Monday 5th September 2011
Set by Ormskirk

ROUND 1
1a 'If you have a problem, if no-one else can help, and if you can find them'; then maybe you could hire who, on TV in the 1980s?
THE A-TEAM
1b Due to its logo, which multinational company is known in the business press as 'The Blue Oval'?
FORD
2a When 19th-century gangs called 'crimps' kidnapped men to work on board ships, what city was their most frequent destination?
SHANGHAI
2b Best known for 'The Gruffalo', who was appointed the new Children's Laureate in June 2011?
JULIA DONALDSON
3a Which is the only country in the world that bans women from driving?
SAUDI ARABIA
3b Which part of your car contains a 35% solution of sulphuric acid?
BATTERY
4a What kind of animal is examining the title character in Henri Rousseau's painting, 'The Sleeping Gypsy'?
LION
4b In which movie does Sonny & Cher's song 'I Got You Babe' play on nine separate occasions?
GROUNDHOG DAY

ROUND 2
1a Which country's Prime Minister lives at 24 Sussex Drive?
CANADA
1b The Septuagint, Targum and Vulgate are all translations of what?
THE BIBLE
2a What gas are the bubbles in fizzy pop filled with?
CARBON DIOXIDE
2b The Crab and The Horsehead are famous examples of what astronomical feature?
NEBULAE
3a What connects the names of Gerald Ford, Bob Hope, Billy Ocean and Twiggy?
ALL HAVE FIRST NAME LESLIE OR LESLEY
3b What disease takes its name from the same Greek root as a type of coal, due to the black lesions it produces?
ANTHRAX (ANTHRACITE)
4a A church in Daresbury has a stained-glass window featuring a rabbit, a dodo and a lizard, because which man was born there in 1832, while his father was the parson?
LEWIS CARROLL (C L DODGSON)
4b Hong Kong is one of two 'special administrative regions' of China; what is the other?
MACAU

ROUND 3
1a The Australian species of which bird has nature's largest bill, that can hold over 3 gallons?
PELICAN
1b Which painter's-most famous work was inspired'by watching Camembert cheese on a hot day?
SALVADOR DALI (MELTING WATCHES IN THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY)
2a What singer's backing group was named after the address of keyboardist David Sancious' mother's home in Belmar, New Jersey?
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (E STREET BAND)
2b What company was named in 1972 in reference to the music-industry inexperience of its founder?
VIRGIN RECORDS
3a The marasca is a wild, bitter variety of what fruit?
CHERRY
3b The Sahara is Africa's largest desert, what is its second largest?
KALAHARI
4a In order to use it, what would you do to a joss stick?
SET FIRE TO IT
4b Which part of the body does a reflexologist most commonly focus on?
FEET

ROUND 4
1a For what did the 'O' originally stand in the name of the breakfast cereal, Cheerios?
OATS (CHEERIOATS)
1b True vanilla comes from a species of what flower?
ORCHID
2a The world's largest national park, bigger than 163 entire nations, is the entire north-eastern portion of what island?
GREENLAND
2b What liquid flows through your lacrimal canaliculi?
TEARS (TEAR DUCTS)
3a The adjective 'vermiform' is used to describe which small bodily organ?
APPENDIX
3b Which author's first novel begins; 'The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning'?
IAN FLEMING (CASINO ROYALE)
4a Which legendary king was the father of King Arthur?
UTHER PENDRAGON
4b `Sufferin' succotash' is a catchphrase of which cartoon cat?
SYLVESTER

ROUND 5
1a Derailleur systems are the gears on what type of device?
BICYCLE
1b The effectiveness of what product is measured in terms of SPF?
SUNTAN LOTION (SUN PROTECTION FACTOR)
2a What Brooklyn landmark is named after the rabbits that over-ran it in the 17th century?
CONEY ISLAND
2b What 30-part series began with 'On The Bank Crisis' in 1933 and ended with 'Opening Fifth War Loan Drive' in 1944?
FDR'S FIRESIDE CHATS
3a What shoulder condition, related to tennis elbow, was first diagnosed in 2007 and is one of the only words in English to contain a triple-repeated letter?
WIIITIS
3b In Irish legend, what was a leprechaun's day job?
SHOEMAKER/COBBLER
4a The 'Saladin Tithe' was a tax levied to finance the third of nine what?
CRUSADES
4b What is the result of raising any number to the power of zero?
1 (ONE)

ROUND 6
1a In Greek myth, who led the quest to find the Chrysomallos?
JASON (GOLDEN FLEECE)
1b What section of an orchestra sits in front, closest to the conductor?
STRINGS/VIOLINS
2a With UK number one hits 'Right Round' and 'Club Can't Handle Me', what is both the stage name and home US state of rapper Tramar Dillard?
FLO RIDA (ACCEPT FLORIDA)
2b 'The Sons of the Desert' is the international fan club of which movie pair?
LAUREL AND HARDY
3a Which singer has been known as 'The Red-Headed Stranger' since his 1975 album of that name?
WILLIE NELSON
3b The second largest city in Queensland and the pre-1957 name for an African nation share what name?
GOLD COAST
4a What performer's act was usually overseen by his medical adviser brother, Dr Leopold Weiss?
HARRY HOUDINI
4b In the combat sport MMA for what does the first M stand?
MIXED (MARTIAL ARTS)

ROUND 7
1a What 1859 historical novel contains chapters called 'Knitting', 'Still Knitting' and 'The Knitting Done'?
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
1b What hit 2008 film was based on the 2005 novel 'Q & A' by Vikas Swarup?
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
2a 'One could change the world in 140 characters' is the motto of Jack Dorsey, the founder of which website?
TWITTER
2b Velvet is the soft skin that covers what kind of animal appendage?
(DEER) ANTLERS
3a 'Nevermore' is the last word of the final eleven stanzas of what famous poem?
THE RAVEN (EDGAR ALLEN POE)
3b Andy Warhol factory members Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling, Joe Dallesandro, Joe Campbell and Jackie Curtis were the real people who inspired which 1972 song?
WALK ON THE WILD SIDE (LOU REED)
4a Only 69 men have ever held the top rank at sumo wrestling; by what name is that title known?
YOKOZUNA
4b Manuel Quezon was a founding father and early president of what nation?
PHILLIPINES

ROUND 8
1a What is the common name for a Cydia moth larva inside a seed of the Sebastiana shrub?
(MEXICAN) JUMPING BEAN
1b What consumer electronics product shares its name with the common name of the fruit Rubus Fructicosis?
BLACKBERRY
2a What movie star was nominated for acting awards for playing Anna Christie in 1930 and Anna Karenina in 1935?
GRETA GARBO
2b Geraldine Brooks' 2005 novel 'March' is narrated by the absentee father of which classic novel?
LITTLE WOMEN
3a What country's economy melted down in 2008 following the collapse of banks Glitnir, Landsbanki and Kaupthing?
ICELAND
3b Which man's 'second rebellion' was the Rum Rebellion, which deposed him as Governor of New South Wales in 1808?
WILLIAM BLIGH
4a On average, a Big Mac contains 178 of what ingredient?
SESAME SEEDS
4b Duncan Zowie Jones, director of sci-fi films 'Moon' and 'Source Code', is the son of which musician?
DAVID BOWIE

SPARE OUESTIONS
1 What is the world's largest nation that is all in a single time zone?
CHINA
2 Which moon of the solar system is named after the Greek god of fear?
PHOBOS
3 Musicians Sally and Ben Taylor are the children of James Taylor, and which other singer-songwriter?
CARLY SIMON
4 Who or what might you find inside a Habitrail?
MICE, HAMSTERS, ETC (THEY'RE THE CLEAR TUBES THEY RUN AROUND IN)