Tuesday 16th December 2008
Set by Ormskirk League

Round One.
1A Which side finished bottom of the 1st division of the County Cricket Championship in 2008?
SURREY
1B When the Marie Celeste left New York on her ill-fated voyage, which Italian port was her destination?
GENOA
2A Which actress/singer starred as Doralee Rhodes in the 1980 film, "Nine to Five"?
DOLLY PARTON
2B Which building is the home of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra?
SYMPHONY HALL
3A What nationality was Trygve Lie, the first Secretary General of the United Nations?
NORWEGIAN
3B Where, exactly, in Ireland, can the Book of Kells be seen?
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
4A On the human body, as what is a furuncle more commonly known?
A BOIL
4B Which poet wrote the line, "If winter comes, can spring be far behind"?
PERCY SHELLEY (Ode to the West Wind)

Round Two.
1A In which religion is the temple, or place of worship, known as the gurdwara?
SIKHISM
1B Which American state has Boise as its capital, and is known as the Gem State or Potato State?
IDAHO
2A The independent girls' school, Roedean, is situated near which south coast town?
BRIGHTON
2B On radio in the late 1940's, and early 50's, as what was Archibald Berkeley Willoughby better known?
PC 49
3A Which Midlands club did Sam Allardyce manage, before he took up the position of manager at Bolton Wanderers in 1999?
NOTTS COUNTY
3B Which Canadian born folk singer wrote and recorded the hit song, "Big Yellow Taxi"?
JONI MITCHELL
4A Which famous jockey, very successful between the wars, was nicknamed, "The Head Waiter"? HARRY WRAGG
4B Opened in 1927, what is the name of the bridge that links the city of Buffalo, New York State and the town of Fort Erie in Ontario, Canada?
THE PEACE BRIDGE ,

Round Three.
1A Which bridge, opened in 2002, is depicted on the reverse of the 2007 English £1 coin?
GATESHEAD MILLENNIUM BRIDGE
1B Donald Neilson, convicted of four murders in 1975, was known by which nickname?
THE BLACK PANTHER
2A The Wurzels No 1 hit record, "Combine Harvester", was a parody on which song, a No 1 hit for the singer Melanie in 1971?
BRAND NEW KEY
2B Which English football club won the European Cup in 1982. beating Bayern Munich, 1-0 in Rotterdam?
ASTON VILLA
3A Which comedian actor played the part of Ron Glum in the radio programme 'Take It From Here'?
DICK BENTLEY
3B Which famous public school is situated n the village of Street in Somerset?
MILLFIELD
4A In 1992, which American politician was mocked by his seeming inability to spell the word potato?
DAN QUAYLE
4b According to Catholic legend which saint mopped the brow of Jesus on his way to Calgary?
VERONICA

Round Four.
1A Which poet wrote the line, 'For men may come and men may go, but I go on forever"?
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON (The Brook)
1B In human anatomy, as what is a peri-orbital haematoma better known? A
BLACK EYE
2A The Bells of Shandon are housed in the Church of St Anne in which Irish city?
CORK
2B Which British politician became the tenth Secretary General of NATO in 1999?
GEORGE ROBERTSON
3A Which south coast resort has its own symphony orchestra, founded in 1893 and now based in Poole Arts Centre?
BOURNEMOUTH
3B Whitney Houston sang the Dolly Parton song, "I will always love you", in which 1992 film? THE BODYGUARD
4A Bound for New York, on her disastrous voyage in 1912, from where had the RMS Titanic originally set sail?
SOUTHAMPTON
4B Which side did Lancashire beat in the last match of the 2008 County Cricket Championship, thus staving off all thoughts of relegation?
SOMERSET

Round Five.
1A Who invented the cartoon character of Garfield the cat, currently to be seen in the Daily Mail?
JIM DAVIS
1B Vancouver Island is a part of which Canadian Province?
BRITISH COLUMBIA
2A Which popular garden flower is the national flower of Mexico, from where it is said to originate?
THE DAHLIA
2B In the novel, "Nicholas Nickelby", by Charles Dickens, what was the name of the school, run by Wackford Squeers?
DOTHEBOYS HALL
3A Which artist, a member of the modern school of art, and noted for his paintings of violinists, was born in Russia in 1887, and died in Paris aged 97?
MARC CHAGALL
3B Sgt. Joan Hogan and Mess Sgt. Rupert Ritzic were characters in which 1950's TV comedy series?
THE PHIL SILVERS SHOW (accept SGT BILKO).
4A Which organisation uses barbed wire and a candle as its symbol?
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
4B Which British composer, together with the tenor Peter Pears, founded the annual music festival at Aldeburgh?
BENJAMIN BRITTEN

Round Six.
1A Created in the 1990's, as a satire of James Bond, what was the name of the character in a number of films, who was originally termed, "The International Man of Mystery"?
AUSTIN POWERS
1B Which TV producer and scriptwriter, created the TV series, 'Grange Hill'?
PHIL REDMOND
2A Who, in 1678, along with Israel Tonge, fabricated the "Popish Plot", a fictitious conspiracy to murder Charles II?
TITUS OATES
2B The salts of which metal are used in the manufacture of calamine lotion?
ZINC (accept IRON)
3A Who was the mother of the Roman emperor, Nero, who was murdered on nis orders in A.D. 59?
AGRIPPINA
3B Mt. Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere, stands in which South American country?
ARGENTINA
4A The merganser is a species of which kind of bird?
A DUCK
4B What nationality is the international Rugby Union referee, Alain Rolland?
IRISH

Round Seven,
1A Which English Rugby Union side play their home matches at Franklin Gardens?
NORTHAMPTON
1B One Australian term for a fool is the word "galah". What type of bird is a galah?
A COCKATOO (accept PARROT)
2A The Annapurna range of peaks stand in which Asian country?
NEPAL
2B Who was the third wife of the Roman emperor Claudius, noted for her cruelty and debauchery?
(VALERIA) MESSALINA
3A The salts of which poisonous acid are found in rhubarb leaves?
OXALIC ACID
3B Because of the outrage caused by the Popish Plot, which Archbishop of Armagh, was executed at Tyburn in 1681, the last Roman Catholic martyr to die in England? In 1975, he was canonised, and became the first new Irish saint for almost 700 years.
ST OLIVER PLUNKE'TT
4A Which local born actor/writer won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 1981, for his work on the film, "Chariots of Fire"?
COLIN WELLAND
4B In the 1997 film, "Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery", the name of which character was a parody on that of Oddjob, from the film, "Goldfinger"?
RANDOM TASK

Round Eight.
1A Benjamin Britten's opera, "Billy Budd", is based on the novel by which American author? HERMAN MELVILLE
1B Which organisation uses compasses and a T square as its symbol?
THE FREEMASONS
2A Creator, Nat Hiken gave which original title to the "Phil Silvers Show", it being changed after a couple of months?
YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH
2B Which style of art, which flourished briefly in the first part of the 20th century, took its name from the French for, "Wild Beasts"?
FAUVISM
3A In the novel, "The Pickwick Papers", by Charles Dickens, who brought an action against Mr Pickwick, for breach of promise to marry?
MRS BARDELL
3B The lady's slipper is a species of which type of flower? THE ORCHID
4A The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a Union Territory of which Asian country?
INDIA
4B "Jane, the diary of a bright young thing", was a cartoon strip that first appeared in Britain in 1932, in which daily newspaper?
DAILY MIRROR

Spare Questions.
1. What type of creature is a peccary?
A WILD PIG
2, In which African city did Muhammed Ali regain the world heavyweight boxing title from George Foreman in 1974, a fight that was known as The Rumble in the Jungle?
KINSHASA
3. The song 'Wunderbar' comes from which Cole Porter musical?
KISS ME KATE