Monday 19th September 2005
Set by Black Horse (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a What is the capital of the American state of Louisiana?
Baton Rouge
1b What is the Hindi name for the Republic of India?
Bharat
2a John James Audubon drew illustrations of which creatures?
Birds
2b Which writer used the pseudonym Sebastian Melmoth?
Oscar Wilde
3a On the Beaufort Wind Scale, what is force five?
Fresh breeze (19-24 mph)
3b Who played 'Oddjob' in the 1964 James Bond film "Goldfinger"?
Harold Sakata
4a Who (February 2005) is Chief Executive of the Football Association?
Brian Barwick
4b What is the medical term term for producing phlegm and spitting out?
Expectoration

Round Two
1a Who, in 2004, was revealed as the lover of David Blunkett?
Kimberley Quinn
1b Who in December 2004, was crowned 'King of the Jungle' in "I'm a celebrity, get me out of here"?
Joe Pasquale
2a In police terminology, what is an ASBO?
Anti-Social Behaviour Order
2b What creatures are affected by 'Isle of Wight disease'?
Bees
3a Histology is the microscopic study of what?
Animal/Plant tissue
3b In modern technology, what are Lycos, Alta Vista, and Hotbot?
Internet search engines
4a Catherine Parr married which former suitor on the death of Henry VIII?
Thomas Seymour
4b Which is the largest of America's New England states?
Maine

Round Three
1a Which dinosaur's name means 'arm lizard'?
Brachiosaurus
1b Who piloted the orbiting capsule on the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon mission?
Michael Collins
2a What is the purpose of a farthingale on a lady's dress?
To extend by hoops
2b Where was the last battle of the 1745/46 Jacobite Rebellion fought?
Culloden (Moor)
3a How many gold medals did Great Britain win at the 2004 Athens Olympics?
Nine
3b Who wrote the 2000 book "How to be a Domestic Goddess"?
Nigella Lawson
4a In the 1953 film, what was the 'Titfield Thunderbolt'?
Railway locomotive
4b Which English poet and painter wrote the song/hymn "Jerusalem"?
William Blake

Round Four
1a Tachophobia is the fear of what?
Speed
1b Ra (or Re) is the Egyptian god of what?
The Sun
2a What was the pseudonym of the Far Eastern despot Saloth Sar?
PoI Pot (accept Tol Saut)
2b Which film musical choreographer's first big success was "42nd Street"?
Busby Berkeley
3a Which Englishman designed the first monoplane, the Hurricane, etc?
Sir Sydney Camm
3b In which central Indian city was the 1984 Union Carbide disaster?
Bhopal
4a The pop group 'Franz Ferdinand' hail from which country?
Scotland
4b Give a year in the life, of Emile Zola.
1840-1902

Round Five
1a What is the capital of the American state of Nebraska?
Lincoln
1b Which country is known to its inhabitants as Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo?
China
2a George Stubbs specialised in the painting of which animals?
Horses
2b Which writer used the pseudonym Acton Bell?
Anne Bronte
3a On the Beaufort Wind Scale, what is force ten?
Storm (55-63 mph)
3b Which actor played 'Pinkie' in the 1947 film "Brighton Rock"?
Richard Attenborough
4a Who (February 2005) is Chairman of the English Cricket Board?
David Morgan
4b Apricating is the act of doing what?
Sunbathing

Round Six
1a Who succeeded David Blunkett as British Home Secretary?
Charles Clarke
1b Which actress won BBC TV's "Strictly Come Dancing"?
Jill Halfpenny
2a In police terminology, what is TWOC?
Taking without owner's consent
2b What creatures are affected by 'Newcastle disease'?
Poultry/Wild birds
3a Cytology is a branch of biology concerned with the study of what?
Cells
3b What is the last letter at the bottom right of a typewriter keyboard?
M
4a King Henry VIII was buried with which of his six wives?
Jane Seymour
4b America, and its possessions, are divided into how many time zones?
Ten

Round Seven
1a Which lizard-hipped dinosaur's name was once thought to mean 'egg thief'?
Oviraptor
1b How many men have walked on the Moon?
Twelve
2a What is the purpose of a martingale on a horse?
To prevent rearing
2b The 1346 Battle of Crecy was fought at the outset of which conflict?
Hundred Years War
3a Which country lost to Greece in the Euro 2004 football semi-final?
Czech Republic
3b Who is the perma-tanned presenter of BBC TV's "Bargain Hunt"?
David Dickinson
4a What, on television, was 'KITT'?
A car (Knight Rider)
4b Which poet was 'mad, bad, and dangerous to know', according to Lady Caroline Lamb, one of his former lovers?
Lord George Gordon Byron

Round Eight
1a Ergophobia is the fear of what?
Work
1b In Scandinavian mythology, who was 'king of the gods'?
Odin
2a Who, in 1967, was the first person to receive a heart transplant?
Louis Washkansky
2b Which American choreographer won his first Tony Awards for the musicals "Pajama Game", in 1953, and "Damn Yankees" in 1955?
Bob Fosse
3a Who designed the sea-planes that won the Schneider Trophy races, from which evolved the World War Two Spitfire?
R. J. Mitchell
3b Which Cornish village was devastated by floods in 2004?
Boscastle
4a The pop group 'Manic Street Preachers' hail from which country?
Wales
4b Give a year in the life of French author Jules Verne.
1828-1905

Spare Questions
1 The 'Kebab and Calculator' was the pub in which TV series?
The Young Ones
2 The childhood disease rickets is caused by a lack of which vitamin?
D
3 What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?
Omega