Monday 12th November 2007
Set by Ormskirk Quiz League
All rounds are general

Round One.
1A Who is the last English golfer to win the British Open Championship, doing so in 1992?
NICK FALDO
1B Who composed the popular symphonic poem entitled, "In the Steppes of Central Asia"?
BORODIN
2A The city of Syracuse in New York State takes its name from the original city situated on which island?
SICILY
2B Which French word, loosely meaning, "The Hairy One", was used to describe infantrymen in WWI?
POILU
3A Which American film director, born in Turkey of Greek parents, won the academy award in 1954 for the film, "On the Waterfront". Other of his films include "East of Eden" and "A Streetcar Named Desire"?
ELIA KAZAN
3B The vanilla plant belongs to which family of plants?
THE ORCHID
4A Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, (1919-1980), was better known by which title?
SHAH OF PERSIA (or IRAN)
4B In 1648, who led the troops who forcibly expelled the Royalist elements of the Long Parliament from the House of Commons?
THOMAS PRIDE

Round Two.
1A Which husky voiced American singer/actress had hits in the 1950's with songs such as "Santa Baby" and "Under The Bridges of Paris"?
EARTHA KITT
1B Found mostly in Australia, what kind of creature is a taipan?
A (POISONOUS) SNAKE
2A Which man dominated the world of motor cycle racing for ten years from the mid 1960's? He was 350 cc World Champion from 1968-74 and 500 cc champion from 1966-72, and again in 1975.
GIACOMO AGOSTINI
2B Rhubarb leaves are poisonous because they contain the salts of which harmful acid?
OXALIC ACID
3A What is the official title of the wife of a Rajah?
RANEE
3B Which famous singer/actor was born in Hoboken, New Jersey in December 1915?
FRANK SINATRA
4A Kota Kinabalu is the capital of which Malaysian state, which until 1963, was known as North Borneo?
SABAH
4B What is added to creamy scrambled eggs on toast to make a Scotch Woodcock?
ANCHOVY PASTE.

Round Three.
1A Black truffles, which grow exclusively under oak trees, are named after which region in France?
PERIGORD
1B Nuku'Alofa is the capital of which independent Kingdom of islands in the Southern Pacific?
TONGA
2A Which actor christened Frank, changed his name, on the advice of his agent, who felt it evoked the rough, tough nature of a steel city in Indiana?
GARY COOPER
2B The name of which marine mammal is loosely derived from the Latin for pig-fish?
PORPOISE
3A Whereabouts in Britain is an annual Battle of the Flowers carnival held in the second week in August?
JERSEY
3B Which English motor-cyclist was 500cc World Champion in 1976 and 1977?
BARRY SHEENE
4A Which snake, found in Africa, is the second largest venomous snake in the world? It is also the world's fastest moving snake.
THE BLACK MAMBA
4B Which American singer actress had hits in the 1950's with songs that included, "Mambo Italiano" and "This Ole House"?
ROSEMARY CLOONEY

Round Four.
1A After Pride's Purge, what nickname was given to the remnants of members still in the House of Commons?
THE RUMP
1B Which charismatic figure was Prime Minister of Canada from 1968-79, and again from 1980-84?
PIERRE TRUDEAU
2A Which flower has the same name as the Greek Goddess of the Rainbow?
IRIS
2B Which American film director is well known for the violence portrayed in films such as, "Pulp Fiction", "Reservoir Dogs" and "Kill Bill"?
QUENTIN TARANTINO
3A If a Frenchman gave someone a "Coup de Pied", what would that person receive?
A KICK
3B Arnhem is a major City in Holland, but in which Commonwealth country is Arnhemland to be found?
AUSTRALIA
4A Che Gelida Manina (How cold your little hand is), is an aria from which opera?
LA BOHEME
4B Which non American golfer won the U.S, Open Championship in 1994 and 1997, and followed up by winning the British Open Championship in 2002?
ERNIE ELS

Round Five.
1A Whose long jump world record, set at the 1968 Olympics, lasted for twenty-four years?
BOB BEAMON
1B Who was Prime Minister of Australia in the early years of W.W, II, and again from 1949 until 1966?
ROBERT MENZIES
2A Victoria Crosses are reputedly made from the gunmetal of a weapon captured at which battle?
SEVASTOPOL
2B Which U.S. jazz singer, born Eleanora Fagan in 1915, was known as "Lady Day"?
BILLIE HOLLIDAY
3A Who wrote the poem, "On His Blindness", which ends with the line," They also serve, who only stand and wait"?
JOHN MILTON
3B Of which Canadian province is Winnipeg the capital and also largest city?
MANITOBA
4A According to the Book of Proverbs, what is the price of a virtuous woman?
FAR ABOVE RUBIES
4B Whose radio programme began with him bellowing, "Wakey, Wakey", followed by a rousing rendition of, "Somebody Stole My Gal"?
BILLY COTTON

Round Six.
1A Which of Shakespeare's plays includes the line, "Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania"?
A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM
1B The Alcan Highway runs for much of its length through which US State?
ALASKA
2A Based on an item of their clothing, what name does Surrey County Cricket club adopt for its one day side?
BROWN CAPS
2B Which cabinet position did James Callaghan hold immediately prior to his becoming Prime Minister in April 1976?
FOREIGN SECRETARY
3A Who plays the part of Nora Batty in the TV comedy series, "Last of the Summer Wine"?
KATHY STAFF
3B Which of Dickens novels was unfinished at the time of his death in 1870?
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
4A Which 1944 film, set in wartime Martinique, was the first in which Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall appeared together?
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT
4B What now stands in O'Connell St., in Dublin on the site where once stood Nelson's Pillar?
THE DUBLIN SPIRE

Round Seven.
1A Where, in Paris, is the French equivalent of London's Cleopatra's needle to be found?
PLACE DE LA CONCORDE
1B In which 1971 film did Clint Eastwood play a disc jockey, who becomes the target of an obsessive female fan, played by Jessica Walter?
PLAY MISTY FOR ME
2A Which opera by Puccini was unfinished at the time of his death in 1924?
TURANDOT
2B Which TV comedy series included the characters Ludicrus Sextus, his wife Ammonia and daughter, Erotica?
UP POMPEII
3A Who resigned as British Foreign secretary in 1982 over the Argentinian invasion of the Falkland Islands?
LORD CARRINGTON
3B Which County Cricket Club's one-day side are knows as the Spitfires?
KENT
4A The River Orinoco runs for almost the whole of its length through which South American country?
VENEZUELA
4B Which of Shakespeare's plays contains the famous line, "Exit, Pursued by a Bear"?
THE WINTER'S TALE

Round Eight.
1A Name the Yorkshire woman, who started and led her all girls band in 1939. They performed for over forty years.
IVY BENSON
1B The biblical sisters, Martha and Mary, and their brother Lazarus, lived in which village?
BETHANY
2A The US State of Alaska is separated from the state of Washington on mainland America by which Canadian Province?
BRITISH COLUMBIA
2B Who wrote the war poem, "For the Fallen", which contains the line, "They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old"?
LAWRENCE BINYON
3A Who portrayed the singer Billie Holliday in the 1972 film, "Lady Sings The Blues"?
DIANA ROSS
3B Which man was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross in December 2006, after being killed in action in Afghanistan, the last British soldier to be awarded the honour?
BRYAN BUDD
4A Who was Prime Minister of Malta from 1955-58, and, after independence, from 1971-84?
DOM MINTOFF
4B A double Olympic gold medal winner in the 400m hurdles in 1976 and '84, which athlete won 122 consecutive races between 1977 and 1987?
ED(WIN) MOSES

Spare Questions.
1. Whereabouts in Paris is the tomb of the French unknown soldier?
THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE
2. Which part of the human body is affected by the disease caries?
THE TEETH
3. The principal character in which George Bernard Shaw play is an officer in the Salvation Army?
MAJOR BARBARA