Monday 21st November 2011
Set by Warrington

Round 1
1a Which Greek word meaning 'hidden writings' first appeared in the Luther Bible of 1534?
APOCRYPHA
1b John Maus died in May 2011, of which pop group had he been a member?
THE WALKER BROTHERS
2a Ribes Nigrum is, the Latin name for which fruit?
BLACKCURRANT
2b Which novelist is known as 'The Queen of the Aga saga'?
JOANNA TROLLOPE
3a Teddy Bears with a trademark button in the ear are made by which company?
STEIFF
3b Which French General and statesman took part in the Battle of Yorktown?
LAFAYETTE
4a What type of bird is a gadwall?
DUCK
4b Which power station building was adapted to become the Tate Modern Art Gallery?
BANKSIDE

Round 2
1a What is the name of the straight line joining any two points on the circumference of a circle?
A CHORD
1b 'In truth I know not why I am so sad' is the first line of which Shakespeare play?
The MERCHANT OF VENICE
2a In which modern Olympic Games were women allowed to compete for the first time? (Date or venue)
PARIS 1900
2b Smock, post and tower are types of what?
WINDMILLS
3a What football team did Arsene Wenger manage immediately before Arsenal?
(NAGOYA) GRAMPUS EIGHT
3b What title is held by the heir to the Spanish throne?
PRINCE of ASTURIAS
4a What was the capital city of the Assyrian Empire?
NINEVEH
4b Who, better known as an actor and comedian, released his debut blues album in 2011 called 'Let Them Talk'?
HUGH LAURIE

Round 3
1a Which group released the album 'Tango in the Night' in 1987?
FLEETWOOD MAC
1b Ur was a major city of which ancient civilization?
SUMER (or Sumeria)
2a The Clore Gallery at Tate Britain was built to house which painter's works?
J.M.W. TURNER
2b What is the more common name for the plant called 'Convallaria Majalis?
LILY of the VALLEY
3a In Shakespeare's 'As you like It', what name does Rosalind take when she poses as a boy?
GANYMEDE
3b In the Bible, how many human beings entered the Ark?
8
4a Which author writes about the Italian policeman Aurelio Zen?
Michael DIBDIN
4b Prior to Theo Walcott and Wayne Rooney, who was the youngest player to play football for England?
JAMES PRINSEP

Round 4
1a 'Someone like You is a 2011 song on whose 2nd studio album?
ADELE
1b To which bird family does a puffin belong?
AUK
2a What are Matryoshka?
RUSSIAN NESTING DOLLS
2b Differentiation and what are the two main operations of calculus?
INTEGRATION
3a To whom was Catherine of Aragon married before she married Henry 8th?
PRINCE ARTHUR (his elder brother)
3b 'Leave it to luck' or 'leave luck to heaven' is the translation from Japanese of which company's name?
NINTENDO
4a What was the last pitched battle on British soil?
CULLODEN [1746]
4b What is the final event of the women's heptathlon?
800 metres

Round 5
1a Who was the mother of twins, Apollo and Artemis?
LETO
1b Which element is the final result of the radioactive decay of uranium?
LEAD
2a What do the Americans call what we call a gear lever?
SHIFT STICK
2b Belvoir Castle is the home of which dukedom?
RUTLAND
3a In 'Dads Army' what did Hodges call Captain Mainwaring?
NAPOLEON
3b For what is the Beacon Prize awarded?
CHARITY WORK
4a What nickname name is given to Barrack Obama's official car?
The BEAST
4b In July 2011, the world's193rd state came into being. What is it called?
SOUTH SUDAN

Round 6
la What in Japan is the `Shinkansen'?
HIGH-SPEED or BULLET TRAIN
1b What was depicted on the reverse side of a pre-decimal halfpenny?
SHIP (Golden Hind)
2a Londonderry stands on which river?
FOYLE
2b In Australia what is a corroboree?
An ABORIGINAL GATHERING
3a In 1842, what was ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Nanking?
HONG KONG
3b In the radio term AM what does the M stand for? MODULATION
4a In a nursery rhyme what bore a silver nutmeg and a golden pear?
(my) LITTLE NUT TREE
4b Who, dying aged 61, in 2007, was the youngest member of the 1966 World Cup Squad?
ALAN BALL

Round 7
1a Which chemical element is named after the old name for Copenhagen?
HAFNIUM
1b According to the rhyme, what is a 'swarm of bees in June' worth?
A SILVER SPOON
2a From Dec.29th 2011 which country will move forward a time zone, a move designed to help trade with China, Australia and New Zealand?
SAMOA
2b What do the Americans call what we call a coffin?
A CASKET
3a On which flag would you find an armoured triskillion?
ISLE of MAN
3b In Arthurian legend, who threw Excalibur back into the Lake?
BEDIVERE
4a Who holds the title the Earl of Inverness?
PRINCE ANDREW
4b Where was the armistice which halted the Korean War signed in 1953?
PANMUNJON

Round 8
1a Which current Premier League football club are the only club to have won all four top divisions and both major cups in English football?
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS (WOLVES)
1b What nickname has been given to the Velodrome in the Olympic Park because of the shape of its roof?
The PRINGLE
2a What festival is celebrated with bread baked from the first grains of wheat harvested?
LAMMAS (Loaf mass August 1st)
2b Which Japanese verse form has 17 'on' or cmoree' arranged in phrases of 5, 7 and 5?
HAIKU
3a In which language does Radio Alba broadcast?
GAELIC
3b In 'Last of the Summer Wine' what character did Brian Wilde play?
FOGGY (Walter Dewhurst)
4a Founded in 1999 by BBC4 TV, for what is the Samuel Johnson Prize awarded?
NON-FICTION
4b The River Yarra flows through which city?
MELBOURNE

Spare Questions
1 Who did Brendan Barber succeed as General Secretary of the TUC?
JOHN MONKS
2 Opened in 1914, what is Edinburgh's main concert hall?
Usher Hall
3 A 'Loiner' comes from which city?
Leeds