Tuesday 27th November 2012
Set by Foreign Legion (Northern)

Round 1
1a Give a year in the reign of King Henry IV
1399-1413
1b Which bird is associated with Lundy Island?
PUFFIN
2a What is the colour of the flower edelweiss?
WHITE
2b Which footballer was known as 'The Flying Pig'?
TOMMY LAWRENCE
3a Who wrote romantic navels under the name Mary Westmacott?
AGATHA CHRISTIE
3b In a bird what is the furcula?
THE WISHBONE
4a What was the profession of the composer Vivaldi?
PRIEST
4b Who did Richard Nixon defeat in the l988 American Presidential election?
MICHAEL DUKAKIS

Round 2
1a Which hit song by Roy Orbison begins "A candy coloured clown they call the sandman"?
IN DREAMS
1b In Britain we put icing on cakes what do Americans call icing?
FROSTING
2a Who was Howard Hughes referring to when he said "With those ears, he looks like a taxi with both doors open?
CLARK GABLE
2b What is the smallest breed of ape?
GIBBON
3a What is the maximum number of letters and spaces that can be in the name of a racehorse?
18 (EIGHTEEN)
3b In advertising what is said to refresh the parts others fail to reach?
HEINEKEN (LAGER)
4a What is the capital city of Albania?
TIRANA
4b Which cricketer holds the record of being the longest serving captain of his country?
W. G. GRACE

Round 3
1a Give a year in the life of artist Frans Hals?
1580-1666
1b From which film musical does the song "A Couple of Swells" come?
EASTER PARADE
2a Which Shakespeare's play does the character Petruchio appear?
TAMING OF THE SHREW
2b Which children's book opens with the line 'Once there were four children, Peter, Susan, Edward and Lucy?
THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
3a What does the 'U' in the German 'U Boat. stand for?
UNTERSEE (BOOT)
3b What is the alternative name for the flower digitalis purpurea?
FOXGLOVE
4a What mythical creature has a dragon's head, a serpent's tail and a body with wings and legs?
WYVERN
4b Boris Johnson was once the editor of which weekly political magazine?
SPECTATOR

Round 4
1a In which year was Charles I executed?
1649
1b Which was the first National Park in the United States of America?
YELLOWSTONE
2a Which poet famously wrote 'Tis better to have loved and lost then never to have loved at all'?
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON
2b The Stockholm Syndrome is a psychological term used for the process of bonding between whom?
HOSTAGES AND CAPTORS
3a White Gem is a variety of which vegetable?
PARSNIP
3b What word is used to identify the young of a grouse?
POULT
4a What is the collective noun for hedgehogs?
ARRAY
4b Cary Grant was born in which city?
BRISTOL

Round 5
1a Give any year in the reign of King Edward II.
1307-1327
1b Which bird is the largest member of the crow family?
RAVEN
2a What is the alternative name for the flower belladonna?
DEADLY NIGHTSHADE
2b Who was manager of Manchester United, when they were last relegated?
TOMMY DOCHERTY
3a Whose 1995 best seller argues that our universe is part of a super universe?
STEPHEN HAWKING
3b Which bird can swim as fast as a seal?
A PENGUIN
4a Which classical composter wrote 'The Snow Maiden' and 'The Golden Cockerel'?
RIMSKY KORSAKOV

Round 6
1a Who is the oldest person to have a number one hit in Britain?
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
1b Which organisation is the largest private land owner in Britain?
THE NATIONAL TRUST
2a Tybalt is a character in which of Shakespeare's plays?
ROMEO AND JULIET
2b "When you happen to know today is Wednesday and starts like sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere" is the opening line of which John Wyndham novel?
THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS
3a Which make of car was the first to be powered by gas turbine?
ROVER
3b What species of flower are 'Dead Mans Fingers'?
ORCHID
4a Which Greek hero married Andromeda?
PERSEUS
4b Janet Street Porter was once the editor of which British newspaper?
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

Round 7
1a Give a year in the life of Leonardo da Vinci.
1452-1519
1b We use oven gloves in the kitchen, what do Americans call them?
POT HOLDERS
2a What is the real name of John le Carre?
DAVID CORNWELL
2b Which is the only non human land animal to suffer from sunburn?
PIG
3a What is the longest winning distance in the Epsom Derby?
10 LENGTHS (Shergar)
3b What was advertised with the slogan 'Buy some for Lulu'?
SMARTIES
4a What is the capital of Sierra Leone?
FREETOWN
4b In which City was Tony Blair born?
EDINBURGH

Round 8
1a In which year was Marie Antoinette executed?
1793
1b From which musical film does the song "Wooden Heart" come?
G I BLUES
2a Who first said or wrote "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat"?
WINSTON CHURCHILL
2b 'Munchausen's syndrome' is the medical term for feigned symptoms brought on with what view?
ADMISSION TO HOSITAL
3a A cornice is a variety of which fruit?
PEAR
3b If a cricket match is curtailed because of inclement weather, what system is used to determine a result?
DUCKWORTH-LEWIS
4a What is the collective noun for a group of jellyfish?
SMUCK
4b What name is given to the young of an otter?
WHELP

Spare Questions
1 What is the world's biggest selling copyrighted board game?
MONOPOLY
2 In which year was the first bikini worn in Britain?
1950
3 The British hit parade was first published in 1952, what was the first record to be number one?
HERE IN MY HEART (Al Martino)
4 What was advertised with the slogan "Nice One Cyril"?
BREAD (WONDERLOAF)
5 In which year did Queen Elizabeth make her first Christmas speech?
1957
6 What was the tea ration per person per week during World War II?
TWO OUNCES