Monday 2nd October 2006
Set by Baltic Fleet (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a Which is the most populous city of the Federative Republic of Brazil?
Sao Paolo
1b Which winner of TV's "X Factor" had a huge hit with "That's My Goal'?
Shayne Ward
2a What is the longest river in Scotland?
The Tay
2b What French word describes a flat-topped military cap with a straight peak?
Kepi
3a Which aviation first was achieved by Jacques Garnerin in 1797
First parachute descent
3b Victoria Woodhull was the first woman candidate for which office?
American President
4a Who played the part of Miss Jones in TV's "Rising Damp"?
Frances de la Tour
4b In which year did Rhodesia break from the UK; cigarette advertising was banned on TV; Edward Heath became Tory leader?
1965

Round Two
1a The feudal term 'bailiwick' is used in which part of the British Isles?
Channel Islands
1b Variola is the medical name for which acute infectious virus disease?
Smallpox
2a Which native American leader's original name was Goyahkla (he who yawns)?
Geronimo
2b Pedro Alvares Cabral of Portugal is famous for discovering what?
Brazil
3a A hummum (or hamman) is a Turkish word for what?
Bath
3b What name is given to a temporary mast raised in place of one lost?
Jury Mast
4a In which year were women's athletic events first featured in the Olympic Games; Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin; Mount Vesuvius erupted?
1928
4b Which French aviator made the first flight across the English Channel in 1909?
Louis Bleriot

Round Three
1a Which Norwegian fascist leader was executed by firing squad in 1945?
Vidkun Quisling
1b What term is used for secret flights taking terror suspects for interrogation in other countries?
Extraordinary Rendition
2a Gander Airport is in which Canadian province?
Newfoundland
2b Sulgrave Manor, Northants, is the home of whose ancestors?
George Washington
3a Which Spanish explorer first saw the Mississippi River in 1541?
Hernando de Soto
3b Which Shakespearian character, in "Richard the Second", described England as 'this precious stone set in the silver sea'?
John of Gaunt
4a Gandalf the wizard rode which horse in "The Lord of the Rings"?
Shadowfax
4b In which 1571 battle did Don John of Austria destroy the Turkish fleet - this being the last major conflict using oared ships?
Lepanto

Round Four
1a In which acute highly contagious infection does a soft grey membrane form across the throat?
Diphtheria
1b The literary character and artist Basil Hallward painted which famous work?
The Picture of Dorian Grey
2a Abraham Lincoln was watching which play when he was assassinated?
Our American Cousin
2b What is the capital of the Kingdom of Nepal?
Kathmandu
3a Who or what was 'Mr. Balfour's Poodle'?
House of Lords
3b Which singer/songwriter released the album "Back to Bedlam" featuring the hit single "You're Beautiful"?
James Blunt
4a Which English statesman was executed in 1540 after negotiating the disastrous marriage of King Henry the Eighth and Anne of Cleves?
Thomas Cromwell
4b Which English actress went from TV's "The Good Life" to "Solo"?
Felicity Kendal

Round Five
1a What is the most populous city of the People's Republic of China?
Shanghai
1b Which Puccini opera heroine leaps to her death from the parapet of Castel Sant Angelo in Rome after her lover is shot?
(Floria) Tosca
2a Which US state has borders with New Mexico, Colorado, and Nevada?
Utah
2b What is the capital of the Republic of Angola?
Luanda
3a Which serial killer communicates with Dr. Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 film "The Silence of the Lambs"?
Buffalo Bill
3b Which is the only female deer to have antlers?
Caribou
4a Who plays the lead role in TV's "Foyle's War'?
Michael Kitchen
4b Which European country withdrew from NATO in 1966, rejoining in 1993?
France

Round Six
1a Liverpool is European Capital of Culture 2008; which city held the title for 2005?
Cork
1b Which actress plays the title role in ITV's Miss Marple?
Geraldine McEwan
2a Which Premier League football manager is referred to as 'the hair drier'?
Sir Alex Ferguson
2b Which US city has a Major League baseball team called the Cardinals?
St. Louis
3a What is the capital of the People's Republic of Bangladesh?
Dhaka
3b What was the name of the housekeeper in TV's "Father Ted"?
Mrs. Doyle
4a At which 480 BC battle were the Spartans and Thespians under King Leonidas defeated by the Persians under Xerxes the First?
Thermopylae
4b In which city are the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund?
Washington, D.C.

Round Seven
1a What is the anatomical name for the shoulder blade?
Scapula
1b Which Liverpool-born businessman is Chief Executive Officer of Tesco?
Sir Terry Leahy
2a What sport takes place at Happy Valley, Hong Kong?
Horse Racing
2b Which Premiership League manager refers to himself as the special one"?
Jose Mourinho
3a Which English king was born in Caernarvon Castle in 1284, and was murdered in Berkeley Castle in 1327?
Edward the Second
3b Goethe and others wrote about him; Berlioz, Wagner and Listz composed music about him - who was he?
Faust (Dr Faustus)
4a Which French artist/sculptor is known for his racing and ballet pictures?
Edgar Degas
4b Who preceded Cecil Day-Lewis as Poet Laureate?
John Masefield

Round Eight
1a Soap actress Sherie Murphy is married to which Liverpool FC footballer?
Harry Kewell
1b What did Joseph Lister first use as an antiseptic?
Phenol/Carbolic Acid
2a Where was British Prime Minister Spencer Percival assassinated?
House of Commons Lobby
2b The Republic of Madagascar lies east of which African country?
Mozambique
3a In which Verdi opera does the heroine Violetta die of consumption?
La Traviata
3b Who painted the "Water lilies" series at his home in Giverny, France?
Claude Monet
4a Who wrote the oratorio "The Dream of Gerontius", from Newman's poem?
Sir Edward Elgar
4b Which 2005 film, with the tagline 'love is a force of nature', won four Golden Globe Awards in January 2006?
Brokeback Mountain

Spare Questions
1 Who created the fictional detective Inspector Alleyn?
Ngaio Marsh
2 The Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords sits on what?
The Woolsack
3 Who were the 'Good Companions' in J. B. Priestley's novel?
Music Hall Troupe
4 Which mineral is the source of plaster of Paris?
Gypsum
5 Linseed oil is derived from the dried ripe seeds of which plant?
Flax