Tuesday 9th March 2010
Set by CTK Siblings (Liverpool)

Round One
1A What is the highest number on the Beaufort scale of wind measurement?
17
1B The film Kes is based on which book by the author Barry Hines?
A Kestrel for a Knave
2A The Cato Street Conspiracy was a plot to kill which British Prime Minister?
Lord Liverpool
2B Which car manufacturer's name is taken from a divinity exalted by Zororaster?
Mazda
3A Kungsholmen, Norrmalm, Sodermalm and Ostermalm are the four districts of which European city?
Stockholm
3B On TV who played the detective Frank Cannon?
William Conrad
4A Which band's name was inspired by a novel by Herman Hesse?
Steppenwolf
4B Which English football league club is based in Cleethorpes?
Grimsby Town

Round Two
1A Frenchman Henri Mouhot rediscovered which Cambodian religious monument in 1860?
Angkor Wat
1B Moshe Dayan, Danger Mouse and James Joyce were all noted for wearing what?
Eyepatch
2A Which actor played dodgy author Mel Hutchwright in Coronation Street?
Sir Ian McKellen
2B What was the name of the container ship that foundered off the SW coast of England in Early 2007?
Napoli
3A What name is shared by a churchman burnt at the stake for heresy in the 1500's and a Conservative politician who served under Margaret Thatcher?
Nicholas Ridley
3B The Jordanian capital Amman formerly had the same name as which American city?
Philadelphia
4A Hans Riegel of Bonn, Germany, formed which confectionary company in 1920?
Haribo
4B Traditionally made for agricultural workers, which elongated suet crust dumpling has a meat filling at one end and a jam one at the other?
Bedfordshire Clanger

Round Three
1A za is the intemet suffix for which country?
South Africa
1B Which company originally produced the 'Matchbox' series of die cast toys?
Lesney (LESlie and RodNEY Smith, co founders of the company)
2A First used for test match cricket on 10 November 2000, the Bangabandhu National Stadium is in which country?
Bangladesh
2B In the French version of The Simpsons which character is known as Petit Papa Noel?
Santa's Little Helper
3A In the Disney film Snow White, what is it that the Seven Dwarfs mine?
Diamonds
3B Dr Douglas C Englebart invented which aid to computing in the 1960's?
Mouse
4A Who, during a radio microphone test in 1984 said, 'I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever The bombing begins in five minutes?
Ronald Reagan
4B Which European capital city was a city-state known as Ledra in ancient times?
Nicosia

Round Four
1A Meles meles is the Latin name for which British mammal?
Badger
1B Which song was a hit for Rose Royce in 1978 and for Jimmy Nail in 1985?
Love Don't Live Here Anymore
2A What is the largest island in Asia?
Borneo
2B Which country was toured by Benny Goodman in 1962, Elton John in 1979 and Billy Joel in 1997?
Russia
3A What is the derived SI unit of energy?
Joule
3B From which children's book did Pink Floyd take the title of their 1967 album 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn'?
Wind in the Willows (Title of chapter 7)
4A What name for the Internet, the World Wide Web etc was popularised by fiction author William Gibson in his novel Neuromancer?
Cyberspace
4B Anna Smashnova played which sport professionally until 2007?
Tennis

Round Five
1A What is the highest number on the Mercalli scale of earthquake measurement?
12
1B The film Apocalypse Now is based on which novella by the author Joseph Conrad?
Heart of Darkness
2A The Ridolfi Plot planned the assassination of which British monarch?
Queen Elizabeth I
2B Which car manufacturer's name is Latin for roll?
Volvo
3A Which American city has districts called Financial, Mission, Japantown and Richmond?
San Francisco
3B On TV who played the private eye Jim Rockford?
James Garner
4A Which band was named after the 18th century agriculturalist credited with inventing the seed drill?
Jethro Tull
4B Which English football league club is based in Burslem?
Port Vale

Round Six
1A Englishman Sir Stamford Raffles rediscovered which Javanese Buddhist stupa in 1815?
Borobodur Temple
1B Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Penguin and Johnnie Cradock were all noted for wearing what?
Monocle
2A Which comedian donned a ginger wig to play wannabee romeo Eric Gartside in Coronation Street?
Peter Kay
2B Napoli is the capital of which Italian region?
Campania
3A What name is shared by a leader of the Peasants' Revolt in the 1300's and a Labour politician born in 1946?
Jack Straw
3B Which American city is named for the future King James II of England?
New York or Albany
4A Which company was founded by David Quayle and Richard Block in Southampton in 1969?
B & Q
4B Originating in the Scottish town of Forfar, which pie is made from minced beef, and sometimes onions, in shortcrust pastry folded into a semi-circular shape?
Bridie

Round Seven
1A ma is the internet suffix for which country?
Morocco
1B Meccano produced which range of die cast toys?
Dinky
2A First used for test match cricket on 12 March 1889, St George's Park is in which country?
South Africa (Port Elizabeth)
2B In the Latin American version of The Simpsons which character is known as Jefe Gorgory?
Chief Wiggum
3A In the Disney film Peter Pan what colour is Tinkerbell's dress?
Green
3B Which medical device, used for auscultation was invented by Rene Laennec in 1816?
Stethoscope
4A Who asked of a Cayman Islander, in 1994, `Aren't most of you descended from pirates??
Prince Philip
4B Which European capital city was known as Vindobona in Roman times?
Vienna

Round Eight
1A Lutra lutra is the Latin name of which British mammal?
Otter
1B Which song was a hit for Eddie Floyd in 1967 and for Amii Stewart in 1979?
Knock on Wood
2A What is the largest island in Oceania?
New Guinea
2B Who had world concert tours entitled 'Drowned World', 'Confessions' and 'Blond Ambition?
Madonna
3A What is the derived SI unit of frequency?
Hertz
3B The song "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" appears on the 1997 album 'The Healing Game', by which artist?
Van Morrison
4A On the internet what is the derogatory retronym for normal paper mail?
Snail Mail
4B Margaret Spelling was Secretary of Education under the administration of which American President?
George W Buah

Spare Questions
1 The inhabitants of which city are perjoratively called Parigots by those living outside the city?
Paris
2 The city of St Albans stands on which river?
River Ver
3 Which country's national flag features a dragon?
Bhutan or Wales
4 Which was the first group to have a number one hit in the USA for Motown Records?
The Marvelettes