Tuesday 10th January 2006
Set by Crosby Hogs (Northern)
All rounds are general

ROUND ONE
1a. In Judo, what is a tatami?
A MAT
1b. Which charity organisation banned all Christian imagery from its Christmas card in 2003?
THE RED CROSS
2a. Name one of the countries that are collectively known as the Maghreb?
MORROCCO, ALGERIA, TUNISIA
2b. Who, together with Phil Mealy, co-wrote and starred in the BBC sitcom 'Early Doors'?
CRAIG CASH
3a. On which instrument would play 'Pibroch' be played ?
BAGPIPES
3b. What started on 3rd May 1979 and ended on 28th November 1990?
MARGARET THATCHER'S PRIME MINISTERSHIP
4a. When J F Kennedy said in his famous speech in Germany 'Ich bin ein Berliner', what was the inadvertent literal meaning of what he said?
I AM A DOUGHNUT
4b. What is the second layer of a tooth known as?
DENTINE

ROUND TWO
1a. Who was the Secretary of State for Wales caught on television in 1994 trying to sing along to the Welsh language version of 'Land of My Fathers', when he didn't have a clue about the words?
JOHN REDWOOD
1b. Which former sportsman set up the charity Sporting Chance to assist sportsmen who have addiction problems?
TONY ADAMS
2a. Which actor played the bad tempered ARP warden in 'Dad's Army'?
BILL PERTWEE
2B. The former French territory of the Affars and Issas is now is now known as which country?
DJIBOUTI
3a. Which Economist has served as an adviser or head of the Federal Reserve Board to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush Senior, Clinton and Bush Junior?
ALAN GREENSPAN
3a. What do specifically the songs 'Windmills of your Mind' and 'Take my Breath Away' have in common?
BOTH WON OSCARS (for best Musical score)
4a. In anatomy what word is used to describe the place where nerves meet?
SYNAPSE
4b. What kind of fallacy is the false belief that human emotions exist in non-human things?
PATHETIC

ROUND THREE
1a. Who wrote the poem containing the line "East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet"?
RUDYARD KIPLING
1b. What is another name for the water rat?
VOLE
2a. In which athletics event is a planting box used?
POLE VAULT
2b. Name either of the singers whose performance caused a scandal at the 2004 Superbowl?
JANET JACKSON OR JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
3a. Of which Scottish island is Brodick the largest town?
ARRAN
3b. Name either of the two actors to have won back to back Oscars for a leading role?'
TOM HANKS OR SPENCER TRACY
4a. Who was the composer of `Fanfare for the Common Man' and the two ballets `Billy the Kid' and `Appalachian Spring'?
AARON COPLAND
4b. Who was the brother of Richard III about whom there is a suspicion over his legitimacy, thus throwing into doubt the legitimacy of all Royals since?
EDWARD IV

ROUND FOUR
1a. To which family does the chive belong?
ONION
1b. Which novel was voted the best book written by a woman in a survey ?
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
2a. Why was Steve Gough arrested 15 times on his Land's End to John O'Groats walk in 2003?
HE WAS NAKED
2b. Name the side which has played in the (England) FA Cup and the Scottish League in the past 10 years?
GRETNA
3a. Which veteran actor starred in the `Shawshank Redemption' and `Seven'?
MORGAN FREEMAN
3b. The term `cock and bull story' is said to originate from the two pubs at either end of Stony Stratford High Street. On which Roman Road is Stony Stratford?
WATLING STREET
4a. Which king of England was supposedly killed by having a red-hot poker thrust into his rectum?
EDWARD II
4b. Name the Soviet composer who died on the same day as Stalin?
SERGE PROKOFIEV

ROUND FIVE
1a. Jack and Meg comprise which American rock duo?
THE WHITE STRIPES
1b. Who escaped through a skylight in 1919 when police surrounded the Mansion House in Dublin after the Irish parliament was declared illegal? He was the provisional Minister for Finance?
MICHAEL COLLINS
2a. What was the name of the surprise 2003 Xmas hit book on punctuation, written by Lynne Truss. The title was based on a joke about pandas?
EATS, SHOOTS AND LEAVES
2b. In what part of North America were the long wave signals received in 1901 after being transmitted from Cornwall by Marconi?
NEWFOUNDLAND
3a. The Man of the Match in the RL Challenge Cup final receives what accolade?
THE LANCE TODD TROPHY
3b. Who resigned as leader of the House of Commons in March 2003 over the Iraq war?
ROBIN COOK
4a. Where specifically is the highest waterfall in the USA?
YOSEMITE National Park
4b. What is the clown called in the Simpsons?
CRUSTY

ROUND SIX
1a. With which African country was Britain at war for just 38 minutes in 1896?
ZANZIBAR
1b. Mother and son Hilda and Rob Woodward reached number 1 in 1972. What was the name of their group?
LIEUTENANT PIGEON (the hit was `Mouldy Old Dough')
2a. In meteorology what term describes the case where a cold front overtakes a warm front?
OCCLUSION (or OCCLUDED FRONT)
2b. Which climber wrote the book `Touching the Void' about his extraordinary escape from a mountaineering accident in the Andes in 1985?
JOE SIMPSON
3a. Which outspoken former cabinet member represents Birmingham Ladywood, as at January 2004?
CLARE SHORT
3b. Who won 6 World Professional Snooker Championship titles in the 1970's?
RAY REARDON
4a. Whose diaries were controversially shown on BBC4 rather than terrestrial TV in February 2004?
ALAN CLARK
4b. What is the German name for Aix la Chapelle?
AACHEN

ROUND SEVEN
1a. Which foodstuff has a speed limit laid down in law by US authorities, no faster than 0.00522 mph and no slower than 3cm per 30 seconds?
TOMATO KETCHUP
1b. Barbara Millicent Roberts is better known to millions worldwide as whom?
BARBIE (DOLL)
2a. Which London Standard art critic compared Newcastle to the outskirts of Zagreb?
BRIAN SEWELL
2b. What organic product forms the principal export of the island nation of Nauru?
GUANO (or BIRD DROPPINGS)
3a. According to the folk-song, on which Yorkshire hill should you not go without wearing a hat?
ILKLEY MOOR
3b. Which brewery from Budweis in the Czech Republic has been in dispute across the work with Anheuser-Busch over the use of the brand name Budweiser?
BUDVAR
4a. On the latest Ordnance Survey 1:50000 maps, what colour are trunk roads?
GREEN
4b. What name did the artist Michelangelo Merisi adopt?
CARAVAGGIO

ROUND EIGHT
1a. In which country did the game of polo originate?
IRAN (accept PERSIA)
1b. Which leisure company is named after an African gazelle?
REEBOK
2a. Which French town is renowned for the manufacture of nougat?
MONTELIMAR
2b. A branch of Guggenheim museum can be found in which Spanish city?
BILBAO
3a. What is the currency of Vietnam?
THE DONG
3b. If you order gambas in a Spanish restaurant what will you get?
PRAWNS
4a. Lava bread is made from which unusual ingredient?
SEAWEED
4b. What is the literal translation of the Portuguese phrase "Vinho de Mesa"?
TABLE WINE

SPARE QUESTIONS
1. Dresden is the capital city of which German state?
SAXONY
2. Wallonia is the French speaking region of which country?
BELGIUM
3. Who was the husband of Jezebel?
AHAB