Tuesday 10th January 2012
Set by CTK Cavaliers (Liverpool)

Round 1
1a What was the nickname of United States General Joseph Stilwell?
VINEGAR JOE
1b Name the either of the two actresses who created the original series of Upstairs Downstairs?
JEAN MARSH/EILEEN ATKINS
2a What name is given to the flat, treeless plains of Argentina?
PAMPAS
2b Which was the last Horse.to win the English Triple Crown?
NIJINSKY (1970)
3a Who owned the Rolls Razor washing machine company which crashed in 1963?
JOHN BLOOM
3b Name the Danny Boyle biopic about a climber trapped by a boulder for more than five days?
127 HOURS
4a Who became the first Chancellor of West Germany in 1949 and was a founder of The Christian Democrats?
KONRAD ADENAUER
4b In 1994 who was the last Formula One driver to be killed in a racing accident on the track?
AYRTON SENNA

Round 2
1a Who directed the Oscar winning film, The Kings Speech?
TOM HOOPER
1b Howard Hughes designed the underwired bra for Jane Russell for which film?
THE OUTLAW
2a Which film won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in April 2011?
TOY STORY 3
2b Who played Mo Mowlam in the 2009 television drama, Mo?
JULIE WALTERS
3a Who for 17 years from 1976 presented "One Man and His Dog?
PHIL DRABBLE
3b Robert Diamond is the Chief Executive of which British bank?
BARCLAYS
4a Which Carry On film Starred Phil Silvers?
CARRY ON FOLLOW THAT CAMEL
4b Which Archers character was killed in 2010 when he fell from the roof of Lower Loxley?
NIGEL PARGETTER

Round 3
1a Which is the birth country of Archbishop John Sentamu?
UGANDA
1b Which sport is featured in the 1951 film, Follow The Sun?
GOLF (BEN HOGAN)
2a Which TV celebrity is married to Charles Saatchi?
NIGELLA LAWSON
2b Which BBC journalist has been revealed as the secret son of the late Peter Woods?
JUSTIN WEBB
3a Which US City is not part of any US State?
WASHINGTON DC
3b According to Greek and Roman mythology, which creature can only be tamed by a virgin?
THE UNICORN
4a Which BBC Local Radio Station began as Radio Blackburn in 1971?
RADIO LANCASHIRE
4b Which Member of The SDP failed to win the 1981 Warrington By-Election?
ROY JENKINS

Round 4
1a Apart from Phil Taylor, and more recently Adrian Lewis (2011) who is the only other English player to win the PDC World Darts Championship?
DENNIS PRIESTLY (1994)
1b What name is given to the 12 inch ceremonial short knife worn by Scotsman in full highland dress, hanging from his belt?
DIRK
2a Often seen of food packaging, what is the symbol for the British Farm Standard?
(LITTLE RED) TRACTOR
2b The Urbis Centre in Manchester is soon to be the home of which national museum?
NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM
3a Who was General Secretary of SOGAT from 1983 to 1985, the first woman to lead a major trade union?
BRENDA DEAN
3b Munich is the capital of which German state?
BAVARIA
4a What was the name of the juryless courts established in Northern Ireland in 1972, where the cases were heard by a single judge?
DIPLOCK COURTS
4b What name is given to the nine square mile area of West Yorkshire, between Wakefield, Morley and Rothwell, famous for growing a certain vegetable?
THE RHUBARB TRIANGLE

Round 5
1a Who said in 1856 "The ballot is stronger than the bullet"?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
1b Which English king stole The Stone of Scone from Scone Palace?
EDWARD I
2a Which Trade Unionist was appointed the first Minister of Technology in 1964?
FRANK COUSINS
2b Which Pacific Island is known as Rapa Nui to the local inhabitants?
EASTER ISLAND
3a Before his election, Pope Benedict XVI was Archbishop of which City?
MUNICH
3b When Sunderland won the 1973 FA Cup, under Bob Stokoe, who did they defeat in the final?
LEEDS UNITED
4a Which 1969 film concerns the dance marathon competitions during the Depression Era in America?
THEY SHOOT HORSES DON'T THEY
4b Which was the only one of his own films that Hitchcock ever remade?
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

Round 6
1a Name the private gardens adjoining Windsor Castle which housed the Royal Mausoleum, the burial place of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert?
FROGMORE
1b Cardonagh, the most northerly town in Ireland is in which county?
DONEGAL
2a Name the British inventor of the jet engine?
SIR FRANK WHITTLE
2b Name the awards for the worst films, announced just before the Oscars each year?
GOLDEN RASPBERRIES OR RAZZIES
3a Which racecourse hosts The Lincoln Handicap?
DONCASTER
3b Which Thomas Hardy novel features the character, Angel Clare?
TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES
4a Give the name of the restaurant charity formed by Jamie Oliver to help disadvantaged young people?
FIFTEEN
4b Name the island in Poole Harbour, site of the first Boy Scout camp in 1907?
BROWNSEA ISLAND

Round 7
1a Name either trade unions which merged in 2007 to form the union Unite?
T & G or AMICUS
1b Which wood is traditionally used in manufacture of gun stocks?
WALNUT
2a Which island off Cape Cod was once the site of the world's biggest whaling port?
NANTUCKET
2b Who was the only posthumous World Motor Racing Champion?
JOCHEN RINDT (IN 1970)
3a Which poet wrote the children's fantasy novel, The Box of Delights?
JOHN MASEFIELD
3b Name the TV chat show hosted by John Freeman and later by Jeremy Isaacs, which ran on BBC television 1958 to 62 and 89 to 98 with one guest each week?
FACE TO FACE
4a Snooker cues are traditionally made from which wood?
ASH
4b Apart from The Brecon Beacons and Snowdonia, which is the other National Park in Wales?
THE PEMBROKESHIRE COAST

Round 8
1a Which woman's Wimbledon runner up was stabbed on court in Hamburg in 1993?
MONICA SELES
1b Clare Grogan, singer with "Altered Images" first found fame as an actress in which film?
GREGORY'S GIRL
2a Who plays Nelson Mandela in the 2009 film Invictus?
MORGAN FREEMAN
2b Who directed the 2009 film Invictus?
CLINT EASTWOOD
3a Which apostle is believed to have been crucified on an X shaped cross?
SAINT ANDREW
3b What name is given to a castrated chicken?
A CAPON
4a Apart from George, who was the only other Beatle to appear at the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh at Madison Square?
RINGO STARR
4b Where in London was the venue of the first FA Cup Final in 1872?
THE OVAL (SEASON 1871 72)

Spare Questions
1 Which pop group was named after a fictional band in the film "A Clockwork Orange"?
HEAVEN 17
2 Which film about the founding of Facebook won the Best Motion Picture Drama at the 2011 Golden Globe awards?
THE SOCIAL NETWORK
3 Who plays King George VI in the award winning film The King's Speech?
COLIN FIRTH
4 In which radio comedy series does Andy Hamilton play The Devil?
OLD HARRY'S GAME