Tuesday 4th February 2014
Set by St Benet's (Northern)

Round 1
1a Which 1960's artist was shot (but not killed) 2 days after Robert Kennedy in 1968?
ANDY WARHOL
1b Wincanton Race Course is in which English County?
SOMERSET
2a Give a year in the life of Italian artist Botticelli?
1445-1510
2b Who played the Riddler in the original Batman TV series?
FRANK GORSHIN
3a What is the capital of Gambia?
BANJUL
3b The Iran/Iraqi war which took place in the 1980's was also known as what?
FIRST PERSIAN GULF WAR
4a Who was the first football nation to win the World Cup outside their own continent?
BRAZIL (Sweden 1958)
4b Who sang the 1968 hit Indian Reservation?
DON FARDON

Round 2
1a The flying fox is a large what?
(FRUIT) BAT
1b Who succeeded Stalin as Soviet leader?
GEORGI MALENKOV
2a What element is obtained from bauxite?
ALUMINIUM
2b The quokka is what type of animal?
MARSUPIAL
3a Who composed the opera "The Magic Fountain"?
FREDERICK DELIUS
3b Give a year in the life of the French artist Gauguin?
1848-1903
4a Who wrote the novel 'The Moonstone'?
WILKIE COLLINS
4b Who became Roman Emperor after Tiberius in 37AD?
CALIGULA

Round 3
1a The ruling regime in Syria is dominated by which religious group?
THE ALAWITES
1b What does the term guttate describe?
HAVING OR RESEMBLING DROPS
2a Who had a hit in 1971 with 'The Devil's Answer?
ATOMIC ROOSTER
2b What is the capital of Malawi?
LILONGWE
3a The Priora car is manufactured by which company?
LADA
3b The shipping forecast area 'Fitzroy" was previously known as what?
FINISTERRE
4a Uttoxeter racecourse is in which English county?
STAFFORDSHIRE
4b What element is the main constituent of anthracite?
CARBON

Round 4
1a St Catherine's Point is situated in which UK county?
ISLE OF WIGHT
1b Who composed the opera 'Prince Igor'?
ALEXANDER BORODIN
2a Alexander the Great died in which ancient city?
BABYLON
2b The 2022 Football World Cup is to be held where?
QATAR
3a If you write a panegyric to someone what would you be doing?
PRAISING/COMPLIMENTING THEM
3b The Sedici car is manufactured by which company?
FIAT
4a What was the name of the actress who appeared in most Monty Python shows?
CAROL CLEVELAND
4b In the novel 1984 what was the surname of Winston Smith's interrogator?
O'BRIEN

Round 5
1a What is the name of the Islamic militant group active in Nigeria?
BOKO HARAM
1b Who wrote the play 'Fear and Misery of the Third Reich'?
BERTOLT BRECHT
2a Who is the current Vice President of the USA?
JOE BIDEN
2b Who is the mother of Aphrodite in Greek mythology?
DIONE
3a Be is the symbol for which element?
BERYLLIUM
3b Sturnus Vulgaris is more commonly known as what bird?
STARLING
4a Which country won cricket's first World Cup in 1975?
WEST INDIES
4b The antirrhinum plant is more commonly known as what?
SNAPDRAGON

Round 6
1a What is the capital of Barbados?
BRIDGETOWN
1b Who has taken over from the late Hugo Chavez as Venezuelan President?
NICOLAS MADURO
2a The Battle of Culloden in 1746 was fought near which Scottish city?
INVERNESS
2b Who plays Captain Kirk in the 2013 Star Trek film?
CHRIS PINE
3a The bird genus corvidae consists mainly of what commonly known bird?
CROW
3b Sr is the symbol for which element?
STRONTIUM
4a In psychoanalysis what word describes the 'death instinct'?
THANATOS
4b Who is known as the founder of the science of genetics?
GREGOR MENDEL

Round 7
1a Lady Jane Grey was great granddaughter of which English king?
HENRY VII
1b The SDP (Social Democratic Party) was formed in which year?
1981
2a In Greek Mythology the Hydra had how many heads?
9
2b In the Bible who was the mother of Isaac?
SARAH
3a The lonicera plant is more commonly known as what?
HONEYSUCKLE
3b The Doors singer Jim Morrison is buried in which cemetery?
PERE LACHAISE (in Paris)
4a Who directed the 2009 film 'The Hurt Locker'?
KATHRYN BIGELOW
4b In the brain what area is especially associated with memory?
HIPPOCAMPUS

Round 8
1a The singer Stefani Germanotta is better known as who?
LADY GAGA
1b Who was the last Tudor Monarch?
ELIZABETH I
2a Who wrote the play 'The Playboy of the Western World?
J M SYNGE
2b Who plays cricket at the New Road County Ground?
WORCESTER
3a Who in the Bible was the mother of Jacob and Esau?
REBECCA
3b Which country has the highest capital in the world?
BOLIVIA (La Paz)
4a Watson and Crick discovered DNA in what year?
1953
4b What was the last battle of the English Civil War?
BATTLE OF WORCESTER

Spare Questions
1 Who wrote the play "The Homecoming"?
HAROLD PINTER
2 In cricket Allan Lamb played for which county?
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
3 Give a year in the life of Austrian composer Gustav Mahler?
1860-1911
4 What is the SI unit of luminous intensity?
CANDELA