Monday 14th October 2013
Set by Extras (Wirral)

Round 1
1a Who is the female presenter of the Channel 4 quiz show "Five Minutes to a Fortune"?
Davina McCall
1b Who is the female presenter of the Channel 4 quiz show '1001 things you should know'?
Sandi Toksvig
2a Nora Barnacle was the muse and wife of which Irish writer?
James Joyce
2b Fanny Brawne was the muse and fiancée of which poet?
John Keats
3a Who, the author of the book "On War", stated that "war is the continuation of politics by other means"?
(Carl /Karl) von Clausewitz
3b Which US Civil War union general said "I am tired and sick of fighting, its glory is all moonshine. War is Hell"?
William Sherman
4a Mary Pickford, Kim Wilde and Sugar Ray Robinson were all born with which surname?
Smith
4b Gary Numan, Cliff Richard and Crystal Gayle were all born with which surname?
Webb

Round 2
1a Give any year in the first circumnavigation of the world by Magellan's expedition.
1519-1522
1b Give a year during which Francis Drake circumnavigated the world.
1577-1580
2a What is the title of the recent musical based on the music of the Spice Girls?
Viva Forever!
2b What is the title of the recent musical based on a book by Ben Elton with the music of Queen?
We Will Rock You
3a George W Bush was vice president in whose administration?
Ronald Reagan
3b Who is vice president to Barack Obama?
Joe Biden
4a In which month of the year is Martinmas?
November
4b In which month of the year is Michaelmas?
September

Round 3
1a In which US state will you find Stanford University?
California (Palo Alto)
1b Whose first studio album in a decade 'The Next Day' was released in 2013?
David Bowie
2a Which royal residence has the postcode PE35 6EN?
Sandringham
2b For which high street clothing chain did Kate Middleton work as an accessory buyer in 2006?
Jigsaw
3a What is the name of the mail order company founded by Kate Middleton's parents in 1987?
Party Pieces
3b Which royal residence has the postcode SL4 1 NJ?
Windsor Castle
4a Whose 2009 album 'Together through Life' made No.1 in the UK/US album charts, 39 years after his previous No.1 album in 1970?
Bob Dylan
4b In which US state will you find Johns Hopkins University?
Maryland (Baltimore)

Round 4
1a For what name does the 'E' stand in Richard E Grant?
Esterhuysen
1b In which decade was the Times newspaper first published under the title "The Daily Universal Register"?
1780s (1785)
2a In the BBC TV series, how are Antonio Carlucci and Genaro Contaldo better known?
Two Greedy Italians
2b Which is the largest gland in the human body?
Liver
3a Which is the largest muscle in the human body?
Gluteus Maximus
3b For what does the 'L' stand in Samuel L Jackson?
Leroy
4a In which decade was the Daily Mail first published by Lord Northcliffe?
1890s (1896)
4b Name one of the two presenters of the Channel 4 cookery programme Sunday Brunch?
Simon Rimmer/Tim Lovejoy

Round 5
1a Who is the Conservative MP for Maidenhead?
Teresa May
1b Which English county has the motto "Floreat Salopia"?
Shropshire
2a Which pop singer is the mother of Blue Ivy Carter?
Beyonce (Knowles Carter)
2b Which classical composer completed 104 symphonies?
Joseph Haydn
3a Which English county has the motto "Invicta"?
Kent
3b Which film star has daughters called Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret?
Nicole Kidman
4a Which famous classical composer completed 41 symphonies?
W A Mozart
4b Who is the Conservative MP for Tatton?
George Osborne

Round 6
1a Who has been appointed as successor to Mervyn King as Governor of the Bank of England?
Mark Carney
1b How many letters are there in the Hebrew alphabet?
22
2a How many letters are there in the Russian alphabet?
33
2b Merlyn Lowther, Andrew Bailey and Chris Salmon are the last three holders of which financial post?
Chief Cashier of the Bank of England (accept signatory on bank notes)
3a Which halogen element, number 9 in the Periodic Table, is at standard pressure/temperature a pale yellow gas?
Fluorine
3b The Beryl Bainbridge novel 'Every man for himself' is based on which real event?
The Sinking of the Titanic
4a The Beryl Bainbridge novel 'An awfully big adventure' concerns a production of a play based on which children's story?
Peter Pan
4b Which element, atomic number 35, is at room temperature a red/brown liquid?
Bromine

Round 7
1a Which lighthouse is situated on a rock nine miles southwest of Plymouth?
Eddystone
1b In which modern country is the ancient Roman province of Africa?
Libya (accept Tunisia)
2a In which modern country is the ancient Roman province of Asia?
Turkey
2b Which lighthouse stands on a rock 4 miles west of the Scilly Isles?
Bishop Rock
3a Who painted 'Mr and Mrs Robert Andrews', 'The Watering Place' and The Blue Boy'?
Thomas Gainsborough
3b Who was Fred Astaire's female leading lady in the 1948 film `Easter Parade'?
Judy Garland
4a Who was Fred Astaire's female leading lady in the 1957 film 'Silk Stockings'?
Cyd Charisse
4b Who painted 'The Scapegoat', 'The Hireling Shepherd' and "The Light of the World?
William Holman Hunt

Round 8
1a Which company sponsored the 2013 FA Cup Final?
Budweiser
1b Which company sponsored the 2013 Epsom Derby?
Investec
2a Christoph Waltz won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2013 for his role in which film?
Django Unchained
2b Anne Hathaway won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 2013 for her role in which film?
Les Miserables
3a Asmara is the capital city of which African country?
Eritrea
3b Kigali is the capital city of which African country?
Rwanda
4a 'Hoochie Coochie Man' and 'Got my mojo working' were originally recorded by which Chicago blues singer?
Muddy Waters (accept McKinley Morganfield)
4b 'Smokestack Lightnin' and 'Red Rooster' were originally recorded by which Chicago blues singer?
Howlin' Wolf (accept Chester Burnett)

Spare Questions
1 Who wrote the detective novel 'The Nine Tailors' in 1934?
Dorothy L Sayers
2 Name one of the 3 US states with the highest official population of Amish community?
Ohio (1st) Pennsylvania (2nd) Indiana(3rd)
3 In which year was the M25 opened by Margaret Thatcher?
1986