Tuesday 6th September 2011
Set by Ormskirk

ROUND 1
1a Who is the author of the novel 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'?
TRACY CHEVALIER
1b In which country was tennis player Juan Martin del Potro born?
ARGENTINA
2a Who was the 20th-21st century composer of the 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'?
HENRYK GORECKI
2b The Scottish peak Ben More is the highest point on which island?
MULL
3a The Roman province of Dacia is now part of which modern day country?
ROMANIA
3b Who, in 2010, became the first Green Party member of the House of Commons?
CAROLINE LUCAS
4a The naval Battle of the Saints took place in which decade of the 18th century?
1780s (1782)
4b The TV series `Downton Abbey' was filmed largely at which stately house?
HIGHCLERE

ROUND 2
1a In popular music how is Paul Hewson better known?
BONO
1b The naval Battle of Coronel took place during which war?
WORLD WAR I
2a Common in Australia the wattle is a tree of what genus?
ACACIA
2b 'The Night of the Hunter' in 1955 was the only film to be directed by which actor?
CHARLES LAUGHTON
3a The Corryvreckan whirlpool lies to the north of which Scottish island?
JURA
3b Who composed the opera `L'Elisir d'Amore'?
GAETANO DONIZETTTI
4a 'At my Mother's Knee (and other Low Joints)' is the first autobiography by which TV personality?
PAUL O'GRADY
4b Saint-Denis is the chief town on which Indian Ocean island?
REUNION

ROUND 3
1a Galah and Sulphur-crested are species of what kind of bird?
COCKATOO (accept PARROT)
1b What prize was won in 2010 by Liu Xiaobo?
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
2a La Digue and Mahe are islands in which Indian Ocean group?
SEYCHELLES
2b Alabaster is a form of which mineral?
GYPSUM or CALCITE
3a Who is the author of the children's book 'The Story of Tracy Beaker'?
JACQUELINE WILSON
3b In pop music how is Vincent Furnier better known?
ALICE COOPER
4a Which TV sitcom features parents Pete and Sue Brockman plus their three children? OUTNUMBERED
4b 'Thanks for Nothing' is the autobiography of which comedian?
JACK DEE

ROUND 4
1a Name either of the tennis players who took part in the longest set ever to be played at Wimbledon (70-68), in 2010?
NICHOLAS MAHUT or JOHN ISNER
1b Which of the United States of America is known as the Old Colony State?
MASSACHUSETTS
2a Who created and wrote the TV series `Downton Abbey'?
JULIAN FELLOWES
2b Who is the author of 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard'?
J K ROWLING
3a Who has become the first Muslim woman to serve in the Cabinet?
BARONESS WARSI
3b Who is the author of the novel 'The Horse Whisperer'?
NICHOLAS EVANS
4a In which country was the 2010 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Mario Vargas Llosa born?
PERU
4b The indri is a species of what kind of mammal?
A LEMUR

ROUND 5
1a O R Tambo airport serves which South African city?
JOHANNESBURG
1b Which 2004 Tom Hanks film centres around a stranded traveler from Krakozhia?
THE TERMINAL
2a Roy Wood was the leader of which early 1970s glam rock band?
WIZZARD
2b Jens Stoltenberg is the Prime Minister of which European country?
NORWAY
3a In which decade of the 15th century was the Battle of Towton fought?
1460s (1461)
3b The only stadium to host two soccer World Cup Finals is in which city?
MEXICO CITY
4a Who won the Best Director Oscar at the 2011 awards?
TOM HOOPER (for THE KING'S SPEECH)
4b The French writer Andre Breton initiated which artistic movement in the 1920s, based on Dadaism?
SURREALISM

ROUND 6
1a The scaup is a species of what kind of bird?
A DUCK
1b Buchanan is a major city in which West African country?
LIBERIA
2a What was the venue near Newport for the 2010 Ryder Cup?
CELTIC MANOR
2b The site of the 1461 Battle of Mortimer's Cross lies in which English county?
HEREFORDSHIRE
3a Who won TV's 'The X Factor' in December 2010?
MATT CARDLE
3b Which car manufacturer makes the MPV model the Roomster?
SKODA
4a 'Baby Come Back' was a number one hit in 1968 for which group?
THE EQUALS
4b The historic area of Gastown forms part of which Canadian city?
VANCOUVER

ROUND 7
1a Which car manufacturer makes the Tacuma MPV model?
CHEVROLET
1b The phalarope is a species of what kind of bird?
A WADER
2a The Dogon are a race of people resident in which African country?
MALI
2b Which 19th-20th century writer's first novel was 'The Napoleon of Notting Hill', published in 1904?
G K CHESTERTON
3a Novi Sad is the second largest city in which European country?
SERBIA
3b Sarah Philipsz was the winner of which prize in 2010?
TURNER PRIZE
4a Glevum was the Roman name for which English city?
GLOUCESTER
4b Who was the captain of the US Ryder Cup team in 2010?
COREY PAVIN

ROUND 8
1a Compound and recurve are variations of which Olympic event's equipment?
ARCHERY (BOWS)
1b Rutite is an ore that produces which mineral?
TITANIUM
2a Who is the present Secretary General of NATO?
ANDERS RASMUSSEN
2b For her performance in which film did Natalie Portman win the 2011 Oscar for Best Actress?
BLACK SWAN
3a Whose name is missing to make up the 1950s/1960s jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks and …………?
ROSS (ANNIE)
3b Venta Belgarum was the Roman name for which English city?
WINCHESTER
4a Thackeray's 'Vanity Fair' was first published in which decade of the 19th century?
1840s (1848)
4b The last working gallows were housed in which of London's prisons?
WANDSWORTH

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 Cyrenaica is a province of which African country?
LIBYA
2 'Lola' was a hit in 1970 for which pop group?
THE KINKS
3 The spice vanilla came originally from which country in the Americas?
MEXICO
4 Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov from Manchester University won which Nobel Prize in 2010?
PHYSICS