Monday 12th January 2009
Set by Warrington Quiz League

Round 1
1a Which American President acquired the nickname 'The Gipper'?
Ronald REAGAN
1b In a very well-known novel, who owns the house called Manderley?
MAXIM De WINTER
2a Who is the only New Zealander to have won the Fl World Drivers Championship?
DENNY HULME
2b In WW2, which company made the Halifax bomber?
HANDLEY PAGE
3a Sir Joseph Bazalgette contributed to the better health of Londoners by building what?
The SEWER SYSTEM
3b What acid is found in rhubarb leaves?
OXALIC ACID
4a Who wrote the music for the 1948 film 'Scott of the Antarctic'?
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
4b Ivan Owen, 1927-2000 was the original voice of which children's TV character most popular in the 70s and 80s?
BASIL BRUSH

Round 2
1a Which classical author became Mrs Arthur Nicholls?
CHARLOTTE BRONTE
1b Who made a series of television programmes from River Cottage?
HUGH FEARNLEY WHITTINGSTALL
2a A sepoy was a soldier from which country?
INDIA
2b Who is the patron Saint of Spain?
St. JAMES (Sant Iago)
3a On a musical score, what does 'da capo' mean?
FROM THE BEGINNING
3b In Jules Veme's 'Around the World in 80 Days', Phileas Fogg starts and finishes his journey at which London club?
The REFORM Club
4a Which literary work, completed in 1353, contains the tales of ten travellers escaping from the plague in Florence?
DECAMERON
4b Which 'Bond girl' was married to a Beatle? Give either the name of the actress or the name of the character.
BARBARA BACH (as Anya Amasova.)

Round 3
1a In a Dickens novel, who lived at Satis House?
MISS HAVISHAM
1b Who wrote the medieval poem 'Piers Plowman'?
WILLIAM LANGLAND
2a Which actor appeared in the first and the last episodes of 'Grange Hill'?
TODD CARTY
2b Who was the second Englishman to run a mile in under four minutes?
Derek IBBOTSON
3a Which TV cook is married to presenter Fern Britton?
PHIL VICKERY
3b Who attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford in 1975?
(Lynette 'SQUEAKY') FROMME
4a Who designed the Avro Vulcan Bomber?
ROY CHADWICK
4b On a musical score, what does adagio mean?
SLOW

Round 4
la Which 'Bond villain' was married to Kurt Weill? Give either the name of the actress or the character.
LOTTE LENYA
(as Rosa Klebb)
1b Who wrote the music for the films 'Dancing with Wolves' and 'Out of Africa'?
JOHN BARRY
2a Who was the father of the Virgin Mary?
Saint JOACHIM
2b Which author's second husband was archaeologist Max Mallowan?
AGATHA CHRISTIE
3a Which famous London club was founded by Italian Francesco Bianco?
WHITE'S
3b Architect Frank Matcham (1854-1920) specialized in designing which kind of building?
THEATRES (and MUSIC HALLS)
4a In science, what is the name given to a substance with characteristic reactions used as a chemical test?
REAGENT
4b What name was given to the proletariat of the French Revolution?
SANS CULOTTES

Round 5
1a Who died on January 5th 1922 whilst on his fourth Antarctic expedition?
Sir ERNEST SHACKLETON
1b In 1901, who won the first Nobel prize for physics for his work on X-Rays?
Wilhelm RONTGEN
2a What is the name of the sloping mass of debris called at the base of a cliff on a mountainside?
SCREE
2b Of what institution was Sir John Houblon the first governor in 1694?
BANK of ENGLAND
3a In Greek mythology, who was pursued by Zeus disguised as a bull?
EUROPA
3b Since 1066, who was the oldest English monarch to ascend the throne?
WILLIAM IV (65 in 1830)
4a Which group had a hit in the 1960's with 'Keep on running'?
SPENCER DAVIS GROUP
4b Which number when squared equals half of it cube?
TWO

Round 6
1a Britain's first motor bus service started in 1897, in which town or city?
BRADFORD
1b Ernest Shepard was the original illustrator of which children's stories?
WINNIE the POOH
2a In the 2008 film 'W, directed by Oliver Stone, who played George W. Bush?
JOSH BROLIN
2b Which is the only fabric in the world, the manufacture of which is governed by an Act of Parliament - specified in a 1993 Act?
HARRIS TWEED
3a In 1944, in which New Hampshire town was an agreement drawn up to establish the IMF and World Bank?
BRETTON WOODS
3b Aravind Adiga won the Man Booker prize for 2008 - what was the title of the book?
The WHITE TIGER
4a Which organisation has the motto 'Mantiens le droit', which is included in its coat of arms?
ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE
4b Who, on 17m October 2008, became the first batsman to score 12,000 runs in Test cricket?
SACHIN TENDULKAR

Round 7
1a Who shared the 1901 Nobel Peace Prize (the first) with Frederic Passy, for his work which inspired the creation of the Red Cross and the Geneva Convention?
HENRI DUNANT
1b In 1894, Marks and Spencer opened their first 'Penny Bazaar', in which town or city?
MANCHESTER
2a In mathematics, what is the correct term for the answer to a multiplication calculation?
PRODUCT
2b What kind of geographical feature is a barchan?
SAND DUNE
3a Harmsen Van der Beek is the original illustrator of which books by Enid Blyton?
NODDY
3b Australian Douglas Mawson, 1882-1958, was famous for exploration on which continent?
ANTARCTICA
4a Which children's author resigned from his job as Bank of England secretary in 1908? His most famous book (by far) was published four months later.
KENNETH GRAHAME
4b Which British bank issued the first credit card in 1966?
BARCLAYS

Round 8
1a Which cricketer, who retired from first class cricket in 2008, scored 135 centuries although he had limited success at Test level?
GRAHAM HICK
1b Which group had a hit in the 1970's with 'Love Grows Like My Rosemary Grows'?
EDISON LIGHTHOUSE
2a Bavarian lederhosen are traditionally made from the hide of which animal?
DEER
2b What does the Stock Exchange call a temporary rise in share prices which does not lead to a recovery and precedes a decline?
DEAD CAT BOUNCE
3a Which cricketer wrote the autobiographical 'Coming Back To Me'?
MARCUS TRESCOTHICK
3b In Greek mythology, who was the legendary King of Troy?
PRIAM
4a Who was the grandfather of Queen Victoria?
GEORGE III
4b Who directed the 2008 film 'Burn after Reading'?
COEN BROTHERS (Joel and Ethan)

Spare Questions
1 Traditional wattle hurdles were made from the wood of which tree?
HAZEL
2 Mount Marmolada is the highest peak in which European mountain range?
DOLOMITES
3 Which National Trust property in Cheshire includes a mansion and a Tudor hall that was once owned by the Egerton family?
TATTON PARK