Monday 4th January 2010
Set by Ormskirk Quiz League

Round One
1A Which American vocal group was made up of Tim Hauser, Laurel Masse, Alan Paul and Janis Siegel?
MANHATTAN TRANSFER
1B John Bercow, speaker of the House of Commons is MP for which constituency?
BUCKINGHAM
2A The Bay of Fundy lies off the eastern coast of which country?
CANADA
2B What was the name of the last surviving "Tommy", from World War I, who died in 2009, aged 111?
HARRY PATCH
3A Which product was advertised with the slogan, "Forces grey out, forces white in"?
FAIRY SNOW
3B What is the common name for the garden flower echinacea?
(PURPLE) CONEFLOWER
4A Spica is the brightest star of which constellation?
VIRGO
4B In which language was the New Testament originally written?
GREEK

Round Two
1A In Italian cooking, what kind of food is spiced to make pancetta?
PORK
1B Complete the name of the Caribbean island group, "Antigua and ..."
BARBUDA
2A Give the number of one of the holes, which make up Amen Corner on the Augusta National golf course.
11, 12, or 13
2B The classical musician, Anne-Sophie Mutter plays which instrument?
VIOLIN
3A Which Championship football league team plays its home games at the Liberty Stadium?
SWANSEA CITY
3B Which writer created the "Number I Detective Agency"?
ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH
4A What was the name of the horse that highwayman, Dick Turpin, was reputed to have ridden?
BLACK BESS
4B The family seat of which English Duke is at Bradley House in Wiltshire, with a secondary estate at Berry Pomeroy in Totnes?
DUKE OF SOMERSET

Round Three
1A Whereabouts in Scotland, is the ancestral home of the Duke of Argyll?
INVERARY CASTLE
1B Which literary character rode a horse named Dapple?
SANCHO PANZA
2A "Lark Rise to Candleford" is a popular BBC TV series. Which authoress wrote the books on which it is based?
FLORA THOMPSON
2B Which Championship football league team is based at the Keepmoat Stadium?
DONCASTER ROVERS
3A Give the surname of the classical music piano soloist sisters, Katia and Marielle?
LABEQUE
3B Who was lead singer with the Welsh pop group, "Amen Corner", popular in the late 1960's?
ANDY FAIRWEATHER LOW
4A Complete the name of the Caribbean island group, "St Vincent and..."
THE GRENADINES
4B In Japanese cooking, what kind of food is Nori?
SEAWEED

Round Four
1A Which book of the Bible recounts Paul's missionary travels?
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
1B In hich constellation can the star Antares be found?
SCORPIUS
2A By what name is the garden flowering plant hypericum commonly known?
ST JOHN'S WORT
2B Which product advertised itself as, "Milk from contented cows"?
CARNATION
3A Millvina Dean, who died in May 2009, was the last living participant of which major event?
SHE WAS THE LAST SURVIVOR OF THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC
3B Walvis Bay is the chief port of which African country?
NAMIBIA
4A Which position is currently held by Liam Donaldson?
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER OF ENGLAND
4B Which British group was formed in the late 1980's by ex-members of The Housemartins, Paul Heaton and David Hemingway?
THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH

Round Five
1A In Gustav Holst's work "The Planets Suite" which planet is termed "The Mystic"?
NEPTUNE
1B Millport, home to the smallest cathedral in the British Isles, is the main community on which island, in the Firth of Clyde?
GREAT CUMBRAE
2A Russell Harty was an English teacher and Richard Whiteley his pupil at which public school?
GIGGLESWICK
2B Tavel and Hermitage wines are produced in which French wine growing area?
RHONE VALLEY
3A In which western town, in South Dakota, did Jack McCall shoot and kill Wild Bill Hickok in 1876?
DEADWOOD
3B As what is an anti-pruritic drug used to act against?
ITCHING
4A In 2009, who became only the second woman to train a Grand National winning horse?
VENETIA WILLIAMS
4B In TV's, "Coronation Street", which comic actor played the role of the amorous undertaker, Archie Shuttleworth?
ROY HUDD

Round Six
1A Which Dutch Renaissance artist painted "The Hunters in the Snow", in 1565?
PETER BRUEGEL (The Elder)
1B Captain Dobbin and Amelia Sedley are characters from which 19th century novel?
VANITY FAIR
2A England's highest sea cliff, Great Hangman, is in which county?
DEVON
2B Which big band leader used, as his signature tune, "One O'clock Jump"?
COUNT BASIE
3A Who is the male star of the 2009 film, "The Invention of Lying"?
RICKY GERVAIS
3B How many contestants are there in Channel 4's TV game show, "Deal or No Deal"?
22
4A In which city, then in Poland, but now in Belarus, did Germany and Russia sign a peace treaty in 1918?
BREST LITOVSK
4B Under the recent vehicle registration plate nomenclature, cars beginning with the letter H, come from which area of the UK?
HAMPSHIRE

Round Seven
1A Under the recent vehicle registration plate nomenclature, cars beginning with the letter C come from which area of the UK?
WALES
1B In a railway carriage near which city in Northern France did the allies and the Germans sign the Armistice which ended WWI?
COMPIEGNE
2A Who hosts ITV's tea time quiz show, "Divided"?
ANDREW CASTLE
2B Which actor played the title role in the 2009 film, "Bruno"?
SACHA BARON COHEN
3A "Somebody Stole My Gal", was the theme tune of which band leader?
BILLY COTTON
3B Leith Hill is the highest point in which county in Southern England?
SURREY
4A The characters, General Woundwart and Hazel , appear in which 20th century literary work?
WATERSHIP DOWN
4B Which French neoclassical artist painted "The Death of Marat" in 1793?
JACQUES LOUIS DAVID

Round Eight
1A In the TV series "The Vicar of Dibley" who played the role of the verger, Alice Tinker?
EMMA CHAMBERS
1B In April 2009, ex lawn tennis player Mirka Vavrinec, married which famous sportsman?
ROGER FEDERER
2A The BCG vaccine gives immunity against which disease?
TUBERCULOSIS
2B Who, in 1882 shot and killed Jesse James in St Joseph, Missouri?
ROBERT FORD
3A Vouvray and Sancerre wines come from which wine region of France?
LOIRE VALLEY
3B Which boarding school, near Tunbridge Wells, was attended by both Princess Anne, and the actress Rachel Weisz?
BENENDEN
4A The port of Ullapool, in the Scottish highlands, lies on which loch?
LOCH BROOM
4B In Gustav Hoist's work, "The Planet Suite", which planet is known as "The Magician"?
URANUS

Spare Questions
1. In which African country is the Danikil Desert?
ETHIOPIA
2. Who is the American financier, who is nicknamed "The Sage of Omaha"?
WARREN BUFFET
3. Who was the Prime Minister of France at the outbreak of WWII?
EDOUARD DALADIER