Tuesday 5th December 2006
Set by Bookworms (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One.
1a What does the letter 'S' stand for in SIM card, as used in mobile phones?
Subscriber (Identity Module)
1b Angel trumpet and arum are types of which garden plant?
Lily
2a Who was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada in February 2006?
Stephen Harper
2b Billy Batson transforms to Captain Marvel using what word?
Shazam
3a At the start of 2005/06 season who wore Liverpool FC's No. 15 shirt?
Peter Crouch
3b Which Roman historian wrote an account of the Roman invasion of Britain?
Tacitus
4a What is Dorothy's surname in the 1939 film "Wizard of Oz"?
Gale
4b What emblem appears on the shirts of New Zealand sports teams etc?
Fern Leaf

Round Two
1a Who said: 'put your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it seems like an hour; sit with a pretty girl for an hour and it seems like a minute - that's relativity'?
Albert Einstein
1b Which poet wrote about a sailor punished for killing an albatross?
Samuel Coleridge
2a What test is used to determine whether a person is susceptible to diphtheria?
Schick Test
2b Give a year in the life of John Bunyan.
1628-1688
3a Complete the sequence - Dopey, Grumpy, Doc, Happy, Bashful, Sneezy and …….
Sleepy
3b The Spanish Steps are in which European city?
Rome, Italy
4a The Palace of Schonbrunn (beautiful well) built between 1696-1712 was the summer house of which royal family?
Habsburgs
4b In Dickens' "Bleak House", which lawyer/solicitor was murdered?
Mr. Tulkinghorn

Round Three
1a Mike Powell of the USA created a world record at the 1991 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, in which track and field event?
Long Jump (8.95 m)
1b What was Steve McQueen's last film (in 1980)?
The Hunter
2a Founded in AD 597, which is the oldest bishopric in the English church?
Canterbury
2b Arlington Cemetery, Virginia, is one of the geographic locations named in honour of which US General?
Robert E. Lee
3a Who was the leader of the UK Labour Party in 1950?
Clement Attlee
3b In which year did Pope John II visit Liverpool; Space shuttle Columbia completes its first operational flight; NFL teams go on strike?
1982
4a Who killed Martin Luther King in 1968?
James Earl Ray
4b Which English poet wrote The Lady of Shalott?
Alfred Tennyson

Round Four
1a Bilbo Baggins first appeared in which of J. R. R. Tolkein's books?
The Hobbit
1b The Cheltenham Gold Cup is usually run in which month of the year?
March
2a What, in its own right, is the longest river in Australia?
River Darling
2b Alexander McCall Smith's books "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" are set in which Botswana city?
Gaberon
3a What was Miss Marple's first name, in the books by Agatha Christie?
Jane
3b Which acid is mainly found in apples?
Malic
4a Whooper, trumpeter, mute etc are types of which creature?
Swans
4b Liverpool's Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King is built on which former site?
The Liverpool Workhouse

Round Five
1a What does the letter 'S' stand for in USB, as used in the computer port?
Serial (Universal Serial Bus)
1b Pompom and cactus are varieties of which flower?
Dahlia
2a Who is the current President of South Africa?
Thabo Mbeki
2b What is the real name of female superhero Wonder Woman?
Diana Prince
3a At the start of the 2005/06 season who wore Everton FC's No. 8 shirt?
James Beattie
3b Which Athenian historian wrote an account of the Peloponnesian War?
Thucydides
4a Which actor played five different roles in the 1939 film "Wizard of Oz"?
Frank Morgan
4b Percy Montgomery, with 643, is leading points scorer for which national Rugby Union team?
South Africa

Round Six
1a Who said: 'whenever I hear someone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally'?
Abraham Lincoln
1b Who described Autumn as 'season of mists and mellow fruitfulness'?
John Keats
2a What is scotopic vision?
Seeing in the dark
2b Give a year in the life of Geoffrey Chaucer.
c. 1343-1400
3a Complete the sequence - pride, avarice, envy, wrath, lust, gluttony and …
Sloth
3b The Spanish Riding School is in which European city?
Vienna
4a The Palace of Versailles was built for which French monarch?
Louis the Fourteenth
4b What food was served to workhouse children in Dickens' "Oliver Twist"?
Gruel

Round Seven
1a Sergei Bubka of the Ukraine set a world record at Sestriere, Italy, in 1994, in which track and field event?
Pole Vault (6.14 m)
1b Which film/TV series was based on Paul Mark Scott's "The Raj Quartet"?
The Jewel In the Crown
2a According to the 2001 census, to within 2% what percentage of the UK's population was over 60 years of age?
20% (accept 18% to 22%)
2b Where in America was the first permanent English settlement in the New World (1607)?
Jamestown (Virginia)
3a Who was leader of the UK Conservative party in 1950?
Winston Churchill
3b In which year was the Bay of Pigs invasion; construction of the Berlin Wall commenced; Alan B. Shepard launched into space?
1961
4a Which French fashion icon designed Madonna's sculptured costumes?
Jean-Paul Gaultier
4b Which English Romantic poet wrote of a skylark as a 'blithe spirit'?
(Percy Bysshe) Shelley

Round Eight
1a Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn" are set in which US state?
Mississippi
1b The Prix de I'Arc de Triomphe is run on the first Sunday of which month?
October
2a On which North American river are the 'thousand islands'?
St. Lawrence
2b What is the occupation/profession of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell in Susanna Clarke's 2004 novel?
Magicians
3a What is the Christian name of the Telly Savalas character 'Kojak'?
Theo
3b During strenuous exercise, pyruvic acid is reduced to what other acid?
Lactic or Milk Acid
4a Great spotted, lesser spotted, and green are species of which bird of the family Picidae?
Woodpecker
4b Which Liverpool shipping line owned the ill-fated 'RMS Titanic'?
White Star

Spare Questions
1. What was Sgt. Bilko's first name?
Ernest
2. The Great Exhibition in London opened in which year?
1851
3. Who was history's first recorded billionaire?
John D. Rockerfeller Sr.
4. What is the history and derivation of words called?
Etymology
5. Which Liverpool-born international footballer (1940-2003) was known as 'England's Scottish player'?
Joe Baker