Monday 3rd February 2014
Set by Ormskirk

ROUND 1
1a First levied in England in 868, what was the name of the Medieval land tax originally raised to pay off raiders from a particular country?
DANEGELD
1b Which currency is represented by the ISO code CHF?
SWISS FRANC
2a Where did the witches Alexandra Spofford, Jane Smart and Sukie Rougemont live according to the title of a John Updike novel?
EASTWICK
2b What is the name of the highest prize awarded at the annual Cannes Film Festival?
PALME D'OR (accept GOLDEN PALM)
3a Which composer was born in Halle in 1685 and died in London in 1759?
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL
3b Which golfer is nicknamed 'El Niño'?
SERGIO GARCIA
4a Which poet was married to Ted Hughes until her death in 1963?
SYLVIA PLATH
4b Which English rock band recently achieved their first number one album in 43 years when their latest release, 13, went straight in at the top of the chart?
BLACK SABBATH

ROUND 2
1a On which London thoroughfare are the Dorchester and Grosvenor House Hotels?
PARK LANE
1b Businessmen from which US city provided most of the financial backing for Charles Lindbergh's historic transatlantic flight in 1927?
ST LOUIS (hence SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS)
2a Which English rock band's second album, BE, entered the charts at number two last month, the title being the initials of the band's name?
BEADY EYE
2b Fishermen from which English port were reputed to have hung a monkey during the Napoleonic Wars, thinking it was a French spy?
HARTLEPOOL
3a Which English rugby union player was voted European Player of the Year last season?
JONNY 'WILKINSON
3b What was the name of Hitler's personal secretary who disappeared at the end of the War?
MARTIN BORMANN
4a Which currency is represented by the ISO code EGP?
EGYPTIAN POUND
4b Who wrote the poem Not Waving But Drowning?
STEVIE SMITH

ROUND 3
1a What was the nickname of the World War II American General Joseph Stilwell?
VINEGAR JOE
1b Which composer was born in Leipzig in 1813 and died in Venice in 1883?
RICHARD WAGNER
2a Which actress was the first person to achieve ten Academy Award nominations for acting and, along with Greer Carson, is the only actress to have been nominated for Best Actress five years in a row?
BETTE DAVIS
2b Which area of London derives its name from a hunting call hum medieval times?
SOHO
3a In what decade was the Scottish National Party founded?
1930s (1934)
3b Shane Meadows' documentary film about which band received its world premiere at Trafford Park last month and was also simultaneously broadcast live in many cinemas across the UK?
STONE ROSES
4a Where in North Carolina did the Wright brothers make their pioneering first flight in 1903?
KITTY HAWK
4b Which 1898 Henry James novel features children named Miles and Flora?
THE TURN OF THE SCREW

ROUND 4
1a In the name of the film studio, for what did the O in the initials RKO stand?
(RADIO KEITH) ORPHEUM
1b The artificial playing surface 'Astroturf, originally known as 'ChemGrass', was first used in a major sports venue in 1966 in which US city?
HOUSTON (ASTRODOME)
2a A documentary-biographical film about which US rock singer, produced by Ridley Scott, will be released this month simultaneously via a worldwide cinema broadcast in over 50 countries?
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
2b In which European capital city would you find the Chrisriansborg and Amalienborg Palaces?
COPENHAGEN
3a Built in 1961, the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh was the first sports stadium in the world to feature what?
RETRACTABLE ROOF
3b Which actor holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations for acting without a win, having been nominated on eight occasions?
PETER O'TOOLE
4a The Oresund Bridge connects Copenhagen with which Swedish city?
MALMO
4b In what decade was the political party Plaid Cymru founded?
1920s (1925)

ROUND 5
1a The 1964 movie A Shot in the Dark was the sequel to which film?
THE PINK PANTHER
1b Which writer, mother of a British fashion designer, wrote the novel Lace?
SHIRLEY CONRAN
2a The Italian dessert zabaglione is made from eggs, sugar and which fortified wine?
MARSALA
2b What kind of animal is examining the title character in Henri Rousseau's painting The Sleeping Gypsy?
LION
3a The South Korean Jim Yong Kim succeeded Robert Zoellick as the head of which financial organisation last year?
WORLD BANK
3b Made in green and yellow varieties, which liqueur comes from the monastery which is the home of a monastic order founded by St Bruno?
CHARTREUSE
4a Who directed the 1960 film Spartacus?
STANLEY KUBRICK
4b Which bird is sometimes referred to as the 'goatsucker'?
NIGHTJAR

ROUND 6
1a Which actress played Lillie Langtree in the 1970s TV drama series Lillie?
FRANCESCA ANNIS
1b Which poet's ashes were interred in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey, in 1967?
JOHN MASEFIELD
2a Run to the Hills and Bring your Daughter to the Slaughter have been hit singles for which band?
IRON MAIDEN
2b Alfred Munnings was famous for his paintings of what?
HORSES
3a In 1662 which scientist proposed the law that the pressure of a given volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its temperature?
ROBERT BOYLE
3b Which 1959 film starred Peter Sellers as shop steward Fred Kite?
I'M ALL RIGHT JACK
4a Which actor's ashes were interred in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey, in 1989?
LAURENCE OLIVIER
4b In 1900, which scientist proposed the Quantum Theory?
MAX PLANCK

ROUND 7
1a What is the state capital of the US state of New Jersey?
TRENTON
1b Need You Tonight and Suicide Blonde have been hit singles for which band?
INXS
2a Which bird is sometimes referred to as the 'philomel'?
NIGHTINGALE
2b Which actress played Queen Victoria in the 1970s TV drama Edward the Seventh?
ANNETTE CROSBIE
3a Which writer, mother of a British politician, wrote Testament of Youth?
VERA BRITTAIN
3b What is the state capital of New Hampshire?
CONCORD
4a Who played the murderer in the film Kind Hearts and Coronets?
DENNIS PRICE
4b Mario Draghi succeeded Jean-Claude Trichet as the President of which financial organisation in
November 2011?
EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

ROUND 8
1a The 1958 film The Matchmaker starring Anthony Perkins and Shirley McLaine was remade in 1969 as which musical?
HELLO DOLLY
1b In which African country does the radical Islamist group Boko Haram mainly operate?
NIGERIA
2a Which Formula One Racing driver is the cousin of 3-time Indianapolis 500 winner and current Indy car driver Dario Franchitti?
PAUL DI RESTA
2b The 1940 movie The Philadelphia Story starring Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn and James Stewart was remade in 1956 as which musical?
HIGH SOCIETY
3a Name either of the African countries in which the Watusi, also known as the Tutsi, people live?
RWANDA or BURUNDI
3b Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was the wife of which King of Great Britain?
GEORGE III
4a How is the woman born Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst in Stettin in 1729 more commonly known to history?
CATHERINE THE GREAT
4b Which English cyclist finished second behind Bradley Wiggins in the 2012 Tour de France?
CHRIS FROOME

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 The 2003 Stephen Fry film Bright Young Things was based on which author's novel Vile Bodies?
EVELYN WAUGH
2 An epithalamium is a poem written to mark what occasion?
WEDDING/MARRIAGE
3 Which Oscar-winning American actress published the cookery book It's All Good earlier this year?
GWYNETH PALTROW
4 Which football league club play home games at the Crown Ground?
ACCRINGTON STANLEY