Monday 13th November 2006
Set by Duncan's Donuts (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a The 2005 Royal Ascot meeting was held at which racecourse?
York
1b How many kilobytes are there in a megabyte?
1024
2a Liverpool-born Declan McManus has what stage name?
Elvis Costello
2b Which Pacific island, with a heavily fortified airbase, was captured by the USA in 1945, and returned to Japan in 1968?
Iwo Jima
3a What is the capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan?
Tashkent
3b In English law, which department of the High Court is responsible for the financial and social well-being of people with mental incapacity?
Court of Protection
4a Who is the current leader of the Trades Union Congress?
Brendan Barber
4b At which 1819 Manchester mass meeting were eleven people killed when troops dispelled a 60,000 crowd seeking parliamentary reform?
Peterloo (Massacre)

Round Two
1a In which year was the Bank of England nationalised?
1946
1b The act of natation is doing what?
Swimming
2a What substance/commodity is measured in cuts, hanks, and spindles?
Linen
2b Ulysses/Odysseus was king of which island?
Ithaca
3a Who played Mrs. Overall in the spoof TV soap opera "Acorn Antiques"?
Julie Walters
3b Who were the first Norwegian pop group to have a UK No.1 hit single?
A-Ha
4a In the Bible, who stole his brother's birthright?
Jacob
4b Which German physicist discovered X-Rays in 1895?
Wilhelm Rontgen

Round Three
1a Who succeeded Geoffrey Howe as Foreign Secretary in July 1989?
John Major
1b Who founded the British Union of Fascists in 1932?
Oswald Mosley
2a Which British economist was the author of the "Report on Social Insurance and Allied Services" in 1942?
William Beveridge
2b Which British clergyman and chemist is credited with the discovery of oxygen in 1774?
Joseph Priestley
3a Who, in 1791, founded the Society of United Irishmen?
Wolfe Tone
3b Emmet and pismire are old names for which insect?
Ant
4a What rate of VAT is charged on domestic gas and electricity?
Five per cent
4b In the human body, what name is given to the long passage through which food passes to be digested and absorbed?
Alimentary Canal

Round Four
1a The artificial mound of Silbury Hill is in which English county?
Wiltshire
1b In which years were Britain and Iceland involved in the third (last) Cod War?
1975 and 1976
2a The "Morning Star" newspaper was originally called what?
Daily Worker
2b The Golden Lion statuette is awarded at which film festival?
Venice
3a Who is the presenter of the BBC2 TV programme "Country File"?
John Craven
3b Who is the Greek and Roman muse of history?
Clio
4a Which garden perennial plant is also known as 'elephant's ears'?
Bergenia (accept Begonia)
4b What is the name of the double veil worn in public by Muslim women?
Yashmak

Round Five
1a In which year was pay as you earn (PAYE) introduced in Britain?
1944
1b Which sport was devised in 1873 by Major Walter Clopton Wingfield?
Lawn Tennis
2a Which substance/commodity was measured in stones, tods, weys, and sacks?
Wool
2b Who, in Greek mythology, is the ferryman of the dead?
Charon
3a What is the name of Edna Everage's husband?
Norm(an)
3b Gary Leeds, Scott Engels, and John Maus formed which pop group?
The Walker Brothers
4a What relation was John the Baptist to Jesus Christ?
Cousin
4b Which 1908 Nobel Prize winner discovered alpha and beta rays?
Ernest Rutherford

Round Six
1a Who was the first female to ride in the Aintree Grand National?
Charlotte Brew
1b What is the full meaning of the computer term 'fortran'?
Formula Translation
2a What was Buddy Holly's first Christian name?
Charles
2b Where did British troops first land in the 1982 Falklands conflict?
San Carlos Water
3a Tbilisi is the capital of which SW Asian country?
Georgia
3b Which Scottish public official is responsible for initiating and pursuing the prosecution of crimes and offences, also acting as coroner?
Procurator Fiscal
4a Who is the Director-General of the Confederation of British Industries?
Sir Digby Jones
4b In 1834, six Dorset labourers formed a trade union against the law, becoming known as what?
Tolpuddle Martyrs

Round Seven
1a Which Chancellor of the Exchequer withdrew Britain from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism in September 1992?
Norman Lamont
1b Who, in September 1939, at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, set up a land speed record of 595.4 kph (369.74 mph)?
John Cobb
2a Which politician first took advantage of the 1963 Peerage Act?
Tony Benn
2b Which English chemist isolated `fixed air' (carbon dioxide) and 'inflammable air' (hydrogen)?
Henry Cavendish
3a Who in 1877 was elected president of the Irish National Land League, later declared illegal by the British - he was later jailed?
Charles Parnell
3b Ringworm can be an infection of the skin, scalp, and nails, etc., and is caused by what type of infection?
Fungus
4a As of September 2005, what is the exact cost of a colour TV licence?
£126.50p
4b Which pear-shaped sac lies underneath the right lobe of the liver?
Gall Bladder

Round Eight
1a The neolithic hill-village of Maiden Castle is in which English county?
Dorset
lb In which year in Britain was the voting age lowered from 21 to 18 years?
1969
2a Alfred Charles William Harmsworth (1st Viscount Northcliffe) founded which newspaper in 1896?
Daily Mail
2b The Golden Bear Award is presented at which film festival?
Berlin
3a Who replaced Andrew Marr as BBC TV News 24 political editor?
Nick Robinson
3b In Greek mythology, Urania is the muse of what?
Astronomy
4a The garden perennial plant 'stachys' has what common name?
Lambs' Ears
4b Which 19th century hooped petticoat was of a stiff fabric of horsehair and flax to distend women's skirts?
Crinoline

Spare Questions
1 In which South American country was Ernesto Che Guevara killed in 1967?
Bolivia
2 Libya became a constitutional monarchy in 1952 gaining independence from which country?
Italy
3 The DIET is the national assembly of which East Asian country?
Japan
4 Piccadilly Weepers, worn by Lord Dundreary in "Our American Cousin", are better known as what?
Long Side Whiskers