Monday 3rd December 2012
Set by Warrington

Round 1
1a Which EU country has the greatest population?
Germany
1b What is the name of the enormously obese man who explodes in Monty Python's 'The Meaning of Life'?
Mr Creosote
2a In 1983 Sarah Jane Hutt was the last UK winner of which title?
Miss World
2b In which year was the National Lottery started?
1994
3a Snow Breweries is the biggest brewing company in which country?
China
3b Which island separates the American and Canadian Falls at Niagara?
Goat Island
4a Who wrote 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'?
(Samuel Taylor) Coleridge
4b Name the actress who left Eastenders in 2011 after 25 years in the show, she played Pat Evans (also Beale, Wicks and Butcher)?
Pam St Clement

Round 2
1a Who was proclaimed Emperor of Rome whilst in York in 306AD?
Constantine (the Great)
1b What is the agricultural purpose of a 'Tedding' machine?
Drying hay etc (by turning it)
2a Who would wear a hat known as a toque?
A Chef
2b What is the opposite of Utopia?
Dystopia
3a What was unique about the Grand Prix winning Tyrrell P34 Formula One car?
It had six wheels
3b In 17th century England, what was at various times 'Addled', 'Short' and 'Useless'?
Parliament
4a In particle physics there are six 'flavours' of quarks; up, down, top and bottom are four of them, name either of the other two.
Strange and charm
4b In French it is Mont Cervin, how is known in English?
Matterhorn

Round 3
1a 'One for sorrow, two for mirth, three for a wedding, four for a birth' is a version of an old rhyme. To what do these numbers allude?
(seeing) Magpies
1b Who hosts the TV quiz show 'Cleverdicks'?
Ann Widdecombe
2a Lincolnshire was historically divided into three parts, Lindsey was one name either of the other two?
Kesteven or Holland
2b Who, in May 2006 when aged 17 years and 75 days, became the youngest footballer to play for England?
Theo Walcott
3a Who wrote the book 'Trainspotting'?
Irvine Welsh
3b Who is the producer of shows including Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins and Cats?
Cameron Mackintosh
4a Lucha Libre is a popular form of wrestling, in which country did it originate?
Mexico
4b What is the modern name of the Turkish town Halicarnassus?
Bodrum

Round 4
la The address of which tourist attraction is Exploration Drive, Leicester?
National Space Centre
1b The new Hepworth Gallery is in which town, the birthplace of sculptor Barbara Hepworth?
Wakefield
2a Which 'day' has been celebrated as an official event on the last Saturday in June since 2009?
Annual Armed Forces Day
2b Which woman was the singer with Big Brother and the Holding Company?
Janis Joplin
3a What is the pan-European emergency telephone number?
112
3b The Curies discovered two elements, Radium and which other?
Polonium
4a Who is the former Chief Constable of Merseyside, now Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police?
Bernard Hogan-Howe
4b Who promoted Barclaycard in a TV advert by not having one?
Rowan Atkinson

Round 5
1a By area which is the largest EU country?
France
1b Who hosts the new (Challenge TV) version of the TV quiz show 'Blockbusters'?
Simon Mayo
2a Which car company make a model called Panamera?
Porsche
2b In which US state is Deadwood, scene of the shooting of Wild Bill Hickok?
South Dakota
3a The 'Cambridgeshire' and which other race make up the 'Autumn Double'?
Caesarewitch
3b The evil Mouse King features in which ballet?
Nutcracker
4a The seat of the International Criminal Court is in which city?
The Hague
4b Styria and Carinthia are states in which country?
Austria

Round 6
1a What is the common name for the projection of the thyroid cartilage?
Adam's Apple
1b Which author's characters include Lincoln Rhyme and Kathryn Dance?
Jeffrey Deaver
2a The London Philharmonic Orchestra is based in which venue?
Royal Festival Hall
2b Who founded the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1961?
Peter Hall
3a What symbol was added to the flag of India in July 1947?
The (Ashoka) Chakra (or Prayer Wheel)
3b Which is the most malleable and ductile metal?
Gold
4a Gary Busey played which pop star in a 1978 film?
Buddy Holly
4b Which actress appeared as a barmaid in over 2,800 episodes of 'Coronation Street' until her death in 2011?
Betty Driver

Round 7
1a According to the proverb (as in Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament) a live dog is better than what?
A dead lion
1b What is the common name of the creature Asterias Rubens?
Starfish
2a What name is given, particularly in USA, to a burial ground for unknown people?
Potter's Field
2b Which woman was the singer with Jefferson Airplane?
Grace Slick
3a What number is dialled to hear the Speaking Clock?
123
3b Which river flows over the Victoria Falls?
Zambezi
4a Who wrote the poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'?
(Alfred Lord) Tennyson
4b Who won the Man Booker Prize in 2011 for his book 'The Sense of an Ending'?
Julian Barnes

Round 8
1a Charlene, Princess of Monaco, was an Olympic swimmer for which country?
South Africa
1b In which town is the Britannia Royal Naval College?
Dartmouth
2a The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz is about which character?
Sherlock Holmes
2b Who, when aged 42 years and 103 days, is the oldest footballer to play for England?
Stanley Matthews
3a Brahma Breweries, now owned by Anheuser Busch InBev, is based in which country?
Brazil
3b Which BBC2 TV programme is based on the Japanese 'Money No Tora' or 'Money Tiger'?
Dragon's Den
4a In which US state is Tombstone, scene of the Gunfight at the OK Corral?
Arizona
4b In which ancient city is the 'Street of Facades' and the 'Treasury'?
Petra

Spare Questions
1 Who, in an ancient myth, removed a thorn from a lion's paw?
Androcles
2 Name either country involved in the 'Pastry War' of 1838.
France and Mexico
3. What name is given to a group of soldiers chosen to take part in an assault on a defended position where the risk of casualties is very high?
Forlorn Hope