Monday 23rd January 2006
Set by Old Swan Conservatives (Liverpool)
Round One is themed, the rest are general

Round One
1a "The Season of the Witch" was the third in which series of films?
Hallowe'en
1b "Ghost Town" was a 1981 No. 1 hit for which group?
The Specials
2a What was the name of the pantomime horse in "Rent a Ghost"?
Dobbin
2b How many cards are there in a full tarot pack?
Seventy-Eight
3a Which plant of the gourd family has the scientific name 'cucurbita maxima'?
Pumpkin
3b Which vampire romancer wrote "Interview with the Vampire" and "Queen of the Damned"?
Anne Rice
4a In which Massachusetts town is the (1642) Witch House?
Salem
4b Which Shakespeare tragedy features the three witches?
Macbeth

Round Two
1a Olympia is the capital of which American state?
Washington
1b From around AD 1300 until the middle of the 16th century, which building in England was the largest in the world?
Lincoln Cathedral
2a Which actress played Wonder Woman in the TV series?
Lynda Carter
2b Who is the Member of Parliament for Ross, Skye, and Inverness West?
Charles Kennedy
3a In Douglas Adams' books, what is the name of the reporter for "The Hitch-Hikers' Guide to the Galaxy" who saves Arthur Dent from Earth's destruction?
Ford Prefect
3b Whose US lawyer and politician's 2003 memoirs are called "Living History"?
Hillary (Rodham) Clinton
4a The African primate the galago has what in common with the US President?
Common name Bush Baby
4b Which American state has Topeka as its capital?
Kansas

Round Three
1a The Pilgrimage of Grace was a revolt against which English king?
Henry the Eighth
1b Who wrote "City of Bones" and "The Black Echo"?
Michael Connelly
2a Which Swiss city has the famous bear pit attraction?
Berne
2b The freshwater fish, the bream, belongs to which family?
Carp
3a Which country won the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain?
Italy
3b The songs "Steam Heat" and "Hernando's Hideaway" feature in which film musical?
The Pajama Game
4a Malabar Black is a prized variety of which aromatic condiment?
Pepper
4b Which inland sea did the Romans call 'Mare Nostrum' (our sea)?
Mediterranean

Round Four
1a Who created the fictional nanny Mary Poppins?
P. L. Travers
1b What type of flower is a jonquil?
Narcissus (accept Daffodil)
2a The songs "There's No Business Like Show Business" and "I Got the Sun in the Morning" aref from which film musical?
Annie, Get Your Gun
2b The Potala Palace is a famous landmark in which Asian city?
Lhasa, Tibet
3a The ptarmigan is a variety of which bird (sub)family?
Grouse
3b Which male US tennis player won the Wimbledon Singles in 1974 & 1982?
Jimmy Connors
4a What is Pakistan's second-largest province?
Punjab
4b What was the national representative body of France before 1789?
Estates-General (States-General)

Round Five
1a Name either of the dogs belonging to Doc Brown in the film "Back to the Future"
Copernicus or Einstein
1b Who hosted the TV programme which first gave away £1 million?
Chris Evans
2a What is the monetary unit of Thailand, equalling 100 satang?
Baht
2b How many doubles are there in a 28 set of dominoes?
Seven
3a Who was the original host of TV's "Blockbusters"?
Bob Hotness
3b What is the monetary unit of Turkey, equalling 100 kurus?
(Turkish) Lira
4a What is the total number of spots on one die (colloquially dice)?
Twenty-one
4b Who sang the hit song "The Power of Love" in "Back to the Future"?
Huey Lewis and The News

Round Six
1a Gravity, arch, buttress, and embankment refer to what type of structure?
Dams
1b Mrs. Sarah Gamp is a character in which Charles Dickens' work?
Martin Chuzzlewlt
2a The cobnut, or filbert, is the fruit of which tree?
Hazelnut
2b Gymnophobia is a fear of what?
Nudity/Nakedness
3a In heraldry, what shape is a lozenge?
Diamond-shaped
3b A numismatist collects what?
Coins/Medals
4a What type of creature is a Patagonian cavy?
Guinea Pig
4b What kind of animal is a moke?
Donkey/Worn-out horse

Round Seven
1a How long is the Panama Canal, from Cristobal to Balboa?
Forty miles (+)
1b What would a gardener be doing if working with scions and stocks?
Grafting
2a A selenograph is a scientific map of what?
The Moon
2b Who made the first (ten minute) space walk in March, 1965?
Alexei Leonov
3a The music for the German national anthem "Deutschland Ober Alles" was originally written for the Austrian national anthem by which composer?
Franz Joseph Haydn
3b Who was British Prime Minister when Capt. Scott reached the South Pole?
Herbert Asquith
4a A person suffering from sitophobia has a morbid aversion to what?
Food
4b Which tennis player called her autobiography "Courting Triumph"?
Virginia Wade

Round Eight
1a Which football team first won the Scottish FA Cup (in 1874, 1875, 1876)?
Queen's Park
1b What type of structure is the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco?
Suspension
2a How many different combinations of dots are used in the Braille System?
Sixty-Three
2b "How Long's the Course" is the autobiography of which 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay Olympic medallist?
Roger Black
3a What is the largest known asteroid in the Solar System?
Ceres
3b The heraldic term 'addorsed' means what?
Turned back to back
4a A hastate object resembles what shape?
A Spear
4b Which star type has the hottest surface temperature?
Blue

Spare Questions
1 In which European city did Yasser Arafat die in November, 2004?
Paris
2 Who wrote "The Quiet American" and "The Heart of the Matter"?
Graham Greene
3 In wartime, what did the letter 'P' stand for in the abbreviation 'ARP'
Precautions