Tuesday 19th November 2013
Set by Liverpool

Round One
1A What is the currency of Israel?
Shekel
1B Which group had No. 1 albums with Goat's Head Soup in 1973 and Voodoo Lounge in 1994?
Rolling Stones
2A Which Daphne du Maurier novel is centred around a coaching house on Bodmin Moor?
Jamaica Inn
2B What device was once known as a 'Loiusette' after its inventor, surgeon Antoine Louis?
Guillotine
3A In computing and telecoms what does the first S stand for in the abbreviation SMS?
Short (message service)
3B In which country are the 2019 Rugby Union World Cup finals to be held?
Japan
4A Who is the deputy leader of the Labour Party?
Harriet Harman
4B What is the birthstone for March?
Aquamarine

Round Two
1A In which year were both the Chernobyl and Challenger Shuttle disasters?
1986
1B Possessed by Odin, what was Draupnir?
(magic gold) Ring
2A What is the collective noun for a group of hedgehogs?
Array
2B The Song of Simeon canticle is also known by which Latin name?
Nunc Dimittis
3A Presented in February 2013, which film won the 2012 Best Film Oscar?
Argo
3B Who was the first U.S. president to be born in the United States of America?
Martin Van Buren
4A From which London terminus station do you depart on a rail journey to Dover?
Charing Cross
4B Which Verdi opera is based on the play Le Roi S'amuse by Victor Hugo?
Rigoletto

Round Three
1A What is the main effect of vitamin K deficiency?
Blood not clotting
1B In which city is the Potala Palace?
Lhasa
2A Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution ended slavery?
13th
2B What was advertised with the slogan "a taste of paradise"?
Bounty
3A Give a year in the life of artist Vincent van Gogh.
1853 - 1890
3B Near which English city is the National Space Centre?
Leicester
4A What as Che Guevara's original profession?
Doctor/Medicine
4B Philip K Dick's story Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep was the basis of which 1982 film, starring Harrison Ford?

Round Four
1A London's Charing Cross Road is well known for which type of businesses?
Book shops
1B Which football league club play their home games at Griffin Park?
Brentford
2A What is the capital of Mali?
Bamako
2B Which designer, artist and poet founded the Kelmscott Press in 1891?
William Morris
3A Alma was the first battle of which war?
Crimean
3B In the Rugrats, who is Tommy Pickles' younger brother?
Dil
4A Which transuranic element is named after continent?
Americium
4B Who, in 1956, was the first presenter of BBC's Gardening Club?
Percy Thrower

Round Five
1A What is the currency of Iceland?
Krona
1B Which singer had No. 1 albums with Escapology in 2002 and Take the Crown in 2012?
Robbie Williams
2A Sanditon is an unfinished novel by whom?
Jane Austen
2B The Leyden Jar is an early form of what?
(Electrical) Capacitor
3A In the world of automobiles what does the first S stand for in the abbreviation SRS?
Supplementary (restraint systems)
3B In which country are the 2018 Commonwealth Games to be held?
Australia
4A Who is the deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats?
Simon Hughes
4B What is the star sign for the 1st November?
Scorpio

Round Six
1A In what year was the Russian submarine Kursk sunk and the USS Cole attacked in Aden?
2000
1B Possessed by Thor, what was Mjolnir?
Hammer
2A What is the collective noun for a group of alligators?
Congregation
2B The hymn The Sorrowful Mother Stood is better known by what Latin name?
Stabat Mater (Dolorosa)
3A Presented in 2013, who won the 2012 Oscar for Best Director?
Ang Lee
3B Who is the only British prime minister born outside the British Isles?
Andrew Bonar Law
4A From what London terminus station do you depart on a journey to Southampton?
Waterloo
4B Which of Beethoven's symphonies includes a musical setting of the poem Ode to Joy?
9th or Choral (accept either)

Round Seven
1A What is the historical name for the disease scrofula?
King's Evil
1B In which city is the Amalienborg Palace?
Copenhagen
2A Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished prohibition?
21st
2B What was advertised with the slogan "the totally tropical taste"?
Lilt
3A Give a year in the life of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
1756 - 1791
3B Which organisation's address is 'The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire'?
RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)
4A What was the original profession of Yasser Arafat?
(Civil) Engineer
4B Philip K Dick's short story We Can Remember It For you Wholesale was the basis for which 1990 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Total Recall

Round Eight
1A The island of Murano in the Venice Lagoon is famous for what product?
Glass
1B Which football league club play their home games at Adams Park?
Wycombe Wanderers
2A What is the capital of North Korea?
Pyongyang
28 What was the surname of the husband and wife, members of the Bloomsbury set, who founded the Hogarth Press in 1919?
Woolf ( Leonard andVirginia)
3A Whch British king had ten children by his mistress, the actress, Dorothea Jordan?
William IV
3B What is the name of Spongebob Squarepants best friend?
Patrick (Star)
4A Which transuranic element is named after a city in California?
Berkelium
4B Which antiques expert was a co-presenter on the first AntiquesRoadshow?
Arthur Negus

Spare Questions
1 In literature and films Admiral Sir Miles Messery was better known as what?
M
2 In which musical is the song Poor Jud is Dead?
Oklahoma
3 The natives of which English county are known as Moonrakers?
Wiltshire
4 What is the capital of Liechtenstein?
Vaduz