Monday 29th January 2007
Set by Foreign Legion (Northern)
All rounds are general

ROUND ONE
1a. Who was on the British throne in the year 1300?
EDWARD I (Longshanks)
1b. Pewter is an alloy of tin and which other metal?
LEAD
2a. On whose novels is the TV Police Drama 'A Touch of Frost' based?
R D WINGFIELD
2b. According to Genesis how many people were in the Ark?
EIGHT (Noah, his wife, 3 Sons & wives)
3a. In which Canadian Province is the capital Ottawa?
ONTARIO
3b. Which 1980s film, one of the biggest flops of the decade precipitated the sale of United Artists to MGM, it starred Warren Beatty?
HEAVENS GATE
4a. In a pack of playing cards which King has only one eye visible on each head?
KING OF DIAMONDS
4b. Which American State is known as the Magnolia State?
MISSISIPPI

ROUND TWO
1a. If you suffered from demophopia, what is your fear?
CROWDS
1b. The stapes bone can be found in which part of your body?
EAR
2a. Which element has the symbol Rn?
RADON
2b. Give one year in the life of Giacomo Puccini.
1858-1924
3a. In which UK City would you be in if you bought the local morning paper Eastern Daily Press?
NORWICH
3b. In which year were the Summer Olympic Games held in Tokyo?
1964
4a. Greenland comes under which country's jurisdiction?
DENMARK
4b. As at August 2006 who is the Secretary of State for Transport?
DOUGLAS ALEXANDER

ROUND THREE
1a. Three men won a track Olympic 100 metres gold medal for Britain in the 20th century, Alan Well, Linford Christie, name the other.
HAROLD ABRAHAMS
1b. Name the year Gary Kasparov became the youngest ever chess champion and Clive Sinclair launched the C5 tricycle.
1985
2a. What nationality was the composer Franz Joseph Haydn?
AUSTRIAN
2b. Which was the only group to have 3 Christmas number one hits in the 1990s?
SPICE GIRLS
3a. As at August 2006 who is the Shadow Home Secretary?
DAVID DAVIES
3b. Name the one President of the United States who was a bachelor?
JAMES BUCHANAN
4a. What invention despised by many was invented by Carlton C McGee?
PARKING METER
4b. If you were celebrating your Steel Wedding Anniversary how many years have you been married?
ELEVEN

ROUND FOUR
1a. From which musical does the song 'Hey Big Spender' come?
SWEET CHARITY
1b. From which play do these words come 'That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet?
ROMEO AND JULIET
2a. In Greek Mythology who is the Goddess of Retribution?
NEMESIS
2b. Glenda Jackson won two Oscars for best actress, one for the film 'Women in Love', name the other.
A TOUCH OF CLASS
3a. What is the collective noun for aagles?
CONVOCATION
3b. What is the former name of the country now known as Belize?
BRITISH HONDURAS
4a. Who is the Roman Equivalent of Hera wife of Zeus, Goddess of the sky, women and marriage?
JUNO
4b. Which American entertainer's real name is Joe Yule Jr?
MICKY ROONEY

ROUND FIVE
1a. Who was on the British Throne in the year 1400?
HENRY IV (1399-1413)
1b. Gun metal is a type of which alloy?
BRONZE
2a. Glen Chandler created which TV Police drama series?
TAGGART
2b. According to Genesis who was the son of Abraham and Hagar?
ISHMAEL
3a. Canberra, Capital of Australia stands in the Australian Capitalterritory which is enclosed in which state?
NEW SOUTH WALES
3b. Which film grossing 368 million dollars was the biggest box office hit in the 1980s?
ET
4a. In a pack of playing cards which playing card Queen is the only one looking to the right?
QUEEN OF SPADES
4b. Which American State is known as the Garden State?
NEW JERSEY

ROUND SIX
1a. If you suffered from Phasmophobia what would be your fear?
GHOSTS
1b. The cuboid bone can be found in which part of your body?
THE FOOT
2a. Which element has the symbol Os?
OSMIUM
2b. Give one year in the life of Gioachino Rossini?
1792-1868
3a. In which UK City would you be if you bought the local morning paper The Western Mail?
CARDIFF
3b. In which year were the Summer Olympic Games held in Helsinki?
1952
4a. Which country has jurisdiction over the Faeroe Islands?
DENMARK
4b. As at August 2006, who is the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry?
ALISTAIR DARLING

ROUND SEVEN
1a. Three World Cup winning footballers appeared in the film 'Escape to Victory', Bobby Moore, Pele, name the other.
OSSIE ARDILES
1b. Name the year dog licences were abolished in Britain and the Satanic Verses went on sale?
1988
2a. What nationality was the composer Antonin Dvorak?
CZECHOSLAVAKIAN
2b. Two actors who starred in the film 'The Dirty Dozen' went on to top the UK Charts. Lee Marvin was one name the other.
TELLY SAVALAS
3a. As at August 2006 who is the Shadow Foreign Secretary?
WILLIAM HAGUE
3b. Name the one American President who was impeached?
ANDREW JOHNSON
4a. Who invented the motor cycle?
GOTTLIEB DAIMLER
4b. If you were celebrating your Leather Wedding Anniversary for how many years have you been married?
THREE

ROUND EIGHT
1a. From which musical does the song Hernando's Hideaway come?
THE PYJAMA GAME
1b. Who wrote 'Stands the church clock at ten to three is there honey still for tea'?
RUPERT BROOKE
2a. Pheidippides reputedly ran the first marathon during the War between Greece and which other country?
PERSIA
2b. Jodie Foster won 2 Oscars for Best Actress, one for Silence of the Lambs, name the other film.
THE ACCUSED
3a. What is the collective noun for budgerigars?
CHATTER
3b. What is the former name of the country now known as Indonesia?
DUTCH EAST INDIES
4a. What is the Roman equivalent of Zeus Lord of all the Olympian Gods, God of the Sky and all therein?
JUPITER
4b. Which American singer's real name is Stephen Judkins?
STEVIE WONDER

SPARE QUESTIONS
1. Which sport is the Thomas Cup competed for?
BADMINTON
2. What is the offence of bribing a juror called?
EMBRACERY
3. Which musical takes place in the village of Awatevila?
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
4. In Greek Mythology who was the only sister of Paris?
CASSANDRA
5. On a Monopoly board what colour is Bond Street?
GREEN