Monday 26th November 2012
Set by Ormskirk

ROUND 1
1a Who is the present Prime Minister of the Irish Republic?
ENDA KENNY
1b Pudong International Airport serves which Far Eastern city?
SHANGHAI
2a Klaipeda is the main port sewing which EU country?
LITHUANIA
2b Which group had a 1968 number 1 hit with 'Baby, Come Back'?
THE EQUALS
3a Which Austrian composed the opera 'La Clemenza di Tito'?
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
3b In James Fenimore Cooper's novel who is 'The Last of the Mohicans'?
UNCAS
4a Which country's team won the 2011 Women's Football World Cup?
JAPAN
4b In Thai cuisine kapi is a paste made up of what?
SHRIMPS

ROUND 2
1a The wording R. Mutt on a urinal appears in a work of art by which artist?
MARCEL DUCHAMP
1b The 2011 Open in golf was played at which English course?
ROYAL ST GEORGE'S (accept SANDWICH)
2a Which fruit has the varieties Arthur Turner, Discovery and Winter Gem?
APPLE
2b What is the name of the Norwegian mass murderer at Utoya Island in 2011?
ANDERS BREIVIEK
3a Who is the subject of the biopic film 'Great Balls of Fire!'?
JERRY LEE LEWIS
3b Krubera, the deepest known cave at over 2000 metres deep, is in which country of south-east Europe?
GEORGIA
4a Which chemical element takes its name from the Greek for 'inactive'?
ARGON
4b Name the English general who surrendered to American forces at Saratoga in 1777.
JOHN BURGOYNE

ROUND 3
1a Who won the Booker Prize in 2001 with 'True History of the Kelly Gang'?
PETER CAREY
1b The film 'De-Lovely' is a biopic on which musician's life?
COLE PORTER
2a In which year did the Battle of Vitoria take place during the Peninsular War?
1813
2b Which fruit has varieties named Czar, Kirke's Blue and Marjorie's Seedling?
PLUM
3a Which Championship Football League club is based at the King Power Stadium?
LEICESTER CITY
3b Name the 19th century American artist famous for his illustrated book 'The Birds of America'.
JOHN J AUDUBON
4a Who was captain of the wrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia in 2011, who abandoned his ship?
FRANCESCO SCHETTINO
4b Where in the body is the stapes bone?
EAR

ROUND 4
1a Sky Harbor International Airport serves which US state capital?
PHOENIX
1b Who was the pianist and arranger who worked with Miles Davis to produce the jazz albums
'Porgy and Bess' and 'Sketches of Spain' among others?
GIL EVANS
2a In Russia shchi is a soup made using which vegetable?
CABBAGE
2b Which Npower Football League Division 2 club plays at home at the Kassam Stadium?
OXFORD UNITED
3a 'Sanditon' was an unfinished novel by which 18th/19th century author?
JANE AUSTEN
3b Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the first female African head of state - in which country?
LIBERIA
4a Which pop group had a hit in 1970 with 'Lola'?
THE KINKS
4b Which writer won the Booker Prize in 2005 with 'The Sea'?
JOHN BANVILLE

ROUND 5
1a In New Zealand Aoraki is the native name for which natural feature?
MOUNT COOK
1b Which hit record of the 1960s includes the line 'Sixteen vestal virgins who are leaving for the coast'?
A WHITER SHADE OF PALE
2a Which Austrian composer's symphony number 104 has the title 'London'?
JOSEPH HAYDN
2b Mr Jaggers and the clerk Wemmick appear in which of Dickens' novels?
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
3a In the cult Danish TV series 'The Killing' Sofie Grabol plays which leading character?
SARAH LUND
3b Which island lies off the coast of South Wales opposite Tenby?
CALDEY
4a Which London art gallery is situated in a Victorian mansion in Manchester Square?
THE WALLACE COLLECTION
4b Who won a 2012 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in 'Beginners'?
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER

ROUND 6
1a The first cancellation to be used on British postage stamps in 1840 was of what form?
A (MALTESE) CROSS
1b Deneb is the brightest star of which constellation?
CYGNUS (THE SWAN)
2a In the 2008 film 'Charlie Wilson's War' which actor took the title role?
TOM HANKS
2b The town of Ystad and its area are largely the setting for the exploits of which literary and TV detective?
WALLANDER
3a The site of the old English and pirate harbour of Port Royal is to be found where in the Caribbean?
JAMAICA
3b The blue and white flowering garden plant Agapanthus is known by what English name?
AFRICAN (BLUE) LILY (accept LILY OF THE NILE)
4a 'Look into my face Marie-Claire and remember just who you are' is a line from which 1969 hit record?
WHERE DO YOU GO TO (MY LOVELY)
4b Benghazi is the chief town of which province in Libya?
CYRENAICA

ROUND 7
1a What is the common name of the purple flowering garden plant Lunaria valued for its seed pods?
HONESTY
1b The French gold coin used until 1795 known as a 'Louis' had a value of how many francs?
TWENTY
2a The Rhodope Mountains lie mostly in which East European country?
BULGARIA
2b Moya Greene is the Chief Executive of which UK company?
ROYAL MAIL
3a Spica is the brightest star in which constellation?
VIRGO
3b Which US boundary line was named after two English surveyors who surveyed the area in the 1760s?
MASON-DIXON LINE
4a According to mythology Hermes wore talaria to aid him. What were they?
WINGED SANDALS
4b Who plays Holmes in the recent TV series entitled 'Sherlock'?
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

ROUND 8
1a Which American TV series was centred around the goings on at Mode Magazine?
UGLY BETTY
1b Mulhacen, the highest peak on mainland Spain, lies in which range?
SIERRA NEVADA
2a Miss Pross and Jarvis Lorry are characters in which of Dickens' novels?
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
2b John Sell Cotman was a leading member of which group of artists?
NORWICH SCHOOL
3a The International Airlines Group was formed from a merger of British Airways and which other airline?
IBERIA
3b In Greek mythology by what name are mountain nymphs known?
OREADS
4a Which actress won the 2012 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance in 'The Help'?
OCTAVIA SPENCER
4b Mozart's Symphony number 31 is named after which European city?
PARIS

SPARE OUESTIONS
1 Snezka is the highest peak in which European country?
CZECH REPUBLIC
2 Who was the jazz trumpet musician leading the Tijuana Brass?
HERB ALPERT
3 The Hindu deity Hanuman appears in the form of which animal?
A MONKEY
4 Who was the Russian author of 'Taras Bulba' and 'Dead Souls'?
NIKOLAI GOGOL