Tuesday 8th March 2011
Set by Aardvarks (Wirral)

Round 1
1a What does the letter C stand for in the infection called "C Difficile"?
Clostridium
1b Landing on which island was the objective of WWII Operation Husky?
Sicily
2a The Babington Plot was devised to kill which English monarch?
Elizabeth I
2b The island of Zanzibar is part of which country?
Tanzania
3a Which actor provides the voice of Sideshow Bob in The Simpsons?
Kelsey Grammer
3b Which Radio 2 DJ's daily programme includes the daily quiz "Popmaster"?
Ken Bruce
4a Which early version of a musical instrument was known as an "hautbois"?
Oboe
4b On which circuit did the Portuguese Formula 1 Grand Prix take place until 1996?
Estoril

Round 2
1a "Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink" is a line from which poem?
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1b What is the name of the country house and opera house near Lewes in East Sussex?
Glyndebourne
2a In Irish place names, what does Bally mean?
Town( accept settlement, place or equivalent)
2b What does the Latin expression "caveat emptor" mean?
Let the buyer beware
la In which decade did the first London underground railway, Metropolitan) open?
(The 1860s (1863)
3b Which horse won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March 2010?
Imperial Commander
4a The cape which is the most northerly point on the continent of Australia shares its name with which English city?
York
4b Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and who else were the three members of the rock band Cream?
Jack Bruce

Round 3
1a Which author created the character DI William "Jack" Frost?
R D Wingfield
1b Which word meaning 'commonplace' or 'trivial' derives a French word for 'Common to all' or "shared"?
Banal
2a Which major British charity was founded by Eglantine Jebb and her sister Dorothy Buxton in 1919?
Save the Children
2b In humans what is the name given to vertebrae located between the cervical and lumbar regions?
Thoracic
3a Which comedienne and talk show host replaced Paula Abdul as a judge on the 9th series of American Idol?
Ellen DeGeneres
3b Any,substance formed by the reaction of metal with mercury is given what general name?
Amalgam
4a Which town situated on the North coast of Cornwall was damaged by flash flooding of the rivers Valency and Jordan in August 2004 and 2007?
Boscastle
4b On whose American TV show did The Simpsons first appear, in April 1987?
Tracey Ullman

Round 4
1a Which common word meaning 'ordinary' or 'routine' derives from the Latin for 'world'?
Mundane
1b In children's TV what is the name of a pink starfish that is the best friend of Sponge Bob Squarepants?
Patrick (Star)
2a Which autism spectrum disorder is named after the Austrian paediatrician who first identified it in 1944?
Asperger's Syndrome
2b What name is shared by the cape which is the northernmost point of the South Island of New Zealand and the cape which is the southernmost point of Greenland?
Cape Farewell
3a For which King was Clarence House built while he was still Duke of Clarence?
William IV
3b Which female singer, who had two of the best selling albums of the last decade, has the real name Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong?
Dido
4a What is the scientific name for tooth decay?
(Dental) Caries
4b What does the letter M stand for in the infection known as MRSA?
Methicillin (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) (accept Multidrug)

Round 5
1a The North Cornish village of Delabole is known worldwide for which commodity?
Slate
1b Which social networking website has the motto "Blog early, blog often"?
Bebo
2a This chess piece is known as a runner (laufer) in German, a fool (fou) in French and an elephant (slon) in Russian. How is it known in English?
Bishop
2b Which American politician received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919?
Woodrow Wilson
3a In the 2009 TV series who stars as Nurse Jackie?
Edie Falco
3b Which TV series stars Glen Close as lawyer Patty Hewes?
Damages
4a Which French writer declined the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964?
Jean-Paul Sartre
4b In children's TV what is the name of Peppa Pig's brother?
George

Round 6
1a Which singer was the female judge on the series "Popstars: The Rivals" on which the group "Girls Aloud" was created?
Geri Halliwell
1b Jane Garvey is currently a presenter on which daily Radio 4 programme?
Woman's Hour
2a Which social networking website was conceived in 1999 by husband and wife Steve and Julie Pankhurst?
Friends Reunited
2b What was the former (Portuguese) name of the island of Taiwan?
Formosa
3a Which major British charity was founded by Cecil Jackson-Cole in 1961?
Help the Aged
3b Which King had Sandringham House bought for him when he was still Prince of Wales?
Edward VII
4a In which decade did the Montgolfier brothers launch the first manned flight in a hot air balloon?
1780s (1783)
4b The Latin phrase "uberrima fides" (sometimes seen as "uberrimae fidei") refers to a doctrine which underpins insurance contracts. What is the English equivalent?
Utmost Good Faith

Round 7
1a Which English King was defeated at the Battle of Crogen by Owain Gwynedd (or Owen the Great)?
Henry II
1b Shown on road signs what is the English translation of the Welsh word Ysbyty?
Hospital or Hospice
2a Which author's novels include "When Eight Bells Toll" in 1966 and "Caravan to Vaccares" in 1970?
Alistair Maclean
2b Which British rock band was originally called the Spectres?
Status Quo
3a Also known as regional enteritis, which chronic inflammatory bowel disease is named after the American gastroenterologist who identified it in 1932?
Crohn's Disease
3b The overture to which famous opera by Mozart is nicknamed The Egg Timer' as it usually takes 4 minutes to perform?
The Marriage of Figaro
4a What headgear is named after a Robert Burns poem?
Tam O'Shanter
4b What was the name of the 1956 film starring Clifton Webb which was a dramatised version of WWII 'Operation Mincemeat', a British Intelligence plan to deceive the Axis Powers regarding the invasion of Sicily?
The Man Who Never Was

Round 8
1a Who was the lead singer with the groups Bronski Beat and the Cornmunards?
Jimmy Somerville
1b A substance which is used to alter the rate of a chemical reaction, but which does not otherwise take part in the reaction, is called what?
Catalyst
2a Which famous piece of classical music composed in 1928 was described by its composer as a '15 minute crescendo'?
Bolero (by Ravel)
2b Name either team who played in the 2010 Football League Cup Final sponsored by Carling, Aston Villa or Manchester United
3a Traditionally, in England, what does a village have that a hamlet doesn't?
A Church
3b In which English county is the annual Aldeburgh Festival held?
Suffolk
4a How would the English refer what the Welsh call Ynys Mon?
Isle of Anglesey
4b Which group of ten islands 350 miles off the Western coast of Africa was once a Portuguese colony?
Cape Verde Islands

Spare Questions
1 What is the name of the national parliament of Iceland?
Althing
2 What condition is relieved by carminative drugs?
Flatulence (Gas, farting)
3 The term Paralympics is a contraction of which two words?
Parallel Olympics
4 Which society, with the Latin motto 'indocilis-privata loqui", meaning - "not apt to disclose secrets", was founded in 1905 and had its first official meeting at the Green Man public house in Soho?
The Magic Circle