Monday 10th December 2007
Set by The Mariners (Northern)
All rounds are general

ROUND ONE
1a. Who wrote the novel "Bleak House"?
CHARLES DICKENS
1b. On film, who was the first portrayed by a male dog called Pal?
LASSIE
2a. Who painted the "Adoration of the Magi" now in the Uffizi Gallery?
SANDRO BOTTICILLI
2b. Which Prime Minister's time in office produced the phrase "You've never had it so good"?
HAROLD MACMILLAN
3a. Which Shakespeare play features a heroine named Imogen?
CYMBELINE
3b. For which film did Humphrey Bogart win his only Academy Award?
THE AFRICAN QUEEN
4a. What was the pen-name of the author who wrote about Brother Cadfael?
ELLIS PETERS
4b. On television, who played Bergerac?
JOHN NETTLES

ROUND TWO
1a. Who played the character of Kojak on TV?
TELLY SAVALAS
1b. Who crested the sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey?
DOROTHY L SAYERS
2a. Which major poet wrote "Ballad of Reading Gaol"?
OSCAR WILDE
2b. In which country is Timbuktu?
MALI
3a Which actress who has won most Academy Awards?
KATHERINE HEPBURN
3b. The town of Buxton lies in which National Park?
PEAK DISTRICT
4a. Who was the UK's first Prime Minister in 1721?
ROBERT WALPOLE
4b. Which French impressionist painter specialised in painting dancers?
EDGAR DEGAS

ROUND THREE
1a. Who played the psychotic lead in the film "White Heat"?
JAMES CAGNEY
1b. Who wrote the book containing the characters Mrs Tiggywinkle and Jeremy Fisher?
BEATRIX POTTER
2a. Which pass connects Pakistan and Afghanistan?
KHYBER PASS
2b. Which major poet wrote "The Divine Comedy"?
DANTE
3a. Name the only nation to fail to win a gold medal when hosting the Olympic Games?
CANADA
3b. What is the largest lake in mainland Britain?
LOCH LOMOND
4a. What two word Latin term is used to describe being 'of sound mind?
COMPOS MENTIS
4b. Who was British prime Minister at the outbreak of the Second World War?
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN

ROUND FOUR
1a. Name the chief engineer who designed and built the Suez Canal?
FERDINAND DE LESSEPS
1b. In 1972, who entered 7 Olympic events, won all 7, and set 7 world records?
MARK SPITZ
2a. Who is the fictional flying hero created by Captain W. H. Johns?
BIGGLES
2b. Who played Brando's eldest son in the film "The Godfather"?
JAMES CAAN
3a. Which great Czech athlete won the 5,000m, 10,000m and marathon at the 1952 Olympic Games?
EMIL ZATOPEK
3b. What is the ancient Egyptian method of pictographic writing called?
HIEROGLYPHICS
4a. Who orchestrated a mass suicide in a commune in Guyana in 1978?
REV JIM JONES
4b. Kenneth Kaunda ruled which independent African nation from 1964 to 1991?
ZAMBIA

ROUND FIVE
1a. Name the author of the novel 'Lord of the Flies'?
WILLIAM GOLDING
1b. What was the name of the boy who befriends the alien in the film "E. T."?
ELLIOT
2a. Who co-wrote the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx?
FRIEDRICH ENGELS
2b. Who founded "The Body Shop" chain of stores?
ANITA RODDICK
3a. In which city is the famous department store GUM?
MOSCOW
3b. Which Italian political thinker wrote "II Principle" ("The Prince")?
MACHIAVELLI
4a. In mythology, who is the wife of Odysseus?
PENELOPE
4b. Who wrote that 'Golf is a good walk spoiled'?
MARK TWAIN

ROUND SIX
1a. Which poet was killed one week before the WW1 armistice?
WILFRED OWEN
1b. Which Rolling Stone musician died after a binge in 1969?
BRIAN JONES
2a. Who made the first solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927?
CHARLES LINDBERGH
2b. What is the name of the principle Dutch airline?
KLM
3a. Who is quoted as having said "Never trust a man with short legs - his brains are too near his bottom"?
NOEL COWARD
3b. In the Bible who was the wife of Ahab?
JEZEBEL
4a. Who composed the musical piece "Eine Kleine Nacht Musik"?
MOZART
4b. What is the name of footballer David Beckham's youngest child?
CRUZ

ROUND SEVEN
1a. Who was the principal architect of the Houses of Parliament?
SIR CHARLES BARRY
1b. Which English King was imprisoned by Duke Leopold of Austria on his return from the Third Crusade?
RICHARD I (accept the Lionheart)
2a. Who was the first divorcee to become president of the USA?
RONALD REGAN
2b. Which show business entertainer had the catch phrase "I want to tell you a story"?
MAX BYGRAVES
3a. Who had his only hit with the record "Granddad"?
CLIVE DUNN
3b. By what nickname was American footballer William Perry usually known?
"THE REFRIGERATOR"
4a. What race is run on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs in Louisville?
KENTUCKY DERBY
4b. At what age does a filly become a mare?
FIVE

ROUND EIGHT
1a. From which country does the stuffed pancake known as a blini
RUSSIA originate?
1b. In Austria, its country of origin, by what two-word name is a breaded veal cutlet known?
WIENER SCHNITZEL
2a. Who was nicknamed "The Wizard of the Dribble", a testimony to his football skills?
STANLEY MATTHEWS
2b. Which 1970s act had its only hit with "Spirit in the Sky"?
NORMAN GREENBAUM
3a. What was the name of the enforced unification of Austria and Germany in 1938?
THE ANSCHLUSS
3b. Which besieged city was relieved in January 1944, after holding out for nearly 30 months?
LENINGRAD
4a. The Throckmorton and Babington plots were directed against which English monarch?
ELIZABETH I
4b. Which designer was murdered by Andrew Cunanan in 1996?
GIANNI VERSACE

SPARE QUESTIONS
1. What was the first Elvis Presley single to reach number one in the UK?
ALL SHOOK UP
2. In computing, how many bytes are there in a kilobyte?
1024
3. In science, what is the SI unit of energy?
JOULE
4. How many chromosomes are there in the female sex cell?
23
5. Which politician, now a Lord of the Realm, served with the SBS and was Britain's special representative in Bosnia?
PADDY ASHDOWN