Tuesday 6th February 2007
Set by Ormskirk Quiz League
All rounds are general

Round One.
1A The Victoria Falls stand on which African river?
THE ZAMBEZI
1B In 1926, which Football Club became the first to win the English First Division title for the third successive time?
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
2A Which Roman goddess was equivalent to Artemis, the Greek goddess of Nature?
DIANA
2B What is the name of the pub in the TV series, "Only Fools and Horses"?
THE NAG'S HEAD
3A At which battle in June 1800 did the French army, under Napoleon Bonaparte, defeat the Austrians?
MARENGO
3B Which food company, who produce Branston Pickle, say that their products are, "Ten O'Clock Tested"
CROSSE and BLACKWELL
4A From which musical does the song, "How to Handle a Woman" come?
CAMELOT
4B Some of the work of which Irish poet was influenced by his love for Maud Gonne?
W.B.YEATS

Round Two.
1A Which actor portrayed Sherlock Holmes in a series of Granada TV presentations from 1984-94? JEREMY BRETT
1B Who is currently the Prime Minister of France?
DOMINIQUE DE VILLEPIN
2A Which group had a No 2 U.K. hit record in 1986 with the song, "Manic Monday"?
THE BANGLES
2B In which country is the Great Belt Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in Europe?
DENMARK
3A Which radio and TV personality, well known for his Everest double glazing adverts in the 1980's, was the first guest on "Dictionary Corner" on TV's "Countdown"?
TED MOULT
3B Moshoeshoe II was king of which African country from 1966 until his death in 1996, although he was deposed during that time, on more than one occasion?
LESOTHO
4A Which comical looking bird takes its name from the Spanish word for joke?
BOOBY
4B Who won the County Cricket Championship in 2005, but were relegated to the 2"d division in 2006?
NOTTS

Round Three.
1A Who won the County Cricket Championship in 2001, but were relegated to the 2"d division in 2002?
YORKSHIRE
1B Which French term for booby prize is given to the last finisher in the Tour de France?
LANTERNE ROUGE
2A Mswati III, son of the late King Sobhusa II, is currently King of which African country?
SWAZILAND
2B Which brothers, better known in another field, published the first comprehensive German Dictionary in 1852?
THE BROTHERS GRIMM
3A Which European River is crossed by the 2277 metre long 25th of April Bridge?
RIVER TAGUS
3B Which group won the Grammy "Record of the Year" award in 1978 for their song, "Hotel California"?
THE EAGLES
4A Who is currently the President of the European Commission?
JOSE MANUEL BARROSO
4B In the 1970's TV series, "The Persuaders", Roger Moore played Brett Sinclair. Who played the part of Danny Wilde?
TONY CURTIS

Round Four.
1A Which English poet, who wrote, "The Eve of St Agnes" loved and was loved by Fanny Brawn?
JOHN KEATS
1B The song, "I Talk to the Trees" comes from which musical?
PAINT YOUR WAGON
2A Which company advertised with the slogan, "More experience than our name implies"?
VIRGIN
2B At which battle did Napoleon's army defeat the Russians before occupying Moscow in 1812?
BORODINO
3A What is the name of the pub in the TV series, "Early Doors"?
THE GRAPES
3B Which Greek goddess was the equivalent to Pax, the Roman goddess of peace?
IRENE
4A Three horse races make up the American Triple Crown. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes are two. Name the third.
THE BELMONT STAKES
4B Which African river rises in Lesotho, and flows generally westwards for 1300 miles, via the South African plateau, to enter the Atlantic Ocean at Alexander Bay?
ORANGE RIVER

Round Five.
1A How was the Roman Emperor, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus more commonly known?
CALIGULA 1B Which animals form the order proboscidae?
ELEPHANTS
2A In the title of the Katie Melua song, how many bicycles are there in Beijing?
NINE MILLION
2B Name the industrialist, inventor of Gannex and a close friend of Harold Wilson, who was jailed in 1980, and stripped of his Knighthood, for theft from his own company.
JOSEPH KAGAN
3A Who is the author of the best selling books on gardening, with titles such as "The Bulb Expert", "The Tree and Shrub Expert" and "The New Lawn Expert"?
DR D.G. HESSAYON
3B Belinda and Umbriel are moons of Uranus. They are named after characters from "The Rape of the Lock" by which author?
ALEXANDER POPE
4A Which non metallic element, with the Atomic Number 34, is named after the Greek goddess of the moon?
SELENIUM
4B Which character in Charles Dickens' novel, "A Tale of Two Cities" is wrongfully imprisoned in France, and only released after 18 years?
DR MANETTE

Round Six.
1A In 1853, the first triangular postage stamps were issued by which South African colony?
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
1B According to the Gospel of St Matthew, to whom did Jesus say, "All they who take the sword, shall perish with the sword"?
ST. PETER
2A The coronets of a Duke, Marquis and Earl are adorned with the leaves of which fruit?
STRAWBERRY
2B Which British actor was at one time or another married to the sisters, Zsa Zsa and Magda Gabor?
GEORGE SANDERS
3A Which kind of work is a "Pargeter" specifically employed to carry out?
PLASTERING
3B E. W. Hornung, the creator of the fictional character, Raffles, was the brother in law of which writer of detective novels?
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
4A A Cor Anglais is a type of which woodwind musical instrument?
AN OBOE
4B Which Scottish born scientist, 1892-1973, is credited with the invention of radar?
ROBERT WATSON WATT

Round Seven.
1A Which English scientist is credited with the discovery of oxygen, sharing this claim to fame with the French scientist Lavoisier and the Swede, Carl Scheele?
JOSEPH PRIESTLEY
1B The rail around a table on board a ship which prevents objects sliding off hears the same name as which musical instrument?
A FIDDLE
2A Rudyard Kipling was a cousin of which 20'h century British Prime Minister?
STANLEY BALDWIN
2B Which word, still in common use today, comes from the ancient Israelite practice of letting fields lie fallow every seventh year?
SABBATICAL
3A Which actress was once married to Eliot Gould, and is now married to James Brolin? BARBARA STREISAND
3B The culinary term, "A La Forestiere" means to cook or serve with which vegetable?
MUSHROOMS
4A Tarsus, mentioned in the Bible as the birthplace of St. Paul, lies in which modern day country?
TURKEY
4B Who. in 1964, became the first person to be named on a British stamp?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Round Eight.
1A In the novel, "Brideshead Revisited" by Evelyn Waugh, which Marquis owned Brideshead?
LORD MARCHMAIN
1B Which gaseous chemical element, Atomic Number 17, is named after the Greek word for green?
CHLORINE
2A Which planet had new moons discovered in 2000, which were named after giants from Gallic. Norse and Inuit mythology?
SATURN
2B Who presented the TV programme, "Gardener's World", often from his farmhouse at Barnsdale, from 1979 until his death from a heart attack in 1996?
GEOFF HAMILTON
3A Which leader of the Newcastle on Tyne City council was jailed in 1974, for his acceptance of bribes in what became known as the Poulson Affair?
T DAN SMITH
3B Which female singer, much in the news in 2006, sings the track, "All Love Can Be" in the Oscar winning film, "A Beautiful Mind"?
CHARLOTTE CHURCH
4A Name either of the animals, which form the order leporidae.
HARES or RABBITS
4B Construction of the Colosseum in Rome began in A.D.72, under the rule of which Emperor?
VESPASIAN

Spare Questions.
1. Which land battle of the 19'h century was known as the Battle of the Three Emperors?
AUSTERLITZ
2. Who directed the classic Russian film, "Battleship Potemkin"?
SERGEI EISENSTEIN
3. Who is currently the leader of the British National Party?
NICK GRIFFIN