Monday 17th March 2008
Set by Groundhogs (Northern)

ROUND ONE
1a. Who at the age of 46 became the oldest player to win a Grand Slam title in the mixed doubles at the Australian Open in 2003?
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA
1b. Who succeeded Estelle Morris as Secretary of State for Education in 2002?
CHARLES CLARKE
2a. Which village lies at the northwest tip of Ullswater?
POOLEY BRIDGE
2b. Which film star was the subject of a film directed by Richard Attenborough in 1992?
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
3a. Which group had a number 2 hit single in 1995 with 'Common People'?
PULP
3b. Which Saint led the monks from Iona to Lindisfarne in the seventh century?
ST CUTHBERT
4a. What was the title of Nick Hornby's second book and his first novel?
HIGH FIDELITY
4b. Which creature is responsible for silting up the bay around Mont St-Michel? It was accidentally brought here by the Americans during D-Day landings.
THE SNAIL

ROUND TWO
1a. Which Indonesian President was responsible for the invasion of East Timor in 1975?
SUHARTO
1b. Which footballer published his autobiography in 1998, entitled 'Addicted'?
TONY ADAMS
2a. Who played Queen Victoria in the film 'Mrs Brown'?
DAME JUDI DENCH
2b. Which National Park includes the Black Mountains used by the SAS for their training?
BRECON BEACONS
3a. Whose trial on a charge of libeling Oscar Wilde was to lead to Wilde being imprisoned himself?
MARQUIS OF QUEENSBURY
3b. Which group who reformed in 2006, had hits in the 1990's with 'Sit Down' and 'Laid'?
JAMES
4a. In the wild which animals are responsible for pollinating bananas?
BATS
4b. Who wrote the books 'Notes From A Small Island' and 'A Walk In The Woods'?
BILL BRYSON

ROUND THREE
1a. In which country is the language Amharic spoken?
ETHIOPIA
1b. Which element, in its molten form, largely comprises the earth's core?
IRON
2a. Which long distance sporting event first took place in 1903?
TOUR DE FRANCE
2b. Which Minister resigned after losing his car on Clapham Common in 1998?
RON DAVIS
3a. Which city founded on 1 January 1502, was named after a non-existent river?
RIO DE JANEIRO
3b. Who presents-the BBC1 sports talk show 'Inside Sport'?
GABBY LOGAN
4a. Who was the composer of the music to the Christmas carol 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing"?
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
4b. What was England's last possession in France?
CALAIS

ROUND FOUR
1a. Deuterium and Tritium are isotopes of which element?
HYDROGEN
1b. From which race of people does the word 'chocolate' originate?
THE AZTECS
2a. Oliver Tambo was the President of which well-known organisation?
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (ANC)
2b. Which cyclist, nicknamed 'The Pirate', won the 1998 Tour de France?
MARCO PANTANI
3a. Which channel did ITV take over at the launch of its own short-lived digital TV service?
ON DIGITAL
3b. On which river does the Venezuelan port of Ciudad Bolivar stand?
THE ORINOCO
4a. Of which country did Antonio Salazar resign as Prime Minister in 1968?
PORTUGAL
4b. Which composer wrote the music for the hymn "Mount Zion" (sometimes called by the first line "Rock of Ages"?
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN

ROUND FIVE
1a. The sousaphone is a type of which brass instrument?
THE TUBA
1b. In ancient Rome, if the plebeians were the common people who the nobility?
THE PATRICIANS
2a. Name the 19th century French author of the novel Madame Bovary?
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT
2b. What is the name of the toxic by-product, formed in the muscles during anaerobic respiration?
LACTIC ACID
3a. What is the highest point on the Pennines called?
CROSS FELL
3b. Which Socialist political group took its name from a Roman General famed for his cautious tactics?
THE FABIANS
4a. The equator crosses only one Asian country. Which one?
INDONESIA
4b. Name either of the co-presenters of Radio 2's weekday evening show broadcast from Manchester between 8 and 10 pm.
MARK RADCLIFFE/STUART MACONIE

ROUND SIX
1a. For which industry was the town of Prescot famous worldwide?
CLOCK/WATCH MAKING
1b. Saint Cecilia is the patron saint of music. Who wrote the song Cecilia in the 1960's?
PAUL SIMON
2a. From which plant family does natural vanilla flavouring come?
ORCHID
2b. Rene Goscinny, who died in 1977, was the co-creator of which cartoon character?
ASTERIX THE GAUL
3a. Which disaffected people have striven to create their own state called Khalistan?
THE SIKHS
3b. What does the 'B' in BMW stand for?
BAYERISCHE (accept Bavarian)
4a. Which comedian started his career as a folk singer with the group called 'The Humblebums'?
BILLY CONNOLLY
4b. What name is given to the 220 Scottish mountains between 2,500 and 3,000 feet?
THE CORBETTS

ROUND SEVEN
1a. What name did Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries change to in 2007, reflecting the popularity of its premium ale 'Pedigree'?
MARSTON'S
1b. On which Scottish Island is Laphroaig whisky distilled?
ISLAY
2a. Verdana, Tahoma and Courier are examples of what?
TYPING FONTS OR TYPEFACES
2b. If recto is the name given to the right hand (odd) pages of a book, what name is given to the left-hand (even) pages?
VERSO
3a. What was the national emblem of France prior to the tricolour flag?
FLEUR-DE-LIS (flower of the lily)
3b. Name former Indian Premier Indira Gandhi's father?
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
4a. The Forestry Commission has its headquarters in which city?
EDINBURGH
4b. What was the name of Cupid's wife who became the personification of the soul?
PSYCHE

ROUND EIGHT
1a. What is the name given to a straight line joining any two points on the arc of a circle?
CHORD
1b. Which Blue Peter presenter was fired in 1998 for snorting cocaine?
RICHARD BACON
2a. What is the given title of the Kuwaiti head of state?
EMIR
2b. What is the name of the award made by the European Union to seaside resorts with clean beaches?
BLUE FLAG
3a. Which dance did the pop group Kaoma introduce to the British music charts in 1998?
THE LAMBADA
3b. In which French region does Camembert cheese originate?
NORMANDY
4a. Which class 'A' drug is also known as Doves?
ECSTASY
4b. On which date is St Nicholas' Day from which the term Santa Claus derives?
DECEMBER 6th

SPARE QUESTIONS
1. On which West Indian island did the Calypso originate?
TRINIDAD
2. Which country lies between Zaire to the north and Namibia to the South?
ANGOLA
3. By what name was the pop star Mark Feld better known?
MARC BOLAN
4. Name either of the rivers used as a basis for redrawing the boundary between Germany and Poland after World War II?
THE ODER or THE NEISSE
5. What was destroyed at Bamiyan on the orders of the Taliban in 2001?
STATUES OF BUDDHA