Monday 29th November 2010
Set by Warrington Quiz League

Round 1
1a What was the name of the BP oil rig that exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico during 2010?
Deepwater Horizon
1b The membership of the EU increased to 27 on January 1 2007 - name either of the two countries that joined on that date.
Romania or Bulgaria
2a Robert Redford and Meryl Streep appeared together in which 1985 Oscar winning film?
Out of Africa
2b Which creature might be 'star-nosed'?
Mole
3a Evan Davis presents which TV programme?
Dragon's Den
3b The Waterloo handicap is a principal tournament in which sport?
Crown Green Bowls
4a James Harding is the editor of which daily newspaper?
Times
4b At one time the biggest beer producer in the world, Schlitz beer was known as the beer that made 'where' famous?
Milwaukee

Round 2
1a At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa what was a vuvuzela?
(Blowing) Horn
1b Who is the Prime Minister's director of communications, a former editor of the News of the World?
Andy Coulson
2a Which US organisation was created from the wartime 'Office of Strategic Services'?
CIA
2b Who is the MP for Sheffield Hallam?
Nick Clegg
3a Who won an election to become leader of the Liberal Democrats in early 2006?
Sir Menzies Campbell
3b Vancouver is the largest city in British Columbia, which city is the capital?
Victoria
4a What was the name of Johnny Cash's backing band?
Tennessee Three
4b What is the name of Honda's hybrid car similar to the Toyota Prius?
Insight

Round 3
1a Which is the smallest country in area in mainland Africa?
Gambia
1b Which bay, surrounded by Maryland and Virginia, is the largest estuary in the USA?
Chesapeake Bay
2a Which character in a Dickens novel gave her name to a hat?
Dolly Varden
2b Which British motorcycle company launched the 'Thunderbird' in 1949?
Triumph
3a In which sport is there a K-Line on the landing strip?
Ski Jumping
3b In August 2010, which singer married American actress Ayda Field?
Robbie Williams
4a Which US playwright had the first names Thomas Lanier?
Tennessee Williams
4b Which Russian cellist and composer died in 2007?
Rostropovich

Round 4
1a Of the ten longest bridges in the world, six are in China and one in Thailand, the remaining three; the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, the Manchal Swamp Bridge and the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge are all in which US state?
Louisiana
1b At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa what was a Jabulani?
A Football
2a By what name was the WW2 US fighter plane the P51 more commonly known?
Mustang
2b David McCallum and Joanna Lumley appeared together in which 1970s and 80s science fiction TV series?
Sapphire and Steel
3a Edmonton is the capital of Alberta, which is the province's largest city?
Calgary
3b The Egg Marketing Board was set up in 1956, what symbol was stamped on eggs as a mark of quality?
Lion
4a Composers Edward Elgar, Gustav Holst and Frederick Delius all died in which year?
1934
4b In December 1956 an impromptu jam session was recorded and later released under the title 'Million Dollar Quartet', Johnny Cash was one of the four, name any one of the other three.
Carl Perkins or Jerry Lee Lewis or Elvis Presley

Round 5
1a French journalist Besma Lahouri has written a biography, published in 2010, and subtitled "A Secret Life" about which political figure?
Carla Bruni (or Sarkozy)
1b Which famous Italian artist murdered a young man in a street brawl in Rome in 1606?
Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)
2a In a Dickens novel, who was the headmaster of Dotheboys Hall?
Wackford Squeers
2b Who is the MP for Doncaster North?
Ed Miliband
3a The Frieze of Parnassus consists of 169 life-size sculptures and circles the base of which London monument?
Albert Memorial
3b The sculptures of the Frieze of Parnassus are in four different groups, musicians and poets face south, painters face east and architects face north, which group of people face west?
Sculptors
4a Which remake of a 60s TV programme, starring James Caviezel, was filmed in Swakopmund in Namibia?
The Prisoner
4b Pierre Basile fired the crossbow that caused the death of which English king?
Richard I (the Lionheart)

Round 6
1a In which UK city is the Royal Portbury Dock?
Bristol
1b What is the name of the stretch of water separating Cape Horn from Antarctica?
Drake's Passage
2a In 2010 which team beat Fulham in the final to win the first Europa League?
Atletico Madrid
2b Which creature might be 'elephant-nosed'?
Fish
3a Which famous film was based on a book by the Austrian author Felix Salten?
Bambi
3b In August 2010, who married Marc Mezvinsky in Rheinbeck, New York?
Chelsea Clinton
4a Hainaut is a province of which country?
Belgium
4b 'Paul' correctly predicted the result of all of Germany's matches in the 2010 World Cup, who or what was 'Paul'?
An Octopus

Round 7
1a Which famous Victorian artist murdered his father in 1843?
Richard Dadd
1b "Haunted Heart" is a biography of which very famous contemporary author?
Stephen King
2a By what name was the WW2 fighter plane the Mitsubishi A6M more commonly known?
Zero
2b What was the name of the Chilean mine from which 33 men were rescued in October 2010?
San Jose
3a Which Labour Party leader, who was never Prime Minister, had the middle names Todd Naylor?
Hugh Gaitskill
3b In which northern town or city was the Strawberry Recording Studios where 10cc recorded most of their songs?
Stockport
4a In the title of the 1968 film, which King of England is the 'Lion in Winter'?
Henry II
4b Which US brewer produces the beer known as the 'Silver Bullet'?
Coors (or Molson Coors)

Round 8
1a Which sea separates the islands of Corsica and Sicily from mainland Italy?
Tyrrhenian Sea
1b In which city was Galileo born?
Pisa
2a What was the name of the camp set up at the surface of the San Jose mine in Chile?
Esperanza (accept Hope)
2b Ashley Cole and which other player are the only two to have achieved the cup and league double with two clubs?
Nicolas Anelka
3a In which field is the annual Pritzker Prize awarded?
Architecture
3b Which famous film series was based on a book by David Morrell?
Rambo
4a Artists Paul Gauguin, Camille Pissarro and James MacNeill Whistler all died in which year?
1903
4b Thuringia is a state of which country?
Germany

Spare Questions
1 Which herb is also known as Chinese Parsley or cilantro?
Coriander
2 Which TV presenter won the 2009 series of 'Strictly Come Dancing'?
Chris Hollins
3 Which 2009 film is set on the Alpha Centauri moon of Pandora?
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