Tuesday 26th February 2013
Set by Northern

Round 1
1a Which creature arose from the blood of the slain Medusa?
PEGASUS
1b What is the English equivalent of the French pret-a-porter?
READY TO WEAR
2a Which war did France and Britain enter on 28 March 1854?
CRIMEAN WAR
2b Which war ended on 28 March 1939?
SPANISH CIVIL WAR
3a The Salk vaccine is administered to combat which disease?
POLIO(MYELITIS)
3b What is or was a moidore?
(GOLD) COIN
4a What is the boiling point of water on the Fahrenheit scale?
212°
4b What nationality was the detective story writer Ngaio Marsh?
NEW ZEALANDER

Round 2
1a What is the name of the tides of smallest range, occurring after the moon's first and third quarter?
NEAP TIDES
1b Who presided over the 'Bloody Assizes' of 1685?
JUDGE JEFFRIES
2a To which family of trees does the osier belong?
WILLOW
2b What are the 'corns' in corned beef?
SALT (CRYSTALS)
3a Who wrote the novels 'Lord Jim' (1900) and 'The Secret Agent' (1907)?
JOSEPH CONRAD
3b Which honorary appointment to the British Royal House has been held by Edward Elgar, Arthur Bliss and Malcolm Williamson?
MASTER OF THE KING'S (OR QUEEN'S) MUSIC
4a Originally built on another site in 1850-51, which building burned down at Sydenham Hill in 1936?
CRYSTAL PALACE
4b Which Prime Minister said 'I have brought you back peace with honour' on 16 July 1878?
BENJAMIN DISRAELI

Round 3
1a Completed in 1998 and looking down on Gateshead, Anthony Gormley's giant sculpture is called what "of the North'?
ANGEL
1b Who recorded the 1995 LP 'History - 'Past, Present and Future, Book 1'?
MICHAEL JACKSON
2a In which Dodie Smith novel, twice filmed, does Cruella de Vil appear?
ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS
2b Anne Frank wrote her diary in the loft of a house in which city?
AMSTERDAM
3a What is the title of Kingsley Amis' first novel about a young lecturer in English at a provincial university?
LUCKY JIM
3b In Roman mythology who was the goddess of flowers?
FLORA
4a Who gave his first public demonstration of television in London on 27 January 1926?
JOHN LOGIE BAIRD
4b Which former Conservative PM died in 2005?
EDWARD HEATH

Round 4
1a Give a year in the life of Gregor Mendel, proposer of the Laws of Heredity.
1822-1884
1b Which hominid is named after the valley near Dusseldorf; where the first skull was found in 1957?
NEANDERTHAL
2a According to folklore, which plant shrieks when pulled from the ground?
MANDRAKE
2b In which of Dickens's novels do Pip Pirrip and Miss Havisham appear?
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
3a Which former Labour PM died in 2005?
JAMES CALLAGHAN
3b What was Judas' reward for betraying Christ?
30 PIECES OF SILVER
4a Which savoury spread's name comes from the French for a type of earthenware pot?
MARMITE
4b In which children's TV series does Shaggy appear?
SCOOBY DOO

Round 5
1a What event took place in Tombstone, Arizona on 26 October 1881?
GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL
1b Tessera are the individual pieces that go to make up what?
MOSAIC
2a From which Country does Dao wine come?
PORTUGAL
2b What was the first name of the character played by Fred Gwynne in the Ministers?
HERMAN
3a What is the name from a nursery rhyme, of the drink made from orange juice and bitter lemons?
ST CLEMENTS
3b In which County are Wells, Bridgewater and Yeovil?
SOMERSET
4a Who was the star of the film comedies 'The Navigator' (1924) and 'The General' (1927)?
BUSTER KEATON
4b Esparto is a variety of which plant?
GRASS

Round 6
1a Of which country was Juan Peron dictator from 1946 to 1955 and 1973 to 1974?
ARGENTINA
1b Nicknamed "Little Mo" who was the first player to win the Grand Slam in women's tennis?
MAUREEN CONNOLLY
2a On which Mediterranean Island is the city of Ajaccio?
CORSICA
2b Who in 1968 founded the electronics company Amstrad?
ALAN SUGAR
3a Which British Resort is unique in having three piers?
BLACKPOOL
3b What word is used for the lowest number of members of a committee etc, the presence of whom, is necessary before business can start?
QUORUM
4a According to L Frank Baum's 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz', the Road to the City of Emeralds is paved with what?
YELLOW BRICKS
4b What is the name of the sticky fat obtained from sheep's wood?
LANOLIN

Round 7
1a Which comedienne had the catchphrase 'She knows, y'know'?
HILDA BAKER
1b Into which city's subway system was the poison nerve gas sarin released on 20 March 1995?
TOKYO
2a How many days are there in Lent?
40
2b Which capital city is on the banks of the Potomac River?
WASHINGTON D.C.
3a In which modern country was the capital of Aztec Empire sited?
MEXICO
3b What is the name of the solid residue left after coal has been carbonised and almost all of its constituent volatiles removed?
COKE
4a The island of Mauritius was home to which extinct bird?
DODO
4b What is the name of the Sunday before Easter Sunday?
PALM SUNDAY

Round 8
1a Who played Henry Higgins in the 1964 film 'My Fair Lady'?
REX HARRISON
1b 'Last Train to Clarkesville' was the first hit for which sixties group?
THE MONKEES
2a According to the title of the 1964 hit by The Shangri-La's, who did the girl meet at the candy store?
THE LEADER OF THE PACK
2b Which actor died in a car crash near Paso Robles, California, on 30 September 1955?
JAMES DEAN
3a Which vegetable gives lasagne verde its green colour?
SPINACH
3b Which metal is extracted from the ore mined in a stannery?
TIN
4a What is the name of the cartoon cat created by Jim Davis?
GARFIELD
4b What is the name of the ancient Highway which ran from Rome to Brindisi in Southern Italy?
APPIAN WAY (VIA APPIA)

Spare Questions
1 Which port is at the mouth of the Seine?
LE HAVRE
2 Whom did Malcolm III kill in battle in 1057 to become King of Scotland?
MACBETH
3 Which singer was born in Lubbock Texas in 1936?
BUDDY HOLLY