Tuesday 12th February 2008
Set by Westfield Taverners (Liverpool)

Round One
1a As at November 2006, who is the coach of St Helens Rugby League team?
Daniel Anderson
1b According to the song, what did my true love send to me on the eighth day of Christmas?
Eight Maids 'a-Milking
2a Which BBC TV programme traces the family trees of celebrities?
Who Do You Think You Are
2b Who succeeded Donald Rumsfeld as US Defense Secretary in October 2006?
Robert Gates
3a Pop star Madonna adopted a child from which country in October 2006?
Malawi
3b How many member states are there in the British Commonwealth of Nations?
Fifty-three
4a How many Cinque Ports are there on the south coast of England?
Seven
4b Who (as at November 2007) is the latest film actor to play the part of James Bond?
Daniel Craig

Round Two
1a The now defunct food hamper firm Farepak was based in which city?
Swindon
1b Who is the host of the TV show "In the Grid"?
Les Dennis
2a Which team ended Aston Villa's unbeaten start to the 2006/07 season?
Liverpool FC
2b Who had a 1972 No. 1 hit record with "Son of My Father"?
Chicory Tip
3a What colour is the ribbon on the Victoria Cross?
Crimson
3b In which year did Desmond Tutu win the Nobel Peace Prize; WPC Yvonne Fletcher shot at Libyan Embassy; Winter Olympics open in Sarajevo?
1984
4a The city of Cork, Ireland, lies on which river?
River Lee
4b Who described life in the Royal Navy as: 'rum sodomy, and the lash'?
Winston Churchill

Round Three
1a What is the capital of the Republic of Sudan?
Khartoum
1b What colour in the intense pigment in cadmium sulphide?
Yellow
2a In which decade was Beatrix Potter born; Atlantic Cable completed; Seward purchases Alaska from Russia?
1860's
2b Herdwick and Swaledale are breeds of which animal?
Sheep
3a Which group had a 1982 No. 1 hit with "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me"?
Culture Club
3b What is the imperial distance of a marathon race?
26 miles, 385 yards
4a Who wrote the novel "Tenant of Wildfell Hall"?
Anne Brontë
4b Who presents the 'graveyard shift', midnight to 3 pm, on BBC Radio 2?
Janice Long

Round Four
1a A ruby wedding anniversary is celebrated after how many years?
Forty
1b In which decade was the Manchester Ship Canal opened; Anna Sewell's "Black Beauty" published; James Naismith invents basketball?
1890's
2a Which English town's name derives from the Brythonic 'Dubras' (the waters)?
Dover
2b Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins died with which other country music star in a 1963 plane crash?
Patsy Cline
3a What is another name for the alligator pear?
Avocado
3b Scurvy is a disease resulting from deficiency of which vitamin?
Vitamin C
4a Glenn Miller played which musical instrument?
Trombone
4b Which is the oldest of the English classic horse races?
St. Leger (1776)

Round Five
1a St Helens RLFC won all three trophies in Super League 2006. Which is the only other club ever to do this?
Bradford Bulls
1b Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, and who else formed the pop group 'Cream'?
Eric Clapton
2a What is the name of Dangermouse's amphibious nemesis?
Baron Greenback
2b Britney Spears was married for two days to who?
Jason Alexander
3a Which bird is the symbol of the RSPB?
Avocet
3b What is the celestial visible light spectrum better known as?
A rainbow
4a What size are the internal angles of an equilateral triangle?
Sixty degrees
4b Who, in the OT of the Bible, was the sister of Moses and Aaron?
Miriam

Round Six
1a Which comedian swam the English Channel for charity in 2006?
David Walliams
1b As at November 2007, who is the Shadow Home Secretary?
David Davis
2a Which team defeated Manchester United in the 2006 Carling Cup?
Southend United
2b The group 'Abba' was formed in which European capital city in 1971?
Stockholm
3a An oenophilist is a connoisseur of what?
Wine
3b For what purpose is ethylene glycol used in a car?
Prevent freezing
4a Who presents the football fans' forum on BBC Radio Merseyside on Mondays and Tuesdays at 7 pm?
Alan Jackson
4b What is the chief port of Iraq?
Basra

Round Seven
1a What is the highest mountain in Wales?
Snowdon
1b Deva is the Roman name for which English city?
Chester
2a What type of bird is a ptarmigan?
Grouse
2b Which French king, known as 'the well-beloved', acceded to the throne aged five years, in 1715?
King Louis the Fifteenth
3a Which song opened the 1985 Live Aid concert?
Rocking All Over the World
3b What weapon is used the Japanese art of kendo?
Bamboo staves
4a Who wrote the novel The Virgin and the Gypsy"?
D. H. Lawrence
4b Name either the ice hockey or baseball team owned by Tom Hicks, Liverpool FC co-owner. Dallas Stars / Texas Rangers

Round Eight
1a Which gem is associated with a 60th wedding anniversary?
Diamond
1b In which decade was the Suez Canal opened; Abrahan Lincioln elected American President; Prince Albert died of typhoid?
1860's
2a The adjective Cestrian is associated with which English city?
Chester
2b Name either rock and roll star who died in the Buddy Holly plane crash.
Big Bopper (J. P. Richardson) / Ricky Valens
3a John Reid holds which Government post as at October 2006?
Home Secretary
3b How many countries now form the European Union?
Twenty-seven
4a Who partnered George Michael in the group 'Wham'?
Andrew Ridgeley
4b The English classic horse race The Derby in run at which race course?
Epsom

Spare Questions
1 Who wrote the tragedy-opera "The Masked Ball" ("Ballo in Maschera")?
Giuseppe Verdi
2 Who was Britain's first Labour Prime Minister?
Ramsay MacDonald
3 In which British city is the National Railway Museum?
York
4 Bow Street is what colour on a Monopoly board?
Orange