Tuesday 27th November 2007
Set by St Mary's Old Boys (Northern)
All rounds are general

ROUND ONE
1a. Which country was the first to break away from Yugoslavia after Tito's death?
SLOVENIA
1b. Which female singer had a 2004 number one album entitled "Call off the Search"?
KATIE MELUA
2a. In Norse mythology what is the name of Thor's magical golden hammer?
MJOLLNIR
2b. Which American President was known as "the little magician" and "the red fox of kinderhook"?
MARTIN VAN BUREN
3a. Which former Eastenders actor was elected as a Labour Euro MP?
MICHAEL CASHMAN
3b. Who was the first actor ever to refuse an Oscar?
GEORGE C SCOTT
4a. Which chemical element, discovered in 1947, has the symbol Pm?
PROMETHIUM
4b. What is the capital of Burundi?
BUJUMBURA

ROUND TWO
1a. What was Alfred Hitchcock's first Hollywood film?
REBECCA
1b. Which Austrian composer wrote the song "Cycle Kindertotenlieder"?
GUSTAV MAHLER
2a. At which Olympic Games did Matthew Pinsent win his first gold medal?
BARCELONA (1992)
2b. Which UK Secretary of State for Defence stormed out of a BBC interview in 1982?
JOHN NOTT
3a. Who assassinated American President James Garfield on 2 July 1881?
CHARLES J GUITEAU
3b. In which British city in 1913 was the first Model T Ford produced outside the USA?
MANCHESTER
4a. What did Haile Selassie's title 'Ras' as in 'Ras Tafari' mean?
PRINCE
4b. Which chemical element symbol Pa was discovered in 1913?
PROTACTINIUM

ROUND THREE
1a. Who won the Booker Prize in 1999 for the novel 'Disgrace'?
J M COETZEE
1b. In Norse mythology which type of tree was called the 'Salvation of Thor'?
ROWAN (or Mountain Ash)
2a. What was the name of the TV production company that Bob Geldof sold to Carlton TV?
PLANET 24
2b. In Russia, what does `Rasputin' mean as a name given to the monk Grigory Efimovich?
DISSOLUTE (or Profligate)
3a. What is the capital of Brunei?
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
3b. Former Sunday Times editor Andrew Neil made headlines himself when he had an affair with which former Miss India?
PAMELA BORDES
4a. Which car company manufactured the first car commercially available to run on diesel?
CITROEN
4b. The title of the movie 'In Which we Serve' comes from which book?
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER

ROUND FOUR
1a. Members of the band 'The Jam' have reformed without Paul Weller, who is the drummer?
RICK BUCKLER
1b. Which Australian athlete won the women's 400 m at the Sydney Olympics?
CATHY FREEMAN
2a. Who directed the film 'The Day of the Jackal' in 1973?
FRED ZINNEMANN
2b. In which country is the Optimisticeskaja Cave, one of the longest in the world?
UKRAINE
3a. In which English county can Maiden Castle be found?
DORSET
3b. Who was convicted for killing Stephen Cameron in a road rage attack in 1996?
KENNETH NOYE
4a. Which French composer is best known for his requiem, composed between 1877 and 1890?
GABRIEL FAURE
4b. Who won the Booker Prize in 1988 for the novel Oscar and Lucinda?
PETER CAREY

ROUND FIVE
1a. Which Argentinian did David Beckham 'kick out' at in St Etienne during the 1998 World Cup?
DIEGO SIMEONE
1b. Which British poet wrote the Dunciad?
ALEXANDER POPE
2a. Syracuse is a part of New York, but where is it in Europe?
SICILY
2b. Which aircraft manufacturer produced the Spitfire?
SUPERMARINE (Vickers)
3a. For which industry is London's Wardour Street famous?
FILMS
3b. Which TV news presenter went to school with Paul McCartney?
PETER SISSONS
4a. Which aviation company produces the DC series of aircraft?
McDONNELL DOUGLAS
4b. Which band was formed in 1994 by Fred Durst?
LIMP BIZKIT

ROUND SIX
1a. Which UK foreign secretary committed suicide in 1822?
CASTLEREAGH
1b. Where is Britain's largest North Sea oil terminal?
SULLOM VOE
2a. "Hersham Boys" was a hit for which "Punk" band?
SHAM 69
2b. Which Premiership player scored the last goal for France in the 1998 World Cup Final?
EMMANUEL PETIT
3a. Which British poet wrote "Songs of Innocence and Experience"?
WILLIAM BLAKE
3b. What is Switzerland's largest city?
ZURICH
4a. Which kitchen appliance did Denis Papin invent in 1679?
PRESSURE COOKER
4b. Who wrote the song 'Moon River'?
HENRY MANCINI

ROUND SEVEN
1a. What was the name of the Gloucester Street where Rose and Fred West lived?
CROMWELL STREET
1b. What did John Larson invent in 1928?
LIE DETECTOR (or Polygraph)
2a. Which fellow TV presenter did Eamonn Holmes nickname "Miss Tippy Toes"?
ANTHEA TURNER
2b. Who was the lead singer of Spandau Ballet?
TONY HADLEY
3a. Which Archbishop of Armagh (in 1654) placed the date of the creation in 4004 BC?
JAMES USSHER
3b. What is the chief town of the Scottish island of Bute?
ROTHESAY
4a. Who wrote the book 'The Naked and the Dead'?
NORMAN MAILER
4b. Which American TV Evangelist was involved in a sex and finance scandal in 1987?
JIM BAKKER

ROUND EIGHT
1a. In which field of the arts was Frederick Ashton famous?
DANCE (Ballet choreography)
1b. Which writer's final book was 'The Last Tycoon'?
F SCOTT FITZGERALD
2a. Which town is revered by both Jews and Muslims as the burial place of Abraham?
HEBRON
2b. In which cathedral is the tomb of King John (died 1216)?
WORCESTER
3a. Suzanne Salley and Joanne Catherall sang with which band?
HUMAN LEAGUE
3b. Which lake in Israel is also called the Sea of Galilee?
LAKE TIBERIAS (or LAKE KINNERET)
4a. Who was accused of the rape and manslaughter of actress Virginia Rappe in 1920?
FATTY ARBUCKLE
4b. Who in 1827 was the shortest-serving British Prime Minister?
GEORGE CANNING

SPARE QUESTIONS
1. Who played Professor Higgins in the 1938 film version of Pygmalion?
LESLIE HOWARD
2. Who was Twiggy's early "mentor"?
JUSTIN DE VILLENEUVE
3. Which County Cricket Club did Alan Knott play for?
KENT
4. Who was the founder of the German 'Christian Democratic Party'?
KONRAD ADENAUER
5. Johann Christoph Denner of Nuremberg is often credited with the invention of which musical instrument?
CLARINET