Monday 14th January 2008
Set by the Warringto Quiz League
All rounds are general

Round 1
1a In 'FawIty Towers' Manuel claimed his pet rat was a hamster, but from where?
SIBERIA
1b Who in Greek mythology was the mother of Clytemnestra and Helen?
LEDA
2a Which Shakespeare play has the subtitle 'What You Will'?
TWELFTH NIGHT
2b Which architect designed Blenheim Palace?
Sir JOHN VANBRUGH
3a Which planet has moons called Triton and Nereid?
NEPTUNE
3b Which South African state capital has been renamed Tshwane?
PRETORIA
4a People hoping to follow which career are trained at Norland College?
NANNIES
4b In the Rupert Bear stories, what was the name of the pug dog?
ALGY

Round 2
1a Which German novelist, a Nobel prize winner in 1999, wrote 'A Wide Field' and 'The Tin Drum'?
GUNTHER GRASS
1b Cape Farewell (Kap Farvel) is the southernmost part of which country?
GREENLAND
2a Which Saint was the father of the Virgin Mary?
ST JOACHIM
2b Who was the first man to swim 100 metres in less than a minute?
JOHNNY WEISSMULLER
3a What common name is given to the lowest temperature at which a material gives off enough flammable vapour for it to ignite?
FLASH POINT
3b For which county did Mike Gatting play cricket?
MIDDLESEX
4a What was the word for an Indian soldier serving under the British in India?
SEPOY
4b The musical 'High Society' was a remake of which 1940's film?
The PHILADELPHIA STORY

Round 3
1a In Norse mythology, what is the name of Odin's eight-legged horse?
SLEIPNIR
1b In warfare, what name is given to a hastily constructed temporary defence or a parapet a few feet high, the name deriving from the approximate height that it is built to?
BREASTWORK
2a In which children's TV programme did you see Mrs Goggins and Tom Pottage?
POSTMAN PAT
2b In which Shakespeare play would you find the characters Gertrude, Laertes and Horatio?
HAMLET
3a Africa's most westerly point, Cape Verde, is in which country?
SENEGAL
3b Whose wedding was the main event of the last episode of Dad's Army?
CORPORAL JONES
4a Which architect worked with Sir Charles Barry on the new Palace of Westminster?
Augustus PUGIN
4b Minus 273 degrees Celsius is known as what?
ABSOLUTE ZERO

Round 4
1a From which musical does the song 'Anything you can do' come?
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
1b For what occupation is there an examination of The Knowledge'?
TAXI DRIVERS (especially those in London)
2a Which American won the discus Gold medal at four consecutive Olympics between 1956 and 1968?
AL OERTER
2b Which French author wrote 'Nana', 'Germinal' and `J'Accuse'?
EMILE ZOLA
3a In Three-Day Eventing, which competition involves movements performed by the horse, responding to the rider's indication?
3b In 1997, which comet came within 125 million miles of Earth?
HALE- BOPP
4a Iqualuit is the capital of which Canadian autonomous Inuit territory created in 1999?
NUNAVUT
4b Who in the Bible was the mother of Isaac?
SARAH

Round 5
1a Tagalog is a language native to which country?
PHILLIPINES
1b Which war was ended by the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648?
THIRTY YEARS WAR
2a A naevus is the medical term for what?
A BIRTHMARK
2b Which herb is usually used in the tomato base for a pizza?
OREGANO
3a Which philosopher wrote the 'The Critique of Pure Reason'?
IMMANUEL KANT
3b What device did US computer engineer Douglas Englebart invent in 1969?
The COMPUTER MOUSE
4a Who wrote the short story on which the 2006 film 'Brokeback Mountain was based?
E. ANNIE PROULX
4b Which newspaper became 'The Morning Star' in 1966?
The DAILY WORKER

Round 6
1a In the words of a popular song, from which hotel can 'you check out but never leave'?
HOTEL CALIFORNIA
1b What, in the world of computing, did Larry Page and Sergey Brin found?
GOOGLE
2a Which common tree has the Latin name Aesculus Hippocastanum?
HORSE CHESTNUT
2b As a figure of speech, what is a statement made in exaggerated terms?
HYPERBOLE
3a A merrythought is one of the popular names for which part of a bird?
WISHBONE
3b Pablo Casals was a virtuoso on which instrument?
CELLO
4a What was the name of the 'Acid Bath Murderer'?
John HAIGH
4b In American politics, what is the nickname given to the period between the election of a new president in November and the inauguration in January?
LAME- DUCK Presidency

Round 7
1a By what Treaty in 1713 was Gibraltar ceded to Britain in perpetuity?
TREATY of UTRECHT
1b What was the name of the 'Brides in the Bath Murderer'?
George SMITH
2a Which brothers own the Daily Telegraph?
BARCLAY BROTHERS (Sir David and Frederick)
2b The hallux is the medical term for which part of the body?
BIG TOE
3a In 1947, a research physicist Chester Carlson set up which company to sell his invention, an office machine?
XEROX (now RANK-XEROX)
3b Yoruba is a language spoken in which country?
NIGERIA
4a A filbert is the fruit of which tree?
HAZEL
4b What was a dandy-horse?
An early BICYCLE (without pedals)

Round 8
1a 'E PLURIBUS UNUM' was the original motto of the USA, what is the present'?
IN GOD WE TRUST
1b Who wrote the screenplay for the film 'The Madness of King George'?
ALAN BENNETT
2a As a figure of speech, what is something hinted or implied without being definitely stated?
INNUENDO
2b What was the surname of Sylvia's mother in the in the 1972 record by Dr Hook?
Mrs AVERY
3a Julian Bream is a virtuoso mainly on which instrument?
GUITAR
3b Who originated the philosophy of 'Utilitarianism'?
JEREMY BENTHAM
4a Barbara Hulanicki founded which chain of fashion shops, famous in the 1960s?
BIBA
4b Which common tree has the Latin name Acer pseudoplatanus?
SYCAMORE

Spare Questions
1 Which actor played the lead in the film 'Air Force One'?
HARRISON FORD
2. Which word is defined as 'an Arctic plain of permanently frozen subsoil, with dwarfed vegetation'?
TUNDRA
3 Which league football dub are nicknamed 'The Bantams'?
BRADFORD CITY