Tuesday 12th November 2013
Set by Top Shed (Liverpool)

Round One
1A Shrub Hill is a railway station in which cathedral city?
Worcester
1B Which pop star brother of Peter Sarstedt had a hit record with Boys Cry?
Eden Kane
2A Which African capital city's name means 'Fragrant Flower'?
Addis Ababa
2B The main show court at the Australian Open Tennis Championships held in at Melboume Park is named after which male player?
Rod Laver
3A What is the chemical symbol for Manganese?
Mn
3B The Earl of Warwick, known as the 'kingmaker' was killed at which battle in 1471?
Barnet
4A Which author's first novel Burmese Days was based on his time spent with the Indian Imperial Police?
George Orwell
4B The popular 'Humming Chorus' comes from which Puccini opera?
Madame Butterfly

Round Two
1A What is the name of the monster killed by Beowolf in the Anglo Saxon poem?
Grendel
1B Which 19th century French painter's works include The Gleaners and The Angelus , both of which were extensively reproduced at the time?
Jean-Francois Millet
2A In the ancient Roman calendar what were the Kalends?
1st Day of the month
2B In one of Walter Scott's Waverley' novels what was The Heart of Midlothian?
A prison (accept Tollbooth)
3A Which film actor is the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola?
Nicholas Cage
3B Free Jazz and The Shape of Jazz to Come are landmark albums by which innovative jazz saxophonist?
Ornette Coleman
4A Who captained 'The Beagle' on which Charles Darwin sailed to the Galapagos Islands?
Robert Fitzroy
4B Who is the only US President never to have married?
James Buchanan

Round Three
1A Whose first solo hit was Suedehead which reached No.5 in 1988?
Morrissey
1B In which island group is Scapa Flow to be found?
Orkneys
2A In which Dickens novel do we meet the evil character Quilp?
The Old Curiosity Shop
2B On which river does Fleetwood stand?
Wyre
3A Who was the second athlete to run a mile in under 4 minutes?
John Landy
3B Who is the famous businessman husband of Wendy Deng?
Rupert Murdoch
4A Which is the largest moon in the Solar System?
Ganymede
4B David Niven won his only Oscar for which film?
Separate Tables

Round Four
1A 'Descartes said "Cogito ergo sum". What does this Latin phrase mean?
I think, therefore I am
1B Ashgabat is the capital of which country, a former Soviet republic in Asia?
Turkmenistan
2A Give a year in the life of composer Claudio Monteverdi.
1567 - 1643
2B What was Elvis Presley's first UK top ten hit?
Heartbreak Hotel
3A Which US President served the shortest term?
William H Harrison (one month)
3B What is the largest castle in Wales?
Caerphilly
4A Who was the first American to perform a spacewalk?
Edward White
4B Who in 1993, was the first British woman to climb Mt. Everest?
Rebecca Stephens

Round Five
1A Snow Hill is a railway station in which British city?
Birmingham
1B Which 1960s pop band share their name with a series of holes on the American golf course at Augusta?
Amen Corner
2A The Kingdom of Dahomey became which modem African republic?
Benin
2B The main show court at the French Open Tennis Championships held at Roland Garros in Paris is named after which female player?
Suzanne Lenglen
3A What is the chemical symbol for cobalt?
Co
3B At which battle of 1346 did Edward III's son win his spurs?
Crecy
4A Lucy Honeychurch is the heroine of which novel by E. M. Forster?
A Room with a View
4B In which Verdi opera do the gypsies sing the 'Anvil Chorus'?
Il Trovatore ( accept Troubador)

Round Six
1A What is the title of the-14th-century poem attributed to William Langland?
Piers Plowman
1B Which French neo-impressionist painted Sunday Afternoon at the Island of La Grande Jatte?
Georges Seurat
2A Julius Caesar's warning about the 'Ides' of March refers to which day of the month?
15th
2B Which 19th century classic English novel begins with the line "1801 - I have just returned from a visit to my landlord"?
Wuthering Heights
3A Steve McQueen had his first starring role in which 1958 cult horror/sci-fi film?
The Blob
3B The jazz classic Mood Indigo is particularly associated with whose orchestra?
Duke Ellington
4A What was the name of the house that Charles Darwin bought in 1842 and lived in for the rest of his life?
Down House
4B Who was the first President to be an American citizen from birth, having been born after the Declaration of Independence?
Martin Van Buren

Round Seven
1A The lead singer of The Undertones later achieved success as a solo act, what was his name?
Feargal Sharkey
1B Name the most westerly point of the mainland of Great Britain?
Corrachadh Mòr (Ardnamurchan Peninsula)
2A Which Dickens novel features Pecksniff and Mrs Gamp?
Martin Chuzzlewit
2B On which river does Lancaster stand?
Lune
3A Who was the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal for athletics?
Mary Rand (nee Bignal)
3B Dr Andrew Wakefield caused a stir when he associated the risk of autism with what?
MMR
4A In which country are 'The Mountains of the Moon'?
Uganda
4B Born in 1940, by what name is the actor Ramon Estevez better known?
Martin Sheen

Round Eight
1A "E Pluribus Unum" appears on the seal of the US President. What does this Latin phrase mean?
One from many
1B Dushanbe is the capital of which country, a former Soviet republic in Asia?
Tajikistan
2A Give a year in the life of composer Alessandro Scarlatti.
1660 - 1725
2B What was Cliff Richard's first UK top ten hit?
Move It
3A Name either US President who was a Quaker.
Herbert Hoover/Richard Nixon
3B What is the largest inhabited castle and longest serving palace in the world?
Windsor
4A Who was the first cosmonaut to die during a space flight?
Vladimir Komarov
4B Who, in 1994, presented the first live UK lottery draw?
Noel Edmonds

Spare Questions
1 Who was the last Stuart monarch?
Anne
2 Which was the first London Underground line to be built?
Metropolitan
3 What is the title of Robert Browning's poem that begins "Oh, to be in England"?
Home Thoughts From Abroad
4 Triton and Nereid are moons of which planet?
Neptune