Monday 19th March 2012
Set by Ormskirk

ROUND 1
1a Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI created which principality in 1719?
LIECHTENSTEIN
1b What is the state capital of Delaware?
DOVER
2a Who is the voice of Po in the Kung Fu Panda films?
JACK BLACK
2b Give the common name for the plant `Kniphofia'.
RED HOT POKER
3a Which is the only chemical element whose name begins with the letter V?
VANADIUM
3b Who had a hit in 1966 with 'Pretty Flamingo'?
MANFRED MANN
4a Who was the only Englishman actually on the pitch in the FIFA World Cup Final of 2010?
HOWARD WEBB
4b In which city was Rudyard Kipling born?
BOMBAY

ROUND 2
1a The Marina Bay Street circuit is the venue for which country's Fl Grand Prix?
INGAPORE
1b In which novel does Charles Smithson fall in love with Sarah Woodruff?
THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN
2a In 2009 who was appointed as Chairman for the Government's inquiry into the Iraq War?
JOHN CHILCOT
2b The Greenwich meridian crosses the Mediterranean coast of which African country?
ALGERIA
3a Knothead and Splinter are the nephew and niece of which cartoon character?
WOODY WOODPECKER
3b Give a year in the life of painter Francisco Goya.
1746 to 1828
4a Which word for a non-Christian or heathen is derived from the Latin for peasant or rustic?
PAGAN
4b In a song, who is discovered in a club 'in old Soho where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry cola'?
LOLA

ROUND 3
1a What ended in 2010 with the words 'Did I lock the door?'?
LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE
1b In which musical do three dance girls sing 'There's gotta be something better than this'?
SWEET CHARITY
2a Which tennis player was stabbed hi the back in Hamburg in 1993?
MONICA SELES
2b Who wrote 'The Allegory of Love' and 'Mere Christianity' in the 20th century?
C S LEWIS
3a Who was the first female president of the Irish Republic?
MARY ROBINSON
3b Cowcaddens and Hillhead are underground stations in which city?
GLASGOW
4a What number is on the film star Beetle car, Herbie?
53
4b What are Duke of Burgundy, White Admiral and Essex Skipper?
BUTTERFLIES

ROUND 4
1a Who played the character Nellie Harvey in Coronation Street?
MOLLIE SUGDEN
1b What breed of dog is known as the carriage dog?
DALMATIAN
2a Who produces the 'Cube' car model?
NISSAN
2b 'La donna e mobile' is from which Verdi opera?
RIGOLETTO
3a Gordon Beckham plays which sport for the Chicago White Sox?
BASEBALL
3b Who won the 2011 Booker Prize for 'The Sense of an Ending'?
JULIAN BARNES
4a What was Sir John Franklin searching for when he died?
THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE
4b Kingsford Smith Airport serves which city?
SYDNEY

ROUND 5
1a Travis Beckum plays American Football for the New York Giants in which position, denoted by the letters T E?
TIGHT END
1b Who won the 2011 Turner Prize for his installation 'Do Words Have Voices'?
MARTIN BOYCE
2a Which famous British explorer went in search of El Dorado?
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
2b Which Caribbean island is served by Grantley Adams Airport?
BARBADOS
3a Which famous actor played a character called Ron Jenkins in Coronation Street?
BEN KINGSLEY
3b What is the only dog allowed to give testimony to a US court of law?
BLOODHOUND
4a Who produces the `Agila' car model?
VAUXHALL
4b Which opera by Offenbach features the barcarole entitled 'Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour'?
THE TALES OF HOFFMAN

ROUND 6
1a How old was the Queen Mother when she died in March 2002?
101
1b Starr Gate and Imperial Hotel are stops on which tram system?
BLACKPOOL
2a What is the name given to the car used by the Dukes of Hazzard?
THE GENERAL LEE
2b What are cardinal, sexton, and queen's executioner?
BEETLES
3a In 2010 who was 'just a sort of bigoted woman who said she used to be Labour'?
GILLIAN DUFFY
3b 'People will say we're in love' comes from which musical?
OKLAHOMA!
4a Which country won the Davis Cup in tennis in 2011?
SPAIN
4b Who wrote the poem 'Easter 1916'?
W B YEATS

ROUND 7
1a The cartoon character Norville Rogers is better known by what name?
SHAGGY (FROM SCOOBY DOO)
1b Whose cottage features in Constable's painting 'The Hay Wain'?
WILLY LOTT
2a If an insect is said to be micropterous what does that mean?
IT HAS SMALL WINGS
2b In a song who 'Painted up her lips and rolled and curled her tinted hair'?
RUBY
3a The Yas Marina Grand Prix circuit is in which city?
ABU DHABI
3b What is the title of the novel about Barnsley schoolboy Billy Casper which features PE teacher Mr Sugden?
A KESTREL FOR A KNAVE
4a Which proportional representation system was the subject of the 2011 Referendum?
ALTERNATIVE VOTE
4b The Tropic of Capricorn crosses the Atlantic coast of Africa in which country?
NAMIBIA

ROUND 8
1a There are 2 letters of the alphabet which are not the initial letter of chemical elements. One is Q. Name the other.
J
1b Who had a hit in 1968 with 'Baby Come Back'?
THE EQUALS
2a Which international football team was attacked on the way to the African Cup of Nations in 2010? TOGO
2b In which city was Eddie Izzard born?
ADEN
3a What was established by the Lateran Treaty of 1929?
THE VATICAN CITY
3b What is the state capital of Nebraska?
LINCOLN
4a Who is the voice of the title character in the recent film 'Puss in Boots'?
ANTONIO BANDERAS
4b 'Ranunculus' is the species name of which common wild flower?
BUTTERCUP

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 In South Africa what is the name given to ships of meat, salted and dried?
BILTONG
2 In which county is Aldeburgh?
SUFFOLK
3 Who played 'Two-Face' in the 1995 film 'Batman Forever'?
TOMMY LEE JONES
4 In which month is Anzac Day?
APRIL (25TH)