Tuesday 16th November 2010
Set by Northern Quiz League

Round 1
1a Who wrote the line 'The Child is Father of the Man'?
WORDSWORTH
1b What does an Oenophile love?
WINE
2a In football, two men have each won the European Footballer of the Year Award on three occasions, Johann Cruff is one, name the other.
MICHEL PLATINI
2b What was the real name of the criminal known as Papillon?
HENRI CHARRIERE
3a Which German City was once head of the Hanseatic League, and is known for its marzipan?
LUBECK
3b Name Frank Sinatra's Oscar winning song from the 1959 movie, `A Hole in the Head'.
HIGH HOPES
4a In which sport is the volley always a foul shot?
TABLE TENNIS
4b In which decade of the 20 century was the Sydney Harbour Bridge officially opened?
1930's

Round 2
1a The magazine 'Private Eye' gave the nickname 'The Bouncing Czech' to which man?
ROBERT MAXWELL
1b 'You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive' were the first recorded words spoken by which literary character?
SHERLOCK HOLMES
2a Lentigenes is the medical term for what?
FRECKLES
2b Which famous sportsman was born at Heswall, Wirral in 1955?
IAN WITHAM
3a Which character was the most famous creation of cartoon film animator, Walter Lantz?
WOODY WOODPECKER
3b There are two perennial vegetables, rhubarb and which other?
ASPARAGUS
4a According to Christian tradition which saint was the mother of the Virgin Mary?
ANNE
4b The Spanish drink calimocho consists of red wine mixed with what?
COLA

Round 3
1a Which current UK Soap actress represented the UK in the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest with 'A Message to your Heart'?
SAMANTHA JANUS
1b Which newspaper introduced the Sudoku Puzzle to the UK in 2004?
THE TIMES
2a What is the highest peak in the Republic of Ireland?
CARRAUNTOOHIL
2b Which moor is the setting of the novel 'Lorna Doone'?
EXMOOR
3a Which long-running British TV crime series was created by writer Glen Chandler?
TAGGART
3b In which town or city are the headquarters of the University of Surrey located?
GUILDFORD
4a Who composed the opera 'The Rape of Lucretia'?
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
4b Name the 7th President of the United States who had been imprisoned by the British in the War of Independence?
ANDREW JACKSON

Round 4
1a Other than a film soundtrack, which pop album has spent most weeks in the UK Album Charts in total?
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
1b In the Scottish Football League, in which City do St Johnstone play their home matches?
PERTH
2a Who was four years late in collecting his Nobel Prize for Literature which was originally awarded in 1970?
SOLZHENITSYN
2b Name the Prime Minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971 who fostered Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War?
JOHN GORTON
3a In 1902 who succeeded his uncle, Lord Salisbury, as British Prime Minister?
BALFOUR
3b Alphabetically, which is the first team in cricket's County Championship?
DERBYSHIRE
4a In which film did Sean Connery play Franciscan Friar William of Baskerville?
THE NAME OF THE ROSE
4b Name either of the two planets which lie between the Earth and the Sun.
MERCURY/VENUS

Round 5
1a Which poet wrote the line 'Gather Ye Rosebuds Whilst Ye May'?
ROBERT HERRICK
1b Tacophobia is the fear of what?
SPEED
2a From which club did Everton sign winger David Ginola in 2002?
ASTON VILLA
2b What was the real name of the criminal known as 'The Monster of Dusseldorf?
PETER KURTEN
3a The name of which European capital translates into English as 'Log Island'?
STOCKHOLM
3b Name the Oscar winning song from Mary Poppins?
CHIM CHIM CHER-EE
4a In which famous school was the game of squash invented in the 20th century?
HARROW SCHOOL
4b What year saw the abolition of the death penalty for murder in Britain?
1969

Round 6
1a What was the Christian name of Al Capone?
ALPHONSE
1b The headquarters of Interpol are in which city?
LYONS
2a What do you do when you nictate?
BLINK
2b Which stage and screen actor was born in Huyton, Liverpool in 1908?
REX HARRISON
3a Who has played Queen Elizabeth I on TV and Queen Elizabeth II in film in the last decade?
HELEN MIRREN
3b What kind of plant is a saguaro?
CACTUS
4a The Old Testament contains two instances of talking animals, the serpent in the garden is one, name the other?
BALAAM'S ASS
4b What is the name of the soft white Belgian cheese with a very strong smell and flavour?
LIMBURGER

Round 7
1a Name the musician who succeeded Cherie Blair as Chancellor of the Liverpool John Moores University in 2007.
BRIAN MAY
1b Which is the oldest Sunday national newspaper in the UK still in circulation?
OBSERVER
2a In the Republic of Ireland, in which town or city are the administrative HQ for the County of Kerry?
TRALEE
2b In which city is the novel and film 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning' set?
NOTTINGHAM
3a Which long running UK TV crime series was based on a creation by crime novelist, R D Wingfield?
A TOUCH OF FROST
3b In which city are the HQ of the University of Warwick located?
COVENTRY
4a Who composed the opera `Bluebeards Castle?
BARTOK
4b Name the only Quaker to be elected President of the United States?
RICHARD M NIXON

Round 8
1a Who has had most number one's in the UK Pop Album charts, in total by a British single artist?
ROD STEWART
1b In the Scottish Football League, which team plays its home matches in Dumfries?
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH
2a Described as 'the paramount icon of our age', who did 'Time' Magazine name as the person of the 20th century?
ALBERT EINSTEIN
2b Which city is the most northerly stop of the Marakesh Express?
TANGIER
3a What is the name of the chief island of the Seychelles?
MAHE
3b What is the name of the knife with a curved blade that is associated with the Gurkhas?
KUKRI
4a Glen Ford played which legendary golfer in the 1950's Hollywood biopic, 'Follow the Sun'?
BEN HOGAN
4b Name the lake in Ethiopia which is the source of the Blue Nile?
LAKE TANA

Spare Questions
1 Name the castle in the Isle of Wight where Charles I was imprisoned.
CARISBROOKE
2 Which movie musical with songs by Tom Watts and Crystal Gayle did Francis Ford Coppola direct?
ONE FROM THE HEART
3 Who was the mother of Achilles?
THETIS
4 Born in 1811, Chang and Eng were officially the world's first what?
SIAMESE TWINS
5 The Wood Sorrell plant is more commonly known as what?
SHAMROCK
6 FITA is the World Governing Body in which sport?
ARCHERY
7 Which actor played the role of Osric uncredited in Kenneth Branagh's film version of Hamlet?
ROBIN WILLIAMS
8 What is the name of Cristiano Ronaldo's designer label and boutique?
CR7