Tuesday 31st January 2006
Set by Ormskirk Quiz League
All rounds are general

Round One.
1A Actor Toby Stephens is the son of Robert Stephens and which well known actress?
MAGGIE SMITH
1B The BCG vaccine is used to combat which illness?
TUBERCULOSIS
2A In which American State is the major city of St. Paul?
MINNESOTA
2B Peregrine Pickle and Humphrey Clinker are characters in novels by which 18`h century English author?
TOBIAS SMOLLETT
3A In which decade of the 18'h century did the naval mutinies at Spithead and the Nore take place?
1790's (1797)
3B Which Irish politician, who devoted part of his life to animal rights, and was a founder member of the S.P.C.A. was known as "Humanity Dick"?
RICHARD MARTIN
4A Which Glasgow born actor played the part of a Russian gangster in the 1995 film, "Goldeneye"?
ROBBIE COLTRANE
4B Who composed the piece of music for string quartet, "Death and the Maiden"?
FRANZ SCHUBERT

Round Two.
1A Which Canadian born authoress wrote the novel, "The Handmaid's Tale"?
MARGARET ATWOOD
1B What term is used to describe the type of golf match, the result of whish is decided on the number of holes won or lost?
MATCH PLAY
2A Who shocked the public in 1971, by appearing nude in the Times newspaper?
VIVIEN NEVES
2B St Nazaire, site of a German U Boat base during WWII, stands at the mouth of which river?
THE LOIRE
3A Who became British Foreign Secretary on the death of Anthony Crosland in 1977?
DAVID OWEN
3B "Approaching Menace" was the theme music for which BBC TV programme?
MASTERMIND
4A In the Royal Navy, how many bells are rung to announce the New Year?
SIXTEEN
4B Two men who were never US Presidents are depicted on American banknotes. Whose portrait is on the $10 bill?
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Round Three.
1A The portrait of which man, a non U.S. President, is on the American $100 bill?
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
1B In the Royal Navy, to what did the phrase, "Kissing the Gunner's Daughter" refer?
BEING FLOGGED
2A "Devil's Planet" was the theme music for which BBC TV programme?
DR. WHO
2B Who defeated David Owen in the election for the leadership of the SDP in July 1982?
ROY JENKINS
3A Which Spanish port and resort lies just over the border from the French town of Biarritz?
SAN SEBASTIAN
3B Who was the first woman to appear naked on the cover of Radio Times?
HELEN MIRREN
4A Which man captained victorious Britain's Ryder Cup team in 1957, and was voted BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in recognition of this triumph?
DAI REES
4B Which Scottish born authoress wrote the novel, "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"?
MURIEL SPARK

Round Four.
1A Parts of whose third and fifth symphonies were used in the film "Death in Venice"?
GUSTAV MAHLER
1B Which Country and Western singer, a star of the era, played the part of Le Boeuf in the 1969 film, "True Grit"?
GLEN CAMPBELL
2A Which Irish teacher and lawyer, co-founder of the Society of United Irishmen, led an unsuccessful uprising against British rule in Ireland in 1798?
WOLFE TONE
2B In which decade of the 19th century did the Indian Mutiny take place?
1850's (1857-58)
3A Lady Sneerwell and Mrs Malaprop are characters in plays by which Irish born author and politician?
R.B. SHERIDAN
3B In which American state is Oak Ridge, the atomic energy research facility where the atom bomb was developed?
TENNESSEE.
4A What is the more common name for the infection known medically as Herpes Labialis?
COLD SORES
4B Actor Sam West is the son of Timothy West and which well known actress?
PRUNELLA SCALES

Round Five.
1A Captain Cuttle and Walter Gay are characters from which Dickens novel?
DOMBEY and SON
1B Which woman is currently serving her third term as Prime Minister of New Zealand?
HELEN CLARK
2A What name is given to the hillside shanty towns overlooking Rio de Janeiro?
FAVELA
2B What position did Johnny Wilkinson play in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final?
FLY HALF
3A Which actress co-starred with Yul Brynner in the 1956 film, "Anastasia"?
INGRID BERGMAN
3B Which cult religion was briefly practised by native American tribes in the South Western United States, in the hope of ridding their lands of white settlers?
THE GHOST DANCE
4A Who married Lady Jane Grey in 1553, and was executed less than a year later?
GUILDFORD DUDLEY
4B The son of which famous author and poet was killed at the Battle of Loos in 1915?
RUDYARD KIPLING

Round Six.
1A Who was lead singer with the successful American pop group, "Blondie"?
DEBBIE HARRY
1B Who became the youngest player to score a goal in the football Premiership, when he netted for Leeds United v Sunderland in 2002?
JAMES MILNER
2A Who was the female member of the cast of the TV comedy show, "Not the Nine O'Clock News"?
PAMELA STEPHENSON
2B "Tuileries Garden, Spring Morning" and "The Pea Harvest" are works by which impressionist artist?
CAMILLE PISSARRO
3A Which religious cult, involving witchcraft, is common among Negroes in Haiti and other Caribbean islands?
VOODOO
3B Bacchus was the Roman God of wine and agriculture. Who was his Greek counterpart?
DIONYSUS
4A Discovered by J.J. Thomson in 1897, what name is given to negatively charged particles that surround the nucleus of an atom?
ELECTRONS
4B Who was British Prime Minister when the repeal of the Corn Laws was passed by Parliament?
ROBERT PEEL

Round Seven.
1A Who was British Prime Minister at the time of the "Peterloo Massacre" in Manchester?
LORD LIVERPOOL
1B Which elementary particles, believed to be one of the basic building blocks of matter, are divided into three groups - Up and Down, Top and Bottom, and Strange and Charm?
QUARKS
2A Hera was the Queen of all Greek deities on Mt. Olympus. Who was her Roman counterpart?
JUNO
2B Although the word Parsee is derived from the word for Persia, modern Parsees practise their religion mainly in which country?
INDIA
3A "Nevermore" and "The Bathers" are both works by which Post Impressionist artist?
PAUL GAUGUIN
3B Who played the part of chalet maid and wannabe yellow coat Peggy Ollerenshaw in the 1980's comedy series, "Hi de Hi"?
SU POLLARD
4A Who replaced David Moyes as the Premiership's youngest manager in 2003?
CHRIS COLEMAN (FULHAM)
4B Mark Knopfler was lead singer with which famous British pop group?
DIRE STRAITS

Round Eight.
1A The uncle of which member of England's 2003 Rugby Union World Cup winning side, won a Football World Cup winners medal in 1966?
BEN COHEN
1B Who was the father of George III of England?
FREDERICK, PRINCE OF WALES
2A During WWII, the language of which Native American tribe was used as a code, which could not be broken by the Nazis?
NAVAJO.
2B In which 1973 film did Yul Brynner play the part of a robot gunslinger, turned into a killer due to a computer malfunction?
WESTWORLD
3A Who, having handed over the captaincy of the England Rugby Union side to Martin Johnson in 1999, regained the position when Johnson announced his retirement in 2004?
LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO
3B A pieta is a painting or sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding the body of the dead Christ. What is the meaning of the word pieta?
PITY
4A Which woman became Prime Minister of Canada for a brief period in 1993?
KIM CAMPBELL
4B Daniel Quilp and Fred Trent are characters from which Dickens novel?
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP

Spare Questions.
1. At which ground did Southampton F.C. play before moving to St Mary's?
THE DELL
2. The famous 14`h century, "Mappa Mundi" is to be found in which English cathedral?
HEREFORD
3. Which 2003 film was based on the adventures of a group of women from the Rylston and District Women's Institute and their attempts to raise money for leukaemia research?
CALENDAR GIRLS