Monday 24th September 2007
Set by Ormskirk Quiz League
All rounds are general

Round One.
1A Which actress played the part of Mavis Wilton in Coronation St and also Dolly Bellfield in Dinner ladies?
THELMA BARLOW
1B On which course did Padraig Harrington become the first European golfer to win a major championship this century?
CARNOUSTIE
2A Which more common name is given to the wild flower, also known as Creeping Ranunculus?
BUTTERCUP
2B Which word means to loan money at exorbitant rates of interest?
USURY
3A Who became the fourth husband of singer/songwriter/actress Dale Evans in 1946, and remained married to her until his death in 1998?
ROY ROGERS.
3B The Temple of the Tooth is a major Buddhist shrine in which Sri Lankan City?
KANDY
4A Which famous author and playwright's first work, (in 1957), was the one act play, "The Room"?
HAROLD PINTER
4B Which man, later to become Prime Minister, was returned as M.P. for Bootle in a by-election in 1911?
ANDREW BONAR LAW

Round Two.
1A What name is given to the traditional sailing boat, used on the Nile and sheltered waters of the Red Sea?
FELUCCA
1B Which composer was born in Pesaro, Italy in February 1792, and died in Paris in November 1868?
ROSSIN I
2A Who is credited with writing the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament?
ST LUKE
2B In which constellation is the Great Globular Cluster known as M13?
HERCULES
3A Who is co-driver at McLaren, with Lewis Hamilton, with whom a feud has arisen?
FERNANDO ALONSO
3B Which literary character is known in France as, "Boucle D'Or"?
GOLDILOCKS
4A Which 1960's American TV family lived at 1313, Mockingbird Lane, Mockingbird Heights? THE MUNSTERS
4B What was the name of the first communications satellite, launched in 1962?
TELSTAR

Round Three.
1A Which group's instrumental recording of the song, "Telstar" topped the charts in both the U.K. and the U.S.A. in 1962?
THE TORNADOES
1B In which imaginary town did Fred Flintstone and his neighbour Barney Rubble live?
BEDROCK
2A What name was given to the paramilitary force, set up in 1943, with German aid, to combat the resistance in Vichy France?
THE MILICE
2B Who was co-driver, at McLaren, with Fernando Alonzo, before Lewis Hamilton? GIANCARLO FISICHELLA
3A In which constellation is the supernova remnant known as the Crab Nebula?
TAURUS
3B Which Book of the New Testament starts thus, "In the beginning was the word"?
GOSPEL OF ST JOHN
4A Which composer was born Leipzig in May 1813 and died in Venice February 1883?
RICHARD WAGNER
4B What is the name of the spear throwing device used by Australian Aborigines? WOOMERA

Round Four.
1A Francis Pakenham died in 2001, aged 95? By which hereditary title was he better known?
LORD LONGFORD
1B Who, in 1965, wrote the play, "The Erpingham Camp", a comedy set in a holiday camp in the 1960's?
JOE ORTON
2A Independence Arch and Black Star Square are major features in which African city?
ACCRA
2B Who became the second wife of actor Paul Newman in 1958? They have remained married ever since.
JOANNE WOODWARD.
3A Which word, derived from the name of the 6th century B.C. Greek founder of tragic drama, can be used to mean an actor?
THESPIAN
3B What name is given to the larva of the Crane Fly?
LEATHERJACKET
4A Name the course on which Tiger Woods won both the 2000 and 2005 Open Golf championships.
ST ANDREWS
4B Which actress played the part of Valerie Barlow in Coronation St and also Jean in Dinner Ladies?
ANNE REID

Round Five.
1A In which First World War battle did British troops suffer 60,000 casualties, killed or injured, on the first day?
(FIRST) BATTLE OF THE SOMME
1B Which small British bird has the Latin name, "Troglodytes Troglodytes"?
THE WREN
2A Margaret Thatcher's phrase, "The Lady's not for Turning" was a play on words. Who wrote the verse play in 1948 entitled, "The Lady's Not For Burning"?
CHRISTOPHER FRY
2B Which English actor played the part of both Gollum in the "Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy and Kong in the 2005 version of the film, "King Kong"?
ANDY SERKIS
3A In 1830, George Everest, after whom the mountain is named, was the first man to be appointed to which position in India?
SURVEYOR GENERAL
3B Psoriasis and Impetigo are are infections of which part of the human body?
THE SKIN
4A Johnny Borrell is lead singer with which group, who had a No 1 hit single in the U.K. in 2006 with the song, "America"?
RAZORLIGHT
4B Which French region lies between the Rivers Adour and Garonne in the foothills of the Pyrenees and produces a Brandy, which bears its name?
ARMAGNAC

Round Six.
1A Which branch of physics deals with the action of forces on bodies and with motion. It has sub-branches that include dynamics and statics?
MECHANICS
1B Europe's longest river, the Volga, drains into which sea?
THE CASPIAN SEA
2A Who was the President of the U.S.A. at the time of the Wall St crash in 1929?
HERBERT HOOVER
2B The brothers, Guiseppe and Marco Palmieri, appear in which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta?
THE GONDOLIERS
3A What term is used to describe an article sold at a reduced price, or even below the purchase price, in order to attract customers?
LOSS LEADER
3B Which man served as Prime Minister of Ireland from 1994-97, when he was succeeded by Bertia Aherne?
JOHN BRUTON
4A Which Durham fast bowler took 10-47 in Hampshire's first innings total of 115 in July 2007?
OTTIS GIBSON
4B Each September at Abbots Bromley in Staffs, men perform an ancient animal dance holding what?
ANTLERS

Round Seven.
1A The village of Tissington, thought to have the longest tradition of well dressing in England, lies in which county?
DERBYSHIRE
1B Which Lancashire batsman scored 206, at Headingley in August 2007, the highest ever score by a Lancashire player in a Roses match?
STUART LAW
2A Which man was Prime Minister of Israel from 1999-2001, when he was replaced by Ariel Sharon?
EHUD BARAK
2B What name is given to the official mark of quality, on articles approved by the British Standards Institution?
A KITE MARK
3A John Wellington Wells, a dealer in magic and spells, appears in which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta?
THE SORCERER
3B Who was British Prime Minister at the time of the General Strike in 1926?
STANLEY BALDWIN
4A The River Volga drains into the Caspian Sea, approx 60 km downstream from which major city?
ASTRAKHAN
4B Air turbulence can be of two types - mechanical, and which other type?
THERMAL

Round Eight.
1A What term is used to describe turning wine bottles, so that the sediment collects at the neck of the bottle?
REMUAGE or RIDDLING
1B Las Vegas born Brandon Flowers is lead singer with which American group, which had a No. 2 hit single in the U.K. charts in 2006, with their song, "When You Were Young"?
THE KILLERS
2A Which fluid, which gets its name from the Latin word for egg, lubricates and cushions joints in the human body during movement?
SYNOVIAL FLUID
2B Which American polymath is credited with first charting and naming the Gulf Stream in 1786?
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
3A Which English actor played the part of Legolas in the film, "Lord of the Rings" and the role of Paris in the 2004 film "Troy"?
ORLANDO BLOOM
3B Which famous poet and author wrote the poem, "The Lady of the Lake"?
SIR WALTER SCOTT
4A Which British wild animal has the Latin name, "Lutra Lutra"?
THE OTTER
4B The Third Battle of Ypres, fought in 1917, and notorious for the appalling muddy conditions, is more commonly known by which other name?
BATTLE OF PASSCHENDAELE

Spare Questions.
1. Whose first novel was entitled, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles"?
AGATHA CHRISTIE
2. Who was voted football's League Managers Association, Manager of the Season, in 2006-07? STEVE COPPELL
3. In the Lennon and McCartney song, who "keeps her face in a jar by the door"?
ELEANOR RIGBY