Monday 3rd November 2008
Set by Ormskirk Quiz League

Round 1
1A In Hindu and Buddhist legend, what type of creature is the mythical Garuda?
A BIRD
1B Fritz Kreisler who died in 1962, was a virtuoso on which musical instrument?
THE VIOLIN
2A Which TV serial of 1984 was based on the Raj Quartet novels by Paul Scott?
THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN
2B What is the full name of the Super 12 Rugby Union side, from Canterbury, New Zealand?
CRUSADERS
3A In which 1950 film, did Howard Keel and Betty Hutton sing the duet, "Anything you can do"?
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
3B Which politician was portrayed in the satirical magazine, Private Eye, as The Vicar of St Albion?
TONY BLAIR
4A Which foodstuff is made by coagulating soy milk, and pressing the resultant curd into blocks?
TOFU
4B What was the name of the policeman, murdered during the Broadwater Farm riots in 1985? KEITH BLAKELOCK

Round Two.
1A Tannenberg and The Masurian Lakes, were early battles in which war?
WORLD WAR I
1B Who played the part of Hilda Ogden for many years in the TV series, "Coronation St"?
JEAN ALEXANDER
2A Which country in S. E. Asia consists of 17,508 islands, one of the larger ones being Sulawesi?
INDONESIA
2B What type of medical instrument is a plexor?
A RUBBER HEADED HAMMER
3A Which 1969 film, adopted from a novel by Barry Hines, starred David Bradley as schoolboy Billy Casper?
KES
3B Who composed the music for the ballet, "Petrushka"?
IGOR STRAVINSKY
4A A portrait of the Duke of Wellington, by which artist, was stolen from the National Gallery in London in 1961, and recovered four years later?
FRANCISCO GOYA
4B Which American film actor has been married to his present wife, Jan Chamberlin, for thirty years, this marriage lasting longer than his seven previous marriages put together?
MICKEY ROONEY

Round Three.
1A In December 2008, which actor, famous for his role as Mike Stone in the 1970's, will celebrate his 70th wedding anniversary, the longest marriage of any Hollywood actor? KARL MALDEN
1B In which James Bond film, made in 1962, is Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington, seen hanging in the villain's lair? DR NO
2A The premiere of which ballet by Stravinsky, in Paris in 1913, provoked a riot among the audience?
THE RITE OF SPRING
2B In which American, science fiction TV series of the 1990's, did Jennifer Lien play the part of Kes?
STARTREK, VOYAGER
3A Of which common item was a Daguerreotype an early example?
A PHOTOGRAPH
3B Which Pacific nation consists of over 800 islands and islets, the largest being Viti Levu?
FIJI
4A Jean Alexander played which part in the TV series, "Last of the Summer Wine"?
AUNTIE WAINWRIGHT
4B Antietam and Fredericksburg were high casualty battles in which war?
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

Round Four.
1A For whose murder was James Hanratty hanged in 1962, a case which became known as the A6 murder?
MICHAEL GREGSTEN
1B What name is given to the cooked and clarified butter, much used in Indian cuisine?
GHEE
2A The magazine Private Eye refers to Her Majesty the Queen by which name?
BRENDA
2B In the song "Anything you can do", despite the many claims of their achievements, which task did both hero and heroine confess to be unable to do?
BAKE A PIE
3A What is the full name of the Australian National Rugby League team from Melbourne?
(MELBOURNE) STORM
3B Who wrote the TV series "Pennies From Heaven", and "The Singing Detective"?
DENNIS POTTER
4A Which knighted British composer wrote the musical score for the 1957 film, "Bridge on the River Kwai"?
MALCOLM ARNOLD
4B Horntail, Common Green Swedish Short Snout and Chinese Fireball are all types of which fictional creature?
DRAGONS (From Harry Potter Books)

Round Five.
1A Measuring over 26,000 square miles in area, which is Africa's largest lake?
LAKE VICTORIA
1B Maureen Cox was the first wife of which famous musical personality?
RINGO STARR
2A Raphael Ravenscroft performed the saxophone solo on the 1978 Gerry Rafferty classic, "Baker Street". Which radio and TV presenter has long been mistakenly credited with this performance?
BOB HOLNESS
2B In Egyptian mythology, who was the God of the Sky, depicted as a man with the head of a falcon?
HORUS
3A The three Chappell brothers, who played test cricket for Australia, were the grandsons of which Australian test cricketer, who captained his country in the 1930's?
VIC RICHARDSON
3B Stephen Dedalus, is the main character and fictional alter ego of which author, in the 1916 book, "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"?
JAMES JOYCE
4A Which American folk singer / songwriter, wrote the classic songs, "Where have all the flowers gone", and "Turn, Turn, Turn"?
PETE SEEGER
4B From which specific part of the Saffron Crocus is the spice Saffron obtained?
THE (DRIED) STIGMA

Round Six.
1A Who is the hero of the novel, "Lorna Doone", by R.D. Blackmore, who after many adventures, kills the villainous Carver Doone, and marries the eponymous heroine?
JOHN R1DD
1B General Manuel Noriega, was overthrown in 1989, as leader of which Central American country?
PANAMA
2A Which detergent is advertised as, "The soap you can believe in"?
DAZ
2B To which family of birds does the brambling belong?
FINCHES (accept FRINGILLA)
3A Which woman, who died tragically in 1999 aged 43, was the first female to present the BBC sports programme, "Grandstand"?
HELEN ROLLASON
3B Which 19th century French diplomat and politician was instrumental in the construction of the Suez Canal?
FERDINAND DE LESSEPS
4A Which music hall actor invented the character of Old Mother Riley, a part he was to play in 16 films?
ARTHUR LUCAN
4B What word is used to describe a small, square tile of stone or glass, used in mosaics?
TESSERA

Round Seven.
1A What word is used to describe a text, written for and set to music, in an opera?
LIBRETTO
1B In films, Old Mother Riley's daughter was played by Arthur Lucan's real life wife. What was her name?
KITTY McSHANE
2A Which South African soldier / statesman fought against the British in the Boer War, then on the side of the allies in both World Wars, and was instrumental in the founding of the League of Nations in 1919?
JAN SMUTS
2B Rose Diamond is the long time partner of which British TV and radio presenter?
DES LYNAM
3A Which type of bird is named after Thomas Bewick, an English engraver and ornithologist, who specialised in illustrations of birds?
A SWAN (accept WREN)
3B Which advert on TV, showed a young boy pushing a bicycle up a steep hill, to the strains of Dvorak's Ninth Symphony?
HOVIS
4A The regime of which family was overthrown in Nicaragua, in 1979, by the Sandinista National Liberation Front?
THE SOMOSAS
4B Part of the plot of the novel, "Lorna Doone", revolves around which famous English battle?
BATTLE OF SEDGEMOOR

Round Eight.
1A In flowering plants, what name is given to the terminal part of a stamen, where pollen is produced?
THE ANTHER
1B Peggy Seeger, half sister to the American folk singer Pete Seeger, was the third wife of which British poet, playwright and folk singer?
EWAN MacCOLL
2A Although Stephen Dedalus is an important character in James Joyce's novel, "Ulysses", who is, in fact, the main character in the story?
LEOPOLD BLOOM
2B When he won the US Open in 2005, which man became only the second New Zealander, after Bob Charles, to win one of golf's major championships?
MICHAEL CAMPBELL
3A Which is the most popular deity in Indian culture? Known as the Lord of Obstacles, this god is depicted as having the head of an elephant?
GANESH (or GANESHA)
3B In which TV quiz show was presenter Bob Holness often asked "Can I have a P please Bob"? BLOCKBUSTERS
4A From, 1940-48, Ronald Reagan was the third husband of which Hollywood actress?
JANE WYMAN
4B Lake Edward in Africa, was renamed after which tyrannical African leader in the 1970's, the lake reverting to its original name, after he was overthrown?
IDI AMIN

Spare Ouestions.
1. In which U.S. city is the TV comedy series, "Frazier" set?
SEATTLE
2. Who is the very famous, yet estranged, actress daughter of actor, Jon Voight?
ANGELINA JOLIE
3. Who was President of the National Union of Mineworkers during the national strike in 1974?
JOE GORMLEY