Tuesday 24th September 2013
Set by St Francis of Assisi (Liverpool)

Round One
1A Give a year in the life of the composer of some of the earliest operas, Claudio Monteverdi?
1567-1643
1B Sandy Park is the home of which Premiership Rugby Union club?
EXETER CHIEFS
2A Pop musician of the 1970s John Richie was better known by what name?
SID VICIOUS
2B Which British Island is partly separated from the mainland by the channel known as the Swale?
ISLE OF SHEPPEY
3A Which family left Cliveden House in Buckinghamshire shortly after the Profumo Affair of the 1960s?
ASTOR
3B What did the D stand for in the name of the US president F. D. Roosevelt?
DELANO
4A In cricket, a batsman's score of 111 is considered to be unlucky. What is it called?
NELSON
4B In which sport did Scunthorpe Scorpions win a premiership title in 2012?
SPEEDWAY

Round Two
1A Which female country and Western singer died in a plane crash in Tennessee in 1963?
PATSY CLINE
1B Miss Twinkleton, Canon Crisparkle and John Jasper are characters in which Charles Dickens novel?
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
2A Name the year in which Nelson Mandela was arrested and
1962later given a life sentence and Telstar allowed pictures to be broadcast live across the Atlantic?
2B Which actress played the part of Mrs Hudson in the TV series Sherlock first screened in 2010?
UNA STUBBS
3A Which actor founded the Mermaid Theatre at Puddle Dock in London in 1959?
BERNARD MILES
3B What was the name of the high school that featured in the musical 'Grease'?
RYDELL HIGH
4A Who, in Autumn 2012, broke the sound barrier in free fall from a balloon, at an altitude of 23 miles?
FELIX BAUMGARTNER
4B In the Scottish Premier League, in which town do Ross County play?
DINGWALL

Round Three
1A What name, geometrically, is given to a circle which rolls around inside or outside another circle?
EPICYCLE
1B Who was Britain's first Minister of Technology, appointed in 1964?
FRANK COUSINS
2A In Greek myth, who was the husband of Hecuba and father of fifty children?
PRIAM
2B Which English painter famously refused an honour from the Queen on five occasions?
L.S. LOWRY
3A In which year was the English £1 coin introduced?
1983
3B In the 1920s by what name did Angelo Siciliano become better known?
CHARLES ATLAS
4A Which golfer sank a six foot putt to retain the Ryder Cup for Europe in 2012?
MARTIN KAYMER
4B Which actor, who appeared in the Harry Potter series of films, also had prominent roles in the films 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' and 'Midnight Express'?
JOHN HURT

Round Four
1A Who wrote the play 'Accidental Death of an Anarchist' ?
DARIO FO
1B Which songwriter penned the classic songs 'A Fine Romance' and 'Smoke gets in your Eyes'?
JEROME KERN
2A In which region of Italy is the city of Turin?
PIEDMONT
2B What is the astronomical link between Hell, Birmingham and Archimedes?
ALL ARE CRATERS ON THE MOON
3A Engelbert Humperdinck wrote the opera Hansel and Gretel which was based on a fairytale by whom?
THE BROTHERS GRIMM
3B Where, in the strip cartoon, is the home village of Rupert Bear?
NUTWOOD
4A In R.L. Stevenson's novel 'Treasure Island' which of the pirates was the ship's cook?
LONG JOHN SILVER
4B To which island paradise in Celtic mythology was King Arthur taken after his death?
AVALON

Round Five
1A Which actor founded the Renaissance Theatre Company in 1987?
1B In which novel by Charles Dickens are Bradley Headstone, Bella Wilfer and Lizzie Hexham prominent characters?
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
2A Who succeeded Brendan Barber as the T.U.C's General Secretary on January 1st 2013?
FRANCES O'GRADY
2B In Scotland, which town is the home venue of Albion Rovers FC?
COATBRIDGE
3A Which male soul singer died when his plane crashed into a lake in Wisconsin in 1967?
OTIS REDDING
3B In heraldry and lyric poetry which bird is referred to as Halcyon?
KINGFISHER
4A Name the year that Terry Waite was kidnapped in Beirut, and the 'Herald of Free Enterpise' capsized off the coast near Zeebrugge?
1987
4B Which actor played the part of Lestrade in the TV series Sherlock first screened in 2010?
RUPERT GRAVES

Round Six
1A In Robert Louis Stevenson's novel 'Treasure Island', which of the pirates is trampled to death by a horse?
BLIND PEW
1B Which artist designed the sleeve for the Beatles album 'Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'?
PETER BLAKE
2A The operas 'La Cenerentola' by Rossini and 'Cendrillon' by Massenet are based on the fairy tale Cinderella by whom?
CHARLES PERRAULT
2B Who was the literary creator of children's favourite Paddington Bear?
MICHAEL BOND
3A Who wrote the play 'The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'?
BERTOLT BRECHT
3B Who wrote the songs 'I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy' and 'Give my Regards to Broadway'?
GEORGE M. COHAN
4A In which Italian region is the port and city of Genoa located?
LIGURIA
4B Which mediaeval nautical device was used by navigators to determine the altitude of the sun?
AN ASTROLABE

Round Seven
1A 1950-60s pop star Reg Smith is better known by what name?
MARTY WILDE
1B Of which British island is St Anne's the capital?
ALDERNEY
2A Name the donkey that accompanied Robert Louis Stevenson on his journey in the book Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes'.
MODESTINE
2B The Welsh river Elwy burst its banks in November 2012, flooding much of which city?
ST ASAPH
3A Give a year in the life of the artist George Stubbs.
1724-1806
3B Which Rugby Union Premiership team play home fixtures at Kingston Park?
NEWCASTLE FALCONS
4A Living History' is the memoir of which contemporary US politician?
HILLARY CLINTON
4B What does the W stand for in the name of the politician F. W. de Klerk?
WILLEM

Round Eight
1A What was the theme of the designs that appeared on the reverse of £1 coins from 2004 - 2007?
BRIDGES
1B What was the only opera written by Beethoven?
FIDELIO
2A Who was the architect of the Shard, the highest building in Europe when it was opened in 2013?
RENZO PIANO
2B In the 1920's and 1930's which sport was dominated by 'The Four Musketeers' ?
TENNIS
3A In Norse mythology, who was the goddess of love, beauty and destiny?
FREYA
3B What name is given to a dining room chair which is fitted with arms?
CARVER
4A In 2012, Trenton Oldfield received a custodial sentence for disrupting what?
THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE
4B Which actor, who appeared in the Harry Potter films, also appeared in 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' and 'JFK'?
GARY OLDMAN

Spare Questions
1 In what year was the Central London Traffic Congestion Charge introduced?
2003
2 What colour is the milk of a hippopotamus?
PINK
3 Which literary character is the best known creation of the writer Earl Derr Biggers?
CHARLIE CHAN
4 Dave and Ansell Collins had a U.K No 1 hit with which song?
DOUBLE BARREL
5 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is an iconic fantasy car driven by whom?
CARACTACUS POTTS