Tuesday 21st March 2006
Set by CTK Wanderers (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a Who directed the 2005 film "Kingdom of Heaven"?
Ridley Scott
1b Who wrote the novels "Angels and Demons" and "Digital Fortress"?
Dan Brown
2a Jazz musician Wynston Marsalis plays which instrument?
Trumpet
2b Give a year in the life of Flemish painter Pieter Brueghel, the Younger.
c1564-1638
3a What is the time of the first two-hour dog watch at sea?
4-6pm
3b The main part of the River Amazon rises in which South American country?
Peru
4a In which year were the first Winter Olympics held at Chamonix, France?
1924
4b What is the capital of the Cayman Islands?
Georgetown

Round Two
1a The Battle of Crecy was an English victory in which conflict?
100 Years War (1346)
1b Who was the lead vocalist with the '70's rock band 'Family'?
Roger Chapman
2a Which American TV comedy series featured the character 'Daphne Moon'?
Frasier
2b What is the largest breed of parrot?
(Hyacinth) Macaw
3a Which English ruler was known as 'Old Ironsides'?
Oliver Cromwell
3b Which poet wrote the line, "Do not go gentle into that dark night"?
Dylan Thomas
4a What does the first 't' stand for in the computer/internet abbreviation 'http'?
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
4b "My Word is My Bond" is the motto of which organisation?
The Stock Exchange

Round Three
1a In which year did the Romans first invade Britain?
55 BC
1b What was the name of the 19th century circular forts built for coastal defence?
Martello Towers
2a Which country was known as the 'cockpit of Europe'?
Belgium
2b What was the name of the white cat in the 'Kattomeat' adverts?
Arthur
3a What type of military weapon was an 'Honest John'?
Surface-to-Surface Missile
3b St. Louis of US Major League Baseball, and Arizona of the US National Football League, share what nickname?
Cardinals
4a Which 1975 "Queen" hit features the request 'will you do the fandango'?
Bohemian Rhapsody
4b What is the name of the novel, written by Coronation Street character Mel Hutchwright, played by Sir Ian McKellen?
Hard Grinding

Round Four
1a Which branch of mathematics is the study of continuous rates of change?
Calculus
1b General Mon(c)k recruited which British regiment in 1659?
Coldstream Guards
2a Which Premiership football team has the motto 'Arte et Labore'?
Blackburn Rovers
2b Dolly Varden is a character in which Charles Dickens' novel?
Barnaby Rudge
3a What is the name of Captain Mainwaring's wife in TV's "Dad's Army"?
Elizabeth
3b Which city was built on the site of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan?
Mexico City
4a The painting term 'grisaille' denotes the sole use of which colour?
Grey
4b Who developed the forerunner of the electric battery?
Volta (Voltaic pile)

Round Five
1a The 2001 film "Black Hawk Down" takes place in a conflict in which country?
Somalia
lb Who wrote the detective stories "Fleshmarket Close" and "A Question of Blood"?
Ian Rankin
2a Jazz musician Stan Kenton played which instrument?
Piano
2b Give a year in the life of French artist Henri Matisse.
1869-1954
3a How many bells ring in the New Year at sea?
Sixteen
3b In which country is the source of the Zambesi River?
Zambia
4a Where were the 1940 Summer Olympics due to be held?
Tokyo
4b What is the capital of the island group of Bermuda?
Hamilton

Round Six
1a In 1997, who became the first foreign manager to win the FA Cup?
Ruud Gullit (Chelsea)
1b The 'Medfords' were the couple in which British TV comedy series?
Happy Ever After (later Terry and June)
2a What was the first name of Alf Garnett's wife?
Else
2b What type of creature is an archangel?
Pigeon
3a King Zog (Ahmed Zogu) was once the king of which country?
Albania
3b Which Shakespeare play features the Battle of Agincourt?
Henry the Fifth
4a What does the letter 'P' stand for in the computer term 'JPEG'?
Joint Photographic Experts Group
4b Which country's national motto is "In God We Trust"?
America

Round Seven
1a Who was the first female Speaker of the House of Commons?
Betty Boothroyd
1b What was the name of the vessel in the 1987 Zeebrugge disaster?
erald of Free Enterprise
2a Whose novel "The Silmarillion" was published posthumously in 1977?
J. R. R. Tolkien
2b Which David Bowie 1980 No. 1 UK hit features the lyric 'strung up in heaven's high, hitting an all time low'?
Ashes to Ashes
3a What type of military weapon was an M-60?
Tank
3b The US Major League Baseball side, the Mariners, and the National Football League team, the Seahawks, both play in which city?
Seattle, WA
4a Liverpool-born Ian McCullough was lead vocalist with which band?
Echo and the Bunnymen
4b What is the highest mountain on the Isle of Man?
Snaefell

Round Eight
1a What term denotes one of two quantities which, when multiplied together, result in the given quantity?
Factor
1b Which French army unit moved from Sidi Bel Abbas to Aubagne, in 1962?
Foreign Legion
2a What is the largest lake entirely within Canada?
Great Bear Lake
2b Which Premiership football club has the motto 'Audere est Facere'?
Tottenham Hotspur
3a Herbert Pocket is a character in which Charles Dickens' novel?
Great Expectations
3b What is the name of Fletcher's eldest daughter in TV's "Porridge"?
Ingrid
4a Manca Capac was a legendary god-king of which South American people?
The Incas
4b Which English blacksmith invented the steam engine in 1663?
John Newcomen

Spare Questions
1 In which year was Sir Edward Heath born?
1916
2 Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to win the US Masters at what age?
Twenty-One
3 In which modern country is the Mayan site of Tikal?
Guatemala
4 Who, in 1895, discovered X-Rays?
Wilhelm Roentgen
5 What name is given to a young squirrel?
Kit(ten)