Monday 5th January 2009
Set by Blundellsands Tennis Club (Northern)

ROUND ONE
1a Kyudo is a Japanese form of which field sport?
ARCHERY
1b Which is the only London Borough to include land on both sides of the River Thames?
RICHMOND
2a Who, according to T S Eliot, "always has an alibi, and one or two to spare"?
MACAVITY (the cat)
2b Lorena. Ochoa, the world's number one woman golfer, is from which country?
MEXICO
3a Which bands two albums to date are 'Employment' and 'Yours Truly, Angry Mob'?
KAISER CHIEFS
3b What is the family name of the Royal House of Sweden?
BERNADOTTE
4a Who was Emperor of Rome when Boudicca, queen of the Iceni, led her famous revolt?
NERO
4b Give a year in the life of Macbeth, King of Scotland?
1005-1057

ROUND TWO
1a In which year were British women granted full voting rights?
1928
1b There are three snakes native to Britain, the adder, the grass snake and which other?
THE SMOOTH SNAKE (not the slow worm which is a legless reptile)
2a Which Romantic artist painted "Liberty Leading the People"?
EUGENE DELACROIX
2b Elaine Bookbinder is the real name of which Mancunian singer?
ELKIE BROOKS
3a In J K Rowling's "Harry Potter" books what is the first name of Harry's nemesis, Professor Snape?
SEVERUS
3b Phillips Idowu and Nathan Douglas represent Great Britain in which athletics discipline?
THE TRIPLE JUMP
4a Whose signature is 'Roffen'?
THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER
4b The wedding processional known as "Here Comes the Bride" is by which famous composer?
RICHARD WAGNER ('The Bridal Chorus' from Lohengrin)

ROUND THREE
1a Which is the only property on a traditional UK Monopoly board which is south of the River Thames?
OLD KENT ROAD
1b As what is the game of 'petanque' better known?
BOULES (accept French bowls)
2a On which Scottish golf course was the first British Open played in 1861?
PRESTWICK
2b Who wrote the Dream of Gerontius which Elgar later set to music?
CARDINAL NEWMAN
3a There are three kingdoms in Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland are two. Which is the third?
MOROCCO
3b Anthony Kiedis is the lead singer of which US alternative rock band?
RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS
4a Who preceded Robert the Bruce as King of Scotland?
JOHN BALLIOL
4b What is the name of the Roman Road which runs from London to York via Lincoln?
ERMINE STREET

ROUND FOUR
1a The imp is the symbol of which English city?
LINCOLN
1b How old was Mozart when he died? (a year either way)
35 (accept 34 or 36)
2a In which country does the River Danube enter the Black Sea?
ROMANIA
2b Which rank in the Royal Navy is the equivalent of an army brigadier?
COMMODORE
3a Who is the patron saint of accountants and tax collectors?
ST MATTHEW
3 b The drunken midwife Sarah Gamp appears in which novel by Charles Dickens?
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
4 a By what name is the fruit carambola better known?
THE STAR FRUIT
4b Which detective featured in the film "The Maltese Falcon"?
SAM SPADE

ROUND FIVE
1a Who succeeded Jon Pertwee as Dr Who?
TOM BAKER
1b Which bright orange star is the 'eye' of Taurus the Bull?
ALDEBARAN
2a In musical notation what is the meaning of the term Da Capo (or DC)?
REPEAT FROM THE BEGINNING
2b In Norse mythology who killed Baldur with a spear made from mistletoe?
LOKI
3a What name is given to a straight line joining any two points on a curve')
CHORD
3b In internet slang what does the C stand for in IIRC?
(IF I RECALL) CORRECTLY
4a Which large bird of prey, fairly common in Wales, and now becoming more widespread elsewhere, has the Latin name 'milvus milvus?
THE RED KITE
4b A hectare is 10,000 square metres; approximately how many acres does it represent (to the nearest half acre)?
2.5 ACRES (actually 2.471)

ROUND SIX
1a In which small Middle Eastern Country were women only granted the right to vote in 2006?
KUWAIT
1b The sika, introduced into Britain in the 19th century, is what kind of animal?
A KIND OF DEER
2a The artist Matisse was a member of which school of painting?
FAUVISM
2b Ketevan is the real first name of which female singer?
KATIE MELUA
3a What series of children's books is written by Eoin Colfer?
THE 'ARTEMIS FOWL' BOOKS
3b Which British women achieved gold in the 400 metres at the 2007 World Athletics Championships?
CHRISTINE OHURUOGU
4a In which British cathedral is the feature known as the 'Angels Choir'?
LINCOLN
4b Mendelssohn's 'Wedding March' was. originally written as incidental music for which Shakespeare play in 1842?
NIGHT'S DREAM

ROUND SEVEN
1 a What is the English name for the constellation Sagittarius?
THE ARCHER
1b Who composed the title music for Dr Who?
RON GRAINER
2a In Greek mythology which hero was the son of the sea nymph Thetis?
ACHILLES
2b In music what name is given to a note which is half the length of a crochet?
QUAVER
3a In computing what does the 'P' stand for in HTTP?
(HYPER-TEXT TRANSFER) PROTOCOL
3b Who was known as "The Father of Geometry"?
EUCLID
4a. How many square yards are there in an acre?
4840
4b To which family of birds does the jay belong?
CROW (or Corvidae)

ROUND EIGHT
1a The people of which English county are known as Moonrakers?
WILTSHIRE
1b In which city was Mozart born?
SALZBURG
2a Which American State is known as the 'Garden State'?
NEW JERSEY
2b Which rank in the Army equates to a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy?
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL
3a Who is the patron saint of authors, journalists and deafness?
ST FRANCIS DE SALES
3b Gilian Anderson starred as Lady Dedlock in the 2005 BBC adaptation of which story by Charles Dickens?
BLEAK HOUSE
4a The Kiwi fruit is native to which Asian country?
CHINA
4b Who writes the books featuring detectives Dalziel and Pascoe?
REGINALD HILL

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 Who is the oldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II?
PETER PHILLIPS
2 Who wrote the novels 'Resurrection Men' and 'Fleshmarket Close'?
IAN RANKIN
3 What was the surname of the poet Dante, author of the Divine Comedy?
ALIGHIERI
4 Which Football League team is nicknamed 'The Hornets'?
WATFORD
5 In heraldry, which colour is known as vert?
GREEN
6 What is the county town of Dorset?
DORCHESTER