Monday 28th October 2013
Set by Ormskirk

ROUND 1
1a In which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical does the character Nellie Forbush appear?
SOUTH PACIFIC
1b Lady Margaret Beaufort was the mother of which English monarch?
HENRY VII
2a Bujumbura is the capital city of which African country?
BURUNDI
2b Which was the last club to lose in consecutive FA Cup Finals doing so in 1998 and 1999?
NEWCASTLE UNITED
3a Eleanor of Castile was the mother of which English monarch?
EDWARD II
3b Which African county has its capital in Lusaka?
ZAMBIA
4a Which club has been FA Cup finalists 4 times but never won the trophy?
LEICESTER CITY
4b Curly McLain is a character in which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical?
OKLAHOMA!

ROUND 2
1a Which record by Connie Francis kept Cliff Richard from the No.1 spot with his first hit 'Move It' in 1958?
STUPID CUPID (accept CAROLINA MOON as it was a double A side)
1b Which element has the chemical symbol Hg?
MERCURY
2a What was the first name of Russian ballet dancer Nijinsky?
VASLAV (or VATSLAV)
2b What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase bona fide?
IN GOOD FAITH
3a Which element has the chemical symbol Cs?
CAESIUM
3b Who founded the 'Ballet Russes' in 1909?
SERGEI DIAGHILEV
4a What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase in vino veritas?
IN WINE (there is) TRUTH
4b Which record by Bobby Darin kept Marty Wilde from the No. 1 spot in 1959 with 'A Teenager In Love'?
DREAM LOVER

ROUND 3
1a Who was the longest serving US president (12 years 39 days)?
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
1b The film Schindler's List was based on whose Booker Prize winning novel of 1982?
THOMAS KENEALLY
2a Which river flows through the city of Derby?
DERWENT
2b What is the main alcoholic content of the cocktail Manhattan?
WHISKY
3a Which novel by Iris Murdoch won the 1978 Booker Prize?
THE SEA, THE SEA
3b Which river flows through the town of Shrewsbury?
SEVERN
4a What is the main alcoholic content of the cocktail Cosmopolitan?
VODKA
4b Which US president had the shortest term of office, only 31 days?
WILLIAM H HARRISON

ROUND 4
1a Who composed the music for the opera The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra)?
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
1b Who played the part of Sir Humphrey Appleby in the TV series Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister?
NIGEL HAWTHORNE
2a Who has scored the most test centuries (41) for Australia?
RICKY PONTING
2b Which machine was invented by Hiram Moore in 1834?
COMBINE HARVESTER
3a Who played Richard DeVere in the TV sitcom To the Manor Born?
PETER BOWLES
3b Who has scored the most runs in an innings (380) in tests for Australia?
MATTHEW HAYDEN
4a Tabitha Babbitt is credited with which invention in 1813?
CIRCULAR SAW
4b Who composed the music for the opera Idomeneo?
MOZART

ROUND 5
1a In which South American country is Mount Chimborazo the highest mountain?
ECUADOR
1b Who created the fictional detective Adam Dalgliesh, played on TV by Roy Marsden?
P D JAMES
2a Which cabinet minister is MP for Chingford and Woodford Green?
IAIN DUNCAN SMITH
2b By what name is the tree Fagus sylvatica more commonly known?
BEECH
3a Who created the fictional detective Jack Frost, played on TV by David Jason?
R D WINGFIELD
3b Which cabinet minister is MP for Richmond in Yorkshire?
WILLIAM HAGUE
4a By what name is the tree Fraxinus excelsior more commonly known?
ASH
4b Which is the highest mountain in Germany?
ZUGSPITZE

ROUND 6
1a Which jazz trumpeter and bandleader had the forenames John Birks?
DIZZY GILLESPIE
1b Which record by Dexy's Midnight Runners was the best-selling UK single of 1982?
COME ON EILEEN
2a Which Welshman defeated Chris Eubank to win the WBO Super Middleweight World Title in 1997?
JOE CALZAGHE
2b Which British playwright was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005?
HAROLD PINTER
3a Which record by Culture Club was the best-selling UK single of 1983?
KARMA CHAMELEON
3b When Mike Tyson became the youngest World Heavyweight Champion in 1986 whom did he beat by a second round TKO?
TREVOR BERBICK
4a Prior to Barack Obama in 2009 who was the last US president to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
JIMMY CARTER
4b Which jazz pianist had the forenames Thomas Wright?
FATS WALLER

ROUND 7
1a Who won an Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of composer Antonio Salieri in the film Amadeus?
F MURRAY ABRAHAM
1b Which American poet wrote I Haven Y Told My Garden Yet?
EMILY DICKINSON
2a Which artist painted A Wheatfield With Cypresses in 1889?
VINCENT VAN GOGH
2b The duck-billed platypus is endemic to which country?
AUSTRALIA
3a The Road Not Taken was written by which American poet?
ROBERT FROST
3b Which artist painted Poppies Blooming in 1873?
CLAUDE MONET
4a The marine iguana can only be found on which islands?
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
4b Who won an Oscar for Best Actor for his role as Gordon Gekko in the film Wall Street?
MICHAEL DOUGLAS

ROUND 8
1a Which US Air Force test pilot became the first man to break the sound barrier in a Bell X-1 rocket plane in October 1947?
CHUCK YEAGER
1b Which bird has the scientific name Buteo buteo?
BUZZARD
2a Who wrote the play The Entertainer?
JOHN OSBORNE
2b What nationality was sculptor Alberto Giacometti?
SWISS
3a Which bird has the scientific name Hirundo rustica?
SWALLOW
3b Who wrote the play Entertaining Mr. Sloane?
JOE ORTON
4a What nationality was sculptor Constantin Brancusi?
ROMANIAN
4b Who introduced The 'New Look' in women's fashion in February 1947?
CHRISTIAN DIOR

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 Which metal melts at around 27 degrees Celsius?
FRANCIUM
2 Which was the last of Thomas Hardy's novels to be published?
JUDE THE OBSCURE
3 Who played Captain Renault in the film Casablanca?
CLAUDE RAINS
4 Which original member of the Football League plays its home games at Deepdale?
PRESTON NORTH END