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Monday 9th January 2006
Set by Foreign Legion (Northern)
All rounds are general

ROUND ONE
1a. Which African capital city is served by Bole airport?
ADDIS ABABA (ETHIOPIA)
1b. In or near which town or city is Lindholme Prison?
DONCASTER
2a. Olfactophobia is the morbid fear of what?
SMELLS
2b. In which film co-staring Matt Dillon did Ben Affleck play a character called Chuckie Sullivan? GOOD WILL HUNTING
3a. Peter Blake, Richard Hamilton, Claes Oldenburg and Jim Dine were among the leading exponents of which 1950s/60s style of painting?
POP ART
3b. Valerie Solaris attempted to kill which artist in 1968?
ANDY WARHOL
4a. Which traditional pudding was named after the wife of George III, she was the patron of the growers of its main ingredient?
APPLE CHARLOTTE
4b. In which town or city was Andrew Sachs born?
BERLIN

ROUND TWO
1a. In which town or city is Charles Wells beer brewed?
BEDFORD
1b. Name the literacy character created by Robert E Howard and played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in films?
CONAN THE BARBARIAN
2a. Who was the architect of the Brighton Pavilion?
JOHN NASH
2b. Which American monument was created by Bartoldi?
STATUE OF LIBERTY
3a. What sauce is made from egg yolks, vinegar, butter, shallots and herbs?
BEARNAISE
3b. Four US Presidents have been assassinated. Lincoln and Kennedy are two. Name one of the other two?
GARFIELD/McKINLEY
4a. Which of the 10 new members (May 2004) of the EU has as the national dish a meat, onion and bacon pie called Piragi?
LATVIA
4b. In which Jane Austen novel does Catherine Morland appear?
NORTHANGER ABBEY

ROUND THREE
1a. In ancient times what were you if you were originally not a `Barbarian'?
GREEK
1b. Who, in the 17th Century, wrote the autobiography "Grace Abounding"?
JOHN BUNYAN
2a. Who led the Spartan forces which held the pass of Thermopylae in 480 BC?
LEONIDAS
2b. Concorde retired in 2003 - in what year was its maiden flight?
1969 (The 1st scheduled flight was 1975)
3a. A cast is the collective name for what group of birds?
HAWKS or FALCONS
3b. Which King of Babylon was the son of Nebuchadnezzar?
BALTHAZAR
4a. Name the boy, in a monologue by Stanley Holloway, who was swallowed by a lion at Blackpool Zoo?
ALBERT (Ramsbottom)
4b. The French call it "un chapeau melon". What do the British call it?
A BOWLER HAT

ROUND FOUR
1a. Which future Prime Minister of Britain was Lord Mayor of Birmingham between the years of 1915 and 1916?
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
1b. Cardiff City and which other non-English clubs have appeared in English FA Cup fmals?
QUEEN'S PARK
2a. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet who does Tybalt kill?
MERCUTIO
2b. Who wrote the autobiography "What's it all about" published in 2004?
CILLA BLACK
3a. Only once has there been joint winners of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Name one.
CHRISTOPHER DEAN and JANE TORVILL (1984)
3b. Which country produces the Proton motor-car?
MALAYSIA
4a. What type of fruit is a Florida Duncan?
GRAPEFRUIT
4b. Where in the body would you find the Canal of Schlemm?
IN THE EYE

ROUND FIVE
1a. Which African capital city is served by Kotoka airport?
ACCRA (Ghana)
1b. In or near which town or city if Littlehey Prison?
HUNTINGDON
2a. Ombrophobia is the morbid fear of what?
RAIN
2b. In which film co-starring Robert Redford did Demi Moore play a character called Diana Murphy?
INDECENT PROPOSAL
3a. Andre Breton, Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy, Andre Masson were among the leading exponents of which style of painting founded in 1924?
SURREALISM
3b. Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempted to assassinate which American President?
GERALD FORD
4a. Which unsweetened biscuit was invented by the founder of Royal Mineral Hospital and takes its name from him and the city in Which he invented it?
BATH OLIVER
4b. In which town or city as Angela Lansbury born?
LONDON

ROUND SIX
1a. In which town or city is Banks bear brewed?
WOLVERHAMPTON
1b. Who the cartoon character created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra and played by Sylvester Stallone in films?
JUDGE DREDD
2a. Who designed the Banqueting House at Whitehall?
INIGO JONES
2b. Which American monument was created by Gutzon Borglum?
MOUNT RUSHMORE STATUES
3a. Which sauce is made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, Parmesan and olive oil?
PESTO
3b. Irish terrorists have murdered four sitting MPs in the last 25 years. Airey Neave was one. Name any one of the other three?
ROBERT BRADFORD, IAN GOW, ANTHONY BERRY
4a Fenek (fried rabbit) is the National dish of which of the 10 (May 2004) new members of the EU?
MALTA
4b. In which George Eliot novel does Dorothea Brooke appear?
MIDDLEMARCH

ROUND SEVEN
1a. What were you if you originally were not a `Goy'?
A JEW
1b. Giovanni Boccaccio wrote, in the 14th century, a biography of which famous Italian poet?
DANTE
2a. In ancient Rome who is said to have held the Sublician Bridge against the Etruscan Army?
HORATIUS OR HORATIO
2b. Name the De Haviland jet airliner that first flew in 1959?
COMET
3a. What is the noun of assemblage for a group of owls?
PARLIAMENT
3b. Who in the Bible interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dreams?
DANIEL
4a. What was the name of the soldier whom Stanley Holloway implored to pick up his musket?
SAM (SMALL)
4b. If you were in Germany and someone asked you for a `handy', what would he/she be asking for?
A MOBILE PHONE

ROUND EIGHT
1a. When John Smith died suddenly in 1994 who became acting Leader of the Labour Party?
MARGARET BECKET
1b. Only one African player has been World Football Play of the Year, name him?
GEORGE WEAR (Liberia) 1995
2a. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet who is Tybalt killed by?
ROMEO
2b. 'Which Side are You On?', published in 2004 is the biography of which film director?
KEN LOACH
3a. Who was the last British man to contend a Wimbledon singles final?
BUNNY AUSTIN (1938)
3b. Which former country produced the Trabant motor car?
EAST GERMANY
4a. What type of fruit is a Washington Red?
APPLE
4b. Where in the body would you find the inferior concha?
THE NOSE

SPARE QUESTIONS
1. Bernard Schwartz is the real name of which film star?
TONY CURTIS
2. Who took the last penalty, saved by Dudek, in the Champions League Final 2005?
SCHEVCHENKO
3. 'Emmets' is a name given to touristd or visitors by inhabitants of which English county?
CORNWALL

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