Monday 22nd November 2010
Set by Ormskirk Quiz League

ROUND 1
1a The motor racing circuit of Mallory Park is in which county?
LEICESTERSHIRE
1b Which tennis player holds the record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles?
MARGARET COURT
2a The Rodgers and Hart musical 'The Boys from Syracuse' is based on which Shakespeare play?
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
2b Of which country is Vaclav Klaus the current President?
CZECH REPUBLIC
3a Ben Fogle, the TV presenter and adventurer is the son of which well-known actress?
JULIA FOSTER
3b Who speaks the only word in Mel Brooks' 1976 film 'Silent Movie'?
MARCEL MARCEAU
4a Name the science fiction author of 'I, Robot'.
ISAAC ASIMOV
4b In which year were £1 coins introduced?
1983

ROUND 2
1a In which country is Timbuktu?
MALI
1b On which horse-racing track is the Rowley Mile?
NEWMARKET
2a Give a year in the life of Ethelred the Unready.
968-1016
2b Traditionally, what was the trade of a chandler?
CANDLE-MAKER/SELLER
3a In Time Magazine's 100 most important people of the 20th Century, who was the only painter to feature?
PABLO PICASSO
3b Who was the Vanity Fair photographer responsible for the cover featuring a naked, pregnant Demi Moore?
ANNIE LEIBOVITZ
4a With a seating capacity of 150 000, in which country is the largest football stadium in the world?
NORTH KOREA
4b Shirley, Harbinger and Moneymaker are varieties of what?
TOMATOES

ROUND 3
1a Who did 'Arthur' help to achieve sporting success in February 2010?
AMY WILLIAMS
1b Which is the longest European river that drains into the Atlantic Ocean?
TAGUS
2a In the term ESOL, for what does the O stand?
OTHER (ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES)
2b Name the fashion designer murdered outside his Miami Beach home in 1997.
GIANNI VERSACE
3a Who was the founder of the Sikh religion?
GURU NANAK
3b Name the British cyclist who won 6 stages of the 2009 Tour de France.
MARK CAVENDISH
4a Mrs Todgers is a character in which Dickens novel?
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
4b Which musical is set in the fictional English town of Everington?
BILLY ELLIOT

ROUND 4
1a Who was the creator of the TV comedy series Last of the Summer Wine?
ROY CLARKE
1b As what is the medical condition pertussis more commonly known?
WHOOPING COUGH
2a Name the Latvian born dancer from the Kirov Ballet who defected to the West in 1974.
MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV
2b Name the landlocked country which has borders with Kosovo, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece and Albania.
MACEDONIA
3a What is the name of Prospero's daughter in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
MIRANDA
3b Who was the author of the literary work 'A Mask presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634' a work more commonly known as 'Comus'?
JOHN MILTON
4a Which newly appointed UK Junior Health Minister said in 1986 'People in the North die of
ignorance and crisps'?
EDWINA CURRIE
4b In the traditional English language nursery rhyme 'Solomon Grundy', on which day did he 'take ill'?
THURSDAY

ROUND 5
1a The motor racing circuit of Thruxton is in which county?
HAMPSHIRE
1b Which tennis player won 19 Grand Slam titles including singles wins at Wimbledon in 1959, 1960
and 1964?
MARIA BUENO
2a The songs 'My Funny Valentine' and 'The Lady is a Tramp' were first featured in which Rodgers & Hart musical?
BABES IN ARMS
2b Of which country did Bronislaw Komorowski become President this year?
POLAND
3a Name the actress who played the role of Rachel Bradley in the comedy series 'Cold Feet' and also
featured in a number of episodes of 'Friends'.
HELEN BAXENDALE
3b What is Dorothy's surname in 'The Wizard of Oz'?
GALE
4a William Sydney Porter was the real name of which famous short story writer?
O'HENRY
4b In which year was the £2 coin issued and introduced in the UK, although minted in the previous year?
1998

ROUND 6
1a In which country is El Alamein?
EGYPT
1b Which horse-racing track is at Prestbury Park?
CHELTENHAM
2a Give a year in the life of Edward I (Longshanks).
1239-1307
2b What was the traditional trade of a wainwright?
WAGON MAKER/REPAIRER
3a Who was the only fictional character to feature in Time Magazine's 100 most important people of the 20th Century?
BART SIMPSON
3b Name the photographer, stage and film designer, well-known for his fashion photography and society portraits. He won Academy Awards for costume design for 'My Fair Lady' & `Gigi'.
CECIL BEATON
4a Which club has the smallest football stadium in the English Football League?
ACCRINGTON STANLEY
4b Alaska, Laxton's progress and Mr Big are varieties of what?
PEAS

ROUND 7
1a Who was appointed captain of the US golf team for the 2010 Ryder Cup?
COREY PAVIN
1b Which is the longest European river that drains into the Mediterranean Sea?
EBRO
2a In the term NIACE for what does the A stand?
ADULT (NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADULT CONTINUING EDUCATION)
2b Name the man who held the Royal Warrant as Dress Designer to Queen Elizabeth from 1955-1990.
HARDY AMIES
3a Who was the founder of the Christian Science movement?
MARY BAKER EDDY
3b Who was dismissed as the Chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in October 2009?
PROFESSOR DAVID NUTT
4a Dick Swiveller is a character in which Dickens novel?
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
4b Which musical is set in the fictional country known as the Pride Lands?
THE LION KING

ROUND 8
1a Who partnered Jimmy Perry in writing `Dad's Army'?
DAVID CROFT
1b By what name is the medical term epistaxis more commonly known?
NOSEBLEED
2a In which year did Rudolf Nureyev defect to the West?
1961
2b Which European country has land borders with Austria, Hungary, Italy and Croatia?
SLOVENIA
3a In 'The Tempest' what is the name of the monster, son of Sycorax the witch?
CALIBAN
3b Name the author and playwright best known for `Alfie' and 'Spring and Port Wine'.
BILL NAUGHTON
4a Which broadcaster said 'South Koreans are too busy eating dogs to design a decent car'?
JEREMY CLARKSON
4b In the Scottish folk song and nursery rhyme, who was 'the man who lived in the moon'?
AIKEN DRUM

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 What is the stage name of Dylan Mills?
DIZZEE RASCAL
2 Which Greek philosopher founded the Stoics?
ZENO
3 The winner of which sporting event is awarded the Venus Rosewater Dish?
LADIES SINGLES AT WIMBLEDON