Monday 8th October 2007
Set by Warrington Quiz League
All rounds are general

Round 1
1a What was the nickname of Derek Bates, who died in September 2006; in the 1960s and 70s he became something of a media star, having transformed the landscape of Northern England?
Blaster (he was a demolition and explosives expert)
1b To which country do the Galapagos Islands belong?
Ecuador
2a Who chairs the television quiz show 'QI'?
Stephen Fry
2b What role or function is played in English education by the organisation Edexcel?
Examination Board
3a In the Camelot Saturday night lottery draw, how many digits are there in the 'Dream Number'?
Seven
3b Gary, Tony, Deborah and Dorothy are the central characters of which British TV sitcom?
Men Behaving Badly
4a Which North West town has two local newspapers, the Star and the Reporter?
St Helens
4b Who succeeded Clement Attlee as Leader of the Labour Party in 1955?
Hugh Gaitskell

Round 2
1a Where in London are the BBC Promenade Concerts held each summer?
Royal Albert Hall
1b The word 'crepuscular' refers to which time of day?
Twilight (dusk/dawn)
2a Which Premiership football club used to play home games at Ayresome Park?
Middlesbrough
2b Who is the presenter of BBC Radio 4's 'Desert Island Discs'?
Kirsty Young
3a By what name is the 'International Bank for Reconstruction and development' better known?
World Bank
3b Who founded The Body Shop?
Anita Roddick (also accept Gordon Roddick)
4a How many nations now make up the European Community?
27
4b What is the most northerly point of the Australian mainland?
Cape York

Round 3
1a To which country does Easter Island belong?
Chile
1b In fiction, what was the name of Lord Peter Wimsey's butler?
Bunter
2a For what does the B stand in IB, the A-Level equivalent qualification favoured by an increasing number of schools, particularly in the independent sector?
(International) Baccalaureate
2b Which long-distance footpath runs from Chepstow to Prestatyn?
Offa's Dyke Path
3a Elaine, Gerry, George and Kramer are characters in which popular American TV sitcom?
Larry Sanders Show
3b Who was the first Astronomer Royal, appointed in 1675?
John Flamsteed
4a Which day is the first day of Holy Week?
Palm Sunday
4b Which North West town has two local newspapers, the Journal and the Reporter?
Leigh

Round 4
1a The word 'brumal' refers to which time of year?
Winter
1b The body-builder and Mr Universe Mickey Hargitay died in September 2006; to which actress was he married between 1958 and 1964?
Jayne Mansfield
2a What was the number of the Apollo mission that was the first to land a man on the Moon?
Eleven
2b Which Premiership football club used to play home games at Elm Park?
Reading
3a From which type of acids is a molecule of protein composed?
Amino acids
3b In the Camelot Saturday night lottery draw, how many red balls are released to give the final 'Thunderball'?
Fourteen
4a Who preceded Clement Attlee as Leader of the Labour Party, he held the post from 1932 to 1935?
George Lansbury
4b In the computing acronym DRM, for what does the M stand?
(Digital Rights) Management

Round 5
1a Which Italian won a total of 15 World Motorcycling titles in the 1960s and 70s?
Giacomo Agostini
1b In fiction, what was the name of Mr Pickwick's landlady?
Mrs Bardell
2a What was the number of the Apollo mission that was the last to land a man on the Moon?
Seventeen
2b Which species of bird is sometimes known as a 'gowk'?
Cuckoo
3a By what name did the 'Eastern European Mutual Assistance Treaty become better known?
Warsaw Pact
3b Which Danish astronomer lost his nose in a duel and wore a gold one to replace it?
Tycho Brahe
4a Which writer, formerly the Children's Laureate, wrote the book 'Madame Doubtfire'?
Anne Fine
4b What is the most southerly point of the Australian mainland?
Wilson's Promontory

Round 6
1a Which hall in Manchester is home to the Hallé Orchestra?
Bridgewater Hall
1b Which Frenchman won 4 Formula 1 Motor racing titles between 1985 and 1993?
Alain Prost
2a In World War 2, the weapons known as 'Hedgehog' and 'Squid' were designed for use against what?
Submarines
2b Which long-distance footpath runs from Chipping Campden to Bath?
Cotswold Way
3a Which is the most abundant metallic element found in the human body (although not found in its elemental form)?
Calcium
3b Who took over from Tony Ryan in 1994 and is still the dynamic and provocative Chief Executive of Ryanair?
Michael O'Leary
4a The Irish monk, St Aidan founded which monastery in about 635?
Lindisfarne
4b In the computing acronym RSS, for what does the second S stand?
(Really Simple) Syndication

Round 7
1a Which English town was known to the Romans as Durnovaria?
Dorchester
1b Which Russian premier was removed from office as a result of the 1917 October Revolution?
Kerensky
2a Which species of deer is sometimes known as a 'barking deer'?
Muntjac
2b Who was the pioneer of antiseptic surgery?
Joseph Lister
3a In which year was the suffix letter 'A' first used on British car registration plates?
1963
3b In Greek mythology, Aphrodite won a beauty contest with Hera and Athena, who judged it?
Paris
4a Name either of the two countries that joined the European Community in 2007.
Romania and Bulgaria
4b Which Booker Prize winning author wrote a children's book entitled 'Rover Saves Christmas'?
Roddy Doyle

Round 8
1a Who was the President of Cuba overthrown by Fidel Castro in 1959?
Batista
1b Which English town was known to the Romans as Luguvalium?
Carlisle
2a Who developed the vaccine against poliomyelitis?
Jonas Salk
2b In World War 2, what were the Germans' 'Freya' and 'Wurzburg' systems used for?
Radar
3a In Greek mythology, which god was wounded by a boar and changed into an anemone by Aphrodite?
Adonis
3b In which year was the prefix letter 'A' first used on British car registration plates?
1983
4a Which day of Holy Week commemorates the Last Supper?
Maundy Thursday
4b Where did St Joseph of Arimathea build the first English church?
Glastonbury

Spare Questions
1 In which Hollywood theatre is the Oscars' ceremony held?
Kodak
2 Which place in the British Isles has a name derived from the Norse word for puffin?
Lundy
3 Which European historical figure was called the 'Bulldog of the Pontine Marshes'?
Benito Mussolini