Monday 10th March 2008
Set by Warrington Quiz League

Round 1
1a In a Disney film, which character is befriended by Timothy Q. Mouse?
Dumbo
1b In which year did Louis Bleriot make the first powered flight across the English Channel?
1909
2a What were introduced to the British calendar by Sir John Lubbock, Governor of the Bank of England?
Bank Holidays
2b Which spirit is included in the cocktail 'Between the Sheets'?
Brandy
3a Who was the first man to win tennis's Grand Slam, winning all four major championships in 1938?
Donald Budge
3b Which now defunct car company manufactured the models Hunter, Husky and Wizard?
Hillman
4a Malachite is a principal ore of which metal?
Copper
4b Who was the only President of the Confederate States of the USA?
Jefferson Davis

Round 2
1a In which year did Chuck Yeager first break the sound barrier in a Bell X-1 rocket plane?
1947
1b What was the name of John Mayall's band which included, at various times, Eric Clapton, John McVie, Peter Green and Mick Taylor?
(John Mayall's) Bluesbreakers
2a Which Grade 1 listed attraction in the north-west was opened in 1894, having been built by Heenan and Froude?
Blackpool Tower
2b Which public holiday is celebrated on the first Monday in September in the USA and Canada and in Australia on different days in different states?
Labour Day
3a The bayonet gets its name from the place where it was first made, in which country is it?
France (Bayonne)
3b In which Puccini opera is 'Scarpia' the chief of police?
Tosca
4a Which major trunk road runs south from Wick to just north of Stirling where it then becomes a motorway?
A9
4b On a computer keyboard you need to press 'shift' and which number to produce the £ sign?
3

Round 3
1a Which famous singer was a member of 'Bluesology' in the early 1960s, leaving in 1967 and changing his name to one that was a combination of the names of two members of the group?
Elton John
1b In the film '101 Dalmatians', what is unusual about the dog 'Oddball'?
He has no spots
2a Which spirit is included in the cocktail 'Gibson'?
Gin
2b In a famous book, who lived in Longbourn, Hertfordshire?
The Bennett family (Pride & Prejudice)
3a Which now defunct car company manufactured the models Horizon, Samba and Solara?
Talbot
3b Only one man since Donald Budge has won the tennis Grand Slam, achieving this feat twice, who is he?
Rod Laver
4a Where were the first shots fired at the start of the American Civil War?
Fort Sumter
4b Cassiterite is a principal ore of which metal?
Tin

Round 4
1a What was the name of the home of the Norse gods?
Asgard
1b Benidorm and Alicante are on which Spanish Costa?
Blanca
2a What name is given to the Sunday before Easter?
Palm Sunday
2b The adjective 'cervine' refers to which creatures?
Deer
3a Who was replaced by Jonathan Ross as presenter of BBC TV's 'Film Review'?
Barry Norman
3b The cloth, Hessian gets its name from the place where it was first made, in which country is it? Germany (Hesse)
4a On a computer keyboard you need to press 'shift' and which number to produce the '&' sign?
7
4b In 1984 the Indian cricketer Ravi Shastri became the second and only other man to achieve which feat in first class cricket?
Hit six sixes in an over

Round 5
1a In which African country is the province of Darfur?
Sudan
1b The Saffir-Simpson Scale estimates the damage done by what phenomenon?
Hurricanes
2a 'The World of Crinkley Bottom', a tourist attraction based on Noel Edmund's TV show opened and closed within 13 weeks in 1994, in which seaside resort?
Morecambe
2b Which TV police series is set in Denton?
Frost
3a What title did Max Aitken take when he was ennobled?
Lord Beaverb rook
3b Who directed the 2005 remake of the film 'King Kong'?
Peter Jackson
4a The Al and A69 roads run through which major English city?
Newcastle
4b Who won the Booker Prize twice for his novels 'The Life and Times of Michael K' and 'Disgrace'?
J.M. Coetzee

Round 6
1a Oxford and Cambridge were England's first two universities, which was the third founded in 1832?
Durham
1b The Costa Smerelda is on which Mediterranean island?
Sardinia
2a What name is given to the Sunday after Easter?
Low Sunday
2b In a famous book who lived in Victory Mansions?
Winston Smith (1984)
3a The maple belongs to which genus of tree?
Acer
3b In which Verdi opera is 'Gilda' the jester's daughter?
Rigoletto
4a At whose feast did the 'writing on the wall' appear?
Belshazzar
4b Who wrote the oratorio featuring the writing on the wall?
William Walton

Round 7
1a What was the name of the Norse God of or spirit of Mischief?
Loki
1b Sir Mark Thatcher was arrested and prosecuted for assisting a coup in which African country?
Equatorial Guinea
2a Which TV police series was set in Hartley?
Juliet Bravo
2b Which mountain pass, from Innsbruck to Bolzano, is the lowest Alpine pass and is usually open all year?
Brenner Pass
3a In the 2005 remake of the film 'King Kong' who played the part of Ann Darrow, originally played by Fay Wray?
Naomi Watts
3b What is the family name of Lord Northcliffe?
Harmsworth
4a What substance is produced by white blood cells in response to the action of a foreign body?
Antibody
4b Indian cricketer Anil Kumble is the second and only other man to achieve which feat in Test Cricket?
Take all ten wickets in an innings

Round 8
1a The Scoville Scale measures the "hotness" of what?
Chilli peppers
1b Which was Scotland's first university, founded in 1411?
St Andrews
2a Which mountain pass connects Pakistan and Afghanistan?
Khyber Pass
2b The adjective 'ophidian' refers to which creatures?
Snakes
3a On TV, how were Eliot Ness and his team of US law enforcers known in the series set in the 1920s?
The Untouchables
3b The yew belongs to which genus of tree?
Taxus
4a Who won the Booker Prize twice for his novels 'Oscar and Lucinda' and 'True History of the Kelly Gang'?
Peter Carey
4b Which is the chief male sex hormone?
Testosterone

Spare Questions
1 Name either of the two soldiers who led the first American expedition to explore the region between the Missouri and Columbia rivers.
Meriweather Lewis or William Clark
2 How many letters are there in the Greek alphabet?
24
3 What is the name of the race held annually on the Thames, the course being the reverse of the University Boat Race, i.e. Mortlake to Putney?
Head of the River Race