Monday 28th January 2008
Set by Warrington Quiz League

Round 1
1a What is the common name of the garden weed urtica dioica?
Nettle
1b Which British comedy star both co-wrote and appeared in an episode of 'The Simpson'
recorded in 2005?
Ricky Gervaise
2a Who was the only bachelor President of the USA?
James Buchanan
2b Which river, the fifth longest in Europe, is Portugal's longest?
Tagus
3a Who wrote the play 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
Tennessee Williams
3b In the children's TV programme 'The Flowerpot Men', what was the name of the tortoise?
Slowcoach
4a Which group had a hit in September 1966 with 'All or Nothing'?
Small Faces
4b In which month does Beaujolais Nouveau arrive in the UK?
November

Round 2
1a Which city was home to Marco Polo?
Venice
1b In which county is the preserved heritage steam railway the 'Watercress Line'?
Hampshire
2a Who was the deviser, producer and director 'That Was The Week That Was'?
Ned Sherrin
2b Who became President of the USA following the assassination of William McKinley in 1901?
Theodore Roosevelt
3a In which English county was Henry 1st born?
Yorkshire
3b What is 'Sage Derby'?
Cheese
4a Chablis is produced in which wine-growing area of France?
Burgundy
4b Which nymph kept Odysseus on an island for seven years?
Calypso

Round 3
1a The tenor Rolando Villazon is from which country?
Mexico
1b Which Suffolk town has hosted an annual music festival since 1948?
Aldeburgh
2a Which society was formed to re-enact the battles of the English Civil War?
Sealed Knot
2b Which golfer was the first British winner of the US Masters, winning in 1988?
Sandy Lyle
3a Which children's TV programme featured a toad named Gabriel and a rag doll named Madeleine?
Bagpuss
3b Who wrote the play 'Man and Superman'?
George Bernard Shaw
4a Named after the Belgian-born chemist who invented it in about 1907, what was the first commercial plastic (made from formaldehyde and phenol)?
Bakelite
4b Who had a hit with 'What becomes of the broken hearted' in 1966 and again in 1974?
Jimmy Ruffin

Round 4
1a What was the title of the Ronnie Barker sitcom in which he played a Welsh photographer?
The Magnificent Evans
1b In which Italian city was Christopher Columbus born?
Genoa
2a What is the name of the lake formed in 1932 when the Zuider Zee was cut off from the North Sea by a dyke?
Ijsselmeer
2b Who won her first Best Actress Oscar in 1934 and her last in 1982?
Katherine Hepburn
3a What product is made by the company 'Crocs Inc'?
Shoes
3b In which English county was Richard 3rd born?
Northamptonshire
4a Which mythological reptilian creature could kill with a single glance?
Basilisk
4b What is the most southerly of the UK shipping forecast areas?
Trafalgar

Round 5
1a What is the common name of the garden weed Taraxacum officinale?
Dandelion
1b Which town in Sussex has hosted a drama festival annually since 1962?
Chichester
2a What part of the body is affected by Meniere's Syndrome?
(Inner) ear
2b Who was the first British golfer to win the World Match-Play Championship, beating Sandy Lyle in the final in 1987?
Ian Woosnam
3a What was the surname of the man who was the only English Pope?
Brakspear
3b Alberto Contador won which major sporting event in 2007?
Tour de France
4a Who was the last Duchess of York before Sarah Ferguson?
Queen Mother (Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon)
4b The Queen Mother was the first British born consort of a monarch since which wife of Henry 8th?
Catherine Parr

Round 6
1a The tenor Juan Diego Florez is from which country?
Peru
1b What name is given to the science or study of poisons?
Toxicology
2à In which European country are the Pindus Mountains?
Greece
2b. Katherine Hepburn also won Best Actress Oscars in 1968 and 1969, with whom did she share the 1969 award?
Barbra Streisand
3a Labanotation, published by Rudolph Laban in 1928, is used to record movements of what?
(Ballet) Dancers
3b Which musical was originally titled 'Welcome to Berlin'?
Cabaret
4a Which Sussex hill is the site of the Battle of Hastings?
Senlac
4b Who wrote the children's classic 'Charlotte's Web'?
E.B. White

Round 7
1a The flag of which Canadian province includes the cross of St Andrew?
Nova Scotia
1b On which island does a narrow gauge railway run from Craignure to Torosay Castle?
Mull
2a Who wrote the autobiography 'Rum, Bum and Concertina' published in 1977?
George Melly
2b What part of the body is affected by Paget's Disease?
Bones
3a Which musical was based on a short story called 'The Idylls of Sarah Browne'?
Guys and Dolls
3b Name the Archbishop of Canterbury who was burnt at the stake in 1556?
Thomas Cranmer
4a Invented by Alexander Parkes in about 1856 and originally called Parkesine, what was the first thermo-plastic?
Celluloid
4b Which of the UK shipping forecast areas is named after the founder of the Meteorological Society?
Fitzroy

Round 8
1a What name is given to the science or study of drugs?
Pharmacology
1b Whitehorse is the capital of which Canadian territory?
Yukon
2a Which London landmark was built to commemorate Lord Nelson's and the Duke of Wellington's victories?
Marble Arch
2b What is the name of the main mountain system of Mexico?
Sierra Madre
3a Which sporting title was shared in 2007 by Jamie Spencer and Seb Sanders with 190 wins each?
Flat Racing Jockey's Championship
3b Where would you see lines marked LR, TF, F, T, S, W and WNA?
On the side of a ship (on Plimsoll Line)
4a Who wrote the children's fantasy novels featuring Artemis Fowl?
Eoin Coffer
4b How are Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham known collectively?
Medway Towns

Spare Questions
1 In 'The Lord of the Rings' what are Sting and Glamdring?
Swords
2 What was the screen name of the actor whose real name is Tony Curtis?
Bernard Schwarz?
3 Which orchestra traditionally plays at the 'Last Night of the Proms' each September?
BBC Symphony