Tuesday 12th September 2006
Set by Wheatsheaf (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a Which NW English city is Coketown in Charles Dicken's "Hard Times"?
Preston
1b The Louis Joseph Vance creation 'Michael Lanyard', a charming rogue and European jewel thief, featured in which radio, TV and film productions?
The Lone Wolf
2a Who is the actress sister of film star Warren Beatty?
Shirley MacLaine
2b Etienne is the French version of which English forename?
Steven
3a In which Oscar Wilde work is foxhunting described as 'the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable'?
A Woman of No Importance
3b Best known for their literary sponsorship, what sort of retailer is 'Booker'?
Cash & Carry Wholesalers
4a Which musical instrument is known as the liquorice stick?
Clarinet
4b Who was Britain's only female gold medallist at the 1960 Rome Olympics?
Anita Lonsborough

Round Two
1a Who was Britain's only male gold medallist at the 1960 Rome Olympics?
Don Thompson
1b Which instrument is known to rock musicians as an axe?
Guitar
2a Best known for their non-league football sponsorship, what sort of retailer is 'Ryman'?
Stationers
2b Which Oscar Wilde work includes 'there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about'?
Picture of Dorian Gray
3a 'Shug' is a Scottish nickname given to people with what forename?
Hugh
3b Who is the actress daughter of film star Goldie Hawn?
Kate Hudson
4a Which Chic Young comic character was played in a series of 28 films, also on radio, by Penny Singleton (real name Dorothy McNulty)?
Blondie (Bumstead)
4b Which NW English town is 'Cranford' in Elizabeth Gaskell's novel?
Knutsford

Round Three
1a Who did Churchill describe as 'in defeat unbeatable, in victory unbearable'?
Viscount Montgomery
1b Whose BBC Radio 2 radio show features 'The Big Quiz'?
Steve Wright
2a The Grain (or Pepper) coast is an area in which West African country?
Liberia
2b Immortalised in film, which London thoroughfare is a bibliophiles dream?
Charing Cross Road
3a Which AIDS/HIV charity is named after one of the first known Britons to die of the illness?
Terence Higgins Trust
3b Which Simon and Garfunkel song includes the line 'I'm sitting in a railway station, got a ticket for my destination'?
Homeward Bound
4a Castleford RLFC ground at Wheldon Road has changed its name to what, reflecting on the club's 'Tigers' nickname?
The Jungle
4b Who played Barney Rubble to John Goodman's Fred Flinstone in the 1994 film "The Flinstones"?
Rick Moranis

Round Four
1a Who played Robin to George Clooney's Batman in the 1997 film "Batman and Robin"?
Chris O'Donnell
1b Hilton Park, Leigh RLFC club's ground, changed its name to what, reflecting the club's nickname 'Centurions'?
The Coliseum
2a Which Elton John track includes the line 'if I were a sculptor - but then again, no'?
Your Song
2b The "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball" (1982) was an on-stage charity benefit for which organisation?
Amnesty International
3a Home to "Time Out" magazine, which London thoroughfare is divided into electronics retailers (southern) and home furnishing retailers (northern)?
Tottenham Court Road
3b Rio Muni is a mainland section of which West African country?
Equatorial Guinea
4a Whose BBC Radio 2 weekday show features the 'Popmaster' quiz?
Ken Bruce
4b Of which naval man did Churchill say: 'he was the only man, on either side, who could lose a war in an afternoon'?
Admiral Jellicoe

Round Five
1a What does the first letter 'P' stand for in the pension scheme acronym 'SIPP'?
(Self Invested) Personal (Pension)
1b What is the largest city and leading seaport of Ecuador, South America?
Guayaquil
2a In which central England town is there a famous crescent, including the Assembly Rooms, designed by John Carr?
Buxton, Derbyshire
2b How was the character 'Timothy Underwood', played by Christopher Biggins, better known in the BBC TV sitcom "Porridge"?
Lukewarm
3a Ventriloquist Keith Harris worked with Orville the Duck, and which monkey?
Cuddles
3b Who, in the Olympic Games, is awarded the 'Val Barker Trophy'?
Most Stylish Boxer
4a Which Wigan-born entertainer (1904-1961) made his showbiz debut in the silent racing drama "The Shortest of Heads" aged ten years?
George Formby
4b Beatrice Beckett was the first wife of which British Prime Minister?
Anthony Eden

Round Six
1a Who is the only British Prime Minister to have played first-class cricket, for the MCC, Middlesex CCC, and Oxford University Cricket Club?
Alec Douglas-Home
1b Which Welsh-born comedian had a 1961 UK chart hit with "Don't Jump Off the Roof, Dad"?
Tommy Cooper
2a The Prince Rainier Challenge Cup is awarded to the nation with the best results in the world championships of which sport?
Fencing
2b Bob Carolgees worked with Spit the Dog, and which cat?
Cough
3a How was the character 'Clem Hemingway', played by Stephen Lewis, better known in the BBC TV sitcom "Last of the Summer Wine"?
Smiler
3b Abraham Darby and Thomas Farnolls Pritchard designed which famous structure in central England?
Ironbridge (Shropshire)
4a What is the largest city and leading seaport of Cameroon?
Douala
4b What does the letter 'R' stand for in the mortgage acronym 'MIRAS'?
(Mortgage Interest) Relief (at Source)

Round Seven
1a The ski resort of Davos is in the eastern part of which European country?
Switzerland
1b The 'Cherokee' and 'Florence and Fred' ranges of clothes are sold in which supermarket chain?
Tesco
2a Which Conservative MP, a contender for the 2005 Party leadership, is a former boyfriend of pop star Natalie Imbruglia?
Liam Fox
2b Name either cricket team featured in Charles Dickens' novel "The Pickwick Papers"
Dingley Dell or All Muggleton
3a The winner of which annual US sporting event traditionally celebrates by drinking a bottle of milk?
Indianapolis 500
3b Which Italian nationalist politician finally established a united Italy in 1861?
(Count Camillo Benso di) Cavour
4a Who wrote the play "The Matchmaker" on which the film musical "Hello Dolly" was based?
Thornton Wilder
4b Who was the first (2003) winner of BBC TV's "Fame Academy"?
David Sneddon

Round Eight
1a Who won the first (2004) ITV series of "The X-Factor"?
Steve Brookstein
1b Who wrote the original series of essays upon which the musical "South Pacific" was based?
James Albert Michener
2a Which Dublin-born statesman was President of the Irish Free State from 1922-1932?
William Thomas Cosgrave
2b The winning jockey of which classic British horse race is traditionally awarded an over-sized red floppy cap?
St. Leger
3a Name either of David Copperfield's wives in the Charles Dickens novel.
Agnes Wickfield or Dora Spenlow
3b Which Lib-Dem MP, a self-styled expert on asteroids, is the partner of TV weather girl Sian Lloyd?
Lembit Opik
4a 'Tu' clothing, and the 'Taste the Difference' food range are sold by which supermarket chain?
Sainsbury's
4b The seaport of Sfax is in which NW African country?
Tunisia

Spare Questions
1 Which US actor's autobiography, published 1994, was entitled "Songs My Mother Taught Me"?
Marlon Brando
2 Standing on the Arabian Sea, what is the chief seaport of Pakistan?
Karachi
3 Which Spanish missionary was known as 'the Apostle of the Indies and Japan'?
St. Francis Xavier
4 What is the most famous feature of the South American Churun River?
Angel Falls