Tuesday 19th March 2013
Set by Ormskirk

ROUND 1
1a In which constituency was Chris Huhne elected as MP in 2005?
EASTLEIGH
1b Which Liberal Democrat MP succeeded Chris Huhne as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in 2012?
ED DAVEY
2a Which chemical element is named after the Roman for Paris?
LUTETIUM
2b Which chemical element is named after an asteroid, now also classified as a dwarf planet?
CERIUM
3a Which is the largest lake wholly in Canada?
GREAT BEAR LAKE
3b Who is credited with inventing the bifocal lens?
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
4a Where in North Carolina did the Wright Brothers first flight take place?
KITTY HAWK
4b Which is the largest lake in Africa?
LAKE VICTORIA

ROUND 2
1a St Aidan's, John Snow and Ustinov are colleges at which University?
DURHAM
2b Which was the first James Bond novel to be filmed?
DR NO
2a 'Lungs' is the 2009 debut album by which indie rock band?
FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE
2b Which American author, born in Des Moines, Iowa, was Chancellor of Durham University from 2005 to 2011?
BILL BRYSON
3a In which film did George Lazenby star as James Bond?
ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
3b 'Sigh No More' is the 2009 debut album by which indie folk quartet?
MUMFORD & SONS
4a What judicial office does Lord Dyson hold?
MASTER OF THE ROLLS
4b Which Master of the Rolls produced the 1963 report into the Profumo Affair?
LORD DENNING

ROUND 3
1a Which team won the 2012 Baseball World Series?
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
1b What is the real name of Engelbert Humperdinck?
ARNOLD GEORGE (GERRY) DORSEY
2a Andrew Robson writes a daily column for The Times on what topic?
BRIDGE
2b The bones of King Richard III have been discovered under a car park in which English city?
LEICESTER
3a The American TV series 'Elementary', featuring Sherlock Holmes in a modern setting, is set in which city?
NEW YORK
3b Which team won the SuperBowl in 2013?
BALTIMORE RAVENS
4a What is the real name of Doris Day?
DORIS KAPPELHOFF
4b What is the English title of the Verdi opera `Un Ballo in Maschera'?
A MASKED BALL

ROUND 4
1a What is the English title of the Stravinsky ballet 'Le Sacre du Printemps'?
THE RITE OF SPRING
1b The original TV series 'CSI' was set in which American city?
LAS VEGAS
2a Which family of garden birds has the Latin name Paridae?
TITS
2b Who was the captain of the losing American team in the 2012 Ryder Cup?
DAVIS LOVE III
3a King Richard III succeeded which King?
EDWARD V
3b Which bird was adopted as Britain's National Bird in the 1960s?
ROBIN
4a Which golfer sank the putt which ensured that Europe retained (not won) the Ryder Cup in 2012?
MARTIN KAYMER
4b Mathew Norman writes a column in the Daily Telegraph on Saturdays on what topic? RESTAURANTS

ROUND 5
1a Who was the first UK winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature?
RUDYARD KIPLING
1b What is the name of the Royal Horticultural Society's garden in Surrey?
WISLEY
2a Who was the British Foreign Secretary at the outbreak of World War II?
LORD HALIFAX
2b How long, in feet, is a tennis court?
78
3a What is the name of The Royal Horticultural Society's garden in Yorkshire?
HARLOW CARR
3b Which Briton won the Nobel Prize for Literature in the 1980s?
WILLIAM GOLDING
4a In which British city would you find Shrub Hill railway station?
WORCESTER
4b Which Jane Austen novel begins 'The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex'?
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

ROUND 6
1a Which former England cricket captain died in December 2012?
TONY GREIG
1b What trade does a mercer follow?
A DEALER IN CLOTH OR TEXTILES
2a Which Charles Dickens novel begins 'Night is generally my time for walking'?
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
2b In which British city would you find Snow Hill Railway Station?
BIRMINGHAM
3a What trade does a cordwainer follow?
A SHOEMAKER OR LEATHER WORKER
3b In which war did the battle of Chickahominy take place?
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (1864)
4a In which war did the battle of Coronel take place?
WORLD WAR I (SEA BATTLE 1914)
4b Who was British Foreign Secretary from 1945 to 1951? ERNEST BEVIN

ROUND 7
1a Give a year in the life of the artist Anthony van Dyck.
1599-1641
1b Which cricket journalist and former Test Match Special broadcaster died in January this year?
CHRISTOPHER MARTIN-JENKINS
2a In Rugby Union, how high, in metres, is the crossbar?
3
2b Who wrote the novel 'The Cement Garden'?
IAN MCEWAN
3a Wb is the symbol for which SI derived unit?
WEBER
3b Which optical toy was first patented in 1817 by David Brewster?
KALEIDOSCOPE
4a What is another name for the plant Deadly Nightshade?
BELLADONNA
4b In which Indian city is the arch called 'The Gateway to India'?
MUMBAI (BOMBAY)

ROUND 8
1a Under what name were the cloth dolls designed in 1976 by Xavier Roberts as 'Little People' marketed?
CABBAGE PATCH KIDS
1b Give a year in the life of poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
1828-1882
2a Who wrote the novel 'Birdsong'?
SEBASTIAN FAULKS
2b Larkspur is another name for which perennial plants?
DELPHINIUMS
3a Who was the father of the disciples James and John?
ZEBEDEE
3b Bq is the symbol for which SI derived unit?
BECQUEREL
4a What is the name of the monument in the New Forest which is supposedly at the site of the death of King William II?
RUFUS STONE
4b The wife of which Egyptian captain of the guard attempted to seduce Joseph and then claimed that he had attempted to rape her?
POTIPHAR

SPARE OUESTIONS
1 'Walk the Line' was a film about which singer?
JOHNNY CASH
2 The Rye House Plot was against which monarch?
CHARLES II
3 Who was the narrator in the novel `Moby Dick'?
ISHMAEL
4 What do Americans call a frying pan?
SKILLET