Tuesday 11th September 2012
Set by Exiles (Liverpool)

Round One
1A Which Shakespeare play takes place in the Forest of Arden?
As You Like It
1B Which chemical element atomic number 45 is named for the Greek for rose?
Rhodium
2A By winning the Mercury Music Prize in 2011 who is the only artiste to have won this prize twice?
P J Harvey
2B Which Scottish league team have the nickname 'The Bairns'?
Falkirk
3A The WW2 allied invasion of where was codenamed Operation Shingle?
Anzio Landings
3B Who presents the Million Pound Drop on television?
Davina McCall
4A Which brewery makes Hatters Mild and Unicorn Bitter?
Robinson
4B At what weight did Alan Minter win his boxing world title?
Middleweight

Round Two
1A Who originally played the title role in the musical 'Heathcliff on the London stage?
Cliff Richard
1B Later associated with the medical profession, in antiquity who would have carried carried a symbol called a caduceus?
Heralds or Messengers
2A What is the name of the substitute for Silver invented in 1745 by Thomas Bolsover?
Sheffield Plate
2B Who directed the 2010 Disney film Alice in Wonderland?
Tim Burton
3A Who appointed in 2008 is the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales?
Lord Justice (Igor) Judge
3B Which vegetable used in one form in salads and in another in cooking is from the apium genus of plants?
Celery/Celeriac
4A Daltonism is usually better known as which medical condition?
Colour Blindness
4B Who wrote the poems Idylls of the King?
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Round Three
1A Upon which river does Leicester stand?
The Soar
1B What colour is the artists pigment called celandine?
Yellow
2A Who was appointed in 2010 as Her Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales?
Dominic Grieve MP
2B Who wrote, directed and played the devil in the radio 4 series 'Old Harry's Game?
Andy Hamilton
3A What is the SI derived unit of electrical capacitance?
Farad
3B Who is the author of novels titled Charlotte Grey and The Girl at the Lion d'Or?
Sebastian Faulks
4A Which composer is best known for his works Requiem in D minor and Pavane in F sharp minor?
Gabriel Fauré
4B How is the Chilean Pine or auricaria known more familiarly in the UK?
Monkey Puzzle Tree

Round Four
1A Give a year in the life of Evangelista Torricelli the inventor of the barometer?
1608 - 1647
1B If you were in Japan eating edamame, what would you be eating?
(Soy) Beans (in the pod)
2A In the bible who is Moses' elder Brother?
Aaron
2B Of what is autophobia the fear?
Loneliness / Being Alone
3A Who in Greek mythology was the cupbearer to the gods and Goddess of eternal youth and was later replaced by Ganymede?
Hebe
3B Which American wit said 'Outside of a dog, a book is your best friend, and inside of a dog, it's too dark to read'?
Groucho Marx
4A Which British artist's most famous works are The Shadow of Death and The Scapegoat?
William Holman Hunt
4B Troglodytes is a genus of small passerine birds in which bird family?
Wren

Round Five
1A Which Shakespeare play is mainly set in a forest outside Athens?
A Midsummer Night Dream
1BWhich chemical element atomic number 13 is derived from the Latin for 'bitter salt'?] Aluminium
2A Which goup released their second album 'Ceremonials' in 2011 follow up to their album Lungs?
Florence and the Machine
2B Which Scottish league team play their home game at Victoria Park and have the nickname The Staggies'?
Ross County
3A The WW2 allied invasion of where was titled Operation Dragoon?
Southern France
3B Who presents The Cube on television?
Phillip Schofield
4A Which brewery makes Lancaster Bomber and Wainwrights fine ale?
Thwaites
4B At what weight did Jim Watt win his boxing world title in 1979?
Lightweight

Round Six
1A Who originally played the title role in the Phantom of the Opera on the London stage?
Michael Crawford
1B In antiquity the power of what profession was symbolized by a bundle of sticks called a fasces?
Magistrate
2A Ormolu was orginally the gilding of which metal in its nitrate form to copper, brass or bronze?
Mercury
2B Which animated film won an Oscar in 2010 at the 82nd Academy Awards honouring films released in 2009?
Up
3A Who, appointed in 2008, is the Director of Public Prosecutions of England and Wales?
Keir Starmer
3B Which every day edible vegetable is from the daucus genus of plants?
Carrot
4A Christmas Disease is another name for one of the forms of which hereditary genetic disorder?
Haemophilia
4B Who wrote the poem The Rape of the Lock?
Alexander Pope

Round Seven
1A Which British city is located at the confluence of the rivers Eden, Caldew and Petteril?
Carlisle
and Petted!?
1B What colour is the artist's colour called cerulean ?
Blue
2A Who appointed in 2010 is The Lord President of the Council the council in question being the Privy Council?
Nick Clegg
2B Who is the current chairman of the radio 4 panel game 'I'm sorry I haven't a clue'?
Jack Dee
3A What is the SI derived unit for illuminance?
Lux
3B Who is the author of the Nursery Crime and Thursday Next series of books?
Jasper Fforde
4A Amongst which composer's best known works are Danse Macabre and The Organ Symphony no 3?
Camille Saint-Saens
4B How is the Rowan tree also known in the UK?
Mountain Ash

Round Eight
1A Give a year in the life of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, inventor of various thermometers?
1686 - 1736
1B If you were in Japan eating wakame, what would you be eating?
Edible Seaweed
2A Which Persian Emperor ended the Babylonian captivity of the Jewish people and allowed them to return home?
Cyrus (II) the Great
2B Erythrophobia is the irrational fear of?
Blushing
3A Who is Greek mythology was the goddess of the hearth?
Hestia
3B Which American wit said, 'This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force'?
Dorothy Parker
4A Which British artist's most famous works are 'Work' and 'The Last of England'?
Ford Maddox Brown
4B Passer is a genus of small passerine birds in which bird family?
Sparrow

Spare Questions
1 Which American wit said 'The covers of this book are too far apart'?
Ambrose Bierce
2 Who wrote the poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage?
Byron
3 If you were in Japan eating simeji, what would you be eating?
Mushrooms