Tuesday 4th September 2012
Set by Ormskirk

ROUND 1
1a Who wrote the 'Sabre Dance'?
ARAM KHACHATURIAN
1b Who made the phrase 'And so to bed' famous?
SAMUEL PEPYS
2a Which 'Emmerdale' family has had members called Shadrach, Eli and Samson?
DINGLE
2b What position in Parliament is held by the MP for Buckingham?
THE SPEAKER (JOHN BERCOW)
3a Which is the main sport played at the Basin Reserve in Wellington, New Zealand?
CRICKET
3b What is the name of the co-founder of Apple Computers who died in October 2011?
STEVE JOBS
4a Which company did Alliott Verdon Roe establish in Manchester in 1910?
AVRO (AIRCRAFT)
4b In which city is the car company Fiat based?
TURIN

ROUND 2
1a What is the official name of Walsall FC's ground, still known to some fans as the Bescot Stadium?
BANKS'S STADIUM
1b What animal has breeds named American Bobtail, Balinese and Japanese Bobtail?
CAT
2a Which King of England was the son of a Matilda, had a daughter called Matilda, married Matilda, or Edith, of Scotland and later Adelicia of Louvain?
HENRY I
2b Collectively, as what are the towns of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham known?
TORBAY (accept THE ENGLISH RIVIERA)
3a Which 1960s group was fronted by Colin Blunstone?
THE ZOMBIES
3b What is the name of the Japanese picture puzzle based on a grid of initially blank squares?
HANJIE
4a Which actress in a school-based drama serial, danced in the 2011 'Strictly Come Dancing' competition?
CHELSEE HEALEY
4b The 'Oasis of the Seas' is a cruise liner operated by which company?
ROYAL CARIBBEAN

ROUND 3
1a Name one of the two states that joined the US in 1912.
ARIZONA or NEW MEXICO
1b David Marks and Julia Barfield were the lead architects for which London landmark?
THE LONDON EYE (OR MILLENNIUM WHEEL)
2a Which rugby union team in 2009 was responsible for a fake blood injury during a Heineken Cup match?
HARLEQUINS
2b What name is given to the den of an otter?
HOLT (accept COUCH)
3a Apart from Gary Oldman, name an actor who has played Le Carre's Smiley character on film?
RUPERT DAVIES or JAMES MASON (CALLED DOBBS IN THE FILM)
3b What term is used to describe an angle between 180 degrees and 360 degrees?
REFLEX
4a What was the cause of death of the lovers in the opera 'Aida'?
BURIED ALIVE
4b Which poet composed a sonnet 'Upon Westminster Bridge'?
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

ROUND 4
1a In which American TV series is Lilly Rush the leading character?
COLD CASE
1b From which Cabinet post did Liam Fox resign last year?
DEFENCE SECRETARY
2a Who had the 1965 instrumental hit 'Spanish Flea'?
HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS
2b Who wrote the self-help book 'How to win Friends and Influence People' in 1936?
DALE CARNEGIE
3a Which American won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007?
AL GORE
3b Kinshasa stands on the opposite bank of the River Congo to which other capital city? BRAZZAVILLE
4a In Olympic Games history what links the Hungarian fencer Pal Kovacs, the German canoeist Birgit Fischer and the British rower Steve Redgrave?
THEY WON GOLD AT 5 CONSECUTIVE OLYMPIC GAMES
4b As what is a Chinese gooseberry also known?
KIWI FRUIT

ROUND 5
1a What was the first name of the father of Frasier and Niles Crane in the TV series 'Frasier'?
MARTIN
1b What is the name of Liam Fox's friend, whose friendship caused him to resign?
ADAM WERRITTY
2a In which city was the nightclub Copacabana in Barry Manilow's song?
NEW YORK
2b Who wrote 'The Power of Positive Thinking'?
NORMAN VINCENT PEALE
3a What is the name of Huddersfield FC's ground?
GALPHARM STADIUM
3b What links these breeds of dogs: Alpine Spaniel, English White Terrier and St John's Water Dog?
THEY ARE EXTINCT
4a Which King of England's mother and first wife were both called Eleanor? He subsequently married Margaret of France.
EDWARD I
4b What collective name is often used for Chatham, Gillingham, Rochester and Strood?
THE MEDWAY TOWNS

ROUND 6
1a What was the name given to shantytowns built in the US by the unemployed during the Great Depression?
HOOVERVILLE
1b Who designed the Banqueting House in Whitehall, scene of the execution of Charles I?
INIGO JONES
2a Which British boxer became WBA Heavyweight Champion in 2009?
DAVID HAVE
2b What name is given to the breeding den of a beaver?
LODGE
3a Which American won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002?
JIMMY CARTER
3b The Lena River, the Ob River and the Yenisei River in Russia flow into which large body of water?
THE ARCTIC OCEAN
4a Who holds the record for the most appearances as a track athlete in the Olympic Games? (7 appearances)
MERLENE OTTEY
4b What colour is orange blossom?
WHITE

ROUND 7
1a Complete the name of the 1960s group 'Junior Walker and the
ALL STARS
1b How many 'syllables' should a Japanese Haiku poem contain?
17
2a Which contestant was first to be voted off the 2011 'Strictly Come Dancing' competition?
EDWINA CURRIE
2b The 'Ventura' is a cruise liner operated by which company?
P & O
3a The actor Austin Trevor played which character (later played 6 times by Peter Ustinov in the 70s and 80s) in the 1930s films 'Alibi', 'Black Coffee' and 'Lord Edgware Dies'?
IIERCULE POIROT
3b Binary numbers are written in base 2. What word is used for numbers written in base 16?
HEXADECIMAL
4a What was the cause of death of Carmen in the opera of that name?
STABBED (THROUGH THE HEART)
4b Which poet wrote a sonnet 'On first looking into Chapman's Homer'?
JOHN KEATS

ROUND 8
1a In which Indian city is Eden Gardens, the second largest test cricket ground in the world?
KOLKATA
1b Who, with Steve Jobs, founded Apple Computers?
STEVE WOZNIAK (accept RONALD WAYNE)
2a 7377 of which Avro bomber were manufactured during the course of World War 2?
LANCASTER
2b Which car manufacturer has its headquarters at Martorell near Barcelona?
SEAT
3a Who wrote the oratorio 'Elijah'?
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
3b Who made the phrase 'Famous for fifteen minutes' famous?
ANDY WARHOL
4a Which 'EastEnders' family has had members called Archie, Courtney and Ben?
MITCHELL
4b Who is the only MP of the Green Party, representing Brighton Pavilion?
CAROLINE LUCAS

SPARE OUESTIONS
1 What was the name of the three day rock festival held near Wigan in May 1972?
BICKERSHAW
2 Who became Governor of New South Wales in 1806 where his conduct led to his imprisonment for two years?
CAPTAIN WILLIAM BLIGH
3 Which element has atomic number 3?
LITHIUM
4 In the news in January 2011 for the murder of 37 people in a bombing incident, in which country is Domodedovo Airport?
RUSSIA