Tuesday 23rd February 2010
Set by St Patrick's (Liverpool)

Round One
1A Who is the 2009 World Snooker Champion?
John Higgins
1B Which French monarch was known as the Sun King?
Louis XIV
2A In a 1965 film, by what name is Eric Stoner better known?
The Cincinnati Kid
2B How was Alexander the Great's body preserved?
In honey
3A Where do the Flintstones live?
Bedrock
3B How many spots are there on a traditional six sided die?
21
4A What does a speliologist study?
Caves
4B Of what is brontophobia the fear?
Thunder

Round Two
1A Whom did Robert Ford shoot dead in 1882?
Jesse James
1B From which country does the word "Duffel", as in coat, come?
Belgium
2A Who was the most famous wife of baseball player Joe DiMaggio?
Marilyn Monroe
2B Who wrote novels featuring Inspector Lynley?
Elizabeth George
3A What is the capital of New Brunswick?
Fredericton
3B Who founded the Salvation Army?
William Booth
4A How many fences are jumped in completing the Grand National?
30
4B Which famous baseball player had the forenames George Herman?
"Babe" Ruth

Round Three
1A Which 19th/20th century MP was nicknamed "Champagne Charlie"
Horatio Bottomley
1B In which Shakespeare play does Orsino, Duke of Illyria, appear?
Twelfth Night
2A In which Shakespeare play does Prospero, Duke of Milan, appear?
The Tempest
2B Which US President was nicknamed "the Gipper"?
Ronald Reagan
3A Which sport's name means "easy way"?
Judo
3B In the film of the same name, what was the name of "The Hustler"?
"Fast Eddie" Felson
4A In 1999, whom did William Hague describe as "a candidate of probity and integrity"?
Jeffrey Archer
4B Which famous chemist was executed in the French Revolution?
Lavoisier

Round Four
1A Which Dickens novel is partly set in America?
Martin Chuzzlewit
1B A collection of which birds is sometimes called a "stare"?
Owls
2A Who played "M" in the Bond film Goldeneye?
Judi Dench
2B Which was the first bird released from Noah's Ark?
Raven
3A In which jail was Oscar Wilde imprisoned?
Reading
3B In which jail did John Bunyan write Pilgrim's Progress?
Bedford
4A Who was the mother of Achilles, who dipped him into the River Styx?
Thetis
4B Who is the patron saint of politicians and lawyers?
St Thomas More

Round Five
1A Which group had former names the Detours and the High Numbers?
The Who
1B Which superhero had the identity Linda Lee Dawson?
Supergirl
2A What was the name of Elvis Presley's twin brother?
Jesse
2B Which film was based on the story The Sentinel by Arthur C Clarke?
2001: A Space Odyssey
3A What does the term "avast" mean?
Stop
3B What is a funambulist?
Tightrope walker
4A Which funambulist was the first to cross Niagara Falls?
Charles Blondin
4B What is a smew?
A type of duck

Round Six
1A Which chemical element is named after a US state?
Californium
1B What circumstance is known as "St Francis's distemper"?
Shortage of money
2A How many sides does a Möbius strip have?
One
2B How many surfaces does a cone have?
Two
3A Which Irish writer married an ex-chambermaid called Nora Barnacle?
James Joyce
3B Who was the lead singer with the group Amen Corner?
Andy Fairweather Low
4A What exactly is Big Ben within the Palace of Westminster?
The bell in the clock tower
4B What is a hummum?
A Turkish bath

Round Seven
1A Who was the first Astronomer Royal?
John Flamsteed
1B Daisy Hawkins was a working title of which Beatles song?
Eleanor Rigby
2A Who currently plays Inspector George Gently on TV?
Martin Shaw
2B Which planet was discovered by Wiliam Herschel?
Uranus
3A Whom did Barack Obama defeat in the 2008 US Presidential election?
John McCain
3B Who was Obama's running mate in the 2008 US Presidential election?
Joe Biden
4A The Irish province of Ulster has nine counties, three of which are not in Northern Ireland. Name one.
Cavan; Monaghan or Donegal
4B Araucaria, Shed and Paul are names connected with which pastime?
Crosswords (all compilers)

Round Eight
1A Which film won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2009?
Slumdog Millionaire
1B Who was posthumously awarded an Oscar in 2009?
Heath Ledger
2A Which is the largest living mammal?
Blue Whale
2B In which town or city is the University of Abertay?
Dundee
3A Who was replaced in 2008 by Rachel Riley?
Carol Vorderman
3B What name is given to scoring a single, double and treble of the same number in three darts?
Shanghai
4A Nitro-hydrochloric acid was traditionally called what?
Aqua Regia (or Regis)
4B What do Americans celebrate on the first Monday in September?
Labor Day

Spare Questions
1 Who became, in1985, the world's youngest ever Chess world champion?
Gary Kasparov
2 What is, or was, a cental?
A weight of 100lb
3 Which Poet Laureate lived at Dove Cottage?
William Wordsworth
4 Who directed the film Unforgiven?
Clint Eastwood
5 Who wrote the play The Three Sisters?
Anton Chekhov
6 Over what distance is the Steeplechase run in Athletics at the Olympics?
3000 metres