Monday 17th January 2011
Set by Warrington

Round 1
1a The pot hole Gaping Ghyll is a feature of which mountain?
INGLEBOROUGH
1b What is the Malay word for striped or checked cotton cloth?
GINGHAM
2a Who played the character Rufus T. Firefly in a 1933 film?
GROUCHO MARX
2b Which strait connects the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean?
SUNDA STRAIT
3a Malia and Sitia are resorts on which Mediterranean island?
Crete
3b Who earned the nickname Corporal Violet?
NAPOLEON
4a What animal has a breed called Toggenburg?
GOAT
4b What type of musical instrument is a tam-tam?
GONG

Round 2
1a Who said 'A house is a machine for living in'?
LE CORBUSIER
1b Singer (and group member) Ellen Naomi Cohen (1941-74) was better known by which name?
MAMA CASS
2a On which island would you find the Moai?
RAPA NUI (Easter Island)
Stone heads
2b Who has been the Chief Rabbi since 1991?
Dr. JONATHON SACKS
3a Which King of England, Denmark, Norway and parts of Sweden is buried in Winchester Cathedral?
CANUTE
3b Who was murdered in 1985 by Yigal Amir?
YITZHAK RABIN
4a In which event did Chris Brasher win an Olympic Gold medal in 1956?
3000 Metre Steeplechase
4b Name any of the grandchildren mentioned in the song 'When I'm 64'?
VERA, CHUCK or DAVE

Round 3
1a Which coarse thick woollen material takes its name from a Belgian town?
DUFFLE (Duffel)
1b Which motorcyclist won the 500cc World Championship seven times between 1966-1972?
Giacomo AGOSTINI
2a Gamelan is a type of music originally from where?
INDONESIA (Bali & Java)
2b Released in 1960, what film tarnished director Michael Powell's reputation?
PEEPING TOM
3a Which group did Steve Marriott join after leaving the 'Small Faces'?
HUMBLE PIE
3b Napes Needle is located on which Lakeland mountain?
GREAT GABLE
4a The Nubian desert is in which country?
SUDAN
4b Who was the Queen of Edward II, who helped bring about his downfall and death?
ISABELLA

Round 4
1a In the Dr. Hook song, what is the name of Sylvia's mother?
Mrs AVERY
1b What is the largest living species of antelope?
ELAND
2a Who is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster?
VINCENT NICHOLS
2b Who said 'There's a sucker born every minute'?
Phineas T. BARNUM
3a Who assassinated Robert F. Kennedy (1968)
SIRHAN SIRHAN
3b What is the popular herbal remedy to heal bruises?
ARNICA (also Witch Hazel)
4a Whom did Sitting Bull call 'Little Sure Shot'?
ANNIE OAKLEY
4b In which country are the Nazca Lines?
PERU

Round 5
1a Who is the heroine of Beethoven's opera 'Fidelio'?
LEONORA
1b In which castle was Princess Margaret born?
GLAM IS
2a Which rock star was known as The Lizard King'?
JIM MORRISON
2b On August 27th 1883, which event was heard at least 2,000 miles away from where it happened?
Explosion (Eruption) of KRAKATOA
3a Who wrote 'Framley Parsonage?
Anthony TROLLOPE
3b With whom in classical mythology do the Norns of Norse mythology compare?
The FATES
4a Who, in 1512, demonstrated that the sun is the centre of the solar system?
Nicholas COPERNICUS
4b What is the medical name for the kneecap?
PATELLA

Round 6
1a Who wrote the plays The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone' and 'Orpheus Descending?
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
1b Who has written memoirs entitled 'A Journey'?
Tony Blair
2a In his autobiography, Ben Collins reveals what identity?
The STIG
2b Caroline Lucas has the distinction of being the first what?
GREEN Party MP
3a The 'Difference Engine' became the forerunner of what?
COMPUTERS
3b Who is the principal enemy of the Nutcracker in the ballet?
MOUSE KING
4a 'O she doth teach the torches to burn bright' refers to which Shakespearian character?
JULIET
4b Which artist painted 'The Potato Eaters?
Vincent VAN GOGH

Round 7
1a Which principality has been ruled by the Grimaldi family since the15th century?
MONACO
1b In Shakespeare, who described himself as 'one who loved not wisely but too well?
OTHELLO
2a The clavicle is the medical name for which bone?
COLLARBONE
2b In modem music who is known as The Modfather'?
PAUL WELLER
3a In which feature of the landscape, principally in the Yorkshire Dales, are slabs called clints and fissures called grykes found?
LIMESTONE PAVEMENT
3b Who was Jester to the Duke of Mantua in an opera by Verdi?
RIGOLETTO
4a In 1961, which island had to be evacuated after a volcanic explosion?
TRISTAN DA CUNHA
4b In the 17th century, prior to the discovery of oxygen, it was believed that all flammable substances contained which material that was released during combustion?
PHLOGISTON

Round 8
1a Which artist painted 'The Luncheon of the Boating Party' in 1800/81?
Pierre Auguste RENOIR
1b Name the area of the solar system containing frozen objects, which extends beyond Neptune away from the Sun for a distance similar to that between Neptune and the Sun.
KUIPER BELT (sometimes Edgeworth-KUIPER)
2a In 1877, what was the claim to fame of Australian Charles Bannerman?
Accept any of; 1. Faced the first ball, 2.scored the first run and 3. the first century in Test match cricket
2b Which play by Anthony Shaffer has only two people in the cast?
SLEUTH
3a What is the name of the Swan Princess in the ballet 'Swan Lake'?
ODETTE
3b Who wrote the classical novel 'Agnes Grey'?
ANNE BRONTE
4a In 1950, a Roman temple was discovered in London, to which Persian deity was it dedicated?
MITHRAS
4b The advance from Tony Blair's memoirs 'A Journey were donated to which organisation?
Royal British Legion

Spare Questions
1 Bob Guccione died in October 2010, which magazine did he found in London in 1965 to compete with Playboy?
PENTHOUSE
2 A Formula 1 Grand Prix took place in 2010 in Mokpo, in which country?
SOUTH KOREA
3 Chief Superintendent Mullet is linked with which TV detective?
FROST