Monday 9th January 2012
Set by Hoylake LTC (Wirral)

Round 1
1a Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" was composed as incidental music to which Shakespeare play?
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1b In which opera does Wagner's Bridal Chorus (popularly known as "Here comes the bride") feature?
Lohengrin
2a Near which city is Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' set?
Athens
2b In which castle is Shakespeare's' Hamlet' set?
Elsinore
3a Name one of the two colours of the background of the Bavarian flag.
Blue / White (accept silver as featured on the BMW marque)
3b Appropriately, which animal appears on the flag of the city of Berlin?
Bear
4a In which city was Pablo Picasso born, in 1881?
Malaga
4b In which city was the artist Vermeer born in 1632? It features in many of his paintings.
Delft

Round 2
1a In which building is Napoleon Bonaparte buried?
Les Invalides (Paris)
1b In which cathedral is King John buried?
Worcester
2a What is the Italian name for the city of Florence?
Firenze
2b What Italian city is called Leghorn in English?
Livorno
3a Which state did John Kennedy represent as senator?
Massachusetts
3b Which state did Bill Clinton represent as senator?
Arkansas
4a For which French rugby union club does Jonny Wilkinson play?
Toulon
4b For which Italian side did Graeme Souness play from 1984 to 1986?
Sampdoria

Round 3
1a Who was the English archaeologist (1874-1939) noted as the primary discoverer of Tutankhamen's tomb?
Howard Carter
1b As well as Mycenae, which ancient city is associated with the excavations of Heinrich Schliemann?
Troy
2a In which county is Henley, of regatta fame?
Oxfordshire
2b In which county is Hay on Wye of bookshops fame?
Powys
3a In the novel by Dumas, where was the Count of Monte Cristo imprisoned for 14 years?
Chateau d'If
3b Which prison features in Dickens's 1855 novel 'Little Dorrit'?
Marshalsea
4a Who wrote the 1934 novel 'Tropic of Cancer'?
Henry Miller
4b Who wrote the 1952 play 'The Crucible'?
Arthur Miller

Round 4
1a Into which element is Hydrogen converted in the Sun?
Helium
1b To which other element does Carbon 14 convert with time?
Nitrogen
2a On which river does St Petersburg lie?
Neva
2b On which river does Philadelphia lie?
Delaware (accept Schuylkill)
3a Who did Alex Ferguson succeed as manager at Manchester United FC?
Ron Atkinson
3b Who did Bill Shankly succeed as manager of Liverpool FC?
Phil Taylor
4a In the 1985 film which actress was 'Desperately Seeking Susan'?
Rosanna Arquette
4b In the 1986 film 'Hannah and her Sisters' who played Hannah?
Mia Farrow

Round 5
1a In which 1987 film did Robert De Niro portray the gangster Al Capone?
The Untouchables
1b In which 1980 film did Robert De Niro play the boxer Jake La Motta?
Raging Bull
2a Which 1965 Bob Dylan album features the songs `Mr Tambourine Man', 'It's All Over Now, Baby Blue' and 'Maggie's Farm'?
Bringing It All Back Home
2b Which 1984 Bruce Springsteen album features the songs 'Dancing In The Dark', 'Glory Days' and 'My Hometown'?
Born In The USA
3a What is the county town of County Kerry?
Tralee
3b What is the county town of County Mayo?
Castlebar
4a In which city did the final of the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League take place?
London (Wembley, Barcelona 3 -1 Man Utd)
4b Which South Korean city was the venue of the 2011 World Athletics Championships?
Daegu

Round 6
1a Which character in Eastenders is played by the actress Cheryl Fergison?
Heather (Trott)
1b Which character in Coronation Street is played by the actress Katherine Kelly?
Becky (McDonald nee Grainger)
2a Which King of Libya did Colonel Gaddafi overthrow in 1969?
Idris
2b Which Egyptian president was toppled from power due to popular unrest in 2011?
Hosni Mubarak
3a Which American authoress wrote the novels 'Ethan Frome' and 'The Age of Innocence'?
Edith Wharton
3b Which American author wrote the novels 'Sophie's Choice' and 'The Confessions of Nat Turner'?
William Styron
4a Who directed the 2011 Palme d'Or winning film 'The Tree Of Life'?
Terence Malick
4b In which 1973 Terence Malick film did Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek play a couple of psychotic murderers?
Badlands

Round 7
1a In Arthurian legend, who returns Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake?
Sir Bedivere
1b In Arthurian legend, who was the father of King Arthur?
Uther Pendragon
2a Which surname connects a current cabinet minister, a Formula 1 World Champion of the 1970s and a former Liverpool striker?
Hunt (Jeremy , James, Roger)
2b Which surname connects a current member of the cabinet, an Open Golf Champion and a former Leeds United striker?
Clarke (Kenneth, Darren, Allan)
3a Who composed the 1870 ballet 'Coppelia'?
Leo Delibes
3b Who composed the 1830 work `Symphonie Fantastique'?
Hector Berlioz
4a Which American state's flag contains an image of a bear?
California
4b Which American state's flag contains an image of a bison?
Wyoming

Round 8
1a In which English city are the Val McDermid novels featuring the detective Kate Brannigan principally based?
Manchester
1b Who created the Ancient Roman detective Marcus Didius Falco?
Lindsay Davis
2a Who is the current manager of West Bromwich Albion football club?
Roy Hodgson
2b Who is the current coach of the English national cricket team?
Andy Flower
3a Who was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for the US Presidency in the 1996 Presidential Election?
Bob Dole
3b Who was the unsuccessful Democrat nominee for the US Presidency in the 1984 Presidential Election?
Walter Mondale
4a What is the Christian name of the female singer Duffy?
Aimee (accept Ann)
4b Which female singer's surname is Adkins?
Adele

Spare Questions
1 In what decade was Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' first published?
1850s (1859)
2 What is the Estonian name for Estonia?
Eesti (Vabariik)
3 What 3-word Latin phrase means an indispensable condition or action?
Sine Qua Non
4 The UK's highest recorded temperature of 38.5 degrees centigrade occurred on 10-8-2003, in which county?
Kent (Near Faversham)