Monday 18th October 2010
Set by Warrington

Round 1
1a Bonnie and Clyde were notorious US gangsters in the inter-war years, what was Clyde's surname?
Barrow
1b The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde was a no.1 hit in 1967 for which singer?
Georgie Fame
2a Who created the Barry McKenzie cartoon strip in the 1960s?
Barry Humphries
2b Name one of the suits that can be found in a pack of Tarot cards.
Cups, Swords, Pentacles and Wands
3a For what does the 'J' stand in the computer file format jpeg?
Joint (Photographics Experts Group)
3b Which awards are made each year at about the same time as the Oscars, but are for the year's worst films?
The Golden Raspberries (accept The Razzies)
4a What name is given to the tall slim, stemmed glasses in which sparkling wine should be served?
Flutes
4b What is the name of the branded drink, introduced in 1953, it was the first alcoholic drink advertised on British TV and was shown being served in a 'champagne saucer'?
Babycham

Round 2
1a Which element has the atomic number 55 and the chemical symbol Cs?
Caesium
1b Which British Prime Minister was born in 1883 and was first elected to parliament in 1922 as MP for Limehouse?
(Clement) Attlee
2a Who wrote the political autobiography 'Pulling No Punches'?
John Prescott
2b In which English county are the towns of Wiveliscombe and Watchet?
Somerset
3a Give a year in the life of composer Antonio Vivaldi?
1678-1741
3b For what does the 'P' stand in the computer file format pdf?
Portable (Document Format)
4a In which European country is Cascais Beach?
Portugal
4b Who wrote the 19th century epic poem The Song of Hiawatha?
(Henry Wadsworth) Longfelkow

Round 3
1a The Mitchell Library is in which UK city?
Glasgow
1b In which country, which has a coastline on the eastern Mediterranean, is the red wine Chateau Musar produced?
Lebanon
2a Name one of the symbols that can be found on a pack of Zener cards?
Square, circle, cross, star and wavy line
2b Who drew the cartoon strip The Fosdyke Saga?
Bill Tidy
3a Which city will host the 2016 Olympic Games?
Rio de Janeiro
3b Which famous line was originally marked with 'crownstones' displaying a coat-of-arms on either side, many are still in place?
Mason-Dixon Line
4a Who wrote the poem How They Brought The Good News From Ghent To Aix?
Robert Browning
4b In which of the constellations of the Zodiac is the bright star Antares found?
Scorpio

Round 4
1a At the 2010 football World Cup which was the only team not to lose a game?
New Zealand (they drew all 3 group matches)
1b Which element has the atomic number 42 and the chemical symbol Mo?
Molybdenum
2a Which lighthouse, west of the Scilly Isles, marks the Eastern end of the North Atlantic shipping route at which the time for the Blue Riband is measured?
Bishop Rock
2b Who wrote the political autobiography Speaking For Myself?
Cherie Blair
3a Which awards are made each year in memory of those who have killed themselves in bizarre ways?
The Darwin Awards
3b Give a year in the life of composer Leos Janacek?
1854-1928
4a The malleus, incus, and stapes (the hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup) are the three smallest bones in the human body, how are they collectively known?
The Ossicles
4b Which fictional detective, created by Caroline Graham in novels such as Faithful Unto Death and The Killings at Badger Drift, features in a popular TV series?
(Chief Inspector Tom) Barnaby

Round 5
1a At the 2010 football World Cup who won the Golden Ball for best player?
Diego Forlan
1b Who wrote the play upon which Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov is based?
Pushkin
2a Who composed the music for the opera Elektra first performed in 1909?
Richard Strauss
2b In Greek mythology, Elektra was the daughter of which king?
Agamemnon
3a The inscription 'Bleste be the man that spares these stones, and curst be he that moves my bones' appears on whose gravestone?
William Shakespeare
3b Which south coast town is served by the local radio station Arrow FM?
Hastings (and Bexhill)
4a In which country is 'Ninety Mile Beach'?
Australia (also accept New Zealand)
4b In June 2010, Daniel Westling married Crown Princess Victoria of which country?
Sweden

Round 6
1a During 2009, in order to highlight 'global warming', which country held an underwater cabinet meeting?
Maldives
1b Similarly during 2009, in order to highlight 'global warming', which country held a cabinet meeting up a mountain?
Nepal
2a The Monarch's Way is a long distance footpath, approximating to a route taken by which monarch?
Charles II
2b In World War 2, Captain Hans Lansdorf was in command of which famous ship?
(Admiral) Graf Spee
3a Which type of soft undressed silk takes its name from the province of north-east China where it was originally made?
Shantung
3b The Mason-Dixon Line is the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, it also forms part of borders of two other states, name either,
Delaware & West Virginia
4a How is 'King Rudolf 5th of Ruritania' known in the title of a book?
The Prisoner of Zenda
4b Name either of the fictional detectives, created by Reginald Hill in novels such as A Pinch of Snuff and Ruling Passions, who later featured in a popular TV series?
Dalziel or Pascoe

Round 7
1a The Chester Beatty Library is in which city?
Dublin
1b Which British Prime Minister was born in 1897 and was first elected to parliament in 1923 as MP for Warwick and Leamington?
Anthony Eden
2a Which lighthouse stands 12 miles east of the Tay estuary?
Bell Rock
2b In which English county are the towns of Daventry and Brixworth?
Northamptonshire
3a Which city will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games?
Sochi (Russia)
3b What name, that of a German soldier born at Rostock in 1742, has been given since the early 19th century to a style of strong leather half-boot?
Blucher
4a In July 2010, USA and Russia swapped prisoners charged with spying - at which city's airport did the exchange take place?
Vienna
4b In which of the constellations of the Zodiac is the star Aldebaran found?
Taurus

Round 8
1a From which author's story was the opera 'The Barber of Seville' taken?
Beaumarchais
1b Which country, a member state of the EC, is noted for the production of the rich dessert wine Commandaria?
Cyprus
2a In World War 2, Admiral Gunther Lutjens was in command of which famous ship?
Bismarck
2b The footpath between Norwich and Diss is named after which queen?
Boadicea
3a Which south coast town is served by the local radio station Splash FM?
Worthing
3b In which Shakespeare play does the character Antigonus "exit, pursued by a bear"?
A Winter's Tale
4a Bowman's Capsule is found in which organ of the body?
Kidney
4b How is 'James Timmy' Gatz' known in the title of a book?
The Great Gatsby

Spare Questions
1 For which daily newspaper does Frederick Forsyth write?
Daily Express
2 Which famous English sportsman was nicknamed The Longfellow?
Lester Piggott
3 Omega is the last letter of the Greek alphabet, which is the penultimate letter?
Psi