Tuesday 5th January 2010
Set by Ormskirk Quiz League

Round One
1A In the stories by Michael Bond, which family finds Paddington Bear, and adopts him?
THE BROWNS
1B In which English county is the town of Market Harborough?
LEICESTERSHIRE
2A "Mama, just killed a man", is the opening line of which hit song by Queen?
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
2B Who is the writer and star of the BBC TV comedy series, "Not Going Out"?
LEE MACK
3A In 1967, the Republic of Biafra declared independence from which country?
NIGERIA
3B Which instrument is used to examine the interior of the human eye?
AN OPHTHALMOSCOPE
4A Who is the only African footballer, to have won the FIFA World Player of the Year award?
GEORGE WEAH
4B In 1988, whereabouts in England, did two commuter trains collide, killing thirty-five people?
CLAPHAM

Round Two.
1A Which former college of the University of London became independent in July 2007?
IMPERIAL COLLEGE
1B Colonel Nicholson is one of the main characters in which famous 1957 war film?
BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
2A What was the middle name of Senator Edward M Kennedy, who died in August 2009?
MOORE
2B Which composer, born in Grenoble in 1803 wrote "Benvenuto Cellini", the first of his three operas?
HECTOR BERLIOZ
3A Which actress and singer is known as J Lo?
JENNIFER LOPEZ
3B What is the name of the Huron chief, villain in the novel, "Last of the Mohicans" by James Fennimore Cooper?
MAGWA
4A What is the better known name of St Sylvester's Day?
NEW YEAR'S EVE
4B Which cyclist won Gt. Britain's first gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?
NICOLE COOKE

Round Three.
1A Who became the first English swimmer for 100 years to win two Olympic gold medals, when she won both the 400m and 800m freestyle events in Beijing?
REBECCA ADLINGTON
1B In which month of the year is Walpurgis Night celebrated in Europe and Scandinavia?
APRIL (Eve of May Day)
2A What is the name of the convict in Charles Dickens novel, "Great Expectations"?
MAGWITCH
2B Which actress and singer is known as Li Lo?
LINDSAY LOHAN
3A Which composer, born in Pesaro, in Italy, in 1792, was known by the nickname, Monsieur Crescendo?
ROSSINI
3B At which sport did Theodore "Ted" Kennedy, who died aged 83 in 2009, play fourteen seasons for the Toronto Maple Leafs?
ICE HOCKEY
4A Which well known 1987 film, featured a character named Private Pyle, played by Vincent D'Onofrio?
FULL METAL JACKET
4B In which town is the Devonshire Royal Hospital, now the Devonshire campus of the University of Derby?
BUXTON

Round Four.
1A Which vessel, loaded with new cars, sank, after a collision, in the English Channel, in 2002?
THE TRICOLORE
1B Who was the last English footballer to win the European Footballer of the Year award?' MICHAEL OWEN (2001)
2A Which joint in the human body is controlled by the radial nerve?
THE WRIST
2B In 1967, French Somaliland became the French Territory of the Afars and Issas. To what did the country change its name on gaining independence in 1977?
DJIBOUTI
3A Which musician and actor played the part of Wayne Norris in the TV series, "Auf Wiedersehen Pet"?
GARY HOLTON
3B In the hit record "Bohemian Rhapsody", by Queen, who is asked to do the fandango?
SCARAMOUCHE
4A In which English county is the town of Chipping Norton?
OXFORDSHIRE
4B With which antique dealer did Paddington Bear have his elevenses each day?
MR GRUBER

Round Five.
1A In October 1870, Britain issued its smallest ever (in size), postage stamp. It is known in philatelic circles as a bantam. How much did it cost?
A HALFPENNY
1B Which Canadian singer was born, Roberta Joan Anderson in 1943?
JONI MITCHELL
2A In the poem, "The Owl and the Pussycat", by Edward Lear, how much was paid to the pig for the ring at the end of its nose?
ONE SHILLING
2B In which European capital city are the Hofburg Imperial Palace and St Stephen's Cathedral to be found?
VIENNA
3A Which actress played the title role of Sylvia Broome on the 2005 'The Interpreter'?
NICOLE KIDMAN
3B Who was Prime Minister of Gt. Britain, under whose premiership the Life Peerages Act was introduced?
HAROLD MACMILLAN
4A What was the family name of the Italian artist, Michelangelo?
BUONAROTTI
4B Who was Lord Admiral of the English Fleet at the time of the Spanish Armada, Sir Francis Drake being his second in command?
LORD HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM

Round Six.
1A According to the opening line of the poem by W.B. Yeats, "I will arise now and go to" ....where?
INNISFREE
1B Who became the first President of the newly formed Republic of Tanzania in 1964, a position he held until his retirement in 1985?
JULIUS NYERERE
2A The body of which US President, who died in 1885, lies in Riverside Park in Manhattan, in the largest mausoleum in North America?
ULYSSES S GRANT
2B In the TV comedy 'Last of the Summer Wine', what is the name of Nora Batty's husband?
WALLY
3A The secret recipe for which famous sauce, marketed by Lea and Perrins, has recently come to light, after the disclosure that it was found in a skip near the factory?
WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE
3B In classical mythology, of what was Plutus, (not to be confused with Pluto), the God?
WEALTH
4A In 2009, Yas Marina was the circuit for which country's first ever Formula One motor race?
ABU DHABI
4B Which 19th century classical composer had the Christian name of Bedrich?
SMETANA

Rpund Seven.
1A Domenico Gaetano were the Christian name of which 19th century composer?
DONIZETTI
1B Which driver won the inaugural Formula One race in Abu Dhabi in 2009, thus cementing his runners up spot in the Formula One World Drivers Championship?
SEBASTIAN VETTEL
2A Who was the Greek God of wine, the inspirer of ritual madness and ecstasy, his Roman equivalent being Bacchus?
DIONYSUS
2B Navarin is a type of French stew, which consists of root vegetables and which kind of meat? LAMB or MUTTON
3A Which star of the TV series, "Casualty", played an IRA assassin in the TV mini series, "Harry's Game"?
DEREK THOMPSON
3B To travel from Manhattan to new Jersey, one may ride the PATH train. For what does the H in PATH stand?
HUDSON
4A FRELIMO was a political organisation that fought for independence from European rule in which African country?
MOZAMBIQUE
4B Who wrote the poem, "In Memoriam", which contains the lines, "It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all"?
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON

Round Eight.
1A Which admiral was executed in 1759, for "failing to do his utmost", during the Battle of Minorca?
ADMIRAL JOHN BYNG
1B Which famous painting, in the Rijksmuseum, has the alternative title, "The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch?
THE NIGJT WATCH
2A Who chaired the convention, which was established by the European Council in December 2001, to produce a draft Constitution for the European Union?
VALERY GISCARD D'ESTAING
2B Which 1962 film, starring Robert Mitchum in the role of Max Cady, was remade in 1991, with the part being played by Robert de Nero?
CAPE FEAR
3A What is the name of the main thoroughfare in Barcelona, which runs from the Placa de Catalunya to the sea?
LAS RAMBLAS
3B In the nursery rhyme, "There was a Jolly Miller", where did the jolly miller live?
ON THE RIVER DEE
4A Which English singer, who died in 1985, was born Terence Edward Parsons in London in 1930? MATT MONRO
4B In 1882, Britain issued a £5 postage stamp, which, up to then, was the largest British postage stamp ever printed. What colour was it?
ORANGE

Spare Questions.
1. Which film star drowned near Catalina Island, California, in 1981?
NATALIE WOOD
2. Which river enters the North Sea at Whitby in North Yorkshire?
RIVER ESK
3. Who eventually broke Bob Beamon's 23 year-old long jump record, in 1991?
MIKE POWELL