Tuesday 14th February 2012
Set by Ormskirk

ROUND 1
la Montgomery is the capital of which US state?
ALABAMA
1b What is the name of the soccer team in Los Angeles for which David Beckham plays?
GALAXY
2a Who was the mother of Christ's mother, Mary?
ST ANNE
2b flow was British born actor William Henry Pratt (1887 -1969) better known?
BORIS KARLOFF
3a Whom did Queen Victoria succeed in 1837?
WILLIAM IV
3b Which part of the body is affected by epistaxis?
NOSE
4a Butch the dog, Kipper the cat and Ramsbottom the snake were friends of which TV puppet?
SOOTY
4b Which famous British singer and songwriter, born at Smithdown Hospital in Liverpool, died on 28th January 1983?
BILLY FURY

ROUND 2
1a Leila Williams was the first female presenter of which children's TV series?
BLUE PETER
1b In which month is 'The Last Night of the Proms' held?
SEPTEMBER
2a Prior to 1925, how was Oslo known?
CHRISTIANIA (or KRISTIANIA)
2b Which WW2 aircraft was known as 'The Stringbag'?
(FAIREY) SWORDFISH
3a `Fallopia japonica' is a perennial weed, very difficult to eradicate. How is it better known?
JAPANESE KNOTWEED
3b Which poet, the sister of a famous English painter, wrote: 'Morning and evening, Maids heard the goblins cry: Come buy our orchard fruits, Come buy, come buy'?
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI
4a In which London open space is the Albert Memorial?
KENSINGTON GARDENS
4b Historically which Rugby League Super League side were known as 'The Loiners'?
LEEDS

ROUND 3
1a Which brewery is based in Southwold, Suffolk?
ADNAMS
1b Who wrote the poem 'Ash Wednesday', published in 1930?
T S ELIOT
2a Where, in Wales, is Beaumaris Castle?
ANGLESEY
2b Which Briton beat Oliver McCall to become WBC World Heavyweight champion in 1995?
FRANK BRUNO
3a In which BBC radio series did Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister feature?
THE GOON SHOW
3b Which American group is made up of will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo and Fergie?
BLACK EYED PEAS
4a What type of transport was used to take French troops to the first Battle of the Mame?
(PARIS) TAXIS
4b Which element, atomic number 11, is a soft, silvery-white, highly reactive metal?
SODIUM

ROUND 4
1a Who was the first Vice President of the USA?
JOHN ADAMS
1b Name either of Mars' moons.
PHOBOS or DEIMOS
2a Which actor got stung in 'The Sting'?
ROBERT SHAW
2b Which well-know song begins: 'I'm gonna write a little letter, Gonna mail it to my local DJ'?
ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN
3a Name one country which borders Panama?
COSTA RICA or COLOMBIA
3b Cricketer James Pattinson made his test debut for Australia this year. What is the first name of his brother, a Nottinghamshire player who played one test for England in 2008?
DARREN
4a The word anserine' means resembling which bird?
GOOSE
4b Which Shakespeare play introduced the phrase 'Shuffle off this mortal coil'?
HAMLET

ROUND 5
1a Which radio series featured Kenneth Williams playing the characters J Peasemold Gruntfuttock and Rambling Syd Rumpo?
ROUND THE HORNE
1b Which British band is made up of Aston Merrygold, Marvin Humes, Jonathan 'JB' Gill and Oritse Williams?
JLS
2a Which pilot from Richthofen's Circus became a prominent political figure?
HERMANN GORING
2b Which element, atomic number 82, a heavy metal, is soft and malleable, blue/white when freshly cut, but soon turns grey?
LEAD
3a Which brewery is based in Wainfleet, Lincolnshire?
BATEMANS
3b Who became Poet Laureate in 1930?
JOHN MASEFIELD
4a William the Conqueror built a castle in York in 1068. Rebuilt in the 13th century, by what name is the ruined keep now known?
CLIFFORD'S TOWER
4b Which former British, Commonwealth and European Heavyweight champion boxer holds triple
nationality - Hungarian, British and Australian?
JOE BUGNER

ROUND 6
1a Which wild plant has the Latin name hyacinthoides non-scripta and is said to be threatened by crossbreeding with its near relative, hyacinthoides hispanica?
(COMMON or ENGLISH) BLUEBELL
1b Who wrote: 'The curfew tolls the knell of parting day. The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea'?
THOMAS GRAY
2a Who designed the Albert Memorial in London?
SIR GEORGE GILBERT SCOTT
2b Historically which Rugby League Super League side were known as 'The Airlie Birds'?
HULL FC (accept HULL)
3a Which children's TV series began with the narrative: 'In the lands of the North, where the black rocks stand guard against the cold sea....! ?
NOGGIN THE NOG
3b Since 1995, in which month is the Eurovision Song Contest held?
MAY
4a Which shipping forecast area was renamed FitzRoy in 2002?
FINISTERRE
4b Which WW2 aircraft was known as 'The Wimpy'?
(VICKERS) WELLINGTON

ROUND 7
1a Which is the smallest of the Great Lakes in area?
ONTARIO
1b What is the surname of Doug who made his test debut for New Zealand this year? His father Brendan and uncle John were also New Zealand test cricketers.
BRACEWELL
2a What is a funambulist?
TIGHTROPE WALKER (or PERFORMER)
2b Which Shakespeare play coined the phrase 'Salad Days' to describe a time of youth and inexperience?
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
3a Hannibal Hamlin and Andrew Johnson were Vice Presidents of which President of the USA?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
3b Venus and which other planet have a retrograde rotation (backward spin) around their axes?
URANUS
4a With which film do you associate Lara's Theme?
DR ZHIVAGO
4b Of which famous song is this the first line 'Everybody's doin' a brand new dance now'?
THE LOCOMOTION

ROUND 8
1a Who was the father of the Black Prince?
EDWARD III
lb Where in the body would you find the Islets of Langerhans?
THE PANCREAS
2a What was the name of the Teletubbies' vacuum cleaner?
(NAUGHTY) NOO NOO
2b Which famous American singer-songwriter and musician, born in Vernon, Texas, died on 6th December 1988?
ROY ORBISON
3a Cheyenne is the capital of which US state?
WYOMING
3b What number completes the name of the Japanese team for which Gary Linker played, Nagoya Grampus
EIGHT
4a In whose tomb was Jesus laid after the crucifixion?
JOSEPH OF ARIMETHEA
4b Which British born actor's real name was James Lablache Stewart (1913 -1993)?
STEWART GRANGER

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 In crossing which body of water was King John reputed to have lost most of his Crown Jewels?
THE WASH
2 With whose wife did King David of Israel have an adulterous affair that resulted in pregnancy?
URIAH THE HITTITE
3 In Heraldry, what does 'Sinister' mean?
(ON THE) LEFT
4 Which Turkish mountains have the same name as a sign of the Zodiac?
TAURUS