Tuesday 8th October 2013
Set by St Charles (Liverpool)

Round One
1A What is the most widely spoken language in India?
HINDI
1B Who is MP for Twickenham?
VINCE CABLE
2A Which Jane Austen character rents Netherfleld Park?
MR BINGLEY
2B Who won Great Britain's only athletics gold medal in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games?
MARY PETERS
3A Which metal is found in chlorophyl, the green pigment in which photosynthesis takes place?
MAGNESIUM
3B What do the national anthems of Spain and Kosovo have in common?
NO LYRICS
4A Who founded the Hogarth Press in 1917?
LEONARD AND VIRGINIA WOOLF
4B In which Asian city is the 830 metres high Burj Khalifa?
DUBAI

Round Two
1A What type of plant is a prickly pear?
CACTUS or SUCCULENT
1B In the 1957 film Pal Joey, who played Joey Evans?
FRANK SINATRA
2A What was the name of the French company that co-developed the supersonic airliner Concorde?
AEROSPATIALE
2B Who booked into the Harrogate Hydro Hotel under the name Mrs Neele in 1926?
AGATHA CHRISTIE
3A Which Swiss team surprisingly beat Manchester United in December 2011 to knock them out of the Champion's League?
BASLE
3B Which word begining with V describes the type of image formed when light is reflected from a plane mirror?
VIRTUAL
4A Which comic celebrity's autobiography published in 2012 is called 'Still Standing'?
PAUL O'GRADY
4B At which UK university would you find the Scott Polar Research Institute?
CAMBRIDGE

Round Three
1A The 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' comes from which Handel oratorio?
SOLOMON
1B What was the role of MI7 during World War 2?
PROPAGANDA and CENSORSHIP
2A What distance is an Olympic steeplechase?
3,000 metres
2B In which European country is the site of the Battle of Marengo?
ITALY
3A What is Boris Johnson's first name?
ALEXANDER
3B What is a petard?
(SMALL) BOMB
4A First published in 1932, what is the official magazine of the British Film Institute?
SIGHT & SOUND
4B What was the name of the spacecraft that took the first American woman, Sally Ride, into space?
CHALLENGER

Round Four
1A Who was snooker World Champion in 1990, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96 & 99?
STEPHEN HENDRY
1B In cooking, the unpleasant smelling gas that is produced when you over-cook cabbage is a compound of which element?
SULPHUR
2A Name either of the two rivers that meet at the German Corner at Koblenz.
RHINE or MOSEL
2B Lobjoits, Webbs Wonderful and Winter Density are varieties of which summer vegetable?
LETTUCE
3A An image of which English cathedral appeared on the back of £20 notes issued between 1999 and 2007?
WORCESTER
3B In James Bond films who played Miss Moneypenny from 'Goldeneye' in 1995 to 'Die Another Day' in 2002?
SAMAN'THA BOND
4A In which country were the Tonton Macoute active?
HAITI
48 Name either of the 2 designers of the 2012 Olympic torch.
EDWARD BARKER or JAY OSGERBY

Round Five
1A What is the most widely spoken African language?
SWAHILI
1B Who is MP for Doncaster North?
ED MILIBAND
2A Which Charles Dickens character lived in Satis House?
MISS HAVISHAM
2B Who was the only British medal winner at the 2010 Winter Olympics?
AMY WILLIAMS (gold in the skeleton bob)
3A Complete the general chemical rule: 'Acid plus Base gives Salt plus ...... what?
WATER
3B Rabrindinath Tagore wrote the music & lyrics for the national anthems of two countries. Name one.
INDIA or BANGLADESH
4A Who founded the Kelmscott Press in 1891?
WILLIAM MORRIS
4B 6 of the 10 tallest buildings in Europe are in which capital city?
MOSCOW

Round Six
1A What is another name for the Chinese Gooseberry?
KIWI FRUIT
1B In the 1957 film South Pacific, who played Ensign Nellie Forbush?
MITZI GAYNOR
2A Which company makes the Sea King helicopter?
WESTLAND HELICOPTERS
2B In which London hotel was the Peach Melba invented in 1892?
SAVOY
3A Which London team beat Manchester United at the quarter final stage of the Carling Cup in 2011?
CRYSTAL PALACE
3B Which word beginning with V describes the number of electrons an atom can share in forming compounds?
VALENCE or VALENCY
4A Which comic celebrity's autobiography published in 2012 is called 'Is It Just Me'?
MIRANDA HART
4B With which English university does the John Innes Centre share a campus?
EAST ANGLIA

Round Seven
1A The aria 'Let the Bright Seraphim' comes from which Handel oratorio?
SAMSON
1B What was the role of MI 9 during World War 2?
TO AID ESCAPING POWs
2A Over what distance do Olympic rowing and sculling races take place?
2,000 metres
2B In which European country is the site of the Battle of Blenheim?
GERMANY
3A What was George Osborne's original first Christian name?
GIDEON
3B Which word describes a temporary or improvised encampment providing little or no cover?
A BIVOUAC
4A What was launched in 1923 and was described as the "official organ of the BBC"?
RADIO TIMES
4B What was the last mission to take a man to the moon?
APOLLO 17

Round Eight
1A Who won the Wimbledon Singles Championship in 1993, 94, 95, 97, 99 and 2000?
PETE SAMPRAS
1B In cookery, which action causes the Maillard Reaction?
BROWNING or TOASTING
2A Name either of the two rivers that meet at Al-Qurnah to form the Shatt al-Arab.
EUPHRATES or TIGRIS
2B Scarlet Nantes, Avenger and Orlando Gold are varieties of which winter vegetable?
CARROTS
3A In which English cathedral will you find St. Bede's Tomb and St Cuthbert's Shrine?
DURHAM
3B Who plays Q in the latest Bond film Skyfall?
BEN WISHAW
4A In which country where the Lord's Resistance Army first active?
UGANDA
4B Who designed the 2012 Olympic flame?
THOMAS HEATHERWICK

Spare Questions
1 What colour was invented by William Perkin in 1856?
MAUVE
2 What is a 'loupe'?
MAGNIFYING LENS accept JEWELLERS LENS
3 In the novel Rebecca, who is housekeeper at Manderlay?
MRS DANVERS
4 Which side has won the last nine women's football league titles?
ARSENAL LADIES