Tuesday 6th November 2007
Set by Tramway (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a The Amalienborg Palace is in which European capital city?
Copenhagen
1b President Clinton was involved in which Arkansas property development?
Whitewater
2a Which Scottish football team play at Love Street, Paisley?
St. Mirren
2b The dish colcannon originated in which country?
Ireland (or West Scotland)
3a Where, in the human body, is the trapezium bone?
Wrist
3b How many countries formed the United Nations in 1945 (± 1)?
51 (50-52)
4a Who played Mrs. Wilberforce, the landlady, in the 1955 Ealing comedy "The Ladykillers"?
Katie Johnson
4b Who was the second man to set foot on the moon?
Buzz Aldrin

Round Two
1a What is the name of the Dorset village, designed for HRH Prince Charles?
Poundbury
1b Which is the oldest degree-granting university in the world?
Bologna (Italy)
2a Dunlop cheese originated in which country?
Scotland
2b McDiarmid Park is the home ground of which Scottish football club?
St. Johnstone
3a How many countries now comprise the United Nations (± 2)?
192
3b The pineal gland is located where in the human body?
Brain
4a Who was the last man to walk on the moon, in December 1972?
Eugene Cernan
4b Who played Mrs. Chips in the 1939 version of "Goodbye, Mr. Chips"?
Greer Garson

Round Three
1a The group Reo Speedwagon took their name from what type of vehicle?
Fire Engine
1b In which year did King George IV ascend the UK throne; the Cato Street conspiracy was exposed; "HMS Beagle" was launched?
1820
2a Hathor, the Egyptian goddess of love, etc., is represented as having the head of which animal?
Cow
2b The Cole Porter song "I Get a Kick out of You" was featured in which 1934 film?
Anything Goes
3a Who wrote the novel, later a film, "The Bridge on the River Kwai"?
(Pierre) Boulle
3b The Scottish civic officer, the bailie, is the equivalent of which now defunct English title?
Alderman
4a What is the capital of the US state of Illinois?
Springfield
4b What is the family name of the Duke of Bedford?
Russell

Round Four
1a In which year were the Gordon Riots in London; Benedict Arnold fled to New York; Elizabeth Fry was born?
1780
1b The English pop group "T'Pau" took their name from a character in which television series?
Star Trek
2a Who is the mightiest champion in Norse mythology?
Thor
2b The song "As Long As He Needs Me" was featured in which 1960 film musical?
Oliver
3a Which officer of a Scottish sheriff's court has the same duties as a coroner, etc., in England?
Procurator Fiscal
3b Who, in 1927, wrote the novel "The Bridge of San Luis Rey"?
Thornton Wilder
4a What is the family name of the Marquis of Bath?
Thynne
4b What is the capital of the US state of Wisconsin?
Madison

Round Five
1a What type of creature is a Jersey Tiger?
Moth
1b Give a year in the life of French painter Edouard Manet.
1832-1883
2a Imogen, the eponymous king's daughter, appears in which Shakespeare play?
Cymbeline
2b The 'black hellebore' plant is better known as what?
Christmas Rose
3a In ballet, a leap from one foot to the other is called what?
Jeté
3b Which was the first jet-powered fighter in service with the Allies of WW2?
(Gloster) Meteor
4a Which English king, born 1452, was the son of Cecily Neville?
Richard the Third
4b The Olduvai Gorge, famous for remains of early man, is in which country?
Tanzania

Round Six
1a Give a year in the life of French composer Claude Debussy.
1860-1918
1b What type of animal is a Cotswold Lion?
Sheep
2a The plant 'Nigella damascena' is better known as what?
Love-in-a-mist
2b Perdita, daughter of Hermione and Leontes, appears in which Shakespeare play?
The Winter's Tale
3a What type of aircraft were 'Faith, Hope, and Charity', that defended Malta?
(Gloster) Gladiators
3b Which French genre of opera contains spoken dialogue?
(Opera) Comique
4a The Neander Valley, from where Neanderthal man gets the name, is in which country?
Germany (Dusseldorf)
4b Which English king, born 1387, was the son of Mary de Bohun?
Henry the Fifth

Round Seven
1a Which EU country's flag is three horizontal bands - blue, black, white?
Estonia
1b In the Old Testament, who is the wife of Abraham?
Sarah
2a Which is the world's smallest breed of horse?
Falabella
2b Which liquid is used in low temperature thermometers?
(Red) Alcohol
3a A supplement, modifying or revoking a will, is called what?
Codicil
3b Which southern Italian sea inlet is surrounded by the regions of Apulia, Basilicata, and Calabria?
Gulf of Taranto
4a Calabrese is a variety of which vegetable?
Broccoli
4b In which year did The Rocket' win the Rainhill Trials; Andrew Jackson succeed John Quincy Adams; Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race first run?
1829

Round Eight
1a Who in the Old Testament is the wife of Moses?
Zipporah
1b Which EU country's flag is three horizontal bands - white, green, red?
Bulgaria
2a The vibrations of the atoms of which element form the basis of atomic clocks?
Caesium
2b Which is the only breed of Irish pony?
Connemara
3a What stretch of water separates Iceland and Greenland?
Denmark Strait
3b What term is used for a person who dies without making a will?
Intestate
4a In which year did the "Forfarshire" founder on the Fame Islands; Henry Irving was born; the Aintree Grand National was first run?
1839
4b What is the English equivalent of the Italian word zucchini?
Courgette

Spare Questions
1 Who were the first NFL team to win the Super Bowl three times?
Pittsburgh Steelers
2 Who wrote "The French Revolution", first published 1837?
Thomas Carlyle
3 In which 1934 film did Fred Astaire sing "Night and Day"?
The Gay Divorcee
4 Which river forms the boundary between Texas and Mexico?
Rio Grande (or Bravo)