Tuesday 26th September 2006
Set by The Saints (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a Whose first (1964) novel was entitled "Last Exit to Brooklyn"?
Hubert Selby Jr.
1b Which Indian brothers caused the downfall of Peter Mandelson in 2001?
Hinduja
2a Lake Pontchartrain is in which American state?
Louisiana
2b A cricket score of 111 runs is known as what?
(Lord) Nelson
3a What term is used for the residual radiation hazard from a nuclear explosion?
Fall out
3b The 2004 Laurence Dunmore film "The Libertine" with Johnny Depp in the lead role, depicted the life of which 17th century English poet?
John Wilmot - accept (2nd) Earl of Rochester
4a Who created the sculpture outside Lewis's store, Liverpool, entitled (The Spirit of) Liverpool Resurgent?
Sir Jacob Epstein
4b Played by Bert Kwouk, what was the name of Inspector Clouseau's right-hand man?
Cato (Fong)

Round Two
1a Which Russian city, founded 1703, is known as a 'window to Europe'?
St. Petersburg
1b Officially opened in 1932, which is the world's largest steel arch bridge?
Sydney Harbour Bridge
2a What word describes the protective bulging outer hull of a double-hulled ship, and a transparent bulge on the fuselage of an aeroplane, etc?
Blister
2b What was Lucy's surname in the TV comedy series "I Love Lucy"?
Ricardo
3a Professional wrestler Martin Ruane is best remembered as fighting under what name?
Giant Haystacks
3b In Norse mythology, which battle will bring about the end of the world?
Ragnarok
4a International lawyer David Mills, husband of MP Tessa Jowell, allegedly received a 'financial gift' from which foreign politician?
Silvio Berlusconi
4b Which late footballer was known as the 'King of Stamford Bridge'?
Peter Osgood

Round Three
1a Desperate Dan of The Dandy comic lived in which town?
Cactusville
lb Dodge City is in which American state?
Kansas
2a What is the English name for China's Hwang Ho (or He)?
Yellow River
2b The works of which US novelist include "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" and "Reflections in a Golden Eye"?
Carson McCullers
3a Which 1946 Frank Capra film, which portrayed how things would have been like if George Bailey never existed, featured James Stewart and Donna Reed?
It's a Wonderful Life
3b What name is given to the area on the earth's surface directly over the point of origin of an earthquake?
Epicentre
4a Which Norwegian cargo ship, named after an American town, was at the centre of a diplomatic dispute in 2001, while rescuing 460 mainly Afghan refugees?
MV Tampa
4b Who, in 1847, became Liverpool's - and the country's first Medical Officer of Health?
(Dr. William Henry) Duncan

Round Four
1a Which US basketball player, in 1991, became one of the first sports celebrities to announce his HIV-seropositivity?
Earwin "Magic" Johnson
1b What word means to spiritually strengthen the mind, and to furnish with buildings?
Edify
2a Rowan Atkinson parted company with which credit card company advert in 1997?
Barclaycard
2b Which infamous Moscow prison also served as the HQ of the KGB?
Lubyanka
3a Which former female jazz singer fronted "The Seekers" folk group?
Judith Durham
3b Which of the 'Twelve Olympian' Greek gods was given the epithet of Phoebus, 'the radiant one'?
Apollo
4a What does the letter 'D' stand for in the computer acronym 'CAD'?
(Computer Aided) Design
4b Whose only (1976) British No. 1 hit was entitled "Mississippi"?
Pussycat

Round Five
1a Ceuta and Melilla are enclaves belonging to which European country?
Spain
lb What is the biggest muscle in the human body?
Gluteus maximus
2a What term is used for the first ten amendments of the US constitution?
Bill of Rights
2b Herbert Lom played which character in the "Pink Panther' films?
(Chief Inspector Charles) Dreyfus
3a Who established the Peoples Temple in Guyana in 1978?
Reverend Jim Jones
3b Prior to Tiger Woods in 2000, who was the last golfer to win both the US and British Opens in the same year?
Tom Watson (1982)
4a Who played Sean Thornton in the 1952 film "The Quiet Man"?
John Wayne
4b The leu is the currency of Romania and which neighbouring country?
Moldova

Round Six
1a Which former Tottenham Hotspur footballer holds the record of finishing as top goalscorer in six seasons?
Jimmy Greaves
1b London Bridge in Lake Havasu, Arizona, crosses which waterway?
Colorado River
2a Whose most ambitious painting was "The Raft of the Medusa"?
Theodore Gericault
2b Who was the owner of the TV 'talking horse' Mr. Ed?
Wilbur Post
3a Which Russian composer's first work was "Symphony No. 1 in D Major", known as "The Classical Symphony"?
Sergei Prokofiev
3b Who played Oskar Schindler in the 1993 film "Schindler's List"?
Liam Neeson
4a As what is the carnivorous mammal the thylacine better known?
Tasmanian Wolf (or Tiger)
4b Which Russian composer's first symphony was No. 1 in G Major Op. 13, known as "Winter Daydreams"?
Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky

Round Seven
1a Lord Snooty of The Beano comic lived where?
Bunkerton Castle
1b Which US President made 30 evening 'radio chats' from 1933 to 1944?
F. D. Roosevelt
2a What is the English translation of the Chinese river Zhu Jiang?
Pearl River
2b Which African country, with an Atlantic coastline, is practically an enclave of Senegal?
The Gambia
3a Hadleyville was the setting for which classic 1952 western film?
High Noon
3b Prior to Wembley Stadium, which was the last English football ground to stage an FA Cup Final - not including replays?
Stamford Bridge
4a Captain Henrik Karl Carlsen was in charge of which ship that sank off Falmouth in January 1952?
Flying Enterprise
4b Vernon Wayne Howell was the real name of which leader of the Branch Davidians, who died in 1993 at the Mount Carmel Centre, Waco, Texas?
David Koresh

Round Eight
1a Where in the human body is the pineal gland, aka epiphysis?
The Brain
lb Which Austrian painted "The Kiss" c. 1907?
Gustav Klimt
2a John Cleese, wearing a loud checked shirt, promoted which supermarket chain?
Sainsbury's
2b What currency is used in the Principality of Lichenstein?
Swiss Franc
3a What, at 500,000 square miles, is the world's second largest desert?
Gobi
3b Which long-legged bird is protected in South Africa because it eats snakes?
Secretary Bird
4a What is the smallest unit of information on a computer?
Bit (Binary digit)
4b Which is the first planet beyond Earth, and the fourth from the sun?
Mars

Spare Questions
1 Clothes designer Jeff Banks was married to which English pop star?
Sandie Shaw
2 Which US writer's published works include "The Ambler Warning", "The Tristan Betrayal", and "The Janson Directive", etc?
Robert Ludlum
3 In which American state is the majority of Yellowstone National Park, Devils Tower National Monument, and the Buffalo Bill Historical Centre?
Wyoming
4 What is the monetary unit of Tunisia, Sudan, Serbia, Libya, etc?
Dinar
5 Who is acknowledged as the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary?
St. Anne