Monday 24th October 2005
Set by Ormskirk Quiz League
All rounds are general

Round One.
1A Which explorer discovered the islands of New Zealand?
ABEL TASMAN
1B Which King of England died from injuries caused when his horse stumbled over a molehill?
WILLIAM III
2A Who wrote novels under the pseudonym, "Acton Bell"?
ANNE BRONTE
2B Which group had a No 1 hit in 1979 with the song, "When you're in Love with a Beautiful Woman"?
DR HOOK
3A In the TV sitcom, "Porridge", a youngish David Jason played the part of which old man?
BLANCO WEBB
3B When Argentinians landed on South Georgia in 1982, an act which led to the Falklands War, what had they supposedly come to collect?
SCRAP METAL
4A The town of Enniskillen lies between the upper and lower sections of which Irish Lough?
LOUGH ERNE
4B Which member of the "Carry On" series of films was born in South Africa in 1913?
SID JAMES

Round Two.
1A From which musical does the song, "We're a Couple of Swells" come?
EASTER PARADE
1B What is the Christian name of John F Kennedy's only daughter, born in 1957?
CAROLINE
2A Which Latin phrase translates into English as, "Through my fault"?
MEA CULPA
2B The "Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown opens with the murder of the curator of which museum?
THE LOUVRE
3A Which U.S. athlete won gold medals in the long jump and women's heptathlon in the 1988 Olympic Games?
JACKIE JOYNER KERSEE
3B What is the surname of the four actor brothers who starred in the TV series set in Ireland, "The Hanging Gale"?
McGANN
4A Which politician held the post of Minister of Technology from 1966-70?
ANTHONY WEDGWOOD BENN
4B What kind of creature is a Twite?
A BIRD

Round Three.
1A Which bird is the main ingredient of squab pie?
THE PIGEON
1B Which politician was described by Neil Kinnock as a "ditherer, a dodger, a ducker and a weaver"?
JOHN MAJOR
2A What was the surname of the three brothers who played football for Southampton in 1988-89?
WALLACE
2B At which Olympic Games did Nadia Comaneci become the first gymnast to achieve a perfect score of 10?
Accept either MONTREAL or 1976
3A "The Moon and Sixpence" by Somerset Maugham was loosely based on the life of which artist?
PAUL GAUGUIN
3B What is the meaning of the Latin phrase, "ora pro nobis"?
PRAY FOR US
4A Born in 1965, who is the youngest daughter of Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco?
STEPHANIE
4B The song, "I Talk to the Trees", comes from which musical?
PAINT YOUR WAGON

Round Four.
1A Which actress, who starred with Danny Kaye in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", died in January 2005, aged 84?
VIRGINIA MAYO
1B The road south from Belfast to Dublin is classified Al in Ulster. To what does its classification change when it crosses the border into Southern Ireland?
N1
2A An airliner, belonging to which country was shot down by a Soviet fighter in 1983, killing all 269 on board, when it strayed into Soviet air space?
SOUTH KOREA
2B In which TV programme was the title characters wife referred to as, "She who must be obeyed"?
RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY
3A What surname was shared by three members of the pop group, "Duran Duran"?
TAYLOR
3B Which author wrote stories about Billy Bunter and Greyfriars School?
FRANK RICHARDS
4A Which English King had ten illegitimate children with Irish actress Dorothy Jordan?
WILLIAM IV
4B Which explorer, credited with discovering the sea route to the East Indies, gave its present name to the coast of Natal, which he sighted on Christmas Day, 1497?
VASCO DA GAMA

Round Five.
1A Which fruit has varieties known as, Fuji, Lord Derby and James Grieve?
THE APPLE
1B Which poet and novelist wrote a series of "Barrack Room Ballads" in the late 19th century? RUDYARD KIPLING
2A What name is given to a loop shaped curve in a river flowing across flat land?
A MEANDER
2B Madonna and Martagon are both varieties of which garden flower?
THE LILY
3A In which sport was Serge Blanco once an international star?
RUGBY UNION
3B Which of Henry VIII's six wives was the only one to bear him a son?
JANE SEYMOUR
4A At which port was the French fleet scuttled in November 1942, to stop it falling into German hands?
TOULON
4B Which Welsh singer, with a husky voice, was born Gaynor Hopkins, near Swansea in 1953?
BONNIE TYLER

Round Six.
1A Born in Zwickau in Eastern Germany in 1810, which composer died in a lunatic asylum in 1856, probably from the effects of syphilis?
ROBERT SCHUMANN
1B Complete the following saying: "Curses like chickens....?
COME HOME TO ROOST
2A In nature, which creature is known as a polliwog, especially in the USA?
A TADPOLE
2B Mt. Aconcagua, at 22,841 ft, the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere, stands in which country?
ARGENTINA
3A Which woman MP became Britain's first Minister for the Arts in 1967?
JENNIE LEE
3B In which film, did Lauren Bacall famously say; "If you want anything, just whistle"?
TO HAVE and HAVE NOT
4A The Snapdragon is an alternative name for which popular garden flower?
THE ANTIRRHINUM
4B In which Lancashire village did an American bomber crash onto a school during a thunderstorm in 1944, causing the deaths of 61 people, the majority of whom were young children?
FRECKLETON

Round Seven.
1A In 1947, which man flew the Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound, the first man to do so in level flight?
CHUCK YEAGER
1B As its flowers closely resemble that of the Orange tree, which shrub has the alternative name of Mock Orange?
PHILADELPHUS (accept SYRINGA)
2A In which film did Bette Davis famously say; "Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy ride"?
ALL ABOUT EVE
2B In the cabinet reshuffle after the 2005 General Election, which M.P. became secretary of State for Northern Ireland?
PETER HAIN
3A The Atacama Desert, one of the driest places in the world, lies mainly in which country?
CHILE
3B The shaddock was an early type of which fruit?
GRAPEFRUIT
4A Complete the following saying: "Desperate diseases …."
MUST HAVE DESPERATE REMEDIES
4B Born in Bohemia in 1824, which composer died of ill health in a lunatic asylum in 1884?
BEDRICH SMETANA

Round Eight.
1A Which pop singer of the 1970's, was born Bernard Jewry and also used the name Shane Fenton?
ALVIN STARDUST
1B Where on the night of November 12th 1940, was the Italian fleet attacked and badly damaged, whilst at anchor, by a squadron of Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers?
TARANTO
2A Queens College, Cambridge, was originally founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou, wife of which King of England?
HENRY VI
2B In which sport has Nancy Lopez been a top performer for over twenty years?
GOLF
3A Queen of the Night is the name given to a type of which common garden flower?
A BLACK TULIP
3B What name is given to an area of flat reclaimed land, once covered by river lake or sea?
A POLDER
4A Which U.S. author wrote "Fahrenheit 451" and "The Martian Chronicles"?
RAY BRADBURY
4B Peer Gynt, Maximus and Helemus are all types of which vegetable?
BRUSSELS SPROUTS

Spare Questions.
1. In the bible, who was the wife of Moses?
ZIPPORAH
2. In ten pin bowling, what term is used to describe the knocking down of all ten pins with two balls in a single frame?
A SPARE
3. Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce were members of which pop music "Supergroup"?
CREAM