochdale
3b 'Lento' is a musical instruction to play in what manner?
Slowly
4a What is the derived SI unit of pressure?
The Pascal
4b Which religion is based on the ideas of Marcus Garvey, and his 'Back to Africa' campaign?
Rastafarianism

Round Two
1a Lydia Languish and Captain Absolute feature in which R. B. Sheridan play?
The Rivals
1b Who in 1964 was the youngest man to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Martin Luther King
2a The 1648 Treaty of Westphalia ended which war?
Thirty Years War
2b Which inventor famously said in 1876: "Mr. Watson, come here, I want you"?
Alexander Graham Bell
3a Mouflon, bighorn, and argali are breeds of which animal?
Sheep
3b What, in the Middle Ages, was a pavis(e)?
A large body shield
4a On children's TV, who was the ventriloquist voice of Lamb Chop?
Shari Lewis
4b Who, since February 1997, is the Member of Parliament for Wirral South?
Ben Chapman

Round Three
1a The catch-phrase 'left hand down a bit' originated on which BBC radio programme?
The Navy Lark
1b Who, in 1947, composed the opera "Albert Herring"?
Benjamin Britten
2a A 'courting cake' contains what type of fruit?
Strawberries
2b Who created the gardens at her home at Sissinghurst Castle, Kent?
Vita Sackville West
3a The River Thames rises in which English county?
Gloucestershire (Cotswolds)
3b Who played Marlon Brando's brother in the 1954 film "On the Waterfront"?
Rod Steiger
4a Didactics is the art or science of what?
Teaching
4b Who, in 1955, succeeded Clement Attlee as Labour Party leader?
Hugh Gaitskell

Round Four
1a What is the point of the heavens diametrically opposite to the zenith?
Nadir
1b A duodecagon has how many sides?
Twelve
2a What is the currency of both Costa Rica and El Salvador?
The Colon
2b Who duetted with Mike Sarne on the 1962 hit "Come Outside"?
Wendy Richards
3a Who designed the building for the 1851 Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace?
Sir Joseph Paxton
3b Who played Wishbone the cook in TV's "Rawhide"?
Paul Brinegar
4a What is the capital of Sardinia?
Cagliari
4b What is the highest, or priestly, caste of Hinduism?
Brahmin (Brahman)

Round Five
1a The unit for stellar distance is called what?
Parsec
1b A icosahedron has how many sides (or triangular faces)?
Twenty
2a The guarani is the monetary unit of which South American country?
Paraguay
2b Which 'one-hit wonders' recorded "Concrete and Clay"?
Unit 4 Plus 2
3a Who was the original architect of Blenheim Palace?
Sir John Vanburgh
3b Who played the part of the scout in TV's "Wagon Train"?
Robert Horton
4a On which island is the greater part of Copenhagen?
Zealand (Sjaelland)
4b The months of Tishrei, Teveth (Tebet) and Elul are part of which calendar?
Jewish

Round Six
1a Who, in 1890, painted "Portrait of Dr. Gachet"?
Vincent Van Gogh
1b What type of edentate mammal is a pangolin?
Scaly Ant-Eater
2a Who was the perpetrator of the so-called Popish Plot of 1678?
Titus Oates
2b In Greek mythology, what is the river of forgetfulness?
River Lethe
3a Which English Rugby League team has the appellation 'Hawks'?
Hunslet
3b 'Doloroso' is a musical instruction to play in what manner?
Soft or Pathetic
4a What is the SI unit of radioactivity?
Becquerel
4b Which religion was founded by Guru Nanak in the 15th century?
Sikhism

Round Seven
1a Fanny Price is the heroine of which Jane Austen novel?
Mansfield Park
1b What female first did Dame Mary Donaldson claim in 1983?
Lord Mayor of London
2a The term 'concentration camp' was coined during which war?
Boer War
2b Which town's name is taken from the number of trees on Tonbridge Road?
Sevenoaks
3a Simmenthal, Limousin and Belgian Blue are breeds of which animal?
Cattle
3b Who was the 'Hot Chestnut Man' on children's TV?
Johnny Morris
4a in the Middle Ages, what was a hippocras?
A Spiced Wine
4b Who, since 1992, is the Member of Parliament for Wallasey?
Angela Eagle

Round Eight
1a The catch-phrase 'I go, I come back' originated on which BBC radio programme?
ITMA
1b Who composed "The Christmas Oratorio"?
Johann Sebastian Bach
2a The young or fry of herring or sprat are called what?
Whitebait
2b Which Northumberland-born gardener lived from c. 1716-1783?
Capability Brown
3a Ludshott Common, Selbourne Common, and Farlington Marshes are all nature reserves in which English county?
Hampshire
3b Who played Julius Caesar opposite Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor's Anthony and Cleopatra in the 1963 film "Cleopatra"?
Rex Harrison
4a What is emmetropia?
Perfect vision
4b Who was the leader of the British Liberal Party from 1956-1967 and again from May to July in 1976?
Joseph (Jo) Grimond

Spare Questions
1 What name is given to the highest standard of archer?
Grand Master Archer
2 Which British yachtsman won Gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the Laser class?
Ben Ainslie
3 Jazz musician Lester Young (nicknamed 'Pres' or 'Prez') played which musical instrument?
(Tenor) Saxophone
4 A barrel of ale containing nine gallons is called what?
A Firkin
5 The South Yorkshire city of Sheffield is at the junction of which river and four of its tributaries?
River Don