Tuesday 12th January 2010
Set by Top Shed (Liverpool)

ROUND ONE
1a Ilex aquifolium is the botanical name for which tree?
(Common) HOLLY
1b From which language do we get the words admiral, magazine and assassin?
ARABIC
2a In opera 'The Marriage of Figaro' who does Figaro marry?
SUSANNA
2b Who, in the Old Testament, was born at Gath one of the 'five cities of the plains'?
GOLIATH
3a In which of Shakespeare's plays do the characters Orsino, Malvolio and Toby Belch appear?
TWELFTH NIGHT
3b What are produced by the lachrymal glands?
TEARS
4a Which ground spice is used to flavour goulash?
PAPRIKA
4b In the Oscar acting categories, which actor has received the most nominations?
JACK NICHOLSON

ROUND TWO
1a From which language do we get the words dinghy, shampoo and dungarees?
HINDI
1b Taxus baccata s the botanical name for which tree?
YEW
2a Who, in the New Testament, claimed to be 'a citizen of no mean city'?
SAUL/ST PAUL
2b Who is the heroine of the opera 'Fidelio'?
LEONORA
3a Which organ of the body produces bile?
LIVER
3b In which of Shakespeare's plays do the characters Oliver, Jaques and Touchstone a clown appear?
AS YOU LIKE IT
4a In the Oscar acting categories, which actress has received the most nominations?
MERYL STREEP
4b What is the main ingredient of the soup borsch?
BEETROOT

ROUND THREE
1a What is the capital of Montenegro?
PODGORICA
1b Who is the medieval detective in the series of crime novels by C.J.Sanson?
MATTHEW SHARDLAKE
2a Who was the Commander of the Union Army at the Battle of Gettysburg?
GEORGE MEADE
2b Striding Edge is a ridge leading to which Lakeland mountain?
HELVELLYN
3a Gaius Octavius (Octavian) is better known as which Roman Emperor?
AUGUSTUS
3b From which musical does the song 'Younger than Springtime' come?
SOUTH PACIFIC
4a Which word appears in the name of all Japanese merchant ships?
MARU
4b In which year was the M1 Motorway opened?
1959

ROUND FOUR
1a What is the name of the Swedish policeman in the series of novels by Henning Mankel?
(Kurt) WALLANDER
1b What is the capital of Uzbekistan?
TASHKENT
2a Fletcher Christian, the Bounty mutineer and the poet William Wordsworth were both born in which Cumbrian town?
COCKERMOUTH
2b Which British territory was captured by the Japanese on Christmas Day 1941?
HONG KONG
3a From which musical does the song The Night They Invented Champagne' come?
GIGI
3b The Roman Emperor Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanica was better known by which nickname?
CALIGULA (LITTLE BOOTS)
4a In which year was the breathalyser introduced in Great Britain?
1967
4b In naval warfare for what is a paravane used for?
MINE SWEEPING

ROUND FIVE
1a With which instrument do you associate jazz musician Charlie Mingus?
DOUBLE BASS
1b The Belgian beers from Chimay, Orval and Rochefort monasteries are all brewed by which order of monks?
TRAPPISTS
2a Who was the original quizmaster of the TV series 'They Think It's All Over'?
NICK HANCOCK
2b Woburn Abbey is the family seat of which duke?
BEDFORD
3a Which is Britain's smallest bird?
GOLDCREST
3b Which of the United States is known as the Wolverine State'?
MICHIGAN
4a The book 'Thirteen Days' by Robert F. Kennedy is about what event?
CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
4b In which English cathedral is the Angel Choir?
LINCOLN

ROUND SIX
1a The Guiness brewery now specialises in producing stout, but which other traditional dark beer, weaker in alcohol, was also originally brewed there?
PORTER
1b With which instrument do you associate jazz musician Herbie Hancock?
PIANO
2a Inverary Castle is the family seat of which duke?
ARGYLL
2b Who was the original quizmaster of the TV series 'A Question of Sport'?
DAVID VINE
3a Which of the United States is known as the 'Badger State'?
WISCONSIN
3b Which animal's name means 'man of the jungle' in Malay?
ORANG UTAN
4a In which English cathedral are the Five Sisters windows?
YORK
4b The book 'Ten Days That Shook the World' by John Reid is about which event?
OCTOBER/RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

ROUND SEVEN
1a In Greek myth into what was Daphne turned whilst being pursued by Apollo?
LAUREL TREE
1b Which poet, killed in World War One, wrote the poems 'Adlestrop' and 'Celandine?
EDWARD THOMAS
2a To which English king was Elizabeth Woodville married?
EDWARD the FOURTH
2b Who.excluding honourary knighthoods, was the first pop singer to be knighted?
CLIFF RICHARD
3a Who was the last Prime Minister of the Great Britain to sit as Prime Minister in the House of Lords?
(Marquess of) SALISBURY
3b Who is the only man to have won to have won both the world motor cycling and Fl motor racing championships?
JOHN SURTEES
4a Callao is the main port of which country?
PERU
4b Which planet when discovered was originally called the Georgian planet?
URANUS

ROUND EIGHT
1a Which poet, who died during World War One, wrote the poems 'Peace' and 'Tiare Tahiti'?
RUPERT BROOKE
1b In Greek myth who was the beautiful youth, loved by Aphrodite and killed by a boar?
ADONIS
2a Who was the first music hall star to be knighted?
HARRY LAUDER
2b To which English king was Anne Neville married?
RICHARD the THIRD
3a Who is the only man to have won the US Open singles tennis title on three different surfaces (grass, clay, and hardcourt)?
JIMMY CONNORS
3b Whose was the shortest British premiership of the twentieth century?
ANDREW BONAR LAW
4a On which planet would you find Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in our solar system?
MARS
4b Situated on the Red Sea what is the main port of Saudi Arabia?
JIDDAH or JEDDA

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 Who, in 1632, painted 'The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp'?
REMBRANDT
2 Who had the catchphrase 'Can you hear me mother'?
SANDY POWELL
3 What was the former name of Manchester Airport?
RINGWAY
4 As what were Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder known in the title of a 1968 film?
THE PRODUCERS