Monday 10th September 2007
Set by 27 Club (Wirral)
All rounds are general

Round 1
1a In which 1959 film does Marilyn Monroe sing 'I wanna be loved by you'?
Some Like It Hot
1b Which TV drama was set in Larkhall prison?
Bad Girls
2a Which religious movement believe in Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia as the Messiah?
Rastafarians
2b Which word represents the letter G in the NATO phonetic alphabet?
Golf
3a Which chemical element takes its name from the Greek for colour?
Chromium
3b The port of Plymouth is at the mouth of which river?
Tamar (accept Plym)
4a Which darts player has the nickname "The Viking"?
Andy Fordham
4b In which Jane Austen novel do Sir Thomas Bertram and Mrs Norris appear?
Mansfield Park

Round 2
1a Give any year in the life of the poet Percy Shelley.
1792-1822
1b Which biblical patriarch lived at "Ur of the Chaldees''?
Abraham
2a Which American state is called the Centennial state?
Colorado
2b Which product was advertised with slogan "Gotta Lotta Bottle"?
Milk
3a Who composed the opera "Dido and Aeneas" in 1689?
Henry Purcell
3b Who designed the Queen's House at Greenwich and the Banqueting House in Whitehall?
Inigo Jones
4a In the TV series Inspector Morse, what was Sergeant Lewis's Christian name?
Robbie (Robert)
4b A cantaloupe is what type of fruit?
Melon

Round 3
1a In terms of population, which is the largest city on the North American continent?
Mexico City
1b Of which civilisation was Sennacherib the king in the 7th and 8th centuries BC?
Assyrian
2a A record 103,000 spectators witnessed the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final replay at Odsal Stadium, Bradford. Name either of the competing sides.
Warrington / Halifax
2b Before Little Jimmy Osmond, who was the youngest male to have a UK No. 1 hit?
Frankie Lymon (age 13)
3a By what name were the Shadows, Cliff Richard's backing group, known until 1959?
The Drifters
3b In terms of population which is the largest city in Texas?
Houston
4a In which century was the Han dynasty founded in China?
3rd century BC
4b Which is the largest city on the South American continent?
Sao Paulo

Round 4
1a How many people were killed in the St Valentine's Day massacre?
Seven
1b Al Capone's gang took part in the St Valentine's Day Massacre. Whose gang suffered the fatalities?
Bugs Moran
2a Before Red Rum, which was the last horse to win 2 Grand Nationals?
Reynoldstown
(1935 and 1936)
2b Which was the last horse to win the English Triple Crown?
Nijinsky (1970)
3a Which actor played 'The Invisible Man' in the 1933 film?
Claude Rains
3b Who starred in the Oscar-winning short comedy "The Music Box" in 1931?
Laurel and Hardy
4a Who was the Foreign Secretary during the Suez crisis?
Selwyn Lloyd
4b Who was defeated by Lyndon Johnson in the 1964 US presidential election?
Barry Goldwater

Round 5
1a In which 1953 film does Marilyn Monroe sing "Diamonds are a girl's best friend"?
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1b In which prison was the TV comedy Porridge set?
HM Prison Slade
2a Who founded the Church of Scientology in 1952?
L Ron Hubbard
2b Which word represents the letter K in the NATO phonetic alphabet?
Kilo
3a Which chemical element takes its name from the Spanish for silver?
Platinum
3b The port of Le Havre is at the mouth of which river?
River Seine
4a Which darts player has the nickname "The Power"?
Phil Taylor
4b In which Jane Austen novel do Anne Elliot and Lady Russell appear?
Persuasion

Round 6
1a Who wrote the poem "The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock" in 1915?
T S Eliot
1b The pre-eminent Celtic illuminated manuscripts called The Book of Kells are housed where?
Trinity College Dublin
2a Which American state is called the Constitution state?
Connecticut
2b The expression "You've never had it so good" is associated with which British Prime Minister?
Harold Macmillan
3a What musical composition was written for a royal picnic on the river in 1717?
Handel's Water Music
3b Who designed Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral?
Glles Gilbert Scott
4a In the TV series 'Rebus' what is the detective's Christian name?
John
4b Plum and Sungold are all types of which fruit?
Tomato

Round 7
1a What is the capital of the British Virgin Islands?
Road Town
1b Nelson Piquet won the Formula 1 World Championship 3 times, in 1981, 1983 and which other year?
1987
2a Which King of England was married to Catherine of Valois?
Henry V
2b What tree is sometimes called the trembling poplar?
Aspen (accept Populus)
3a A china wedding anniversary celebrates how many years of marriage?
20
3b In World War II, what type of aircraft were the Hotspur, Horsa and Hamilcar?
Gliders
4a What was the name of the British liner sunk by German dive bombers off St Nazaire on 17 June 1940 with the loss of 4,000 lives?
Lancastria
4b What is the SI unit of force?
Newton

Round 8
1a What is the SI unit of resistance?
Ohm
1b Which King of England was married to Anne of Denmark?
James I
2a What was the Spitfire variant flown from aircraft carriers called?
Seafire
2b Which US aircraft carrier was lost at the Battle of Midway?
Yorktown
3a What is the alternative name of the mountain ash?
Rowan (accept Sorbus)
3b A crystal wedding anniversary celebrates how many years of marriage?
15
4a Niki Lauda won the Formula 1 World Championship 3 times, in 1975, 1977 and which other year?
1984
4b What is the capital of the American Virgin Islands?
Charlotte Amalie

Spare Questions
1 On what river does Warsaw stand?
Vistula
2 What is the SI unit of length?
Metre
3 Walter Gay and James Carker are characters in which Dickens novel?
Dombey And Son
4 Which code in force in America 1934-1967 banned films from showing, among other things, 'lustful kissing, mixed race relationships and couples in bed'.
The Hays Code