Monday 3rd October 2011
Set by Our Lady's B (Wirral)

Round 1
1a Dili is the capital of which state that became independent on 20 May 2002?
East Timor
1b What do we call the vegetable called the rutabaga in America?
Swede (accept Turnip)
2a What are female ferrets and polecats called?
Jill
2b What name, also given to the spacecraft used, was given to the American space program that ran from 1959 to 1963, with the aim of putting a man in earth orbit?
Mercury (Project)
3a What is the state capital of Kansas?
Topeka
3b Who won the 1952 US Presidential election?
(Dwight D.) Eisenhower
4a In which English county are the National Space Centre and the Foxton canal locks?
Leicestershire
4b What is the name of Atticus Finch's daughter, the narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird?
Scout (accept Jean or Louise)

Round 2
1a What is the main unit of currency of Vietnam?
Dong
1b What is the state capital of Wyoming?
Cheyenne
2a Who wrote the Napoleonic war novels featuring Stephen Maturin?
(Patrick) O'Brian
2b Who wrote the plays Plaza Suite and The Odd Couple?
(Neil) Simon
3a In which city in the UK is the National Railways Museum?
York
3b What is the main currency unit of Afghanistan?
Afghani
4a Which cooking utensil is called a skillet in America?
Frying Pan
4b What was the name of the 1990s TV series starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as flatmates Eddie and Richie?
Bottom

Round 3
1a Which author was born in Higher Brockhampton, near Dorchester, in 1840?
(Thomas) Hardy
1b Asmara is the capital of which state that became independent on 24 May 1993?
Eritrea
2a Which American playwright wrote The Iceman Cometh and Long Day's Journey Into Night?
(Eugene) O'Neill
2b Which author was born in 1812 in Landport, which is now part of Portsmouth?
(Charles) Dickens
3a What name is given to a female rat?
Doe
3b In the TV programme '24', what is the name of the character played by Kiefer Sutherland?
Jack Bauer
4a Who won the 1968 US presidential election?
(Richard) Nixon
4b Occurring on 21 July 1861, on what was the first major land battle of the American Civil War?
First Bull Run (accept First Manassas)

Round 4
1a In the book and film The Railway Children, who was the sister of Peter and Phyllis?
Bobbie (Roberta)
1b What is the title of Private Eye's regular page of political news?
HP Sauce
2a In which of his books does George Orwell recount his experiences in the Spanish Civil War?
Homage to Catalonia
2b What three-word slogan was printed above a picture of a dole queue on a famous poster designed by Saatchi & Saatchi for the 1979 Conservative election campaign in Britain?
Labour Isn't Working
3a In which Virginia town, in April 1865, did Robert E Lee sign the Confederate surrender at the end of the American Civil War?
Appomattox
3b What was discovered at Lascaux in France in 1940?
Cave Paintings
4a Alan Hansen joined Liverpool from which club in 1977?
Partick Thistle
4b Which actor/director's production company is called Malpaso Productions?
Clint Eastwood

Round 5
1a Which Tottenham Hotspur manager signed Ossie Ardiles?
Keith Burkinshaw
1b Which famous American film star had the middle name DeForest?
Humphrey Bogart
2a What was the name of the month in the French Revolutionary Calendar which corresponded to parts of July and August? The same word describes a lobster dish.
Thermidor
2b Which river forms most of the border between Laos and Thailand?
Mekong
3a Ian Curtis, who committed suicide in May 1980, was the vocalist with which group?
Joy Division
3b Who signs himself as Ebor?
Archbishop of York
4a John Wayne won his only Oscar for his role in which film?
True Grit
4b Eddie Reader had a Number 1 hit in April 1988 with which group?
Fairground Attraction

Round 6
1a Which famous author spent 5 years in the 1920's as a police officer in Burma?
George Orwell
1b Which directing partnership remade the film True Grit in 2010?
The Coen Brothers
2a Which Israeli leader won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978?
Menachem Begin
2b What was the name of the month in the French Revolutionary Calendar which corresponded to parts of March and April, and has the same name as a 1993 film starring Gerard Depardieu based on a Zola novel?
Germinal
3a Which river forms the border between Zimbabwe, South Africa and Botswana?
Limpopo
3b What was the four-word sign famously hung in the campaign war room during
Bill Clinton's 1992 election campaign, to remind Clinton and the rest of the team of their most important campaigning priority?
It's The Economy, Stupid
4a William Gladstone was sometimes known by the initials G.O.M. What did those three letters stand for?
Grand Old Man
4b The subject of a 1970 Ken Russell film, which Russian composer's first symphony was nicknamed Winter Daydreams?
Tchaikovsky

Round 7
1a What did the poet Homer frequently describe as 'wine-dark'?
The Sea
1b What is the name of the Microsoft application for creating and editing slideshow presentations?
Powerpoint
2a The chemical symbol for Sodium, Na, is an abbreviation of which Latin word?
Natrium
2b In Warner Brothers Looney Tunes cartoons, what was the name of the amorous French skunk?
Pepe Le Pew
3a What name is given to the study of the theory, science and philosophy of law? Jurisprudence
3b The chemical symbol for Antimony, Sb, is an abbreviation of which Latin word?
Stibium
4a Which boxer was the first to defeat Frank Bruno in a professional fight, in May 1984?
James ("Bonecrusher") Smith
4b Which regular feature in Private Eye covers pretentious or pompous statements from the arts, academia and business?
Pseuds Corner

Round 8
1a What nationality was the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard?
Danish
1b Which boxer was the first to defeat Mike Tyson in a professional fight, in February 1990?
James ("Buster") Douglas
2a Which poem by Keats opens with the words "O what can all thee, knight-at-arms, alone and palely loitering"?
La Belle Dame Sans Merci
2b Which band did Mick Jones form on leaving the Clash?
Big Audio Dynamite (accept General Public)
3a Which English character actor played Mr Salt in the 1971 film 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'?
Roy Kinnear
3b What was the name of Jodie Foster's character in the film 'Bugsy Malone'?
Tallulah
4a In their 1980 No.7 hit, for what were punk rock band Splodgenessabounds asking the barman?
Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps
4b Which poem by Keats opens with the words "My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains my sense"?
Ode to a Nightingale

Spare Questions
1 Who wrote the novel 'Cold Comfort Farm' in 1932?
Stella Gibbons
2 In which year was the Battle of the Little Big Horn?
1876
3 In which English county was Charles Darwin born?
Shropshire (Shrewsbury)
4 Who played the Skipper in the 1960s US TV sitcom 'Gilligan's Island'?
Alan Hale (Jr)