Monday 15th November 2010
Set by Warrington Quiz League

Round 1
1a What is the name of the UKTV digital channel based on repeats of recent BBC programmes such as Top Gear?
Dave
1b Who.wrote the series of books that include "I Can Make You Skip", "I Can Make You Thin" and "I Can Make You Rich"?
Paul McKenna
2a Three Mile Island is in which US state?
Pennsylvania
2b Whose "Very Best of" album released in 2009, made her the oldest person at the time ever to appear in the top 20 album charts?
Vera Lynn
3a A 'French Press' can be used to make which drink?
Coffee (it's a cafetiere)
3b Which artist married Saskia van Uylenburg in 1634?
Rembrandt
4a How old was Adrian Mole when he wrote his Secret Diary?
13¾
4b Summerisle is the setting for which 1973 horror film?
The Wicker Man

Round 2
1a Grupo Modelo and Femsit are the two major brewing companies in which country?
Mexico
1b Brad Pitt plays the part of Benjamin Button on film, who wrote the book on which the film is based?
F Scott Fitzgerald
2a From 1981 to 2005, the Perrier Awards were made at which festival?
Edinburgh (Fringe)
2b Who was President of the USA between Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson?
William H Taft
3a Name the US President whose niece was his First Lady.
James Buchanan
3b Which company was founded in 1998 by the merger of Grand Metropolitan and Guinness?
Diageo
4a Born in 1947, James Jewel Osterberg is a rock/punk pop singer better known by what name?
Iggy Pop
4b Who is the author of the Twilight series of best-selling books?
Stephenie Meyer

Round 3
1a Many cities, including Sofia, Tallinn, St Petersburg, Warsaw, Jerusalem and Belgrade, have cathedrals dedicated to which Russian saint?
Alexander Nevsky
1b The Oscar winning film 'Aviator' was about which man?
Howard Hughes
2a The oldest airline in the world still operating under its original name was founded in 1919, which is it?
KLM
2b Which football club won the FA Cup' in 1951, 52 and 55 but haven't won a major domestic trophy since?
Newcastle United
3a What do 'Barb'' charts show?
TV ratings (British Audience Research Board)
3b Three angels are mentioned in the Bible, Gabriel, Michael and which other?
Lucifer
4a The Mariinsky Ballet was formerly known by which name?
The Kirov Ballet
4b Wisent is an alternative name for which animal?
(European) Bison

Round 4
1a Who was the first National Hunt jockey to ride more than 3000 winners?
A P McCoy
1b If a set of mathematical data is arranged in order, what name is given to the middle value?
Median
2a Which Dickens novel is subtitled A Tale of The Riots of Eighty?
Barnaby Rudge
2b Which chief's vision led to the Sioux's victory at the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn?
Sitting Bull
3a Who was the US lawyer who defended John Scopes on charges of teaching evolution in 1925?
(Clarence) Darrow
3b Which fashion items are made by. Christian Louboutin?
Shoes
4a In which country can you find Westmorland in Cornwall and Manchester in Middlesex?
Jamaica
4b Shakespeare's Measure For Measure is set in which capital city?
Vienna

Round 5
1a The Egyptian goddess of love, Hathor, has the head of which animal?
Cow
1b In which city would you find the following; Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal and Viminal?
Rome (the seven hills)
2a Yes, No and which other word are found on an Ouija board?
Goodbye
2b Who played the part of Mel Hutchwright on 'Coronation Street'?
Sir Ian McKellen
3a Which author wrote 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' and was known as the inventor of `gonzo' journalism?
Hunter S Thompson
3b Published in 1925, ' The Reckoning' was the first volume of which work?
Mein Kampf
4a Which pop group from Leeds named themselves after Leeds United footballer Lucas Radebe's former club in South Africa?
Kaiser Chiefs (they spelt it wrongly!)
4b What was the name of the seat at King Arthur's Round Table that was reserved for the knight who would one day find the Holy Grail?
The Siege Perilous

Round 6
1a What is the surname of the only father and son to have scored Test match centuries for England?
Broad (Chris & Stuart)
1b Who had a no. 1 hit in 2005 with the song 'You 're Beautiful'?
James Blunt
2a Which character in literature said "when I use a word it means just what I want it to mean, neither more nor less"?
Humpty Dumpty
2b The winner of which particular sporting competition wins the Coupe des Mousquetaires?
French Open Tennis
3a Cassius Coolidge painted pictures of dogs playing which game?
Poker
3b Which radio station, which closed in 1992, was 'Two - O - Eight, your station of the stars'?
Radio Luxembourg
4a The words 'defend the children of the poor and punish the wrongdoer' are carved on the wall of which London building?
Old Bailey
4b What are listed in `Seaby's Standard Catalogue'?
Coins (and medals)

Round 7
1a During August 2009, in which country was the ruling party voted out of office after 54 years of virtually unbroken rule?
Japan
1b Who is the only female judge sitting in Britain's Supreme Court?
Baroness Hale
2a Whose novel "The Original of Laura" has finally been published 32 years after his death?
Vladimir Nabokov
2b The world's oldest film festival awards the 'Golden Lion', in which city?
Venice
3a Which American singer died in Cardiff in April 2006, whilst on tour?
Gene Pitney
3b What was the name of the scientist who discovered radiation belts around the Earth at a height of approximately 10,000 miles?
James Van Allen
4a Edward Stanley served three terms as Prime Minister in the 19th century, he was known by what title?
Earl of Derby
4b The Indonesian capital Jakarta is on which island?
Java

Round 8
1la A publication written by Peter Singer in 1975 is seen as the beginning of which protest movement?
Animal Rights
1b Which US city is known as the 'Crescent City'?
New Orleans
2a In the Bible, who was 'eyeless in Gaza'?
Samson
2b In which sport was the 'Gordon Bennett Cup' contested?
Motor Racing (also accept Ballooning and Air Racing)
3a Which private detective last appeared in the 1959 novel `Playback'?
Philip Marlowe
3b Which artist (1844-1910) painted many jungle scenes (although he never left France) and landscapes of Paris?
Henri Rousseau
4a In which country did the 'Carnation Revolution' take place in 1934?
Portugal
4b Which institution has two buildings, the Winston Churchill and the Salvador de Madariaga? European Parliament (in Strasbourg)

Spare Questions
1 Which famous director's first film was 'Sugarland Express'?
Stephen Spielberg
2 What was invented in 1907 by Murray Spangler?
Vacuum cleaner
3 What was the first name of the widow of Martin Luther King?
Coretta