Tuesday 2nd September 2008
Set by Barbarians (Wirral)

Round 1
1a In the novels by Baroness Orczy what was the real name of the Scarlet Pimpemel?
Sir Percy Blakeney
1b In the TV sitcom Frasier, what was the name of Martin Crane's dog?
Eddie
2a In which city is the HQ of Unesco?
Paris
2b Which is the highest mountain in the Alps?
Mont Blanc
3a In the Batman films, how is Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot better known?
The Penguin
3b On which course is the Scottish Grand National run?
Ayr
4a Whose plays included 'Design for Living' and 'Present Laughter'?
Noel Coward
4b In which country is the Bolivar the main unit of currency?
Venezuela

Round 2
1a How many counters does each player have in a game of backgammon?
15
1b Who released an album in 1973 called Billion Dollar Babies?
Alice Cooper
2a Angelina Jolie is the daughter of which film actor?
Jon Voight
2b Which instrument did Glen Miller play?
Trombone
3a Sydney is the state capital of which Australian state?
New South Wales
3b In which religion is the Torah a sacred text?
Judaism
4a What was the name of Alexander the Great's horse?
Bucephalus
4b Which perfume house produces Obsession and Eternity?
Calvin Klein

Round 3
1a Of what is Vexillology the study?
Flags (accept Banners)
1b Which modem "A" road mainly follows the Roman road Watling Street?
A5 (accept A2)
2a What nationality was the artist Hieronymus Bosch?
Dutch
2b Which astronaut hit a golf ball on the moon in February 1971?
Alan Shepard
3a In the Bible who was David's father?
Jesse
3b Who married Liam Gallagher in 1997?
Patsy Kensit
4a Who played Boromir in the film version of The Lord of the Rings directed by Peter Jackson?
Sean Bean
4b When the series was revived in 2005, who played Dr Who?
Christopher Eccleston

Round 4
1a Who was the first black player to captain England's football team, in 1994?
Paul Ince
1b Who was known as the Acid Bath Murderer?
John George Haigh
2a In which city is the University of Warwick situated?
Coventry
2b What is the name of the nightclub singer who is the central character of the musical 'Cabaret'?
Sally Bowles
3a To which family of birds does the though (pronounced chuff) belong?
Crow (accept Corvidae)
3b What was the name of the steep cliff on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome which was used as an execution site for murderers/traitors?
Tarpeian Rock
4a At which film festival is the Golden Bear awarded?
Berlin
4b Which fruit is used to make the drink Kirsch?
Cherries

Round 5
1a What was the name of the gentleman thief created by E.W.Hornung?
Raffles
1b In the TV sitcom Rising Damp, what was the name of Rigsby's cat?
Vienna
2a In which city is the HQ of Interpol?
Lyon
2b In which country is the Sierra Madre mountain range, with its highest peak at Cerro Mohinora?
Mexico
3a In the Spiderman films, how is his enemy Norman Osborn better known?
The Green Goblin
3b Which jockey won the Derby two years running in 2003 and 2004?
Kieron Fallon
4a Who wrote the plays 'Forty Years On' and 'The History Boys'?
Alan Bennett
4b In which country is the Dong the main unit of currency?
Vietnam

Round 6
1a How many tiles are there in a standard Mah Jong set?
144
1b Who released the 1970 album called Atom Heart Mother?
Pink Floyd
2a Which Star Wars actress was the daughter of Debbie Reynolds?
Carrie Fisher
2b Which instrument did Charlie 'Bird' Parker play?
Saxophone (tenor)
3a What is the state capital of Queensland?
Brisbane
3b In which religion is the Tibetan Book of the Dead a revered text?
Buddhism
4a What was the name of Wellington's horse at Waterloo?
Copenhagen
4b Which perfume house produces Opium and Rive Gauche?
Yves St Laurent

Round 7
1a What would the main interest of a philumenist be?
Match boxes/labels
1b Which two cities are connected by the M11?
London and Cambridge
2a The artist Canaletto is associated with panoramic views of London and which other city?
Venice
2b What was the name of the dog that in 1957 became the first mammal in space?
Laika
3a In the Bible who was the father of Solomon?
David
3b Who married Madonna in 1985?
Sean Penn
4a What was the name of Sharpe's Sergeant (and later Sergeant Major) in the Bernard Cornwell novels?
Patrick Harper
4b Who succeeded Christopher Eccleston as the new Dr Who?
David Tennant

Round 8
1a Who was England's football manager from 1947 to 1963?
Walter Winterbottom
1b Who was known as the A6 murderer?
John James Hanratty
2a In which city is the University of Aston situated?
Birmingham
2b Who is the main male character of the musical Carousel?
Billy Bigelow
3a To which family of birds does the fieldfare belong?
Thrush (Turdidae)
3b Who was the father of Romulus and Remus?
Mars
4a Who in golf was known as the Golden Bear?
Jack Nicklaus
4b What is the dominant flavour of the drink Curacao?
Orange

Spare Questions
1 Which prison is guarded by the Dementors in the Harry Potter books?
Azkaban
2 What is the administrative centre of Wiltshire?
Trowbridge
3 Who played the Waco Kid in the spoof Western "Blazing Saddles"?
Gene Wilder
4 What nationality are the pop group Rush?
Canadian
5 In what year was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
1876
6 In which novel is the character Alan Breck a fugitive from the English?
Kidnapped