Monday 17th December 2007
Set by Southport & Formby League
Round Four is headed - the rest are general

ROUND 1
1a Used in recent wars by Iraq, how is the Chinese HY-2 Haiying cruise missile known in the West?
SILKWORM
1b Which scriptwriter created the ITV drama series 'Cracker'?
JIMMY McGOVERN
2a Whom did Brian Ashton replace as England Rugby Union head coach in December 2006?
ANDY ROBINSON
2b Of which orchestra was Herbert von Karajan the principal conductor from 1954 to 1989?
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC
3a Who wrote the screenplays for the ITV drama series 'Prime Suspect'?
LYNDA LA PLANTE
3b Which American surface to air missile has assumed the role of the US Army's anti-ballistic missile platform?
(MIM-104) PATRIOT
4a Who succeeded Claudio Abbado as principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 2002?
(SIR) SIMON RATTLE
4b Whom did Phil Vickery replace as England's Rugby Union captain in January 2007?
MARTIN CORRY

ROUND 2
1a What is the name of the computer system used in cricket etc to track the path of the ball?
HAWKEYE
1b Who played Captain Vallo in the 1952 film 'The Crimson Pirate'?
BURT LANCASTER
2a Which comedy character, surname Sagdiyev, uses the greeting Jagshemash?
BORAT
2b What was the name of Malawi prior to independence in 1964?
NYASALAND
3a Who played the pirate Geoffrey Thorpe in the 1940 film 'The Sea Hawk'?
ERROL FLYNN
3b What is the name of the computer system, used in tennis, to help determine whether a serve is in or out?
CYCLOPS
4a What was the name of Zambia prior to independence in 1964?
NORTHERN RHODESIA
4b What is the name of the gay Austrian fashion show presenter, another creation of Sacha Baron-Cohen?
BRUNO

ROUND 3
1a What is the name of the first Duke of Wellington's London Residence, often referred to as 'No. 1 London'?
APSLEY HOUSE
1b What name is given to a Mexican dish of chicken, beef, etc, served sizzling hot, wrapped in flour tortillas?
FAJITAS
2a Which chef published his autobiography in October 2006 under the title 'Humble Pie'?
GORDON RAMSAY
2b What name is given to the musical collaboration between DJ and producer Danger Mouse aka Brian Burton and rapper/singer Cee-Lo Green aka Thomas Callaway?
GNARLS BARKLEY
3a In Mexican cuisine, what name is given to a very thin rolled pancake with a meat filling, usually fried crisp?
TACO
3b Which stately home in Hampshire was purchased by a 'grateful nation' for the first Duke of Wellington in 1817?
STRATFIELD SAYE
4a When it was released in March 2006 which Gnarls Barkley single became the first to top the UK charts on download sales alone?
CRAZY
4b Which radio and television presenter published his second volume of autobiography in September 2006 under the title 'Mustn't Grumble'?
TERRY WOGAN

ROUND 4: EASTER PARADE
1a Who took the female lead in the 1948 film 'Easter Parade'?
JUDY GARLAND
1b In which modern day country did the Easter Rising of 1916 take place?
(REPUBLIC OF) IRELAND
2a Easter Road is the home ground of which Scottish football club?
HIBERNIAN
2b To which country does Rapa Nui or Easter Island belong?
CHILE
3a What is the French word for Easter?
PAQUES
3b What name is given to the fiftieth day after Easter Sunday that marks the end of Eastertide?
PENTECOST
4a In 664 AD where in Northumbria was there a synod (or council) at which the main business was the proper calculation of Easter?
WHITBY
4b Which composer completed his 'Russian Easter Festival Overture' in 1888? (NIKOLAI)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

ROUND 5
1a Which American singer for many years has been known as 'The Queen of Soul'?
ARETHA FRANKLIN
1b Introduced in 1862, what name is given to the train that runs the full length of the West Coast Main Line from London to Glasgow, with a portion previously going to Edinburgh?
ROYAL SCOT
2a Based on Peter Mayle's book 'A Year in Provence', who stars as Max Skinner in the Ridley Scott film 'A Good Year'?
RUSSELL CROWE
2b Which TV quiz was devised by Bill Wright, a former RAF gunner and prisoner-of-war?
MASTERMIND
3a Introduced in 1929, what name was given to the luxury train of the Southern Railway, and later British Railways, that linked London with Dover en route to Calais and Paris?
GOLDEN ARROW
3b Which late singer was known as 'The Godfather of Soul'?
JAMES BROWN
4a What is the name of the American TV quiz show on which University Challenge is based?
COLLEGE BOWL
4b Which late actor played Peter Mayle in the 1993 TV mini-series 'A Year in Provence'?
JOHN THAW

ROUND 6
1a Which British entertainer, born in 1928, came to prominence in 1958 when he was chosen to compere ITV's 'Sunday Night At The London Palladium'?
BRUCE FORSYTH
1b Which capital city is located on the southern shore of the Rio de la Plata, opposite the Uruguayan city of Colonia del Sacramento?
BUENOS AIRES
2a In which American novel does the narrator's father, lawyer Atticus Finch, agrees to defend a black man called Tom Robinson?
TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD
2b Which game is played 10 aside by men and 12 aside by women?
LACROSSE
3a Which city is built on the site of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan?
MEXICO CITY
3b Which British entertainer, born in 1932, presented a daytime televison programme between 2002 and 2006 with co-host Melanie Sykes?
DES O'CONNOR
4a In which sport, played seven aside, do the two teams pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team?
HANDBALL
4b Which American novella, with a title taken from Robbie Burns, features George Milton and Lennie Small?
OF MICE AND MEN

ROUND 7
1a What is the name of the Coronation Street character played by Bill Ward, who has had relationships with Shelley Unwin and Tracy Barlow etc?
CHARLIE STUBBS
1b Who was the lead singer of the pop group 'The Kinks' ? RAY DAVIES
2a What is the name of the old type of window which housed cords attached to counterweights in order to hold it open at any height?
SASH
2b Which word for the SI unit of electric current is taken from the name of a French physicist?
AMPERE
3a Who was the lead singer of the pop group 'The Animals'?
ERIC BURDON
3b What was the name of the Coronation Street character played by Brian Capron, who married Gail Platt?
RICHARD HILLMAN
4a Which scientist, M.P. and Master of the Mint has given his name to the SI unit of force?
(SIR ISAAC) NEWTON
4b What name is given to the type of window which opens on vertical hinges?
CASEMENT

ROUND 8
1a Famous for its annual migration of wildebeest, the Masai Mara is a large park reserve in which African country?
KENYA
1b In the film 'Toy Story' which character has the repeated line 'To infinity, and beyond!'?
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR
2a What was the name of Gomez Addams' wife in the TV series 'The Addams Family'?
MORTICIA
2b In mathematics or statistics, what term is used for for the type of average found by arranging the values in order and then selecting the one in the middle?
MEDIAN
3a Which US politician once famously said, 'Space is almost infinite. In fact we think it is infinite.'?
DAN QUAYLE
3b The Masai Mara is effectively the northern continuation of which Tanzanian national park game reserve?
SERENGETI
4a In mathematics or statistics, what term is used for the type of average found by determining the most frequent value in a group of values?
MODE
4b What was the name of Herman Munster's wife in the TV series 'The Munsters'?
LILY

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 Whose music featured in the 1948 film 'Easter Parade'?
IRVING BERLIN'S
2 Cariocas are inhabitants of which city?
RIO DE JANEIRO
3 Holden Caulfield is the central character in which American novel?
CATCHER IN THE RYE