Monday 26th September 2005
Set by Ormskirk Quiz League
All rounds are general

Round One.
1A In WWII, what codename was given to the German invasion of Russia?
OPERATION BARBAROSSA
1B Which Italian club signed Paul Gascoigne from Tottenham Hotspurs in 1992?
LAZIO
2A In which city was the world's first production line, manufacturing model T Ford's?
DETROIT
2B Which American actress adopted an English accent for the 1998 film, "Sliding Doors"?
GWYNETH PALTROW
3A Which word describes a sentence which contains all the letters of the alphabet?
PANGRAM
3B Who wrote the book on which the Jack Nicholson film, "The Shining" was based?
STEPHEN KING
4A In Greek mythology, Odysseus was the ruler of which island kingdom?
ITHACA
4B Which ex model has been married to both George Harrison and Eric Clapton?
PATTI BOYD

Round Two.
1A Which politician wrote an autobiography aptly entitled, "Life in the Jungle"?
MICHAEL HESELTINE
1B The Dyaks are an aboriginal people found in which island?
BORNEO
2A In the 1970's TV series, "The Partridge Family", which actress played the part of the children's mother?
SHIRLEY JONES
2B Accentors, Bulbuls and White-eyes are all types of which kind of creature?
BIRDS
3A The original American version of the game of Monopoly used the streets and landmarks of which City?
ATLANTIC CITY
3B Dr Hastings Banda became the first President of which African country on its gaining independence in 1966?
MALAWI (accept NYASALAND)
4A The works of which composer include the ballets, "Billy the Kid" and "Appalachian Spring"?
AARON COPLAND
4B "All Human Life is There" was a slogan used to advertise which national newspaper?
THE NEWS OF THE WORLD

Round Three.
1A Which national daily newspaper was once described by Prince Philip as "Bloody Awful"?
DAILY EXPRESS
1B Which Italian composer wrote more than sixty operas, the best known of which include, "The Elixir of Love" and "Lucia di Lammermoor"?
GAETANO DONIZETTI
2A From 1993 to 2001, who was vice president of the U.S.A., under Bill Clinton?
AL GORE
2B Which U.S. State is nicknamed the "Show Me State" and has Jefferson City as its State capital?
MISSOURI
3A Barnacles, Crabs and Lobsters all belong to which class of marine life?
CRUSTACEANS
3B Which actor's last TV appearance before his death in 1985 was as Daniel Reece in "Dynasty"?
ROCK HUDSON
4A The ancient kingdom of Yorubaland lies in which modern day African country?
NIGERIA
4B Which TV personality wrote an autobiography entitled "Himofl", (as in it's him off the telly)?
RICHARD WHITELEY

Round Four.
1A Which American band-leader could count among his many wives, the actresses Ava Gardner and Lana Turner?
ARTIE SHAW
1B In Greek mythology, to which ancient country did Jason and the Argonauts sail in search of the Golden Fleece?
COLCHIS
2A The book, "The Red Badge of Courage" was set during which war?
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
2B What name was given to the single land mass, that existed before the continents started to drift apart 250 million years ago?
PANGAEA
3A Which American actor adopted a Scottish accent for the 2004 film, "Finding Neverland"?
JOHNNY DEPP
3B Which company manufactured the first car to run on diesel fuel?
MERCEDES BENZ
4A With which group did Paul Gascoigne have a No 2 hit record in 1990, with a remake of their 1970's song, "Fog on the Tyne"?
LINDISFARNE
4B In WWII, the battle that became known as, "The Battle of the Bulge", was fought in which area of Belgium?
THE ARDENNES

Round Five.
1A Which Latin phrase is used to describe a personal handbook, carried for use when needed?
VADE MECUM
I1B According to the cigarette advert of the 1960's, what were you "Never alone with"?
A STRAND
2A The Irish Free State was established as a result of which piece of legislation in 1921?
ANGLO IRISH TREATY
2B There are two brooks on the grand National course at Aintree. One is the famous Becher's Brook. What is the other?
VALENTINE'S BROOK
3A "Keep it Gay" and "Springtime for Hitler" are songs from which stage musical?
THE PRODUCERS
3B Which 1968 book by Richard Hooker begins, "When Radar O'Reilly, just out of high school, left Ottumwa, Iowa, and enlisted in the U.S. Army"?
M.A.S.H.
4A In which town is the Wetherspoon Pub, "The Eric Bartholomew"?
MORECAMBE
4B Which disease attacks members of the cabbage family, (Brassicas), causing the roots to swell?
CLUB ROOT

Round Six.
1A Which actor played the Australian bushman, "Crocodile Dundee" in the film of the same name?
PAUL HOGAN
1B Which unit of length measures 608ft., and is equivalent to one tenth of a nautical mile?
A CABLE
2A Elected as first secretary of the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia in 1968, whose liberal policies provoked the Russian invasion of his country that year?
ALEXANDER DUBCEK
2B Although he played a couple of seasons with Lancashire, for which county did West Indian Test player Carl Hooper play most of his county cricket in England?
KENT
3A Whereabouts in the world are the Magellan Straits?
OFF THE TIP OF SOUTH AMERICA
3B Who composed the oratorio, "The Dream of Gerontius", based on the poem by Cardinal Newman?
ELGAR
4A Which song by John Denver opens with the line, "You fill up my senses like a night in the forest"?
ANNIE'S SONG
4B Which 17th century French author was noted for writing fairy tales, which include Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty?
CHARLES PERRAULT

Round Seven.
1A Which author, noted for his novel "Elmer Gantry", became in 1930 the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature?
SINCLAIR LEWIS
1B Which famous singer duetted with John Denver on the hit record "Perhaps Love"?
PLACIDO DOMINGO
2A Which Russian author wrote the verse novel, "Eugene Onegin", on which Tchaikovsky's opera is based?
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN
2B When Bartholomeu Diaz discovered the Cape of Good Hope in 1488, what name did he first give it?
CAPE OF STORMS
3A Ex England cricket captain, Keith Fletcher played for over twenty-five years for which county side?
ESSEX
3B Who succeeded Woodrow Wilson as President of the USA in 1921, his administration being marred by political corruption on a large scale?
WARREN HARDING
4A Each Roman legion consisted of ten units, each of six hundred men. As what were these units known?
COHORTS
4B Which actor wrote, directed and starred in the acclaimed film, "Reds"?
WARREN BEATTY

Round Eight.
1A What name is given to the white frothy liquid, produced on plants by the frog hopper insect?
CUCKOO SPIT
1B In which English city is "Ye Old Trip to Jerusalem" inn?
NOTTINGHAM
2A Which 1964 book by Roald Dahl begins, "These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr Bucket"?
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
2B From which musical does the song, "Flash, Bang, Wallop" come?
HALF A SIXPENCE
3A Frankie Dettori rode all seven winners at a meeting on which racecourse in 1998?
ASCOT
3B The Prisoners Temporary Discharge of III Health Act of 1913, passed to discourage imprisoned suffragettes from going on hunger strike, became known by which other name?
CAT and MOUSE ACT
4A According to the advert of the time, what was, "Full of Eastern Promise"?
FRY'S TURKISH DELIGHT
4B What is the literal translation of the French phrase, "Cul de Sac", which is used to describe a road with one end blocked off?
BOTTOM OF THE BAG

Spare Questions.
1. Ronnie Barker of TV comedy fame, wrote scripts under which pseudonym?
GERALD WILEY
2. 1940's pin up and film star Betty Grable was married to which band leader?
HARRY JAMES
3. In the U.S.A., what is celebrated on February 2nd?
GROUNDHOG DAY