Tuesday 6th March 2012
Set by SMOB (Northern)

Round 1
1a Britain's first jet fighter, The Meteor was made by which company?
GLOSTER
1b Which US President was nicknamed 'The Little Magician'?
MARTIN VAN BUREN
2a Who was the first national hunt jockey to ride 1000 winners?
STAN MELLOR
2b Who was the first bowler to take 300 test wickets?
FRED TRUMAN
3a Which Italian region produces the wine Chianti?
TUSCANY
3b The pasta, farfalle, is named after which creature?
THE BUTTERFLY
4a What was the surname of the only grandfather and grandson to become US President?
HARRISON
4b Which American firm manufactured the 'Dakota' transport aircraft?
DOUGLAS

Round 2
1a The deadly poison, Ricin, is produced from which plant?
CASTOR OIL PLANT
1b Castor is the Latin name for which mammal?
BEAVER
2a The Aberdare mountains are in which African country?
KENYA
2b The Dinka is the largest tribe in which African country?
SUDAN
3a Which architect invented the Geodesic Dome?
BUCKMINSTER FULLER
3b Fullerite is a man-made allotrope of which chemical element?
CARBON
4a Dutch Motor Racer Maurice Gatsonides invented which aid to racing that has become a curse to drivers?
SPEED CAMERA
4b In which building is Charles Darwin buried?
WESTMINSTER ABBEY

Round 3
1a Malin Head, the most northerly point in Ireland is in which county?
DONEGAL
1b What is the most southerly country in Scotland?
DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY
2a In Greek mythology who was the mother of Achilles?
THETIS
2b In the bible who was the sister of Moses who concealed him in the bulrushes?
MIRIAM
3a Hans Langsdorff commanded which pocket battleship in WWII?
GRAF SPEE
3b Which country was invaded by Russia in 1940?
FINLAND
4a Who rode Shergar to victory in the 1981 Derby?
WALTER SWINBURN
4b On which horse did Lester Piggott ride his last Derby winner in 1984?
TEENOSO

Round 4
1a "Suicide is Painless" is the theme music to which film and long running TV series?
M.A.S.H.
1b The music of which classical composer was used as the theme of "The Lone Ranger"?
ROSSINI
2a Which bird is the second tallest after the ostrich?
EMU
2b The duck billed platypus is one egg laying mammal - what is the only other one?
ECHIDNA OR SPINY ANTEATER
3a Which chemical element is named after a village in Scotland?
STRONTIUM (after Strontian in Argyll)
3b Marie Curie discovered radium and which other element?
POLONIUM (after her native Poland)
4a Roy Fitzgerald was the real name of which Hollywood actor?
ROCK HUDSON
4b Captain Webb - of channel swimming fame was born in which Midlands town?
DUDLEY

Round 5
1a The Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring are works of which composer?
STRAVINSKY
1b From which ballet company did Rudolph Nuryev defect to the west?
KIROV
2a Rudolph Hess has the distinction of being the last prisoner in Spandau and which other historical prison?
THE TOWER OF LONDON
2b In which novel is the calendar altered from AD to AF (after ford)?
BRAVE NEW WORLD
3a "O Brave new world that has such people in it" is from which Shakespeare play?
THE TEMPEST
3b Which poet served a sentence in Reading Gaol?
OSCAR WILDE
4a Which TV comic series featured the character Cupid Stunt?
THE KENNY EVERETT SHOW
4b What was the name of the punk character played by Kenny Everett?
SID SNOT

Round 6
1a USA - what is the state capital of Wisconsin?
MADISON
1b Silent movie actor Ben Turpin was notable for which facial oddity?
HE WAS CROSS-EYED
2a Which stretch of water separates Cuba and Haiti?
THE WINDWARD PASSAGE
2b Java and the Malayan Peninsula are separated by which stretch of water?
STRAIT OF MALACCA
3a The game of "conkers" goes back to Roman times, using what?
SHELLS (LATIN CONCA)
3b The game of "ollies' or "allies" derives its name from which substance after which they were named?
ALABASTER
4a Who was Britain's first black boxing champion in the 1950's?
DICK TURPIN (elder brother of Randolph)
4b What is the state capital of Kentucky?
FRANKFORT

Round 7
1a A Roman Legion consisted of six units known as what?
COHORTS
1b 'Citizen Smith' was the creation of which TV writer?
JOHN SULLIVAN
2a Pica Pica is the scientific name for which common bird?
MAGPIE
2b What word connects Singapore, London Zoo and Lotteries?
RAFFLES
3a What name connects 'Cold Comfort Farm, stamp collecting and ancient Rome?
GIBBONS
3b Sternus vulgaris is the scientific name for which common bird?
STARLING
4a 'Last of the Summer Wine' is the creation of which comic writer?
ROY CLARKE
4b What was the function of an Aquilifer in the Roman Army?
STANDARD BEARER (EAGLE CARRIER)

Round 8
1a 'Out Of The Silent Planet' and 'The Screwtape Letters' are works of which author, better known for his children's books?
C S LEWIS
1b Frances Gumm was the real name of which famous actress?
JUDY GARLAND
2a 'This could be the start of a beautiful friendship' is the last line of which film?
CASABLANCA
2b 'Well, nobody's prefect 'is the last line of which film?
SOME LIKE IT HOT
3a Who wrote 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'?
T S ELIOT
3b In which country is the source of the Blue Nile?
ETHIOPIA
4a Author Thomas Hardy trained for which profession?
ARCHITECT
4b In which fictional land was it 'always winter but never Christmas'?
NARNIA

Spare Questions
1 What was the first Department Store in London?
SELFRIDGES
2 John McEnroe was married to which film actress?
TATUM O'NEAL
3 What does a green top on a milk bottle signify?
SEMI-SKIMMED
4 In World War II who designed the Mosquito Fighter/Bomber?
GEOFFREY DE HAVILLAND