Tuesday 8th January 2008
Set by the Neston CC (Wirral)
All rounds are general

Round 1
1a The OSS (Office of Strategic Services) founded in 1942 was a precursor to which security organisation?
CIA
1b With what activity do you associate the names Bernard Leach and Clarice Cliff?
Pottery (accept ceramics/porcelain or equivalent)
2a What would a French musician be playing if he was using a batterie?
A drum kit (accept drums)
2b What is the modern equivalent of the medieval musical instrument the sackbut?
Trombone
3a Which British Cathedral has the highest spire?
Salisbury
3b Which football league team's nickname is the (red) Imps?
Lincoln City
4a FL is the international registration plate of which European country?
Liechtenstein
4b In 1968 Gary Sobers was the first cricketer to hit six sixes in an over. Who was the bowler?
(Malcolm) Nash

Round 2
1a Which future PM was the eldest son of Lord Dunglass?
Alec Douglas Home
1b Which car manufacturer made a model called GT4O?
Ford
2a What nickname is given to a 2 wood in golf?
Brassie
2b To which school of art did the painters Derain, Viamink and the young Matisse belong?
The Fauves (accept The Wild Beasts)
3a What was the name of Alexander the Great's horse?
Bucephalus
3b Who was the housekeeper in Daphne du Maurier's 'Rebecca'?
Mrs Danvers
4a Apart from the USA, Canada and British possessions, which other country from the Americas actively took part in WW2, declaring war on the Axis countries in 1942?
Brazil
4b Who wrote a complete score for the film The Battle of Britain of which only one sequence was used?
William Walton

Round 3
1a Which famous directors last film was 'Family Plot' in 1976?
Alfred Hitchcock
1b Which unit of measurement was originally defined as one minute of arc along a meridian of the Earth?
Nautical Mile
2a Whose theme tune was 'Take the A Train'?
Duke Ellington
2b In architecture, what name is given to a rectangular column with a capital and base projecting slightly from a wall as an ornamental motif?
Pilaster
3a What industrial process was once conducted in Bold St, Liverpool?
Rope (making)
3b Who wrote the book Whisky Galore in 1947?
Compton Mackenzie
4a What does 'Carpe diem' translate as?
Seize the Day
4b Who said 'Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun'?
Mao-Tse-Tung

Round 4
1a In which year did The Mousetrap begin its run at the Ambassadors Theatre?
1952
1 b Name one of the 3 'J's for which Dundee is traditionally known?
Jute, Jam and Journalism
2a Who wrote 'The Birds' in 1952, a short story on which Hitchcock based his film?
Daphne du Maurier
2b Which Bombay-born former Daily Telegraph journalist is the BBC sports editor?
Mihir Bose
3a In what make of aircraft did Chuck Yeager break the sound barrier in October 1947?
Bell (XI)
3b The Seminole native tribe of Indians are indigenous to which American state?
Florida
4a Which Labour Party leader was described as 'a desiccated adding machine' by Aneurin Bevan?
Hugh Gaitskell
4b What is the capital of Nigeria?
Abuja

Round 5
1a Which English football league team's nickname is the Millers?
Rotherham
1b Which car company produced the Elf and Kestrel models?
Riley
2a Which city was the subject of the 1949 song 'Dirty Old Town' by Ewan McColl?
Salford
2b Which company produced the WW1 aircraft the 'Camel'?
Sopwith
3a Which Welsh cathedral is the smallest in Great Britain?
St Asaph
3b K is the international registration plate of which Asian country?
Cambodia
4a Which famous.cricket player was born on 7th March 1952 in St Johns, Antigua?
Sir Viv Richards
4b What is the name of the system used to determine the winning scores, in rain-interrupted one day cricket matches?
Duckworth-Lewis

Round 6
1a In film making, what is a Foley Artist?
A creator of sound effects (accept sound recordist or equivalent)
1b Who is the current Master of the Queens Music?
Peter Maxwell Davies
2a Which was the first English football club to win a European trophy?
Tottenham Hotspur (1963 European Cupwinners Cup)
2b Which US comic superhero has the real name Steve Rogers?
Captain America
3a Which British Prime Minister was born in Rodney Street, Liverpool?
W E Gladstone
3b Which Shakespeare play has the stage direction 'Exit pursued by a bear'?
The Winter's Tale
4a 'I am a man more sinned against than sinning' is a quotation from which Shakespeare play?
King Lear
4b From which musical does the song 'Till There Was You' come?
The Music Man

Round 7
1a What was the name of the last steam locomotive to be commissioned by British Railways, in 1960?
Evening Star
1b The arbalest was a variety of which weapon?
Crossbow
2a Who is reputed to have said at the time of her execution 'The executioner is I believe very expert and my neck is very slender'?
Anne Boleyn
2b In which hospital was the first heart transplant performed?
Groote Schuur (Capetown)
3a What is the national currency of Paraguay?
Guarani
3b The soldiers of which English military regiment (motto - Fear Naught) wear black berets?
The (Royal) Tank Regiment
4a In what year did Roald Amundsen reach the South Pole for the first time?
1911
4b A 9 iron is the modem equivalent of which historical golf club?
Niblick

Round 8
1a What do John Wayne, Daphne du Maurier, Frank Whittle and Laurence Olivier all have in common?
All born in 1907
1b With which orchestra was Arthur Fiedler (who died in 1979) most associated?
The Boston Pops
2a Mrs Fitzherbert was the mistress of which English king?
George IV
2b Who is the patron saint of Germany?
St Boniface (accept George, Michael, Swithbert or Peter Canisius)
3a Of what is St Jude the patron?
Lost causes
3b What is the appropriate nickname of the New Zealand basketball team?
The Tall Blacks
4a What nickname is given to the Australian Association Football International team?
The Socceroos
4b Which British coin ceased to be minted in 1813?
The guinea