Tuesday 15th January 2013
Set by RBB (Northern)

Round 1
1a Which famous pop duo originally went under the name of Tom and Jerry?
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL
1b Who was British Prime Minister at the time of the Jarrow March?
STANLEY BALDWIN
2a Te Papa is the national museum of which Commonwealth country?
NEW ZEALAND
2b Who won the USA's only gold medal in boxing at Tokyo Olympic Games of 1964?
JOE FRAZIER
3a Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams created what in 2006?
TWITTER
3b Which British City has a railway station .named after the nearby meadow of a church founded by the Knights Templar?
BRISTOL (TEMPLE MEADS)
4a What was the occupation of singer Matt Monro before he became a recording artist?
BUS DRIVER
4b Which actor played the parts of Mick Shipman in Gavin and Stacey and Archie Mitchell in Easterners?
LARRY LAMB

Round 2
1a In which 1975 film directed by Milos Forman did Jack Nicholson play the lead character Randall McMurphy?
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
1b Whernside is the highest point in which national park?
YORKSHIRE DALES
2a Whose 2nd Symphony is known as The Resurrection?
MAHLER
2b What was found by the Canadian Merchant ship 'Dei Gratin' on December 4th 1872?
MARY CELESTE
3a What is the name of the Pakistani cricket captain jailed for his part in a betting fix during a match against England in 2010?
SALMAN BUTT
3b During the 20 Century, Britain only held a general election twice in the same year - name either year.
1920 or 1974
4a Which former World War II pilot land Head of the CIA did Ronald Reagan choose as his Vice President?
GEORGE BUSH (SNR)
4b Which EU country returned Macau to China in 1999?
PORTUGAL

Round 3
1a The use of what widely used product was first demonstrated at Merstham Quarry, Surrey in 1867?
DYNAMITE (by Alfred Nobel)
1b Which European Country has the oldest State Flag, dating back to the 14th century?
DENMARK
2a Which poem by Keats and novel by Disraeli both have the same title?
ENDYMION
2b What species of rodent has the Latin name cavia porcellus?
GUINEA PIG
3a What links the deaths of W C Fields and Dean Martin and Charlie Chaplin?
ALL DIED ON XMAS DAY
3b By what other name is the'literacy/film character King Rudolph V of Ruritania known?
PRISONER OF ZENDA'
4a Buenos Aires is located on an estuary of which river?
RIVER PLATE
4b Who is the only player to have captained the British Lions Rugby Union team on two tours?
MARTIN JOHNSON

Round 4
1a Which sauce derives its name from the Italian for "pounded"?
PESTO
1b In Tolkien's Hobbit Where did the quest to same Middle Earth begin?
BAG END (ACCEPT THE SHIRE
2a What was the name of the oil tanker that ran aground in PrinceWilliam Sound off the Alaskan coast in 1989?
EXXON VALDEZ
2b Which major political figure won a Pulitzer Prize for his 1957book "Profiles in Courage?
JOHN F KENNEDY
3a The Evil Mouse features in which Tchaikovsky ballet?
THE NUTCRACKER
3b Which English King was also crowned King of France in 1431?
HENRY VI
4a Under what pseudonym did Dr Brooke Magnanti publish her notorious "Diary of a Call-Girl"?
BELLE DE JOUR
4b Who in 1964 became the first female group to have a Number 1 hit in the UK?
THE SUPREMES

Round 5
1a Which famous pop duo originally sung under the name of Caesar and Cleo?
SONNY AND CHER
1b Who was British Prime Minister at the time of the first Aldermaston ban the bomb march?
HAROLD MACMILLAN
2a Natives of which British overseas territory call themselves Llanitos?
GIBRALTAR
2b Which legendary World Champion Boxer dropped his surname of Barrow to box under his two Christian names?
JOE LOUIS
3a Who created "Facebook in 2004?
MARK ZUCKERBERG
3b Which British city has a railway station named after a series of novels written by Sir Walter Scott?
EDINBURGH (WAVERLEY)
4a What was the occupation of Olympic and World Champion skater Christopher Dean before he turned professional?
POLICEMAN
4b Which actress played the parts of Sheila Grant in Brookside and Barbara Royle in the Royle Family?
SUE JOHNSTON

Round 6
1a In which 1976 film directed by Martin Scorsese did Robert De Niro play the head character Travis Bickell?
TAXI DRIVER
1b Which national park is named after the Maasai term for 'endless plains'?
SERENGETI
2a Whose 7th symphony is known as the Leningrad?
SHOSTAKOVICH
2b What in 1985 did the oceanographer Robert Ballard discover 370 metres south west of Nistaken Point, Newfoundland?
WRECK OF THE TITANIC
3a Which South African cricketer was banned for life after being found guilty of match fixing?
HANSIE CRONJE
3b During 20th century what was the longest period in years between General Elections in Britain?
10 YEARS (1935-45)
4a Which future Nobel Prize winner did Bill Clinton choose as his Vice President?
AL GORE
4b Which former Portuguese African Colony joined the British Commonwealth in 1995?
MOZAMBIQUE

Round 7
1a Which device was originally a Louisette, named after its surgeon/inventor Antoine Louis?
GUILLOTINE
1b Which country has the only flag that is not rectangular or square?
NEPAL
2a What is the only surname to be shared by an American President and a British Prime Minister?
WILSON
2b What species of fly has the Latin name calliphora vomitoria?
BLUEBOTTLE
3a Marilyn Monroe was born and died in the same American City which one?
LOS ANGELES
3b By what other name is the literary film heroine Sara Woodruff known?
THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN
4a Which Ukrainian City is known as the "Pearl of the Black Sea"?
ODESSA
4b Only two men have managed football teams that have won both the Champions League and the World Cup - name either.
VINCENTE DEL BOSQUE (Real Madrid/Spain) or MARCELLO LIPPI (Juventus/Italy)

Round 8
1a What food would you get if you ordered Albondingas in a Spanish restaurant or Frikadeller in a Scandinavian one?
MEATBALLS
1b In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales the pilgrims met at which inn?
THE TABARD INN
2a What was the name of the oil tanker that ran aground off the coast of Brittany in 1978?
AMOCO CADIZ
2b Which major political figure won, the Nobe1Prize for Literature for his 'History of the English Speaking Peoples'?
WINSTON CHURCHILL
3a Which operatic character dies at the hand of the soldier Don Juan?
CARMEN
3b Which British monarch was 'Elector of Hanover' from 1698-1727?
GEORGE I
4a What charitable publication was founded by John Bird?
BIG ISSUE
4b Whose final live concert took place on 29th August 1969 Candlestick Park in San Francisco?
THE BEATLES

Spare Questions
1 In Holst's suite 'The Planets' who is the bringer of old age?
SATURN
2 Which English town is twinned with Disney World?
SWINDON
3 How is the Gravelly Hill interchange more commonly known?
SPAGHETTI JUNCTION
4 The "House" is the target in which Winter Olympic Sport?
CURLING
5 What was introduced by the Volstead Act?
PROHIBITION IN THE USA