Monday 13th October 2008
Set by Mersey Bowmen (Liverpool)

Round 1
1a In which year did the demolition of the Berlin Wall begin?
1989
1b What was the nickname of President Duvalier of Haiti who died in 1971?
Papa Doc
2a What was the name of the holiday camp in the TV series Maplin's
"Hi-De-Hi"?
2b Who wrote "The Hunt for Red October"?
Tom Clancy
3a Which rock star is nicknamed "Slowhand"?
Eric Clapton
3b Which mountain range stretches from the Arctic Ocean to the Caspian Sea?
The Urals
4a Which grape is used to produce top-quality Burgundy red wines?
Pinot noir
4b There is only one railway station in the UK which has the name of a contagious disease. What is its name?
(Oldham) Mumps

Round 2
1a Which current Broadway musical has a Japanese therapist character called Christmas Eve?
Avenue Q
1b Which is the deepest loch in Scotland?
Loch Morar
2a In which country was the dance the Polka invented?
Poland
2b What was the name of the private eye played by Trevor Eve on TV in the '70s?
Eddie Shoestring
3a It is illegal in England to eat what on Christmas Day?
Mince pies
3b Hollyoaks is set in a fictional suburb of which British city?
Chester
4a Which was the only group to have a number written in Roman numerals in its name when they topped the British charts?
Lord Rockingham's XI (1958 - Hoots Man)
4b What military term is derived from the youths who worked as pages to mounted knights?
Infantry

Round 3
1a Which word is used for the traditional Mafia code of silence in Sicily?
Omertà
1b Who wrote "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall"?
ANNE Bronte
2a Who founded the Salvation Army?
William Booth
2b Which Egyptian president ordered the seizure of the Suez Canal in 1956?
Nasser
3a In 1986 the prime minister of which European country was assassinated while returning home from the cinema?
Sweden (Olaf Palme)
3b What was the name of the store in "Are You Being Served?"?
Grace Brothers
4a Who was the "Last King of Scotland" in the film of that name?
Idi Amin
4b Which church festival is celebrated on 2nd February?
Candlemas

Round 4
1a What was the surname of Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses?
Trotter
1b What are candle wicks most commonly made from?
Cotton
2a In which island group is the oil terminal of Sullom Voe?
Shetlands
2b Who wrote Lark Rise to Candleford?
Flora Thompson
3a Photophobia is a fear of what?
Light
3b Fritz Kreisler was a virtuoso on which musical instrument?
Violin
4a Who played the outlaw Josey Wales in the 1976 film?
Clint Eastwood
4b Which UK football team plays home games at the Stadium of Light?
Sunderland

Round 5
1a In 1979 which English art historian was exposed as a one-time Soviet spy?
Anthony Blunt
1b Which Irish boxer was nicknamed the Clones Cyclone?
Barry McGuigan
2a Who scored the most tries in the 2007 Rugby World Cup?
Brian Habana
2b Which mountain range extends almost the length of Italy?
Apennines
3a Which Wild West legend was born Henry McCarty?
Billy The Kid
3b Social reformer Frank Pakenham was better known as whom?
Lord Longford
4a In which city did Richard Wagner die in 1883?
Venice
4b Who designed London's Regents Park in 1811?
John Nash

Round 6
1a Who was the longest-serving party leader in British politics?
Screaming Lord Sutch (1963 to 1999)
1b Which widely known song was composed by one-time docker Jim Connell in 1889 on a No 28 London bus?
The Red Flag
2a Name either of the only two full sisters who have been queens of England.
Mary II / Anne
2b In Australia and New Zealand, what would you have needed if you were calling for a 'zambuck'?
A St John's Ambulance attendant (accept a First Aider)
3a Who sang the theme song of the film High Noon?
Tex Ritter
3b In which country was Trivial Pursuit invented?
Canada
4a What gives Earl Grey tea its distinctive flavour?
Oil of bergamot
4b Which Wirral plant was the first in Europe to produce enriched uranium?
Capenhurst

Round 7
1a Which is the only bird in the UK to assume an all-white plumage?
Ptarmigan
1b In which country does football team Penarol play?
Uruguay
2a Now usually accepted as video, what did the V of DVD originally stand for?
Versatile
2b Who opened the first stretch of motorway in 1959?
Ernest Marples
3a What was pasteurisation first used to process?
Wine
3b Who wrote the screenplay of Chariots of Fire?
Colin Welland
4a What was the raft in the Kon Tiki expedition made of?
Balsa wood
4b Which actor played Mr Pastry?
Richard Hearne

Round 8
1a What is the nearest football league ground to the River Thames?
Craven Cottage
lb The family Apoidea consists of which insects?
Bees
2a What was the occupation of The Admiral's Men?
Actors
2b Who were Babs, Joy and Teddie?
The Beverley Sisters
3a Who wrote King Kong?
Edgar Wallace
3b Who was the tallest UK Prime Minister since WW1?
James Callaghan
4a Originally called the Territorial Force, in which year was the Territorial Army founded?
1908
4b With Sellers, Seacombe and Milligan, who was generally thought of as 'the fourth Goon'?
Michael Bentine

Spare Questions
1 In which Shakespeare play does Caliban appear?
The Tempest
2 Which was the most successful racehorse of the 18th century?
Eclipse
3 Who regularly delivered the monologue 'Albert and the Lion'?
Stanley Holloway
4 Tom Quad is part of which Oxford college?
Christ Church
5 What is does a stegophilist do?
Climbs towers, statues, steeples and other inaccessible places.
6 Who played John Wilder in TV's The Plane Makers?
Patrick Wymark
7 Which popular liqueur was named after the London pub in which it was first envisaged?
Bailey's
8 How many gates are there on the Thames Barrier?
Ten