Monday 20th November 2006
Set by Tramway (liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a Michael Schumacher won his first (1994) F1 championship driving for which team?
Benetton-Ford
1b In which year was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated; the film "Hamlet" was premiered in London; the Berlin Blockade began?
1948
2a Paraguay has borders with Argentina, Brazil, and ?
Bolivia
2b Who famously said: "I counted them all in, and I counted them all back again?
Brian Hanrahan
3a Ernest Evans is the real name of which 1960's pop star?
Chubby Checker
3b In Shakespeare's "Macbeth", what part of the frog went info the witches' cauldron?
Toe
4a Which British king married Mary of Teck?
George the Fifth
4b The HQ of the International Monetary Fund are in which city?
Washington, D.C.

Round Two
1a In which year was NATO established; clothes rationing ended in Britain; boxer Joe Louis retires?
1949
1b Jim Clark won the F1 world championship in 1963 and 1965 driving for which team?
Lotus
2a Which actress said, after splitting with her husband: 'at least I can wear high heel shoes now'?
Nicole Kidman
2b Guyana has borders with Brazil, Surinam, and ?
Venezuela
3a Which Dickens' character said: 'if the law supposes that, the law is a ass - a idiot'?
Mr. Bumble
3b Herbert Khaury was the real name of which 1960's pop singer?
Tiny Tim
4a The HQ of the Organisation for African Unity are in which city?
Addis Ababa
4b Which British king married Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen?
William the Fourth

Round Three
1a Campunala flowers are of what shape?
Bell-shaped
lb Which city is built on the ancient site of Tenochtitlan?
Mexico City
2a Georges de Mestral invented what type of fastener in 1948?
Velcro
2b The lapwing, vanellus vanellus, is known by what other name?
Peewit or (Green) Plover
3a In Egyptian mythology, who was the god of evil and darkness?
Set(h)
3b Which well-known Welsh word means a session or a sitting?
Eisteddfod
4a Which golfer won the British Open five times between 1954 and 1965?
Peter Thompson
4b Who directed the 1965 film "The Sound of Music"?
Robert Wise

Round Four
1a By what name is Basutoland now known?
Kingdom of Lesotho
1b Which flowers derive their name from the Latin for 'sword'?
Gladioli
2a The tropical plant okra, of the mallow family, has what other name?
Ladies fingers or Gumbo
2b What type of fastening was invented by Walter Hunt in 1849?
Safety pin
3a In the world of nature, what is a hornbeam?
Tree
3b In Norse mythology, who is the god of mischief and contriver of all fraud?
Loki (Laufeyjarson)
4a Who directed the 1959 film "Some Like It Hot"?
Billy Wilder
4b Which cyclist won the Tour de France five times between 1957 and 1964?
Jacques Anquetil

Round Five
1a The French area, La Camargue, is on the delta of which river?
River Rhone
1b Inert, or rare gases, are now known by what term?
Noble gases
2a The American gambler/gunfighter Doc Holliday followed what profession?
Dentistry
2b Who created the detective-hero Albert Campion?
Margery Alllngham
3a What is the more common name for urticaria?
Hives or Nettle Rash
3b ho plays the title role in ITV's "Doc Martin" (Dr. Martin Blandford)?
Martin Clunes
4a Which European country's flag is of three horizontal bands - blue, black, and white?
Estonia
4b Who recorded the 1985 No. 1 album "Hounds of Love"?
Kate Bush

Round Six
1a How many dancers take part in a quadrille?
Eight
1b Astrakhan, famous for lamb's wool, lies on the delta of which river?
River Volga
2a Who created the fictional Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn?
Dame Ngaio Marsh
2b What was the original profession of Russian author Anton Chekhov?
Physician (or similar)
3a Who plays the title role in C5's "House, M.D." (Dr. Gregory House)?
Hugh Lawrie
3b What is caused by an inflammatory disorder of the sebaceous glands?
Acne
4a Who recorded the 1981 No. 1 album "Face Value"?
Phil Collins
4b Which European country's flag is of three horizontal bands - white, green, and red?
Bulgaria

Round Seven
1a At which American Civil War battle was General 'Stonewall' Jackson killed?
Chancellorsville
lb Who, c. 1506, painted "Madonna with the Goldfinch"?
Raphael
2a Which game, similar to Chinese Checkers, is from the Greek for 'jump'?
Halma
2b Which was the first Canaanite city to be captured by the Israelites after their forty years in the wilderness?
Jericho
3a Of which Moslem sect is the Aga Khan the hereditary head?
Nizari or Ismaili
3b Raclette is what sort of Swiss dish?
Melted Cheese
4a Who, c. 1893, composed the tone poem "The Swan of Tuonela"?
Jean Sibelius
4b Which firm publishes the books of Beatrix Potter?
Frederick Warne

Round Eight
1a Who, in 1830, painted "Liberty Leading the People"?
Eugene Delacroix
1b Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at the end of the American Civil War?
Appomattox (Court House)
2a According to Genesis 4:8,9 who was the first person to die?
Abel
2b The 17th century English poet Sir John A. Suckling invented which card game?
Cribbage
3a Roesti (rösti) is a traditional Swiss dish comprising what?
Potatoes
3b The Patriarch of Alexandria and all Egypt is the head of which Christian church?
Coptic
4a Which firm publishes the "Harry Potter" series of books?
Bloomsbury
4b Who, in 1910, composed the ballet "The Firebird" (L'Oiseau de Feu)?
Igor Stravinsky

Spare Questions
1 Who wrote the sonnet "Ozymandias", published 1818?
Percy B. Shelley
2 Godfrey de Bouillon became the first king of where in 1099?
Jerusalem
3 What is the state capital of Kansas, USA?
Topeka
4 Calabrese is a variety of which green sprouting vegetable?
Broccoli