Tuesday 8th November 2011
Set by Blundellsands LTC (Northern)

Round 1
1a How long is allowed between games in an APT (professional) tennis match?
90 SECONDS
1b Which is the only spice quoted on the stock market?
PEPPER
2a Who starred opposite Humphrey Bogart in The Film "To Have and Have Not" and became his fourth wife?
LAUREN BACALL
2b The National Gallery is situated in which London square?
TRAFALGAR
3a Which is the smallest marine mammal?
SEA OTTER
3b Which was the last pitched battle to be fought on English soil?
SEDGEMOOR
4a Elizabeth Woodville was the wife of which English King?
EDWARD IV
4b Who wrote the Elvis Presley song "Blue Suede Shoes"
CARL PERKINS

Round 2
1a There are two gymnastics' events in the Olympic games that men compete in but women don't - one is the pommel horse name the other.
RINGS
1b How long is allowed between serves in an APT tennis match i.e. between 1st and 2nd serve?
20 SECONDS
2a Travelling outward from the sun which is the first planet with a satellite?
EARTH
2b Which celebrity named his son (nickname) 'Blanket'?
MICHAEL JACKSON
3a Which rank in the British Army was abolished in 1907?
COMMANDER IN CHIEF
3b What is the name of the North West grandmother who made the headlines last year following a heated discussion with Gordon Brown on the hustings during the last general election run-in?
GILLIAN DUFFY
4a Which female celebrity named her child 'Apple'?
GWYNETH PALTOW
4b Which American State Capital has the same name as its state?
OKLAHOMA CITY

Round 3
1a What name is traditionally given to the hangman in a Punch and Judy Show, named after Charles 1st executioner?
JOHN KETCH (JACK)
1b Eden Garden cricket stadium is a test match ground in which city?
CALCUTTA (INDIA)
2a Which famous jazz singer was known as "Lady Day'?
BILLIE HOLLIDAY
2b Which medal formerly for the RAF was introduced in 1918 for bravery of officers, but now is for all ranks of the service?
D.F.C. (Distinguished Flying Cross)
3a Soweto in Africa is an abbreviation of what?
SOUTH WEST TOWNSHIP
3b Which trees were the subject of paintings by Monet in 1891?
POPLAR
4a Which "Bond Girl" has a mother who is from Liverpool?
HALLE BERRY
4b Who is credited with the invention of bi-focal glasses?
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Round 4
1a The cornet, trombone, tuba and euphonium are instruments in a brass band. Name one other?
FLUGELHORN (OR BARITONE HORN)
1b Banjo Patterson is credited with writing which song a national favourite of its country?
WALTZING MATILDA
2a "Hyf Haus" is a famous name in which building system?
PRE-FABRICATED HOUSES
2b Operation Frankton was the name given to which 2nd World War naval operation?
FIXING MINES TO GERMAN SHIPS (IN BORDEAUX)
3a Which Indian City is known as the Silicon Valley of India?
BANGALORE
3b Which drink has major commercial types called Robusta and Arabica?
COFFEE
4a Which English statesman, lawyer and scientist died after catching pneumonia from stuffing a chicken with snow?
FRANCIS BACON
4b What is the residence of the Duke of Devonshire?
CHATSWORTH HOUSE

Round 5
1a What is the highest peak in Germany?
THE ZUGSPITZE
1b Complete the line from Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 "Rough winds do shake …..
THE DARLING BUDS OF MAY
2a The Trevi Fountain scene in "La Dolca Vita" featured which Swedish starlet?
ANITA EKBERG
2b In the USSR what was the Komosomol?
THE COMMUNIST YOUGH LEAGUE
3a Which Shakespeare character dies saying 'the rest is silence'?
HAMLET
3b The island of Lampedusa belongs to which European country?
ITALY
4a Who is the patron saint of the Order of the Garter?
ST GEORGE
4b "Building Better Worlds" Weyland-Yutani Corp features in which sci-fi film series?
ALIEN

Round 6
1a Where was Hitler's mountain hideout?
BERCHTESGADEN
1b The cricketer Derek Randall had which, racehorse -related, nickname?
ARKLE
2a Adria Airways is the airline of which former Yugoslav State?
SLOVENIA
2b Justine Thornton is the fiancee of which politician?
ED MILIBAND
3a Which sport is supervised in Scotland by the Camanachd Association?
SHINTY
3b In World War 2 which German City was the target of first 'thousand member raid'?
COLOGNE - 30th MAY 1942
4a What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Commons?
JOHN BERCOW
4b Varig is the national airline of which Country?
BRAZIL

Round 7
1a Aqua Fortis is another name for which liquid?
NITRIC ACID
1b Which US President's portrait appears on the US $5 bill?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
2a Which car manufacturer produces the Note model?
NISSAN
2b Which philosopher said "The State is not abolished it withers away"?
FRIEDRICH ENGELS
3a 'What is the currency of Zambia?
THE KWACHA
3b Warts are part of which virus family?
PAPOVAVIRUS
4a Which philosopher said that the life of man was "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short"?
THOMAS HOBBS
4b Which car manufacturer produces the Jimmy model?
SUZUKI

Round 8
1a The Butcher bird is another name for which bird? T
SHRIKE
1b Which town in Italy is the home of violin making?
CREMONA
2a By which treaty was Gibraltar formally ceded to Great Britain in 1713?
THE TREATY OF UTRECHT
2b Who wrote 'An Enemy of the People'?
HENRICK IBSEN
3a Which Beethoven Symphony was originally dedicated to Napoleon?
THE THIRD (EROICA)
3b What was the name of the first propeller-driven ship to cross the Atlantic?
GREAT BRITAIN
4a Who wrote the music for Berthold Brecht's `The Beggars Opera'?
KURT WEILL
4b Who wrote the play 'Death of a Salesman'?
ARTHUR MILLER

Spare Questions
1 Which British Army rank comes after Brigadier?
MAJOR GENERAL
2 Which rank in the Royal Navy is the equivalent to the rank of Colonel in the British Army?
CAPTAIN
3 The Schneider Trophy was awarded to what type of transport?
SEA PLANES
4 The pineal gland is situated in which part of the body?
THE BRAIN