Tuesday 21st September 2010
Set by Bootle YMCA (Northern)

Round 1
1a Which British TV actor, best known for his 'hard man' roles, as well as, for being a leading Shakespearean actor, died in November 2009 aged 79?
EDWARD WOODWARD
1b What is the SI unit of electrical current?
THE AMPERE
2a In the Bible, who was the twin brother of Jacob?
ESAU
2b Prohibition in the USA was enacted into law by the 'National Prohibition Act'. By what name was this popularly known?
THE VOLSTEAD ACT
3a Which substance contained by most other plants, do fungi lack?
CHLOROPHYLL
3b Which Italian City is the setting of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'?
VERONA
4a Who wrote the book "Stalky and Co"?
RUDYARD KIPLING
4b In the game of backgammon with how many pieces does each player begin?
15

Round 2
1a Which common garden flower, often used in salads, belongs to the genus Tropaeolum?
NASTURTIUM
1b What sort of creature is the axolotl?
THE SALAMANDER
2a If a piece of music is described as 'adagio' how should it be played?
SLOWLY
2b Which group had a hit in 1982 with "Pass the Dutchie"?
MUSICAL YOUTH
3a On which island of New York City is the borough of Brooklyn located?
LONG ISLAND
3b Actor Norman Painting died in November 2009, which part in a log running radio series did he make his own?
PHIL ARCHER
4a In which play does the character Jimmy Porter appear?
LOOK BACK IN ANGER
4b At which school was Billy Bunter a pupil
GREYFRIARS

Round 3
1a Give any one year in which Prohibition was in effect in the USA?
1920-1933
1b At which British ground was the 2002 Champions League final held?
HAMPDEN PARK
2a If you ordered `ostriche' (pronounce ostrikay) in an Italian restaurant what you be eating? OYSTERS
2b In the TV series 'Morse' and 'Lewis' what is. Lewis's first name?
ROBERT (ROBBIE)
3a Which of the 'big cats' has the Latin name `Panthera Onca'?
THE JAGUAR
3b In which Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta would you hear the song "I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General"?
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
4a Real life physician Dr Joseph Bell was the inspiration for which
SHERLOCK HOLMES literary character?
4b Which island lies midway between the Orkney islands and the Shetlands?
FAIR ISLE

Round 4
1a In chess how many different opening moves are there?
20
1b In an Indian restaurant a preparation of split pulses with added spices is known by what generic name?
DHAAL
2a In which country is the Eden Gardens international cricket venue?
INDIA (Kolkata
2b Musically, what is the connection between the films Schindler's List and the Star Wars films by George Lucas?
MUSIC COMPOSED BY JOHN WILLIAMS
3a What is the SI-derived unit of frequency?
THE HERTZ
3b According to Ian Fleming which real-life public school did the fictional James Bond attend?
ETON (accept FETTES COLLEGE)
4a Which was the only No. 1 hit for Pink Floyd?
ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL
4b Sarah was the wife of which biblical character?
ABRAHAM

Round 5
1a Who wrote the books on which TVs Inspector Alleyn was based?
NGAIO MARSH
1b In which Gilbert & Sullivan Operetta would you see Ralph Rackstraw and Sir Joseph Porter?
HMS PINAFORE
2a Which French painter painted 'The Death of Socrates' in 1787 and 'Leonidas at Thermopylae in 1814?
JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID
2b Stornoway is the main town on which Scottish island?
LEWIS
3a At which Olympic games was synchronised swimming first included?
1984 LOS ANGELES (accept either)
3b Only two members of the TV series MASH actually served in Korea. Name either (actor or character accepted?
JAMIE FARR (KLINGER) OR ALAN ALDA (HAWKEYE PIERCE)
4a Who played Hotlips Houlihan in the 1972 film MASH?
SALLY KELLERMAN
4b Which famous statue by Michelangelo is held in the Galleria dell' Academia in Florence?
DAVID

Round 6
1a In geography what is an arrete?
A THIN RIDGE OR CREST SEPARATING TWO VALLEYS
1b Which singer wrote the hit songs 'My Way' for Frank Sinatra and 'She's A Lady' for Tom Jones?
PAUL ANKA
2a What is the capital of the island nation of Mauritius?
PORT LOUIS
2b London will host the Olympic Games in 2012, but which Olympiad will it be?
XXXth OLYMPIAD (30th)
3a In John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, where did the Giant Despair live?
DOUBTING CASTLE
3b In France it would be a cirque, in Scotland a corrie, what would it be called in Wales?
A CWM
4a Whose musical career began in 1964 as singer with pop group Them?
VAN MORRISON
4b Sixte, octave and riposte are terms used in which sport?
FENCING

Round 7
1a Symond's Yat is a prominent rock feature on the banks of which British river?
THE WYE
1b Who had a hit in 1961 with "Stranger on the Shore"?
ACKER BILK
2a In the sport of curling what name is usually given to the playing surface?
THE BED
2b Who wrote the Redwall series of children's books? BRIAN JACQUES
3a Which American wit said, misquoting Polonius, "Brevity is the soul of lingerie"?
DOROTHY PARKER
3b Which English king was married to Isabella of Angouleme?
KING JOHN
4a John Harmon is the main protagonist in which Dickens novel?
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
4b What name is given to the group of elements with atomic numbers 2, 10, 18, 36, 54 and 86?
NOBLE or INERT GASES (helium xenon, radon, neon, argon, krypton)

Round 8
1a What unit of measurement is equal to 1,852 meters or 6,076 feet?
A NAUTICAL MILE
1b Give a year in the life of composer Richard Strauss?
1864-1949
2a Who wrote the operas 'The Queen of Sheba' and 'Faust'?
CHARLES GOUNOD
2b Pendennis Castle is located at the mouth of which English River?
THE FAL
3a In the computer term pdf, for what does the d stand?
DOCUMENT (portable document format)
3b Which American actress said of marriage "It's a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet"?
MAE WEST
4a Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck were pretenders to the English throne during the reign of which King?
HENRY VII
4b In the computing acronym WYSIWYG (wiziwig) what word is represented by both letter Ws?
WHAT (what you see is what you get)

Spare Questions
1 Which major river empties into the Gulf of Guinea?
THE NIGER
2 Alfred Hitchcock's film "The Birds" was inspired by a short novel by which authoress?
DAPHNE DU MAURIER
3 Which Liverpool born actress is missing from the following list: Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon and Sarah Jessica Parker?
KIM CATRELL (cast of Sex and the City)
4 Give a year in the life of Edward II?
1307-1327
5 How is Dihydrogen Monoxide better known?
WATER (H20)