Monday 17th September 2012
Set by Blundellsands Tennis Club (Northern)

Round 1
1a Who said "You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on"?
DEAN MARTIN
1b In what part of the world would you find a Gamelan Orchestra?
SOUTH EAST ASIA (accept Indonesia and Thailand)
2a Rigel and Betelgeuse are two stars in which constellation?
ORION
2b King Edward III founded this premier order in about 1349, what is it called?
THE ORDER OF THE GARTER
3a It was known as Tsaritsyn, then Stalingrad and in 1962 its name was changed to what?
VOLGOGRAD
3b To whom are the following words usually attributed "A woman drove me to drink and I never- ad the courtesy to, thank her"?
W C FIELDS
4a What is the brightest star in the northern hemisphere of the sky?
SIRIUS
4b Who was the first of the Lancastrian kings?
HENRY IV

Round 2
1a The French gendarme wears a distinctive (flat) hat, what is it called?
KEPI
1b At sea what period of time is covered by the first 'Dog Watch"?
4PM-6PM
2a The Whitworth Art Gallery is in which English city?
MANCHESTER
2b During the First World War what did writer Ernest Hemmingway do (apart from write)?
HE WAS AN AMBULANCE DRIVER (Red Cross)
3a Which athlete came 4th in the Women's Pentathlon in the Tokyo Olympics?
MARY PETERS
3b Rick Allen is the one armed drummer of which English rock band?
DEF LEPPARD ,
4a The Lupercal is a cave at the foot of which hill in Rome?
THE PALATINE
4b A duathlon consists of two sports -name one.
CYCLING AND RUNNING (run-bike-run)

Round 3
1a What is the term for the change of a vowel sound in German and the diacritical mark which indicates it?
UMLAUT
1b Which comedian wrote the 2010 book "How I Escaped My Certain Fate"?
STEWART LEE
2a Created by John Lawson Johnston "Johnston's Fluid Beef' was renamed what?
BOVRIL
2b The Battle of Ligny, June 1815 was which man's final military victory?
NAPOLEON
3a Which opera star was born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron in 1944?
KIRI TE KANAWA
3b Whose Blackadder roles included Lord Percy and Captain Darling?
TIM MCINNERNAY
4a The Democratic Republic of the Congo was previously known as what?
ZAIRE
4b In nautical slang what is a bumboat?
EITHER A SCAVENGERS BOAT RECOVERING FILTH FROM THE THAMES OR A BOAT
CARRYING PROVISIONS

Round 4
la What substance was responsible for the phrase "mad as a hatter"
A COMPOUND OF MERCURY USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FELT HATS
1b From what fruit was marmalade originally made?
QUINCES (from Portuguese 'marmelo' quince)
2a The Architect Clough Williams-Ellis designed which Welsh village?
PORTMEIRION
2b Pulex irritans is a parasitic insect. What is.it more commonly known as?
FLEA
3a If you lapidated someone what would you be doing to them?
STONING THEM TO DEATH
3b Who was the designer of the airship R1002
BARNES WALLIS
4a Who was the only British King of the House of Saxe-Coburg?
EDWARD VII (1901-1910)
4b Name one of the chemicals used as the raw materials for the production of urea?
AMNONIA OR CARBON DIOXIDE

Round 5
1a The word "batty" derives from which expression?
BATS IN THE BELFRY (They are supposed to go crazy in a belfry at the noise of the hells)
1b What is the informal name for the southern stares of the USA?
DIXIE(Land)
2a Which nation is the richest in the world per head of capita?
QATAR
2b Which toxic protein is extracted from the castor oil plant?
RICIN
3a Which European Country came second in the medal table after the US in the 1948 Olympics with 16 golds?
SWEDEN
3b Which 1950's pop singer was known as the "singing barber?
PERRY COMO
4a Which country's highest honour is 'The Order of the Elephant" and is at most exclusively bestowed on monarchs and heads of state?
DENMARK
4b St Martins is another name for which weather phenomenon?
INDIAN SUMMER

Round 6
1a A scream is a collective name for a group of which birds?
SWIFTS
1b PRN on a doctor's prescription stands for pro re nata what does it mean?
TAKE WHEN NEEDED OR AS NECESSARY
2a Which actress played both Estella and Miss Havisham in 1946 and 1985 respectively?
JEAN SIMMONS
2b Who were Liverpool playing when a red balloon scored the only goal?
SUNDERLAND
3a Which was the first public building in England to have electric lights?
SAVOY OPERA HOUSE
3b Which tree does quince come from?
CYDONIA (OBLONGA) TREE
4a The gamay grape is most notably used in the production of which French wine?
BEAUJOLAIS
4b Tokay wines are produced in which country?
HUNGARY

Round 7
la Which part of the human body has no blood supply instead its oxygen comes from the air?
THE CORNEA
1b What is the hardest substance in the human body?
TEETH ENAMEL
2a In which constellation of stars is the crab nebula?
TAURUS
2b In which constellation is the star Sirius, also called the Dog Star, the brightest in the Northern Hemisphere?
CANIS MAJOR
3a In which European City is the "Monument of Light" spire?
DUBLIN
3b The sportsman Oscar Pistorius has what nickname?'
BLADE RUNNER
4a What sort of cross can be seen on a former flag of Hungary and the current flag of Slovakia?
A TWO-BARRED CROSS (accept Cross of Lorraine)
4b The Preraphaelite artist John Collier painted which famous naked person?
LADY GODIVA

Round 8
1a Which state capital in USA is known as the Athens of America?
BOSTON
1b The Melrose Cup is awarded in which ball sport?
RUGBY SEVENS
2a The "Penguin News" is a local newspaper in which island group?
FALKLANDS
2b The 'Battle of Marengo' was fought between Napoleon's army and which European Country?
AUSTRIA
3a Which city in Switzerland is a European heritage site?
BERNE
3b Which town in the Cotswolds is known as the 'Little Venice of the Cotswolds"?
BOURTON ON THE WATER
4a In which sport is the Stanley Cup Contested?
ICE HOCKEY
4b In the USA the Northerners were known as the Carpetbaggers. What were the Southerners known as?
SCALLYWAGS

Spare Questions
1 Who beat Maria Sharapova in the 2012 Australian Open Tennis?
Victoria AZARENKA
2 Little boy and fat man were names for what?
ATOMIC BOMBS
3 Newstead Abbey is the ancestral home of which poet?
LORD BYRON