Tuesday 17th December 2013
Set by Barbarians (Wirral)

Round 1
1a In the 2012 Olympics who won the gold medal in the Sailing Regatta's Finn class?
Ben Ainslie
1b In the 2012 Olympics, who won the gold medal in the Men's Singles at tennis?
Andy Murray
2a In Norse mythology, what is the name of the rainbow bridge between Heaven and Earth?
Bifrost
2b In Norse mythology, what is the name of the huge ash tree that binds the earth, heaven and hell together?
Yggdrasil
3a Which animals have types named Plains, Mountain and Grevy's?
Zebra
3b Which animals have types named Black, White and Sumatran?
Rhinoceros
4a Who is the current UN Secretary General, in office since 2007?
Ban Ki-Moon
4b What is the name of Burma's Nobel Peace Prize-winning leader of the opposition National League for Democracy?
Aung San Suu Kyi

Round 2
1a In 'The Simpsons' TV show, who is the owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant?
Mr (Charles Montgomery) Burns
1b In 'the Simpsons' TV show, who is the Principal of Springfield Elementary School?
(Seymour) Skinner
2a In the Bible, who is the son of Zacharias and Elizabeth?
John the Baptist
2b In the Bible, who was the brother of Martha and Mary?
Lazarus
3a Who was President of the United States in the year 1800?
John Adams (NOT John Quincy Adams)
3b Who was President of the United States in the year 1900?
William McKinley
4a Which element is first alphabetically in the Periodic Table?
Actinium
4b Which element is last alphabetically in the Periodic Table?
Zirconium

Round 3
1a In October 1571, what was the last naval battle in the Mediterranean fought entirely between galleys?
Lepanto
1b In the First World War, what other name is given to the third battle of Ypres of June 1917?
Passchendaele
2a Who composed the 1843 opera 'The Flying Dutchman'?
Richard Wagner
2b Who composed the 1951 opera 'The Rake's Progress'?
Igor Stravinsky
3a Name the English female referee involved in the 'sexism' controversy in January 2011 which resulted n Andy Gray and Richard Keys leaving Sky Sports network?
Sian Massey
3b Who was the first female to referee the World Snooker Championship Final, in May 2009?
Michaela Tabb
4a Who wrote the collection of autobiographical short stories- 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog' in 1940?
Dylan Thomas
4b Who wrote the comedy play 'Arms and the Man' in1894?
George Bernard Shaw

Round 4
1a What is the main spirit in a Margarita?
Tequila (accept Cointreau)
1b What spirit is mixed with Scotch whisky to make a Rusty Nail cocktail?
Drambuie
2a In the USA, which city is known as the 'Mile High City'?
Denver
2b Which UK city is traditionally associated with jute, jam and journalism?
Dundee
3a What was the only British Number One single by The Four Tops?
Reach Out, I'll Be There
3b To date, what is Stevie Wonder's only British No.1 solo single?
I just called to say I love you
4a Which football club did David Moyes manage before Everton, from 1998-2002?
Preston (North End)
4b Other than Ray Wilkins and Graham Rix (who were in control for only one or two games, respectively), who was the last Englishman to manage Chelsea FC, from 1993-1996?
Glen Hoddle

Round 5
1a What is the capital of Botswana?
Gaborone
1b What is the capital of Malawi?
Lilongwe
2a Captain Jack Absolute is a character in which 1775 play?
The Rivals
2b Willy Loman is the central character in which 1949 play?
Death of a Salesman
3a Give a year in the life of the composer Modest Mussorgsky.
1839-1881
3b Give a year in the life of musician Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
1844-1908
4a What is the super-hero alter ego of DC comic book character Billy Batson?
Captain Marvel (accept Shazam)
4b What is the super-hero alter ego of Marvel comic book character Steve Rogers?
Captain America

Round 6
1a In the Bible, who was the father of Ishmael?
Abraham
1b In the Bible, who was the father of Jacob?
Isaac
2a 'The Slave of Duty' is the subtitle of which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta?
The Pirates of Penzance
2b 'The Witch's Curse' is the subtitle of which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta?
Ruddigore
3a In his orchestral suite, which planet did Gustav Hoist call 'the Mystic'?
Neptune
3b Which famous conductor conducted the very first performance of Hoist's 'The Planets' in 1918?
Sir Adrian Boult
4a A pedagogue is another name for a member of which profession?
Teaching/Lecturing
4b Deriving from a Turkish word for a maidservant, what French name is given to a female slave in a harem?
Odalisque

Round 7
1a In which sport is the Strathcona Cup awarded?
Curling
1b In 1983 Miss Betty Trask left £400,000 for an annual award for what genre of writing?
Romantic (fiction - for 1st novels of authors under 30!)
2a Which Roman Emperor was the son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder?
Caligula
2b Messalina was the third wife of which Roman Emperor?
Claudius
3a What is the capital city of Kentucky?
Frankfort
3b What is the capital city of Nevada?
Carson City
4a On TV, who played Lieutenant Commander Data in 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'?
Brent Spiner
4b On TV, who played the third Doctor Who, from 1970-1974?
Jon Pertwee

Round 8
1a How many old pennies were there in a guinea?
252
1b What is 505 in Roman numerals?
DV
2a Lack of which vitamin causes scurvy?
C (accept Ascorbic Acid)
2b To reoulate which disease is insulin used?
Diabetes
3a Where in Britain is the National Horseracing Museum?
Newmarket
3b In which British city is the National Media Museum (formerly National Museum of Photography, Film and Television)?
Bradford
4a In Arthurian legend, who encounters and beheads the Greene Knight?
Sir Gawain
4b In Arthurian legend, of which region was King Mark the King?
Cornwall

Spare Questions
1 In the Bible, who was the first King of Israel?
Saul
2 In heraldry, what shape is a lozenge?
Diamond
3 The Royal family of which country is named Bernadotte?
Sweden
4 Hamelin is on which river?
Weser