Tuesday 7th December 2010
Set by Liverpool Quiz League

ROUND ONE
1a Who was the author of the unfinished novels 'The Watsons' and 'Sanditon'?
(Jane) AUSTEN
1b Who directed the 2008 film "Slumdog Millionaire"?
(Danny) BOYLE
2a What is the common name of the plant Lonicera?
HONEYSUCKLE or WOODBINE
2b Which shipping forecast area lies west of Malin?
ROCKALL
3a To whom is the actress Jean Boht married?
(Carl) DAVIS
3b Who is the only player to have scored in every season of the English Football Premiership?
(Ryan) GIGGS
4a "Eleanor Rigby" is a track on which Beatles album?
REVOLVER
4b In Greek mythology who was the father of Heracles?
ZEUS

ROUND TWO
1a Which country is bordered by Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina?
PARAGUAY
1b In which English county would you find the remains of Chysauster an iron age village?
CORNWALL
2a Who, in April 1653, said "Take away that fool's bauble, the mace"?
(Oliver) CROMWELL
2b What does an Ishihara Test detect?
COLOUR BLINDNESS
3a In which year did the Rainhill Railway Trials take place?
1829
3b Who was the Austrian chancellor murdered in 1934?
(Engelbert) DOLLFUSS
4a What did Kirkpatrick MacMillan invent in the late 1830s?
BICYCLE
4b In which US city was the TV series "The Wire" set?
BALTIMORE

ROUND THREE
1a What is the fifth book of the New Testament called?
ACTS (of the Apostles)
1b What is the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina?
SARAJEVO
2a In which English town are the headquarters of the RNLI?
POOLE
2b In the monologue "Albert and the Lion" what was the lion's name?
WALLACE
3a Who, in 1854, composed the symphonic poem "Les Preludes"?
(Franz) LISZT
3b Which is the most southerly city in Great Britain?
TRURO
4a What does the A stand for in the abbreviation UCAS?
ADMISSIONS
4b In an Italian restaurant what are grissini?
BREADSTICKS

ROUND FOUR
1a Which rugby union premiership side play their home games at Franklin Gardens?
NORTHAMPTON (Saints)
1b Which car manufacturer's name means "modernity" in its own language?
HYUNDAI
2a Who, in 1849, painted the picture "Lorenzo and Isabelle"?
(John Everett) MILLAIS
2b Name either of the two wives of King John.
ISABEL of GLOUCESTER/ISABELLA of ANGOULEME
3a For how many nights does the Jewish festival of Hanukah last?
EIGHT
3b Of what is apiphobia the morbid fear?
BEES
4a US Vice President Joe Biden had previously been senior senator for which state?
DELAWARE
4b In which country. is 'The Number 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' located?
BOTSWANA

ROUND FIVE
1a In which Jane Austen novel do the characters Catherine Morland and Henry Tilney appear?
NORTHANGER ABBEY
1b Who directed the 2009 film "The Hurt Locker"?
(Kathryn) BIGELOW
2a Galanthus nivalis is the scientific name for which flower?
SNOWDROP
2b Which shipping forecast area lies to the east of Dogger?
GERMAN BIGHT
3a To whom is the actress Prunella Scales married?
(Timothy) WEST
3b Who scored the first goal in a FA cup final at the new Wembley Stadium?
(Didier) DROGBA
4a "In My Life" is a track on which Beatles album?
RUBBER SOUL
4b In Greek mythology who was the mother of Perseus?
DANAE

ROUND SIX
1a Which country has borders with Mozambique, Zambia and Tanzania?
MALAWI
1b In which country can you walk the 500 kilometer Lycian Way?
TURKEY
2a What name is given to the Parliament responsible for executing Charles the First?
RUMP
2b What is detected in a Gravindex Test?
PREGNANCY
3a In which year did Margaret Thatcher become Conservative party leader?
1975
3b Which Czech village was razed to the ground following the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942?
LIDICE
4a Who, in 1780, invented bi-focal lens?
(Benjamin) FRANKLIN
4b In which US city is the TV series "Gray's Anatomy" set?
SEATTLE

ROUND SEVEN
1a Which is the sixth book of the Old Testament?
JOSHUA
1b What is the capital city of Nigeria?
ABUJA
2a In which English town is the Britannia Royal Navy Academy?
DARTMOUTH
2b In the poem "Who Killed Cock Robin" who tolled the bell?
THE BULL
3a What name is given to Beethoven's 23rd piano sonata?
APPASSIONATA
3b Which is the most northerly city in Great Britain?
INVERNESS
4a What does the second A stand for in the abbreviation ABTA?
AGENTS
4b In a French restaurant what is homard?
LOBSTER

ROUND EIGHT
1a Which rugby league Premiership side play their home games at the Grattan Stadium?
BRADFORD (Bulls)
1b Which car manufacturer's name means "The Pleiades" in its own language?
SUBARU
2a Who in, 1839, painted the picture "Dignity and Impudence"?
(Edwin) LANDSEER
2b Name either of the two wives of James the Second.
ANNE HYDE/MARY of MODENA
3a In the Hindu religion which is the highest caste?
BRAHMIN
3b Cynophobia is a morbid fear of what?
DOGS
4a Which US President served immediately before and after Benjamin Harrison?
(Grover) CLEVELAND
4b Who writes about forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan?
(Kathy) REICHS

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 Who was the first woman to go into space?
(Valentina) TERESHKOVA
2 Samarkand is the second largest city in which country?
UZBEKISTAN
3 In which city is Bizet's "Carmen" set?
SEVILLE