Monday 6th February 2006
Set by Crosby Hogs (Northern)
All rounds are general

ROUND ONE
1a. What do butterflies taste with?
THEIR FEET
1b. Why do snakes shed their skin?
OUTER LAYER WEARS OUT AS THEY OUTGROW IT
2a. Which Status Quo hit reminds you of L S Lowry?
PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN
2b. With which Pop Group are Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant associated?
THE PET SHOP BOYS
3a. Which was the first European country to make the wearing of seat belts compulsory?
CZECHOSLOVAKIA (in 1969)
3b. Which American State has the smallest population?
WYOMING (498,703) - at last census
4a. Which wild plant is sometimes called the Irish Daisy?
THE DANDELION
4b. Which is the best selling chocolate bar in the UK?
CADBURY'S DAIRY MILK

ROUND TWO
1a. If your airport luggage tag says PMA to which airport would you be flying?
PALMA MAJORCA
1b. Which football team plays its home games at Brunton Park?
CARLISLE UNITED
2a. Which is the largest brass instrument?
THE BASS TUBA
2b. Where in your body is your aqueous humour?
IN THE EYE (it's the clear fluid separating the Cornea from the Iris)
3a. Which two animals normally appear in nativity scenes?
AN OX AND AN ASS
3b. In the Christmas song how many pipers piping are there?
ELEVEN
4a. Which football team plays its home games at the Galpharm Stadium?
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
4b. If your airport luggage tag says STD to which airport would you be flying?
STANSTED

ROUND THREE
1a. From where does a car bearing a GBZ sticker come?
GIBRALTAR
1b. What is the current price of a second class stamp?
21p
2a. The Millennium Dome is in which London Borough?
GREENWICH
2b. Elvis Presley made his first recording on which record label?
SUN RECORDS
3a. Woodentop was the original name of which long running TV drama?
THE BILL
3b. What kind of animal is a Flemish giant?
A RABBIT
4a. When was the first postage stamp issued in the UK?
1840
4b. A car bearing D sticker comes from which country?
GERMANY

ROUND FOUR
1a. Who is the patron saint of shoemakers?
ST CRISPIN
1b. What is a buckaroo (not a children's game)?
A COWBOY
2a. How many sides does a honeycomb have?
SIX
2b. When is Candlemas?
FEBRUARY 2nd
3a. What was invented by Edward Beard Budding and is found in many homes today?
LAWNMOVER (1830)
3b. What is a balletomane?
A BALLET ENTHUSIAST
4a. Where in England is Paragon railway station?
HULL
4b. Ars Gratia Artis is the motto of which company?
METRO GOLDWYN MAYER (Film Studios)

ROUND FIVE
1a. American Harriet Quimby is famous for what?
AVIATION (America's first licensed female pilot 1911, First woman to fly solo across the English Channel 1912)
1b. In what year was the royal yacht Britannia launched?
1953
2a. In which city was Charlie Chaplin born?
LONDON (in 1889)
2b. What are the aboriginal people of Borneo called?
D(A)YAKS
3a. Who wrote the novel "The Old Devils"?
KINGSLEY AMIS
3b. Name the international airline that serves Denmark, Norway and Sweden?
SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System)
4a. Where in Liverpool would you find the Simpson Fountain?
(In the wall of) ST NICHOLAS CHURCH (at the Pier Head)
4b. Which company make the biscuit Taxi?
McVITIES (United Biscuits)

ROUND SIX
1a. Name the national airline of Bangladesh?
BIMAN
1b. Who wrote the novel "The Painted House"?
JOHN GRISHAM
2a. Which Gulf is linked to the Arabian Gulf by the Straits of Hormuz?
OMAN
2b. What is a flat bottomed Asian houseboat called?
SAMPAN or SANPAN
3a. In what year was Madame Tussauds waxworks established in London?
1835
3b. What is a manse?
AN ECCLESIASTICAL RESIDENCE (provided by a church, especially Church of Scotland)
4a. The Kariba Dam is on which River?
THE ZAMBESI
4b. Newcastle Disease is another name for what?
FOWL PEST

ROUND SEVEN
1a. In which city is the Alhambra Palace to be found?
GRANADA (Spain)
1b. What is a darzi?
AN INDIAN TAILOR
2a. What is the meaning of the Spanish word 'fiesta'?
(RELIGIOUS) FESTIVAL
2b. What is musophobia?
THE FEAR OF MICE
3a. Asmara is the capital of which African Country?
ERITREA
3b. Marie Curie discovered radium and which other element?
POLONIUM
4a. On which islands would you find the world's largest tortoises?
THE GALAPAGOS ISLAND
4b. In which country is Lake Ladoga (The largest lake in Europe)?
RUSSIA

ROUND EIGHT
1a. Who led the Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947?
THOR HEYERDAHL
1b. From which South American country did he set sail?
PERU
2a. The first passenger jet service was introduced in what year?
1952
2b. Name either of the two cities between which this took place.
LONDON or JOHANNESBERG
3a. What took place in Cheddington on August 8th 1963?
THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY
3b. Which Pope died on June 30th 1963?
POPE JOHN XXIII (23rd)
4a. Which model helped popularise the mini-skirt in 1965?
JEAN SHRIMPTON
4b. Who had a hit in 1983 with the song Uptown Girl?
BILLY JOEL

SPARE QUESTIONS
1. Which Austrian diplomat was appointed UN-Secretary General in 1971?
KURT WALDHEIM
2. What is the capital of Qatar?
DOHA
3. Who co-founded Microsoft in 1975 with Bill Gates?
PAUL ALLEN
4. Who became the first Socialist President of France in 1981?
FRANCOIS MITTERAND
5. Which controversial book by Peter Wright was eventually published in 1987?
SPYCATCHER
6. What was the name of the Operation which launched the Gulf War in 1981?
DESERT STORM