Tuesday 12th March 2013
Set by Warrington

Round One
1a Which Welsh-born woman became Australian Prime Minister in June 2010?
Julia Gillard
1b Which car manufacturer makes the Insignia model?
Vauxhall
2a Situated in the Brecon Beacons, the village of Penderyn is the only location in Wales that makes what product?
Whisky
2b Which 8 times grand slam singles champion became Andy Murray's coach in 2011?
Ivan Lendl
3a Which Bolton-born woman, the founder of Pall-Ex Ltd, replaced James Caan on BBC's Dragons Den?
Hilary Devey
3b Cardinal Richelieu was known as the Red Eminence - by what name was his right hand man, Francois Leclerc du Tremblay known?
The Grey Eminence (Eminence Gris)
4a What country moved west of the International Date Line in and dropped a day from the calendar in 2011?
Samoa (also accept its neighbour Tokelau)
4b A character with what nickname appeared in "Absolutely Fabulous," "The Wire" and in the second series of Big Brother in 2001?
Bubble

Round Two
1a In 2001 which movie was the first winner of the Best Animated Movie Oscar?
Shrek
1b What type of creature is a lumpsucker?
Fish
2a The-new Boeing "Dreamliner" aircraft has which numerical designation?
787
2b Which country has the highest population of Roman Catholics?
Brazil
3a Continental Airlines is based in which US city?
Newark
3b King Abdullah became king of what country in 1999?
Jordan
4a Which country deposed King Gyanendra in 2008?
Nepal
4b In the Ottoman Empire, what was an odalisque?
Female (harem) slave

Round Three
1a What country borders only Colombia and Peru?
Ecuador
1b What is the name of the so called "God Particle", evidence for the existence of which is being sought at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland?
Higgs Boson
2a FENSA is a registration system that regulates the installation of what in houses?
Windows
2b The name of the NRL rugby league club South Sydney is completed by what animal-related name?
Rabbitohs
3a Which Cuban born ballet dancer, joined the Royal Ballet in 1998 and was appointed its Principal Guest Artist in 2003?
Carlos Acosta
3b In Roald Dahl's book, what is the name of Matilda's teacher, who is the niece of headmistress, Miss Trunchbull?
Miss Honey
4a Named after its hairy appearance, what name is given to the caterpillar of the tiger moth, Pyrrharctia Isabella?
Woolly bear
4b Delta Airlines is based in which US city?
Atlanta

Round Four
1a How does Tosca kill herself in the Puccini opera?
Throws herself from Castel Sant'Angelo
1b With which other Steve did Steve Jobs found the Apple computer company in the 1970's?
Steve Wozniak
2a Which is the only independent African country to have Spanish as an official language?
Equatorial Guinea
2b The axolotl is the tadpole form of what creature found in Mexico and the USA. It is unusual in that it attains maturity and reproduces in the tadpole, or larval, stage of amphibian metamorphosis?
Salamander
3a Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding formed which Swindon band, whose albums include "Drums and Wire," "Oranges and Lemons" and "English Settlement"?
XTC
3b In the BBC's 2011 reincarnation of Sherlock Holmes, who plays housekeeper Mrs Hudson?
Una Stubbs
4a What is the alternative name of vitamin B2, useful in breaking down protein, fat and carbohydrates?
Riboflavin
4b Who replaced Jeff Stelling as host of Channel 4's Countdown?
Nick Hewer

Round Five
1a Who was appointed Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs after the 2010 General Election?
Caroline Spelman
1b At the start of 2011-12 season, 7 of the 20 English Premier League managers had been born in which city?
Glasgow (Ferguson, Dalglish, Kean, Lambert, Moyes, Coyle and McLeish)
2a In human anatomy, what can be cervical or thoracic, amongst others?
Vertebrae
2b The2012 London Olympic Games were officially known as the games of what number Olympiad?
30th
3a The 2011 Athletics World Championship took place in which Korean city?
Daegu
3b Which 2008 musical film directed by Phyllida Lloyd is the highest grossing movie of all time in the UK?
Mamma Mia
4a Who was the professor of radio astronomy at Manchester University who founded the Jodrell Bank Observatory and after whom the telescope he built has been renamed?
Sir Bernard Lovell
4b The highest paid man in New Zealand sport, Steve Williams, makes his money in which
sport?
Golf (caddy)

Round Six
1a Between 1991 and 2009, the registration scheme that certificated all work on gas appliances in houses, was known by what 5 letter acronym?
CORGI
1b Which festival originated in 1810 in celebration of the marriage of the crown prince of Bavaria, who later became King Ludwig I, to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen?
Oktoberfest
2a Which town in County Fermanagh has a famous pottery works?
Belleek
2b The Griffith Observatory is situated in what US City?
Los Angeles
3a What household item has varieties called tumbler, cylinder and mortice?
Lock
3b Since September 1997, what has been the rate of VAT on domestic fuel, the lowest permitted under EU law?
5%
4a Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl were two thirds of which band, formed in Aberdeen (Washington State) whose albums include "Bleach" and "In Utero"?
Nirvana
4b The name of the NRL rugby league club Manly is completed by what animal-related name?
Sea Eagles

Round Seven
1a What is the smallest Asian country in both population and land area?
Maldives
1b Who succeeded Dale Winton as presenter of 'Pick of the Pops' in 2010?
Tony Blackburn
2a The Radio 5 Live show 'Fighting Talk' is hosted by which presenter?
Colin Murray
2b Which high ranking Nazi, who disappeared at the end of WWII, was nicknamed "The Brown Eminence", from the colour of his uniform, and the assumption that he was the power behind the throne of Adolph Hitler?
Martin Bormann
3a Who was second oldest man in Bible living to the age of 962?
Jarred
3b Who plays Miranda Hart's mother in the TV series "Miranda" and is seen dancing with her in the closing credits?
Patricia Hodge
4a What country borders only Romania and Ukraine?
Moldova
4b 'Who was appointed Secretary of State for Work and Pensions after the 2010 General Election?
Iain Duncan Smith

Round Eight
1a What is an alternative name for vitamin B9, essential in promoting cell growth, particularly during pregnancy?
Folic Acid
1b What single word can be a piece in chess and in draughts and a playing card?
King
2a The logo of which worldwide transport conglomerate is a 7-pointed white star on a blue field?
Maersk
2b The 2010 Winter Olympic skiing and sliding events took place in what town, approximately 75 miles north of Vancouver?
Whistler
3a Which Scottish company manufactures the famous soft drink "Irn Bru", allegedly from girders?
Barrs (A.G. Barr)
3b What is the name of the rock from which traitors were hurled to their death in Ancient Rome?
Tarpeian
4a Portia Simpson-Miller became the first woman Prime Minister of which Commonwealth country?
Jamaica
4b What name for a female servant is taken from the wife of Nabal in the Old Testament, after whose death she married David?
Abigail

Spare Questions
1 Which actor, who played a Bond villain, was a first cousin of Ian Fleming?
Christopher Lee
2 What veteran singer songwriter released the 2011 album "50 Words For Snow"?
Kate Bush
3 St Mungo also known as St Kentigern is patron city of which UK city?
Glasgow
4 Which American painter and illustrator born in 1894, was famous for scenes of everyday life that appeared in Saturday Post magazine?
Norman Rockwell
5 What form of food poisoning is derived from the Latin word for a sausage?
Botulism
6 Who is the regular presenter of 'The Official Chart' on Radio One?
Reggie Yates
7 Which word is used for an unnatural craving for unsuitable food, often exhibited during pregnancy?
Pica