Tuesday 5th October 2010
Set by Blue Lamps (Northern)

Round 1
1a As a result of Spain winning the Football World Cup in 2010 how many different teams have now won the World Cup?
EIGHT
1b Whose wife was Queen Adelaide after whom the Australian city is named?
WILLIAM IV
2a Who was the "quiet" man bass player with Queen?
JOHN DEACON
2b What is the National Flower of Belgium?
POPPY (RED)
3a Which fashion designer received a Royal Warrant in 1940 as the Queen's dressmaker?
NORMAN HARTNELL
3b Who played Arthur Seaton in the 1960 film "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"?
ALBERT FINNEY
4a What cake derives its name from the French word for lightning?
ECLAIR
4b What is the first name of the character Ironside played by Raymond Burr?
ROBERT

Round 2
la Who played Jimmy Porter in the 1959 film "Look Back in Anger"?
RICHARD BURTON
1b Which British dress designer popularised the "mini skirt" in 1960's?
MARY QUANT
2a Although her rule was brief and she was never crowned, who was the first female ruler of England (since the Norman Conquest)?
MATILIDA
2b How many different political parties are there now in Parliament as a result of the General Election of May 2010?
TEN
3a What is the National Flower of Turkey?
TULIP
3b Which chart topping band is made up of the Followill brothers Caleb, Nathan and Jared and their cousin Matthew?
KINGS OF LEON
4a What is the real first name of the character Jack Frost, played by David Jason
WILLIAM
4b In gastronomy the name of which popular dish stems from the Portuguese for wine and garlic?
VINDALOO

Round 3
1a In which month of the year is the Super Bowl final played in the USA?
FEBRUARY
1b For which team was James Hunt driving when he won the F1 World Championship in 1976?
McCLAREN
2a Who is the TUC General Secretary?
BRENDAN BARBER
2b What was the first Christian name of the composer Chopin?
FREDERIC (FRYDERYK)
3a Who presents the TV quiz show a "Question of Genius"?
KIRSTY WARK
3b Which missing adventurer's wrecked aircraft and bodily remains were found in California in October 2008?
STEVE FOSSETT
4a Who wrote the book "The Ghost" released as a film in 2010?
ROBERT HARRIS
4b Which Liverpool group had a top ten hit in 1964 with the song "I Think Of You"?
MERSEYBEATS

Round 4
1a In which county is Burghley House venue for the Burghley Horse Trials?
LINCOLNSHIRE
1b Who is the husband of Harriet Harman who has just been elected as an MP (May 2010)?
JACK DROMEY
2a Name one of the two wives of Henry VIII who had been married previously.
CATHERINE OF ARAGON, CATHERINE PARR
2b Who wrote the book the "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"?
STIEG LARSSON
3a Which instrument has the highest pitched note in an orchestra?
PICCOLO
3b What was unusual about the trial of John Twomey, Peter Bale, Glen Cameron and Barry Hibberd that took place at the Old Bailey in 2010?
THERE WAS NO JURY
4a Which Liverpool Group had a top ten hit in the 1963 with the song "Hello Little Girl"?
FOURMOST
4b Who introduces the TV Quiz Show "Pointless"?
ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG

Round 5
1a In which country was the 2010 football African Nations Cup held?
ANGOLA
1b Which Englishman who died in 1973 lived in a house called 'Firefly' in Jamaica?
NOEL COWARD
2a Distilled in the hills of Kentucky since 1795 which brand of Bourbon takes its name from the man who rebuilt the business following prohibition?
JIM BEAM
2b Who played The Prisoner in the recent TV remake?
JIM CAVIEZEL
3a Of which 1728 opera is Macheath the hero?
BEGGARS OPERA
3b Which breed of dog takes its name from the Russian word meaning fast or swift?
BORZOI
4a In the J. M. Barrie play who was the resourceful butler to the Earl of Loam?
THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON
4b In which year was construction of the Berlin Wall started?
1961

Round 6
1a In 1961 who was enthroned as the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury?
MICHAEL RAMSEY
1b Who said "Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men, but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy?
DR JOHNSON
2a Bempton Cliffs in Yorkshire form the only British Mainland colony for which bird?
GANNET
2b Whose portrait was painted by the fictional artist Basil Hallward?
DORIAN GRAY
3a Which TV animated series features the comedic antics of Peter and Louis Griffin?
FAMILY GUY
3b Which county will host the 2016 European Football Championships?
FRANCE
4a Who lived and had a photographic studio at 59 Rodney Street, Liverpool?
EDWARD CHAMBRE HARDMAN
4b What musical composition was inspired by paintings by the artist Victor Hartmann? MOUSSORGSKYS "PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION"

Round 7
1a John Shepherd-Barron who died in May 2010 is credited with being the inventor of what, which was first used in 1967 by Reg Varney?
ATM (CASH DISPENSER)
1b What does a lactometer measure?
DENSITY OF MILK
2a Orange juice and Galliano are two of the three ingredients of a Harvey Wallbanger, what is the third?
VODKA
2b Name either of the two islands that are the natural habitat for the orang-utan.
BORNEO, SUMATRA
3a What was the name of the murderer that the crowds told Pilate to free rather than Jesus?
BARABBAS
3b In which US state is the Dollywood Theme Park?
TENNESSEE
4a In 1675 the Rev. John Flamsteed was the first person to hold which position?
ASTRONOMER ROYAL
4b The 2009 film "Telstar" told the story of which record producer?
JOE MEEK

Round 8
1a In which US state is Fort Sumter where the first shots were fired in the American Civil War?
SOUTH CAROLINA
1b According to the book of Revelation on what horse does Death ride?
A PALE HORSE
2a Who directed the 2010 film version of Alice in Wonderland?
TIM BURTON
2b What position was John Dryden appointed to in 1668?
POET LAUREATE
3a What does a craniometer measure?
(THE BONES OF) THE SKULL
3b Raita is an Indian sauce or dip, what is always used as a base?
YOGHURT
4a Which small rodent highly valued for its fine silky fur lives almost exclusively in the Andes?
CHINCHILLA
4b Chris Haney who died in June 2010 aged 59 was co-creator of which board game?
TRIVIAL PURSUIT

Spare Questions
1 What was the name of the Suffolk Mill that became the subject of a famous painting by John Constable?
FLATFORD
2 Which rust free cars were built in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland in the late 1970s?
DE LOREAN
3 Which actress star of the film Georgy Girl died in May 2010?
LYNN REDGRAVE
4 What is Britain's oldest colony?
BERMUDA
5 What unit of measurement is equivalent to nine gallons?
FIRKIN
6 In the extreme activity known as BASE jumping what does the "A" in the acronyms BASE stand for?
ANTENNA