Monday 4th December 2006
Set by CTK Cavaliers (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One.
1a Which voluptuous British female of the 1950's had the real name Norma Ann Sykes?
Sabrina
1b Associated British Foods (ABF) bought Littlewoods Stores in 2005 to expand which of ABF's fashion retail businesses?
Primark
2a Crowned in 1999, who is the present King of Jordan?
Abdullah the Second
2b In which 1971 Stephen Frears film does a Liverpool bingo caller, played by Albert Finney, dream of becoming a private detective?
Gumshoe
3a The 1999 Frank Darabont film "The Green Mile' was written by whichAmerican 'master of horror'?
Stephen king (aka Richard Bachman)
3b How is Sophie Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst, wife of Peter the Third of Russia, better known?
Catherine the Great
4a What is the literal translation of the Hindi term 'garam masala'?
Hot Spices (Hot Mixture)
4b On whom is the central character in Jeffrey Archer's book "The Fourth Estate" based?
Robert Maxwell (or Jan Ludvik Hoch)

Round Two
1a Which computer company uses the slogan 'where do you want to go today'?
Microsoft
1b The RAV4 is produced by which motor car company?
Toyota
2a Which Italian designer of clothes and theatre costumes was shot dead outside his Miami mansion in 1997?
Gianni Versace.
2b Which Italian bread, its name meaning 'slipper', is made with olive oil, etc?
Ciabatta
3a Rebekah Wade became the first female editor of which national newspaper?
The Sun
3b Kenneth Halliwell murdered which satirical playwright in 1967?
Joe Orton
4a Which former member of the group "Free" and "Bad Company" was asked by British rock group "Queen" to front their band?
Paul Rodgers
4b Who (11th century BC) was the first king of the Judean dynasty of Israel ?
David

Round Three
1a Debenhams, Thresher Group, J. Sainsbury and BP etc, issue which loyalty card?
Nectar
1b Which prelate is now vicar of St. Margaret's Church, Ilkley, West Yorkshire?
David Hope
2a Which SAS combat veteran wrote "Firewall", Bravo Two Zero" etc?
Andy McNabb
2b Which German footballer was known as 'The Kaiser'?
Franz Beckenbauer
3acWhat title was first given to Mary Henrietta Stuart, eldest daughter of King Charles the First?
Princess Royal
3b The sculpture 'B of the Bang' won the competition for which English sports venue?
City Of Manchester Stadium (now Eastlands)
4a What breed of sheep is unique to the Isle of Man
Loagthan Sheep
4b The fictitious element 'dilithium crystals' power which deep space craft?
Starship Enterprise

Round Four
1a Who played Ray Charles in the film biopic "Ray"?
Jamie Foxx
1b Pixie-Bob, Ragdoll and Singapura are breeds of which domestic animal?
Cats
2a Which car company produces the Outlander 4WD?
Mitsubishi
2b The works of which Yorkshire-born dramatist/actor include "The Old Country", "Forty Years On", and "An Englishman Abroad"?
Alan Bennett
3a Who is the eighth and current President of the Republic of Ireland?
Mary McAleese
3b "Gunfight at the OK Launderette" was the title for the first-ever episode of which TV series (October, 1979)?
Minder
4a Which term, the name of a foodstuff, is applied to a cat whose coat is marked with orange and brown streaks?
Marmalade Cat
4b What word describes a grand, costly but useless structure, or one left unfinished?
Folly

Round Five
1a Which mansion in County Down is the official residence of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland?
Hillsborough (Castle)
1b Elvis Presley sung "Wooden Heart" in which 1960 film?
GI Blues
2a Which British supergroup reformed in 2005, after 36 years, to perform concerts at The Royal Albert Hall, London?
Cream
2b Which Scottish-born writer created Detective Inspector John Rebus?
Ian Rankin
3a In which London park is there a statue of Peter Pan, installed overnight to appear magical to children?
Kensington Gardens
3b Who preceded Ian Hislop as editor of "Private Eye"?
Richard Ingrams
4a Who was Mayor of New York from 1994-2001?
Rudoplph Giuliani
4b Who is the only female to currently hold The Most Noble Order Of The Garter?
Baroness Thatcher

Round Six
1a. Which Indian foodstuff is made by simmering unsalted butter in a large pot, leaving its protein to settle?
Ghee
1b In which Charles Dickens' novel does Mrs Bardell bring an action for breach of promise?
Pickwick Papers
2a What is the unofficial national flower of the Isle of Man?
Ragwort (Gaelic Cushag)
2b The tourist attractions of which US state include Ringling Museum of the Circus, the US Astronaut Hall of Fame, and Church Street Station?
Florida
3a The song "Love Is All Around", by Reg Presley of The Troggs, and reaching No. 4 in 1994 for Wet Wet Wet, was featured in which 1994 film?
Four Weddings and a Funeral
3b Which British comedy actor was given the freedom of Albania?
Sir Norman Wisdom
4a What is sounded in Parliamentary buildings to summon MPs to vote?
Division Bell
4b Which former newspaper journalist became the UK's first female national radio DJ?
Anne Nightingale

Round Seven
1a In which American state are the HQ of the Microsoft Corporation?
Washington (Redmond)
1b Which member of the Monty Python team studied medicine at Emmanuel College, Cambridge in the 1960's?
Graham Chapman
2a Name one of the punishments abolished by the 1948 Criminal Justices Act.
Penal Servitude/Hard Labour /Flogging
2b Which father and son, a TV newsreader and a TV presenter, co-wrote "Battlefield Britain"?
Peter and Dan Snow
3a Which late actor played Clayton Farlow in TV's "Dallas"?
Howard Keel
3b The traditional Royal Navy game of uckers is an advanced form of which board game?
Ludo
4a The five mile steam railway from Wootton to Smallbrook Junction is where in the United Kingdom?
Isle of Wight
4b The Callanish standing stones are a feature on which Scottish island?
Lewis

Round Eight
la Name one of the gambling games officially allowed in the Royal Navy?
Tombola (Bingo/Lotto)
1b Which writer/actor/comedian voices the British version of the recordings of Harry Potter books?
Stephen Fry
2a Which British pop artist designed the cover for The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"?
Peter Blake
2b Which French dish of rich shellfish soup, is made with wine and cream?
Bisque
3a Teversal Manor, Nottingham, is considered to be the inspiration for which D. H. Lawrence novel?
Lady Chatterley's Lover (Wragsby Hall)
3b What colour is cobalt glass?
Blue
4a What was the stage name of punk rocker John Simon Ritchie?
Sid Vicious (or Sly)
4b Which 1997 British film, from a Nick Hornby autobiographical novel, tells of his long standing obsession with Arsenal Football Club?
Fever Pitch

Spare Questions
1 Boddingtons Brewery was in which Manchester district?
Strangeways
2 Who was Britain's first black female Member of Parliament?
Diane Abbott
3 Which German pocket battleship was scuttled three miles out of Montevideo harbour in 1939?
The Graf Spee
4 American punk rock singer James Newell Osterberg, Jr. had what stage name?
Iggy Pop
5 Folk singer Maddy Prior was a founder member of which group?
Steeleye Span
6 In cricket, how many runs are scored when the ball hits a fielder's helmet, or other object on the field of play?
Five
7 In Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" who had a grey-silver steed called Shadowfax?
Gandalf
8 Which disgraced former Tory leader of Westminster Council is the Tesco heiress?
Dame Shirley Porter