Monday 7th October 2013
Set by Culcheth RBL (Warrington)

Round 1
1a Which Eastern City was the second largest in England, after London, 1,000 years ago?
Norwich
1b Of what country is Zagreb the capital?
Croatia
2a What is the distance one eighth of a mile normally called, used especially in horse racing?
A Furlong
2b In which shipping forecast area are the Channel Islands?
Portland
3a Which actor took Russian citizenship in January 2013 amid a row over taxes in his native country?
Gerard Depardieu
3b In astronomy, which word describes the alignment of three or more celestial bodies in a straight line?
Syzygy
4a Which famous surrender took place on 15th February 1942?
Singapore
4b In which radio show did Sandi Toksvig take over from Simon Hoggart in 2006?
The News Quiz

Round 2
1a To what country does the island of Leyte belong, known for the Battle of Leyte Gulf in WW2?
The Philippines
1b What is the stage name of American rapper Curtis James Jackson?
50 Cent
2a What is the longest river entirely in Spain?
Ebro
2b In May 2013 the BBC decided to ditch the DMI. For what does the M in DMI stand?
Media (Digital Media Initiative)
3a Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633-45. As a staunch Catholic, he was beheaded in the midst of the English Civil War?
William Laud
3b Which album, by a dead artist, became the biggest selling of the 21st century in the UK in September 2011 (i.e only counting sales in the 21st century)?
Back to Black (Amy Winehouse)
4a Who married Brooke Shields in 1997?
Andre Agassi
4b Which playwright wrote the plays Heartbreak House, The Devil's Disciple and Back to Methusaleh?
George Bernard Shaw

Round 3
1a What hit musical show includes "The Lambeth Walk"?
Me and My Girl
1b Who was editor of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years and wrote the book 'Sex and the Single Girl?
Helen Gurley Brown (accept just Helen Gurley)
2a According to the late Dr Robert Atkins, what kind of nutrient will 'make you fat'?
Carbohydrates
2b The work of art Mr and Mrs Andrews', features a man and woman, a dog, and an English landscape. What does Mr Andrews hold under his right arm?
A Gun (accept shotgun, rifle or any hand held long gun)
3a If you saw the word 'Sag' on an Indian menu which vegetable would it signify?
Spinach
3b Name the island separated from the mainland by the Juan de Fuca, Georgia and Queen Charlotte Straits?
Vancouver Island
4a Who is this: An American President sometimes called the 'Father of the Constitution', during his term of office the Treaty of Ghent was signed ending the war between Britain and America. He was also responsible for seizing West Florida from Spain?
James Madison
4b American military slang for the time of half past midnight is part of the title of which 2013 Oscar nominated film?
Zero Dark Thirty

Round 4
1a What is considered the most successful (financially and most other ways) Australian film of the 1980's?
Crocodile Dundee
1b Who was the last British monarch to die in battle?
James IV of Scotland (at Flodden Field 1513)
2a Who, according to Pseudo-Apollodorus, was the only woman on the crew of the Argo?
Atalanta
2b What, in a word, are retinol, niacin, cobalamin and ascorbic acid?
Vitamins
3a Monte Marmolada is the highest peak in which mountain range?
The Dolomites
3b What did the blowing up of the Gamboa Dyke effectively open in 1913?
The Panama Canal
4a Of what country is Mogadishu the capital?
Somalia
4b Who trained the winners of four of the five racing classics in 2012 (Christian name and surname please)?
Aidan O'Brien

Round 5
1a Who won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 2013?
Marion Bartoli
1b Which Republic of Ireland football club was the first Irish club ever to get through to the group stage of the Europa Cup?
Shamrock Rovers
2a Who founded the Young Men's Christian Association?
George Williams
2b Which lengthy narrative poem by Lord Byron describes the trials and reflections of a world weary young man?
Childe Harold's
Pilgrimage (accept just Childe Harold)
3a What links a famous Park Avenue store, Audrey Hepburn and the song 'I think we're alone now'?
Tiffany (accept any answer including Tiffany)
3b Which European country has been ruled by the Oldenburg dynasty since 1448?
Denmark
4a To which dynasty did the Plantagenet kings from Henry II to Richard II belong?
Angevin
4b In which sport do commentators talk about the 'Corridor of uncertainty'?
Cricket

Round 6
1a Why was model Reeva Steenkamp in the news in January 2013?
She died in residence of boyfriend Oscar Pistorius
1b Which playwright wrote Murder in the Cathedral?
T S Eliot
2a Whom did Ffion Jenkins many in 1997?
William Hague
2b Name one of the two actresses who played Helen, the wife of James Herriott in the series 'All creatures great and small ?
Lynda Bellingham or Carol Drinkwater
3a Which football team, nicknamed The Bluebirds, changed their mainly blue strip to red shirts at the beginning of the 2012/13 season?
Cardiff City
3b What was the name of the 1990's sitcom featuring Joe McCann, Diana Weston and Honor Blackman?
The Upper Hand
4a The ancient Phoenicean cities of Tyre and Sidon are on the coast of which modern country?
Lebanon
4b What is the term for the thousands of rocky or icy bodies orbiting the sun between Jupiter and Mars?
Asteroid Belt (accept Asteroids)

Round 7
1a What two word term is given to a petition with signatures written in a circular formation so that no one appears to be the ringleader?
Round Robin
1b In which of the Gulf States is Al-Jazeera based?
Qatar
2a A Jayhawker was a term applied to anti-slavery militant bands from a certain US state that clashed with pro-slavery factions from Missouri. Which state is this, sometimes referred to as the Jayhawk State?
Kansas
2b For what were Baffin, Frobisher and Franklin all searching?
The Northwest Passage
3a Which French cigarette brand, whose name translates as 'Gypsy Woman', has a logo featuring such a woman playing a tambourine?
Gitane
3b In pop record terms, what have Snow Patrol being doing to cars, Adele to pavements and Shed Seven to rainbows?
Chasing
4a According to the OED what American magazine title is also the most common noun in the English language?
Time
4b The Washington Post reporters, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, wrote an account of the Watergate scandal, published in 1974. What was the book called?
All the President's Men

Round 8
1a Which 1977 TV drama, starring Alison Steadman, is set in the living room of Beverley Moss?
Abigail's Party
L1 Which word, meaning a leader or manager, was brought back to the US by servicemen stationed in Japan following WW2. In Japanese it means 'group leader'?
Honcho
2a What separates East and West Malaysia?
South China Sea
2b Who won the heptathlon in the Sydney Olympics?
Denise Lewis
3a Who directed the films The Graduate, Silkwood and Primary Colours?
Mike Nichols
3b The film '10 things I hate about you', was inspired by which of Shakespeare's plays?
The Taming of the Shrew
4a Which ancient philosopher's works are collected in 'The Analects'?
Confucius
4b From which song does this lyric come? 'She calls out to the man in the street, sir can you help me'?
Another day in Paradise (Phil Collins)

Spare Questions
1 Who won an Oscar for playing a mentally handicapped pianist?
Geoffrey Rush
2 Mass suicide is said to have ended the defence by the zealots of which fortress?
Masada
3 It was double-headed for Austria and Russia, single-headed for Germany. What was it?
Eagle (as heraldic symbol)