Monday 27th January 2014
Set by Warrington

Round 1
1a Who painted 'Moses and the Slaves' and 'The Last Judgement'?
Michelangelo
1b The characters Dame Caruthers and Jack Point appear in which Gilbert & Sullivan opera?
Yeomen of the Guard
2a In 2013 the drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena were bought by which Japanese company?
Suntory
2b Who, in 2013, became King of Belgium on the abdication of his father King Albert II?
Philippe
3a Who, in 2013, became King of the Netherlands on the abdication of his mother Queen Beatrix?
Willem-Alexander
3b Which company bought Cadbury's in 2012?
Kraft
4a The characters Mad Margaret and Robin Oakapple appear in which Gilbert & Sullivan opera?
Ruddigore
4b Who painted 'The Adoration of the Magi' and 'The Last Supper'?
Leonardo da Vinci

Round 2
1a Who, between 1032 and 1048, became the only man to become Pope more than once and also the only one to sell the papacy? (name only required)
Benedict (9th)
1b How many carbon atoms make up a benzene molecule?
Six
2a Which former Test cricketer presented the 1970s TV show 'Indoor League'?
Fred Trueman
2b Whose portrait is to appear on the new £10 note due to be issued in 2017?
Jane Austen
3a During the summer of 2013 what was raised from the sea-bed off the Kent and Sussex coast?
Aeroplane (World War 2 Dornier)
3b Which former snooker player was a co-presenter on the TV show 'Big Break'?
John Virgo
4a How many hydrogen atoms make up a methane molecule?
Four
4b The last Pope prior to Benedict 16th to resign did so in 1415, what was his name? (name only required)
Gregory (12th)

Round 3
1a Which singer released the album 'Closer to the Truth' in 2013, twelve years after her previous album 'Living Proof?
Cher
1b Which country re-united in 1990?
Germany
2a Where on a ship would the letters 'WNA' and 'TF' appear?
Plimsoll (or Load ) Line
2b Who wrote the novel 'The White Queen', on which the BBC TV series is based?
Philippa Gregory
3a Under what pseudonym did JK Rowling publish the book 'The Cuckoo's Calling'?
Robert Galbraith
3b What name is given to the 'almost flat' part of a ship's bottom and the filth that gathers there?
Bilge
4a Which country re-united in 1976?
Vietnam
4b Who released an album in 2013 called simply 'New'?
Paul McCartney

Round 4
1a In the nursery rhyme 'Sing a Song of Sixpence', what was the queen eating?
Bread and honey
1b Who became Prime Minister of Australia in September 2013?
Tony Abbott
2a Which classic novel was originally to have been called 'The Sea Cook'?
Treasure Island
2b In the Sermon on the Mount, what was promised to the poor?
Kingdom of Heaven
3a In the Sermon on the Mount, who would see God?
The pure in heart
3b Which controversial novel was originally to have been called 'Tenderness'?
Lady Chatterley's Lover
4a Portia Simpson-Miller was sworn in as Prime Minister of which country in January 2012?
Jamaica
4b In the nursery rhyme 'Sing a Song of Sixpence', what pecked off the maid's nose?
Blackbird

Round 5
1a Through which organ does food pass from the mouth through the pharynx to the stomach?
Oesophagus
1b What was the name of the boat that included Ben Ainslie in its crew that came from 8-1 down to win the America's Cup 9-8?
Oracle
2a Which Greek hero was husband of Penelope, father of Telemachus, and son of Laertes and Anticlea?
Odysseus
2b Which US state was the title of a no. 1 hit for the Bee Gees in 1967?
Massachusetts
3a Which US state was the title of a no. 1 hit for Pussycat in 1976?
Mississippi
3b Which Greek hero was the son of the nymph Thetis, and Peleus, the king of the Myrmidons?
Achilles
4a Which of the Queen's horses won the 2013 Ascot Gold Cup?
Estimate
4b Which muscle separates the thoracic cavity (heart, lungs & ribs) from the abdominal cavity?
Diaphragm

Round 6
1a Which year saw the opening of the Thames flood barrier, the launch of the Hubble telescope and Indira Ghandi's assassination?
1984
1b Which 1914 battle was the first major action of the British Expeditionary Force, delaying the German advance?
Mons
2a What is the name of the Greenpeace ship involved in protests at the Gazprom oilrig in the Pechora Sea in September 2013?
Arctic Sunrise
2b Who invented the pneumatic tyre in 1887?
Dunlop
3a Who invented the disc brake in 1902?
Lanchester
3b At which venue did Civil Service FC lose an amateur league match 2-1 to Polytechnic FC early in the 2013-14 season?
Buckingham Palace
4a Name either of the bridges or nearby towns captured in 1944 prior to the failure to take the Arnhem Bridge?
Eindhoven or Nijmegen
4b Which year saw the televising of Parliament for the first time, the Romanian civil war resulting in the deaths of the Ceaucescus and the opening of the Berlin Wall?
1989

Round 7
1a David McCallum played the character Illya Kuryakin in which TV series?
The Man From UNCLE
1b Name the author of the Jack Ryan series of books who died in 2013?
Tom Clancy
2a Which British coin was first introduced on 9th June 1982?
20p
2b Which carol traditionally begins the Christmas Eve 'Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols' from King's College, Cambridge?
Once In Royal David's City
3a Which music is traditionally played as the final encore at the New Year's Day concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra?
The Radetzky March
3b In what year was the bimetallic £2 coin first introduced as general currency?
1988 (accept 1987) (some coins were minted in and bear the previous year's date)
4a Which author, whose books included 'A Song of Stone', 'Espedair Street' and 'Whit', died in 2013?
Iain Banks
4b David McCallum played the character Dr Daniel Westin in which TV series?
The Invisible Man

Round 8
1a What is the surname of the three brothers selected in the England Rugby League squad for the 2013 World Cup?
Burgess (Sam, Tom & George)
1b How many years were between the Norman Conquest and the Great Fire of London?
600
2a Who assassinated Mahatma Ghandi on 306 January 1948?
(Nathuram) Godse
2b Which organisation won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize?
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (accept anything along these lines)
3a Who was the British winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize for Physics?
Professor Peter Higgs
3b Who was assassinated by Yigal Amir on 4th November 1995?
Yitzhak Rabin
4a How many years were between the Gunpowder Plot and the Battle of Trafalgar?
200
4b What is the surname of the two English brothers selected in the British and Irish Lions Rugby Union tour squad in 2013?
Youngs (Ben & Tom)

Spare Questions
1 Brown Panther, the winner of the Goodwood Cup in 2013, is owned by which ex-footballer?
Michael Owen
2 Which Greek hero was the son of King Telamon of Salamis?
Ajax
3 In the Bible what was the name of the blind man whose sight was returned to him by Jesus?
Bartimaeus