Tuesday 12th October 2010
Set by Baltic Fleet (Liverpool)

ROUND 1
1A Who chaired the 2010 Iraq Inquiry?
Sir John Chilcot
1B Which newspaper did Piers Morgan edit from 1995 to 2004?
Daily Mirror
2A Which author created the character Simon Templar?
Leslie Charteris
2B Who in 2007 was appointed Britain's first ever female Home Secretary?
Jacqui Smith
3A In which Asian country is the resort of Pattaya?
Thailand
3B Which TV series features the Sterling Cooper advertising agency?
Mad Men
4A What does the acronym SWALK on an envelope mean?
Sealed with a loving kiss
4B Whom did Mark Thompson replace as BBC Director-General in 2004?
Greg Dyke

ROUND 2
1A Which TV character is the British equivalent of Michael Scott played by Steve Carell on US television?
David Brent
1B What does the word 'erstwhile' mean?
Former, formerly (accept anvthing similar)
2A Name the chief town on the Isle of Skye.
Portree
2B Hydrargyrum is another name for which chemical element?
Mercury (hence Hg)
3A Which football team was founded in 2002 and, after four promotions, started the 2009-10 season in the Blue Square Conference Premier, one step from the Football League?
(AFC) Wimbledon
3B Guy Garvey is the lead vocalist of which award-winning Bury-based band?
Elbow
4A Politician George Osborne stands to inherit a substantial share of his father's companv Osborne and Little. What do they make?
(Luxury) wallpaper
4B Name the unseeded tennis player who won the 2009 US Open in only her third tournament since coming out of retirement.
Kim Clijsters

ROUND 3
1A In which town or city does the Rugby Union team Ospreys play its home games?
Swansea
1B Which politician said in 2000, 'I know the human being and fish can co-exist peacefully.'?
George W Bush
2A Which Spanish artist painted the 'Rokeby Venus', completed in 1651?
Velazquez.
2B How did Dr Conrad Murray make the news in unwelcome circumstances in 2009-10?
Accused of causing Michael Jackson's death.
3A Name the Dubai tower officially opened in 2010 which is now the world's tallest building.
Burj Khalifa
3B Snail porridge is a dish associated with which famous chef?
Heston Blumenthal
4A What 9-letter word beginning with G means a local official in the German Nazi Party?
Gauleiter
4B PH Newby was the winner of the first what in 1969?
Booker Prize

ROUND 4
1A Who was the Greek god of the winds?
Aeolus
1B Name the police officer who commanded the operation leading to the shooting of innocent Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes and who has since been promoted to Deputy Assistant Commissioner.
Cressida Dick
#2A There have been six British World Heavyweight boxing champions. Bob Fitzsmmons, Lennox Lewis, Frank Bruno and David Haye are four. Name one of the other two.
Herbie Hide, Henry Akinwande
2B Who deposed Richard II in 1399, succeeding him as King of England?
Henry IV
3A Which religion has holy books called the Vedas?
Hinduism
3B Who in 2002 was the youngest man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?
Adrien Brody (29)
4A Actor Gary Webster took over as an eponymous character in which TV series of the 70s and 80s?
Minder
4B Which primates, whose name is derived from the Latin for 'spirits of the dead', are endemic to Madagascar and surrounding islands?
Lemurs

ROUND 5
1A Who chaired the 2003-4 Inquiry into the suspicious death of MOD scientist. Dr David Kelly?
Lord Hutton
1B Which daily newspaper is owned by the Scott Trust?
The Guardian
2A Robert Langdon is a central character in books by which writer?
Dan Brown
2B Which parliamentary constituency does Jack Straw represent?
Blackburn
3A Name the former Thailand Prime Minister (2001-6) who briefly owned Manchester City football club from 2007-8.
Thaksin Shinawatra
3B Which TV series features the Chatsworth Estate?
Shameless
4A For what, in the world of finance, does the I stand in the acronym ISA?
Individual (Savings Account)
4B Which former Royal Mail Chief Executive was appointed Chief Executive of ITV in 2010?
Adam Crozier

ROUND 6
1A What does Russian, Aleksandr Orlov, do on British television?
Advertises the Compare the Market website - he's the meerkat
1B What does the word 'wherefore' mean, as In the phrase, 'Wherefore art thou Romeo?'
Why
2A Port Ellen is the chief town on which Scottish island, the most southern of the Inner Hebrides?
Islay
2B Natrium was the original name for which element?
Sodium
3A The Eredivisie is the top football league in which country?
Netherlands
3B Tom Fletcher is a lead vocalist with which band, named after a character in a 1985 film? McFly (from Back to the Future)
4A Name the Tory MP, the son of a former Lord Chancellor, accused of claiming over £2000 expenses to have the moat at his country estate cleaned out.
Douglas Hogg
4B Name the Swedish tennis player who in recent years has ended long unbeaten records by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
Robin Soderling

ROUND 7
1A At which sporting venue would you find the Valley of Sin?
St Andrews (big hollow just before 18th green)
1B Which American said in 2008, 'They are also building schools for the Afghan children so there is hope and opportunity in our neighbouring country of Afghanistan'?
2A Which Spanish artist painted 'The Persistence of Memory' completed in 1931?
Salvador Dali
2B A seemingly discredited 1998 research paper into what damaged the reputation of Dr Andrew Wakefield?
Dangers of MMR vaccine (link to autism/bowel disorder)
3A The Petronas Towers, the world's tallest twin towers, are in which Asian city?
Kuala Lumpur
3B What did chef Gino D'Acampo win in 2009?
I'm a Celebrity, Get Me
Out of Here
4A What 7-letter word beginning with J is a nickname for a US marine?
Jarhead
4B Hilary Mantel's 2009 Booker Prize-winning novel is about the rise to power of which Tudor politician, a minister of Henry VIII?
Thomas Cromwell

ROUND 8
1A Which god is the twin brother of the goddess Artemis?
Apollo
1B Name the former Metropolitan Police Commander convicted in 2010 of perverting the course of justice and sentenced to 4 years imprisonment.
Ali Dizaei
2A What is the nationality of Manny Pacquiao, considered by many the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
Filipino
2B Titus Oates was a ringleader of the Popish plot to kill which English King in 1678?
Charles II
3A The Torah and Talmud are holy books in which religion?
Judaism
3B The film 'The Shawshank Redemption' was based on a novella by which highly successful writer?
Stephen King
4A Mike Pratt played an eponymous character in which 60s cult TV series?
Randall & Hopkirk Deceased
4B A bird described as a 'palmiped' has which characteristic feature?
Webbed feet

Spare Questions
1 What kind of creature lives in a holt?
Otter
2 The dong is the unit of currency for which country?
Vietnam
3 Which horse won his 4th consecutive King George VI Chase at Kempton in 2009, beating Desert Orchid's record of 4 wins in 5 years?
Kauto Star
4 By what name is the building 30 St Mary Axe in the City of London colloquially known?
The Gherkin
5 A league was an old unit of measurement equal to how many miles?
Three
6 Film director Sam Mendes was married to which actress?
Kate Winslet
7 Which former FA Chief Executive once played as a midfielder for Tranmere Rovers?
Mark Palios
8 Trade union leader Jack Dromey is married to which politician?
Harriet Harman