Tuesday 18th December 2007
Set by the Liverpool League
All rounds are general

Round One
1a Who was the first American President to resign?
Richard Nixon
1b Pussy Galore features in which Ian Fleming book (later a film)?
Goldfinger
2a Vladimir Ashkenazy plays which musical instrument?
Piano
2b With which organ does a snake hear?
Tongue
3a Which Gore Vidal character has a sex operation?
Myra Bedcinbridge
3b Who painted "Self Portrait with a Bandaged Ear"?
Vincent Van Gogh
4a What was founded by the Rev. William and Catherine Booth in 1878?
Salvation Army
4b By what name was Robert Wycherley better known?
Billy Fury

Round Two
1a Who wrote (in 1862) the novel "Les Misérables"?
Victor Hugo
1b In which American state is Disneyland?
California (Anaheim)
2a By what name was Terence Nelhams better known?
Adam Faith
2b Who wrote (in 1889) "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"?
Mark Twain (S. L. Clemens)
3a Which bird turns its head upside when eating?
Flamingo
3b What is a licensed seller of Papal Indulgences called?
A Pardoner
4a To which horde, or mob, did Kid Curry belong?
Hole in the Wall Gang
4b Clifford Irving wrote the fraudulent biography of which US entrepreneur?
Howard Hughes

Round Three
1a Who was Edmund Dantes?
The Count of Monte Cristo
1b Which Italian (1858-1924) composed the romantic opera "La Bohème"?
Puccini
2a How many attended the Last Supper on the eve of Christ's crufixion?
Thirteen
2b Which composer (1825-1899) was known as The Waltz King?
Johann Strauss II
3a Who had a horse called 'Bucephalus'?
Alexander The Great
3b Who, in 1968, was assassinated by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan?
Robert F. Kennedy
4a Which French ruler was nicknamed The Little Corporal?
Napoleon Bonaparte
4b Who wrote "The Brothers Karamazov"?
Dostoevsky

Round Four
1a Who succeeded Vladimir Lenin as Russian leader in 1929?
Joseph Stalin
1b What did William Addis invent whilst in Newgate Prison?
Toothbrush
2a Which film was based on the life of William Hearst?
Citizen Kane
2b Which winged horse did Bellerophon ride?
Pegasus
3a In which country was the Mau Mau uprising?
Kenya
3b Who (Matt. 27:16-26) did Pontius Pilate release instead of Jesus Christ?
Barabbas
4a What (related to Sanskrit) is the sacred language of the Buddhists of India?
Pali
4b In which European country is the winter resort of St. Moritz?
Switzerland

Round Five
1a Who was the last prisoner in Spandau Jail, Berlin?
Rudolph Hess
1b How many letters are there in the Greek alphabet?
Twenty-four
2a Who killed the Gorgon Medusa?
Perseus
2b Which is the only marsupial native to North America?
Opossum
3a How many players are there in an Australian Rules football team?
Eighteen
3b Which 300 metre tower did Victor Lustig 'sell' in 1925?
Eiffel Tower
4a What is the meaning of the Latin phrase 'caveat actor'?
Let the doer beware
4b Who was the queen of Louis XVI of France?
Marie Antoinette

Round Six
1a In which month of the year does pheasant shooting begin?
October
1b The Canary Islands belong to which country?
Spain
2a Which car did Commander Caractacus Potts drive?
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
2b Georges was the valet to which Agatha Christie character?
Hercule Poirot
3a Who, in children's literature, are Anastasia and Drisella?
Cinderella's sisters
3b How many players are there in a water polo team?
Seven
4a How many pawns, in total, are used in a chess game?
Sixteen
4b How many quires are there in a ream of paper?
Twenty

Round Seven
1a Which US group founded 'Brother Records'?
Beach Boys
1b What is the name of Andy Capp's wife?
Flo
2a Which flower is the symbol of secrecy?
Rose
2b Which Italian (1813-1901) composed the tragedy opera "Aida"?
Giuseppe Verdi
3a How many pairs of chromosomes are there in the human cell nucleus?
Twenty-three
3b Which American novelist wrote "The Call of the Wild" in 1903?
Jack London
4a Which character had a valet called Kato?
Inspector Clousseau
4b What were originally called 'hanways'?
Umbrellas

Round Eight
1a Which fictional lawyer had a secretary called Della Street?
Perry Mason
1b Who is the Chief Constable of Merseyside?
Bernard Hogan-Howe
2a What is the name of the flying island in "Gulliver's Travels"?
Laputa
2b Against which king was the Gunpowder Plot conspiracy?
James I (VI of Scotland)
3a What record is held by the Black Mountain Golf Club, North Carolina?
Longest hole
(745 yds par 6)
3b Which bird can fly backwards?
Humming bird
4a What kind of fruit is a kumquat?
(Small) Orange
4b Israel and which other country border the Dead Sea?
Jordan

Spare Questions
1 Who was known as the 'father of geometry'?
Euclid
2 Which 5th century BC Greek historian wrote nine books of 'Histories'?
Herodotus
3 What is the mother of invention?
Necessity
4 Which alcoholic drink was called 'mother's ruin'?
Gin