Tuesday 17th October 2006
Set by SMOB (Northern)
All rounds are general

ROUND ONE
1a. "I could go on singing" was the last film of which screen legend?
JUDY GARLAND
1b. What is the collective noun for a group of lapwings?
A DECEIT (or DESERT)
2a. In astronomy what is the name of the bright meteor shower seen every August?
THE PERSEIDS
2b. Which athlete was sports personality of the Year in 1995?
JONATHAN EDWARDS
3a. What is the capital of Suriname?
PARAMARIBO
3b. Which author was the first winner of the Booker Prize in 1969 with the book "Something to answer for"?
P H NEWBY
4a. Which character does Patrick Mower play in TV's Emmerdale?
RODNEY BLACKSTOCK
4b. Which group had a hit in 1989 about "The Living Years"?
MIKE AND THE MECHANICS

ROUND TWO
1a. A mutation is the collective noun for a group of which birds?
THRUSH
1b. Who invented the gyroscope in 1852?
LEON FOUCAULT
2a. Which golfer was the first American to win the US Masters in the 1990's?
FRED COUPLES
2b. Who plays Fred Elliott in TV's Coronation Street?
JOHN SAVIDENT
3a. In which Opera by Janacek is the heroine shot by a gamekeeper?
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN
3b. Which European Country has the national anthem: "Yes, We Love This Country"?
NORWAY
4a. Where would you find a shark's denticles?
ON ITS SKIN
4b. Under which tower in the Tower of London is Traitor's Gate?
ST THOMAS'S TOWER

ROUND THREE
1a. The notorious Hellfire Club founded by Sir Francis Dashwood met at which abbey?
MEDMENHAM
1b. On which planet would you find the Nix Olympica and Syrtis Major?
MARS
2a. Which book by Arundhati Roy won the Booker Prize in 1997?
THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS
2b. Nouakchott is the capital of which African Country?
MAURITANIA
3a. Who invented the galvanometer in 1834?
ANDRE MARIE AMPERE
3b. Which star's last film was "The Harder They Fall" in 1956?
HUMPHREY BOGART
4a. In which Shakespeare play do we get the song "Who is Sylvia"?
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
4b. In which Mozart Opera does the Fourth Act begin with a search for a missing pin?
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO

ROUND FOUR
1a. Who had a hit in 1984 with "Love is a Battlefield"?
PAT BENATAR
1b. Where does a cane toad squirt poison from?
BEHIND IT'S EYES
2a. Which runner was TV Sports Personality of the Year in 1991?
LIZ MCCOLGAN
2b. During World War I what name was given to French Soldiers because of their beards?
POILU(S)
3a. To which Saint is the Chapel in the White Tower of the Tower of London dedicated?
ST JOHN (THE EVANGELIST)
3b. Which golfer won the British Open in 1971 and 1972?
LEE TREVINO
4a. Which European Country has the National Anthem: "Step into the Rosy Dawn"?
SWITZERLAND
4b. Which Shakespeare play begins - "In delivering my son from me, I bury a second husband"?
ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL

ROUND FIVE
1a. What is meant by the adjective hircine?
GOAT-LIKE
1b. Who designed the Sydney Opera House?
JORN UTZON
2a. In space what is the oort cloud made out of?
COMETS
2b. Which chemical element discovered in 1937 has a name meaning man-made?
TECHNETIUM
3a. Which former Brazilian footballer was born Artur Antunes Coimbra?
ZICO
3b. What is meant by the adjective leporine?
HARE-LIKE
4a. Which airline banned Liam Gallagher for life in the 1990's?
CATHAY PACIFIC
4b. What is the Islamic equivalent of Kosher food?
HALAL

ROUND SIX
1a. Konrad Kujau was jailed for which crime in 1984?
FORGING THE HITLER DIARIES
1b. Which Australian cricketer took 16 wickets for 137 runs on his test debut in 1972?
BOB MASSIE
2a. What did Harry Beck design in 1931?
LONDON UNDERGROUND MAP
2b. Where are the headquarters of the European Space Agency?
PARIS
3a. Which chemical element discovered in 1861 has a name meaning dark red?
RUBIDIUM
3b. Who was tried and eventually executed for the Oklahoma City bombing?
TIMOTHY McVEIGH
4a. Blanket and honeycomb are the two main types of which food?
TRIPE
4b. French priest and philosopher, Teilhard De Chardin, was allegedly involved in which famous scandal?
PILTDOWN MAN

ROUND SEVEN
1a. On which river is the city of St Petersburg?
NEVA
1b. Which "politician" did Dr Carl Austin Weiss kill in 1935?
HUEY LONG
2a. Who is the current editor (March 2006) of the Guardian?
ALAN RUSBRIDGER
2b. Where is the administrative headquarters of the Grampian region?
ABERDEEN
3a. Which emperor was killed by Cassius Chaerea in 41AD?
CALIGULA
3b. Which archbishop officiated at the Coronation of King George VI?
COSMO LANG
4a. In which county is Sizewell nuclear power station?
SUFFOLK
4b. Who is the current editor (March 2006) of the Times?
ROBERT THOMSON

ROUND EIGHT
1a. Which Russian anarchist prince spent much of his life in England?
KROPOTKIN
1b. Which river rises in Plinlimon and flows into the Severn near Chepstow?
WYE
2a. Who wrote the hymn "Rock of Ages"?
A M TOPLADY
2b. Who was known as "The Sage of Weimar"?
GOETHE
3a. Which writer's plays include "The Hotel in Amsterdam", "Luther" and "A Patriot for Me"?
JOHN OSBORNE
3b. Which singer's first UK top ten hit was "You're Still The One"?
SHANIA TWAIN
4a. Who became president of the ANC in 1997?
THABO MBEKI
4b. Which writer's plays include "Absurd Person Singular", "Bedroom Farce" and "Way Upstream"?
ALAN AYCKBOURN

SPARE QUESTIONS
1. Which art historian won the Booker Prize in 1984?
ANITA BROOKNER
2. Who is the Manager of West Ham United?
ALAN PARDEW
3. Who was the Head-Boy of Greyfriars School?
HARRY WHARTON
4. Which Russian Composer was a relative of Molotov?
SCRIABIN