Tuesday 5th February 2013
Set by Liverpool

ROUND ONE
1a What is the name of the four horned breed of sheep native to the Isle of Man?
LOAGHTAN/LOGHTAN/LOUGHTYN
1b Who was the original base player with The Shadows?
(Jet) HARRIS
2a What shadow cabinet post did David Cameron hold immediately prior to becoming leader of the Conservative party?
EDUCATION
2b Who wrote the 1993 novel "Trainspotting"?
Irvine WELSH
3a Launched in August 2011 what is the destination of the Juno spacecraft?
JUPITER
3b Challenger Deep the lowest known point on the sea bed is located in what part of the Pacific Ocean?
MARIANA(S) TRENCH
4a Now a brand of General motors what is oldest active American car make?
BUICK
4b In golf what is the trophy contested for between teams of amateur women from the United States and Europe?
CURTIS CUP

ROUND TWO
1a Who was the drummer with the band Pink Floyd?
(Nick) MASON
1b Which breed of sheep did Beatrix Potter breed at Hilltop Farm and help to save from extinction?
HERDWICK
2a Who wrote the horror stories "The Fog", "The Dark" and "The Rats"?
(James) HERBERT
2b What shadow cabinet post did Ed Milliband hold immediately prior to becoming leader of the Labour Party?
ENERGY & (Climate Change)
3a Which waterfall forms part of the border between Argentina and Brazil?
IGUAZU
3b After the moon, what was the second body in the solar system visited by a spacecraft from earth?
VENUS
4a What is the trophy awarded to the women's world team champions in badminton?
UBER CUP
4b Founded in 1932 by J.R.D. Tata as Tata Airlines what is it now called?
AIR INDIA

ROUND THREE
1a What is added to gin to make a "Gimlet" cocktail?
LIME (Cordial)
1b In Regency times what type of garment was a "spencer"?
(short) COAT or JACKET
2a Who is the patron saint of dentists?
St.APOLLONIA
2b What is the SI unit of conductance?
SIEMENS
3a Jamaican born nurse Mary Seacole was a heroine of what war?
CRIMEAN
3b Who painted "The Light of the World" and "The Lady of Shallot"?
(William Holman) HUNT
4a Known as their Oscars, the Carl Allen Awards are given in which field?
DANCE
4b What was the Bronze Age civilisation based on Crete?
MINOAN

ROUND FOUR
1a What, according to the alchemists, was capable of turning base metal into gold?
PHILOSOPHER'S STONE
1b A "Tom Collins" cocktail consists of gin, soda water, sugar and what other ingredient?
LEMON JUICE
2a What is the SI unit of inductance?
HENRY
2b Who is the patron saint of radio workers?
ST. GABRIEL
3a Who painted "Dedham Vale" and "The Valley Farm"?
(John) CONSTABLE
3b Dame Cicely Saunders was a pioneer of what movement on modern medicine?
HOSPICE MOVEMENT
4a Cusco was the capital city of what civilisation?
INCA
4b Regarded as their Nobel Prize the Pritzker Prize is awarded in what field?
ARCHITECTURE

ROUND FIVE
1a The serial killer Albert de Salvo was given what nickname?
BOSTON STRANGLER
1b The male name Beau is a shortened version of what name?
BEAUREGARD
2a Who created the "New Look" in 1947?
(Christian) DIOR
2b Who played Sheriff Sam McCloud in the 1970s TV series "McCloud"?
(Dennis) WEAVER
3a Which jazz musician had the forenames Leon Bismark?
Bix BEIDERBECK
3b Where, in 1977, did a KLM 747 collide with a Pan Am 747 resulting in nearly six hundred fatalities?
TENERIFE
4a Whernside is the highest point in what national park?
YORKSHIRE DALES
4b What was a "perruque"?
WIG

ROUND SIX
1a Sacha is a diminutive form of what name?
ALEXANDER
1b The serial killer David Berkowitz was given what nickname?
SON of SAM
2a Who played Christ in the 1977 TV drama "Jesus of Nazareth"?
(Robert) POWELL
2b On the death of Christian Dior in 1957, who succeeded him as head of the House of Dior?
(Yves) ST. LAURENT
3a Sharing its name with a European capital, with which ship did the Italian liner Andrea Doria collide in 1956 with the loss of forty six lives?
STOCKHOLM
3b What is the full first name of the singer songwriter Randy Newman?
RANDALL
4a What does the Arabic word "halal" mean?
LAWFUL or PERMITTED
4b High Willhays is the highest point of what National Park?
DARTMOOR

ROUND SEVEN
1a Which Football League team plays its home games at Huish Park?
YEOVIL TOWN
1b Which retailer produces and markets the Kindle eBook?
AMAZON
2a With what is Beurre Noisette flavoured?
HAZELNUTS
2b Who captained HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's voyage, and is remembered in the name of a shipping forecast area?
(Robert) FITZROY
3a In which 2001 film did Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent play a husband and wife?
IRIS
3b Who composed, in 1909, "A Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis"?
(Ralph) VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
4a Inspector Bucket is a policeman in which Charles Dicken's novel?
BLEAK HOUSE
4b Who is the Roman goddess of flowers?
FLORA

ROUND EIGHT
1a Which company makes the Wii games console?
NINTENDO
1b Which rugby union club play their home games at Adams Park?
(London) WASPS
2a Following the 1420 Treaty of Troyes, which king became Regent of France and successor to the French throne?
HENRY the FIFTH (of England)
2b What fruit is the main ingredient of Cumberland sauce?
REDCURRANTS
3a Who, in 1831, composed "Symphonie Fantastique"?
(Hector) BERLIOZ
3b Which actress played the victim in the shower scene in the 1960 film "Psycho"?
(Janet) LEIGH
4a Who is the Roman goddess of victory?
VICTORIA
4b Mr M'Choakumchild is a schoolmaster in which of Charles Dickens's novels?
HARD TIMES

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 Because of its location in Washington DC which US government department is nicknamed "Foggy Bottom"?
STATE DEPARTMENT
2 Liam Gallagher is the lead singer of which group?
BEADY EYE
3 On what London thoroughfare is the finish of the London marathon?
THE MALL