Monday 29th October 2007
Set by Warrington Quiz League
All rounds are general

Round 1
1a Who is Secretary-General of the United Nations?
Ban Ki-Moon
1b Which singer is known as the 'Queen of Soul'?
Aretha Franklin
2a The Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava took place in which year?
1854
2b In the Northern Hemisphere what division marks the point beyond which the sun will not rise for at least one day of the year?
The Arctic Circle
3a Which actor was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for the 8th time in 2007, for his role in the film 'Venus', the highest number of nominations without success?
Peter O'Toole
3b Radford, St Ann's and Lenton are areas of which city?
Nottingham
4a To within 5, how many grams are there in a pound weight?
453 (448 - 458)
4b Nelly Forbush is the heroine of which stage and screen musical?
South Pacific

Round 2
1a What title was bestowed on the man born Temujin in 1167?
Genghis Khan
1b In which Spanish city does the football team Real Betis play its home matches?
Seville
2a 20-07 would have seen the 100th birthday of which former RAF officer who, along with Dickie Murdoch, created Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh?
Kenneth Horne
2b In which year did the Battle of Agincourt take place?
1415
3a Who was the arch enemy of comic book character Dan Dare?
The Mekon
3b Launched in 1960, Tiros 1 was the first satellite to send back what sort of information?
Weather
4a The book 'Knots and Crosses' was the first to feature which detective character?
Rebus
4b To within 5, how many cubic centimetres (millilitres) are there in an Imperial pint?
568 (563 - 573)

Round 3
1a In which Italian city does the football team Chievo play its home matches?
Verona
1b Who is the President of the European Union?
Jose Manuel Barroso
2a In the Southern Hemisphere what division marks the limit of the sun being at its zenith?
The Tropic of Capricorn
2b Which liqueur is added to Scotch whisky to make a Rusty Nail cocktail?
Drambuie
3a What, from April 2007, is the prescription charge per item?
£6.85
3b Who was the villain of the TV cartoon series 'Whacky Races'?
Dick Dastardly
4a Fanny Brice is the heroine of which stage and screen musical?
Funny Girl
4b Rebus is now played on TV by Ken Stott, who played the part in the original series?
John Hannah

Round 4
1a Which singer was known as the 'Empress of the Blues?
Bessie Smith
1b Under what names did Robert le Roy Parker and Harry Longbaugh achieve infamy?
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
2a Dunyazad was the younger sister of which famous storyteller?
Scheherazade
2b 2007 would have seen the 100th birthday of which author; her home town of Fowey in Cornwall hosts an annual literary festival in her name?
Daphne du Maurie
3a In which decade was the first Oxford v Cambridge University Boat Race held at Henley?
1820s (1829)
3b Which actor, who died in November 2006, was first nominated for an Oscar in 1953 for 'Sudden Fear'. He finally won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1992 for 'City Slickers', the longest gap between first nomination and a win?
Jack Palance
4a In which county is Repton School?
Derbyshire
4b The Egyptian goddess Hathor is associated with which animal?
Cow

Round 5
1a Who wrote the novels on which the 2003 film 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World' is based?
Patrick O'Brian
1b John MacSween was famous for his Edinburgh shop, for which product was he particularly well known?
Haggis
2a Scheherazade's husband, King Shahryar, ruled over which empire?
Persian
2b Who was British Prime Minister at the time of the French Revolution?
William Pitt the Younger
3a What name was given to the imaginary line that split Beirut during the civil war of 1975-1990?
Green Line
3b Bitterne, Millbrook and Woolston are areas of which city?
Southampton:
4a Which group of people made their first official appearance at coronation of King Henry 7th? Yeomen of the Guard (accept Beefeaters)
4b Who was the falcon-headed god of Egyptian mythology?
Horus

Round 6
1a Which brothers, both famous writers, wrote novels together under the pseudonym Peter Anthony?
Shaffer
1b Which New England state became the fourteenth state of the USA in 1791, the first to join after the founding thirteen?
Vermont
2a Who was British Prime Minister at the start of the American Civil War?
Palmerston
2b Which liqueur is added to Scotch whisky to make a Rusty Screw cocktail?
Grand Marnier
3a What is the daily cost of the central London congestion charge?
£8.00
3b From which of Shakespeare's plays did Aldous Huxley take the title of his novel 'Brave New World'?
The Tempest
4a Which was the first African country to gain independence (in1951)?
Libya
4b After whom is the airport in Krakow, Poland named?
Pope John Paul 2nd

Round 7
1a John Lobb has a famous shop in St James Street, London, what does he sell?
Boots & shoes
1b Who wrote the novel on which the 1976 film 'Marathon Man' is based?
William Goldman
2a First published in 1665, which is the oldest English newspaper?
London Gazette
2b Which prestige car is now made in Crewe, Cheshire?
Bentley
3a In which decade did Spencer Gore win the first ever All-England Lawn Tennis Championship played at Wimbledon?
1870s (1877)
3b Launched in 1962, what was the name of the first communications satellite? I
Telstar
4a In which county is Marlborough College?
Wiltshire
4b The Yeomen of the Guard perform which task before the State opening of Parliament?
They search the cellars

Round 8
1a The final two states of the contiguous states of the USA joined the Union in 1912: name either.
New Mexico and Arizona
1b Which famous playwright had the first names Thomas Lanier?
Tennessee Williams
2a Which prestige car is made in Gaydon, Warwickshire?
Aston Martin
2b Which has been 'the Licensee's paper' since 1794?
Morning Advertiser
3a From which poem by Tennyson did Agatha Christie take the title of her novel 'The Mirror Cracked'?
The Lady of Shallot
3b Which country is split by a 'green line', separating the two areas claimed by different countries?
Cyprus
4a After whom is the airport in Warsaw, Poland named?
Frederic Chopin
4b Which was the only African country never to have been colonised?
Ethiopia

Spare Questions
1 To which family of birds does the mynah belong?
Starling
2 Sheradizing is the coating of steel and cast iron with which metal?
Zinc
3 Who, in 1947, became the first man to break the sound barrier in level flight?
Chuck Jaeger