Tuesday 9th January 2007
Set by KLASS (Northern)
All rounds are general

ROUND ONE
1a. Which UK singer was born Terry Parsons?
MATT MONROE
1b. What was the name of the first cloned sheep?
DOLLY
2a. Which African country has the largest population?
NIGERIA
2b. Who wrote the novel 'Three Men on the Bummel'?
JEROME K JEROME
3a. Who won the 2006 Channel 4 Big Brother? - full name required
PETE BENNETT
3b. To the nearest mile, how many miles in a league?
THREE
4a. Who was the mother of Mary Queen of Scots?
MARY OF GUISE (or Lorraine)
4b. The first battle recorded in history was Megiddo, in which modem country is this battlefield?
ISRAEL

ROUND TWO
1a. What is celebrated on the Catholic feast of the Assumption?
THE (Bodily) ASCENSION OF THE VIRGIN MARY TO HEAVEN
1b. Who on radio played 'The Man in Black'?
VALENTINE DYALL
2a. In which country was actress Vivien Leigh born?
INDIA
2b. Which country's currency is the Kuna?
CROATIA
3a. Who in 'Lord of the Rings' is also known as Strider?
ARAGORN
3b. In September 2006 who is the highest-ranked female tennis player?
KIM CLIJSTERS
4a. In the Bible, what lay 'East of Eden'?
THE LAND OF NOD
4b. What is the lowest rate of deductible income tax in the UK?
10 PER CENT

ROUND THREE
1a. Which American serial killer was the basis of Norman Bates in Psycho; 'Leatherface' in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre; and Buffalo Bill' in The Silence of the Lambs?
ED GEIN
1b. What is the family name of the Earls of Sefton?
MOLYNEUX
2a. In which field is MIT's Noam Chomsky an expert?
LINGUISTICS
2b. What type of creature is a John Dory?
FISH
3a. Which English cathedral has a Nelson's Column?
HEREFORD
3b. Which UK duo scored 'nil points' at the 2003 European Song Contest?
JEMINI
4a. Who, in 1892, were football's first Scottish League Champions?
DUMBARTON
4b. Paula Abdul was the second wife of which actor?
EMILIO ESTEVEZ

ROUND FOUR
1a. Who did Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme attempt to assassinate in 1975?
GERALD FORD
1b. What type of apparel is a 'Juliet'?
A CAP OR HAT
2a. From which sport are left-handed players barred?
POLO
2b. On the intemet, what is an E-zine?
AN ELECTRONIC MAGAZINE
3a. Who wrote the 1994 play Broken Glass?
ARTHUR MILLER
3b. In Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol', what is the first name of Scrooge's dead partner Marley?
JACOB
4a. How many years are there in a Solar (or Sunspot) Cycle?
ELEVEN
4b. Which mountainous ridge of hills run for 30 kilometres from Carnwath to Edinburgh?
PENTLAND HILLS

ROUND FIVE
1a. What colour is the variety of quartz known as cornelian or carnelian?
RED
1b. Whose picture is on an American $100 bill?
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
2a. Which is the only US state to border Maine?
NEW HAMPSHIRE
2b. Which Scottish town is overlooked by Ben Nevis?
FORT WILLIAM
3a. Tom Wills played a major part in the development of which overseas sport?
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL
3b. Name either of Shakespeare's two gentlemen of Verona.
VALENTINE OR PROTEUS
4a. What was actress Bette Davis' actual first name?
RUTH
4b. Which substance used in perfumery is obtained chiefly from a species of deer but also from other animals such as the civet?
MUSK

ROUND SIX
1a. In which country was the Women's Institute founded?
CANADA
1b. Which English contralto was born in 1912 at Higher Walton, Lancashire?
KATHLEEN FERRIER
2a. Who sang with Roy Orbison on the recording 'Crying', recorded shortly before Orbison's death?
K D LANG
2b. Which novel features the character Leigh Teabing?
THE DA VINCI CODE
3a. Which musical features the song 'On My Own'?
LES MISERABLES
3b. Which is the most volcanic of the American states?
HAWAII
4a. 'Hard pad' is a symptom of which disease suffered by dogs?
DISTEMPER
4b. In archery what colour is the outer ring of the target?
WHITE

ROUND SEVEN
1a. Name any one of William Shakespeare's three children.
SUSANNAH, HAMNET OR JUDITH
1b. Which dynasty preceded the Bourbons in the rule of France?
VALOIS
2a. Which artist and photographer painted the work Derby Day?
WILLIAM FRITH
2b. In which alphabet did David Beckham have his wife's name tattooed on his arm?
SANSKRIT
3a. Who was the Greek God of fire and blacksmith to the Olympians?
HEPHAESTUS
3b. Which British politician and statesman said 'To know the past is to know the future?
WINSTON CHURCHILL
4a. What was the name of the tribute and 'buy-off money paid to the Vikings by the Anglo-Saxon?
DANEGELD
4b. Betsy Ross is credited by folklore to have sewn which object?
THE STARS AND STRIPES (US Flag)

ROUND EIGHT
1a. What is the name of Tom Cruise's daughter?
SURI
1b. In Norse mythology what was Yggdrasil?
A (ASH) TREE
2a. Jean Rhys' 1966 novel 'The Wide Sargasso Sea' shares some of the characters and is a sort of prequel to which 1847 novel?
JANE EYRE
2b. What was the first name of Superman's stepmother?
MARTHA
3a. What is the better-known alternative name for the board game 'Wei-chi?
GO
3b. Who is the Christian equivalent of the Muslim character Eblis or Iblis?
SATAN
4a. In which country was actress Penelope Cruz born?
SPAIN
4b. Which TV star's autobiography is titled 'Making Waves'?
DAVID HASSELHOFF

SPARE QUESTIONS
1. The American Embassy is in which London Square?
GROSVENOR
2. In the 1980s, in which event did David Otley represent Britain in the Olympic Games?
THE JAVELIN
3. Who was the Mayor of New York on 11 September 2001?
RUDOLPH GUILIANI
4. What was the name of the house in England bought by the eponymous Count in Dracula?
CARFAX ABBEY
5. Who is the husband of actress Jean Boht?
CARL DAVIES