Monday 11th November 2013
Set by Warrington

Round 1
1a What is the pen-name of the gossip columnist in the Daily Express, first written by Tom Driberg in 1928 and later Nigel Dempster in the 1960s?
William Hickey
1b 'Frailty thy name is woman' is a quotation from which of Shakespeare's plays?
Hamlet
2a Established in 1386 which is the oldest university in Germany?
Heidelberg
2b Which part of the body is the hallux?
Big Toe
3a Gangnam, made famous in the song 'Gangnam Style' by Psy, is a wealthy suburb of which city?
Seoul
3b What was the name of Amundsen's ship on his 1911 expedition to the South Pole?
Fram
4a The name of which chemical element means 'water-producing'?
Hydrogen
4b Which famous race was first organised in 1903 to increase sales for the magazine L'Auto?
Tour de France

Round 2
1a At the 2012 London Olympics, who won the first ever Women's Boxing Gold medal?
Nicola Adams
1b Which bottled sauce is made using malt vinegar, spirit vinegar, molasses, sugar, salt, anchovies, tamarind extract, onions, garlic, spice, and flavouring?
Worcestershire Sauce
2a What is the 'collective name of the books included in the Roman Catholic Bible but not the Protestant Bible?
Apocrypha
2b Juries in criminal cases in Scotland uniquely consist of how many members?
15
3a What was the name of Scott's ship on his 1911 expedition to the South Pole?
Terra Nova
3b Tom Hanks won the best actor Oscar in 1993 and 1994, who is the only other actor to win the award in successive years?
Spencer Tracy
4a The largest municipal library in the UK and the largest regional library in Europe opened in 2013 in which town or city?
Birmingham
4b The name of which chemical element means 'acid-producing'?
Oxygen

Round 3
1a 60% of which country's wine is produced in the Mendoza region?
Argentina
1b In which daily newspaper is the gossip column titled 'Bizarre'?
Sun
2a The men's Olympic decathlon consists of six field events and four track events, what is the total distance run by the men in these four events?
2110 metres (1500m, 400m, 100m and 110m hurdles)
2b Which Italian university, believed to have been founded in 1088, is the oldest in the world?
Bologna
3a In which year did the Battle of Edge Hill, the first battle of the English Civil War, take place?
1642
3b Which Russian city reverted to its former name, Nizhniy Novgorod, in 1990?
Gorky
4a In the Tour de France, the leader of which classification wears the 'polka dot jersey'?
King of the Mountains (accept best climber or similar)
4b Deriving from the Latin 'of stones', what is the name given to someone who cuts, polishes or engraves gems?
Lapidary

Round 4
1a 'Let me have men about me who are fat' is a quotation from which of Shakespeare's plays?
Julius Caesar
1b At the 2012 London Olympics, which Welsh woman won a Taekwondo Gold medal?
Jade Jones
2a Inquest juries in England must consist of a minimum of how many members?
Seven
2b With which pop group is Frank Zappa associated?
Mothers of Invention
3a Which actor was nominated for the best actor Oscar eight times but never won the award?
Peter O'Toole
3b Which US state is the least populated?
Wyoming
4a Which novel begins with the line "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way"?
Anna Karenina
4b In which city is the world's largest library?
Washington DC

Round 5
1a Which car manufacturer currently produces models called Cruze and Trax?
Chevrolet
1b Which bottled sauce, also named after a county, and suitable for vegetarians is known as 'Grandma Entwistle's'?
Lancashire Sauce
2a Off which island is there a group of rocks known as the Needles?
Isle of Wight
2b Which artist painted 'The Laughing Cavalier'?
Frans Hals
3a Roy Williamson wrote which folk song, sung as an anthem before Scotland's Rugby Union matches?
Flower of Scotland
3b What is the_ minimum number of darts needed to-complete a game of 501 (finishing but not starting with a double)?
Nine
4a What was the name of the western lawman in New York City played on TV by Dennis Weaver?
(Marshal Sam) McCloud
4b McCloud was loosely based on which Clint Eastwood film?
Coogan's Bluff

Round 6
1a The Wachau (say Vak-ow) is a principal wine growing area of which country?
Austria
1b What is the middle name of US President Barack Obama?
Hussein
2a Which artist painted 'Monarch of the Glen'?
Edwin Landseer
2b Which part of the body is the axilla?
Armpit
3a In which year did the First Battle of St Albans, the first battle of the Wars of the Roses, take place?
1455
3b Natalie Coleman won which TV competition in 2013?
Masterchef
4a In which Puccini opera does Lieutenant Pinkerton appear?
Madame Butterfly
4b Which tree belongs to the genus Betula?
Birch

Round 7
1a What is the two-word Latin phrase meaning literally 'winner of the games'?
Victor Ludorum
1b Which car manufacturer currently produces models called Colt and Outlander?
Mitsubishi
2a Which book of the New Testament follows the four Gospels?
Acts (of the Apostles)
2b With which pop group is Lou Reed associated?
Velvet Underground
3a What name is given in darts when a player hits a single, double and treble of the same number in his turn?
Shanghai
3b Which of the 28 member states of the EU is the least populated?
Malta
4a Which tree belongs to the genus Fraxinus?
Ash
4b What name is given to a jeweller's eyepiece?
Loupe

Round 8
1a Give either of the middle names of Prime Minister David Cameron?
William Donald
1b What is the three-word Latin phrase meaning literally 'with the highest praise' (usually used in USA for top students)?
Summa cum laude
2a The women's Olympic heptathlon consists of four field events and three track events, what is the total distance run by the women in these three events?
1100 metres (800m, 200m and 100m hurdles)
2b Off which island is there a group of rocks with a lighthouse called the Casquets?
Alderney
3a Andrea Begley won which TV competition in 2013?
The Voice
3b Which American folk singer wrote 'This Land is Your Land'?
Woody Guthrie
4a Which novel begins with the line "The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there"?
The Go-Between
4b What was the name of the greengrocer's assistant, the title character of an opera by Benjamin Britten?
Albert Herring

Spare Questions
1 Which eleven piece band has been voted the best live act five times since 2005 at the radio 2 Folk Awards?
Bellowhead
2 The garden centre group Dobbies is owned by which retail company?
Tesco
3 Which duo's films included 'Towed in the Hole', 'Pardon Us' and 'Blockheads'?
Laurel and Hardy