Monday 2nd December 2013
Set by Brewers Arms (Wirral)

Round 1
1a Who was president of the USA from 1909-1913?
W H Taft
1b Which species of monkey is the world's largest?
Mandrill
2a In what year did Concorde commence commercial service?
1976
2b Which leader of the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland lost his Parliamentary seat in the May 2010 general election?
Peter Robinson
3a Who composed the music to the comic opera The Bartered Bride'?
(Bedrich) Smetana
3b Which author won the Booker Prize in 1995 for The Ghost Road'?
Pat Barker
4a In which US state is Dodge City, the famous frontier town of the wild west?
Kansas
4b Which was the first British racecourse to have an all-weather track which it opened in 1989 originally using a surface called Equitrack?
Lingfield Park

Round 2
1a Phobos and Deimos are moons of which planet?
Mars
1b In 1966 Seretse Khama became the first President of which African country?
Botswana
2a Which English king was born in Beaumont Palace in Oxford in 1157?
Richard I
2b In Greek mythology which of the Olympian gods was the goddess of fertility, agriculture, horticulture, grain and harvest?
Demeter
3a Which Latvian born artist painted the Seagram Murals in 1958?
Mark Rothko
3b The flag of which Asian country contain an image of the mythical Thunder Dragon holding jewels?
Bhutan
4a The Dove, Derwent, Erewash and Soar are all tributaries of which UK river?
Trent
4b In which American state is the animated TV series Family Guy set?
Rhode Island (Quahog)

Round 3
1a Which SI unit is named after a scientist born in Belfast in 1824?
Kelvin
1b Magner's cider originates from which county in Ireland?
Tipperary
2a Give a year in the life of the Italian artist Canaletto.
1697-1768
2b Which Beatles song opens with the lyric "Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical science in the home"?
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
3a Of which US rock band is Anthony Kiedis a founder member and lead singer?
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3b Which city, home to the oldest working opera house in France, is the capital of the Lorraine region and the Moselle department?
Metz
4a Which country has top tier football league teams called FC Thon and FC Sion?
Switzerland
4b Which part of the body is removed during a glossectomy?
Tongue

Round 4
1a What name is given to a triangle in which all 3 sides are of different lengths?
Scalene
1b Of which South American country has Juan Manuel Santos been president since 2010?
Colombia
2a What types of sandwiches are the favourite food of the children's character Paddington Bear?
Marmalade
2b A story about the audience fortunately avoiding a falling chandelier during its premiere in 1791 originated which nickname of Haydn's Symphony Number 96?
Miracle Symphony
3a Which BBC local radio station with its main studios in Luton covers Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire?
BBC Three Counties (radio)
3b Obesity hypoventilation syndrome is also known by a name that refers to which Charles Dickens novel in which the 'fat boy' Joe exhibits the symptoms?
The Pickwick Papers
4a Which British island was known to the Romans as Vectis?
Isle of Wight
4b Little Rock is the capital of which state of USA?
Arkansas

Round 5
1a Who was President of the USA from 1923-1929?
Calvin Coolidge
1b Which species is the world's largest rodent?
Capybara
2a In heraldry what shape is a mullet?
Star (accept Rowel)
2b Which is the smallest by area of the Great Lakes of North America?
Ontario
3a Which work by Tchaikovsky includes a sequence called The Rose Adagio'?
The Sleeping Beauty
3b Which author won the Booker Prize in 1991 for his novel 'The Famished Road'?
Ben Okri
4a In which US state is Tombstone, site of the OK Corral gunfight in 1881?
Arizona
4b Which English league dub was the first to install an artificial surface playing its first match on Omniturf in 1981?
Queens Park Rangers

Round 6
1a Europa and Ganymede are moons of which planet?
Jupiter
1b In 1960 Kwame Nkrumah became the first President of which African country?
Ghana
2a Which English king was born in Pembroke Castle in Wales in 1457?
Henry VII
2b In Roman mythology who was the Virgin goddess of the hearth, home and family? Her Priestesses tended a sacred fire which was never allowed to expire.
Vesta
3a Frans Banning Cocq is the foremost figure depicted in which famous painting of 1642?
The Night Watch (Rembrandt)
3b The flag of which African country contains the image of an AK-47 rifle?
Mozambique
4a The Chelt, Frome,Teme and Vyrnwy are all tributaries of which UK river?
Severn
4b In which American state is the animated TV series King of the Hill set?
Texas

Round 7
1a Which SI unit is named after an engineer born in Greenock in 1736?
Watt
1b Stella Artois originates from which Belgian city, the name being shown on its bottles and cans?
Leuven
2a Give a year in the life of the German artist Albrecht Durer.
1471-1528
2b Which Beatles song opens with the lyric Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup"?
Across the Universe
3a Of which US rock band is Steven Tyler a founder member and lead singer?
Aerosmith
3b Which city, home to the tallest and largest Gothic cathedral in France is the capital of Picardy region and the Somme department?
Amiens
4a Which country's top tier soccer league has teams called Helsingborgs IF and Kalmar FF?
Sweden
4b What part of the body is removed during a nephrectomy?
Kidney

Round 8
1a What name is given to a triangle in which two sides are equal in length?
Isosceles
1b What is the name of the current Attorney General for England and Wales?
Dominic Grieve
2a Which pasta dish is the favourite food of Garfield in the comic strip by Jim Davis?
Lasagne
2b Which nickname for Haydn's Symphony Number 94 comes from a sudden loud chord at the end of a quiet opening theme of the second movement?
Surprise Symphony
3a Which BBC local radio station based in Southampton covers Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight?
BBC Radio Solent
3b Giving his name to an adjective meaning sanctimonious and hypocritical, Seth Pecksniff appears in which Charles Dickens novel?
Martin Chuzzlewit
4a Which British island was known to the Romans as Mona?
Anglesey
4b What is the capital of Minnesota?
St Paul

Spare Questions
1 In Pride and Prejudice what was the first name of Mr Darcy?
Fitzwilliam
2 In cooking Florentine means garnished with which vegetable?
Spinach
3 In imperial measurement, how many pints in a quart?
Two