Tuesday 25th November 2008
Set by John Conway (Northern)

Round 1
1a What was the capital of the USA between 1790 and 1800?
PHILADEPHIA
1b Which comic strip character was created in the early fifties by the Southport artist Frank Hampson?
DAN DARE
2a What type of precious stone is the "Star of India"?
A SAPPHIRE
2b How should one address an ambassador?
YOUR EXCELLENCY
3a Who, in the world of show business, was originally named 'Dimples' by Eric Morecambe?
DES O'CONNOR
3b Which Mediterranean island is associated with the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite?
CYPRUS
4a Which chocolate bar, has had its name changed to 'Snickers'?
MARATHON
4b On certain 'Marques' of Aston Martin car, what do the initials 'DB' stand for (as in 'DB5 etc)?
DAVID BROWN

Round 2
1a Which fictional human character was known as the 'Napoleon of Crime'?
MORIARTY
1b What type of animal can be found on a tin of 'Lyle's Golden Syrup'?
A LION
2a At which sub-zero temperature, do Fahrenheit and centigrade read the same?
MINUS FORTY
2b Who in the 1950's was known as 'Mr Piano'?
JOE HENDERSON
3a 'Glass's Guide' is a publication to interest a buyer of what?
A CAR
3b What is the American equivalent of the 'Financial Times'?
WALL STREET JOURNAL
4a Which radio comedian's catch-phrase was 'right monkey'?
AL READ
4b In which country would you find the holy city of the Islamic religion, Mecca?
SAUDI ARABIA

Round 3
la Mountain lion and cougar, are two of the names used by Americans for this big cat, but what is its proper name (not its Latin name)?
A PUMA
1b Which British rock star is nicknamed 'slow-hand'?
ERIC CLAPTON
2a Who was the original owner of the beautiful yacht "Nabila" which was named after his daughter?
ADNAN KASHOGGI
2b Which charitable organisation is symbolised by a lighted candle surrounded by barbed wire?
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
3a From which type of animal did the mythical Cornucopia, or Horn of Plenty come?
A GOAT (AMALTHEA)
3b In the story of "Alice in Wonderland", what kind of creature did Alice find on top of a toadstool, smoking a hookah?
A CATERPILLAR
4a Which American rock 'n' roll star is nicknamed 'The Killer'?
JERRY LEE LEWIS
4b On radio, whose voice was used for the character "Hercules Grytpipe-Thynne"?
PETER SELLERS

Round 4
1a Jezebel, was the wife of which biblical King?
AHAB
1b Who in the wild west was known as "Iron Eyes" among his other nicknames?
WILLIAM CODY (BUFFALO BILL)
2a What was the Christian name of the Spanish painter Goya?
FRANCISCO
2b Which model of Rolls-Royce motor car has the same name as a bomber aircraft?
PHANTOM
3a Which Belgian city hosted the 1920 summer Olympics?
ANTWERP
3b Which stage and TV comedian, popular in the 1950s and 1960s appeared as a drunk in a dinner jacket, holding on to a lamp-post with one hand, and a broken cigarette with the other?
FREDDIE FRINTON
4a The heroine of which classic novel has a father named "Carver"?
LORNA DOONE
4b Which former football league team are nicknamed "The Sandgrounders"?
SOUTHPORT

Round 5
1a Name the little girl, daughter of the late Christina, who has inherited the vast "Onassis" fortune?
ATHINA
1b What physical disability is highlighted in the film "Children of a Lesser God"?
DEAFNESS
2a What is the nickname given by jazz musicians to the clarinet?
LIQUORICE STICK
2b Which town is "celebrated" in the song "Dirty Old Town"?
SALFORD
3a What was the forename of the French Painter "Manet"?
EDOUARD
3b In "Alice in Wonderland" when the Cheshire Cat disappears what is left behind?
ITS GRIN
4a Which 1960s film ends when the camera- ans away from a coach teetering over the edge of a cliff on a mountain road?
THE ITALIAN JOB
4b Which Mayor of New York (1934/45) was honoured by having the local airport named after him?
FIORELLO LA GUARDIA

Round 6
1a What is the main port of the Japanese capital, Tokyo?
YOKOHAMA
1b How old was Lester Piggott when he rode his first winner - "The Chase" at Haydock Park in 1948?
TWELVE
2a Which comedian founded the satirical magazine "Private Eye"?
PETER COOK
2b In Stevenson's classic book, "Treasure Island" who was the captain of the Hispaniola"?
CAPTAIN SMOLLETT
3a Name one of the two Derby winners ridden by "Scobie" Breasley in the 1960s?
SANTA CLAUS (1964) or CHARLOTTOWN (1966)
3b Who is the daughter of the late Pablo Picasso, who has inherited his fortune and unsold paintings? PALOMA
4a What does the dachshund become when translated from German into English?
BADGER HOUND
4b Who founded an airline in the 1930s in the USA, which developed into the modern company TWA (Trans-World Airlines)?
HOWARD HUGHES

Round 7
1a What does "Oscar" (the academy award) hold in his hands?
A SWORD
1b Which famous battle took place four hundred years before Waterloo in 1815?
AGINCOURT (1415)
2a The largest department store in the world is in New York City, what is its name?
MACY'S
2b When someone exclaims "By Jove!" to whom are they referring?
(THE ROMAN GOD) JUPITER
3a Who is, "rather appropriately", the patron saint of thieves?
ST NICHOLAS
3b What word, other than blackmail, is used to describe the criminal offence of demanding money with menaces?
EXTORTION
4a Which sign of the zodiac is represented by a mythical centaur?
SAGITTARIUS
4b In the film "The Absent-Minded professor" what substance was invented by Fred MacMurray?
FLUBBER

Round 8
1a The "Nimrod" reconnaissance aircraft is based on which former passenger aircraft?
THE COMET
1b Io is one of the moons of which planet?
JUPITER
2a Which Californian city takes its name from the patron saint of Spain?
SAN DIEGO
2b Which actor founded London's "Mermaid" Theatre?
BERNARD MILES
3a Who, in the Old Testament, said "Lord, let me die with mine enemies"?
SAMSON
3b Which Olympic sport, apart from ski-ing, takes place on a "piste"?
FENCING
4a Who is the only British monarch to have had an Epsom Derbywinner during his/her reign?
EDWARD VII (Minoru 1909)
4b Which lake was created by the building of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile in the 1960s?
LAKE NASSER

Spare Questions
1 Which local golf course is properly called "Royal Liverpool"?
HOYLAKE
2 Which creature has a chemical in its saliva which prevents blood from clotting?
VAMPIRE BAT
3 What name is given to "involuntary spasmodical contractions" of the diaphragm?
HICCOUGHS
4 Whose last words were "I want you to believe that I was driving the car"?
GRACE KELLY
5 In the Aintree Grand National, how many fences are jumped before one reached "Beecher's Brook" for the first time?
FIVE
6 Name either of the sister ships of the ill-fated "Titanic"?
OLYMPIC or BRITANNIC
7 What name is given to the layer immediately beneath the earth's crust?
MANTLE
8 Which film brought John Mills his only Oscar?
RYAN'S DAUGHTER