Tuesday 23rd November 2010
Set by Bishop Eton (Liverpool)

Round One
1A Which novel of 1889 features a dog called Montmorency?
Three Men in a Boat
1B In information technology, for what does the L stand in LAN?
Local
2A Limestone is classed as which of the three main rock types?
Sedimentary
2B Which concert venue is the home of the Northern Sinfonia?
The Sage Gateshead
3A Who was the founder and first Artistic Director of the Royal Ballet?
Dame Ninette de Valois
3B What is the nationality of record-breaking sprinter Usain Bolt?
Jamaican
4A In which field of the arts is Terry O'Neill a leading name?
Photography
4B Which sporting event traces its roots to a match between Britain and the US at Gleneagles in 1921?
Ryder Cup

Round Two
1A Which European capital's English name is taken from "black pool" in its native language?
Dublin
1B Which stage musical features The Lambeth Walk and Leaning on a Lamp Post?
Me and My Girl
2A There are four Roman Catholic Archbishops in England: the Archbishops of Westminster, Liverpool and Birmingham are three, what is the title of the fourth?
Archbishop of Southwark
2B Which tennis player won the "golden grand slam" of all four grand slam titles and an Olympic Gold in 1986?
Steffi Graf
3A Which common wildflower has the Latin name Bellis Perennis?
Daisy
3B According to Homer, what was the name of the Cyclops blinded by Odysseus?
Polyphemus
4A Written in 1830 which composer's major symphony has the alternative title Episode in the Life of an Artist?
Hector Berlioz (Symphonie Fantastique)
4B Which European country's currency is the forint?
Hungary

Round Three
1A With what type of shop is Charing Cross Road in London traditionally associated?
Bookshop
1B Which English football league club play their home games at Gigg Lane?
Bury
2A Which UK city has the area dialling code 0113?
Leeds
2B Who is declared King at the end of Macbeth?
Malcolm
3A Which chemical element, atomic number 74, used to be called Wolfram?
Tungsten
3B Give a year in the life of the composer Camille Saint-Saens.
1835 - 1921
4A Who won Oscars for directing One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and Amadeus (1984)?
Milos Forman
4B To which order of mammals does the lemur belong?
Primates

Round Four
1A The TV series The Wire was set in which US city?
Baltimore
1B In which English city was Isambard Kingdom Brunel born in 1806?
Portsmouth
2A Who painted The Ambassadors, which hangs in the National Gallery?
Hans Holbein (the younger)
2B In geometry, what shape are the faces of a tetrahedron?
Triangle
3A During which conflict was the Battle of Blenheim fought?
War of the Spanish Succession
3B Who had their first UK number one hit in May 1999 with Swear It Again?
Westlife
4A Which sauce gets its name from the Italian for "pound" or "crush"?
Pesto
4B Brideshead is the seat of which family in Evelyn Waugh's novel?
Marchmain (accept Flyte)

Round Five
1A With which trade is Hatton Garden in London traditionally associated?
Jewellery (accept diamonds)
1B The songs Tell Me It's Not True and Marilyn Monroe come from which stage musical?
Blood Brothers
2A Which UK city has the area dialling code 0117?
Bristol
2B When Roger Federer achieved a career grand slam in 2009, he was the first man to do so since who in 1999?
Andre Agassi
3A Which chemical element, atomic number 51, used to be called Stibium?
Antimony
3B What is the nationality of Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius?
South African
4A Which surrealist experimental and fashion photographer was born in Philadelphia in 1890?
Man Ray
4B To which group of mammals does the possum belong?
Marsupials

Round Six
1A Which novel of 1838 features a dog called Bulls-eye?
Oliver Twist
1B Engineer, George Stephenson was born in a village outside which English city in 1781?
Newcastle upon Tyne
2A Based on their geological formation, what type of mountains are the Alps?
Fold
2B Which concert venue is the home of the Halle orchestra?
Bridgewater Hall
3A Who was the founder and first Director of the National Theatre?
Sir Laurence Olivier
3B Who had their first UK number one hit in July 1993 with Pray?
Take That
4A Who composed his first symphony, subtitled Winter Daydreams in 1866?
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
4B For which sporting trophy is competition still rooted in a challenge to the holders?
Americas Cup

Round Seven
1A In which US city was the original TV series CSI based?
Las Vegas
1B Which English football league club play their home games at Boundary Park?
Oldham Athletic
2A Five Anglican Bishops automatically sit in the House of Lords: the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and the Bishops of Durham and London are four, what is the title of the fifth?
Bishop of Winchester
2B Which Norwegian prince delivers the closing lines of Hamlet?
Fortinbras
3A Which common wildflowers belong to the Galanthus family?
Snowdrop
3B According to Homer, who was the Queen of Troy?
Hecuba
4A Who won Oscars for directing Platoon (1986) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989)?
Oliver Stone
4B Which European country's currency is the lev?
Bulgaria

Round Eight
1A Which Asian capital's natives call it "city of angels" in their own language?
Bangkok (Krung Thep)
1B In mobile phone technology, for what does the G stand in 3G?
Generation
2A Who painted Diana and Actaeon, acquired for the nation by the National Gallery and National Gallery of Scotland in 2009?
Titian
2B In geometry, how many vertices has a cube?
Eight
3A During which conflict was the battle of Agincourt fought?
Hundred Years War
3B Give a year in the life of the composer Maurice Ravel.
1876 - 1937
4A What type of pasta takes its name from the Italian for "little tongues"?
Linguine
4B What is the name of the family who own Mansfield Park in Jane Austen's novel?
Bertram

Spare Questions
1 Paper sizes are usually designated by the prefix A - what prefix do envelope sizes have?
C
2 In which film of 1995 did Robert De Niro and Al Pacino appear on screen together for the first time?
Heat
3 In horse racing, the English Triple Crown, last won by Nijinsky in 1970, consists of the 2,000 Guineas, Derby and which other race?
St Leger
4 What is the capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia?
Victoria
5 Which 3 letter word beginning with S has the longest entry in the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd edition)?
Set
6 Who is the patron saint of locksmiths and clockmakers?
St Peter (the apostle)