Tuesday 22nd January 2008
Set by Warrington Quiz League
Round 3 is themed

Round 1
1a Who, born in Reading in 1903, called his autobiography "Life Among Antiques"?
Arthur Negus
1b In American Football, how many points are awarded for a 'safety'?
Two
2a Which group has had hits with the albums 'Hopes and Fears', and `Under the Iron Sea'?
Keane
2b In which county is the National Nature Reserve of Barton Hills?
Bedfordshire
3a Sanford Airport is located close to which US city?
Orlando (main airport for UK charter flights)
3b A new 50p coin was issued in 2007 showing a fleur-de-lys embossed on a globe, it was issued to celebrate the anniversary of what?
Scouting (100 years)
4a How long is the term of office served by the President of the European Commission?
5 years
4b Peter Parker is the secret identity of which comic book character?
Spiderman

Round 2
1a Britain's oldest working theatre, built in 1766, is called the 'Old Vic', in which city is it?
Bristol
1b Appointed in 1675, who was the first Astronomer Royal?
John Flamsteed
2a Which was the first European country to give women the vote when they voted in the National elections of 1906?
Finland
2b Hannibal Hayes and Kid Curry were the central characters in which 1970s American TV series?
Alias Smith and Jones
3a Prior to Virginia Wade in 1977, who was the previous British winner of a Grand Slam tennis singles tournament?
Sue Barker (1976 French Open)
3b What is the popular name of Tchaikovsky's Symphony no.6 in B minor?
Pathetique
4a Bruce Banner is the secret identity of which comic book character?
The Incredible Hulk
4b Lion's Mane, Moon and Compass are types of which creature?
Jellyfish

Round 3 - The answer to each question in this round includes a colour
la What is the common name of the herbicide used extensively by the US Air Force during the Vietnam war?
Agent Orange
1b Which band of the 1960s and 1970s had the following line-up: Graeme Edge, Mike Pinder, John Lodge, Ray Thomas and Justin Hayward?
Moody Blues
2a Which novel won a Pulitzer Prize for Alice Walker?
The Colour Purple
2b According to the Guinness book of Records, what is the most common name for a pub in Britain?
Red Lion
3a In 1972, Hawkwind had their only UK top ten hit with which song?
Silver Machine
3b Who threatened to "thcream and thcream and thcream until I'm thick"?
Violet Elizabeth Bott
4a How is the Chief Gentleman Usher to the Sovereign and Usher to the Order of the Garter more commonly known?
Black Rod
4b What was Sherlock Holmes' first case?
A Study in Scarlet

Round 4
la In Australian Rules Football, how many points are awarded for a behind?
One
1b Who was the respectable Victorian gentleman who became known as the 'King of Saucy Postcards'?
Donald McGill
2a Which American TV sitcom featured the families of sisters Jessica Tate and Mary Campbell?
Soap
2b Who was the actor, who died in October 2006, who was the voice of the "Schhhh... you know who" advertising campaign?
William Franklin
3a A new £1 coin was issued in 2007 showing a chain with a broken link; it was issued to celebrate the anniversary of what?
Abolition of slavery (200 years)
3b Who was the last British male to reach the final of a Grand Slam tennis singles tournament?
Greg Rusedski (1997 US Open)
4a The Pink Sea Fan is an endangered species found in the sea around the coast of Britain, what is it?
Coral
4b For how long does a US senator normally serve before having to seek re-election?
6 years

Round 5
1a Which 2002 Martin Scorsese film, set in the Five Points district, is loosely based on a 1928 novel by Herbert Asbury?
Gangs of New York
1b Which car company make an SUV (sports utility vehicle) called the `RAV 4'?
Toyota
2a Which was the last European country to give full voting rights to women, in 1989?
Switzerland
2b What is the medical term for the protrusion of an organ or tissue through a wall of the cavity in which it is usually contained?
Hernia
3a McCarran Airport serves which US city?Las Vegas
3b Lyme Park in Cheshire still publicises itself as the location of which famous scene from a BBC serial of the mid 1990s?
Mr Darcy's swim (Pride &Prejudice - although the incident did not appear in the book!)
4a Who was Poet Laureate from 1850 to 1892?
Alfred Lord Tennyson
4b Name either of the two main protagonists of the Seven Weeks War of 1866?
Austria and Prussia

Round 6
1a Which car company make an SUV (sports utility vehicle) called the 'CRY'?
Honda
1b Who was the German born private astronomer to George 3rd?
William Herschel
2a Achilles and Hector appear as characters in which Shakespeare play?
Troilus and Cressida
2b Who was the actor, who died in July 2006, who starred as the TV detective 'Crane' and appeared in the advertising campaign for Barrett Homes?
Patrick Allen
3a The Hedge-Sparrow is more properly known by which name?
Dunnock
3b Complete the name of Gordon Brown's constituency, Kirkcaldy & ...?
Cowdenbeath
4a Sana'a is the capital of which country?
Yemen
4b Who wrote the book 'Elmer Gantry'?
Sinclair Lewis

Round 7
1a In which British city is the Traverse Theatre?
Edinburgh
1b Which country joined the EEC at the same time as UK and Ireland in 1973?
Denmark
2a Which singer recorded the very successful album 'Back to Black'?
Amy Winehouse
2b The Shuttleworth Collection, based in Bedfordshire, is an important National Museum; of what is it a collection?
Aeroplanes
3a Haddon Hall in Derbyshire was used by the BBC to represent which property in a 2006 classic serial?
Thornfield Hall (home of Mr Rochester in Jane Eyre)
3b Which 1854 opera was the first in Wagner's Ring Cycle?
Das Rheingold
4a Who wrote the book 'Tobacco Road'?
Erskine Caldwell
4b Who was Poet Laureate from 1930 to 1967?
John Masefield

Round 8
1a Name either of the countries that joined the EC in 2007, increasing the membership to 27 countries?
Bulgaria, Romania
1b Which 1951 novel by Nikos Kazantzakis became even more controversial when Martin Scorsese's film of the book was released in 1988?
The Last Temptation of Christ
2a What is the name of the strong fibrous tissue that joins one bone to another at a joint?
Ligament
2b The King of Navarre and the Princess of France appear as characters in which Shakespeare play?
Love's Labours Lost
3a Who is the MP for Witney, Oxfordshire?
David Cameron
3b The 'merle' is another name for which common bird?
Blackbird
4a The Thirty Years War was a conflict between France, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands on one side against Austria, who were supported by which other country?
Spain
4b Podgorica is the capital of which country?
Montenegro

Spare Questions
1 In the English calendar, which is the first Quarter Day?
Lady Day
2 To what was Winston Churchill referring when he said "Why do we need this peep show?"?
Commercial TV
3 Which US President introduced Thanksgiving Day?
Abraham Lincoln