Tuesday 29th October 2013
Set by St Mary's Old Boys (Northern)

Round 1
1a Who murdered Robert Kennedy?
SIRHAN SIRHAN
1b Who wrote the play 'Long Day's Journey into Night'?
EUGENE O'NEILL
2a What was main instrument of jazz musician Lionel Hampton?
VIBRAPHONE
2b Who plays Mary in the film 'There's something about Mary'?
CAMERON DIAZ
3a In which US State did the Hindenburg Airship crash?
NEW JERSEY
3b Who ruled England between 1603 and 1625?
JAMES I
4a For which band did Bon Scott, who died in 1980, sing?
AC/DC
4b Who was the first cricketer to score 10,000 test runs?
SUNIL GAVASKAR

Round 2
1a Of where is Belmopan the capital?
BELIZE
1b Who was the puppet master of Spit the Dog?
BOB CAROLGEES
2a In which city is Corriere Della Sera the daily paper?
MILAN
2b What type of animal is Bagheera in 'The Jungle Book'?
PANTHER
3a What was the name of the lioness in the book 'Born Free'?
ELSA
3b Who was the Roman Goddess of Wisdom, Arts and Crafts?
MINERVA
4a Of which protein are hair and nails made?
KERATIN
4b Who invented the clockwork radio?
TREVOR BAYLISS

Round 3
1a Who played Daphne in the TV series Frasier?
JANE LEEVES
1b What was the former name of Burkina Faso?
UPPER VOLTA
2a Which boxer was nicknamed Homicide Hank?
HENRY ARMSTRONG
2b In which county is Hinckley Point Power Station?
SOMERSET
3a What does the word Karate mean in English?
EMPTY HAND
3b In which own/city was Mohandas (Karamchanda) Ghandi assassinated?
NEW DELHI
4a Who has been the longest serving American President?
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
4b With which football team was Bobby Charlton player manager?
PRESTON NORTH END

Round 4
1a How many points are given to a driver for winning a Formula One Grand Prix?
25
1b Which King of England married Caroline of Ansbach?
GEORGE II
2a Which opera singer was known as La Stupenda?
JOAN SUTHERLAND
2b Which town is the home of violin making and birth place of Stradivari?
CREMONA
3a In which UK town is the World of Glass Museum?
ST HELENS
3b Who played the eponymous role in the remake of the film 'Arthur'?
RUSSELL BRAND
4a Which TV show featured the character Carrie Bradshaw?
SEX AND THE CITY
4b Where did the rowing events take place at the 2012 Olympics?
ETON DORNAY

Round 5
1a Who shot songwriter and producer Lana Clarkson in 2003? He was convicted in 2009.
PHIL SPECTOR
1b Who wrote the play 'The Glass Menagerie'?
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
2a Which sitcom is set in Helmand Province?
BLUESTONE 42
2b In which American State was the first atomic bomb detonated?
NEW MEXICO
3a Who won the Best Director Oscar for 'American Beauty' in 1999?
SAM MENDES
3b Who was the English monarch from 1399 to 1413?
HENRY IV
4a Which group does Bruce Dickenson front?
IRON MAIDEN
4b Who won the first international Rugby Union Match in 1871?
SCOTLAND

Round 6
1a Which is Norway's most northerly city?
TROMSO
1b Who is puppet master of Orville, the duck?
KEITH HARRIS
2a What is the name of the main daily paper of Turin?
LA STAMPA
2b Who played the title role in the film 'Cat Ballou'?
JANE FONDA
3a In which 1960's TV series did Clarence the cross-eyed lion appear?
DAKTARI
3b Who was the green skinned Egyptian God of the underworld and afterlife?
OSIRIS
4a How many bones has an adult human?
206
4b Who is credited with the invention of the World Wide Web?
TIM BERNERS-LEE

Round 7
1a What was the former name of Sellafield Nuclear Power Station?
WINDSCALE
1b Who played Niles in the TV series Frasier?
DAVID HYDE-PIERCE
2a Which boxer was nicknamed the Orchid Man?
GEORGES CARPENTIER
2b In which UK county is RAF Lakenheath?
SUFFOLK
3a In which country does Tae-Kwan-Do originate?
KOREA
3b In which city did the assassination of Martin Luther King take place?
MEMPHIS (Tennessee)
4a Which American President sanctioned the use of atomic weapons against Japan?
HARRY S TRUMAN
4b Which team did Alan Ball manage and win promotion to the First Division in 1987?
PORTSMOUTH

Round 8
1a How many points are awarded to the driver for second place in a Formula One Grand Prix?
18
1b Which King of England was fatally wounded at the siege of Castle Chalus-Chabrol, France?
RICHARD I (The Lionheart)
2a What was opera singer Maria Callas' nickname?
LA DIVINA
2b Which musical instrument has an Italian name fagotto which means a 'bundle of sticks'?
BASSOON
3a Which town in Greater Manchester has a railway station called Mumps?
OLDHAM
3b Who played Rooster Cogburn in the remake of the film 'True Grit'?
JEFF BRIDGES
4a Which TV drama series featured the company 'Sterling Cooper'?
MAD MEN
4b In which body of water did the swimming take place in the 2012 Olympic Women's Triathlon?
THE SERPENTINE (IN HYDE PARK

Spare Questions
1 Which element has the symbol Sc?
SCANDIUM
2 Who was the last Leader of the Liberal Party?
DAVID STEEL
3 Who succeeded Edmund Ironside as King of England?
CANUTE
4 Who wrote 'Confessions of an English Opium Eater'?
THOMAS DE QUINCY