Tuesday 4th December 2012
Set by Wandering Star (Liverpool)

Round One
1a Who sculpted 'The Angel of the North"?
Anthony Gormley
1b What is the administrative centre for Derbyshire?
Matlock
2a By what first name was Tiger Woods legally known until at least his 21st birthday?
Eldrick
2b Of what is ghee a variety?
Butter
3a What is the three digit landline telephone number available in the UK to contact the police in non-emergency situations?
101
3b Appointed in 2009 who is the Archbishop of Westminster?
Vincent Nicholls
4a Which South African bullion coin is named after a 19th century President of the South African Republic?
Krugerrand
4b At the end of 2011, which Pacific island nation advanced a whole day by adjusting its time zone?
Samoa

Round Two
1a Give a year in the reign of King George I.
1714-1727
1b Who writes the series of novels about Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin?
M C Beaton
2a Which Scottish king was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513?
James IV
2b The opera Carmen was first performed in which decade?
1870's
3a Which African country's football team has the nickname 'the copper bullets"?
Zambia
3b Ancient Chinese write Sun Tzu wrote on which subject?
The Art of War/Military Strategy
4a Political leader Mustafa Kemal is better known by what name?
Ataturk
4b Crocodile, goblin and greenland are types of which fish?
Shark

Round Three
1a Sinope and Carme are two satellites of which planet?
Jupiter
1b Germinal and Messidor are months in which calendar?
French Revolutionary Calendar
2a Yigal Amir assassinated whom in 1995?
Yitzhak Rabin
2b Mia Farrow is the daughter of which actress?
Maureen O'Sullivan
3a In 1949 Time magazine profile erroneously gave Louis Armstrong which middle name?
Daniel
3b Malus sylvestris is the Latin name of which fruit?
Crab Apple
4a In internet abbreviations, if you were urged to RTMS, for what would the 'm' stand?
Manual (Read The Manual Stupid)
4b The Robin is a member of which family of birds?
Thrush

Round Four
1a Austrian born but naturalised Briton Otto Frisch 1904-1979 achieved fame in which field?
Physics
1b What is the surname of top national hunt racehorse trainer David who took over his stables from his dad Martin in 2006?
Pipe
2a What was discovered at Alta Mira in Northern Spain in 1879?
Cave Paintings
25 If you headed due south from Warsaw, which country would you enter on leaving Poland?
Slovakia
3a What was the previous occupation of comedian Jim Bowen?
Teacher
3b Film director Lindsay Anderson was born in which country?
India
4a Historically an Essex market town, what is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Havering?
Romford
4b Who played Michelangelo in the 1965 film 'The Agony and the Ecstasy'?
Charlton Heston

Round Five
1a Which artist's portrait of Churchill was destroyed by Lady Churchill?
Graham Sutherland
1b What is the administrative centre of Kent?
Maidstone
2a What was Harold Wilson's actual first Christian name?
James
2b Of what is the brand name Spam a contraction?
Spiced Ham
3a In UK 999 is the emergency telephone number to contact the police etc. what is the European equivalent?
112
3b Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury at the time of the present queen's coronation?
Geoffrey Fisher
4a What is the appropriately named Canadian bullion coin containing one troy ounce of gold?
Maple (Leaf)
4b In which year did Britain adopt the Gregorian Calendar?
1752

Round Six
1a Give a year in the reign of William IV.
1830-37
1b Who writes the series of novels about Chief Inspector Alan Banks?
Peter Robinson
2a Robert the Bruce's son succeeded him as King of Scotland. Who was he?
David II
2b Puccini's opera La Boheme was first performed in which decade?
1890's
3a Which African country's football team has the nickname "The Lions of Terang"?
Senegal
3b The ancient Greek writer Apollonius of Perga wrote on which subject?
Mathematics
4a Toussaint Louverture led a revolution in 1791 in what present day country?
Haiti
4b Adjutant, maribou and white are types of which bird?
Stork

Round Seven
1a Despina and Thalassa are two satellites of which planet?
Neptune
1b Shevat and Adar are months in which calendar?
Jewish
2a Who did Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme try to assassinate in 1975?
Gerald Ford
2b Laila Morse is the sister of which actor?
Gary Oldman
3a What was the actual first name of Bette Davis?
Ruth
3b Pyrus communis is the Latin name of which fruit?
(European) Pear
4a In computing for what does the a stand in the abbreviation VGA?
Array (Video Graphics Array)
4b The wading birds, curlew and snipe belong to which family of birds?
Sandpipers (and allies - accept Scolopacidae)

Round Eight
1a Norwegian Ragnar Frisch 1895-1973 achieved fame in which field?
Economics
1b What is the common surname of top flat racehorse trainer David and top national hunt trainer Paul?
Nichols
2a What ancient monument and tourist attraction would you see at Carnac in northern France?
Menhirs (standing stones)
2b If you travelled due west from Punta Arenas in Chile you would make landfall in which South American country?
Argentina (after a complete circumnavigation!)
3a What was the previous occupation of the pop singer Dave Dee?
Policeman
3b Film director Fred Zimmerman was born in which country?
Austria
4a Catford is the administrative centre for which London borough?
Lewisham
4b Who played Mortimer Brewster in the 1942 film Arsenic and Old Lace?
Cary Grant

Spares Questions
1 Who was Big Ben named after?
Benjamin Hall
2 How many years constitute a sugar wedding anniversary?
Six
3 Rosemarie Frankland was the first British winner of what in 1961?
Miss World
4 What is the birthstone for November?
Topaz
5 What was the surname of outlaw Rob Roy?
Macgregor
6 Who won the 2011 South American football championships (Copa America)?
Uruguay