Tuesday 27th September 2005
Set by Ormskirk Quiz League
All rounds are general

Round One.
1A Who in 1944 composed the music for the Broadway hit musical, "On The Town"?
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
1B What is the name of the U.S. prison in Iraq, where abuse of prisoners occurred?
ABU GHRAIB
2A What is the name of the constellation that bears the popular name, "Charioteer"?
AURIGA
2B Who is currently the male presenter of the TV show, "Flog It"?
PAUL MARTIN
3A What kind of creature is a Nile Monitor?
A LARGE LIZARD
3B In Eastern thought, what are the two complementary forces or principals, which make up all aspects and phenomena of life?
YIN and YANG
4A The upper chamber of the heart is called the Atrium. As what is the lower chamber known?
THE VENTRICLE
4B Whose sonnets are written to a mysterious, "Dark Lady"?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Round Two.
1A Which U.S. General was known as, "Vinegar Joe"?
JOSEPH STILWELL
1B Which playwright wrote, "The Deep Blue Sea" and "The Browning Version"?
TERENCE RATTIGAN
2A Who in 1830, was the first man in Britain to be killed by a train?
WILLIAM HUSKISSON
2B Which composer's symphony No. 100 is nicknamed "The Military"?
HAYDN
3A What is the common name for the chemical hydroxybenzene, also known as carbolic acid?
PHENOL
3B Who played the title role in the 1983 film, "Educating Rita"?
JULIE WALTERS
4A Disneyland Paris is situated near which River, which gave its name to two battles in WWI, one in 1914, and the second in 1918?
THE MARNE
4B The Continuous Service Act of 1853 finally ended which undesirable Royal Navy custom?
PRESS GANGS

Round Three.
1A In 1778, France, and which other European country, entered the American war of Independence on the side of
America?
SPAIN
1B The Auschwitz concentration camp, in Poland, was situated near which great river?
THE VISTULA
2A Who along with Will Smith played police agents J and K, in the 1997 film, "Men in Black"?
TOMMY LEE JONES
2B What is the common name for the chemical compound, triplumbic tetroxide, Pb3O4?
RED LEAD
3A Which composer's 41st and last symphony was nicknamed, "Jupiter"?
MOZART
3B Who died on Loch Ness in 1952, attempting to establish a new world water speed record?
JOHN COBB
4A Who wrote that, "The Female of the Species is Deadlier than the Male"?
RUDYARD KIPLING
4B Which U.S. General, on being ordered to surrender the town of Bastogne by the Germans, in December 1944, famously replied, "Nuts"?
ANTHONY McAULIFF

Round Four.
1A Which Irish poet helped launch The Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 1903?
W B YEATS
1B What is the main part of the large intestine, which changes body waste from liquid to solid?
THE COLON
2A Who, in 2001, became the first fare paying passenger to travel into outer space?
DENNIS TITO
2B Which species of mammal has species called Monk and Ribbon?
A SEAL
3A Which actor/comedian was once a professional footballer with Brentford?
BRADLEY WALSH
3B What is the name of the constellation that bears the popular name, "Herdsman"?
BOOTES
4A Which prison west of Hull in East Yorkshire, became the first to be operated by the private sector?
THE WOLDS
4B Which dramatist collaborated with composer Kurt Weill in 1928, to produce "The Threepenny Opera"?
BERTOLD BRECHT

Round Five.
1A Who composed the "Funeral march of a Marionette" in 1872?
CHARLES GOUNOD
1B Which 1956 film starring Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire, told the story of a Quaker family in Indiana during the Civil War? Pat Boone had a big hit with the film's theme tune.
FRIENDLY PERSUASION
2A In Egyptian mythology, Isis was the wife of Osiris. In what other way was she related to him?
SHE WAS HIS SISTER
2B Which British cyclist collapsed and died whilst climbing Mont Ventoux, during a stage of the 1967 Tour de France?
TOMMY SIMPSON
3A What nickname was given to Jess Yates, the creator and presenter of the TV religious programme, "Stars on
Sunday"?
THE BISHOP
3B On which London Bridge can you see a statue of Boadicea in her chariot?
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE
4A The cities of Bologna and Parma, and the Adriatic resort of Rimini are all in which region of Italy?
EMILIA ROMAGNA
4B What was the title of Nick Hornby's autobiographical memoir of an Arsenal football fan?
FEVER PITCH

Round Six.
1A Which two writers were responsible for the TV comedy series, "Steptoe and Son"?
GALTON and SIMPSON
1B What is the legal term given for the release of political prisoners, under a general pardon?
AMNESTY
2A In 1981,which London football club became the first to install artificial turf?
QUEENS PARK RANGERS
2B What type of protective equipment was issued to all the people of Britain in 1939?
A GAS MASK
3A Who is the presenter of "Woman's Hour" on Radio 4?
JENNI MURRAY
3B What was the name of the secret police in Romania under the Communist regime?
SECURITATE
4A In the novel, "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson, who owned the Spyglass Inn in Bristol?
LONG JOHN SILVER
4B Starting at 330 ft (100m), what comes between lowland and highland?
UPLAND

Round Seven.
1A Which is the only mainland European country to share the use of GMT with the British Isles?
PORTUGAL
1B In R.L. Stevenson's, "Treasure Island" what was the name of the captain of the Hispaniola?
SMOLLETT
2A Which Political Party ruled in Spain under the regime of General Franco?
THE PHALANGISTS
2B Who hosts the Radio 4 quiz show, "Just a Minute"?
NICHOLAS PARSONS
3A What could be bought at the Post Office in Britain in late 1966, which had not been available before?
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS STAMPS
3B Which current Premiership League footballer once scored a century for Lancashire Second XI, when aged only 15?
PHIL NEVILLE
4A What is the legal term given for the person authorised to stand in another's place?
PROXY
4B Which two writers were responsible for the TV comedy series, "The Likely Lads"?
DICK CLEMENT and IAN LA FRENAIS

Round Eight.
1A Written in 1960, which Test Player's autobiography was entitled, "The Gloves are Off"?
GODFREY EVANS
1B The site of the ancient city of Ur lies in which modern day Middle Eastern country?
IRAQ
2A In which London Square is there a statue of Charlie Chaplin?
LEICESTER SQUARE
2B In the folk tale by Charles Perrault, what was the name of Bluebeard, who murdered many of his wives?
GILLES DE RAIS or GILLES DE RETZ
3A Which explorer died along with George Mallory trying to climb Everest in 1924?
ANDREW IRVINE
3B Who was the elder sister of Moses, who watched over him, whilst he was hidden in the bulrushes?
MIRIAM
4A The film, "Mommy Dearest", was based on the life story of which legendary film star?
JOAN CRAWFORD
4B Which composer wrote the music for the ballet, "The Rite of Spring" in 1913?
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Spare Questions.
1. In Enid Blyton's stories of the "Famous Five", what was the name of the dog?
TIMMY
2. Which institute profited from the royalties of J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan", after the death of the author?
GREAT ORMOND ST CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
3. Which film star said, "I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back"?
ZSA ZSA GABOR