Tuesday 28th February 2006
Set by Foreign Legion (Northern)
All rounds are general

ROUND ONE
1a. In which Canadian Province is the capital Ottawa?
ONTARIO
1b. In which Verdi Opera do Gilda and the Duke of Mantua appear?
RIGOLETTO
2a. How many points are awarded for a "behind" in Australian rules football?
ONE
2b. Which Beatles song contains the lines "On the corner is a baker with a motor car, the little children laugh at him behind his back?
PENNY LANE
3a. The Romans called this goddess Diana, what did the Greeks call her?
ARTEMIS
3b. What was the name of Gene Autry's famous horse?
CHAMPION
4a In government, stratocracy is rule by whom?
THE MILITARY
4b. Which Scottish Town is the home of St Mirren Football Club?
PAISLEY

ROUND TWO
1a. Who was on the British throne 1216-1272?
HENRY III (the third)
1b. Give one year in the live of John Milton?
1608-1674
2a. If you landed at Logan International Airport which American City would you be in?
BOSTON (Mass)
2b. Which planet in the solar system has Titan as one of its satellites?
SATURN
3a. What is the name of the light sensitive membrane at the back of the eye?
RETINA
3b. Who was the youngest male recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in the 20th Century?
MARTIN LUTHER KING
4a. What is the stage name of Julia Elizabeth Wells?
JULIE ANDREWS
4b. What name is given to the manufacture of artificial limbs?
PROSTHETICS

ROUND THREE
1a. Name the year, Columbia Records signed a record deal with 17 year old Cliff Richard and Elvis Presley became an army private?
1958
1b. Two actors who starred in the film 'The Dirty Dozen' went on to top the UK singles charts, Telly Savalas was one name the other?
LEE MARVIN (Wandering Star)
2a. Which TV series features the characters Renko and Captain Furillo?
HILL ST BLUES
2b. The answer to the question contains an American State Capital. Who sang the first ever song on Top of the Pops?
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD (Illinois)
3a. Which spirit is added to fresh orange to make the cocktail "Screwdriver"?
VODKA
3b. Which motorcycle manufacturer made models called Atlas and Commando?
NORTON
4a. Who gained an entry into the Guinness Book of Records for writing 26 novels in one year?
BARBARA CARTLAND
4b. Who was Britain's Foreign Secretary for just 13 weeks in 1989?
JOHN MAJOR

ROUND FOUR
1a. Which sport are you not allowed to play left handed?
POLO
1b. Who is the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer as at August 2005?
GEORGE OSBORNE
2a. What does a herpetologist study?
REPTILES
2b. Where are the administrative headquarters for Derbyshire?
MATLOCK
3a. Which musical instrument did Tommy Dorsey play?
TROMBONE
3b. Who wrote the novel "The Admirable Crichton"?
J. M. BARRIE
4a. A Salopian is a native of which English county?
SHROPSHIRE
4b. In which sport would you throw stones at houses?
CURLING

ROUND FIVE
1a. Which Australian State surrounds Australian Capital Territory including the capital Canberra?
NEW SOUTH WALES
1b. In which Verdi Opera do Alfredo and Georgio Germont appear?
LA TRAVIATA
2a. How many points are awarded for a field goal in American Football?
THREE
2b. Which Beatles song contains the lines, 'Friday Night arrives without a suitcase, Sunday morning creeping like a nun'?
LADY MADONNA
3a. The Romans called this Goddess Minerva, what did the Greeks call her?
(PALLAS) ATHENE (or ATHENA)
3b. What was the name of Hopalong Cassidy's horse?
TOPPER
4a. In Government, Ergatocracy is rule by whom?
THE WORKERS
4a. Which Scottish town is the home of Morton Football Club?
GREENOCK

ROUND SIX
1a. Who was on the British throne from 1377-1399?
RICHARD THE SECOND
1b. Give one year in the life of Geoffrey Chaucer?
1340-1400
2a. If you landed at O'Hare International Airport which American city would you be in?
CHICAGO
2b. Which planet in the solar system has Triton as a satellite?
NEPTUNE
3a. Which bone in the ear might be of particular interest to a blacksmith?
ANVIL
3b. On April 26th 1999 who was found murdered on Gowan Avenue in London?
JILL DANDO
4a. Under what name did Noah Kaminsky sell millions of records around the world?
NEIL DIAMOND
4b .How is pyrosis better known?
HEARTBURN (WATER BRASH)

ROUND SEVEN
1a. Name the year. West Ham won the FA Cup, Yvonne Cawley won Wimbledon singles and Larry Holmes beat Mohammed Ali?
1980
1b. What is the literal translation of the French term 'cordon bleu'?
BLUE RIBBON (RIBAND)
2a. Which TV Western series recorded the Adventures of Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry?
ALIAS SMITH & JONES
2b. The answer to this question contains the name of an American State capital. Which 1960's pop group had a hit with 'Tobacco Road'?
NASHVILLE TEENS (Tennessee)
3a. In 1997 the National Federation of the Blind asked the Disney Film Studio to halt production of which film because the main character was considered to be insulting towards the visually impaired?
MR MAGOO
3b. Fanny Price is the heroine of which Jane Austen novel?
MANSFIELD PARK
4a. What were first introduced on Britain's roads and streets in 1949 and became the subject of law in 1951?
ZEBRA CROSSINGS
4b. Which MP's political career floundered following his highly publicised affair with Antonia De Sancha?
DAVID MELLOR

ROUND EIGHT
1a. On Decemebr 6th 1962 news headlines claimed that what had caused the death of 28 Londoners?
SMOG
1b. Who is the Shadow Foreign Secretary as at August 2005?
LIAM FOX
2a. What does a seismologist study?
EARTHQUAKES
2b. Where are the administrative headquarters of Devon?
EXETER
3a. Which musical instrument did Woody Herman play?
CLARINET
3b. Who wrote the novel 'A Room with a View'?
E M FORSTER
4a. Where according to the Book of Genesis is the Land of Nod?
EAST OF EDEN
4b. Who was hanged after being found guilty of murdering David Blakely?
RUTH ELLIS

SPARE QUESTIONS
1. What name is given to an event that occurs once every 5 years?
QUINQUENNIAL
2. According to Boney M who was the Russian greatest love machine?
RASPUTIN
3. What name is given to the knife of a Gurkha?
KUKRI
4. What was the name of the diner frequented by the cast of the US TV series 'Happy Days'?
ARNOLDS