Tuesday 7th February 2012
Set by Puzzlers (Northern)

Round 1
1a In Greek Mythology who was the princess rescued from the Sea Monster by Perseus?
ANDROMEDA
1b Which Shakespeare play opens with the words "Now is the winter of our discontent"?
RICHARD III
2a Which comedian of the Music Halls finished his act playing a violin and saying "Aye, Aye that's your lot"?
JIMMY WHEELER
2b In the world of antiques what is majolica?
(GLAZED) POTTERY
3a What was the value of the former British coin the Noble?
6/8 (6s & 8d)
3b How many rooms are there in the game of Cluedo?
NINE
4a What is the name of the stretch of water which separates Corsica from Sardinia?
STRAIT OF BONTFACIO
4b Oscar Wilde describes the English Country Gentleman as the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable in which of his works?
A WOMAN ON NO IMPORTANCE

Round 2
1a An 18th century innovation what is the method of gilding furniture and clocks known as?
ORMOLU
1b Which comedian, a director of Fulham FC, had the catch phrase "You Lucky People'?
TOMMY TRINDER
2a Which character in Shakespeare's Richard II described England as "This precious stone set in a silver sea"?
JOHN OF GAUNT
2b In Green Mythology which god gave Perseus his winged sandals?
HERMES
3a On a Monopoly board how many property groups consist of only two properties?
TWO
3b What was the value of the former British coin the groat?
FOUR (OLD) PENCE
4a In "Lady Windermere's Fan" who or what did Oscar Wilde describe as "A Man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing"?
A CYNIC
4b What stretch of water separates the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara?
THE BOSPHOROUS

Round 3
1a Who is the patron saint of cobblers?
SAINT CRISPIN
1b In what country is Romansch an official language?
SWITZERLAND
2a What is the Basque national sport?
JAI ALAI (accept Pelota)
2b The writer of the book "The Cruel Sea" was born in Rodney Street, Liverpool. What was his name?
NICHOLAS MONSARRAT
3a In what county is the most northerly point in the island of Ireland?
DONEGAL
3b By what name is the chemical elements brimstone better known?
SULPHUR
4a In which sport do you have a York Round and a Hereford Round?
ARCHERY
4b Which British politician is credited with originating the expression 'Playing the Orange Card"?
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN

Round 4
1a What was the nationality of Adolphus Sachs, the inventor of the Saxophone?
BELGIAN
1b Of what country is the chrysanthemum the national flower?
JAPAN
2a In which book does Chief White Half Oat appear?
CATCH 22
2b On which river does Harwich stand?
STOUR
3a In which century was the printing press established in Britain?
15th (circa 1486)
3b By what name was Sir William O'Connor's column in the Daily Mirror known?
CASSANDRA
4a Which South American country was formerly ruled by the Imperial House of Braganza?
BRAZIL
4b What brewery produces the beer called Old Speckled Hen?
MORLANDS

Round 5
1a Which mischievous fairy, also called Robin Goodfellow, appears in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?
PUCK
1b Of which inland sea is the Sea of Azov an arm?
BLACK SEA
2a Who wrote the novels 'A Passage to India' and 'A Room with a View'?
E M FORSTER
2b Which proponent of Method acting directed the films 'On the Waterfront' and 'East of Eden'?
ELIA KAZAN
3a In Greek mythology, how are Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos better known?
THE FATES
3b What is the unrhymed iambic pentameter style used by Milton in `Paradise Lost' and 'Wordsworth in 'The Prelude' better known?
BLANK VERSE
4a Which rock guitarist was first to be honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque?
JIMI HENDRIX
4b In Arthurian legend, who was Sir Galahad's father?
SIR LANCELOT

Round 6
1a Which butterfly gets its name from the large purple eyespots on its wings?
PEACOCK BUTTERFLY
1b Of which US State is Lansing the capital?
MICHIGAN
2a Which heavy metal has the chemical symbol Mo?
MOLYBDENUM
2b Who directed the Western Rio Bravo which starred John Wayne and Dean Martin?
HOWARD HAWKS
3a What sort of creature is a Hungarian puli?
A (SHEEP-)DOG
3b Which English Protestant produced the first English translation of the Bible in 1535?
MILES COVERDALE
4a What nationality is the playwright Athol Fugard?
SOUTH AFRICAN
4b What is the longest continuous footpath in the world - it is in the USA?
THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL

Round 7
1a What sort of creature is a nyala?
AN ANTELOPE
1b Who lost his world heavyweight boxing title to Gene Tunney in 1926?
JACK DEMPSEY
2a Which figures in Greek mythology were also called the Erinyes?
FURIES
2b Which Australian city is capital of the Northern Territory?
DARWIN
3a Which French composer and pupil of Saint-Saens is best known for his requiem?
GABRIEL FAURE
3b By what name was the Russian city of St Petersburg known from 1924 to 1991?
LENINGRAD
4a What is the clown in the Simpson called?
CRUSTY
4b In which country was the actor and director Mel Gibson born?
USA

Round 8
1a Which Dorset town was known as Casterbridge in Thomas Hardy's novels?
DORCHESTER
1b Which organ of the body contains the tricuspid valve?
THE HEART
2a Which Egyptian mathematician and astronomer is associated with the theory that the sun and planets revolved around the world?
PTOLEMY
2b In which English country is the country house Dorneywood?
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
3a What is the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor?
POLARIS
3b In which year did the Peterloo Massacre take place?
1819
4a In which war was the Battle of Marston Moor fought?
ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
4b Which American artist and photographer associated with the Dada and Surrealist movements, worked in Paris from 1921?
MAN RAY( EMMANUEL RADNITZKY)

Spare Questions
1 Which English Benedictine monk and missionary is known as the Apostle of Germany?
ST BONIFACE
2 Which parliamentarian soldier in the Civil War became Cromwell's son-in-law?
HENRY IRETON
3 Who drove the car 'Thrust SSC' that first broke the land speed record in September 1997?
ANDY GREEN
4 Who wrote the 1997 Number One Song 'A Perfect Day'?
LOU REED
5 Which of the apostles was the brother of St Peter?
ST ANDREW
6 Which illustrator and watercolourist is best known for his children's book illustrations such as Peter Pan in, 1906?
ARTHUR RACKHAM