Tuesday 7th January 2014
Set by RBB (Northern)

Round 1
1a Which American pop duo were originally known as Tom and Jerry?
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL
1b The great all round sportsman and polymath C B Fry was once reputedly asked to, and turned down, the opportunity to be King of which country in the 1920's?
ALBANIA
2a Graham Sutherland's tapestry 'Christ in Glory' is in which English Cathedral?
COVENTRY
2b Which female rower finally won an Olympic Gold Medal in 2012 after winning silver in the 3 previous Olympics?
KATHERINE GRAINGER
3a Who invented the system of shorthand writing?
ISAAC PITMAN
3b The Mumbai train station Chhatrapati Shivaji terminus was originally called what?
VICTORIA STATION
4a Which military leader had a spaniel called Rommel?
MONTGOMERY
4b What was the first name of Captain Mainwaring in the TV Series Dad's Army?
GEORGE

Round 2
1a Tim Curry played Dr Frank-N-Furter in which 1978 musical film?
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
1b Mogadishu is the capital of which African country?
SOMALIA
2a Which operatic heroine dies at the hands of the soldier Don Jose?
CARMEN
2b What was the name of the ship that picked up over 700 survivors from the Titanic?
THE CARPATHIA
3a Which English bowler has taken the most wickets (46) in an Ashes series?
JIM LAKER
3b Julia Gillard became the first female Prime Minister of which country?
AUSTRALIA
4a Who lived under the name of Sebastian Melmoth at the Hotel d'Alsace?
OSCAR WILDE
4b The Jaffa Gate or Bab al-Khalil is an entrance to which famous city?
JERUSALEM

Round 3
1a Juliet, Cupid and Desdemona are moons of which planet?
URANUS
1b Which salad dressing is named after an archipelago in the St Lawrence River?
THOUSAND ISLAND
2a In the pantomime, what told Dick Whittington to turn again?
THE BELLS OF LONDON
2b Whose diary was first published in 1947 under the title 'Het Achterhuis'?
ANNE FRANK
3a In what sport would participants perform a vertical suplex?
WRESTLING
3b Which TV show has been presented by Bob Monkhouse, Max Bygraves and Les Dennis?
FAMILY FORTUNES
4a Created by John Lawson Johnston `Johnston's Fluid Beef was renamed what?
BOVRIL
4b Under what name is the American singer/songwriter Barry Alan Pincus better known?
BARRY MANILOW

Round 4
1a Which British paralympian athlete won 4 gold medals on the track and in the marathon in the 2012 Para Olympics?
DAVID WEIR
1b Who was the first British Prime Minister born in the 20th Century. Also the only PM to have played 1st class cricket?
ALEX DOUGLAS-HOME
2a Which former Chief Executive of Barclays Bank did Peter Mandelson call 'The Unacceptable Face of Banking'?
BOB DIAMOND
2b What was the title of J. K. Rowling's first novel for adults, - following the Harry Potter series?
THE CASUAL VACANCY
3a The Poet's Percy Shelley and John Keats are both buried in which European capital's Protestant cemetery?
ROME
3b Who was voted Time Magazine person of the century in 1999?
ALBERT EINSTEIN
4a Only 3 sportsmen have won BBC's Sports Personality of the Year twice. Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill are two, who is the other, winning in 1967 and 1970?
HENRY COOPER
4b The 'Majestic Mountain' is the symbol of which film studio?
PARAMOUNT

Round 5
1a Which UK chart topping group of the 1960s were known as 'The Drifters' until 1959?
THE SHADOWS
1b In 1952 Albert Einstein was offered, and turned down, the Presidency of which country?
ISRAEL
2a Which English cathedral has the world's oldest medieval clock?
SALISBURY
2b Who became the first woman to win a gold medal in boxing for GB in the 2012 Olympics?
NICOLA ADAMS
3a Which Birmingham architect designed a two wheeled horse drawn cab in 1934?
JOSEPH HANSOM
3b Now known as Cobh, which Irish town was the Titanic's last port of call?
QUEENSTOWN
4a Which 20th century leader had an Alsatian called Blondi?
ADOLF HITLER
4b What was the surname of the US Medical Corp Army Captain nicknamed Hawkeye in the TV Series MASH?
PIERCE

Round 6
1a The drama critic Kenneth Tynan devised which controversial 1969 musical revue?
OH CALCUTTA
1b Dakar is the capital city of which African country?
SENEGAL
2a Suzuki is the maid of which operatic heroine?
MADAME BUTTERFLY
2b What was the name of the cruise liner that capsized near the rocky island of Giglio off the Tuscan coast in 2012?
COSTA CONCORDIA
3a Which English batsman holds the record for the highest score in an Ashes Test Match (364)?
LEN HUTTON
3b Who has been Israel's only female Prime Minister?
GOLDA MEIR
4a Who lived under the name of Private Thomas Shaw at Clouds Hill, Dorset, where he eventually died following a motorcycle accident in 1935?
T. E. LAWRENCE (of Arabia)
4b What precious stone would you associate with the cities of Seattle, Sydney and Wichita?
EMERALD (all known as the Emerald City)

Round 7
1a Io is the innermost of which planet's 4 major moons?
JUPITER
1b Which Asian Country is an archipelago of 17,504 islands?
INDONESIA
2a In which pantomime does the character Maid Marian appear?
BABES IN THE WOOD
2b The diary of who, is a series of children's books written by Jeff Kinney?
A WIMPEY KID
3a Vardon, overlapping and cross handed are grips used in which sport?
GOLF
3b Which TV show has been presented by Jeremy Beadle, Lisa Riley and Jonathan Wilkes?
YOU'VE BEEN FRAMED
4a What type of pastry derives its name from the Greek word for leaf?
FILO
4b Under what name is the American singer/songwriter Steveland Judkins better known?
STEVIE WONDER

Round 8
1a Which British paralympian swimmer won 2 gold, a silver and a bronze in the 2012 Para Olympics?
ELLIE SIMMONDS
1b Who was the first American President to be born in the 20th Century? He was also awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Literature?
JOHN F KENNEDY
2a Which former Chief Executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland was stripped of his knighthood, having been blamed for the collapse of the bank?
FRED GOODWIN
2b Who is the author of the best-selling Fifty Shades of Grey series?
E L JAMES
3a Which poet and author served in Oliver Cromwell's Government for Foreign tongues?
JOHN MILTON
3b Who was voted Times Magazine's man of the year in 1939 and 1942?
JOSEPH STALIN
4a Four footballers have won the 'Balloon d'Or' three times, but only two have done so in consecutive years. Lionel Messi is one, who is the other?
MICHEL PLATINI (other three times winners were Cruyff and Van Basten)
4b Located in a country of the same name which is African's second highest mountain?
MT KENYA

Spare Questions
1 The World Bank has its HQ in which city?
WASHINGTON DC
2 What is the minimum age for male golfers on the European Seniors tour?
50
3 A deficiency of which vitamin cause rickets?
D
4 In which county is the public school Marlborough College?
WILTSHIRE
5 Which Surrey and England cricketer retired in 1934 after making 199 first class centuries?
JACK HOBBS