Tuesday 11th December 2012
Set by Ormskirk

ROUND 1
1a Donald Tusk is the Prime Minister of which European country?
POLAND
1b Manchester City defender Vincent Kompany plays for which international team?
BELGIUM
2a What is the capital of the French region of Burgundy?
DIJON
2b The chemical element sodium has what chemical symbol?
Na
3a The chemical element mercury has what chemical symbol?
Hg
3b What is the capital of the German region of Saxony?
DRESDEN
4a Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky plays for which international team?
CZECH REPUBLIC
4b Yulia Tymashenko imprisoned for abuse of her office was a former Prime Minister of which European country?
UKRAINE

ROUND 2
1a How is the mathematical series 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 etc better known?
FIBONACCI
1b Give a year in the life of Genghis Khan.
1162-1227
2a How many symphonies did Jean Sibelius complete?
7 (SEVEN)
2b Who is to play Miss Havisham in the 2012 film version of Dickens' Great Expectations'?
HELENA BONHAM CARTER
3a Who is to play the role of Bilbo Baggins in the 2012 film of Tolkien's 'The Hobbit'?
MARTIN FREEMAN
3b How many symphonies did Johannes Brahms complete?
4 (FOUR)
4a Give a year in the life of Tamerlane.
1336-1405
4b What is the mathematical name for series such as 2, 6, 18, 54 etc where the next term in the sequence is obtained by multiplying the previous one by a fixed number?
GEOMETRIC

ROUND 3
1a What is the appropriate name of the current Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales?
LORD JUDGE
1b For what does the E stand in the name of the broadcaster ESPN?
ENTERTAINMENT (AND SPORTS PROGRAMMING NETWORK)
2a The beer Singha originates in which country?
THAILAND
2b What word derived from Greek and also a religious feast means a sudden realization of the larger meaning or essence of something?
EPIPHANY
3a Derived from Greek what is the English meaning of the word 'hubris'?
PRIDE or ARROGANCE
3b Kirin beers originate in which country?
JAPAN
4a For what does the B stand in the acronym COBRA?
(CABINET OFFICE) BRIEFING (ROOM A)
4b Who is the current Father of the House of Commons?
SIR PETER TAPSELL

ROUND 4
1a Which actor has appeared in the films `Se7en', 'Fight Club', 'Inglourious Basterds' and 'Oceans Eleven'?
BRAD PITT
1b What was the currency of the Netherlands before the Euro?
GUILDER
2a 'Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease' comes from which Beatles song from the album 'Abbey Road'?
COME TOGETHER
2b Which of Thomas Hardy's novel which opens on Guy Fawkes Night takes place on Egdon Heath?
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE
3a Which Dickens novel's opening chapter is 'In Chancery' with a description of a foggy and muddy London street?
BLEAK HOUSE
3b 'Sitting on a comflake waiting for the van to come' is a line from which Beatles song from 'Magical Mystery Tour' album?
I AM THE WALRUS
4a What was the currency of Portugal before the Euro?
ESCUDO
4b Which actor has appeared in the films Invictus', 'The Departed', 'The Talented Mr Ripley' and 'Oceans Eleven'?
MATT DAMON

ROUND 5
1a What is the English title of the first book of Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium' trilogy?
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Tb Who plays the part of Nicholas Brody the marine sergeant missing for 8 years in Iraq in the Channel 4 series 'Homeland'?
DAMIAN LEWIS
2a From what country does the cheese Jarlsberg originate?
NORWAY
2b In the Lotto Thunderball draw, you choose 1 Thunderball from how many?
14
3a In the Euro Millions draw you choose 2 lucky star numbers from how many?
11
3b From what country does the cheese Castello originate?
DENMARK
4a Who plays himself in the TV sitcom 'Episodes'?
MATT LEBLANC
4b Which Norwegian author created the detective Harry Hole in books such as 'The Redbreast' and 'The Snowman'?
JO NESBO

ROUND 6
1a What species of British breeding birds can be Great, Arctic or Long-tailed?
SKUA
1b In which Libyan city, his birthplace, was Colonel Gaddafi captured and killed in October 2011?
SIRTE
2a In 1498 who painted 'The Last Supper', located in the refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan?
LEONARDO DA VINCI
2b In what year was the 50 pence piece introduced?
1969
3a In what year was the pound coin introduced?
1983
3b Who, in 1642, painted 'The Night Watch', now to be found in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam?
REMBRANDT
4a In which Pakistani town was Osama bin Laden captured and killed in May 2011?
ABBOTTABAD
4b What species of British breeding birds can be Reed, Corn or Snow?
BUNTING

ROUND 7
1a In which British city is Citadel railway station?
CARLISLE
1b What is the origin of the term Dog Days, the period of hot weather from mid July to mid August in Southern Europe?
The appearance of SIRIUS, the DOG STAR in the night sky
2a In what year did the 9/11 attacks in the USA take place?
2001
2b What was the capital of Portugal prior to Lisbon?
COIMBRA
3a What was the capital of Poland prior to Warsaw?
KRAKOW
3b In what year did the 7/7 attacks in London take place?
2005
4a What is the origin of the name of properties known as 'The Spinney'?
Located in a COPSE or small WOOD
4b In which British city is Paragon railway station?
HULL

ROUND 8
1a Sportsman Gerry Watson is better by which first name?
BUBBA
1b In which US state is the city of Cincinnati?
OHIO
2a 2012 is the Chinese year of which creature?
DRAGON
2b Who was King of England in 1200?
JOHN
3a Who was King of England in 1400?
HENRY IV
3b Which Celtic quarter day falls on the 1st of May?
BELTANE
4a In which US state is the city of Pittsburgh?
PENNSYLVANIA
4b Sportsman Earvin Johnson is better known by which first name?
MAGIC

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 Which European country's flag is a horizontal tricolour of Red, White and Green in that order from top to bottom?
HUNGARY
2 Which birthday did Prince Philip celebrate this year?
91st
3 Which vegetable has the Latin name Allium Porrum?
LEEK
4 Who won the 2012 Rugby Union Six Nations title?
WALES