Monday 8th December 2014
Set by KLASS (Northern)

Round 1
1a Who directed the 1966 film 'A Countess from Hong Kong?
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
1b Gd is the chemical symbol for which element?
GADOLINIUM
2a Who was the 14th President of the United States from 1853-1857?
FRANKLIN PIERCE
2b What is a damelopre?
A DUTCH SAILING BARGE OR COASTER
3a Dossi Dosso who died in 1542 was the name used by which Italian Artist from Ferrera?
GIOVANNI DI LUTERO
3b In which town or city in Wales is the baked bean museum of excellence?
PORT TALBOT
4a To do with medicine what was extracted from a terebinth tree?
TURPENTINE
4b Which country was actor Leslie Howard travelling from when his plane was shot down?
PORTUGAL

Round 2
1a Who was the British Prime Minister from 1757-1762?
DUKE OF NEWCASTLE
2b What is the State Capital of Wisconsin?
MADISON
2a Which band released the 1970 album 'In the Wake of Poseidon'?
KING CRIMSON
2b In which year was the Palestine Liberation Organisation formed?
1964
3a In nautical terms what is a donkey's breakfast?
A MATTRESS (stuffed with straw)
3b The term 'Hard Edge Painting' was coined in 1958 by which Los Angeles art critic?
JULES LANSNER
4a What is the meaning of the 19th Century word sockdolager?
A CLIMAX OR CRESCENDO
4b The village of Castle Combe used in the filming of Dr Doolittle is in which English county?
WILTSHIRE

Round 3
1a Published in 2013 who wrote the novel 'The Kill List'?
FREDERICK FORSYTH
1b "The Sin of Harold Diddleback", 1947 was the last film of which silent film star?
HAROLD LLOYD
2a Which American playwright 1897-1975 said 'The best part of married life is the fights, the rest is merely so-so'?
THORNTON WILDER
2b What type of foodstuff is Christalinna?
(RENNET) CHEESE
3a Five time Wimbledon champion, hockey and golf international, the only woman to win British golf and tennis championships, Olympic silver medallist for archery, award winning skater and mountaineer 'Champion of Champions' is a biography of which sportswoman?
LOTTIE DODD
3b Squids, cuttlefish and octopus belong to which class of marine mollusc?
CEPHALOPOD
4a What is the Greek name for Bacchus the god of wine and revelry?
DIONYSUS
4b What was the occupation of Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661-1736)?
ARCHITECT

Round 4
1a Which singer/songwriter released the 1972 album 'One Man Dog'?
JAMES TAYLOR
1b 'Raising the Laughs' is the auto biography of which comedian/actor?
TED RAY
2a The book 'The one that got away' is a book about which WWII pilot?
FRANZ VON WERRA
2b The father of an actor who has appeared in the films 'The Battle of Britain, The Golden Compass and Cuban Fury' played football for Manchester United. What is the fathers' name?
HAROLD McSHANE
3a Which American politician said 'Marriage is neither Heaven nor Hell? It is simply Purgatory'?
ABRAHAM LINCOL
3b In the traditional list of wedding anniversaries the 1st is paper, what is it in the modern list?
CLOCKS
4a In what year did Finland become a member of the EU?
1995
4b Brendan and Nathan McCullum play international cricket for which country?
NEW ZEALAND

Round 5
1a The 1964 film, simply called 'Film', written by Samuel Beckett, starred which actor?
BUSTER KEATON
1b At is the symbol for which chemical element?
ASTATINE
2a Who was the 8th President of the United States from 1837- 1841?
MARTIN VAN BUREN
2b Dulcibella is the name of the boat in which classic novel?
THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS
3a Which Florentine painter 1535-1607 used the name Bronzino after the death of his 'uncle'?
ALESSANDRO ALLORI
3b In which Town or City in England is the Vintage Wireless Museum?
DULWICH
4a To do with medicine what was a fleam?
BLOODLETTING INSTRUMENT or LANCET
4b Which City was Glenn Miller travelling to when his plane went missing?
PARIS

Round 6
1a Who was the British Prime Minister from 1807-1809?
DUKE OF PORTLAND
1b What is the State Capital of Montana?
HELENA
2a Which band released the 1972 album Close to the Edge?
YES
2b In which year was the Black Panther Party founded?
1966
3a In nautical terms, what is a Pusser's medal?
A STAIN ON CLOTHING
3b The term Kinetic Art originated in the 1920's by which futurist painter?
UBERTO BOCCIONI
4a What is the meaning of the 16th century word Dog-Flogger?
BEADLE or MINOR CHURCH OFFICIAL
4b Portmeirion used as a setting for the Prisoner TV series is in which Welsh county?
GWYNEDD

Round 7
1a Published in 2013 who wrote the novel 'An Officer and a Spy'?
ROBERT HARRIS
1b The triangle film corporation was formed in 1915 by Thomas Ince, D. W. Griffith and which other director?
MACK SENNETT
2a Which American writer 1862-1910 said `if men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry'?
O'HENRY
2b What type of foodstuff is a duncan?
(PALE YELLOW) GRAPEFRUIT
3a Captain of Manchester City and England Wimbledon Doubles Champion, Davis Cup Captain, Olympic Tennis Gold Medallist. 'All Round Genius' is the biography of which sportsman?
MAX WOOSNAM
3b Whales, porpoises and dolphins belong to which group of aquatic mammals?
CETACEANS
4a Ceres is the Roman name for which Greek Goddess?
DEMETER
4b What was the occupation of Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932)?
GARDEN DESIGNER

Round 8
1a Which singer/songwriter released the 1975 album Playing Possum?
CARLY SIMON
1b Three Times Lucky is the autobiography of which comedian/actor?
JIMMY JEWEL
2a Seven Men at Daybreak by Alan Burgess is a book about which WWII event?
ASSASSINATION OF REINHARD HEYDRICH
2b The uncle of a pop star, scored a goal and broke his leg in the 1959 F.A. Cup Final, what is the uncle's name?
ROY DWIGHT
3a Which American writer said 'Bigamy is having one husband too many, monogamy is the same'?
ERICA JONG
3b In the traditional list of wedding anniversaries the 4th is linen what is it in the modem list?
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
4a In what year did Cyprus become a member of the EU?
2004
4b Tom and Ben Cooper play international cricket for which "non-test playing" country?
NETHERLANDS

Spare Questions
1 What is the first forename of actor Robert Redford?
CHARLES
2 Published in 2014 whose latest novel is called Northanger Abbey?
VAL McDIARMID
3 Who was the Defence Lawyer in the Leopold and Loeb murder trial of 1924?
CLARENCE DARROW
4 What in South America is a pampero?
A WIND (across the pampas)
5 Who painted 'The Death of Chatterton' in 1856?
HENRY WALLIS