Tuesday 31st October 2006
Set by Kluggers (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a What was the first name of Spanish painter Velasquez?
Diego
1b Death Valley is in which American state?
California
2a Which American cartoonist created the comic strip "Garfield"?
Jim Davis
2b What is the oldest college in the University of Cambridge, England?
Peterhouse
3a Who played "The Man in the White Suit" in the 1951 Ealing comedy?
Alec Guinness
3b The card game 'Biritch' or 'Russian Whist' is now known as what?
Bridge
4a Which straw-coloured fluid comprises about 55% of human blood?
Plasma
4b Which Canadian-born singer had 1980's hits with "Run to You" "Somebody", and "Heaven", etc?
Bryan Adams

Round Two
1a St. Swithin's Day falls on which date?
July 15th
1b What is the capital of the West Indies island of Puerto Rico?
San Juan
2a What do the letters 'HB' stand for in relation to pencils?
Hard Black
2b Pluto, or Dis, is another name for which Greek mythological god?
Hades
3a Iffley College, Oxford, founded in 1965, was later re-named what?
Wolfson College
3b What is footballer Sol Campbell's real first name?
Sulzeer
4a Rhea and Phoebe are satellites of which planet?
Saturn
4b Which fictional detective lives at Cabot Cove, Maine, New England?
Jessica Fletcher

Round Three
1a What was Frankenstein's first name, in the book by Mary Shelley?
Victor
1b Who was the 'paranoid android' in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"?
Marvin
2a The American Ambassador to Britain, Robert Cumming Schenck, is credited with having introduced which card game to Britain in 1872?
Poker
2b What was the first name of the Belgian surrealist painter Magritte?
Rene
3a Which European capital city lies on the River Manzanares?
Madrid
3b What type of edentate mammal is a pangolin?
Scaly Ant Eater
4a Who directed the 1957 film "The Bridge on the River Kwai"?
David Lean
4b On which date does Burns Night fall?
January 25th

Round Four
1a Who had a 1993 No. 1 hit with "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)"?
Meatloaf (Marvin Lee Aday)
1b Which "Peanuts" character always carries a security blanket?
Linus
2a The Angel Falls are in which South American country?
Venezeula
2b Whose last major work of fiction was "The Old Man and the Sea"?
Ernest Hemingway
3a Bratislava is the capital of which European country?
Slovakia
3b Which Scottish town/fishing port is known as the 'Gateway to the Isles'?
Oban
4a William Golding's 1955 novel "The Inheritors" concerns the extinction of the last remaining tribe of what?
Neanderthals
4b What does the computer term 'FTP' stand for?
File Transfer Protocol

Round Five
1a Sean Connery won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance in which 1987 Brian de Palma film?
The Untouchables
1b Who is the host of Channel Four TV's "Deal or No Deal"?
Noel Edmonds
2a Which alcoholic drink is advertised as 'probably the best lager in the world'?
Carlsberg Lager
2b Who is the Patron Saint of music?
St. Cecilia
3a Who succeeded Richard Whiteley as the host of TV's "Countdown"?
Des Lynam
3b Which alcoholic drink is advertised as 'the cream of Manchester'?
Boddington's Bitter
4a Who is the Patron Saint of lost causes?
St. Jude
4b Which Salford-born actor won Golden Globe Awards for the films "The Gathering Storm", "Scrooge", and "Tom Jones"?
Albert Finney

Round Six
1a The Boston Tea Party took place in which year?
1773
1b Composer Carl Neilson was born in which European country?
Denmark
2a From the Latin 'to glow', what does a chandler sell?
Candles
2b What is Bob Dylan's real name?
Robert Zimmerman
3a Composer, teacher and organist Cesar Franck was born in which country?
Belgium
3b The Crystal Palace Great Exhibition took place in which year?
1851
4a Eric Weiss was better known as whom?
(Harry) Houdini
4b A costermonger sells what?
Fruit

Round Seven
1a In which English city is the National Museum of Film and Photography?
Bradford
1b What is English Prime Minister Tony Blair's third Christian name?
Lynton
2a Which National Cricket League team are known as the 'Gladiators'?
Gloucestershire
2b Pori, Tampere, and Turku are cities in which European country?
Finland
3a What is US President George Bush's second Christian name?
Walker
3b In which English city is the National Football Museum?
Preston
4a Tamow and Lublin are cities in which European country?
Poland
4b Which National Cricket League team are known as the 'Spitfires'?
Kent

Round Eight
1a Which US group had No. 1 hit albums with "Out of Time", "Automatic for the People", and "Monster", etc?
R.E.M.
1b American industrialist John Davison Rockefeller made his fortune with which commodity?
Oil
2a Which Australian poetess and novelist wrote "Mary Poppins"?
P(amela) L(yndon) Travers
2b The student Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikov is a character in which Fyodor Dostoevsky novel?
Crime and Punishment
3a How did Thomas Guy, founder of Guy's Hospital, make his living?
Bookseller
3b Which English rock band had No. 1 hit albums with "OK Computer", "Kid A", and "Amnesiac"?
Radiohead
4a Which Asian capital city stands on the River Jumuna (Yamuna)?
New Delhi
4b Which Scottish Royal burgh and county town is often termed the 'capital of the Highlands'?
Inverness

Spare Questions
1 How did Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus) meet his death?
On the eruption of Vesuvius
2 The desert region of Fezzan lies within which North African country?
Libya
3 Which mineral is the main source of wealth of Zambia, Central Africa?
Copper
4 What is the Christian name of the H. G. Wells character 'Kipps'?
Arthur (Artie)