Tuesday 21st November 2006
Set by CTK Siblings (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One.
1a The ariary is the official currency of which African country?
Republic of Madagascar
1b What name links a James Bond character and a cricket commentator?
Blofeld
2a Amstel Beer is a subsidiary of which brewery company?
Heineken
2b Professor Dumbledore features in the "Harry Potter" series. What type of creature is a dumbledore?
Bumblebee or Cockchafer
3a In which 1991 film, directed by Peter Hewitt, starring Keanu Reeves, is there a re-make of the Death-playing chess sequence from lngmar Bergman's 1957 film "The Seventh Seal"?
Bill and Ted's Bogus Adventure
3b Which condiment, which takes its name from the village in Staffordshire where it was first produced, celebrated its 80th birthday in 2002?
Branston Pickle
4a Patty Hearst was kidnapped by the SLA in 1974 - SLA standing for what?
Symbionese Liberation Army
4b A short story by US writer John Luther Long was the influence for both an opera and a Broadway show - name either,
Madame Butterfly/Miss Saigon

Round Two
1a The characters Danny Fisher, Tulsa McLean, and Chad Gates were all played on film by which singer/actor?
Elvis Presley
1b "The League of Gentlemen", set in Royston Vasey, is filmed League in which North Derbyshire town?
Hadfield
2a Which Nobel Prize winning author wrote "The Sun Also Rises" (1926), "Death in the Afternoon" (1932), "Green Hills in Africa" (1935)?
Ernest Hemingway
2b An employee of the Iron City Brewing Company of Pittsburg invented what in 1962?
The Ring Pull
3a Which country has borders with Bolivia (N), Argentina (S) and Brazil (E)?
Paraguay
3b In Greek mythology, who was the father of Hector, Paris and Cassandra?
Priam
4a Guy Babylon, Bob Birch, Davey Johnstone, John Mahon, and Nigel Olsson are currently members of which British pop artiste's band?
Elton John
4b Give a year in the life of English mechanical and structural engineer Robert Stephenson?
1803-1859

Round Three
1a Which hotel chain shares its name with a former Small Faces guitarist/singer, who died in 1991?
Marriott (Steve)
1b The equator traverses the land and/or water of how many countries in total?
Thirteen
2a The Eden Project is in which English county?
Cornwall
2b Homer, of TV's "The Simpsons" is a safety inspector at which establishment?
Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
3a What was the original colour of Space Hoppers?
Orange
3b Duffel, where Duffel bags are made, is in which country?
Belgium
4a Which 1978 song begins- "If you change your mind, I'm the first in line"?
Take a Chance on Me (Abba)
4b Starsky and Hutch drove what type of car in the TV series?
Ford Torino

Round Four
1a "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" and which other Shakespeare play is set in Verona?
Romeo and Juliet
1b Vulpine relates to what type of creature?
Fox
2a Which Italian white bread is made with wheat flour and yeast?
Ciabatta
2b Which politician said, two weeks before he left his post in 2003: 'the quiet man is here to stay ... and he's turning up the volume'?
Iain Duncan Smith
3a Which metal takes its name from the Swedish for 'heavy stone'?
Tungsten
3b Retired vicar John Graham compiles crosswords under what pseudonym?
Araucaria
4a German housewife Melitta Benz invented what aid to coffee making?
Cone Filtration System
4b What on the human body is the pollex?
Thumb

Round Five
1a What is the currency of the Republic of The Gambia?
Dalasi
1b What name links a James Bond villain and a Hungarian-born architect?
Goldfinger
2a Which British brewery produced Hofmeister lager until October 2003?
Scottish & Newcastle
2b Professor Slughorn features in the "Harry Potter" series. What is a slughorn(e)?
Musical Instrument
3a In which 2001 film does Nervous Rex from "Toy Story" make a post-credit cameo appearance?
Monsters Inc.
3b Robinsons Barley Water was developed in 1934 specifically for which event?
Wimbledon Tennis
Championships
4a A 1999 collaboration by Sir Elton John and Sir Tim Rice produced a version of which opera?
Aida
4b What do the initials of the union (formed 1976) NASUWT stand for?
National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers

Round Six
1a The characters Vincent Vega, Danny Zuko, and Tony Manero were all played on film by which actor/singer?
John Travolta
1b Manchester United FC signed Roy Keane from which club in 1993?
Nottingham Forest
2a Which Nobel Prize-winning dramatist and critic wrote the plays "John Bull's Other Island" (1904), "Androcles and the Lion" (1912) and "The Apple Cart" (1929)?
George Bernard Shaw
2b Swiss inventor George de Mestral created what fastening in 1948?
Velcro
3a With which country does Denmark share a common border?
Germany
3b Which Trojan youth was abducted by Zeus to become cupbearer of the gods?
Ganymede
4a Which singer/songwriter and rhythm guitarist made his last-ever concert appearance with Elton John in Madison Square Garden in 1974?
John Lennon
4b Give a year in the life of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson.
1850-1894

Round Seven
1a Which hotel chain shares its name with a 1942 Mark Sandrich film?
Holiday Inn
1b The Greenwich (or Prime) Meridian passes through how many countries?
Eight
2a In which English county is the National Tramway Museum at Crich?
Derbyshire
2b What is Marge's maiden name in TV's "The Simpsons"?
Bouvier
3a Which large travelling case gets its name from the French for cloak-carrier?
Portmanteau
3b "If her daddy's rich, take her out for a meal. If her daddy's poor, just do what you feel" are lyrics from which 1970 song?
In the Summertime (Mungo Jerry)
4a What colour are Laa-Laa of TV's "Telly Tubbies", and Mr. Happy?
Yellow
4b In TV's "Dukes of Hazzard" what type of car was the General Lee?
Dodge Charger

Round Eight
1a "Timon of Athens" and which other Shakespeare play is set in Athens?
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1b Chiropteran relates to which order of mammals?
Bats
2a The Ram Brewery in London, the oldest site in Britain where beer has been produced continuously since 1581, belongs to which company?
Young's
2b Who, in 2003, told Californians that: 'gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman'?
Arnold Schwarzenegger
3a Whose 1997 classical music album is entitled "Standing Stone"?
Sir Paul McCartney
3b Granada TV presenter Bob Smithies compiles crosswords using what pseudonym?
Bunthorne
4a Former Dutch rally/racing driver Maurice Gatsonides invented which road safety device?
Gatso speed camera
4b What on the human body is the hallux?
Big Toe

Spare Questions
1 The Purus, Maderia, and the Tocantins rivers are tributaries of which much larger waterway?
Amazon
2 In 1977, which politician denied having an affair with Norman Scott?
Jeremy Thorpe
3 Which band leader's signature tune was entitled "One O'Clock Jump"?
Count Basie
4 Which vehicle was piloted by the Gerry Anderson creation Steve Zodiac?
Fireball XL5