Tuesday 20th November 2007
Set by Cressington Swans (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a The Vikings first landed on which British island in the late 8th century?
Lindisfarne
1b From where was the bronze for the first Victoria Crosses supposedly taken?
Russian cannon captured at Sebastopol
2a Who finished second to Winston Churchill in the TV poll to find the greatest Briton of all time?
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
2b Which king, who lived from 1157-1199, was born in Oxford?
Richard the First (Lionheart)
3a Which was the only Western (1939) in which both James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart appeared?
The Oklahoma Kid
3b Who fought Muhammad Ali in the famous 'Rumble in the Jungle'?
George Foreman
4a Liverpool's Roman Catholic Cathedral was built on the site formerly occupied by which building?
(Liverpool) Work House
4b Which comedian's catchphrase was 'it's all done in the best possible taste'?
Kenny Everett

Round Two
1a What is Igor Stravinsky's only full-length opera?
The Rake's Progress
1b Which US golf legend was known as 'Slammin' Sam'?
Sam Snead
2a Which Bordeaux-born English king, reigned 1377-1399, was the son of the Black Prince. He was deposed and imprisoned by Henry IV?
Richard the Second
2b On which island did the Romans finally crush Celtic resistance to their invasion of Britain?
Anglesey
3a In which famous US wild west town did the heavyweight fight between Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons take place?
Carson City (Nevada)
3b What was comedian Robb Wilton's most popular catchphrase?
The day war broke out
4a Who sank the winning putt in the 2006 Ryder Cup?
Henrik Stenson
4b Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge spans which English river?
River Tamar

Round Three
1a Which 1942 Walt Disney film was about a young animal whose phases of life parallel the cycle of seasons in the forest?
Bambi
1b Which actor led the band of outlaws in the 1969 film "The Wild Bunch"?
William Holden
2a John Constable was born in which Suffolk village?
East Bergholt
2b As part of an opera, who composed the "Polovtsian Dances"?
(Alexander) Borodin.
3a Mr. Fothergill's, Dobies, and Suttons are all types of what?
Seeds
3b Blossom-end rot mainly affects which fruit?
Tomatoes
4a Which female sang with the group 'Big Brother and the Holding Company'?
Janis Joplin
4b What is the second largest city in Greece?
Thessalonika or Salonika

Round Four
1a Only four English counties do not have a university. This will become three in 2007 when a new one opens where?
Suffolk (University Campus of Suffolk, Ipswich)
1b David Bowie recorded "This is not America" with which group?
Pat Methany Band
2a Lodz is a major city in which country?
Poland
2b Which impressionist made a series of paintings of Rouen Cathedral?
Claude Monet
3a On which musical instrument is there a harmonic base (aka acoustic base)?
An organ
3b The songs "Only Forever" and "All's Well" were featured in which 1939 Dave Fleischer cartoon film?
Gulliver's Travels
4a Which is the longest river to run entirely through Wales?
River Towey
4b Which South African batsman became the first Test cricketer to record a century against all nine other Test countries?
Gary Kirsten

Round Five
1a Who played FBI officer Clarice Starling in the 2001 film "Hannibal"?
Julianne Moore
1b Which English biologist (1825-1895) coined the phrase 'agnostic'?
(Thomas Henry) Huxley
2a Which Buddy Holly song (A or B side) was the first to chart in the UK after his death?
It Doesn't Matter Anymore/Raining in My Heart
2b Which Naval rank is above Captain and before Rear Admiral?
Commodore
3a Which canal runs from Fort William to Inverness?
Caledonian
3b What title was given to the line of governors and monarchs who ruled Egypt and Sudan from 1805 to 1914?
Khedive
4a Which RAF rank comes between Flying Officer and Squadron Leader?
Flight Lieutenant
4b What are the partitions separating one part of the interior of a ship, aircraft etc from another?
Bulkheads

Round Six
1a Which town has the largest brick viaduct in Britain?
Stockport
1b Who was the bosun of the "Hispaniola" in "Treasure Island"?
Israel Hands
2a What is known as the 'Lighthouse of the Mediterranean'?
Stromboli
2b Although he had 19 hits in the Top 20, which British singer never reached No. 1; his best being "Jealousy" at No. 2?
Billy Fury
3a The grandson of one of the actors who played "Dr. Who" plays cricket for Warwickshire. What is his name?
Jim Troughton
3b Which town has the longest pier in Britain, although badly damaged in recent years?
Southend
4a What type of instrument is a cor anglais?
Oboe (accept Woodwind)
4b Who played the lead role in the 1976 film "Isadora"?
Vanessa Redgrave

Round Seven
1a Mexico and Cuba are separated by which stretch of water?
Yucatan Channel
1b Why are the Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy, so called?
They link to the Piazza di Spagna (site of former Spanish Embassy)
2a Dick Swiveller appears in which of Charles Dickens' novels?
The Old Curiosity Shop
2b Who wrote the 'send-up' 1913 detective novel 'Trent's Last Case'?
E. C. Bentley
3a What is the translation of 'torta nunziale', the Italian nickname for the Victor Emmanuel monument in Rome?
The Wedding Cake
3b In which TV crime series does the main character work for the Community General Hospital?
Diagnosis Murder
4a Agatha Christie was the first to write a murder novel in which the narrator of the story is the actual murderer. What is it called?
Murder of Roger Ackroyd
4b Name T. S. Eliot's cat which has the same name as a pop group.
Mungo Jerry

Round Eight
1a The Books of Judith, Susannah, and the Rest of Esther appear where?
The Apocrypha
1b Which TV detective works out of the town of Causton?
Barnaby (Midsomer Murders)
2a Which country has the largest Muslim population?
Indonesia
2b A name familiar to travellers, which Israelite freed his people from the Midianites?
Gideon
3a Which Lancashire town lost 700 of its men in an afternoon in the Battle of the Somme in World War One?
Accrington
3b Barlinnie Prison is in which British city?
Glasgow
4a What is the name of the highwayman in "The Beggar's Opera"?
MacHeath
4b The opera "Porgy and Bess" takes place in which fictitious location in Charleston?
Catfish Row

Spare Questions
1 Which Italian scholastic philosopher and theologian (1225-1274) was known as 'Doctor Angelicus'?
St. Thomas Aquinas
2 Who wrote "The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu?
Sax Rohmer
3 What was the name of the BBC's radio doctor?
Charles Hill
4 Beachcomber's Dr. Strabismus (whom God preserve) came from which country?
Holland (Utrecht)