Tuesday 7th November 2006
Set by Foreign Legion (Northern)
All rounds are general

ROUND ONE
1a. Who played the starring role in the 1992 film "Last of the Mohicans'?
DANIEL DAY LEWIS
1b. Which South American city is served by Simon Bolivar (Maiguetia) airport?
CARACAS
2a. What is the collective noun for a group of hedgehogs?
ARRAY
2b. Which Manchester brewery was acquired by Whitbread in 1989?
BODDINGTONS
3a. Who wrote a series of books about Emma Harte?
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD
3b. In which African town or city was C S Forester born?
CAIRO
4a. Name either of David Copperfield's two vastly different school friends?
STEERFORTH/TRADDLES
4b. Why did Haydn name a symphony after the city of Oxford?
HE HAD BEEN AWARDED AN HONORARY DEGREE

ROUND TWO
1a. Which lager 'reached the parts other beers couldn't reach'?
HEINEKEN
1b. What is the capital of Malawi?
LILONGWE
2a. Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera has the subtitle 'Flowers of Progress'?
UTOPIA LIMITED
2b. The Sendero Luminoso are a terrorist group in which country?
PERU
3a. What nickname was used to describe John George Haigh, executed in 1949?
THE ACID BATH MURDERER
3b. Who overthrew King Idris to gain power in 1971?
GADDAFI
4a. Who resigned as a government minister over the Sara Keays affair?
CECIL PARKINSON
4b. In which film did Tim Robbins play a character called Andy Dufresne?
SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

ROUND THREE
1a. Which folk singer wrote 'Where Have All The Flowers Gone'?
PETE SEEGER
1b. Two tiles in Scrabble have a point value of 8. Name either?
J or X
2a. In heraldry, what colour is murrey?
PURPLE/RED (Mulberry)
2b. Which Queen was executed in 1587?
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
3a. Which Oldham-born entertainer had published in 2005 , a 500 page memoir entitled 'If I Don't Write it Nobody Else Will'?
ERIC SYKES
3b. Pastias lines are a symptom of which disease?
SCARLET FEVER
4a. Who was Helen's twin sister and the wife of Agamemnon?
CLYTEMNESTRA
4b. How was Harry Longbaugh better known?
THE SUNDANCE KID

ROUND FOUR
1a. Which state-owned organisation, which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2004 moved, with its Cray supercomputers, from Bracknell to Exeter?
METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE
1b. Which singer was born Roberta Joan Anderson in November 1943?
JONI MITCHELL
2a. Which flower has rung-like leaflets?
JACOB'S LADDER
2b. Which future Prime Minister became the Member of Parliament for Limehouse in 1922?
CLEMENT ATTLEE
3a. Who is the youngest person to have topped the charts in the UK?
JIMMY OSMOND
3b. Who was the first US woman in space?
SALLY RIDE
4a. Ian Lavender played which character in Dad's Army?
PRIVATE PIKE
4b. The sinking of which warship sparked the Spanish-American War of 1898?
MAINE

ROUND FIVE
1a. Which actress co-starred with Michael Douglas in 'Romancing the Stone'?
KATHLEEN TURNER
1b. Which Middle Eastern capital city is served by Queen Alia airport?
AMMAN (Jordan)
2a. What is the collective noun for a flock or gathering of starlings?
MURMURATION
3a. Which brewer now owns Stones and Worthington breweries?
BASS (Six Continents plc)
3a. Whose novels include 'Lightning', 'Accident' and 'The Gift'?
DANIELLE STEEL
3b. In which South African town or city was JRR Tolkien born?
BLOEMFONTEIN
4a. In 'Little Dorrit', name either Amy's brother or her sister.
FANNY or TIP
4b. What is the 'joke' which gives Haydn's String Quartet in E flat its name?
SEVERAL FALSE ENDINGS

ROUND SIX
1a. Which beer was advertised as looks good, tastes good and by golly it does you good?
MACKESON STOUT
1b. What is the capital of Bahrain?
MANAMA
2a. Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera has the subtitle 'The Statutory Duel'?
THE GRAND DUKE
2b. The Tupomaros were a terrorist group in which country?
URUGUAY
3a. What nickname is attached to serial killer David Berkowitz?
SON OF SAM
3b. Which leader sanctioned the execution of President Bhutto in 1979?
GENERAL ZIA
4a. Name the Tory Party Chairman who lost his Bath seat in 1992?
CHRIS PATTEN
4b. In which film did Sharon Stone play a character called Catherine Tramell?
BASIC INSTINCT

ROUND SEVEN
1a. Which Country singer wrote 'Your Cheatin' Heart'?
HANK WILLIAMS
1b. Five tiles in Scrabble have a point value of 4 'H', 'V', 'W' are three name either of the other two.
F or Y
2a. In heraldry, if an animal is described as urinant what is it doing?
DIVING (Latin: urinare = to dive)
2b. Which pretender to the throne was executed in 1554?
LADY JANE GREY
3a. Which TV and radio presenter has published memoirs entitled 'I Should Have Been At Work'?
DES LYNAM
3b. What medical condition is caused by the formation of uric acid crystals around the, usually smaller, body joints?
GOUT
4a. Which Greek goddess was Apollo's twin sister?
ARTEMIS
4b. How is, or was, Richard Bingham more commonly known?
LORD LUCAN

ROUND EIGHT
1a. Which international organisation was formed in 1969 by David Brower in San Francisco? FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
1b. Which singer was born Louis Firbank in March 1942?
LOU REED
2a. Which wild flower is also known as the knapweed?
CORNFLOWER
2b. Who was Britain's PM between 1834 and 1835, and 1841 and 1846?
ROBERT PEEL
3a. Who is the oldest person to have a No. 1 in the UK charts?
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
3b. Which US woman civilian perished in the Challenger Shuttle disaster?
CHRISTA McAULIFFE
4a In the Frost TV series starring David Jason, what is the name of Frost's boss, played by Bruce Alexander?
SUPERINTENDENT MULLET
4b. On which warship did Japan formally surrender in World War II?
MISSOURI

SPARE QUESTIONS
1. Which actor appeared as tall as many of his leading ladies by getting them to stand in a trench or for him to stand on a box?
ALAN LADD
2. What is the capital of Slovakia?
BRATISLAVA
3. In which sport have Robin Harris, Ian Heaps and Kevin Ashurst all been World Champions?
ANGLING
4. When Ayton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger were killed at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, which driver survived a near fatal crash?
RUBENS BARRICHELLO
5. What name was given to the football boot designed by ex-Liverpool star Craig Johnston?
PREDATOR
6. What system is being re-introduced into large supermarkets and Building Societies to combat robberies?
AIR CHUTES