Monday 5th March 2012
Set by GS Club (Wirral)

Round 1
1a What city is the capital of Slovenia?
Ljubliana
1b In July 2011, which local judge led the public enquiry into News International phone hacking affair?
Sir Brian Leveson
2a Which Shakespearian character's last words were "The Rest is Silence"?
Hamlet
2b In which commodity did a mercer deal?
Textiles (accept cloth)
3a Which chief executive of News International resigned in July 2011 over the phone hacking scandal?
Rebekah Brooks
3b Which seaport was the former capital of Egypt?
Alexandria
4a What does a deltiologist collect?
Picture postcards
4b "Either the wallpaper goes or I do" are the reported last words of which writer in 1900?
Oscar Wilde

Round 2
1a The March sisters are the central characters in which 1868 novel?
Little Women
1b What are young squirrels known as?
Kittens (accept kit or pup)
2a In the traditional rhyme on which day did Solomon Grundy die?
Saturday
2b In which US city is Logan International Airport?
Boston
3a Which insects live in a vespiary?
Wasps
3b What was the name of the dog in the novel 'Three Men in a Boat"?
Montmorency
4a If you flew into Barajas Airport which European city would you be in?
Madrid
4b In the traditional rhyme, who killed Cock Robin?
The Sparrow

Round 3
1a Highclere Castle in Hampshire is the filming location for which current ITV1 series?
Downton Abbey
1b What was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson?
Lewis Carroll
2a Which island produces Marsala wines?
Sicily
2b What is the world's largest rodent?
Capybara
3a What was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens?
Mark Twain
3b Which fictitious hall was based on Manaton Manor on Dartmoor in Devon?
Baskerville Hall
4a Which sea creature is the world's largest invertebrate?
Giant Squid
4b Which country produces Dao wines?
Portugal

Round 4
1a Which was the first city to host the Summer Olympics twice?
Paris (1900/1924)
1b Which TV comedy series was set on Craggy Island?
Father Ted
2a In which year did the pound note cease to be legal tender in England?
1988 (accept 1989)
2b The Scilly Isles are under the authority of which English county?
Cornwall
3a In Father Ted who was the housekeeper?
Mrs Doyle
3b At which race circuit did Ayrton Senna die, in 1994?
Imola (accept San Marino)
4a What is the administrative centre of Cornwall?
Truro
4b In what year did the farthing cease to be legal tender in England?
1960 (accept 1961)

Round 5
1a "All human life is there" was a slogan used to advertise which newspaper?
News of the World
1b Which comedian/entertainer had the catchphrase "You Lucky People"?
Tommy Trinder
2a Jonas Salk developed a vaccine against what?
Polio
2b At which racecourse is the Eclipse Stakes run annually?
Sandown Park
3a Which comedian/entertainer was known as Bighearted Arthur?
Arthur Askey
3b A Sunday edition of which daily newspaper was launched in January 1990?
Independent on Sunday
4a At which racecourse is the Royal Hunt Cup held annually?
Ascot
4b What type of camera did Edwin Land develop?
Polaroid

Round 6
1a What type of creature is a hairstreak?
Butterfly
1b What is the most north easterly of the contiguous US states?
Maine
2a What was Abba's only Number One single in the USA?
Dancing Queen (1976)
2b What constituency did John Major represent while he was Prime Minister?
Huntingdon
3a Which island is situated between Sumatra and Bali?
Java
3b What type of creature is a katydid?
Cricket (accept Grasshopper)
4a On leaving Number 10 Margaret Thatcher became which Baroness of where?
Kesteven
4b What was Abba's last Number One single in the UK?
Super Trouper (1980)

Round 7
1a Which legendary actress spoke for the first time on screen in the 1930 film "Anna Christie"?
Greta Garbo
1b Which English king was threatened by the Rye House Plot?
Charles II
2a Who wrote the 1845 poem "The Pied Piper of Hamelin"?
Robert Browning
2b Titan is the largest moon of which planet?
Saturn
3a Which English king was killed by Walter Tyrell?
William II (Rufus)
3b Who is the only actress to win 4 Oscars for Best Actress?
Katherine Hepburn
4a How many moons does the planet Mars have?
Two (Phobos and Deimos)
4b Who wrote the book "The French Lieutenant's Woman" in 1969?
John Fowles

Round 8
1a In which English city can Saint David's Railway Station be found?
Exeter
1b How many years are there in a Platinum Anniversary?
70
2a The Brandy Kirsch is distilled from which fruit?
Cherries
2b The 1956 film "Forbidden Planet" was based on which Shakespeare play?
The Tempest
3a If you were born between October 24th and November 218'what star sign would you come under?
Scorpio
3b Saint Enoch's Railway Station was a mainline station in which British city?
Glasgow
4a Which 1961 film musical was based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?
West Side Story
4b Slivovitz is a brandy distilled from which fruit?
Plums

Spare Questions
1 What is the most common gas in the Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen
2 Where are the headquarters of FIFA?
Zurich
3 Which statesman won the 1953 Nobel Prize for Literature?
Winston Churchill
4 Which US city, originally named Fort Duquesne, is now named after a British Prime Minister?
Pittsburgh