Monday 24th September 2012
Set by Plasterers (Wirral)

Round 1
1a Which Premiership football club has an area called "The Holte End"?
Aston Villa
1b Which actress played the part of Cassandra in 'Only Fools and Horses'?
Gwyneth Strong
2a Which English king was shot by an arrow while hunting in the New Forest in 1100?
William II (William Rufus)
2b In the film 'The Wizard of Oz', what is Dorothy's surname?
Gale
3a What does a milliner make or sell?
(Women's) Hats
3b Who led the march on Rome in 1922?
Mussolini
4a What is the medical name for German measles?
Rubella
4b If you were eating a 'Green William', what would you be consuming?
A Pear

Round 2
1a Which crime writer created the private detective Philip Marlowe?
Raymond Chandler
1b What is the most expensive property on a UK Monopoly board?
Mayfair
2a Which business tycoon was born Jan Ludwig Hoch?
Robert Maxwell
2b High Willhays is the highest point of which upland area?
Dartmoor
3a Which biscuit is named after an Italian patriot who died in 1882?
Garibaldi
3b In horse riding, what comes between a trot and a gallop?
Canter
4a Who was the first host of the TV game show 'The Golden Shot'?
Jackie Rae
4b Which English quarter day falls on 25 March?
Lady Day

Round 3
1a Which make of car is advertised under the slogan "Vorsprung Durch Technik"?
Audi
1b On which motorway is the Thelwall Viaduct?
M6
2a Which former transatlantic liner was destroyed by fire in Hong Kong in 1972?
Queen Elizabeth
2b Sydney is the capital of which Australian state?
New South Wales
3a Which entertainer's catchphrases included "It's turned out nice again"?
George Formby
3b Which barbarian king was known as "the Scourge of God"?
Attila the Hun
4a Which film actor's daughter is actress Angelina Jolie?
Jon Voight
4b Name one of the French twin saints who are the patron saints of shoemakers.
St Crispin (or St Crispinian)

Round 4
1a Whose epitaph on his tombstone reads "That's All Folks"?
Mel Blanc
1b Which celebrated fishing river flows from near Basingstoke to Southampton Water?
The Test
2a As well as white, what colour appears on the cap of a water polo goalkeeper?
Red
2b In nature, what is a boomslang?
Snake
3a In World War II RAF slang, what name was given to the rear gunner?
Tail-End Charlie
3b Which poet wrote 'The Lady of the Lake' in 1810?
Sir Walter Scott
4a Which political leader commanded the watercraft PT109 in WW2?
John F Kennedy
4b Which island's capital is Nuuk?
Greenland

Round 5
1a Which actress is the daughter of Debbie Reynolds?
Carrie Fisher
1b Which dog has the alternative name the Alpine Mastiff?
St Bernard
2a Which German pocket battleship was scuttled off Montevideo in 1939?
Graf Spee
2b What is the state capital of Queensland?
Brisbane
3a According to the advertising slogan-which product "does exactly what it says on the tin"?
Ronseal (wood varnish etc)
3b On which motorway is the Severn Bridge?
M4
4a Which actress was particularly associated with the catchphrase "I want to be alone"?
Greta Garbo
4b Which English king signed the Magna Carta?
John

Round 6
1a Which de Havilland World War II fighter-bomber had a fuselage made of wood?
Mosquito
1b Which poet wrote 'The Lady of Shalott' in 1833?
Alfred Lord Tennyson
2a Which comedian suggested for his epitaph "I told you I was ill"?
Spike Milligan
2b On which river does Peterborough stand?
The Nene
3a In UK greyhound racing, what colour is worn by the dog in Trap Two?
Blue
3b In nature, what is an alewife?
A Fish
4a Which American president was known as 'Old Hickory'?
Andrew Jackson
4b Of which country is Manama the capital?
Bahrain

Round 7
1a What does the medical term 'hypertension' refer to?
High blood pressure
1b If you bit into an `Elegant Lady', what fruit would you be eating?
A Peach
2a In days gone by, what did a wainwright make?
Carts (accept wagons)
2b Who led his followers on a 'Long March' in 1934?
Mao Tse Tung
(Mao Zedung)
Which Ennglish king reigned from 1509 to 1547?
Henry VIII
3b In which musical is the main male character called Billy Bigelow?
Carousel
4a Which Premiership football club's ground has an area called The Gallowgate End'?
Newcastle United
4b Who plays Betty Suarez in the TV series 'Ugly Betty'?
America Ferrera

Round 8
1a Who was attacked in the American press in 1972 as `Hanoi Jane'?
Jane Fonda
1b What is the name of the highest point in the Peak District?
Kinder Scout
2a Which biscuit has the same name as Queen Victoria's house on the Isle of Wight?
Osborne
2b In horse riding, what 4-letter word is used for riding equipment?
Tack
3a Who was the author of the 1910 novel 'The Secret Garden'?
Frances Hodgson Burnett
3b Which London bridge built 1856-1894 is a combined bascule and suspension bridge?
Tower Bridge
4a In the TV series 2 Cars', who played Detective Sergeant John Watt?
Frank Windsor
4b Traditionally, on what day does a Mardi Gras Festival take place?
Shrove Tuesday

Spare Questions
1 Who adopted the song 'Thanks for the Memory' as a signature tune'?
Bob Hope
2 At which school was Captain Hook educated?
Eton
3 In which war was the Battle of Antietam fought?
American Civil War