Tuesday 18th November 2008
Set by Wandering Star (Liverpool)

Round 1
1a Which type of cloth has a name which originally meant to criticise or discuss and now means to
solicit information?
Canvas
1b Which island is united with Labrador to form a province of Canada?
2a If you have committed fratricide who has been murdered?
A brother
2b In heraldry, which word describes the right hand side of the shield?
Dexter
3a Give either of the forenames of the author of Crime and Punishment, Dostoyevsky.
Fyodor or Mikhailovitch
3b What was the nationality of aircraft designer Anthony Fokker?
Dutch
4a Who became heir to the throne of France as a result of the Treaty of Troyes in 1420?
Henry V of England
4b What are Merapi in Indonesia, Rabaul in Papua New Guinea and Ruapehu in New Zealand?
Volcanoes

Round 2
1a Which actress failed to win an Academy Award despite having been nominated 6 times?
Deborah Kerr
1b Give a year in the life of the philosopher Immanuel Kant.
1724 to 1804
2a Who was the only US player to win the Men's Singles title at Wimbledon in the 1960s?
Chuck McKinley
2b Which Daily Mirror journalist wrote for many years under the pen name of Cassandra?
William Connor
3a Which year saw the very first Edinburgh Festival?
1947
3b Who painted the work "Belshazzar's Feast" currently on display at the National Gallery in
London?
Rembrandt van Rijn
4a What was the occupation of the cricket commentator, John Arlott between a spell as a Medical Clerk and as a BBC Producer?
Policeman
4b Which year saw the assassination of US President James Garfield?
1881

Round 3
1a In which decade was Archbishop Cranmer burnt at the stake?
1550s
1b Which biblical city was the capital of Assyria and was sacked by the Babylonians and the Medes in 612BC?
Nineveh
2a A Sugar anniversary celebrates how many years of marriage?
6
2b Bungay Castle is in which English county?
Suffolk
3a Who was the male star of the film "Man Of La Mancha"?
Peter O'Toole
3b Who was the longest reigning Pope of the twentieth century?
John Paul II
4a What name is given to the seventh and twenty third fence in the Grand National?
Foinavon
4b Which long running television detective series is based upon the novels of Caroline Graham?
Midsomer Murders

Round 4
1a Besides China and Cambodia, which other country has a border with Vietnam?
Laos
1b In Italian, the word Duomo means which building?
Cathedral
2a Which notable Englishman was murdered on 22nd September 1327?
Edward II
2b Who is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Poseidon?
Neptune
3a Who most famously had a horse name Bucephalus?
Alexander the Great
3b What is the name of the currency used in Sudan?
Pound
4a In mathematics which 2 letters could be used to represent the square root of minus 1?
i or j
4b Who wrote the novel Cannery Row?
John Steinbeck

Round 5
1a Which adjective means eagle like?
Aquiline
1b Winnipeg is the capital of which Canadian province?
Manitoba
2a If you have committed regicide who would you have killed?
A King
2b In heraldry which word describes an animal with its body resting on its leg and with its head raised?
Couchant
3a What was the forename of writer Proust (1871-1922)?
Marcel
3b In which modern day country is the birthplace of the geneticist Gregor Mendel?
Czech Republic
4a What was set at 3 groats per household in 1380 and caused social unrest?
Poll Tax
4b What are Fly in Nevada, USA, El Tatio in Chile and Strokker in Iceland?
Geysers

Round 6
1a The autobiography of which popular US film director of the 1930s and 40s, was called Name
Above the Title?
Frank Capra
1b Give a year in the life of the writer Franz Kafka.
1883 - 1924
2a In 1994, which successful sportswoman wrote the novel Total Zone?
Martina Navratilova
2b Who between 1924 and 1975 wrote the long running Daily Express column Beachcomber?
J B Morton
3a Who composed the orchestral pieces the Lark Ascending and The Pilgrim's Progress?
Ralph Vaughan Williams
3b Around 1503, who painted the Coronation of the Virgin, now to be found in the Vatican museum?
Raphael
4a What is the current occupation of rock singer Bruce Dickinson?
Airline Pilot
4b In which year was the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa killed?
1923

Round 7
1a In which decade did the Gordon Riots take place?
1780s
1b In the bible the book of Lamentations is ascribed to which of the prophets?
Jeremiah
2a A lace anniversary celebrates how many years of marriage?
13
2b Barnwell Castle is in which English county?
Northampton
3a Who directed the film version of the musical Hair?
Milos Forman
3b Which Prime Minister twice succeeded J Ramsay Macdonald?
Stanley Baldwin
4a What is the name of the sixteenth and final fence of the first lap of the Grand National?
Water Jump
4b Which fictional Police Officer was created by M C Beaton?
Hamish Macbeth

Round 8
1a With which country besides Algeria does Morocco share a border?
Mauretania
lb In Italian, the word Albergo means which building?
An Inn (Hotel)
2a Which notable Englishman was murdered on 29th December 1170?
Thomas Becket (Thomas a Becket)
2b Who was the last king of ancient Rome?
Tarquin the Proud (Tarquinius Superbus)
3a Who most famously had a horse named Copenhagen?
Duke of Wellington
3b What is the name of the currency used in Malaysia?
Ringgit
4a In Geography, one time zone usually represents how many degrees of longitude?
15
4b Who wrote the novel Vile Bodies?
Evelyn Waugh

Spare Questions
1 What was being advertised by Lorraine Chase when she used the words "Nah, Luton Airport"
Campari
2 What was the code name for the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945?
Little Boy
3 Who won the FA Cup in 1923, the year it was first played at Wembley?
Bolton Wanderers