Monday 6th October 2008
Set by Warrington Quiz League

Round 1
1a Which county cricket team won the championship six times in the 20th century, although their last outright success was in 1934?
Lancashire
1b Which Scottish town or city was renowned as the home of 'jam, jute and journalism'?
Dundee
2a Name the piece of classical music associated with the advertising slogan "Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet"?
Air on a G String (by JS Bach)
2b Which lake was formed by the damming of the Zambezi River?
Kariba
3a The Babington Plot was intended to dethrone which English monarch?
Elizabeth I
3b John Torode and Gregg Wallace are the judges on which TV programme?
Masterchef
4a In which Mississippi town was Elvis Presley born?
Tupelo
4b Name either of the two bright stars in the constellation Gemini?
Castor or Pollux

Round 2
1a Lawrence Fox plays the sidekick of which TV detective?
Lewis
1b Lawrence Fox married which actress in January 2008?
Billie Piper,
2a Which lake was formed by the building of the Hoover Dam?
Mead
2b Which 1994 film do John Travolta and Uma Thurman take part in a dance contest at Jack Rabbit Slim's restaurant?
Pulp Fiction
3a Which South American country's flag has three horizontal bands of blue, white and blue with a gold sun on the white band?
Argentina
3b Which English knight helped put Henry 4th on the throne but later rebelled and was killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403?
Sir Henry Percy (accept Hotspur)
4a Name the composer born in Germany in 1685, he settled in England in 1712, was naturalised English in 1727 and died in London in 1759?
Handel
4b Which four letters are added to the end of another word to mean inflammation?
-itis

Round 3
1a Which is the largest member of the crow family?
Raven
1b What is the name of Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice'?
Antonio
2a Which team beat Glasgow Rangers in the 2008 UEFA Cup Final played at the City of Manchester Stadium?
Zenit St Petersburg
2b Music from which symphony is associated with a famous advertising campaign for Hovis bread?
Dvorak's 9th (From the New World)
3a Who was Prime Minister of Great Britain for just seven months from October 1922 to May 1923?
Andrew Bonar Law
3b 2007 was the 75th anniversary of the mass trespass on which Peak District hill, an action that led to the formation of the Rambler's Association?
Kinder Scout
4a At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, who became the first British man to win three gold medals at one Games since 1908?
Chris Hoy
4b In mythology, which son of Zeus was immersed up to his neck in water which he could not drink and surrounded by fruits which were eternally out of reach?
Tantalus

Round 4
1a Of whom did Winston Churchill say "In defeat unbeatable, in victory unbearable"?
Field Marshal Montgomery
1b Which county cricket team waited until 1979 before their first county championship title but won it five more times by 1992?
Essex
2a Which 1969 film told the story of contestants in a 1920s dance marathon, the title is also that of a 1977 top 20 hit for Racing Cars?
They Shoot Horses Don't They?
2b Which male name comes from the Greek meaning farmer or agriculture?
George
3a What is the surname of retail guru Mary featured in the TV series 'Mary Queen of Shops'?
Portas
3b What is the American word for a cashier in a bank?
Teller
4a Name the W-shaped constellation prominent in the northern sky?
Cassiopeia
4b What are 'hairstreaks' and 'skippers'?
Butterflies

Round 5
1a Which member of the crow family has a grey head?
Jackdaw
1b What is measured by a udometer?
Rainfall
2a In the theatre what is the name given to the waiting, or retiring room for the actors?
Green Room
2b Who was the wife of Leonard Cheshire, famous in her own right for her charity work?
Sue Ryder
3a What is the name of the famous cartoon strip drawn by Jim Davis?
Garfield
3b Which sauce is made from mayonnaise, chopped capers and onions?
Tartare
4a Name the composer born in Russia in 1882, he became a French citizen in 1934, and an American citizen in 1945, he died in New York City in 1971?
Stravinsky
4b Sir Anthony Mamo, who died in May 2008, was the first President of which European country, from 1974 to 1976?
Malta

Round 6
1a On which island in the Thames was Magna Carta signed in 1215?
Runnymede
1b What is the name of Shakespeare's shrew?
Katharina (Kate)
2a Name either of the losing semi-finalists in the 2008 FA Cup?
Barnsley or West Brom
2b What is the boiling point of water on the Fahrenheit scale?
212°
3a Who was Prime Minister of Great Britain from July 1902 to December 1905?
Arthur Balfour
3b Which long distance footpath links Frodsham and Whitchurch?
Sandstone Trail
4a In which Texas town was Buddy Holly born?
Lubbock
4b Which four letters are added to the end of another word to mean a diseased condition?
-osis

Round 7
1a What does a fluviometer measure?
River levels
1b Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake in which French city?
Rouen
2a What is the boiling point of water on the Reamur scale?
80°
2b Which male name means 'lover of horses'?
Philip
3a Which South American country's flag has nine alternating horizontal bands of blue and white with a gold sun in a white canton?
Uruguay
3b What is the American word for a short-hand typist?
Stenographer
4a Which European country gave votes to woman for the first time as recently as 1976?
Portugal
4b In mythology, who was condemned to eternally roll a boulder up to the top of a hill only to see it roll down the other side?
Sisyphus

Round 8
1a Who was described by Winston Churchill as "a sheep in sheep's clothing"?
Clement Attlee
1b Which Scottish town or city is also known as 'The Fair City' or 'St John's Town'?
Perth
2a Who founded the 'Samaritans'?
Chad Varah
2b In the theatre which colour should male actors avoid wearing as it is considered unlucky?
Yellow
3a Sauce Bigarade is made with which fruit?
Oranges
3b What is the name of the famous cartoon strip drawn by Scott Adams?
Dilbert
4a At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, who became the first British woman to win two swimming gold medals at one Games?
Rebecca Adlington
4b What natural feature is a 'foss'?
Waterfall

Spare Questions
1 Who presented the TV game show 'Wipeout'?
Paul Daniels
2 Which car company make a model called Fox?
VW
3 Nantwich stands on which river?
Weaver