Monday 10th October 2005
Set by Earles (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a Which Biblical character came to test the wisdom of King Solomon?
Queen of Sheba
1b What is the largest of the 48 contiguous states of America?
Texas
2a Who was the Soviet Premier at the time of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis?
Nikita Krushchev
2b "Mi Chico Latino" was the first No. 1 hit single as a solo artiste for whom?
Geri Halliwell
3a In which Asian city are the Petronas Towers?
Kuala Lumpur
3b There were five Marx Brothers - Chico, Harpo and Groucho were
three - name one of the others.
Gummo/Zeppo
4a What kind of sugar and rum takes its name from a region of Guyana?
Demerara
4b The bright star Polaris lies in which constellation?
Ursa Minor (Little Bear)

Round Two
1a Whose only novel was entitled "To Kill a Mocking Bird"?
Harper Lee
1b The football teams Levski and Slavia play home games in which European capital city?
Sofia (Bulgaria)
2a The TV series "Bad Girls" is set in which prison?
HMP Larkhall
2b Which US poet wrote "The Wreck of the Hesperus" and "The Village Blacksmith"?
H. W. Longfellow
3a Stellenbosch is a major winemaking region of which country?
South Africa
3b The character Sonny Crockett featured in which US TV crime series?
Miami Vice
4a The football teams Legia and Polonia play home games in which European capital city?
Warsaw (Poland)
4b The Maipo Valley is a wine producing region in which country?
Chile

Round Three
1a Who will captain the 2006 American Ryder Cup team?
Tom Lehman
1b The name of which Italian porridge translates as 'peeled barley' in English?
Polenta
2a Who starred as John Shaft in the 2000 re-make of the film "Shaft"?
Samuel L. Jackson
2b Which country ceded the Isle of Man to Scotland in the 13th century?
Norway
3a Which European country was ruled by Casmir the Great from 1333-1370?
Poland
3b What was the title to the sequel of the 1997 film "Jurassic Park"?
Lost World: Jurassic Park
4a Which Balkan liqueur is made from colourless plum brandy?
Slivovitz
4b Which group had a 1970's hit with "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"?
Middle of the Road

Round Four
1a "Fairground" was a 1995 hit for which group?
Simply Red
1b Lake Geneva is surrounded by the Alps and which other mountain range?
The Jura Mountains
2a Which UK city holds an annual Goose Fair?
Nottingham
2b Which cocaine-addicted US soul singer was shot dead by his father in 1984?
Marvin Gaye
3a Name one of the main ingredients of the Irish dish colcannon.
Potatoes, Kale or Cabbage Onions or Leeks
3b In the Euro 2004 football tournament, which was the only country to be eliminated with no points from their group stage?
Bulgaria
4a Who in 1954 was voted the first BBC Sports Personality of the Year?
Chris Chataway
4b What is the full name of the US NFL football team which plays in Detroit"?
The Detroit Lions

Round Five
1a The title 'Lord of the Isles' is adopted by the chief of which 'Scottish clan'?
MacDonald
1b Following the Norman Conquest, what name was given to the areas on the Welsh/English border - also on the southern Welsh coast?
Marches
2a Napoleon accused the English of being a 'nation of shopkeepers' - from which famous work was this phrase taken?
The Wealth of Nations (by Adam Smith)
2b In which Beverley Hill store was Winona Ryder arrested?
Saks (Fifth Avenue)
3a Carol the First (Prince Karl Eitel Friedrich) was proclaimed king of which country in 1881?
Romania
3b Which English sovereign was the first to reach 70 years of age?
Queen Elizabeth the First
4a Which European monarch abdicated in favour of her daughter in 1948?
Queen Wllhelmina
4b Name either month in which the 'dog days' fall.
July /August

Round Six
1a In Scandinavian mythology, where is the abode of the gods?
Asgard
1b What is the highest navigable lake in the world?
Lake Titicaca
2a Seppuku is the Japanese word for what?
Hara-kiri
2b What kind of creature is an alewife?
Fish (Spring herring)
3a Which US President (the 15th) preceded Abraham Lincoln?
James Buchanan
3b Which High German dialect is spoken in Switzerland?
Allemanic
4a Name either of the two main bones in the human forearm.
Ulna/Radius
4b Who is the Greek goddess of memory, and mother of the nine Muses?
Mnemosyne

Round Seven
1a Discounting Margaret Beckett, how many Labour Party leaders since World War Two have not become Prime Minister?
Four (Gaitskill, Foot, Kinnock, Smith)
1b Which element has the atomic number 1?
Hydrogen
2a Which sub-atomic particle is possessed by all elements but hydrogen?
Neutron
2b The state flower is the yucca and the state bird is the roadrunner of which US State?
New Mexico
3a The mocking bird is the state bird of five US States - name one .
Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee
3b Who was the leading British player in the 2004 Open Golf championship at Royal Troon?
Lee Westwood
4a In the 1960's TV series "Bewitched", what was the name of the character of Samantha's mother?
Endora
4b A Khedive (Prince) was an hereditary title granted by the Ottoman Sultan to the rulers of which country between 1867 and 1914?
Egypt

Round Eight
1a Which film won the Drama Award at the 2005 Golden Globe?
The Aviator
1b What do the letter 'P' stand for in the 'PIN' issued with a credit or debit card?
Personal Identification Number
2a Which football team beat Liverpool FC in the 2005 FA Cup?
Burnley
2b British actor Clive Owen won a 2005 Golden Globe Award for which film?
Closer
3a Which US poet (1885-1972), middle name Loomis, was charged with treason after World War Two?
Ezra Pound
3b Which south coast resort has an antiques area called 'The Lanes'?
Brighton
4a Mount McKinley is the highest peak in which US state?
Alaska
4b Which Russian composer's Symphony No. 6 in B minor is known as "The Pathetique"?
Tchaikovsky

Spare Questions
1 The Munich Beer Festival ends in which month of the year?
October (Oktoberfest)
2 A Member of the European Parliament is elected for how many years?
Five
3 Who wrote the scripts for TV's "Only Fools and Horses"?
John Sullivan
4 What is reputed to be the last song Elvis Presley ever sung in public (or in concert)?
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain