Monday 27th February 2006
Set by Bootle YMCA (Northern)
All rounds are general

ROUND ONE
1a. Which Hanoverian King of Britain has a statue in Liverpool?
GEORGE III (London Road)
1b. Which French writer visited Liverpool in about 1859 and later wrote about what he saw?
JULES VERNE (Backwards to Britain, 1860)
2a. Which former home for disabled soldiers contains Napoleon's tomb?
LES INVALIDES (Hospital)
2b. Who wrote the Dream of Gerontius which Elgar later set to music?
CARDINAL NEWMAN
3a. Italian prisoners-of-war often landed at Liverpool in the years 1941 1943 and marched through the city to a holding camp. Where was it?
AINTREE RACECOURSE
3b. What is the full family surname of the Dukes of Norfolk?
FITZALAN-HOWARD
4a. What is the SI unit of time?
THE SECOND
4b. What is the name of the roman road which runs from London to York via Lincoln?
ERMINE STREET

ROUND TWO
1a. Who described patriotism as "the last refuge of the scoundrel?
DR JOHNSON (according to James Boswell
1b. What is the name of the decorative shrub called after the French admiral who sailed around the world in the late 1760s?
BOUGAINVILLEA (from Admiral Antoine de Bougainville)
2a. In 1872 Victoria Woodhull was the first female candidate for which office?
THE PRESIDENCY OF THE USA
2b. What is a jury mast?
A TEMPORARY MAST (to replace a broken one)
3a. What is the usual name for a religious painting executed on a wood panel?
AN ICON
3b. Which philosopher and author did both Mussolini and Hitler acclaim as the master prophet of extreme right-wing authoritarianism?
FRIEDRICH WILHELM NIETZSCHE
4a. Bishop Odo of Bayeux wanted to become William the Conqueror's Archbishop of Canterbury. Who actually got the job in 1070?
LANFRANC
4b. What is majolica?
GLAZED CERAMIC OR POTTERY WARE (originally from Mallorca)

ROUND THREE
1a. Yabusame is a Japanese form of which sport?
ARCHERY (on horseback)
1b. What number on the Beaufort Scale is used for a violent gale?
NINE
2a. Which Manchester band developed from the 'Frantic Elevators'?
SIMPLY RED
2b. On the Isle of Man as what is the 'Lady Isabella' better known?
THE LAXEY WHEEL
3a. In 1934, which reigning monarch was assassinated in Marseille?
KING ALEXANDER I (of Yugoslavia)
3b. Where could you see a vaporetto?
VENICE (it's a waterbus)
4a. How many times have the Olympics been cancelled?
THREE (1916, 1940 & 1944)
4b. Who is the actress mother of actress Joely Richardson?
VANESSA REDGRAVE

ROUND FOUR
1a. Anglia Polytechnic University is based mainly in Cambridge and in which Essex town?
CHELMSFORD
1b. What kind of creature is the New Zealand kea?
A PARROT
2a. Tregothnan House in Cornwall is the only farm in Britain growing which everyday food product?
TEA
2b. What was the eventual end product of a conference at Hampton Court in 1604?
THE KING JAMES (or Authorised Version) English Bible
3a. During the making of which film did Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall meet and fall in love?
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT
3b. What were Floreal and Messidor?
TWO OF THE MONTHS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY CALENDAR
4a. William Booth, who founded the Salvation Army in 1865, originally belonged to which religious group?
WESLEYAN METHODISTS
4b. In J K Rowlings "Harry Potter" books what post is held by Cornelius Fudge?
HE IS THE MINISTER FOR MAGIC

ROUND FIVE
1a. In Liverpool, near St George's Hall, Queen Victoria's statue is near one of her consort, Prince Albert. Which other British monarch has a statue in Liverpool with one of his consort nearby?
GEORGE V (Queensway Tunnel Entrance)
1b. Which American writer visited Liverpool in about 1840 and later wrote about what he saw there?
HERMAN MELVILLE (Redburn 1860)
2a. Which Italian city did the Austrian army bomb from the air by using pilotless hot air balloons in 1849?
VENICE
2b. Who, according to T. S. Eliot, "always has an alibi, and one or two to spare"?
MACAVITY (the cat)
3a. A plaque in Liverpool city-centre commemorates the last resting place of some French prisoners of war from the Revolutionary wars. Where is it?
ST JOHN'S GARDENS
3b. Who was the portrait painter who became the first President of the Royal Academy in 1830?
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS
4a. Which musical instrument was invented by the electrical engineer Sir Charles Wheatstone around 1830?
THE CONCERTINA
4b. Who was Emperor of Rome when Boudicca was Queen of the Iceni?
NERO

ROUND SIX
1a. In 1752 Britain changed to the Gregorian calendar from which other calendar?
THE JULIAN CALENDAR
1b. Convallaria Majalis is the national flower of Finland? What is its usual English name?
LILY OF THE VALLEY
2a. In which year were British women granted full voting rights?
1928
2b. What name is given to the upper edge of a ship or boat's side?
GUNWALE (Gunnel)
3a. Which Romantic artist painted 'Liberty Leading the People'?
EUGENE DELACROIX
3b. Who became president of the Weimar Republic of Germany after Friedrich Ebert?
PAUL VON HINDENBURG
4a. In the Middle Ages what did the wearing of a spring of palm in one's hat mean?
THE WEARER HAD MADE A PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND
4b. Emerald and aquamarine are forms of which mineral?
BERYL

ROUND SEVEN
1a. As what is the game of 'petanque' better known?
BOULES (accept French bowls)
1b. What was the name of the Greek God of the winds?
AEOLUS
2a. Who played the bongos on the Shadows' hit 'Apache'?
CLIFF RICHARD
2b. Which Isle of Man tourist attraction is situated on St Patrick's Isle?
PEEL CASTLE
3a. Marie Curie died from leukaemia in 1934. What caused the death of her husband Pierre in 1906?
HE WAS RUN OVER BY A HORSE AND CART
3b. Which famous architect died in 1965 whilst swimming?
LE CORBUSIER (C E Jeanneret)
4a. In which sport does a goalkeeper generally wear a red cap?
WATER POLO
4b. Who is the actor father of actress Angelina Jolie?
JON VOIGHT

ROUND EIGHT
1a. In which town or City is the University of Abertay?
DUNDEE
1b. Name either of the birds from which we obtain leather.
OSTRICH/EMU
2a. From which region of Italy does the wine Barbera come?
PIEDMONT
2b.How many theses were nailed to the door of Wittenburg Cathedral by Martin Luther?
95
3a. Which character washes a man "right out of her hair" in the film musical 'South Pacific'?
NELLY FORBUSH
3b. Which year was taken as 'Year 1' of the French Revolutionary calendar?
1792 (started 20th September so also accept 1793)
4a. Hugh Bourne & William Clowes founded which branch of Methodism around 1811?
THE PRIMITIVE METHODISTS
4b. What series of children's books is written by Eoin Colfer?
THE ARTEMIS FOWL BOOKS

SPARE QUESTIONS
1. What are Parkway, Connolly and Spa?
RAILWAY STATIONS (Bristol, Dublin and Bath)
2. In what sport can you see a 'crucifix'?
MEN'S GYMNASTICS
3. Captain Bligh, Fletcher Christian and William Wordsworth all went to the same grammar school. In which English town is it situated?
COCKERMOUTH
4. Joyti de-Laurey was big news in April 2004. Why?
SHE EMBEZZLED OVER £4 MILLION FROM HER BOSSES AT GOLDMAN SACHS