Monday 20th February 2006
Set by Westfield Taverners (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a Which club won the 2005 Powergen Rugby League Challenge Cup?
Hull RLFC
1b Which female won the 2005 "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here"?
Carol Thatcher
2a Who was the first General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union in 1921; in 1945 he became Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs?
Ernest Bevin
2b Which Dutch artist painted "The Potato Eaters" in 1885?
Vincent Van Gogh
3a Who was on the English throne in 1300?
King Edward the First
3b The Welsh city of Cardiff stands on which river?
River Taff
4a Which German chemist was responsible for aspirin and heroin projects?
Heinrich Dreser
Joshua

Round Two
1a A second class postage stamp will cost how much from April 2006?
22 pence
1b Which Scottish pop group had No. 1 hit albums with "White on Blonde" (1997) and "The Hush" (1999)?
Texas
2a From which rock on the Capitoline Hill, Rome, were wrong-doers hurled?
Tarpeian Rock
2b Leon Brittan and Michael Heseltine resigned in 1986 over what subject?
The Westland Affair
3a Logan International Airport serves which American city?
Boston
3b Who was forced to carry the cross of Jesus Christ on the Via Dolorosa?
Simon of Cyrene
4a Which US animation company produced "Top Cat" and "The Jetsons" etc?
Hanna-Barbera
4b Give a year in the reign of King Alfred the Great.
871-899

Round Three
1a Which ancient region of the Eastern Mediterranean constituted the coastlands of modern Syria and Lebanon?
Phoenicia
1b Which film company produce the "Harry Potter" series of films?
Warner Brothers
2a Which Belfast-born statesman was President of Israel from 1983-1993?
Chaim Herzog
2b What do the letters 'TP' stand for in the professional body RTPI?
(Royal) Town Planning (Institute)
3a The bay leaf is obtained from the leaves of which tree?
Laurel
3b Which singer is the girlfriend of Rugby Union player Gavin Henson?
Charlotte Church
4a Operation Corporate was the code name of which 1980's conflict?
Falklands War
4b Which American state is known as the Pelican state?
Louisiana

Round Four
1a Which spice, used as a relief for toothache and abdominal pains, has the Latin name 'eugenia caryphyllus'?
Cloves
1b Pantophobia is the fear of what?
Everything
2a Which English king married Princess Henrietta Maria of France in 1626?
Charles the First
2b In which German city is Beck's Beer produced?
Bremen
3a Who (died 1971) was the lead singer with the pop group "The Doors"?
Jim Morrison
3b In the TV cartoon series, where did 'The Flintstones' live?
Bedrock
4a Lilia Kopylova was the "Strictly Come Dancing" partner of which sportsman?
Darren Gough
4b Which Rugby League club were beaten 75-0 in the 2005 Challenge Cup?
Wigan Warriors

Round Five
1a Which British 'soap' was modelled on RTE's "The Riordans"?
Emmerdale
1b Who is the girl friend of footballer Wayne Rooney?
Coleen McLoughlin
2a Which former Liverpool MP (died 1970) once said, 'the Communist Party hates social democracy even more than it hates Toryism'?
Bessie Braddock
2b Saffron is a species of which bulbous plant?
Crocus
3a Who was on the English throne in 1400?
King Henry the Fourth
3b What do the final two letters 'AG' stand for in the Army abbreviation 'DAAG'?
(Deputy Assistant) Adjutant-General
4a What name has become attached to Mahler' Symphony No. 8?
Symphony of a Thousand
4b What is the nickname of the American state of Connecticut?
Constitution or Nutmeg

Round Six
1a In the Bible (Genesis 4:25), who is the third son of Adam and Eve?
Seth
1b Which Neath-born mezzo-soprano now sings the Welsh national anthem at international rugby union games?
Katherine Jenkins
2a Which Brazilian racing driver was killed in the 1994 San Marino GP?
Ayrton Senna
2b What two colours form the flag of the Federal republic of Nigeria?
Green and White
3a Which seaport is Jordan's only outlet to the sea?
Aqaba (al'Aqabah)
3b The Italian brandy-based Aurum liqueur is flavoured with which fruit?
Orange
4a Wallace Carothers and the DuPont Company developed what in 1935?
Nylon
4b Galileo is said to have conducted his experiments with free-falling objects from which Italian structure?
Leaning Tower of Pisa (Bell Tower/Campanile)

Round Seven
1a Which US terrorist group of the early 1970's took their name from a line of a Bob Dylan song?
The Weathermen
1b Hope Brewery, and Hardy & Hanson's Brewery are in which English county?
Nottinghamshire
2a Which major Spanish holiday resort is between Malaga and Benalmedena?
Torremolinos
2b Stapleton airport serves which American city?
Denver (Colorado)
3a Sale Sharks Rugby Union club play home games at which venue?
Edgeley Park (Stockport)
3b Which French singer, who had a tragic life, was forbidden a Mass by the Paris archbishop at her 1963 funeral?
Edith Piaf
4a In which decade of the 19th century were the Tolpuddle Martyrs transported to Australia?
1830's (1834)
4b Who succeeded Michael Howard as Conservative leader?
David Cameron

Round Eight
1a An oncologist studies what?
Cancerous Tumours
1b Which English king married Prince Caroline of Brunswick in 1795?
George the Fourth
2a The body of Jesus Christ was laid in whose tomb?
Joseph of Arimathea
2b How many counties are there in the Republic of Eire?
Twenty-six
3a What does the 'H' stand for in the name of D. H. Lawrence?
Herbert
3b Who played Paul McCartney's grandfather in the 1964 film "A Hard Day's Night"?
Wilfred Brambell
4a Ted Danson played which character in TV's "Cheers"?
Sam Malone
4b Which horse, written by Johnny Murtagh, won the 2005 Epsom Derby?
Motivator

Spare Questions
1 In which year did Harold Wilson first become Prime Minister?
1964
2 Which Scottish-born architect designed the British Embassy in Rome?
Sir Basil Spence
3 Which Ballymena-born Rugby Union player coached the Irish team and was manager of the British Lions in their 1983 tour of New Zealand?
Willie John McBride