Tuesday 25th October 2010
Set by Columba (Wirral)

Round 1
1a Who composed the march 'Stars and Stripes forever' in 1896?
John Philip Sousa
1b What was the Elephant Man's real name?
Joseph Merrick
2a What is the capital of Slovenia?
Ljubljana
2b Which force were defeated by the Athenians at the Battle of Marathon in 490BC?
Persians
3a At which university was Samuel Beckett from 1923 to 1927?
Trinity College Dublin
3b What name is given to a sentence which contains all 26 letters of the alphabet?
Pangram
4a Which real life astronaut was played by Tom Hanks in the film 'Apollo 13'?
Jim Lovell
4b Who plays Wycliffe on television?
Jack Shepherd

Round 2
1a Which building stands in Jerusalem on the spot from which Mohammed was said to have ascended to heaven with the Archangel Gabriel?
Dome of the Rock
1b Which comedian/singer had a No.1 UK hit with 'Tears' in 1965?
Ken Dodd
2a In the RAF, what is the rank immediately above Squadron Leader?
Wing Commander
2b Whose 1941 7th Symphony was called 'Leningrad'?
(Dmitri) Shostakovich
3a Who was the first king of the House of Lancaster?
Henry IV
3b Catherine Hogarth was the wife of which famous author?
Charles Dickens
4a In which sport are penalties awarded to the opposing team for clipping, holding and hooking?
Ice Hockey (accept American Football)
4b What is the narne of the late playwright husband of the actress Maureen Lipman?
Jack Rosenthal

Round 3
1a Before he became an author, what was the original profession of Sir Walter Scott?
Lawyer (accept Advocate)
1b Which driver won the first Grand Prix Formula One World Motor championship in 1950?
Guiseppe Farina
2a In what field did Miss Buss and Miss Beale become well known in Britain in the 19th century? Education (for girls) (Cheltenham Girls School and St Hilda's Oxford)
2b Which 1947 musical tells the story of a Scottish town which only appears every 100 years?
Brigadoon
3a Which racing driver won the Formula One Championship in 1981, 1983 and 1987?
Nelson Piquet
3b Who was the first woman to run for US Vice President in 1984?
Geraldine Ferraro
4a Who was Indira Gandhi's father?
(Pandit Jawaharlal) Nehru
4b How many players make up a hurling team?
15

Round 4
1a What is the popular name of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23?
Appassionata
1b In which year was the Battle of Edgehill, the first battle of the English Civil War?
1642
2a Where would you find a pauldron and a vambrace?
Suit of Armour
2b Which vegetable has the Latin name solanum tuberosum?
Potato
3a Stewart Island is the third largest island of which Commonwealth country?
New Zealand
3b Which building complex in Liverpool was designed by Jesse Hartley in 1846?
Albert Dock
4a What is the name of the rod on a sundial which indicates the time?
Gnomon
4b Which boxer was portrayed b Robert De Niro in the film 'Raging Bull'?
Jake La Motta

Round 5
1a Who composed the opera 'Emilia di Liverpool' in 1824?
Gaetano Donizetti
1b What is the state capital of Alaska?
Juneau
2a From which 1976 musical does the song 'Oh What a Circus' come?
Evita
2b What 4-letter English word is given to the oblong basket made from wooden strips often used by gardeners?
Trug
3a Which son of Sweyn Forkbeard became King of England in 1016?
Canute (Cnut)
3b Which aircraft company manufactured the Spitfire?
Supermarine
4a Who designed the crypt and original design of the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral in 1933?
Edwin Lutyens
4b Who composed the oratorio 'Carmina Burana' in 1935?
Carl Orff

Round 6
1a Which pop group was co-founded by Syd Barrett in 1965/66?
Pink Floyd
1b Which annual music festival is held traditionally in June in the Snape Maltings Concert Hall?
Aldeburgh
2a What was the name given to the German annexation of Austria in 1938?
Anschluss
2b What is the part of the stage which projects into the auditorium called? It is located between the curtain and the orchestra.
Apron
3a Whose first novel 'The Hunt for Red October' was published in 1984?
Tom Clancy
3b Which is the third book of the Old Testament?
Leviticus
4a At which resort did Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet in a major conference in February 1945?
Yalta
4b What is the oldest structure within the Tower of London, built by William the Conqueror in 1086?
White Tower

Round 7
1a What is the name of the area in Central Park dedicated to the memory of John Lennon?
Strawberry Fields
1b In which band did Ringo Starr play immediately before he joined the Beatles?
Rory Storm and the Hurricanes
2a Who wrote the plays The Browning Version and Separate Tables?
Terence Rattigan
2b Which was Shakespeare's shortest play?
The Comedy of Errors
3a In which modern day country would you have found the majority of the Hittite Empire?
Turkey (Anatolia)
3b Which country is the largest producer of tungsten (75% of world's output)?
China
4a Who played guitar and was a founder of the 'Hot Club of France' (Quintette du Hot Club de France)?
Django Reinhardt
4b Which instrument did jazz musician John Coltrane play?
Saxophone

Round 8
1a Who in 1968 was the first cricketer to be officially recorded as scoring a six off every ball in a six ball over in first class cricket?
Gary Sobers
1b In the shape of which animal does the Hindu God Hanuman appear?
A Monkey
2a In Italian cuisine what name is given to a turnover of pizza dough filled with vegetables meat or cheese?
Calzone
2b What type of foodstuff is Port Salut?
Cheese
3a Which canal links the North Sea and the Baltic?
Kiel Canal
3b Which desert separates Egypt and Israel?
Negev
4a Who created The Simpsons?
Matt Groening
4b Which classic 1952 film was based on a short story called The Tin Star?
High Noon

Spare Questions
1 Whose autobiography was Goodbye To All That?
Robert Graves
2 Which city was known as Edo before assuming its current name in 1868?
Tokyo
3 Which is the oldest of the English Classic horse races?
St Leger
4 How many chromosomes are in a human body cell?
46