Tuesday 11th January 2011
Set by SMOB (Northern)

Round 1
1a Westminster Abbey is devoted to which Saint?
ST PETER
1b The ampulla in the coronation regalia serves what purpose?
CONTAINS HOLY OIL
2a Who led the army defeated by King Harold in the Battle of Stamford Bridge (1066)?
HARALD HARDRADA
2b Who was Queen Consort of William the Conqueror?
MATILDA
3a The ceramic "Beswick Ware" mostly depicts what subjects?
ANIMALS (mostly horses and dogs)
3b Which ceramic material translates as cooked earth?
TERRA COTTA
4a A wainwright was a maker of what?
WAGONS
4b What was the military function of a sutler?
SELLING PROVISION TO SOLDIERS

Round 2
1a In pre-revolutionary Russia who were the Boyars?
ARISTOCRACY (below the rank of Prince)
1b The kulaks, eradicated by Stalin, were what class of people?
WEALTHY PEASANTS
2a Saganaki - breaded cheese fried in butter, is eaten in which country?
GREECE
2b Boxty, eaten in Ireland, is a variety of what?
BREAD
3a Which Dundee company originated marmalade?
KEILLER
3b Which Dundee publisher popularised children's comics?
D C THOMPSON
4a The Royal Navy produced the first iron-clad steam powered warship. What was she called?
HMS WARRIOR
4b The Vittoria, the first ship to circumnavigate the world was part of whose fleet?
MAGELLAN

Round 3
1a Simon Legree is the villain of which influential American novel?
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
1b Stephen Blackpool was the heroic victim in which Dickens novel?
HARD TIMES
2a How long is a Gunter's Chain?
66 FEET/22 YARDS
2b How many gallons in a firkin of ale?
NINE
3a Which Scottish Football League Team plays its home games at Tynecastle Park?
HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN
3b Which English Football League side used to play at Millmoor?
ROTHERHAM (UNITED)
4a In the geological time scale what is the earliest period?
PRE-CAMBRIAN
4b In the same scale in which epoch are we living?
HOLOCENE

Round 4
1a What was the venue of the first 'Three Tenors' Concert in 1990?
THE BATHS OF CARACALLA
1b Who conducted all of the 'Three Tenors' Concerts?
ZUBIN MEHTA
2a The lempira is the unit of currency of which country in the Americas?
HONDURAS
2b The cedi is the currency of which African country?
GHANA
3a The Anvil Chorus is part of which opera?
IL TROVATORE (Verdi)
3b The Pilgrims Chorus features in which opera?
TANNHAUSER (WAGNER)
4a The anchor is the assay mark of which city?
BIRMINGHAM
4b Which symbol is found on Chelsea Pottery?
AN ANCHOR

Round 5
1a What is the second most spoken tongue in Germany and said by many to be the country's second official language?
TURKISH
1b Low Saxon and Limburgish are two regionally recognized languages in the Netherlands, which is the third?
FRISIAN
2a Vinson Massif, Mt Tyree and Mt Kirkpatrick are the highest points on which land mass?
ANTARCTICA
2b The six highest mountains in South America are all wholly or partly in which country?
ARGENTINA
3a Who was Prime Minister during the American War of Independence?
LORD NORTH
3b Who was the second Prime Minister- he succeeded Walpole in 1725?
EARL OF WILMINGTON
4a Which is the largest species of seal, named after the southerly sea it inhabits?
WEDDELL SEAL
4b The only fresh-water seal is found in and named after which body of water?
LAKE BAIKAL

Round 6
1a Which champion tennis player was married to actress Brooke Shields?
ANDRE AGASSI
1b America Ferrara plays the eponymous heroine of which TV series?
UGLY BETTY
2a Which vocal group headed the classic FM charts for the last ten weeks of 2009?
THE PRIESTS
2b The Priests were superseded by CDs of Austrian music conducted by whom?
ANDRE RIEU
3a An attempt to exploit the rubber resources of the Amazon Jungle by an American magnate entailed the building of which city?
FORDLANDIA
3b Palm oil was the base on which purpose built English town was built?
PORT SUNLIGHT
4a Which comedian said "They laughed when I said I want to be a comedian - well they're not laughing now"?
BOB MONKIIOUSE
4b Which comedian is currently playing Fagin in 'Oliver' at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane?
RUSS ABBOT (August 2010)

Round 7
1a What symbol signified a pilgrim to the shrine of Thomas A Becket in Canterbury?
SILVER BELL
1b In heraldry what is the name of a five pointed star?
MULLET
2a Of what crime was Martinus Van Der Lubbe convicted in 1933?
ARSON OF THE REICHSTAG
2b Antonio Salazar was dictator of which country (1936-1970)?
PORTUGAL
3a Which polar explorer sailed in a ship called "Roosevelt"?
ROBERT PEARY
3b Gertrude Zeller was the real name of which notorious woman?
MATA HARI
4a Who created the TV series Last of the Summer Wine?
ROY CLARKE
4b What symbol is worn by pilgrims to the shrine of Santiago de Compostella?
(SCALLOP) SHELL

Round 8
1a What is Britain's oldest horse racing course?
CHESTER (ROODEE)
1 b Which King of England is the subject of which 1960's film 'The Lion in Winter'?
HENRY II
2a Which wild flower is called the poor man's weather glass?
SCARLET PIMPERNEL
2b In the Scarlet Pimpernel series of novels who is the French Head of Security, Sir Percy's constant foe?
(CITIZEN) CHAUVELIN
3a The Fat Duck is the restaurant of which celebrity chef?
HESTON BLUMENTHAL
3b Cutty Sark is the love interest of whom in a poem by Robert Burns?
TAM O' SHANTER
4a What is the most famous product from Lynchburg, Tennessee?
JACK DANIELS WHISKY
4b Name Britain's newest racecourse.
FFOS LAS

Spare Questions
1 What sort of animal might suffer from strangles?
HORSE
2 What was the title and number of England's only Pope, Nicholas Breakspear?
ADRIAN THE FOURTH
3 What was the military function of a mangonel?
FIRING STONES ETC
4 The Fram was the ship of which polar explorer?
NANSEN (accept also Amundsen or Sverdrup or Wisting)