Monday 22nd September 2008
Set by Warrington League

Round 1
1a From which country did Kosovo achieve independence in 2008?
Serbia
1b What is the US equivalent of the SAS (Special Air Service)?
Delta (Force)
2a What kind of animal is a 'Suffolk Punch'?
Horse
2b Who composed 'The Firebird' and 'The Rite of Spring'?
Igor Stravinsky
3a Who famously 'attacked' Russell Harty whilst being interviewed by him?
Grace Jones
3b In which town or city is the HQ of Colman's (of mustard fame)?
Norwich
4a In the Bible who was the husband of Jezebel?
Ahab
4b What is the name of Saddam Hussein's home town?
Tikrit

Round 2
1a What is the US equivalent of the Territorial Army?
National Guard
1b Which North-west town or city has a daily newspaper called the Evening Leader?
Chester
2a Who composed the opera 'Lohengrin'?
Richard Wagner
2b Which sport requires an oval pitch and an oval ball?
Australian Rules Football
3a Give a year in the reign of Ivan the Terrible (Ivan 4th) of Russia?
1533 - 1584
3b On a suit of armour, the poleyn would protect which part of the body?
Knee
4a What is the name of the largest lake lying wholly in Canada?
Great Bear Lake
4b What type of product was sold under the brand name 'Procea'?
Bread

Round 3
1a Formed by the merger of two government departments, what is the name of the combined organisation responsible for the collection of duty, VAT and Income Tax?
(HM) Revenue and Customs
1b Which is the most southerly country of the EU?
Malta
2a Which London theatre was the first public building to be lit entirely by electricity?
Savoy
2b What kind of animal is a 'Bichon Frise'?
Dog
3a In which town or city is the 'Land of Green Ginger?
Hull (accept Tynemouth)
3b Give a year in the reign of Catherine the Great (Catherine 2nd) of Russia?
1762-1796
4a Name the leader of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission who spent time in Iraq looking for 'weapons of mass destruction' prior to the invasion of Iraq?
Hans Blix
4b Who played the part of 'Jimmy' in the 1970s TV comedy 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin', going on to further success in 'As Time Goes By'?
Geoffrey Palmer

Round 4
1a Name either of the Sri Lankan batsmen who set the record for the highest partnership in Test cricket, 624 runs in July 2006?
Sangakkara or Jayawardene
1b Name the famous male ballet dancer who defected to the west in 1961 while dancing with the Kirov Ballet in Paris?
Rudolph Nureyev
2a Which sport requires a round ball and 'H'- goalposts with a net across their lower half?
Gaelic Football
2b Before he became Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams was bishop of which see between 1991 and 2002?
Monmouth
3a What is the nickname of new Premiership football team Stoke City?
The Potters
3b Who carried out the infamous interview with the Sex Pistols on the Today show in December 1976?
Bill Grundy
4a Which TV cartoon series was about a meek janitor who led a double life as an unfortunate super-detective?
Hong Kong Fuey
4b Which is the largest lake in Venezuela?
Lake Maracaibo

Round 5
1a Which government organisation is responsible for the maintenance of motorways and trunk roads?
Highways Agency
1b What was the title of the book, published in 1925, which begins "Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K, for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine
morning"?
The Trial (by Franz Kafka)
2a Which breed of butterfly has the same name as a punctuation mark?
Comma
2b Which breed of moth has the same name as a type of servant?
Footman
3a Who was-head-of the Argentine military government at the time of the 1982 Falklands conflict?
(Leopoldo) Galtieri
3b Which pop song includes the lyrics "and through it all she offers me protection, a lot of love and affection"?
Angels (by Robbie Williams)
4a Which mythical character owned a sword named 'Nothung'?
Siegfried
4b Who played the part of 'Joan' in the 1970s TV comedy 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin', going on to further success in 'Coronation Street'?
Sue Nicholls

Round 6
1a Name either of the South African batsmen who set the record for the highest opening partnership in Test cricket, 415 runs in February 2008?
Smith or McKenzie
1b Which Yorkshire town or city has a daily newspaper called the Telegraph & Argus?
Bradford (also Skipton)
2a What was the name if the submarine lost in Liverpool Bay in June 1939?
(HMS) Thetis
2b What is the first name of Commander Dalgliesh, the character created by author PD James?
Adam
3a What is combined with potato to create the dish 'Pommes Dauphine'?
Choux Pastry
3b On a suit of armour, the couter would protect which part of the body?
Elbow
4a In the Bible who called for the head of John the Baptist?
Salome
4b What type of product was sold under the brand name 'Abdulla'?
Cigarettes

Round 7
1a Whose recently published autobiography is subtitled "Pulling No Punches"?
John Prescott
1b Name the famous male ballet dancer who defected to the west in 1974 while dancing with the Kirov Ballet in Toronto?
Mikhail Baryshnikov
2a Which is the oldest original London theatre still in regular use?
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
2b What was the name of the Russian submarine lost in the Barents Sea in August 2000?
Kursk
3a What is the nickname of new Premiership football team Hull City?
The Tigers
3b What name is given to chicken that is split open down the back, flattened and then grilled?
Spatchcock
4a In which Shakespeare play is 'Feste' a character?
Twelfth Night
4b Who is Katharina's younger sister in Shakespeare's 'Taming of the Shrew'?
Bianca

Round 8
1a What was the title of the book, published in the 1860s, which opens "at the beginning of July, during a spell of exceptionally hot weather", and tells the story of a murderer's growing sense of
guilt?
Crime and Punishment (by Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
1b Whose recently published autobiography is subtitled "Speaking for Myself'?
Cherie Blair
2a What is the first name of Detective Inspector Rebus, the character created by author Ian Rankin?
John
2b Before he became Archbishop of York, John Sentamu was bishop of which see between 2002 and 2005?
Birmingham
3a Which pop song includes the lyrics "I'm never gonna dance again, guilty feet have got no rhythm"?
Careless Whisper (by George Michael)
3b Who was the Texas governor who was shot and wounded when John F Kennedy was assassinated?
John Connally
4a Which TV cartoon series was about a dim-witted horse trying to keep law and order in the old Wild West?
Quick Draw McGraw
4b Which mythical character owned a sword named 'Arondite'?
Sir Lancelot

Spare Questions
1 How many public companies comprise the Dow Jones Index?
30
2 Who became Prince of Wales in 1504?
Henry 8th
3 What name is given to the dot on top of the letter 'i'?
Tittle