Tuesday 13th September 2011
Set by Puzzlers (Northern)

Round 1
1a What sort of creature is a saiga?
AN ANTELOPE
1b Who wrote the semi-biographical book 'From the Elephant to Hollywood'?
MICHAEL CAINE
2a Which zodiac sign is between Libra and Sagittarius?
SCORPIO
2b Which great river flows though China, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to the South China Sea?
MEKONG
3a Which British composer wrote 'The Midsummer Marriage' and `The Knot Garden'?
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
3b Which ball game of North American Indian origin is 10 a side for men and 12 a side for women?
LACROSSE
4a Who wrote the semi-biographical book 'Stalin Ate my Homework"?
ALEXI SAYLE
4b To which animal does the adjective ovine refer?
SHEEP

Round 2
1a Which semi-aquatic carnivorous mammals belong to the genus `Lutra'?
OTTERS
1b In which war did the Battle of Sedan take place?
FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR
2a Which sailing ship, named after the witch in Burns' poem 'Tam O'Shanter', is preserved in dry dock at Greenwich?
CUTTY SARK
2b By what name is the medicine consisting of a suspension of magnesium hydroxide in water called?
MILK OF MAGNESIA
3a What was the profession of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe?
ARCHITECT
3b What is a honey locust?
A TREE
4a Which area of the USA is generally accepted to be north of the Ohio River, west of Lake Eyre and east of the Great Plains?
THE MIDWEST
4b In which present-day country is the Biblical land of Sheba?
YEMEN

Round 3
1a In Greek mythology, which Muse was the patron of comedy?
THALIA
1b Which dynasty has ruled the Netherlands since 1815?
HOUSE OF ORANGE
2a Which genus of plants includes "busy lizzie" and "touch-me- not"?
IMPATIENS
2b Which bird is also called the peewit or green plover?
LAPWING
3a Who was Hitler's personal secretary who was sentenced to death in absentia at Nuremberg?
MARTIN BORMANN
3b Which river passes through Tonbridge, Maidstone, Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham?
RIVER MEDWAY
4a Which American actor starred in the films Bullitt, Papillon and The Great Escape?
STEVE MCQUEEN
4b On which island is the Indonesian capital Jakarta situated?
JAVA

Round 4
1a From which plant is linseed oil derived?
FLAX
1b In Greek mythology, who was the goddess of the moon, sometimes identified as Artemis?
SELENE
2a Which Italian form of improvised comic drama was popular in the 16th and 17th centuries?
COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE
2b In the celestial hierarchy, what is the highest order of angels?
SERAPHIM
3a Which French writer published the collection of fairy tales `Contes de ma mere l'Oye', better known as Mother Goose?
CHARLES PERRAULT
3b In which sea can the island group known as the Sporades be found?
THE AEGEAN
4a In the mathematical term RMS, what does the R stand for?
ROOT (ROOT-MEAN SQUARE)
4b What was the artistic profession of Emily Dickinson?
POET

Round 5
1a To which genus of plants do "Sweet William" and "Carnations" belong?
DIANTHUS
1b Which American author wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winner 'A Death in the Family?
JAMES AGEE
2a Which of the Gospels records the Sermon on the Mount including the Beatitudes and the Lords' Prayer?
MATTHEW
2b Which country did England fight against in the Hundred Years' War?
FRANCE
3a Of which African country is Gaberone the capital?
BOTSWANA
3b Which British artist painted a portrait of Winston Churchill that was destroyed on the instructions of Lady Churchill?
GRAHAM SUTHERLAND
4a Which Anglo-Saxon Abbot wrote "Catholic Homilies" and "Lives of the Saints"?
AELFRIC
4b What name is given to the southern landmass formed by the splitting of a single world continent over 200 million years ago?
GONDWANALAND

Round 6
1a What is the collective name for a group of magpies?
TIDING
1b In which country would you find Etosha National Wildlife Park?
NAMIBIA
2a Which American politician said 'Some newspapers dispose of their garbage by printing it'?
SPIRO T AGNEW
2b Who 'was the second Englishman to run a mile in under 4 minutes?
DEREK IBBOTSON
3a In which country would you find Chobe National Wildlife Park?
BOTSWANA
3b What was the real name of 'The Birdman of Alcatraz'?
ROBERT STROUD
4a Polygamy is the state of having more than one wife but what word describes the state of having more than one husband?
POLYANDRY
4b What is the collective name for a group of hawks or falcons?
CAST

Round 7
1a The town of Whitby stands at the mouth of which river?
THE ESK
1b What type of creature is an onager?
A WILD ASS
2a Which pop group of the 60's and 70's released albums entitled `Days of Future Passed' and 'A Question of Balance'?
THE MOODY BLUES
2b What was Bing Crosby's theme song?
WHEN THE BLUE OF THE NIGHT (MEETS THE GOLD OF THE DAY)
3a What name is given to the Northernmost belt of coniferous forest stretching from Scandinavia to Siberia?
THE TAIGA
3b Carlisle stands on which river?
THE EDEN
4a What type of creature is a tanager?
A BIRD
4b Which pop group of the 70's and 80's released albums entitled `Making Movies' and 'Communiqué'?
DIRE STRAITS

Round 8
1a Who was the last British tennis player to win the men's singles at Wimbledon?
FRED PERRY
1b Which Noble prize-winning novelist is best known for 'And Quiet Flows the Don?
MIKHAIL SHOLOKHOV
2a Which British artist achieved notoriety in 1976 when he admitted to faking old masters?
TOM KEATING
2b Which Italian painter is best known for his ceiling fresco of Aurora?
GUIDO RENI
3a Who was king of Great Britain and Ireland when the American colonies were lost?
GEORGE III
3b Which sugar occurs naturally in honey, fruit and green leaves?
FRUCTOSE
4a Which English novelist wrote 'The Rachel Papers' and 'Money'?
MARTIN AMIS
4b Which South African mammal is also called a suricate?
MEERKAT

Spare Questions
1 Which US inventor designed the Clermont, one of the earliest steamships?
ROBERT FULTON
2 Who won the 1997 Booker prize for the novel 'The God of Small Things'?
ARUNDHATI ROY
3 What sort of creature is a gerenuk?
AN ANTELOPE
4 Which infectious viral disease of domestic poultry is also called Newcastle disease?
FOWL PEST
5 What name is given to the ninth month of the Muslim year?
RAMADAN
6 Which group became the first to reach Number One with their first five singles?
THE SPICE GIRLS