Tuesday 13th March 2012
Set by St Patrick's (Liverpool)

Round One
1a Tempranillo is the main grape used in which Spanish wine?
Rioja
1b Where does Marsala wine come from?
Sicily
2a Who played Aragorn in the film "Lord of the Rings"?
Viggo Mortensen
2b In the Harry Potter books, what type of creature is Aragog?
(Giant) Spider
3a When is Lady Day?
25th March
3b What is the second Monday in October called in the USA?
Columbus Day
4a What is natation?
Swimming
4b What is nictation?
Winking/Blinking

Round Two
1a What is the name of Heston Blumenthal's restaurant in Bray, Berkshire?
The Fat Duck
1b The London restaurant Le Gavroche is run by which chef?
Michel (Albert) Roux
2a What is the state capital of Kansas?
Topeka
2b What is the state capital of Florida?
Tallahassee
3a Which newspaper was once called the "Daily Herald"?
The Sun
3b The "Daily Sketch" merged with which newspaper in 1971?
Daily Mail
4a Which Englishman is credited with the discovery of oxygen?
Joseph Priestley
4b Which British chemist/inventor first isolated the chemical element sodium?
Humphrey Davy

Round Three
1a Who is the Greek muse of history?
Clio
1b Who is the Greek muse of astronomy?
Urania
2a The Egyptian god Anubis has the head of which creature?
Jackal
2b The Hindu god Ganesh(a) or Ganapati has the head of which creature?
Elephant
3a Tolpuddle is in which English county?
Dorset
3b In which city did the Peterloo Massacre occur?
Manchester
4a Which Scottish-born physician and author wrote "A Study in Scarlet"?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
4b Which French author wrote "The Black Tulip"?
Alexandre Dumas

Round Four
1a Who wrote "Our Man in Havana"?
Graham Greene
1b Who wrote "Elegy in a Country Churchyard?
Thomas Gray
2a A word spelt the same backwards and forwards is called what?
Palindrome
2b What name is given to a figure of speech by means of which contradictory terms are combined?
Oxymoron
3a Frederick Delius was born where?
Bradford (Yorkshire)
3b In which city was L S. Lowry born?
Salford
4a Which English city was called Deva by the Romans?
Chester
4b Eboracum is the Roman name for which city?
York

Round Five
1a Who played country singer Johnny Cash in the film "Walk the Line"?
Joaquin Phoenix
1b Who played President Richard Nixon in the film "Nixon"?
Anthony Hopkins
2a In which African country is the city of Fez?
Morocco
2b In which Asian country is the city of Haifa?
Israel
3a Which Italian composed the opera "La Traviata"?
Verdi
3b Which Austrian composed the opera "The Magic Flute"?
Mozart
4a What would one do with a dhoti?
Wear it (a loincloth)
4b What is the occupation of a dhobi?
Clothes washing

Round Six
1a Who was the son of Philip II of Macedon?
Alexander the Great
1b Who was the husband of Helen of Troy (or Sparta)?
Menelaus
2a What is the SI unit of capacitance?
The Farad
2b What is SI the unit of inductance?
The Henry
3a Which English playwright wrote "Loot"?
Joe Orton
3b Which American playwright/screenwriter wrote "The Odd Couple"?
Neil Simon
4a In which constellation is the Great Nebula?
Orion
4b In which constellation is the Crab Nebula?
Taurus

Round Seven
1a Who won the 2010 Open Golf Championship at St. Andrews?
Louis Oosthuizen
1b Who won the 2010 World Snooker championship in Glasgow?
Neil Robertson
2a How many players are there per side in a GAA hurling team?
Fifteen
2b How many players of each side are on the field of Australian Rules football?
Eighteen
3a What is the capital city of Chile?
Santiago
3b What is the capital city of the Dominican Republic?
San(to) Domingo
4a In which English city is De Montfort University?
Leicester
4b In which English city is Aston University?
Birmingham

Round Eight
1a The city of Belfast stands on which river?
Lagan
1b Wich city stands on the River Foyle?
(London)derry
2a Who is the Patron Saint of musicians?
St. Cecilia
2b Who is the Patron Saint of lost or hopeless causes?
St. Jude
3a What do the words recto and verso refer to?
Sides of a page
3b A Mobius strip (or band) has how many sides?
One
4a 'Parting is such sweet sorrow' is said by which Shakespearian character?
Juliet
4b Which film character says 'tomorrow is another day'?
Scarlett O'Hara

Spare Questions
1 Who won the 2011 Best Actor Oscar Award?
Colin Firth
2 What is the capital of the Republic of Ecuador?
Quito
3 Which American author wrote the 2011 novel "The Corrections"?
Jonathan Franzen
4 What is the value of the pink ball in the game of snooker?
Six points