Tuesday 1st March 2011
Set by Ovalteenies (Wirtal)

Round 1
1a What is the translation of the Latin word "Peccavi"?
I have sinned
1b In which northern town is the Robinsons brewery?
Stockport
2a What is the capital of Laos?
Vientiane
2b Which motorway runs from a junction on the M6 to Telford?
M54
3a Name the singer who took "Love Hurts" to No 4 in the UK charts in 1975.
Jim Capaldi
3b Which TV soap opera set during WW II ran from 1976 to 1982 and featured Kylie and Dannii Minogue?
The Sullivans
4a Which cricketer was Sports Personality of the Year in 1956?
Jim Laker
4b Which cars were advertised as "The ultimate driving machine"?
BMW

Round 2
1a In which northern town is the Samuel Smiths brewery?
Tadcaster
1b What is the translation of the Latin phrase "Prima Facie"?
(At the) First Look (at first sight/appearance or equivalent)
2a Which motorway runs from a junction on the M5 to Ross on Wye?
M50
2b What is the capital of Papua New Guinea?
Port Moresby
3a Intended as a companion to Coronation Street, which TV soap opera, set in Manchester, ran for one year only in 1985/86?
Albion Market
3b Name the singer who took "Ma, he's making eyes at me" to No 8 in the UK charts in 1974.
Lena Zavaroni
4a Which cars were advertised as "Tested by dummies, driven by the intelligent"?
Volvo
4b Which cricketer was Sports Personality of the Year in 1981?
Ian Botham

Round 3
1a What sort of animals include the breeds Roscommon, Lincoln and Shropshire?
Sheep
1b Name the English composer born in Bradford in 1862 who wrote "Brigg Fair".
Frederick Delius
2a Name the sister ship to the German battle cruiser Gneisenau.
Schamhorst
2b At which racecourse has the Hennessy Gold Cup been run since 1960?
Newbury
3a Name the TV sitcom star who had a 1975 hit record with "Whispering Grass"
Don Estelle (with co-star Windsor Davies)
3b Which volume car builder combined with McLaren to build winning Formula 1 cars for Ayrton Senna on 1990 and 1991?
Honda
4a As whom was singer Mary O'Brien better known?
Dusty Springfield
4b Which peninsula in Cumbria was until 1973 in the county of Lancashire?
Furness

Round 4
1a Which English composer was born in Oldham in 1902 and wrote the music for the suite 'Facade'?
William Walton
1b Orpington, Brahma and Wyandotte are breeds of which animal?
Chicken/Poultry/Hens/Domestic Fowl
2a When Lincoln racecourse closed, to which venue did the Lincolnshire (or Lincoln) Handicap permanently move to?
Doncaster
2b Which Royal Navy battle cruiser was sunk by the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen, on 24th May 1941?
HMS Hood
3a When Graham Hill first won the motor racing World Championship in 1962, which constructor's car was he driving?
BRM
3b Which TV/Radio celebrity had a 1978 Top 50 hit with "The Floral Dance"?
Terry Wogan
4a A Kentish man, as opposed to a man of Kent, lives west of which geographical feature?
River Medway
4b As whom is entertainer Tommy Hicks better known?
Tommy Steele

Round 5
1a When Bolton Wanderers moved to the Reebok Stadium, what was the name of the ground they moved from?
Burnden Park
1b Which aircraft company produced the wartime bomber the Halifax?
Handley Page
2a Who became chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in September 2002?
Sir Simon Rattle
2b Which popular TV series of the 1960s11970s was introduced by the music "Liberty Bell"?
Monty Python's Flying Circus
3a What is the main alcoholic ingredient of a Gimlet?
Gin (accept Vodka)
3b In King Alfred's time which city was capital of his Wessex kingdom?
Winchester
4a In David Copperfield, what is the name of David's great aunt and benefactor?
Betsy Trotwood
4b John Haig was hanged in the UK in 1949. What was his method of disposing of his victims?
An Acid Bath

Round 6
1a Which company produced the wartime plane the Mosquito?
De Havilland
1b When Sunderland moved to the Stadium of Light which ground did they move from?
Roker Park
2a Which song was used to introduce the TV programme 'Absolutely Fabulous'?
This Wheels on Fire (Judy Driscoll)
2b In July 2002 what did Steve Fosset do that had not been done before?
Flew around the world in a balloon (solo)
3a Of which African state was Entebbe the former capital?
Uganda
3b What is the main alcoholic ingredient of a Sidecar?
Brandy (or cogna/armagnac) [accept also grand marnier. cointreau or triple sec]
4a For the theft of what article in 1911 was Vincenzo Perrugia given a year in jail?
The Mona Lisa
4b Who was the leader of the gang of child criminals who showed Oliver Twist the skills of pickpocket, and who was later captured and transported?
The Artful Dodger aka Jack Dawkins

Round 7
1a What did the Lancaster House Agreement bring about when it was signed in December 1979?
Independence for Rhodesia/Zimbabwe (accept end of UDI)
1b Near which port did the Herald of Free Enterprise capsize in March 1987?
Zeebrugge
2a Who wrote the play The Admirable Crichton' in 1902?
J M Barrie
2b Who was the English/American actor brother-in-law to President Kennedy who was a member of the 'Rat Pack'?
Peter Lawford
3a Which river enters the Irish Sea at Solway Firth after flowing through Carlisle?
Eden
3b Who wrote the controversial book 'Spycatcher' in 1987?
Peter Wright
4a In cockney rhyming slang what is a Sexton Blake?
A fake
4b Which Radio 2 presenter is the older sister of Keith Chegwin?
Janice Long

Round 8
1a In the 1960's TV series 'The Virginian' who played the eponymous hero?
James Drury
1b Who played the eponymous role in 1990s TV 'The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries'?
Patrick Malahide (accept Simon Williams)
2a Name the female star of the 1968 film version of The Thomas Crown Affair'?
Faye Dunaway
2b Who wrote the autobiographical play 'Voyage Round My Father'?
John Mortimer
3a Which US president was born Leslie Lynch King Jnr?
Gerald Ford
3b Which river enters Southampton water after flowing through Winchester?
Itchen
4a Who was the father of the late Indian prime minister, Indira Ghandi? ,
Jawarharlal Pandit Nehru
4b In Cockney rhyming slang what is meant by the phrase 'rabbit and pork'?
Talk

Spare Questions
1 On which Mediterranean island were parts of the film 'Shirley Valentine' set?
Mykonos
2 Who was the first Briton to be killed in an aeroplane accident?
Charles Rolls
3 Where was Oceanus Hopkins born?
On board the Mayflower (the only child born on it, 1620)