Monday 7th November 2011
Set by Clarence (Wirral)

Round 1
1a Which American state is nicknamed the Com Husker state?
Nebraska
lb Which culinary vegetable has the Latin name "Allium Sativum"?
Garlic
2a What is the 10th letter in the Greek alphabet and is equivalent to the English letter "K"?
Kappa
2b Give a year in the life of Galileo.
1564-1642
3a In which constellation is the star Vega?
Lyra
3b Who created the fictional character "Tilly Trotter'?
Catherine Cookson
4a What name was given to the followers of John Wycliffe?
Lollards
4b Who played Jean Harlow in the 1965 film "Harlow"?
Carroll Baker (accept Carol Lynley)

Round 2
1a Royal Sovereign, Aromel and Red Gauntlet are all varieties of which fruit?
Strawberry1lb Which UK international airport has the code BFS?
Belfast
2a In the game of Bingo what number can be called "Kelly's Eye"?
1
2b Albert Einstein was appointed professor of Theoretical Physics at which Ivy League university in 1933?
Princeton
3a What form of dementia is named after a German psychiatrist who first described it in 1906?
Alzheimer's Disease
3b Who was Poet Laureate for 37 years from 1930-1967?
John Masefleld
4a Who painted "Girl with a Pearl Earring" circa 1665?
Johannes Vermeer
4b Which is the smallest country in area in mainland Africa?
Gambia

Round 3
1a Who directed the 1980 film "Ordinary People"?
Robert Redford
1b Who partnered Jo Durie when she won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 1987?
Jeremy Bates
2a Which writer had a cat called Hodge?
Dr Johnson
2b To which animal does the adjective aquiline refer?
Eagle
3a Near which city did Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" take place?
Athens
3b What is the meaning of the Latin phrase "Agnus Dei"?
Lamb of God
4a Verulamium is the Roman name for which English city?
St Albans
4b Who was the first Briton to be the world Formula 1 motor racing Grand Prix champion?
Mike Hawthorne (1958)

Round 4
1a What Hindi name is given to a keeper or driver of elephants?
Mahout
1b In Greek mythology who was the wife of Odysseus?
Penelope
2a Which American invented the Polaroid camera in 1947?
Edwin Land
2b What is the SI unit of pressure?
Pascal
3a Which author wrote "If not actually disgruntled, he was far from gruntled"?
P G Wodehouse
3b How many players are there in a tug of war team?
8
4a On which river does Peterborough stand?
Nene
4b In the Bible who was the father of Joseph and Benjamin?
Jacob

Round 5
1a Which American state is nicknamed the Treasure state?
Montana
1b Which vegetable has the scientific name "solanum tuberosum"?
Potato
2a Which is the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet and is equivalent to the English letter "L"?
Lambda
2b Give a year in the life of Vasco de Gama.
1460-1524
3a In which constellation is the star Regulus?
Leo
3b Which writer created the hero/assassin Jason Bourne?
Robert Ludlum
4a Which religious body was originally called Russelites?
Jehovah's Witnesses
4b Which actress caused a sensation by appearing naked in the 1933 film "Ecstasy"?
Hedy Lamarr

Round 6
1a Onward, Fertility and Merton Pride are all varieties of which fruit?
Pear
1b Which UK international airport has the code PIK?
Prestwick
2a In the game of Bingo what number can be called Doctors Orders?
9
2b When he published his theory of special relativity in 1905 Albert Einstein was working as a patent clerk in which Swiss city?
Berne
3a Which disease of the central nervous system is named after the Englishman who wrote "An Essay on the Shaking Palsy" in 1817?
Parkinson's Disease
3b Who was Poet Laureate for the longest period (42 years 1850-1892)?
Alfred Lord Tennyson
4a Who painted "The garden of earthly delights" circa 1504?
Hieronymus Bosch
4b Which is the smallest country in area in South America?
Surinam(e)

Round 7
1a Which Oscar-winning actress directed the film "Little Man Tate" in 1991?
Jodie Foster
1b Which Australian partnered John Lloyd to three Grand Slam Mixed Doubles titles in the 1980s?
Wendy Turnbull
2a Which writer had a dog called Flush?
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
2b To which animal does the adjective leporine refer?
Hare (accept rabbit)
3a In which city does the majority of the Shakespeare play "The Taming of the Shrew" take place?
Padua
3b What is the meaning of the Latin phrase "Dominus vobiscum"?
The Lord (God) be with you
4a Aqua Sulis was the Latin name for which English city?
Bath
4b What nationality was Formula 1 motor racing champion Juan Fangio?
Argentinian

Round 8
1a What Hindi name is given to a litter or seating on an elephant's or camel's back?
Howdah
1b In Roman mythology who was the wife of Jupiter?
Juno
2a Which Scotsman invented the vacuum flask in 1892?
James Dewar
2b What is the SI unit of force?
Newton
3a Who described cauliflower as a "cabbage with a college education"?
Mark Twain
3b How many players are on the field per side in an Australian Rules Football game?
18
4a On which river does Lincoln stand?
Witham
4b In the Bible who was the son of Abraham and Sarah?
Isaac

Spare Questions
1 According to the Talmud who was the first wife of Adam?
Lilith
2 How many cards are there in a Tarot pack?
78
3 Who was the Irish dancer who was the founder of the Bluebell Girls?
Margaret Kelly
4 Which Polynesian word means forbidden?
Taboo
5 In which sport did Stanley Matthews' father achieve success?
Boxing