Tuesday 20th February 2007
Set by Earles (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks Senior, and who else founded the United Artists film studio in 1919?
D. W. Griffith
1b What does the letter 'M' stand for in the superbug 'MRSA'?
Methicillln
2a Spelt is an inferior species of which cereal?
Wheat
2b Which Beethoven composition was used as the code name for the German bombing of Coventry in World War Two?
Moonlight Sonata
3a 'Mimosa' is a French and American version of which alcoholic drink?
Bucks Fizz
3b Which 1925 Nobel Literature Prize winner won a film Academy Award in 1938?
G. B. Shaw (Pygmalion)
4a Which hurricane devastated New Orleans in 2005?
Katrina
4b The Irish field sport 'camogie', is the female version of which game?
Hurling

Round Two
1a Which carbohydrate, formed by the polymerization of glucose, is the principal constituent of plant wall cells?
Cellulose
1b Who, in 1955, refused the title 'Duke of London'?
Sir Winston Churchill
2a Who was the MC on the Mike Oldfield album "Tubular Bells"?
Vivian Stanshall
2b What is/was the collective name for Mizaru, Mikazaru, and Mazaru?
The Three Wise Monkeys
3a Following a referendum, which country left the European Union in 1985?
Greenland
3b Which former Prime Minister played first class cricket (MCC & Middlesex)?
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
4a The signature tune of which US band leader was "One O'Clock Jump"?
Count Basie
4b Which Greek hero was said to be the son of Zeus and Alcmene?
Hercules (Heracles)

Round Three
1a Which US city was named Yerba Buena by the Spanish, on account of the abundance of the herb found there?
San Francisco
1b In which 1994 Quentin Tarantino film did John Travolta play Vincent Vega?
Pulp Fiction
2a Who, in 1895, became the first actor to receive a knighthood?
Henry Irving
2b Where, in 1516, was the first ghetto created?
Venice, Italy
3a What was first achieved by Chuck Yaeger in October 1947?
Broke the sound barrier
3b Which was the last host nation to win the FIFA World Cup?
France (1998)
4a Which science fiction character piloted Fireball XL5?
Steve Zodiac
4b The book "Red Alert" (aka "Two Hours to Doom") was the basis for which 1964 Stanley Kubrick film?
Dr. Strangelove

Round Four
1a Which award, instituted in 1943, is recognised as 'the animals VC'?
Dickin Medal
1b Which 1977 Steven Spielberg film ends at Devil's Tower, Wyoming?
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
2a Which Arthurian legend lived at the castle of Joyous Gard?
Lancelot
2b The nicknames of which European capital city include 'the golden city', 'the left bank of the nineties', and 'city of a hundred spires', etc?
Prague
3a Who became the first footballer to appear in three World Cup finals?
Cafu (Brazil)
3b Which US rapper, record producer, and actor was born Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jnr?
Snoop Dogg
4a Which foodstuff has varieties called cherry, beefsteak, marmande, etc?
Tomato
4b In the Jean de Brunhoff story, who is the son of the king of the elephants?
Babar

Round Five
1a Which planet of the Solar system has a density less than water?
Saturn
1b Brass is an alloy of copper and which other metal?
Zinc
2a Which Gerry Anderson puppet has the real name Paul Metcalfe?
Captain Scarlet
2b Which denomination banknote was introduced by the Bank of England in 1752, and withdrawn in 1945?
£1,000
3a Which US singer had a posthumous 1960 No. 1 hit with the song "Three Steps to Heaven"?
Eddie Cochran
3b The Blue John Mines are in which English county?
Derbyshire
4a In cookery, what is a 'carpetbag' usually stuffed with?
Oysters
4b Who, in 1907, was the first female to be awarded the Order of Merit?
Florence Nightingale

Round Six
1a Which country's national airline went into liquidation on November 2001?
Sabena (Belgium)
1b Paper Shell and Spanish Ruby are varieties of which oriental fruit?
Pomegranate
2a The Burrard Inlet forms the port area of which Commonwealth city?
Vancouver (Canada)
2b Mare Nostrum (our sea) was the Roman name for where?
Mediterranean
3a A selenograph is a delineation of where?
The Moon
3b Mary Tourtel created which comic strip character?
Rupert Bear
4a The Robert Gordon University is in which British city?
Aberdeen
4b In the game of Monopoly, which square is diagonally opposite to 'Go'?
Free Parking

Round Seven
1a Who plays Rubeus Hagrid in the "Harry Potter" series of films?
Robbie Coltrane
1b What is the administrative capital and county town of Hampshire, England?
Winchester
2a Which country has the longest coastline in the world (including islands)?
Canada
2b Which actress, in 1989, became the oldest to win an Academy Award?
Jessica Tandy
3a Which horse won the Triple Crown of thoroughbred racing in 1970?
Nijinsky
3b Which Scottish motorway runs from Ratho to Dunblane?
M9
4a Jennie Lee, and which Prime Minister, founded the Open University?
Harold Wilson
4b What do we call that which the Americans refer to as 'cilantro'?
Coriander

Round Eight
1a Shakespeare's romantic tragedy "Romeo and Juliet" is set in which Italian city?
Verona
1b In the Christian calendar, Lady Day falls in which month of the year?
March (25th)
2a In which 1949 Carol Reed film did Joseph Cotton play Holly Martins?
The Third Man
2b What was the surname of the first father and son to become US President?
Adams
3a Inhabitants of which English county are referred to as 'Moonrakers"?
Wiltshire
3b Billy Bigelow features in which 1956 Oscar Hammerstein II film?
Carousel
4a What was the sequel to the TV comedy series "Porridge"?
Going Straight
4b Which is the only city in Metropolitan County of South Yorkshire?
Sheffield

Spare Questions
1 Which 'fake' celebrity won TV's "Big Brother" in January 2006?
Chantelle Houghton
2 Charterhouse Public School is in which English county?
Surrey
3 Which British rock group had a 2005 hit with the album "X and Y"?
Coldplay
4 Who sculptured the Eleanor Rigby statue, donated to the City of Liverpool in 1982?
Tommy Steele