Tuesday 18th September 2012
Set by Liverpool

ROUND ONE
1a At which battle of 1403 was Henry Percy (Hotspur) killed?
SHREWSBURY
1b On which river does Adelaide, South Australia stand?
TORRENS
2a Making its final flight in July 2011, what was the name of the last space shuttle?
ATLANTIS
2b In which film did Mae West say 'Why don't you come up sometime, see me"?
SHE DONE HIM WRONG
3a In Greek myth, what was the name of the infinite space existing before creation?
CHAOS
3b Who, by winning the 1906 Peace Prize, became the first American to win a Nobel Prize?
(Theodore) ROOSEVELT
4a From which opera does the aria "O Caro Nome" come?
RIGOLETTO
4b What type of creature is a bongo?
ANTELOPE

ROUND TWO
1a Which port is situated at the southern tip of the Negev desert?
EILAT/ELAT
1b In which battle of 1898 did Kitchener defeat the Mahdi?
OMDURMAN
2a In which film did Greta Garbo say "I want to be alone"?
GRAND HOTEL
2b What was the name of the United States first satellite, launched in January 1958?
EXPLORER (1)
3a Who, by winning the 1904 Prize for Medicine, became the first Russian to win a Nobel Prize?
(Ivan) PAVLOV
3b In Milton's "Paradise Lost" what is the capital of Hell?
PANDEMONIUM
4a What type of creature is a turnstone?
BIRD
4b In which opera would you find the "Anvil Chorus"?
IL TROVATORE

ROUND THREE
1a What name is given to naturally occurring magnetic iron ore?
LODESTONE or MAGNETITE
1b How many letters are used to make Roman numerals?
SEVEN
2a In which mountain range were monkey puzzle trees first discovered by Europeans?
ANDES
2b What is the sequel to Robert Grave's novel "I Claudius"?
CLAUDIUS the GOD
3a In which sport would you use a knuckleball?
BASEBALL
3b Which artist's studio was known as "the Factory"?
(Andy) WARHOL
4a George Bush, American president 2001 to 2009, had what middle name?
WALKER
4b Which motor manufacturer makes the Juke and Note models?
NISSAN

ROUND FOUR
1a How many letters are there in the Greek alphabet?
TWENTY FOUR
1b Which German, together with Ernst Abbe, developed and produced many new lenses and heat resistant glasses?
(Carl) ZEISS
2a What is the sequel to Anthony Hope's novel 'The Prisoner of Zenda"?
RUPERT of HENTZAU
2b What type of plant is a saguaro?
CACTUS
3a Which nightclub and music venue in Manchester was largely financed by the record label "Factory Records"?
THE HACIENDA
3b What is the two piece costume worn in judo called?
JUDOGI
4a Which motor manufacturer makes the Cee'd and Picanto models?
KIA
4b The current US president Barack Obama has what middle name?
HUSSEIN

ROUND FIVE
1a Which fruit has the alternative name the alligator pear?
AVOCADO
1b Who was king of England from 1042 to 1066?
EDWARD the CONFESSOR
2a Which 1957 treaty created the European Economic Community?
TREATY of ROME
2b What is the salary paid to a Church of England clergyman called?
STIPEND
3a Which jazz pianist and composer composed "Ain't Misbehavin"' and "Honeysuckle Rose"?
(Fats) WALLER
3b Who, in a poem, wrote "Beauty is truth, truth is beauty"?
(John) KEATS
4a What is the name of the fluid that surrounds the embryo in the womb?
AMNIOTIC
4b In which country are the Tugela Falls?
SOUTH AFRICA

ROUND SIX
1a Who was king of Wessex from 871 to 899?
ALFRED the GREAT
1b Which is the only cactus fruit that is widely eaten?
PRICKLY PEAR
2a What name is given to a piece of land assigned as part of a clergyman's living?
GLEBE
2b Which 1929 treaty was made between Italy and the Pope to create the Vatican state?
LATERAN TREATY
3a Who, in a play, wrote 'The truth is rarely pure, and never simple"?
(Oscar) WILDE
3b Which jazz pianist and composer 1917-1982 composed "Round Midnight" and "Criss Cross"?
(Thelonius) MONK
4a In which country are the Masurian Lakes?
POLAND
4b Which blood vessel carries blood from the heart to the lungs?
PULMONARY ARTERY

ROUND SEVEN
1a Which artist described some of his paintings as nocturnes and symphonies?
(JAMES) WHISTLER
1b Bathophobia is an irrational fear of what?
DEPTHS
2a Which radio programme was broadcast nationally for the first time in January 1951?
THE ARCHERS
2b Who became the first Prime Minister of an independent Bangladesh in January 1972?
(Sheikh Mujibur) RAHMAN
3a Which European country's flag consists of three horizontal bands of red, white and red?
AUSTRIA
3b According to Exodus, which migrating flocks of birds supplied food for the lsraelites in the wilderness?
QUAILS
4a Which British rider won the World Superbike championship four times in the 1990s?
(Carl) FOGARTY
4b Which country was the intended final destination of the ill-fated R101 in 1930?
INDIA

ROUND EIGHT
1a Nephophobia is the irrational fear of what?
CLOUDS
1b What was the name of the goldsmith, among whose works were the Imperial Russian family Easter eggs?
(Peter) FABERGE
2a Who succeeded Nehru as the second Prime Minister of India?
(Lal) SHASTRI
2b What is the signature tune of the Archers radio programme?
BARWICK GREEN
3a According to 1 Kings, which birds fed Elijah by the brook Crerith?
RAVENS
3b Which African country's flag consists of three vertical stripes, green, white and green?
NIGERIA
4a Three Mile Island, scene of a 1979 radio-active disaster, is in which US state?
PENNSYLVANIA
4b Which Italian, winner of nine Motor Cycling Grand Prix World Championships is known as "The Doctor"?
(Valentino) ROSSI

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 What name is given to the 14th century split in the papacy, which led to popes in both Rome and Avignon?
GREAT SCHISM or WESTERN SCHISM
2 Who, in 1791, wrote "The Life of Samuel Johnson"?
(James) BOSWELL
3 What is the name for a male donkey?
JACK or JACKASS