Monday 18th February 2013
Set by Warrington

Round 1
1a In which year did Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada?
1588
1b Who founded the German Second Reich in 1871?
Otto von Bismarck
2a In a French restaurant, what would a 'potager' prepare?
Soups
2b What is the name of the butler portrayed by Jim Carter in Downton Abbey?
Mr Carson
3a Honey Lambert was the drummer with which 1960s pop group?
The Honeycombs
3b Who wrote the Billy Bunter stories?
Frank Richards
4a Which famous whisky is produced in Lynchburg, Tennessee?
Jack Daniels
4b Which man won a record 26 Academy Award 'Oscars'?
Walt Disney

Round 2
1a Fanny Sunesson was the regular and highly successful caddie for which major golfer between 1990 and 1999?
Nick Faldo
1b Which children's fictional character lives at 32, Windsor Gardens, London?
Paddington Bear
2a What is the four letter prefix added to patronymic surnames of Anglo-Norman origin to mean 'son of'?
Fitz
2b Which of the Mitford sisters married Oswald Mosley and became a fascist?
Diana
3a Which is the fifth book of the Old Testament, following Numbers?
Deuteronomy
3b On a standard keyboard what symbol appears above the number 3?
£ (pound sign)
4a Which colonial power ended its involvement in India by selling the Nicobar Islands to Britain in 1863?
Denmark
4b Bourbon whisky is produced mostly, though not exclusively, in an area known as Old Bourbon, in which US state?
Kentucky

Round 3
1a Which Italian patriot put down the Two Sicilies rebellion in the south of the country prior to the unification of Italy in 1861?
Giuseppe Garibaldi
1b In which year was the Battle of Agincourt?
1415
2a What was the job of Chesley B Sullenberger III that made him famous on 15 January 2009?
Airline pilot (he landed on the Hudson River when his engines failed)
2b In a French restaurant, what is the job of a 'plongeur'?
Washing-up
3a Who is the only man to win a best actor Oscar playing brothers?
Lee Marvin
3b Madeline Bell was a singer in which pop group of the 1960s and 70s?
Blue Mink
4a Of which TV series was Geraldine Granger the lead character?
Vicar of Dibley
4b Which village lies to the north of Esthwaite Water, William Wordsworth was educated at the grammar school there?
Hawkshead

Round 4
1a Which King of England married Catherine of Valois?
Henry 5th
1b Caddie, Steve Williams suffered widespread condemnation after his ill-chosen words about which former employer at an awards dinner in Shanghai in November 2011?
Tiger Woods
2a Downton Abbey is filmed at which stately home?
Highclere Castle
2b Who played the part of 'Fitz' in the TV series 'Cracker'?
Robbie Coltrane
3a Who wrote 'Coral Island'?
RM Ballantyne
3b The Central Criminal Court is in which London street?
Old Bailey
4a Which deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separates Peloponnese from western mainland Greece?
Gulf of Corinth
4b Which famous sea battle was fought in 1571 in the Gulf of Corinth although the Gulf had a different name at that time?
Lepanto

Round 5
1a Which car company has owned the Lagonda name since 1947?
Aston Martin
1b Which TV personality has written the best-selling autobiography 'Camp David'?
David Walliams
2a Which 1993 treaty established the European Union under its current name?
Maastricht
2b Which river forms most of the county boundary between Essex and Suffolk and flows in to the North Sea at Harwich?
Stour
3a Which is the last book of the Old Testament?
Malachi
3b On a standard keyboard what symbol appears above the number 8?
* (asterisk)
4a Which BBC TV sitcom about a retired security guard was set at 37 Wyngate Drive in the first series then at 19, Riverbank for the final 5 series?
One Foot In The Grave
4b In which city is the Prado Art Gallery?
Madrid

Round 6
1a Which TV personality has written the best-selling autobiography 'My Animals and Other Family'?
Clare Balding
1b Which animated characters live at 62, West Wallaby Street, Wigan?
Wallace & Gromit
2a What was the job of Francesco Schettino that made him famous on 13 January 2012?
Ship's Captain (Costa Concordia)
2b In an 1890 novel Basil Hallward paints whose portrait?
Dorian Gray
3a Who is the only person to win an acting Oscar in a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock?
Joan Fontaine (Suspicion)
3b In which year did China resume sovereignty over Hong Kong, Princess Diana die and Tony Blair become Prime Minister?
1997
4a Who did Andy Murray beat in the final to win the 2012 Olympic Gold Medal?
Roger Federer
4b What is the first name of the Dickens character Micawber?
Wilkins

Round 7
1a Which American singer-songwriter wrote 'Sweet Baby James', the title track of his second album in 1970?
James Taylor
1b In the title of a BBC TV programme, which chef is 'Sweet Baby James'?
James Martin
2a Which river enters the sea at Whitby in Yorkshire?
Esk
2b Which of the Mitford sisters became an associate of Adolf Hitler and committed suicide after the war?
Unity
3a Which German mathematician developed calculus at about the same time that Isaac Newton did so?
Gottfried Leibniz
3b The Royal Courts of Justice is in which London street?
Strand
4a In which city is the Uffizi Art Gallery?
Florence
4b The tiny 'Bridge House', built over Stock Ghyll, is in which town at the northern end of Lake Windermere?
Ambleside

Round 8
1a Which King of England married Catherine of Braganza?
Charles II
1b In 1998, Bentley was taken over by which other car manufacturer?
Volkswagen (VW)
2a Which artist painted 'The Singing Butler' in 1992?
Jack Vettriano
2b What is the name of the agreement under which passport controls have been abolished in 22 EU and 4 non-EU states?
Schengen
3a In which year did Saigon fall to end the Vietnam War, Margaret Thatcher become leader of the Conservative Party and General Franco die?
1975
3b Which naturalist conceived a theory of natural selection at about the same time that Charles Darwin did so and co-published a paper on the subject with Darwin in 1858?
Alfred Russel Wallace
4a What is the first name of the Dickens character Quilp?
Daniel
4b Who did Andy Murray beat in the final to win the 2012 US Open?
Novak Djokovich

Spare Questions
1 In Greek mythology who was the god of the north winds?
Boreas
2 Which sea passage separates the South Pacific and South Atlantic Oceans?
Drake Passage
3 Which group released the album 'X & Y' in 2005?
Coldplay