Monday 1st September 2008
Set by Our Lady's A (Wirral)

Round 1
1a In which country can the world's largest deposit of nickel be found?
Russia (Siberia)
1b Who was the mother of Helen of Troy?
Leda
2a In the Indian cricket Premier League, which team are known as 'The Royals'?
Rajahstan
2b Which male singer, in 2008, topped the UK/USA album charts with album 'Home before Dark'?
Neil Diamond
3a Who was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1922-1923?
Andrew Boner Law
3b What is the capital of the American state of Nevada?
Carson City
4a In the Bible, what is the fourth book of the Old Testament?
Numbers
4b Which composer wrote 'The Rite of Spring' in 1913?
Igor Stravinsky

Round 2
1a Who wrote the books 'The Devil Wears Prada' and 'Chasing Harry Winston'?
Lauren Weisberger
1b On television who live at 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield?
The Simpsons
2a In which country did the rumba originate?
Cuba
2b What is the name of the Italian dessert made from coffee soaked biscuit, layered with sweetened cream cheese?
Tiramisu
3a The Eustachian tube links the pharynx to which other part of the body?
The ear
3b What do you call the form of textile-making using knotting rather than weaving or knitting?
Macrame
4a What was the name of the hardworking horse in the George Orwell book 'Animal Farm'? Its character represented the proletariat.
Boxer
4b Actor John Hewer died early in 2008 aged 86; under what name did everybody know him better, in a series of TV adverts?
Captain Birdseye

Round 3
1a What is the currency of the United Arab Emirates?
The Dirham
1b What is the collective noun for a group of gorillas?
A Band (accept woop, whoop or troop!)
2a New Hall Prison is situated close to which English town or city?
Wakefield
2b Which elite car company manufacture the Carrera GT model of car?
Porsche
3a What colour is a UK domestic 5 amp electrical appliance fuse?
Black
3b What is the English translation of the Latin phrase 'In Utero'?
In the womb
4a In geometry, how many sides does a hendecagon have?
Eleven
4b In the context of a mobile phone what does the acronym WAP stand for?
Wireless Application Protocol

Round 4
1a What is Australia's national flower?
(Golden) Wattle (accept Acacia)
1b Who was the first man to walk in space?
Alexei Leonov (18 March 1965)
2a Who won the best actor award at the 2008 Oscar awards ceremony for his role in the film 'There Will Be Blood'?
Daniel Day Lewis
2b Who said in 1935 "The Pope: how many divisions has he got?"
Joseph Stalin
3a Who in June 2008 was the Secretary of State for Scotland?
Des Browne
3b What is the name of the apple-based liqueur from Normandy?
Calvados
4a Seoul is the capital of South Korea. What is the capital of North Korea?
Pyongyang
4b Which radio station is transmitted on 1215 kilohertz on the medium wave across the UK?
Virgin Radio

Round 5
la In which country can the world's largest deposit of zinc be found?
USA (Red Dog, Alaska)
1b Who was the mother of Achilles?
Thetis
2a In the Indian cricket Premier League, which team are known as the Knight Riders?
Kolkata (accept Calcutta)
2b Which female singer, in 2008, topped the UK and US album charts with the album 'Spirit'?
Leona Lewis
3a Who was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1923-1924?
Stanley Baldwin
3b What is the capital of the American state of Kansas?
Topeka
4a In the Bible, what book comes immediately after Matthew, Mark, Luke and John?
Acts (of the Apostles)
4b Which composer wrote 'The Threepenny Opera' (Die Driegroschenoper) in 1928?
Kurt Weill

Round 6
1a Which author's books include the titles 'Body of Evidence', 'Post Mortem' and 'Predator'?
Patricia Cornwell
1b On television who live in the Superdome on Home Hill?
The Teletubbies
2a In which country did the tango originate?
Argentina
2b What is the name of the fancy biscuits or cakes generally eaten at the end of a meal - their name derives from the French for little oven?
Petits Fours
3a Where in the human body will you find the olfactory nerve?
Nose (accept nasal cavity)
3b What do you call the art of decorating an object by gluing coloured paper cut-outs onto it?
Decoupage
4a What was the name of the dog that belonged to the cowboy Roy Rogers?
Bullet
4b Who was the presenter of the BBC Radio 4 programme `I'm Sorry Haven't A Clue', who died in 2008?
Humphrey Lyttleton

Round 7
1a What is the currency of the middle eastern country of Qatar?
Rial
1b What is the collective noun for a group of flamingos?
A Stand (accept Flamboyance)
2a Lindholme Prison is situated dose to which English town or city?
Doncaster
2b Which elite car company manufacture the Europa model of car?
Lotus
3a What colour is a UK domestic 3 amp electrical appliance fuse?
Red
3b What is the English translation of the Latin in Vitro"?
In Glass
4a In geometry, how many sides does an icosagon have?
Twenty
4b In the UK, in the field of Education, what does the acronym BTEC stand for?
Business & Technician Education Council

Round 8
1a Which Mexican plant is sometimes called the Flower of the Holy Night or Mexican Flame Leaf?
Poinsettia
1b Who was the last man to have set foot on the moon?
Eugene Cernan
2a Who won the best actress award at the 2008 Oscar awards ceremony for her role in the film 'La Vie En Rose'?
Marion Cotillard
2b Who said in 1935 'Guns will make us powerful, butter will only make us fat'?
Hermann Goering
3a Who in May 2008 was the Leader of the House of Commons?
Harriet Harman MP
3b In the drink Gin and 'It' - what is 'It'?
Italian Vermouth
4a Which town is the capital of Papua New Guinea?
Port Moresby
4b Which radio station is transmitted on 1089 and 1053 kilohertz on the medium wave across the UK?
Talksport

Spare Questions
1 Which actor was married to Vivien Leigh and Joan Plowright?
Sir Laurence Olivier
2 On which river is High Force Waterfall?
Tees
3 Which American football team won the first Superbowl in 1967?
Green Bay Packers