Tuesday 6th November 2012
Set by Bootle YMCA (Northern)

Round 1
1a What grape is used to make Beaujolais wine?
GAMAY
1b Which singer won the Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland in 1988 and so launched her international career?
CELINE DION
2a Who said on the morning of her execution "I now know that patriotism is not enough"?
EDITH CAVELL
2b In The Jeeves Stories by P. G. Wodehouse, one of the characters was called Mrs Spenser Gregson. What did Bertie Wooster usually call her?
AUNT AGATHA
3a In Italian cuisine, how would you normally cook farfalle?
YOU WOULD BOIL THEM - A FORM OF PASTA
3b Which thriller writer writes books featuring ex-military policemen Jack Reacher?
LEE CHILD
4a What is the name of Tchaikovsky's symphony No. 6 in B minor?
PATHETIQUE
4b Who was the first Englishman to win the Nobel Prize for literature?
RUDYARD KIPLING

Round 2
1a Which artist, born in Nuremburg in 1471, is best known for his woodcuts of portraits and animals and for paintings on religious themes?
ALBRECHT DURER
1b The Hill of Tara, ancient seat of the High Kings of Ireland, lies in which Irish county?
MEATH
2a Which is usually considered to be the 6th book of the Old Testament?
JOSHUA
2b Which American singer had a UK top 20 hit in 1963 with 'Deck of Cards'?
WINK MARTINDALE
3a Which species of deer, originally from South Asia but now with a large, feral population in England, is sometimes known as 'the barking deer'?
MUNTJAC
3b To within a year, either way, in which year was "The Sky at Night" first broadcast on TV?
1957 (accept 1956-58)
4a In Norse mythology what was Bifrost?
THE RAINBOW BRIDGE (BETWEEN ASGARD AND MIDGARD)
4b In fiction which detective has a sidekick called Tinker?
SEXTON BLAKE

Round 3
1a Of what is vexillology the study?
FLAGS (AND PENNANTS)
1b Fuggles and goldings are varieties of which edible plant?
HOPS
2a Patrick Clifton is a popular fictional character on children's television. By what name is he better known?
POSTMAN PAT
2b In his famous 'Iron Curtain" speech Churchill said the iron curtain stretched between two places. Name either.
STETTIN/TRIESTE
3a Mechanical models of the Solar system are named after which Irish Earl who was presented with an early model of one?
THE EARL OF ORRERY
3b Which US State has the smallest population?
WYOMING
4a In meteorology what is measured in OKTAs?
CLOUD COVER
4b Aristide Bruant and Jane Avril feature in the art of which French painter?
HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC

Round 4
1a Which geological epoch are we currently in?
THE HOLOCENE
1b St Clare of Assisi is the Patron Saint of which everyday thing?
TELEVISION
2a Which Indian God is usually depicted with the head of an elephant?
GANESH (OR GANESHA)
2b Give a year in the life of John Bunyan?
1628-1688
3a Who replaced Steve Bruce as Manager of Sunderland in December 2011?
MARTIN O'NEILL
3b Which English town was known to the Romans as Camulodunum?
COLCHESTER
4a Which breed of dog has varieties called Welsh, Scottish and Irish?
TERRIERS
4b In October 2011 which militant separatist organisation declared an end to violent protest after 43 years?
ETA (THE BASQUE MOVEMENT)

Round 5
1a Asti Spumante is a white bubbly wine from Asti in Northern Italy. What is the name of the red wine from the same area?
BARBERA
1b How many times has Luxemburg won the Eurovision Song Contest?
FIVE TIMES
2a Margaretha Zelle was shot as a spy in Paris in 1917, how was she better known?
MATA HARI
2b In which Country is Graham Greene's Novel The Comedians set?
HAITI
3a In an Italian restaurant during which course would you normally eat cannoli?
THE SWEET OR DESSERT COURSE
3b Who is the principal character in Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall'?
THOMAS CROMWELL
4a What is the nickname of Chopin's short piano piece 'Waltz in D flat, Op.64, No.1'?
THE MINUTE WALTZ
4b Which French winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, famously dedicated it to his primary school teacher?
ALBERT CAMUS

Round 6
1a Who, in 1434, painted 'The Marriage of Giovanni Arnolfini' which now hangs in the National Gallery, London?
JAN VAN EYCK
1b Of the nine countries in the Irish province of Ulster three are in the Republic of Ireland, Donegal is one, name one of the others.
CAVAN/MONAGHAN
2a In the Old Testament, in which country is the Book of Esther set?
PERSIA
2b In which year in the 1950'S did the UK Top 20 see hits like 'Volare' by Dean Martin, 'Stupid Cupid' by Connie Francis and 'Hello my Darlings' by Charlie Drake?
1958
3a Haliaeetus albicilla is the Latin name for the largest bird of prey in the UK. By what name is it normally known?
(WHITE TAILED) SEA EAGLE
3b Within a year either way when was the radio programme 'The Archers' first broadcast throughout the UK?
1951 (accept 1950-52)
4a In Greek mythology, by what collective name are the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne better known?
THE MUSES
4b Who plays the part of Sergeant Hathaway in ITV's detective series 'Lewis'?
LAWRENCE FOX

Round 7
1a Which nation's flag is said to be the oldest still in use?
DENMARK
1b Montmorency is a variety of which fruit?
CHERRY
2a Barbara Euphan Todd wrote a series of children's books about which popular character later the star of several TV series?
WORZEL GUMMIDGE
2b At which Washington monument, in August 1963, did Martin Luther King deliver his historic "I have a dream" speech?
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
3a What contribution did John Graham Chambers make to the sport of boxing?
HE DEVISED THE 'MARQUIS OF QUEENSBURY' RULES
3b There are three countries which are landlocked and totally surrounded by one other country. The Vatican city is one, name either of the other two.
LESOTHO/SAN MARINO
4a What name is given to the swim bladders of certain fish when used in cookery and brewing?
ISINGLASS
4b Which Italian painter is known for his images of human faces made up of such things as flowers, vegetables and fish?
GIUSEPPE ARCIMBOLDO

Round 8
1a To within 10 how many stations are served by the London Underground?
270 (accept 260-280)
1b Which of the saints was martyred by being stoned to death?
ST STEPHEN
2a The Egyptian god Sobek had the head of which creature?
CROCODILE
2b What was the name of John Bunyan's autobiography, written in Bedford Gaol and published in 1666?
GRACE ABOUNDING
3a Ballabriggs won the 2011 Grand National. Who was his jockey?
JASON MAGUIRE
3b Which Roman wrote 'Ars Poetica' and the 'Odes'?
HORACE
4a What kind of creature is a taipan?
A SNAKE
4b The 'Occupy...' movement started in September 2011 and now has camps in more than 80 countries. But which was the first camp?
OCCUPY WALL STREET (in Zucotti Park)

Spare Questions
1 Which group had a hit album in 2012 with 'In my Dreams'?
THE MILITARY WIVES
2 What kind of bird has varieties called tawny, short-eared and little?
OWL
3 Which premier league footballer was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2012?
STILIYAN PETROV
4 How many characters are there in the Russian Cyrillic alphabet?
33
5 What is the name of the bus in the 'Thomas the Tank Engine' stories?
BERTIE