Monday 11th October 2010
Set by Nomads (Wirral)

Round 1
1a Who became the first Chancellor of the reunited Germany in 1990?
Helmut Kohl
1b What is the name of the mausoleum near Windsor where Queen Victoria and Prince Albert are buried?
Frogmore
2a Which horse won the 2010 Aintree Grand National?
Don't Push It
2b With regard to vehicle taxation what precisely does the letter 'N' stand for in the acronym 'SORN'?
Notification (Statutory Off Road)
3a 'Zorro' is the Spanish word for which animal?
Fox
3b Which character did Julia Roberts play in the Steven Spielberg film 'Hook'?
Tinkerbell
4a Which US company has recently taken over Cadbury's?
Kraft
4b What was the name of the boat on which newspaper magnate Robert Maxwell was last seen alive?
Lady Ghislaine

Round 2
1a Which of the British pre-decimalisation coins portrayed a portcullis on its reverse side?
Threepenny piece (or bit)
1b On which radio programme has Evan Davis been a regular presenter since April 2008?
Today
2a Baron Haussmann was responsible for the 19th century renovation of which city?
Paris
2b Which entertainer was originally billed, as a child, as 'The Mighty Atom'?
Bruce Forsyth
3a Who launched the SkyTrain air service on 26 September 1977?
Freddie Laker
3b Which famous biblical character was born in Gath, according to the Book of Samuel?
Goliath
4a Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the UK, but which mountain comes next in height?
Ben MacDhui
4b Which online bank was established by the Prudential in 1998?
Egg

Round 3
1a In Greek legend which prophetess daughter of King Priam was the foreteller of doom but was cursed never to have her prophecies believed?
Cassandra
1b Who won the 2010 World Professional Snooker Championship?
Neil Robertson
2a Which Benjamin Britten opera was composed to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth the Second?
Gloriana
2b Who did Idi Amin replace as president of Uganda in 1971?
Milton Obote
3a What name is given to the horizontal bar which joins the legs of furniture?
Stretcher
3b Which type of pasta literally takes its name from the Italian for 'butterfly'?
Farfalle
4a What is a Suffolk Punch?
A breed of (draught) horse
4b What was the name of the world's first nuclear powered submarine?
Nautilus

Round 4
1a Which square is diagonally opposite 'Go' on a standard Monopoly board?
Free Parking
1b Which car company produces a model called the Yeti?
Skoda
2a On which river does the Kariba Dam stand?
Zambezi
2b By what name is the medical condition Pertussis more commonly known?
Whooping Cough
3a Bathsheba Everdene is the female protagonist of which Thomas Hardy novel?
Far From the Madding Crowd
3b Which daughter of Minos of Crete gave Theseus the thread which enabled him to find his way out of the labyrinth?
Ariadne
4a Which flag is flown by a vessel about to leave port?
Blue Peter
4b Who wrote the opera 'The Girl of the Golden West'?
Giacomo Puccini

Round 5
1a Which British Prime Minister was born in Portsmouth in 1912?
James Callaghan
1b What is the most northerly motorway in Britain?
M90 (at Perth)
2a Which country's national airline is called Garuda?
Indonesia
2b According to the nursery rhyme who 'kissed the girls and made them cry'?
Georgie Porgie
3a Which musical features the song 'The Rhythm of Life'?
Sweet Charity
3b Which championship golf course has holes named 'Flowering Crab Apple', 'Firethorn' and 'Azalea'?
Augusta (National)
4a Who wrote "He who can does. He who cannot, teaches"?
George Bernard Shaw
4b In which year was the International Garden Festival held in Liverpool?
1984

Round 6
1a By what name is vitamin B2 also known?
Riboflavin
1b What is the name of the largest of Jupiter's moons?
Ganymede
2a According to the nursery rhyme, where did the Muffin Man live?
Drury Lane
2b During an infamous court case who said of Lord Astor's denial "Well he would, wouldn't he"?
Mandy Rice-Davies
3a Historically which royal figure was known as Farmer George?
King George III
3b In which James Bond film does Britt Ekland appear?
The Man with the Golden Gun
4a Which river flows into the Dead Sea?
River Jordan
4b Klagenfurt International Airport is located in which country?
Austria

Round 7
1a What is the French equivalent of the London Stock Exchange?
The Bourse
1b In which country did the Velvet Revolution of November 1989 take place?
Czechoslovakia
2a Which pop group had a number one hit record in the 1990s with 'Don't Look Back in Anger'?
Oasis
2b Which Poet Laureate also wrote detective stories under the name of Nicholas Blake?
Cecil Day Lewis
3a In which sport did Scot Graeme Obree twice become World Champion?
Cycling
3b Who was the Republican Presidential Nominee in the 2008 American Election?
John McCain
4a What is the mascot for the 2012 London Paralympic Games called?
Mandeville
4b In the Bible, on the road to where did Cleopas encounter Jesus?
Emmaus

Round 8
1a Who is the fictional detective, known as the female James Bond, created by Peter O'Donnell?
Modesty Blaise
1b By what name is the steam locomotive wheel arrangement of 4-6-2 known?
Pacific
2a What does the letter 'S' stand for in the acronym 'GCSE'?
Secondary
2b Which comedian's catchphrases included "Shut that door"?
Larry Grayson
3a In which country did General Jaruzelski impose martial law in 1981?
Poland
3b What was the nickname of Henry Percy, the eldest son of the first Earl of Northumberland?
Hotspur
4a What is the opposite of the word 'nadir'?
Zenith
4b What kind of acid is normally used in a car battery?
Sulphuric Acid

Spare Questions
1 Which composer's oratorios include 'The Kingdom' and 'The Dream of Gerontius'?
Edward Elgar
2 Which Rugby League team is nicknamed 'The Wildcats'?
Wakefield Trinity
3 What is the Spanish word for the colour yellow?
Amarillo
4 What was the stage name of the British comedian Chaim Reuben Weintrop?
Bud Flanagan