Tuesday 11th February 2014
Set by Tramway (Liverpool)

Round One
1A Which surveyor's measurement equals 7.92 inches?
Link
1B In which Dickens' novel does Mr Crummie's Acting Company appear?
Nicholas Nickleby
2A For what does either the I or the P stand for in the acronym for the agency of the UN known as WIPO?
World Intellectual Property Organisation
2B In medicine, what name is given to a substance that contacts thetissue to reduce the flow of blood etc?
Astringent
3A Which is the only host nation to lose a football world cup final on home soil?
Sweden (1958)
3B In which English city is the Anglican cathedral dedicated to St. Philip and the Catholic one to St. Chad?
Birmingham
4A The Gunpowder Plot was an attempt to kill which king of England?
James I
4B What is the present name of the country formerly known as Upper Volta?
Burkina Faso

Round Two
1A In the original TV series Upstairs Downstairs what was the forename of the butler Hudson?
Angus
1B What bird appeared on the reverse of the farthing from 1937 to 1960?
Wren
2A Which member of the thrush family gets its name from its call which sounds like pebbles being clicked together?
Stonechat
2B Which pop group was originally called Angel and the Snakes?
Blondie
3A What name is given to a three-wheeled passenger vehicle propelled by a person pedalling?
Trishaw
3B What type of grass grows in sand dunes and helps to stabilize them?
Marram or Beach
4A Who is the most famous cartoon creation of Al Capp?
Li'l Abner
4B In Greek myth who is the god of darkness?
Erebus

Round Three
1A Across which European river do the Cat and Mouse castles face each other?
Rhine
1B Who is the current (Jan 2014) Secretary of State for Education?
Michael Gove
2A Which silent film won the 2011 Oscar for Best Film?
The Artist
2B Who in April 1500 discovered Brazil for Portugal?
Pedro Alvares Cabral
3A What is the sauce made from adding cheese to a Bechamel sauce?
Mornay
3B Which poetic eponymous character lived by the Gitchee, Gummee River?
Hiawatha
4A Which European country's flag consists of 3 horizontal bands of blue, black and white?
Estonia
4B Who is the only American born winner of the F1 World Drivers' Championship?
Phil Hill

Round Four
1A In which book of the Bible is the battle of Armageddon mentioned?
Revelations
1B Which Englishman discovered oxygen in 1774?
Joseph Priestley
2A In legend, Vanderveken and his ship The Flying Dutchman are condemned to sail until the Day of Judgement off which headland?
Cape of Good Hope
2B Which actress is the subject of Reynold's painting The Tragic Muse?
Sarah Siddons
3A What codename was given to the Allied invasion of Sicily in WW2?
Husky
3B Who composed the 1747 oratorio Joshua?
George F Handel
4A By what name is the pre-historic animal the smilodon better known?
Sabre Tooth Tiger
4B Mount Aso has the world's largest active volcanic crater. In which country is it situated?
Japan

Round Five
1A How many fluid ounces in a UK pint?
20
1B In which Dickens' novel does Mrs Jarley's Waxworks appear?
The Old Curiosity Shop
2A The WMO is an agency of the UN dealing with what?
Meteorology (World Meteorological Organisation)
2B What is the generic name for a drug that reduces fever?
ntipyretic
3A Which is the only host nation not to win a gold medal at a summer Olympics?
Canada (1976)
3B In which London building do you find the Jerusalem Chamber?
Westminster Abbey
4A The Rye House Plot was a plot against which king of England?
Charles 2
4B What is the present name of the country formerly known as Kampuchea?
Cambodia

Round Six
1A What is the forename of Captain Mainwaring's wife in the TV series Dad's Army?
Elizabeth
1B What plant appeared on the reverse of the threepenny piece from 1937 to 1952?
Sea Pink or Thrift
2A Which plover-like bird of the Sandpiper family gets its name from its method of feeding in rock pools and reefs?
Turnstone
2B Which group was originally called the Pendletones and made one album as Carl and the Passions?
Beach Boys
3A Of what are grapnel, bower and stockless all types?
Anchors
3B The loofah is the skeleton of a plant from which family?
Gourd
4A Who is the most famous cartoon creation of Chester Gould?
Dick Tracy
4B Who is the Roman goddess of chance?
Fortuna

Round Seven
1A In which European city is the Peter Paul fortress?
St Petersburg
1B Who is the current (Jan 2014) Secretary of State for Defence
Philip Hammond
2A Who won the Best Director Oscar for 2009, for The Hurt Locker, becoming the first woman to do so?
Kathryn Bigelow
2B Who, in 1988, led the 1st European expedition to cross Greenlandfrom east to west?
Fridtjof Nansen
3A A dish descrbed as a la soubise consists of what vegetable in a Bechamel sauce?
(Strained or pureed) Onions
3B Which US poet wrote a collection of poems called Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855?
Walt Whitman
4A Which European country's flag consists of 3 horizontal bands of yellow, green and red?
Lithuania
4B Who is the only New Zealander to win the F1 World Driver's Championship?
Denny Hulme

Round Eight
1A The height of which biblical character was 6 cubits and a span?
Goliath
I B Which Englishman discovered nitrogen in 1772?
Daniel Rutherford
2A The Oberammergau Passion Play is held as a result of a promise about what?
(Protection from the) Plague
2B Which actor's name is missing in this title of Hogarth's? "……. in the character of Richard the Third"; it is to be found in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.
(David) Garrick
3A During World War 2 in which country was the Gothic defensive line?
Italy
3B From which opera does the aria O Caro Nome come?
Rigoletto
4A If it has 12 points it is a Royal, 14 points it is Imperial and if it has 16 points a Monarch. What is being described?
A stag (accept antlers)
4B In what country are the most active volcanoes?
Indonesia

Spare Questions
1 In which 1932 novel do the Starkadder family appear?
Cold Comfort Farm
2 During whose reign did the Duke of Wellington become Prime Minister?
George 4
3 Who patented the electric razor in 1931?
Jacob Schick
4 Which town stands on the River Aare, between the lakes of Brienz and Thun?
Interlaken