Monday 12th March 2007
Set by Blue Lamps (Northern)
All rounds are general

ROUND 1
1a In which year was the Battle of Marengo when Napoleon defeated the Austrians?
1800
1b What was the capital of the British East Africa Protectorate from 1888 to 1907?
MOMBASA
2a Who won BBC's 2006 Strictly Come Dancing?
MARK RAMPRAKASH
2b What was the name of the bank in Belfast that was the victim of a 26 million pound robbery in 2004?
NORTHERN BANK
3a Detective Sergeant Jackie Reid appears in which TV Series?
TAGGART
3b Who created the adventurer Dirk Pitt?
CLIVE CUSSLER
4a The headquarters of the Boeing Corporation are in which US City?
SEATTLE
4b Which hymn traditionally closes the last night of the Proms?
JERUSALEM

ROUND 2
1a What is the name of Robert Kilroy-Silk's political party?
VERITAS
1b Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd appears in which TV Series?
WAKING THE DEAD
2a What was Sidney Carton's profession in the book A Tale of Two Cities?
LAWYER/BARRISTER
2b What is the 1783 Treaty of Paris also known as?
TREATY OF
VERSAILLES
3a Which opera overture is used as the background to the post Grand Prix champagne celebrations in motor racing?
BIZET'S CARMEN
3b The Headquarters of the Coca Cola Corporation are in which US City?
ATLANTA
4a What was the interim capital of Pakistan from 1959 to 1970?
RAWALPINDI
4b Who in 2006 won the contest to be Maria?
CONNIE FISHER

ROUND 3
1a What was Twiggy's real first name?
LESLEY
1b Who in 1981 was elected member of Parliament for Fermanagh and South Tyrone?
BOBBY SANDS
2a An oenophile is a lover of what?
WINE
2b What does Las Vegas mean?
THE MEADOWS
3a Which European country ruled Libya from 1912?
ITALY
3b Name the only English football team to be mentioned in the Harry Potter Books.
WEST HAM UNITED
4a Only two US Presidents are buried in Arlington National Cemetery J.F. Kennedy and which other?
WILLIAM TAFT
4b Singapore was originally the capital of which British Colony?
STRAITS SETTLEMENT

ROUND 4
1a Who was the last English player to score at the old Wembley Stadium?
TONY ADAMS
1b Which country ruled the Cameroons from 1881?
GERMANY
2a Which South American capital city was founded by Spanish Conquistador Francisco Pizarro?
LIMA
2b Which is the only US President to be elected unanimously by Electoral College?
GEORGE WASHINGTON
3a In which county did the Great Train Robbery take place in 1963?
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
3b What was Caruso's first name?
ENRICO
4a What does Buenos Aires mean?
GOOD AIR (FAIR WINDS)
4b Apiphobia is the fear of what?
BEES

ROUND 5
1a A man of great ambition and few scruples what epithet did Shakespeare give the 15th century Earl of Warwick, Richard Neville?
KINGMAKER
1b Lizard, Frog, Bee and Fly are all types of which plant?
ORCHID
2a Give a year in the life of Edgar Allan Poe?
1809-1849
2b Perth, Pontefract and which other racecourse in Britain begin with the letter P?
PLUMPTON
3a Who played the drunken sheriff J.P. Harrah in the 1967 Western Eldorado?
ROBERT MITCHUM
3b All Or Nothing was the first number 1 for which group?
SMALL FACES
4a The TV Series Band of Brothers followed the exploits and Experiences of which company of the 506 Regiment of the American 10first Airborne Division?
EASY COMPANY
4b What does a US roulette wheel have that a British one doesn't?
DOUBLE ZERO

ROUND 6
1a Fontwell, Fakenham and which other racecourse in Britain begin with the letter F?
FOLKESTONE
1b In 1566 which Italian Secretary to Mary Queen of Scots was murdered by a group of men led by Lord Kuthven who stabbed him on the orders of Lord Darnley?
DAVID RICCIO or RIZZIO
2a It's All Over Now was the first number one for which group?
ROLLING STONES
2b Who played Liberty Valance in the Western "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance?
LEE MARVIN
3a Saguaros are what type of plant?
CACTUS
3b What is the name of the character played by Kiefer Sutherland in 24?
JACK BAUER
4a In darts what is the highest checkout score?
170
4b Give a year in the life of Daniel Defoe.
1660-1731

ROUND 7
1a What is the family name of Lord Longford?
PAKENHAM
1b Which of the Mitford sisters married Oswald Mosley?
DIANA
2a Which town or city was the venue on the first occasion the Summer Olympics were held in the USA?
ST LOUIS (1904)
2b Who now presents Desert Island Discs?
KIRSTY YOUNG
3a Who is the Attorney General?
LORD GOLDSMITH
3b Who founded Reprise records?
FRANK SINATRA
4a Who sapped Merlin's power and bound him in stone?
LADY OF THE LAKE
4b Whose grave bears the words "Homo Sum - The Adventurer"?
D.H. LAWRENCE

ROUND 8
1a Which record label shares its name with a famous Hollywood Tower?
CAPITOL
1b In Chinese mythology which creature symbolizes the male Yang element?
DRAGON
2a Whose gravestone bears the words "his sins were scarlet, but his books were red."?
HILAIRE BELLOC
2b What is the family name of Lord Lucan?
BINGHAM
3a How is or was the terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez better known?
CARLOS THE JACKAL
3b Which town or city was the venue on the first occasion the Winter Olympics were held in the US?
LAKE PLACID (1932)
4a Who presents Pick of the Pops each Sunday on Radio 2?
DALE WINTON
4b Who is the Minister for Constitutional Affairs?
HARRIET HARMAN

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 Trim is the county town of which Irish county?
MEATH
2 Who created the character Lord Jim?
JOSEPH CONRAD
3 Which English king was nicknamed Rufus?
WILLIAM II
4 What company was founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar?
EBAY
5 On which Suffolk River does Flatford Mill subject of Constable's famous painting stand?
STOUR
6 Who had a number 1 hit with Johnny Remember Me?
JOHN LEYTON