Tuesday 1st November 2011
Set by Top Shed (Liverpool)

Round One
1a Which English poet (1608-1674) wrote the opening line: "When I consider how my light was spent"?
(John) Milton ("On his blindness")
1b The two wives of King John of England shared which forename?
Isabella
2a Name the Greek goddess of divine retribution.
Nemesis
2b Lod airport (now Ben Gurion International Airport) serves which Asian city?
Tel Aviv
3a Name either of the tennis players who, in 2010, contested the longest ever professional match at Wimbledon,
John lsner/Nicolas Mahut
3b Name the Greek goddess of peace.
Irene
4a Narita international airport serves which city?
Tokyo
4b Which English poet (1792-1822) wrote the opening line: "I met a traveller from an antique land? (Percy Bysshe) Shelley ("Ozymandias")

Round Two
1a Jazz fusion musician Pat Metheny plays which instrument?
Guitar
1b In both the 2010 and 2011 Women's French Open Tennis was a first Grand Slam success for its winner. Name either player,
Francesca Schiavone/Li Na
2a Philippa of Hainault was the wife of which English king?
Edward the Third
2b The South American country, formerly Dutch Guiana, is now known as what?
Suriname
3a Central America's Panama seceded from which country in 1903?
Columbia
3b Ringing Roger and Grindslow Knoll are features in which English National Park?
The Peak District
4a What is the most southerly county of the Irish Republic? Co. Cork
4b Name one of the three stages or auditoria of the National Theatre on London's South Bank
Lyttleton /Cottesloe /Olivier

Round Three
1a Who had 1960's hits with "Forget Me Not", "I Don't Know Why", and "Boys Cry"?
Eden Kane
1b What is the family name of the Dukes of Bedford?
Russell
2a Give the name of the character played by Oscar winning actor Edmund Gwenn in the 1947 film "Miracle on 34th Street".
Kris Kringle
2b As whom did Andres Cornelius ("Dries") van Kujik become better known?
Colonel Tom Parker
3a What is the family name of the Earl of Harewood?
Lascelles
3b In which year did Mozart die?
1791
4a Who succeeded Brian Epstein as manager of The Beatles?
Allan Klein
4b Give the name of the character played by James Stewart in the 1946 film "It's a Wonderful Life"
George Bailey

Round Four
1a In which English city is Paragon Station?
Hull
1b Who had 1960's Top Ten hits with "A Hundred Pounds of Clay", "Time" and "Our Favourite Melodies"?
Craig Douglas
2a Stafford stands on which English river?
Sow
2b Who preceded Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister?
Stanley Baldwin
3a Ludlow, Shropshire lies on the bend of which river?
Teme
3b In which year did Beethoven die?
1827
4a Who succeeded Clement Attlee as Prime Minister?
Winston Churchill
4b Jazz musician McCoy Tyner plays which instrument?
Piano

Round Five
1a What is the most northerly county of the Irish Republic?
Co. Donegal
1b What is the literary term for deliberate understatement?
Litotes
2a What literary term means a sudden descent from the exalted to the ridiculous?
Bathos
2b Thorpe Station is in which English city?
Norwich
3a Name the year: Chernenko dies; the Achille Lauro is hi-jacked; a Japanese Air Lines 747 crashes killing 520 people.
1985
3b Which Army rank equates to the RAF rank of Wing Commander?
Lieutenant Colonel
4a Which RAF rank equates to the Army rank of Major General?
Air Vice-Marshal
4b Name the year: Hirohito dies; The Exxon Valdez runs aground; San Francisco suffers its worst earthquake since 1906.
1989

Round Six
1a "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb" (or "The Lamb of God") in St. Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, is an altarpiece completed by which artist?
Jan van Eyck
1b Which Yorkshire crime writer created the character Chief Inspector Banks?
Peter Robinson
2a Dushanbe is the capital city of which former Soviet republic?
Tajikistan
2b The artists Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Terry Frost, and Patrick Heron are primarily associated with which English seaside resort?
St. Ives (Cornwall)
3a Which best-selling British crime writer created the character Superintendent Roy Grace?
Peter James
3b Astana is the capital city of which former Soviet republic?
Kazakhstan
4a The Cannes Film Festival awards which prestigious prize to the director of the best film of the year?
Palme d'Or (Golden Palm)
4b The oldest film festival in the world awards the "Golden Lion" as its top prize. In which city is it held?
Venice

Round Seven
1a The American TV series 'The Wire" is set in which city?
Baltimore
1b Which German city was the target of the first 1000 bomber raid in 1942?
Cologne
2a Which sea lies off the Great Barrier Reef?
Coral Sea
2b Hlobane and Isandhlwana were battles in which 19th century conflict?
(Anglo-)Zulu War
3a To within 10 miles, how long is the Pennine Way, running from Edale in the Peak District to Kirk Yetholm in the Scottish Borders?
267 miles
3b The grounding of which oil tanker off the Brittany Coast in March 1978 contaminated 220 miles of coastline?
Amoco Cadiz
4a Michael Caine portrayed which officer in the 1964 film "Zulu"?
Lt. Gonville Bromhead
4b To within 10 miles, how long is Alfred Wainwright's Coast to Coast walk, from St. Bees, Cumbria, to Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire?
192 miles

Round Eight
1a In January 2010, who became the first mother to win the Australian Open Tennis Championships since Evonne Goolagong in the 1970's?
Kim Clijsters
1b Which American baseball team was formed in 1962 to replace the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants?
New York Mets
2a Which Scottish author wrote "A Good Man in Africa", "The New Confessions", and his most recent novel "Ordinary Thunderstorms"?
William Boyd
2b Which American writer chronicled the lives of the Glass family in works such as "Franny and Zooey", and "Raise the Roofbeam, Carpenters"?
J. D. Salinger
3a Which former American baseball player currently holds the records for both most home runs in a season, and most career home runs?
Barry Bonds
3b In the UK, which creature is often known as a 'Rumpy'?
A Manx Cat
4a In contract rubber bridge, how many points are awarded for successfully making a non-vulnerable contract of four Spades?
120
4b How many checkers (pieces) does each player start with in a game of backgammon?
Fifteen

Spare Questions
1 Where was the specific location of the nuclear accident in the USA in 1979?
Three Mile Island
2 Who, in the Bible, was the eldest son of Isaac?
Esau
3 The American Bill Viola is associated with which art form?
Video (Art)
4 In the internationally recognised educational organisation 'IBO'', for what does the letter 'B' stand?
Baccalaureate