Tuesday 14th December 2010
Set by Blundellsands LTC (Northern)

Round 1
1a Which country's Formula 1 motor race venue takes place at "Spa Francorchamps"?
BELGIUM
1b Which new Formula 1 motor racing venue was introduced in 2009?
ABU DHABI
2a Which famous British architect started out as an astronomer?
CHRISTOPHER WREN
2b In 1691 who completed plans for a diving bell capable of remaining submerged for extended periods of time?
EDMUND HALLEY
3a Name the climber plant from Indonesia used for the manufacture of cane furniture?
RATTAN
3b Which animal's name translates to 'no drink' in the native language?
KOALA
4a What was the only British No. 1 hit for the group The Move?
BLACKBERRY WAY
4b Which Gi1bert and Sullivan Opera does not have an alternative title?
THE SORCERER

Round 2
1a Which future British Prime Minister was turned down for a job as a bus conductor on account of his health?
JOHN MAJOR
1b In the David Hockney painting which features Percy. What is Percy?
A (WHITE) CAT
2a Charles Bridge is a feature in which European capital city?
PRAGUE
2b Which country won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009?
RUSSIA
3a Which is the only marsupial native to the United States?
OPOSSUM
3b What is the collective name for a group of swans?
BEVY/HERD/LAMENTATION/EYRAR
4a In 1924 which man-made fibre was the first to be produced commercially?
RAYON
4b Thwaites beer sponsors which County Cricket Side's Twenty Twenty ;eague matches?
LANCASHIRE

Round 3
1a How many strings does a modern mandolin usually have?
EIGHT
1b 10 years of marriage is celebrated by which wedding anniversary?
TIN
2a Wayne Allwine supplied the voice for which cartoon character for 32 years?
MICKEY MOUSE
2b What is added to vodka and cranberry juice to make a cosmopolitan cocktail?
ORANGE FLAVOURED LIQUEUR (COINTREAU/GRAND MARNIER/CURACAO etc)
3a Drarnbuie and whisky mixed make which cocktail?
RUSTY NAIL
3b Moonrakers is the nickname of people from which English County?
WILTSHIRE
4a Which company sponsor Yorkshire in Twenty Twenty Cricket matches?
BRADFORD AND BINGLEY
4b Who was the first of the Lancastrian Kings?
HENRY IV

Round 4
1a A Pearl Wedding celebrates how many years of marriage?
30
1b The term "confit" in cookery is a term used to describe what feature of food preparation?
MEAT COOKED IN ITS OWN FAT
2a The canticle, the "Nunc Dimitis" is known also as what?
SONG (or CANTICLE) OF SIMEON
2b From the mid 1930's to 1945 A1bert Speer served Hitler in which capacity other than armaments minister?
ARCHITECT
3a The axis of which planet spins almost on its side?
URANUS
3b "Now I shall go to sleep, good night" were reputedly the last words of which poet?
LORD BYRON
4a The Gordon Bennett Cup is an event in which leisure activity?
HOT AIR BALLOONING (accept also AUTO RACING and AIR RACING)
4b Robert Gordon University is in which British city?
ABERDEEN

Round 5
1a The letter T in the meat substitute TVP stands for what?
TEXTURED
1b Which foodstuff gets its name from a port in Menorca?
MAYONNAISE (from Mahon)
2a Miranda is a satellite of which planet?
URANUS
2b Phobos and Deimos are the moons of which planet?
MARS
3a Which Nobel-Prize winning author's only novel was Dr Zhivago?
BORIS PASTERNAK
3b Which English king died at Berkeley Castle?
EDWARD II
4a John Whittaker are the real forenames of which former member of the cabinet?
JACK STRAW
4b How is Marenka described in the title of Bedrich Smetana's opera?
THE BARTERED BRIDE

Round 6
1a Which animal's name translates to (in the native language) "I am not understood"?
KANGAROO
1b How many hearts has an octopus?
THREE
2a Club Tropicana was a 1980's hit for which group?
WHAM
2b Penzias and Wilson accidentally discovered which phenomena of astronomy?
COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION (evidence of microwave energy left over from the 'Big Bang')
3a How many teeth has an elephant?
FOUR
3b Two women's names are titles of books in the Old Testament, Ruth is one name the other.
ESTHER
4a Which visual phenomena is caused by solar winds being sucked back to earth by the earth's magnetism?
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS
4b Who had a top forty hit in the British Charts entitled 'Stand by Me' in 1975?
JOHN LENNON

Round 7
1a The Yucatan Channel separates Mexico from which island?
CUBA
1b An enlarged thyroid gland is known also as what?
A GOITRE
2a The painting "Going to the Match" was by which artist?
L S LOWRY
2b Mr Dick is a character in which Dickens' novel?
DAVID COPPERFIELD
3a What is the capital of the former Russian state of Kazakhstan?
ASTANA
3b The "goatsucker" is the alternative name for which British bird?
THE NIGHTJAR
4a At the beginning of Shakespeare's Macbeth, Macbeth returns from beating the forces of which country?
DENMARK
4b Edgehill described as the first major battle of the English Civil War (on 23 October 1942) is in which county?
WARWICKSHIRE

Round 8
1a In Greek Mythology who was the wife of Orpheus?
EURYDICE
1b From which region of France does the wine Chateauneuf-du-Pape come?
RHONE VALLEY
2a The Naira is the basic monetary unit of which African country?
NIGERIA
2b Who is the Roman counterpart of the Greek Queen of the Gods Hera?
JUNO
3a In Medieval times what would you do with a rebec?
PLAY IT (It I s a pre-cursor of the violin)
3b 100 qindar make a lek in the currency of which country?
ALBANIA
4a Which grape in winemaking is most used in making Rioja?
TEMPRANILLO
4b Which large tuba-like brass wind instrument was invented by an American bandmaster and composer?
SOUSAPHONE

Spare Questions
1 Who wrote the score for the musical 'Billy Elliot'?
ELTON JOHN
2 What is the name for a country which is governed by the army?
STRATOCRACY
3 The musical Hello Dolly is based on which story?
THE MATCHMAKER
4 Suva is the capital of which Pacific island group?
FIJI