Monday 15th October 2012
Set by Warrington

Round 1
1a The Colour of Magic, published in 1983, was the first of which series of novels?
Discworld
1b What collective name is given to those members of the House of Lords who are not Lords Spiritual?
Lords Temporal
2a Which African capital is named after a US President?
Monrovia (Liberia)
2b In 1984 who became the first woman to walk in space?
Svetlana Savitskaya
3a Which company merged with BOAC in 1974 to form British Airways?
BEA (British European Airways)
3b Which was the first state to ratify the US constitution?
Delaware
4a The 1916 Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the Somme offensive, saw the first use of which weapon?
Tanks
4b In 1968 ITV launched which children's magazine programme to counter BBC's Blue Peter?
Magpie

Round 2
1a In 1935 Dr Robert Smith and William Wilson founded which organisation?
Alcoholics Anonymous
1b Born in 1734, who was the German physician and pioneer of hypnotism?
Franz Mesmer
2a The Neva, Vistula and Oder rivers flow into which sea?
Baltic
2b Which singer played the part of Johnny Fontaine in 'The Godfather'; he had the first no. 1 hit 'Here in my Heart'?
Al Martino
3a The currency of Venezuela is named after which revolutionary?
Simon Bolivar
3b What was the name of the horse that Zara Philips rode to win the World Equestrian Three Day Event Gold in 2006?
Toytown
4a What is the shape of `orzo' or 'risoni' pasta?
Rice or grain shaped
4b Esztergom was once the capital of which country?
Hungary

Round 3
1a Which singer is /was known as the 'Thin White Duke'?
David Bowie
lb Which piece of medical equipment was invented in 1816 by Rene Laennec?
Stethoscope
2a Who was the producer of TV series such as Charlie's Angels, Starsky & Hutch, Hart to Hart and Dynasty?
Aaron Spelling
2b Who directed the Beatles films 'A Hard Day's Night' and 'Help'?
Richard Lester
3a Which St Helens player is the only man to win the Lance Todd trophy (awarded to the man of the match in the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final) three times?
Sean Long
3b What name is given to the smallest bottle of Champagne, equivalent to one quarter of a bottle or 0.1875 litres?
Piccolo
4a Whose operas include one about each of the following; a king of Pontus, The Shepherd King, a king of Egypt and a king of Crete?
Mozart
4b The 1940 and 1944 Summer Olympic Games were cancelled because of the war; the 1940 Games should have been in Tokyo, where should the 1944 Games have been held?
London

Round 4
1a In which Middle Eastern city is the world's largest clock, on the clock tower of the world's tallest hotel?
Mecca
1b The famous week-long festival of San Fermin takes place in which Spanish city?
Pamplona
2a In which year was Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, launched?
1957
2b General Alfred Stroessner, who died in 2006, was dictator of which country?
Paraguay
3a Which US state is nicknamed 'Little America' or 'America in Miniature'; it is home to John's Hopkins University?
Maryland
3b The Hunter Valley is which country's oldest wine region?
Australia
4a Which country's highest military honour is the Order of William?
Netherlands
4b The 'Laws of Robotics' appeared in a 1942 short story `Runaround' by which author?
Isaac Asimov

Round 5
1a What is the first name of 'House', the TV doctor played by Hugh Laurie?
Gregory
1b Which boxer held various world titles at cruiserweight and heavyweight between 1986 and 2000 and was nicknamed 'The Real Deal'?
Evander Holyfield
2a The Shona people come from which country?
Zimbabwe (also Mozambique & Botswana)
2b Patch, fringing and barrier are types of what natural formations?
Coral reefs
3a Blaise Castle, described as "the finest place in England" in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey', is in which city?
Bristol
3b Which lake has the largest volume of fresh water in Great Britain?
Loch Ness
4a In what year did Julius Caesar first land in Britain?
55 BC
4b Located in Morocco, Mount Toubkal is the highest peak in which range?
Atlas Mountains

Round 6
1a Which university's colleges include St John's, St Aidan's, St Chad's, St Mary's, Ustinov and Van Mildert?
Durham
1b Prince Hans-Adam II is the head of state of which country?
Liechtenstein
2a Which was the first British club to win a European football trophy?
Tottenham Hotspur (1963 Cup Winners Cup)
2b Which Elvis Presley hit was simply 'O Sole Mio' with a new lyric?
It's Now or Never
3a Inishmore, Inishmaan and Inisheer make up which island group?
Aran Islands
3b The house 'Max Gate' has been opened to the public, which famous writer lived there?
Thomas Hardy
4a Which poet and author used the pseudonym 'Brunette Coleman' when writing some of his early work?
Philip Larkin
4b Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, the world's busiest airport (more than 92 million passengers in 2011) serves which US city?
Atlanta

Round 7
1a Who writes the children's fantasy books featuring Artemis Fowl?
Eoin Coffer
1b The South African 'Handspring Puppet Company' won a special Tony award for which play?
War Horse
2a Who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?
Al Gore
2b Which character in a musical is based on the famous early 20th century gambler Titanic Thompson?
Sky Masterson
3a Name the singer who died in 2010, he had two hits in 1966, 'You Were On My Mind' and 'Pied Piper'?
Crispian St Peters
3b With which instrument was bandleader Johnny Dankworth associated?
(Alto) Saxophone
4a What is the name of the lake formed by the building of the Grand Coulee Dam?
Lake Roosevelt (or Franklin D Roosevelt Lake)
4b What is the name of the ruling, named after a Slovak handball player, that states that citizens of countries that have 'Association Agreements' with EU countries have equal rights to work as EU
citizens?
Kolpak

Round 8
1a Who famously said that Margaret Thatcher had "the eyes of Caligula and the lips of Marilyn Monroe"?
Francois Mitterrand
1b The Tocantino River (the name means Toucan's Beak) runs for 2640 km from South to North in which country?
Brazil
2a What is measured in degrees Clarke?
Hardness of water
2b In Indian cookery 'brinjal pickle' is made from which vegetable?
Aubergine
3a Born in Geneva in 1936, Karim Al-Husayn Shah holds which hereditary title?
Aga Khan
3b Reigning from 27BC to 14AD, who was the first Roman Emperor?
Octavian (or Augustus)
4a Which author created 'the Toff', the 'Baron' and Gideon of the Yard?
John Creasy
4b Who wrote the book 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' on which the film is based?
Truman Capote

Spare Questions
1 Which US territory in the Mariana Islands has the motto 'Where America's day Begins'?
Guam
2 Who succeeded Paul Stephenson as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police?
Bernard Hogan-Howe
3 The jewellery company 'Pandora' is based in which country?
Denmark