Tuesday 16th September 2008
Set by Earles (Liverpool)

Round 1
1a The Appian Way began in Rome and ends in which other Italian city?
Brindisi
1b Who was the founding father of the US state of Texas?
Stephen F. Austin
2a Which animal has species called Grevy's, Cape Mountain and Plains, amongst others?
Zebra
2b Whose painting of a tobacco pipe carried the title - 'This is not a pipe'?
Rene Magritte ('The Treason of the Images') (Ceci n'est pas une pipe)
3a Who wore two shirts on his execution day?
Charles I
3b Europa Point is the southern tip of which British territory?
Gibraltar
4a How did Marcel Duchamp's painting of the Mona Lisa in 1919 parody the original?
Drawn with a moustache (and goatee)
4b The Mall links Buckingham Palace and where?
Admiralty Arch (accept Trafalgar Sq)

Round 2
1a In which city can you ride the 'Clockwork Orange'?
Glasgow (underground network)
1b The Beatles won an Oscar for what?
Best original score for the film 'Let it Be'
2a Which opera features the Polovtsian Dances?
Prince Igor (Borodin)
2b Who presides over a Court Martial?
Judge Advocate
3a Which Olympic city had the animal mascot called Amik the Beaver?
Montreal (1976)
3b In sport who competes in the Eredivisie?
Dutch Football Teams
4a Operation Bernhard was a Nazi plot to do what?
Destabilise British economy with forged banknotes.
4b What time was anticipated by Will Kane?
High Noon (Gary Cooper)

Round 3
1a What is the name of the current Downing Street cat?
Sybil (from 2007 - Humphrey retired 1997)
1b In cricket who was known as 'Whispering Death'?
Michael Holding
2a What kind of animal; is a 'sambar'?
Deer
2b The Coast to Coast path, starting in St Bees in Cumbria, ends where?
Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire.
3a Which city in Scotland styles itself as the City of Discovery?
Dundee (After Scott's Ship, which returned to Dundee in 1987)
3b Prior to Arsenal in 2004 which is the only other team to win the League (Div 1) without a defeat?
Preston North End (in 1889)
4a A tangelo is a cross between a tangerine and what other fruit?
Grapefruit or Pomelo (accept either)
4b A group of female seals is called what?
Harem

Round 4
1a Lamech was the son of Methuselah and the father of which biblical character?
Noah
1b In which city can you ride the T-bane? (please spell)
Oslo
2a Primrose Day on 19Ih April celebrates which 19th Century statesman?
Benjamin Disraeli
2b Prior to Zinedine Zidane being sent off in the world cup final of 2006 which other French player was also sent off in a World Cup Final (1998)?
Marcel Desailly
3a On film, who sculpted 'Aphrodite at the Waterhole'?
Tony Hancock in 'The Rebel'
3b Operation Husky was the code name for Allied landing where?
Sicily
4a Where is the venue for the next Winter Olympics in 2010?
Vancouver
4b Hoosiers are natives of which US state?
Indiana

Round 5
1a The film 'Don't Look Now' with Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland was adapted from a book by whom?
Daphne du Maurier
1b Who is the MP for Sheffield Hallam?
Nick Clegg
2a Traditionally what is the name of the period beginning 3rd July and ending 11th August?
Dog Days
2b Who follows 'the eight fold path'?
Buddhists
3a Whose gang included Choo Choo, Spook and The Brain?
Top Cat (accept Boss Cat)
3b Who is awarded the Borg Warner Trophy?
Winner of the Indianapolis 500 motor race
4a Which canal system links the River Thames (London) and Birmingham?
Grand Union
4b In which country now within the EU was the fictional Hannibal Lector born?
Lithuania

Round 6
1a Who lives at Gracie Mansion?
Mayor of New York
1b What starts in Chepstow and ends in Prestatyn?
Offa's Dyke
2a Who was the only player to beat Pete Sampras at Wimbledon between 1992 and 2000?
Richard Krajicek
2b The codename 'Corporate' was give to which post war British military operation?
Falklands War
3a What famous structure was burned down on 30th November 1936?
Crystal Palace
3b Which city is served by Hartsfield-Jackson Airport?
Atlanta, Georgia USA
4a What was said to have been guarded by the Fisher King?
The Holy Grail
4b In which London magazine did Sherlock Holmes first appear?
The Strand

Round 7
1a What is the name of the pet cat(s) owned by the Simpsons?
Snowball (I to V) (Accept Coltrane)
1b Whose official residence is Number One Observatory Circle?
US Vice President
2a What is the name of the US presidential helicopter?
Marine 1
2b Who is the voice of Bob the Builder?
Neil Morrisey
3a After John (with 23) name either of the next most popular papal names?
Gregory or Benedict (16 each)
3b What is cockney rhyming slang for a curry?
'Ruby' or 'Ruby Murray'
4a Which Dickens character was apprenticed to 'Old Fezziwig'?
Ebenezer Scrooge
4b Which jazz player campaigned for the US Presidency in 1964?
Dizzy Gillespie

Round 8
1a Which poet had a dog called Boatswain? (pronounced Bosun)
Lord Byron
1b Geographically what is the distinction of Church Flatts Farm in Derbyshire?
Farthest point from the sea in the UK
2a Which is the longest running Broadway musical in history?
Phantom of the Opera
2b The Tanaiste holds which political post?
Deputy PM of Eire
3a How many stars are on the national flag of New Zealand?
4
3b Which TV series began its life as Regan?
The Sweeney
4a Burr Point is the easternmost point of which country?
Northern Ireland (also the most easterly point of all Ireland)
4b The MPLA was the independence movement of which African country?
Angola

Spare Questions
1 Which fictional character arrived in Whitby on board the Demeter?
Dracula
2 Whose motto is 'broadcast yourself?
YouTube
3 Which opera is set in Catfish Row?
Porgy and Bess
4 Brown Willy is the highest point of which moor?
Bodmin
5 In Dickens who was jilted by Compeyson?
Miss Havisham (Great Expectations)