Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Set by Kluggers (Liverpool)

Round One
1A Regulus is the brightest star in which zodiacal constellation?
Leo
1B For which county did W G Grace play cricket for most of his career?
Gloucestershire
2A Which bandleader died in 2011 aged 100 years?
Edmundo Ros
2B Who wrote the "Beggars Opera" in 1728?
John Gay
3A Which composer had the first name Modest?
Mussorgsky
3B Which bandleader was known as "The sentimental gentleman of swing" because of his smooth trombone style?
Tommy Dorsey
4A For which county did Ted Dexter play cricket for most of his career?
Sussex
4B Antares is the brightest star in which zodiacal constellation?
Scorpio

Round Two
1A At 52, who was the oldest man to play test cricket for England?
Wilfred Rhodes
1B Ramsay McDonald was the first Labour Prime Minister of the UK. Who was the second?
Clement Atlee
2A Which cocktail consists of rum, curacao and lime juice?
Mai Tai
2B In which Dickens novel does Bob Sawyer appear?
Pickwick Papers
3A Which woman is the MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington?
Diane Abbott
3B Which illness is commonly treated with the drugs gliclazide and metformin?
Diabetes
4A In Physics and Mathematics what name is given to a quantity that has magnitude but no direction?
Scalar
4B Which actress played the female lead in Alfred Hitchcock's film "To Catch a Thief"?
Grace Kelly

Round Three
1A Which island, a former Dutch colony with its capital at Orangestad, continues to move slowly towards complete independence?
Aruba
1B Which motorway connects Glasgow to Edinburgh?
M8
2A From which football club did Liverpool sign TV pundit Mark Lawrenson in 1981?
Brighton
2B Which bird of the pigeon family was found in huge numbers in North America until the 19th century but then went into decline due to hunting and became extinct in 1914?
Passenger pigeon
3A Which mammal closely related to the zebra died out in the 1880s?
Quagga
3B From which football club did Liverpool sign TV pundit Alan Hansen in 1977?
Partick Thistle
4A Which motorway connects London to Cambridge?
M11
4B Which French overseas department east of Madagascar has its capital at Saint-Denis?
Reunion island

Round Four
1A Who was the President of the Republic of Ireland between 1959 and 1973?
Eamon de Valera
1B Who is the youngest man to play test cricket for England?
Brian Close
2A In which Dickens novel does Newman Noggs appear?
Nicholas Nickleby
2B Which cocktail was devised by the barman Ngiam Tong Boon?
Singapore Sling
3A Which illness is commonly treated with the drugs lisinopril and ramipril?
High blood pressure
3B Which woman is the MP for Derby South?
Margaret Beckett
4A Which actress played the title role in the film Barbarella?
Jane Fonda
4B In physics and mathematics what name is given to the study of forces in equilibrium that therefore do not give rise to motion?
Statics

Round Five
1A What is acrophobia?
Fear of heights
1B John Sebastian was a member of which 1960s folk rock group?
Lovin' Spoonful
2A Which former England wicketkeeper has his own art gallery in Chipping Sodbury?
Jack Russell
2B St Boniface Down is the highest point of which British island?
Isle of Wight
3A Sgurr Alasdair is the highest point of which British island?
Skye
3B In which county is Silverstone motor racing circuit?
Northamptonshire
4A Which sibling trio had top ten hits in 1984 with "Automatic" and "Jump"?
Pointer Sisters
4B What is cynophobia?
Fear of dogs

Round Six
1A In which sport did Britain's Ed McKeever, win a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics?
Canoeing (accept Kayaking)
1B Who is the patron saint of music?
St Cecelia
2A What is the state capital of Delaware?
Dover
2B The six series of which sitcom featuring Richard O'Sullivan, Paula Wilcox and Sally Thomsett were first broadcast in the 1970s?
Man About the House
3A Which National Trust property in Wiltshire was once owned by William Henry Fox-Talbot the pioneer of photography?
Lacock Abbey
3B Which well known author was born David John Cornwell in 1931?
John le Carre
4A In which year was the radio serial "The Archers" first broadcast nationally?
1951
4B Which breakfast cereal was invented by Henry Perky in 1893?
Shredded Wheat

Round Seven
1A Who is the patron saint of dancers?
St Vitus
1B In which sport did Britain's Peter Wilson win a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics?
Shooting
2A The 27 episodes of which sitcom featuring Julia Mckenzie, Anton Rodgers and Ballard Berkley were first broadcast in the 1980s?
Fresh Fields
2B What is the state capital of Wisconsin?
Madison
3A Which well known singer was born Clementina Campbell in 1927?
Cleo Laine
3B Which National Trust property in the north east of England was once owned by Lord William Armstrong?
Cragside
4A Which breakfast cereal was invented by William Davies in 1954?
Sugar Puffs
4B In which year did Elvis Presley die?
1977

Round Eight
1A Who wrote the play "The Rose Tattoo" in 1951?
Tennessee Williams
1B Which sub species of brown bear is the largest member of the bear family?
Kodiak bear
2A During the second Sudanese war in which battle in September 1898 did General Kitchener inflict a crushing defeat on the Dervishes?
Omdurman
2B To within a year, when did Tiger Woods win his first US Masters?
1997 (accept 1996-98)
3A To within a year, when did Tom Watson win his last Open Championship?
1983 (accept 1982-84)
3B During the Indian Mutiny in which town was the British Residency besieged by mutineers from June until November 1857 before being relieved by General Campbell?
Lucknow
4A Which subspecies of tiger is the largest member of the cat family?
Siberian tiger
4B Who wrote the play "Miss Julie" in 1888?
August Strindberg

Spare Questions
1 During World War 2 North American Aviation built a fighter with a single Rolls Royce Merlin engine which proved to be the best long range fighter of the war. What was its name?
Mustang
2 Who directed the film "Burn After Reading"?
Coen Brothers
3 In which English county is Alnwick?
Northumberland
4 In which US state is the Mohawk river situated?
New York State
5 In weather terms what is a haboob?
Sandstorm
6 Which author's first autobiography was entitled "Boy:Tales of Childhood"?
Roald Dahl
7 Which former Labour MP and government minister contested the election for Mayor of London with Ken Livingstone?
Frank Dobson