Monday 21st January 2008
Set by Warrington Quiz League
All rounds are general

Round 1
1a What was the surname of the brothers who developed a paper-thin, malt flavoured toasted flake of maize?
Kellogg
1b In the first verse of the nursery rhyme 'Old King Cole', what did he call for besides his pipe and bowl?
His Fiddlers Three
2a Jacques Cousteau's famous boat shares its name with which form of West Indian music?
Calypso
2b Travelling west along the M4 motorway, which county would you enter as you left Berkshire?
Wiltshire
3a What word is painted on the road surface in Ireland to mean the same as 'Give Way' in Britain?
Yield
3b Which film featured the hit song "I've had the time of my life"?
Dirty Dancing
4a Sunderland stands on which river?
Wear
4b Who won the Booker Prize in 1998 with the novel 'Amsterdam'?
Ian McEwan

Round 2
1a Apart from London, in which other British city is there an area called Soho?
Birmingham
1b Which British Prime Minister was born in New Brunswick, Canada?
Bonar Law
2a Who wrote symphonies nicknamed 'Paris' and 'Prague'?
Mozart
2b In cookery, what name is given to a cooked mixture of equal parts of butter and flour?
Roux
3a Belgian Kriek beer is flavoured with which fruit?
Cherry
3b There are two forms of classical Japanese theatre, 'Noh' is mostly spoken, but what name is given to the singing and dancing form?
Kabuki
4a Who won the Booker Prize in 1990 with the novel 'Possession'?
A.S. Byatt
4b By what name was model Lesley Hornby better known?
Twiggy

Round 3
1a Which British Prime Minister was a cousin of Rudyard Kipling?
Baldwin
1b Who discovered that coal-tar naphtha and rubber could make cloth waterproof?
Mackintosh
2a Which form of motor racing takes place on a straight 440 yard course?
Drag racing
2b Which type of helicopter is named after the warm wind that blows down the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains?
Chinook
3a What was the code name for the British retreat from Dunkirk in World War 2?
Dynamo
3b The alcoholic drink 'Mirabelle' is flavoured with which fruit?
Plums
4a Who said that in the future everyone would be famous for fifteen minutes?
Andy Warhol
4b Norwich stands on which river?
Wensum

Round 4
1a Which 2003 film is based on the activities of Rylstone Women's Institute?
Calendar Girls
1b Apart from London, in which other British city is there a place called Charing Cross?
Glasgow
2a Travelling north along the M1 motorway, which county would you enter as you left Hertfordshire?
Bedfordshire
2b Who was King of Scotland between Duncan and Malcolm Canmore?
Macbeth
3a Who invented the road safety feature 'cat's eyes'?
Percy Shaw
3b Who was the female star of the TV police series 'Cat's Eyes'?
Jill Gascoigne
4a At which sport do Great Britain and USA play for the Westchester Cup?
Polo
4b In 2005 Scotland won the King's Cup for the second successive year making them World Champions at which particular form of polo?
Elephant Polo

Round 5
1a Turin is the major city of which region of Italy?
Piedmont
lb In the first verse of the Christmas carol 'Silent Night', how is the 'Holy Infant' described?
As tender and mild
2a What name is given to motor racing on a grass track?
Autocross
2b In cookery what is the chief ingredient along with egg in making mayonnaise?
Olive oil
3a What was the code name for the German invasion of Russia in World War 2?
Barbarossa
3b Which film featured the hit song "Take My Breath Away"?
Top Gun
4a Which admiral assumed command at Trafalgar after the death of Nelson?
Collingwood
4b Which hero was the son of Zeus by Alcmene?
Hercules (Heracles)

Round 6
1a A dish described as la Bretonne' is garnished with which vegetable?
Beans
1b In the world of animals, what is meant by the word 'ungulate'?
Having hoofs (or hoof shaped)
2a Who wrote the novel 'Hungry as the Sea'?
Wilbur Smith
2b Which physicist proposed the Quantum theory?
Max Planck
3a Which is the longest muscle in the human body?
Sartorius
3b What name is commonly given to the theatre produced by the playwrights Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, Pinter and others?
Theatre of the Absurd
4a Which Russian was the first man to walk in space?
Alexei Leonov
4b Which English King married Henrietta Maria, the daughter of Henry 4th of France?
Charles 1st

Round 7
1a What is the name of Nick Park's film animation company?
Aardman
1b Florence is the major city of which region of Italy?
Tuscany
2a Who wrote symphonies nicknamed 'Scottish' and 'Italian'?
Mendelssohn
2b Give any year in which Macbeth was King of Scotland?
1040-1057
3a The word 'Araf, painted on the road surface in Wales means what in English?
Slow
3b Where in the body is the zygomatic major muscle?
Cheek (accept face)
4a Which hero was the son of Zeus by Danae?
Perseus
4b Which Dutch admiral boasted in 1667 that he had swept the British from the sea?
Maarten Tromp

Round 8
1a In the world of animals, what is meant by the word 'diprodont'?
Having two front teeth
1b A dish described as 'Parmentier' includes which vegetable?
Potato
2a Which astronomer proposed the theory of the expanding universe?
Edwin Hubble
2b Who wrote the novel 'Chesapeake'?
James Michener
3a How many pounds are there in one hundredweight?
112
3b What is the weight in pounds of a gallon of water?
10
4a Which English King married Adelaide, the daughter of George, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen?
William 4th
4b Who was the first American to walk in space?
Ed White

Spare Questions
1 Which tennis star said in 2003 "I love Nobu, they serve great food. I just have to remember restaurants are for eating in and nothing else"?
Boris Becker
2 Name the ancient civilised region bordered by the two rivers, Tigris and Euphrates?
Mesopotamia
3 Which service was originally known as Queen's Nurses?
District Nurses