Tuesday 20th September 2011
Set by Kluggers (Liverpool)

Round 1
1a Who wrote the novel "The Painted Veil"?
Somerset Maugham
1b In which London borough is the Oval Cricket Ground?
Lambeth
2a Durres is the chief port of which European country?
Albania
2b Which spirit is used as the base for a Sea Breeze cocktail?
Vodka
3a Velma Kelly and Billy Flynn are two of the leading characters in which 2002 musical?
Chicago
3b Which country is bordered by Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia?
Kenya
4a Which Scottish football team play home matches at Fir Park?
Motherwell
4b Which British playwright wrote "Stags and Hens"?
Willy Russell

Round Two
1a Who had a 1978 hit with "Love is in the Air"?
John Paul Young
1b On an Ordnance Survey map, what do the letters 'FB' represent?
Footbridge
2a Which is the only country on mainland Europe to be in the same time zone as the UK?
Portugal
2b Which British athlete won the gold medal in the Women's Javelin at the 1984 Olympic Games?
Tessa Sanderson
3a For what does the letter `P' stand for in the health organisation BUPA?
Provident (British United Provident Association)
3b Which pop group comprised David van Day and Thereza Bazar?
Dollar
4a Which creatures were known as urchins to the English in medieval times?
(Baby) Hedgehogs
4b Who painted the picture known as "The Rokeby Venus"?
Velazquez

Round Three
1a Which Scottish island is separated from the mainland by the Firth of Lorn(e)?
Mull
1b In the Sudanese wars, which British general won the Battle of Omdurman?
(Sir Herbert) Kitchener
2a What is the name of the last passenger ship to hold the Blue Riband?
(SS) United States
2b Snow, Bean, White-fronted, and Pink-footed are species of which bird?
Goose
3a Slieve Donard is the highest summit in which Irish mountain range?
Mountains of Mourne
3b What was the name of the sister ship to the Titanic, nicknamed The Old Reliable'?
(RMS) Olympic
4a With which instrument is jazz musician Courtney Pine mainly associated?
Saxophone
4b Who wrote and directed the 2003 film "Love Actually"?
Richard Curtis

Round Four
1a Which Austrian monk is considered 'the father of genetics'?
(Gregor Johann) Mendel
1b What type of food is a Berliner Pfannkuchen?
Doughnut
2a What is the new Sky TV channel which opened in February 2011?
(Sky) Atlantic
2b The 'Free Officers Movement' took control of which country in a 1952 coup?
Egypt
3a Who beat Andy Murray in the final of the Australian Open in January 2011?
Novak Djokovic
3b Who was the female assistant referee criticised by Andy Gray and Richard Keys, leading to both men's departure from Sky TV?
Sian Massey
4a The Canadian province of Manitoba has a north east border with which body of water?
Hudson Bay
4b What does the letter `P' stand for in the Bank of England section MPC?
Policy (Monetary Policy Committee)

Round Five
1a Colonel Hall was a leading character in which US TV series? S
The Phil Silvers Show (accept Sergeant Bilko)
1b Panji(m) is the capital of which Indian state, popular with holiday makers?
Goa
2a What nationality is the operatic tenor Juan Diego Flores?
Peruvian
2b Which Scottish island is separated from the mainland by Kilbrannan Sound?
Arran
3a How is the chemical sodium thiosuiphate, used as a fixer in photography, better known?
Hypo
3b Willow, Reed, Grasshopper, and Dartford are species of which bird?
Warblers
4a In the USA, motor neurone disease is often named after which baseball player?
Lou Gehrig
4b From which common English tree are cricket stumps traditionally made?
Ash

Round Six
1a Odense and Aarhus are major cities in which European country?
Denmark
1b Which straits separate Corsica and Sardinia?
(Straits of) Bonifacio
2a What are erythrocytes?
Red blood cells
2b What nationality is the dramatist Athol Fugard?
South African
3a What name is given to the short wooden mallet used to kill a fish after it has been landed?
Priest
3b In which year did Lenin die, and Mallory and Irvine disappear on Mount Everest?
1924
4a Which European capital city is on the River Tagus?
Lisbon
4b Which human rights group appointed Sharmishta (Shami) Chakrabati as director in 2003?
Liberty

Round Seven
1a Which Yorkshire town gives its name to a double lamb chop?
Barnsley
1b What does the letter `E' stand for in the acronym CITES, concerning animals, fauna and flora?
Endangered
2a Which internet service was set up by David Filo and Jerry Yang in 1994?
Yahoo
2b Malachite is an ore of which chemical element?
Copper
3a The Toronto Maple Leafs are a team in which sport?
Ice Hockey
3b "Bound for Glory" is the 1943 autobiography of which singer-songwriter?
Woody Guthrie
4a Which modern musical instrument was developed from the shawm?
Oboe
4b Which English king was married to Eleanor of Castile?
Edward the First

Round Eight
1a Lugnaquilla is the highest summit in which Irish mountain range?
Wicklow Mountains
1b In the Sudanese wars, which British general was killed at Khartoum?
(Charles George) Gordon
2a Which Italian city is the capital of the region Emilia-Romagna?
Bologna
2b The journalist Polly Toynbee writes for which national newspaper?
The Guardian
3a Which company purchased Pontin's holiday camps in 2011?
Britannia Hotel Group
3b Which US actor, who appeared in the film "The 40 year old Virgin", also played the lead role in the US version of "The Office"?
Steve Carell
4a In which decade did both the following captain England at cricket - Len Hutton and Freddie Brown?
1950's
4b What name is given to a Papal legate or ambassador to a civil government?
Nuncio

Spare Questions
1 Who wrote the book "Small Island"?
Andrea Levy
2 What was Cliff Richard's first UK number one single in 1959?
Living Doll
3 What term is given to the moon when it is between half and full?
Gibbous
4 Which company built the USA's first turbojet-powered combat aircraft, the P-80 Shooting Star, which entered service in 1945?
Lockheed