Tuesday 30th October 2012
Set by Mersey Bowmen (Liverpool)

Round One
1A The prefix "wiki", meaning "quick", as in Wikipedia, has its origin in which language?
Hawaian
1B Which Norwegian firm supposedly produced the first fleece fabrics in the 1960s?
Helly Hansen
2A The photographer Paparazzo was a character in which 1960 film?
La Dolce Vita
2B Tumbago is an alloy of gold and which other metal?
Copper
3A What is the cathedral church of Rome?
St John Lateran
3B Which English city's badge displays three black pears?
Worcester
4A Who is Nicolas Cage's famous film-world uncle?
Francis Ford Coppola
4B Which European sports stadium is named after a World War One flying ace?
Roland Garros (venue for the French Open in Tennis)

Round Two
1A What type of emergency vehicle uses a green flashing light?
Doctor's car
1B Which fuel is commonly found in cigarette lighters?
Butane
2A How is the number 555 expressed in Roman numerals?
DLV
2B Psephology is the study of what?
Voting Patterns/Elections
3A Border, Leicester and Corriedale are all breeds of what?
Sheep
3B Which pop singer sang Lost in France in 1976?
Bonnie Tyler
4A Specifically, where might you hear a coda?
At the end of a piece of music
4B Where would you find the Via Lascivia, the Mount of Mercury and the Girdle of Venus?
The Palm of your Hand

Round Three
1A Give the whole name of the London borough in which Chelsea FC is based.
Hammersmith and Fulham
1B Developed by E W Barton-Wright, what is Bartitsu (also called Baritsu)?
An English Martial Art (accept A Form of Self Defence)
2A Which African capital was previously called Leopoldville?
Kinshasa
2B The Limehouse Declaration of 1981 created what?
Social Democratic Party
3A Which was the first country to host the football World Cup twice?
Mexico
3B Which marine creature is named after a ship?
Portuguese-Man-of War
4A How many people have held the office of British Prime Minister since Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne?
Twelve
4B Which UK bank has an eagle as its logo?
Barclays

Round Four
1A Which stage musical is performed on roller skates?
Starlight Express
1B Which Internet service provider took its name from a cave in Sardinia?
Tiscali
2A Footballers Bobby Moore (in 1962), Darren Fletcher (in 2004), Steven Davis (in 2006) and Aaron Ramsey (in 2011) have what distinction in common?
Youngest players to captain their country
2B To whom was the actress Carole Lombard married at the time of her death?
Clark Gable
3A In an alphabetical list of world capital cities, which comes last?
Zagreb
3B Who lost the longest ever tennis match at Wimbledon (in 2010)?
Nicolas Mahut
4A In the cartoon series, what kind of dog is Scooby Doo?
Great Dane
4B What was the name of Gary Puckett's backing group?
The Union Gap

Round Five
1A Which member of the royal family is patron of the Scottish Rugby Union?
Princess Anne, the Princess Royal
1B At which stately home can you see the Emperor fountain?
Chatsworth
2A In Greek mythology, who slew Medusa?
Perseus
2B What is the traditional flavouring of "water pudding"?
Lemon
3A In which decade was the Suez canal opened?
1860s (1869)
3B The island of Bougainville is part of which country?
Papua New Guinea
4A Who wrote The Book of Snobs?
W M Thackeray
4B What is the common name for the flower myosotis?
Forget-me-not

Round Six
1A How many degrees above the equator is the Tropic of Cancer?
23.5°
1B The 1995 film Babe was inspired by which Dick King-Smith novel?
The Sheep-Pig
2A Where in the UK is Brodgar, the recently (2009-2011) excavated Neolithic temple site, said to pre-date Stonehenge?
Orkneys
2B According to a genealogy website, Catherine Duchess of Cambridge is claimed to be a distant relation of which English novelist?
Jane Austen
3A Who directed the 2009 film about Liverpool Of Time and the City?
Terence Davies
3B What highly toxic substance was used in the manufacture of the popular Victorian colouring material Scheele's Green?
Arsenic
4A What is the nickname of the darts player Ted Hankey?
The Count
4B In which town was Osama bin Laden killed?
Abbotabad

Round Seven
1A Which artist was known as "Jack the Dripper'?
Jackson Pollock
1B Who played the US President, allegedly based on Bill Clinton, in the 1998 film Primary Colors?
John Travolta
2A What was the name of the cruise liner which capsized off the Italian coast in January 2012?
Costa Concordia
2B In which city is the most famous Palio run?
Siena
3A What colour is a twenty Euro note?
Blue
3B What are Gill Sans, Univers and Helvetica?
Fonts / Typefaces
4A Who was the first man to circumnavigate Australia?
Matthew Flinders
4B In which North American city is the John Hancock Center?
Chicago

Round Eight
1A As well as being a writer on cricket, John Arlott also wrote extensively about what?
Wine
1B "Is that your final answer?" is a catchphrase associated with which TV quiz show?
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2A Kolinsky sable is used principally to make high quality what?
(Artists') Paintbrushes
2B What is the capital of Madagascar?
Antananarivo
3A Which famous nurse kept a pet owl in her pocket and spent the last fifty years of her life in bed?
Florence Nightingale
3B By what two-word title is a member of the first degree of Freemasonry known?
Entered Apprentice
4A Whose last words were, "I've had eighteen straight whiskies. I think that's the record."?
Dylan Thomas
4B On a garment care label, a square with a circle inside, superimposed by a cross indicates what?
Do Not Tumble Dry

Spare Questions
1 Name either of the gay men in the radio series Round the Horne.
Julian or Sandy
2 In whose books would you find the Baker Street Irregulars?
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 Which is the only London underground line which interconnects with every other line?
Jubilee
4 Which line is marked with the letters TF, F, T, S, A and WNA?
Plimsoll Line
5 Which bishop signs himself "Petriburg"?
The Bishop of Peterborough