Tuesday 6th September 2005
Set by Ormskirk Quiz League
All rounds are general

Round One.
1A With which material does a cordwainer usually work?
LEATHER
1B Who wrote the poem whose opening line states, "Earth has not anything to show more fair"?
WORDSWORTH
2A In the Two Ronnies TV series, if Ronnie Barker played Piggy Malone, who was played by Ronnie Corbett?
CHARLEY FARLEY
2B Who was Prime Minister of Australia between 1983 and 1991?
BOB HAWKE
3A What name is given to a number of lines of writing, the first letters of which form a word?
AN ACROSTIC
3B During which war did the Battles of Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes take place?
WORLD WAR ONE
4A When they added the suffix, "Tigers" to their name, Castleford RLFC changed the name of their groundto " The Jungle". As what had it been known before?
WHELDON ROAD
4B In 1975, which member of the dance troupe, "Pan's People" married actor Robert Powell?
"BABS" LORD

Round Two.
1A According to Luke Ch. 1 Verse 5, who was the son of Zacharias and Elisabeth?
JOHN THE BAPTIST
1B Who was the 15th century Dominican monk who organised the Spanish Inquisition?
TOMAS DE TORQUEMADA
2A The volcanic island, "Vulcano" lies in which sea?
TYRRHENIAN
2B Which 19th century American was famous for songs such as, "Oh Susannah", and "My Old Kentucky Home" among the many minstrel tunes that he composed?
STEPHEN FOSTER
3A Who, in 1959, became the first Peruvian to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon?
ALEX OLMEDO
3B Which French author died, in mysterious circumstances, of carbon monoxide poisoning in 1902?
EMILE ZOLA
4A What, in France, is the Prix Goncourt?
A LITERARY PRIZE FOR FICTION
4B Who resigned from the office of Foreign Secretary in 1938, after disagreeing with Chamberlain's policy of appeasement towards Hitler?
ANTHONY EDEN

Round Three.
1A Who was the Foreign Secretary who carried out the policy of appeasement towards Hitler at Munich?
LORD HALIFAX
1B At what age does a Jewish boy participate in his Bar Mitzvah ceremony?
THIRTEEN
2A Which French playwright died in 1673, just after appearing on stage in one of his own plays?
MOLIERE
2B Who, in 1991, became the last German to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon?
MICHAEL STICH
3A Which American songwriter wrote the unofficial national anthem, "God Bless America"?
IRVING BERLIN
3B Which is the world's most southerly active volcano?
MOUNT EREBUS
4A The Duke of Cumberland, who ruthlessly crushed the Jacobite rebellion of 1745, was the son of which British monarch?
GEORGE II
4B According to I Samuel, Ch. 28 Verse 7, which King of Israel went to consult the Witch of Endor?
SAUL

Round Four.
1A Which actress/comedienne was married to actor George Burns from 1926 until her death in 1964?
GRACIE ALLEN
1B Following a sponsorship deal with the pharmaceutical company Galpharm, the stadium in Huddersfield now bears that name. As what was the stadium known when it opened in 1994?
MCALPINE STADIUM
2A During WWI, where did a British fleet destroy Vice Admiral Von Spee's fleet?
OFF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS
2B What is a Galliard?
A LIVELY DANCE OR PIECE OF MUSIC COMPOSED FOR IT
3A Who was Prime Minister of Canada at various times between 1921 and 1948?
(WILLIAM) MACKENZIE KING
3B In the 1990's TV comedy series, "The Detectives", if Robert Powell played Dave Briggs, who played Bob Louis?
JASPER CARROTT
4A What was Wordsworth describing in the line, "Shall I call thee bird, or just a wandering voice"?
A CUCKOO
4B What is the occupation of an Abigail?
A LADY'S SERVING MAID

Round Five.
1A What more common name is usually given to the plant, Wood Hyacinth?
BLUEBELL (or HAREBELL)
1B In the novel by Conan Doyle, who organised the expedition to the Lost World?
PROFESSOR CHALLENGER
2A Who won the Oscar for best actor in 1993, for his role as a lawyer dying of AIDS?
TOM HANKS
2B The theme tune from which film, starring Louis Jourdan and Rosanno Brazzi, gave Frank Sinatra his first No.1 U.K. hit single in 1954?
THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
3A In knitting, how is a purl stitch produced?
BY KNITTING A PLAIN STITCH BACKWARDS
3B Which cartoon character was forever inventing elaborate plans to catch the Roadrunner, always with disastrous consequences to himself?
WILE E. COYOTE
4A What name is given to the Asian mode of transport which is part rickshaw and part bicycle?
A TRISHAW
4B Which politician was described by Margaret Thatcher as, "A man we can do business with"?
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV

Round Six.
1A From where did the 1970's pop group "Mungo Jerry" take their name?
ONE OF T.S. ELIOT'S CATS
1B Which piece of classical music was used to help promote the slogan that, "Happiness is a Cigar called Hamlet"?
AIR ON A G STRING BY J S BACH
2A The Babbington Plot was hatched in an attempt to dethrone which English monarch?
ELIZABETH I
2B In mythology, which king of Corinth was condemned to eternally roll a large boulder up to the top of a hill, only to see it roll down the other side?
SISYPHUS
3A Although they won Cricket's County Championship six times in the 20th century, which county's last outright success came as far back as 1934?
LANCASHIRE
3B In the novel by Thomas Hardy, what was the name of the Mayor of Casterbridge?
MICHAEL HENCHARD
4A What was the name of the police constable, killed during the Broadwater Farm riots in 1985?
KEITH BLAKELOCK
4B Who played the title role in the long running TV detective series, "Bergerac"?
JOHN NETTLES

Round Seven.
1A John Nettles plays the part of which Detective Inspector in the TV series, "Midsomer Murders"?
TOM BARNABY
1B What was the name of the W.P.C. shot outside the Libyan Embassy in 1984?
YVONNE FLETCHER
2A Which 19th century novelist created the fictional county of Barsetshire?
ANTHONY TROLLOPE
2B Which County won Cricket's County Championship for the first time in its history in 1979, and then five more titles by 1992?
ESSEX
3A In mythology, which son of Zeus was condemned to be immersed up to his neck in water which he couldn't drink, and surrounded by luscious fruits, which were eternally just out of reach?
TANTALUS
3B Which English knight helped put Henry IV on the throne, but later rebelled against him, and was killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403?
SIR HENRY PERCY (HENRY HOTSPUR)
4A An extract from which piece of classical music was used in the Hovis advert with the slogan "It were like delivering bread to the top of the world"?
DVORAK'S NINTH SYMPHONY (THE NEW WORLD)
4B What was the name of the cat belonging to the family of President Bill Clinton?
SOCKS

Round Eight.
1A Who described assassination as "The extreme form of censorship"?
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
1B What is the name of the instrument used in the lie detector test?
A POLYGRAPH
2A Who was the hapless hunter who was always outwitted by both Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck?
ELMER FUDD
2B If denier is the term used to denote the fineness of material, what word is used to denote its thickness?
PLY
3A Who opened 1956 at No 1 in the U.K. hit parade with his song, "Finger of Suspicion", and closed the year at No.1 with "Christmas Alphabet"?
DICKIE VALENTINE
3B Who won the Oscar for best actress in 1990 for her role as psychotic nurse, Annie Wilkes, in the film "Misery"?
KATHY BATES
4A In the novel by Jules Verne, where did the expedition, led by Professor Lidenbrock, set out to reach?
THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH
4B What botanical name is given to the stalk which attaches the leaves to the plant?
THE PETIOLE

Spare Questions.
1. Which South American country has nineteen departments with capitals including Trinidad, Florida and Fray Bentos?
URUGUAY
2. Which musical features the song, "Shakalaka Baby"?
BOMBAY DREAMS
3. Who was Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1960 until 1972?
KEITH HOLYOAKE