Monday 28th January 2013
Set by The Queen's (Wirral)

Round 1
1a In which country was the retail chain Primark founded?
Republic of Ireland (Dublin)
1b What is the country of origin of Ferovial, the transport and construction company who own the British Airports Authority?
Spain
2a Who presents the BBC4 cerebral quiz show 'Only Connect'?
Victoria Coren
2b Who chairs the BBC radio and TV panel show 'Just A Minute'?
Nicholas Parsons
3a Into which other war did the War of Jenkins Ear merge?
War of Austrian Succession
3b In which war were the battles of Lutzen and White Mountain?
Thirty Years War
4a Which musical features the song 'Getting to know you'?
The King and I
4b The song '76 Trombones' comes from which musical?
The Music Man

Round 2
1a Which Shakespeare play is set during the Trojan War?
Troilus and Cressida
1b Shakespeare's play Measure for Measure is mainly set in which city?
Vienna
2a In Dad's Army' what is the forename of Captain Mainwaring's wife?
Elizabeth
2b In literature Carl Peterson is one of several aliases used by the enemy of which pre WWII British hero?
Bulldog Drummond
3a Who was the writer of the novels 'Sad Cypress', 'N or M' and 'Sparkling Cyanide'?
Agatha Christie
3b Who wrote the novels The Light that Failed', 'Captains Courageous' and 'Stalky and Co'?
Rudyard Kipling
4a What was the first name of Denis Compton's elder brother?
Leslie
4b What was the first name of Alec Bedser's twin brother?
Eric

Round 3
1a In which town was Oliver Cromwell born, in 1599?
Huntingdon
1b In which city was Dr Samuel Johnson born, in 1709?
Lichfield
2a Who created the literary character Violet Elizabeth Bott?
Richmal Crompton
2b Who created the literary character Becky Thatcher?
Mark Twain
3a In which Australian state is Mount Kosciusko?
New South Wales
3b In which Australian state is Lake Eyre?
South Australia
4a Who was the oldest man to become Poet Laureate?
William Wordsworth (75)
4b Who was Poet Laureate for the longest period of time?
Alfred Lord Tennyson (41 years)

Round 4
1a How many points are scored for potting a red ball in billiards?
3
1b What is the maximum score for one stroke in billiards?
10
2a In the Bible who became leader of the Israelites after the death of Moses?
Joshua
2b In the Bible, who was the mother of Solomon?
Bathsheba
3a What is recorded using Labanotation?
Ballet Movement (accept dance movement or human movement)
3b The Pinyin system and Wade Giles system are used to do what?
Transcribing Chinese language (into Romanized/Latin alphabet)
4a Who succeeded Nikita Khrushchev as leader of the Soviet Union in 1964?
Leonid Brezhnev
4b Who succeeded Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader in 1985?
Mikhail Gorbachev

Round 5
1a Who wrote the 1921 opera The Love for Three Oranges'?
Prokofiev
1b Who wrote the 1863 opera The Pearl Fishers'?
Bizet
2a Which online organisation does Alexander Orlov advertise?
Comparethemarket.com (Simples)
2b The 'Dave' TV channel's plus one hour service has what punning name?
Dave ja vu
3a Which daily radio programme is presented by James Naughtie and John Humphrys among others?
Today
3b Who took over the Radio 2 breakfast show in 2010 succeeding Terry Wogan?
Chris Evans
4a Give the surname of the sisters who are MPs on Merseyside.
(Angela and Maria) Eagle
4b Which former Liverpool MP, when complaining about Churchill being drunk in the Commons was given the reply "Yes, but I'll be sober in the morning, and you will still be ugly"?
Bessie Braddock

Round 6
1a John Crome was the main artist of which group of English painters, named after the city where he was born?
The Norwich School
1b Walter Sickert was a leading figure in which group of London based painters?
Camden Town
2a Which choral work by Handel, still used at coronations, was written originally for the Coronation of King George II in 1727?
Zadok the Priest
2b What is Papageno's occupation in the Mozart opera The Magic Flute'?
A Birdcatcher
3a What is the SI unit of Electrical Charge?
Coulomb
3b What is the SI unit of Force?
Newton
4a Which US state is known as the Hoosier State?
Indiana
4b Which US state is known as the Gem state?
Idaho

Round 7
1a Which unit of the Territorial Army and Volunteer Reserve is abbreviated to HAC?
Honourable Artillery Company
1b If you had the initials FRIBA after your name, what would your profession be?
Architect
2a Which Greek letter is the equivalent to our E?
Epsilon
2b What is the penultimate letter of the Greek alphabet?
Psi
3a On a castle where would you find the merlon?
(They are the teeth on) battlements (accept crenellations)
3b Which part of a castle derives its name from the old French words for 'sliding door'?
Portcullis
4a In another life Gyles Brandreth was an MP for which constituency?
Chester
4b Before being ennobled Lord Sebastian Coe was MP for which constituency?
Falmouth (and Cambourne)

Round 8
1a Prior to the US Dollar,what was the currency of El Salvador?
The Colon
1b Prior to the US Dollar, what was the currency of Ecuador?
The Sucre
2a Which James Bond film/book features the villain Le Chiffre?
Casino Royale
2b Which James Bond film/book features the villain Sir Hugo Drax?
Moonraker
3a La Soufriere is an active volcano situated on which West Indian island?
St Vincent (accept St Lucia)
3b On which West Indian island is the volcano Mount Pelee situated?
Martinique
4a In the recent London summer Olympics, where was the majority of the Triathlon event(s) held?
Hyde Park
4b In the recent London Olympics where were the rowing events held?
Eton Dorney

Spare Questions
1 Who replaced Chris Huhne as Energy-Climate Change Secretary?
Ed Davey
2 Stephen Hester is the CEO of which bank?
Royal Bank of Scotland
3 Name Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize winning novel of 1981.
Midnight's Children