Tuesday 21st February 2006
Set by CTK Wanderers (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a Who became US President in 1953, succeeding Harry S. Truman?
Dwight Eisenhower
1b Give a year in the life of Catherine the Great (II) of Russia.
1729-1796
2a Golfer Frank Nobilo was born in which country?
New Zealand
2b Who was the youngest son of King George the Fifth and Queen Mary (he lived from 1905-1919)?
Prince John
3a What does the letter 'B' stand for in the computer term 'USB'?
Universal Serial Bus
3b How many regular size bottles of champagne go into a 'Methuselah'?
Eight
4a Who painted the Spanish Civil War-inspired "Guernica" in 1937?
Pablo Picasso
4b Which German philosopher wrote "Critique of Pure Reason" in 1781?
Immanuel Kant

Round Two
1a "Eggs, Beans and Chippendales" was the working title of which 1997 comedy film?
The Full Monty
1b Which Russian spacecraft was named after their word for 'east'?
Vostok
2a The Kara Sea forms a part of which ocean?
The Arctic
2b In which late 1960's TV series does a superhuman trio work for Nemesis?
The Champions
3a Paul Leegan and The Legends are a tribute band to which Scottish-born musician, who died in November 2003?
Lonnie Donegan
3b In 2004, which country became the greatest oil producer in Western Europe, with 3.18 millions of barrels per day?
Norway
4a What name is given to the vertical supports of a lampshade?
Harp
4b Which Russian composer wrote "The Love of Three Oranges" in 1919?
Sergei Prokofiev

Round Three
1a The Thwaites Empire Theatre is in which Lancashire town/city?
Blackburn
1b What is the name of the now obsolete cylindrical saw used for perforating the human skull?
Trepan/Trephine
2a The Egyptian god Horus is depicted as having the head of which bird?
Hawk/Falcon
2b Whose first German documentary propaganda film was "Der Seig des Glaubens" ("The Victory of Faith")?
Leni Riefenstahl
3a Which mythological river caused those who drank the water from itto forget their former lives?
Lethe
3b What slogan did Wolfie shout at the end of every "Citizen Smith" TV episode?
Power To The People
4a Which item of sporting equipment was originally made with enough feathers to fill a top hat?
Golf Ball (Featheries)
4b Who invented the wind-up radio?
Trevor Bayliss

Round Four
1a What colour is the Jubilee Line on the London Underground map?
Silver
1b Rowntrees' 'chocolate beans' were re-named what in 1937?
Smarties
2a Which boxer ended Mike Tyson's reign as heavyweight champion in Tokyo, in February, 1990?
James Buster Douglas
2b A hurricane is what number on the Beaufort Scale?
Twelve
3a What brand of clothing has a laurel logo on the left breast of its polo-style shirts?
Fred Perry
3b 'Once More Into the Bleach' is a tribute band to which US singer and actress?
Debbie Harry/Blondie
4a Which geographical feature translates as 'middle of the world'?
Mediterranean (Sea)
4b What is the Latin word for venom, or poison?
Virus

Round Five
1a Who succeeded Herbert Hoover as US President in 1933?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1b Give a year in the life of the German religious reformer Martin Luther.
1483-1546
2a Five times World Speedway champion Ove Fundin was born in which country?
Sweden
2b Who, born 1840, was the oldest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert?
Princess Victoria
3a What does the letter 'E' stand for in the computer term 'JPEG'?
(Joint Photographic) Experts (Group)
3b How many standard bottles of champagne or burgundy go into a 'Salmanazar'?
Twelve
4a Which Seville-born artist painted "The Fable of Arachne" (Las Hilanderas), and "Las Meninas" (The Maids of Honour)?
Diego Velazquez
4b Which English philosopher wrote "The Advancement of Learning" in 1605?
Francis Bacon

Round Six
1a Which 1997 crime thriller, directed by Curtis Hanson, had the tagline 'off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush'?
LA Confidential
1b The name of which Russian spacecraft means 'travelling companion' or 'satellite'?
Sputnik
2a In which ocean is the US annexed Wake Island?
Pacific
2b Which 1970's TV series of ethnic disharmony featured Jack Smethurst and Rudolph Walker?
Love Thy Neighbour
3a Becks Theatre is in which Middlesex town?
Hayes
3b Guinea, Australia, and Jamaica produce about 60% of which light silvery white metallic element?Aluminium
4a What name is given to the metal tag of a shoelace, or spangle as a dress ornament?
Aglet (Aiglet)
4b Which French composer wrote "Symphonie Fantastique", op. 14 in 1830?
Hector Berlioz

Round Seven
1a Which publication had the slogan: 'if it's on, it's in'?
Radio Times
1b Which everyday object was 'hatched' from the Nuremberg Egg, c. 1511?
Watch/Pocket Clock
2a The Egyptian diety Anubis, ruler of the dead, had the head of which animal?
Jackal
2b Which Hollywood choreographer played himself in the 1930 films "A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio", "And She Learned About Dames", and "Hollywood Newsreel?
Busby Berkeley
3a The turnip and the cabbage are of which plant family?
Brassica
3b The Harley-Davidson factory is on the outskirts of which American city?
Milwaukee
4a Which company's name is on the footballs used in the Irish Gaelic League?
O'Neills
4b Who invented FM Radio 2-path in the 1930's?
Edwin Howard Armstrong

Round Eight
1a Colour orange, opened 1869, 5 miles (8km) long, what is the shortest line in length on the London Underground?
East London Line
1b Australian actor George Lazenby advertised which confectionery item?
Fry's Chocolate Cream
2a Which boxer won the IBF, WBC, and IBO Heavyweight titles after knocking out Lennox Lewis in South Africa in 2001?
Hasim Rahman
2b Jack Nicklaus tops the list of golfing majors with 18 titles; which golfer (1882-1969) is second with 11 major victories?
Walter Hagen
3a Which US company introduced the first ever collar-attached shirt in 1929?
Phillips-Van Heusen
3b Which star of the psychedelic pop era was born Ellen Naomi Cohen in 1941, and died after suffering a heart attack in London in 1974?
Mama Cass Elliot
4a Which pop star/politician died after skiing into a tree in 1998?
Sonny Bono
4b What are the fruits of the capsicum plant called?
Chilli Peppers or Peppers

Spare Questions
1 Which US pop artist/film maker was shot by Valerie Solanas in 1968?
Andy Warhol
2 Aristotle was a teacher of which King of Macedonia (356-323 BC)?
Alexandra the Great
3 Which sport may you not play left handed?
Polo
4 Who wrote the music for the 1946 hit musical "Annie Get Your Gun"?
Irving Berlin
5 In which decade was the first creature (a tadpole) cloned?
1950's (1952)
6 Which synthetic element is represented by the symbol 'Es'?
Einsteinium
7 Which alkaloid produces inebriation and vivid colourful hallucinations when ingested?
Mescaline
8 Which of his characters was based on Charles Dickens' father?
Mr. Micawber