Monday 11th January 2011
Set by Wallasey CC (Wirral)

Round 1 General
1a In the original TV series, which Star Trek character was played by Walter Koenig?
(Ensign Pavel) Chekov
1b Which cinematic doctor was played by James Robertson Justice in 3 films in the 1950's/60's?
Sir Lancelot Spratt
2a Which professor appears in Cluedo?
Plum
2b In geometry, what name is given to an angle between 180 and 360 degrees?
Reflex
3a How many degrees do the internal angles add up to in a regular pentagon?
540
3b What rank is the Cluedo character named Mustard?
Colonel
4a Which cinematic doctor was played by Joseph Wiseman in 1962?
Dr No
4b In the original TV series, who played the part of Mr Sulu in Star Trek?
George Takei

Round 2 'Fruity'
1a Which 1985 novel by Jeanette Winterson is about a girl called Jeanette, and won the Whitbread Award for a first novel?
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
1b Which record company was set up by The Beatles in 1968?
Apple
2a A cannon charge of a number of small round balls held together by iron rings, plates and a connecting rod was known as what?
Grapeshot
2b With more than 1.1 billion speakers, which is the most spoken language in the world?
Mandarin
3a In a Two Ronnies serial co-written by Spike Milligan and Ronnie Barker, what sort of phantom came from Old London Town?
Raspberry Blower
3b Which ratite birds have five species including brown, great spotted and little spotted?
Kiwis
4a What song was cartoon character Huckleberry Hound fond of singing, in an off key version?
Oh My Darling, Clementine
4b In the works of Agatha Christie, who was secretary to Hercule Poirot?
Miss Felicity Lemon

Round 3 'Disciples'
1a Which political journalist and former Conservative MP shares his Christian name and surname with a Benedictine monk/ 13th century chronicler who lived at St Alban's Abbey?
Matthew Paris (Parris)
1b "In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence". This is a summary of which principle?
The Peter Principle
2a What is the name of the trophy for the Men's World Badminton Championship held every 2 years and won on the last 4 occasions by China?
Thomas Cup
2b Which large Electronics Company was founded in 1891 in Eindhoven in The Netherlands?
Phillips
3a What nickname for the Royal Navy possible derives from the name of a very successful press-gang officer surnamed Miller?
The Andrew (from Andrew Miller)
3b Which tree has the botanical name cercis siliquastrum, noted for its prolific display of deep pink flowers in spring?
Judas Tree
4a Tim Booth and Larry Gott were the mainstays of which Manchester group who were at their prime in the early 90s?
James
4b Which retailer is "never knowingly undersold" - a slogan adopted in 1925?
John Lewis

Round 4 An Operatic Round
1a Which entertainers, usually associated with the seaside, call themselves 'Professors'?
Punch and Judy Men
1b Which eponymous Virginia Woolf character changes sex part-way through a novel?
Orlando
2a Pica Pica is the scientific name for which bird?
Magpie
2b Who was the notorious daughter of Pope Alexander VI, accused by posterity of being a poisoner?
Lucrezia Borgia
3a In a Brothers Grimm tale, which siblings came across a gingerbread house where they were captured by an evil witch?
Hansel and Gretel
3b Which Hollywood actress and samba singer was noted for her fruit hats and nicknamed 'The Brazilian Bombshell'?
Carmen Miranda
4a Taking its name from a Beaumarchais play, which newspaper, founded in 1826, is the oldest in France?
Le Figaro
4b Which hero did Conrad Phillips play in a 1950s TV adventure series?
William Tell

Round 5 Numerical Answers
1a Which group had a number one single in 1974 with 'When Will I See You Again'?
The Three Degrees
1b What number has been written on labels of products by H J Heinz since 1892?
57 (Varieties)
2a What is the name of the restaurant charity set up by Jamie Oliver to train young people in the field?
Fifteen
2b The Treaties of Osnabruck and Munster brought which 17th century war to an end?
Thirty Years War (they were collectively known as the Peace of Westphalia)
3a Which film, set principally in England and Scotland had versions released in 1935, 1959 and 1978?
The Thirty Nine Steps
3b Specifically, what connects cricketers Sir Gary Sobers, Ravi Shastri, Herschelle Gibbs and Yuvraj Singh?
They have all hit six sixes in an over
4a What was the principal effect in the UK of the Representation of the People Act of 1969? Lowered voting age from 21 to 18
4b In 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy', what number was the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything?
42

Round 6 Trees
1a Which company was founded by Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne on 1st April 1976?
Apple
1b Which 1759 patriotic song was written by David Garrick with music by William Boyce for the pantomime 'Harlequin's Invasion'?
Hearts of Oak
2a Chiromancy is a form of fortune-telling by what means?
Palm reading
2b What is the nickname of darts player John Part, it goes back to 1994 when he wore a black version of his country's emblem?
Darth Maple
3a Which Conservative, a former contender for the leadership, has been MP for Wokingham since 1987?
John Redwood
3b Who played the title character in the 2003 spoof spy thriller film derived from a series of TV Barclaycard adverts?
Rowan Atkinson (as Johnny English)
4a Which protected mustelid has the scientific name martes martes and has been credited with reducing the grey squirrel population in Scotland?
Pine Marten
4b Where was Shirley Bassey born, in 1937?
Tiger Bay (accept Cardiff)

Round 7 General
1a Who was the most famous son of Jennie Jerome?
Winston Churchill
1b In a Thomas Hardy novel, who did Angel Clare marry?
Tess Durbeyfield (accept Tess of the D'Urbervilles)
2a In which family sitcom did Nicholas Lyndhurst play Adam Parkinson?
Butterflies
2b Which pop act described life as a minestrone in 1975?
10cc
3a Which former boy band singer described life as a rollercoaster in 2000?
Ronan Keating
3b In which series did Nicholas Lyndhurst play Ronnie Barker's son?
Going Straight
4a Which Thomas Hardy character sold his wife and daughter at a fair?
Michael Henchard (Mayor of Casterbridge)
4b Who was the mother of Alexander Helios and Ptolemy Philadelphus as well as at least one other son?
Cleopatra (VII)

Round 8 General
1a Apart from New York and Los Angeles, name one other of the 5 most populous US cities.
Chicago, Houston or Phoenix
1b Which UK trade association is represented by the letters FMB?
Federation of Master Builders
2a Which 1987 film derived from a cartoon series starring He-Man?
Masters of the Universe
2b Which children's cartoon character was transformed when he discovered the Omnitrix?
Ben 10
3a Which Rugby Union position wears number 10 on his shirt?
Fly half (accept outside half or stand off half or stand off).
3b Why were Henry Allingham and Harry Patch in the news in 2009?
Last two surviving British servicemen of WWI
4a Which horse won the 2010 Grand National?
Don't Push It
4b Which classic Rolling Stones album was re-issued in 2010, 38 years after its first release?
Exile on Main Street

Spare Questions
1 Who was the first Time Magazine 'Man of the Year', in 1927?
Charles Lindbergh
2 Which musician's 2010 autobiography is called 'Life'?
Keith Richards
3 Which is the third most printed book, after the Bible and the Koran?
The Thoughts of Chairman Mao