Tuesday 23rd October 2007
Set by The Aces (Liverpool)
All rounds are general

Round One
1a In the film "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly", who played 'Ugly'?
Eli Wallach
1b With Howard Greenfield who wrote the song "Is This the Way to Amarillo"?
Neil Sedaka
2a Which newspaper did Superman, Clark Kent, work for?
Daily Planet
2b How old was Joan of Arc when she was burnt at the stake?
Nineteen
3a Kloten airport serves which European city?
Zurich
3b Amartya Sen won which Nobel Prize in 1998?
Economics
4a What was the name of the bear in the children's programme "Rainbow"?
Bungle
4b Which Shakespeare play features the character Ganymede?
As You Like It

Round Two
1a The Americans call this object a pinwheel. What do we call it?
Windmill
1b What type of creature is a guanaco?
Llama
2a Who said: 'For years the politicians have promised you the moon. I am the first one to deliver it'?
Richard Nixon
2b On which hill was Jesus Christ crucified?
Calvary (or Golgotha)
3a Which double Nobel Prize winner died in 1994?
Linus Pauling
3b What was the name of Reginald Perrin's brother in the TV series 'The Fall and Rise of Regitiald Perrin"?
Jimmy
4a Who won the first ever FA Cup Final at Wembley in 1923?
Bolton (v. West Ham 2-0)
4b Who tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1981?
Mehemet Ali Aga

Round Three
1a King Tutenkhamun died at what age?
Eighteen
1b Which comic superhero worked as a photographer for "The Daily Bugle"?
Spiderman
2a In which Shakespeare play does a statue come to life?
A Winter's Tale
2b Which country elected President Pastrana in 1998?
Columbia
3a Who directed the film "La Dolce Vita"?
Frederico Fellini
3b Bromma airport moved to Arlanda in which European city?
Stockholm
4a Who wrote The Monkees' hit "Daydream Believer"?
Neil Diamond
4b What was the name of the bulldog in the Tom and Jerry cartoons?
Spike

Round Four
1a General Sani Abacha was head of state of which country from 1993 to 1998?
Nigeria
1b The puffin belongs to which bird family?
Auk
2a What was the name of Fletcher's daughter in TV's "Porridge"?
Ingrid
2b Who said (1769-1852): "I don't know what effect these men will have on the enemy, but, by God, they terrify me'?
Duke of Wellington
3a Who did Jack McCall shoot in 1876?
Wild Bill Hickok
3b We call it a loudhailer, what do the Americans call it?
Bullhorn
4a Who helped Jesus Christ to carry His cross?
Simon of Cyrene
4b Keith Peacock of Charlton Athletic FC is noted for what?
First Football League Substitute

Round Five
1a Who opened his first Matalan store in Preston in 1985?
John Hargreaves
1b Who composed the music for the stage musical "Billy Elliott"?
Elton John
2a What is the monetary unit of Venezuela?
Bolivar
2b The River Plym and which other waterway flows through Plymouth, Devon?
River Tamar
3a In which year did Margaret Thatcher become Britain's first female Prime Minister?
1979
3b Sven Goran Eriksson managed which football club prior to becoming the England team manager?
Lazio
4a Joseph Carey Merrick (or John Merrick) became known by what name?
The Elephant Man
4b Which is the most southerly capital city in the world?
Wellington, NZ

Round Six
1a In which country was the Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara born?
Argentina
1b Who is the male lead vocalist with the Scissor Sisters music group?
Jake Shears
2a The coconut (palm) is a member of which family?
Arecaceae
2b Which English king was defeated at the 1314 Battle of Bannockburn?
Edward the Second
3a Which former British Prime Minister held the offices of Chancellor, Home Secretary, and Foreign Secretary?
James Callahgan
3b What is pop artiste's Madonna's maiden surname?
Ciccone
4a In horse racing, what do the initials 'IJF' stand for?
Injured Jockeys' Fund
4b Who was the first pilot to fly solo around the world?
Wiley Post

Round Seven
1a The song, "Oh, What a Circus" is from which musical?
Evita
1b Who purloined the Marty Robbins' melody "Strawberry Roan" for his folk song "In My Liverpool Home"?
Pete McGovern
2a Which is the world's most northerly capital city?
Reykjavik, Iceland
2b What is the currency of Vietnam?
Dong
3a Which river flows through Londonderry, or Derry City, Northern Ireland?
River Foyle
3b What was the original surname of Black Muslim leader Michael X?
Little
4a Which US swimmer won six Gold Medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics?
Michael Phelps
4b Who (in 1979) was Margaret Thatcher's first Chancellor of the Exchequer?
Geoffrey Howe

Round Eight
1a Which comedian wrote sketches under the pen name Gerald Wiley?
Ronnie Barker
1b Which British Prime Minister's first novel was entitled "Vivian Grey"?
Benjamin Disraeli
2a Which German landed a small plane in Moscow's Red Square in 1987?
Mathias Rust
2b The present location of Interpol's HQ is in which French city?
Lyon
3a Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were original members of which rock band?
Led Zeppelin
3b What was Che Guevara's real first name?
Ernesto
4a Which British monarch first lived in Buckingham Palace?
Queen Victoria
4b How many stomachs has a cow?
Four

Spare Questions
1 Which is the biggest selling movie sound track of all time?
Saturday Night Fever
2 What is the capacity of a balthazar?
Sixteen bottles
3 Who played agent Diana Scully in the TV series "The X Files"?
Gillian Anderson
4 Which English northern town had the Roman name Luguvallum?
Carlisle
5 The Islamic holy city of Mecca is in which country?
Saudi Arabia