Tuesday 22nd November 2011
Set by Ormskirk

ROUND 1
1a Which artist (1518-1594), born Jacopo Comin, also known as Jacopo Robusti, is known by a nickname taken from his father's occupation as a dyer?
TINTORETTO
1b Which writer, whose Christian names were Clive Staples, was known to family and friends as 'Jack'?
C S LEWIS
2a Stoke City FC now play their home games at the Britannia Stadium. What was the name of their previous stadium?
VICTORIA GROUND
2b What is the capital of Mali?
BAMAKO
3a Which is the preantepenultimate letter of the alphabet?
W
3b Before Gordon Brown, who was the last British Prime Minister to represent a Scottish constituency?
ALEC DOUGLAS HOME
4a Often mentioned, but never seen, what is the name of Hyacinth Bucket's son in TV's
'Keeping Up Appearances'?
SHERIDAN
4b Who had a hit in 1966 with the song 'Monday, Monday'?
THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS

ROUND 2
1a Who presents the TV series 'Extreme Fishing'?
ROBSON GREEN
1b Who is the Chief of Police in Puccini's opera 'Tosca'?
BARON SCARPIA
2a Who is the wife of King Cepheus, found opposite to him in the night sky?
CASSIOPEIA
2b Which English coin was in use from the time of Edward I until 1662 and was worth 4 pence? GROAT
3a On which racecourse is the Hennessy Gold Cup run?
NEWBURY
3b The states of Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae in the Western Pacific are collectively known as the Federated States of ................. where?
MICRONESIA
4a For a constituency in which town is Ed Miliband an MP?
DONCASTER
4b What is the name of the ship in which Jim Hawkins and co. sail in 'Treasure Island'? HISPANIOLA

ROUND 3
1a The former cricket umpire Harold (Dicky) Bird played cricket for Yorkshire and which other county?
LEICESTERSHIRE
1b Which country do the Germans call Weißrussland (pronounced Vice - russ - lant)?
BELARUS
2a What decoration, a Cross, was instituted on 1st July 2009 to commemorate UK armed forces personnel who have died on operations or as a result of an act of terrorism?
ELIZABETH (CROSS)
2b What two word term has been applied to the genre of women's fiction which addresses issues of modern women, often humorously and lightheartedly?
CHICK LIT
3a Which woman has won the most Oscars?
EDITH HEAD (8 FOR COSTUME DESIGN)
3b What was the forename of the composer of the 'Carnival of the Animals', Saint-Saëns? CAMILLE
4a What is the popular name of the religious group founded by Ann Lee as the 'United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing'?
SHAKERS
4b Give a year in the life of Marco Polo.
1254 to 1324

ROUND 4
1a Known officially as the Great Spring Show, which annual event started in 1862?
CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW
1b Derived from the Etruscan calendar and persisting for around 500 years, into how many days was the Roman week divided prior to the adoption of the Julian calendar?
EIGHT
2a 'E20' is an internet spinoff from which soap opera?
EASTENDERS
2b Which 1926 record by Charles Penrose became a cult classic on BBC 'Children's Favourites' from the 1950s to the 1970s?
THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN
3a 'Saint-Cyr' is a French educational establishment. What is its British equivalent?
SANDHURST
3b Which poet wrote the line 'T'is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all'?
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON
4a What nationality is Petra Kvitova the 2011 Ladies Singles winner at Wimbledon?
CZECH
4b Which US state capital is only accessible by sea and air?
JUNEAU

ROUND 5
1a Who in 1912, after not being invited to perform in the first Royal Command Performance, staged a rival show advertised 'by command of the British public'?
MARIE LLOYD
1b In the Hellenistic system the weekdays were named after the 7 classical planets (Saturn, Sun, Moon, Mars etc), which planet is commemorated by the day we call Friday?
VENUS
2a '90210' is a spinoff from a TV series set in which city in Los Angeles County California?
BEVERLEY HILLS
2b Which song, recorded by Mandy Miller, a regular request on 'Children's Favourites', begins 'To Bombay a travelling circus came'?
NELLIE THE ELEPHANT
3a What is the American equivalent to Britain's Dartmouth Naval College?
ANNAPOLIS (NAVAL ACADEMY)
3b Which poet wrote the line 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know'?
JOHN KEATS
4a What nationality is Louis Oosthuizen the 2010 Open Golf Champion?
SOUTH AFRICAN
4b Joe Juneau, after whom the Alaskan state capital is named died in 1899. Which European, who died the year before, is the next most recently alive after whom a state capital is named? BISMARCK

ROUND 6
1a Which member of the Cabinet has been the MP for Maidenhead since 1997?
THERESA MAY
1b What is the name of Captain Ahab's ship in 'Moby Dick'?
PEQUOD
2a On which racecourse is the King George VI Chase run?
KEMPTON (PARK)
2b How are the states of Ajman, al-Fujairah, Ras-al Khaimah, Sharjah, Umm al-Quwain and two others collectively known?
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
3a Who is the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, also represented as a constellation? ANDROMEDA
3b Which English gold coin was first minted by Edward III, was worth 6 shillings and 8 pence
(sometimes 10 shillings) and last appeared in the reign of Charles I?
NOBLE
4a Who together with Nicholas Crane has been the main presenter of 'Coast'?
NEIL OLIVER
4b In Verdi's opera 'Rigoletto', what is the name of the daughter of the title character?
GILDA

ROUND 7
1a Who is the only person to have won an Oscar for acting and screen writing?
EMMA THOMPSON
1b What is the real first name of the singer Lulu?
MARIE
2a Which religious faith was founded in the 19th century, in what is now Iran and has its headquarters in Haifa(Israel)?
BAHA'I
2b Give a year in the life of Henry the Navigator.
1394 to 1460
3a The former cricket umpire David Shepherd played cricket for which county? GLOUCESTERSHIRE
3b SNCB is one of the names of the train operating company in which country?
BELGIUM
4a What decoration, a Cross, was first awarded in 1995 to Corporal Wayne Mills for his actions in Bosnia?
CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY (CROSS)
4b Who is the author of the 'Shopaholic' series of 'Chick Lit' books?
SOPHIE KINSELLA

ROUND 8
1a Swansea City FC now play their home games at the Liberty Stadium. What was the name of their previous stadium?
VETCH FIELD
1b What is the capital of Gambia?
BANJUL
2a The artist Paolo Cagliari was born in 1528. His works include 'The Wedding Feast at Cana' and 'The Feast in the House of Levi'. How is he better known, a name derived from his birthplace? VERONESE
2b Who preceded Cecil Day Lewis as Poet Laureate?
JOHN MASEFIELD
3a Often mentioned but never seen, what is the name of Captain Mainwaring's wife in TV's
'Dad's Army'?
ELIZABETH
3b What sort of Tuesday did the Rolling Stones sing about in their 1967 hit?
RUBY
4a Which is the penultimate letter of the Greek alphabet?
PSI
4b Who was the last British Prime Minister to represent a Welsh constituency?
JAMES CALLAGHAN

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 Which is England's newest National Park?
SOUTH DOWNS
2 Who is the Vice President, and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy?
BARONESS ASHTON (OF UPHOLLAND)
3 What is the name of Gilbert and Sullivan's Modern Major General?
STANLEY
4 Ownership of which worldwide publishing concern gave Conrad Black control of the Daily Telegraph?
HOLLINGER INTERNATION