Monday 4th October 2010
Set by Warrington Quiz League

Round 1
1a Which notable building stands at 30, St Mary's Axe, London?
Swiss Re building (accept Gherkin)
1b How many faces has an icosahedron?
20 (twenty)
2a In the Olympic Games those placed first to third receive medals, what is awarded to those finishing fourth to eighth?
Diplomas (accept Certificates)
2b On which TV programme has the voice of Marcus Bentley been regularly heard for the last ten years?
Big Brother
3a Which famous novel, first published in 1818, has the sub-title 'The Modern Prometheus'?
Frankenstein
3b On which day of the week are US presidential elections traditionally held?
Tuesday
4a What was the surname of the grandfather and grandson who were presidents of the USA?
Harrison
4b Which European country was the Roman province of Lusitania?
Portugal

Round 2
1a Which is the only X-rated film to win an Oscar for Best Picture?
Midnight Cowboy
1b Daniel Arap Moi became president of which country in 1978 on the death of the country's first president?
Kenya
2a Which part of a bird is known formally as the furcula?
Wishbone
2b Which famous scientist married his cousin Emma Wedgwood?
Charles Darwin
3a Which famous military leader was Deputy Commander of NATO forces from 1951 to 1958?
Montgomery
3b At which racecourse did Lester Piggott ride both his first and last winners?
Haydock Park
4a What is the most south westerly point of mainland Europe, site of a lighthouse and a naval battle?
Cape St Vmcent
4b What is the common name of the lymphatic tissue between the back of the nose and the throat?
Adenoids

Round 3
1a The dish 'Chicken Montmorency' includes which fruit?
Cherries
1b Which creature's name is also the term given to three strikes in a row in a game of ten-pin bowling?
Turkey
2a Half of the world's mountain gorillas live in the Virunga National Park, in which country?
(Democratic Republic of the) Congo
2b How are `Mistress Ford' and `Mistress Page' known in the title of a Shakespeare play?
The Merry Wives of Windsor
3a Prior to the Law Resform Act (1996), the charge of murder could apply only if the victim died within what period from the time of the offence?
A year and a day
3b In Jerusalem, what is the 'Yad Vashem;?
Holocaust Memorial museum
4a Whose single 'Evergreen' was the best-selling record in the UK in the decade to December 31st 2009?
Will Young
4b In the USA what is the value of the banknote that is nicknamed a 'Benjamin'?
$100

Round 4
1a Prior to World War 2, racing cars were painted in different colours according to which country they represented, what colour were cars representing Germany?
Silver
1b On which river does Leeds stand?
Aire
2a Which politician, most prominent in the early 2000s, said "Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man"?
Iain Duncan Smith
2b What name is given to the small metal discs around the frame of a tambourine?
Jingles
3a Which actor played Nero in the 1976 BBC TV series 'I Claudius'?
Christopher Biggins
3b In Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', in which English town was Dracula washed ashore?
Whitby
4a Comedo is the medical term for which blemish?
Blackhead
4b At which battle of 1757 did Robert Clive defeat the Nawab of Bengal?
Plassey

Round 5
1a Who collected his 2003 Turner Prize whilst wearing a dress?
Grayson Perry
1b Which 19th century writer wrote a collection of stories for children which included 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Selfish Giant'?
Oscar Wilde
2a Which British scientist, working at CERN in 1994, developed and launched the World Wide Web?
Tim Berners-Lee
2b What was the name of the car that featured in the TV programme `The Dukes of Hazzard'?
The General Lee
3a Who composed 'Land of Hope and Glory'?
Edward Elgar
3b In which year was the General Strike in Britain?
1926
4a Whose song, Only Want To Be With You', was the first to be played on 'Top of the Pops'?
Dusty Springfield
4b 'Dusty Bin' featured on which popular 1980s TV game show?
3-2-1

Round 6
1a How was the London hospital 'St Mary Bethlehem' better known?
Bedlam
1b 'Tucker's Luck' was a spin-off from which children's TV series?
Grange Hill
2a Which island is separated from the Scottish mainland by the Sound of Sleat?
Skye
2b The ashes of author Alfred Wainwright were scattered on the summit of which Lake District fell?
Haystacks
3a Which TV programme has been presented by Lisa Riley, Jonathan Wilkes and Harry Hill?
You've Been Framed
3b The seven sisters known as the 'Pleiades' were the daughters of which legendary figure?
Atlas
4a Which small car company, based in Modena, Italy, make the `supercar' called the `Zonda'?
Pagani
4b Which famous race takes place on June 9th each year; originally it was a horse race meeting but now is a foot race?
Blaydon Races

Round 7
1a In 1964 a song about Heloisa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto was a big hit around the world, what was its title?
The Girl From Ipanema
1b Elaine Page had a top ten hit in 1981 with which song from the musical 'Cats'?
Memory
2a Which controversial movement was founded in 1928 by the Spaniard Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer y Albas?
Opus Dei
2b In which war did the Battle of Blenheim take place?
Spanish Succession
3a Which British periodical was founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steel in 1711, the current magazine bearing the title was launched in 1828?
The Spectator
3b Which jazz singer was accompanied for nearly 30 years by John Chilton's Feetwarmers?
George Melly
4a In 1929 which American bootlegger and gangster lost seven members of his gang in the St Valentine's Day Massacre?
George 'Bugs' Moran
4b Name the British submarine that during the Falklands War sank the General Belgrano?
HMS Conqueror

Round 8
1a Which author's first work was 'Babbling April' and his last 'The Tenth Man'?
Graham Greene
1b What, according to the proverb, is the thief of time?
Procrastination
2a By what name was the mathematician 'Leonardo of Pisa' better known?
Fibonacci
2b Between 1397 and 1399, which English county became a principality under King Richard , the only English county to have been honoured in this way?
Cheshire
3a At which battle of 1403 did Henry 'Hotspur' Percy die?
Shrewsbury
3b Which London institution was founded at Jonathan's Coffee House in 1773?
Stock Exchange
4a Who would be presented with the 'Venus Rosewater Dish'?
Winner of Wimbledon Ladies Singles
4b What name is given to a second full moon in a month?
Blue Moon

Spare Questions
1 Which novel, published in 1847, begins with the words "There was no possibility of taking a walk that day"?
Jane Eyre
2 In which book of the Bible are the Ten Commandments first mentioned?
Exodus
3 Who or what is known as 'Topolino' in Italy?
Mickey Mouse