Monday 3rd March 2014
Set by Ormskirk

ROUND 1
1a Which country has a currency of a Quetzal divided into 100 centavos?
GUATEMALA
1b Which team won the Formula 1 Constructors' Championship in 2010?
RED BULL
2a Which national newspaper has been edited by Bill Deedes, Max Hastings and Charles Moore?
DAILY TELEGRAPH
2b What was the name of the flagship of the British Task Force during the Falklands War? HMS HERMES
3a In which US State can you find the Rocky Mountain National Park, the Mesa Verde National Park and the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park?
COLORADO
3b In which team sport did Imran Sherwani and Sean Kerly win Olympic Gold for Great Britain in 1988?
HOCKEY
4a If 10 to the power 9 is a gigabyte, what is 10 to the power 12?
A TERABYTE
4b In which decade did the Montgolfier Brothers launch the first successful manned ascent in a hot air balloon?
1780s

ROUND 2
1a Who in the Old Testament is the sister of Moses?
MIRIAM
1b Which Hollywood director made his debut in 1941 with 'The Maltese Falcon'?
JOHN HUSTON
2a In food preparation, for what is a mandolin used?
SLICING or SHREDDING
2b The shawm was a predecessor of which modem musical instrument?
OBOE
3a Strigiformes is the name of the order of which group of birds?
OWLS
3b Which MPs car was blown up as it left the House of Commons car park in 1979?
AIREY NEAVE
4a What is the capital city of Brunei?
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
4b Two Yorkshire venues have hosted test match cricket. Headingley at Leeds is one. Name the other.
BRAMALL LANE (SHEFFIELD)

ROUND 3
1a Van Mildert, Trevelyan and St Chad's are constituent colleges of which university?
DURHAM
1b Which American President had the forenames James Abram?
GARFIELD
2a Which European country includes a representation of an armillary sphere on its national flag?
PORTUGAL
2b What nationality is golfer Angel Cabrera?
ARGENTINIAN
3a All of Shakespeare's plays are divided into how many acts?
FIVE
3b Glenda Jackson won Best Actress Oscar in 1971 for her role in 'Women In Love' and again in 1974 for a role in which film?
A TOUCH OF CLASS
4a Which normal human spasm has the medical term ptarmus?
SNEEZE
4b Who was the first singer to win the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland?
DANA (1970)

ROUND 4
1a What type of food is Lincolnshire Poacher?
CHEESE
1b By which Christian name is the father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart usually known?
LEOPOLD
2a In which collection can you view 'The Laughing Cavalier' by Frans Hals?
WALLACE (COLLECTION)
2b Who played Owen Newitt in the TV series 'The Vicar of Dibley'?
ROGER LLOYD-PACK
3a What is the British Army equivalent to the German military rank of hauptmann?
CAPTAIN
3b Who wrote the words and music for 'Alexander's Ragtime Band'?
IRVING BERLIN
4a Who was Poet Laureate between Robert Bridges and Cecil Day-Lewis?
JOHN MASEFELD
4b Which county was the setting for the ITV drama 'Broadchurch'?
DORSET

ROUND 5
la In which US State can you find the Arches National Park, Capitol Reef National Park and Zion National Park?
UTAH
1b In the 2012 Olympics Great Britain cyclists won the Gold medal in the Men's team sprint. One member of the team was Chris Hoy. Name either of the others.
PHILIP HINDES or JASON KENNY
2a If the unit of measurement 10 to the power minus 12 is a picometre, what is 10 to the power minus 9?
A NANOMETRE
2b In which decade did Count Von Zeppelin patent and begin constructing his first guidable rigid airship?
1890s
3a The university in Linz, Austria, known as JKU is named after which scientist who wrote one of his major works there?
JOHANNES KEPLER
3b Which American President had the forenames James Earl?
CARTER
4a Which European country includes a representation of a black double-headed eagle on its national flag?
ALBANIA
4b What nationality is boxer Manny Pacquiao?
FILIPINO

ROUND 6
1a Lagomorphs is the name of the order of which group of mammals?
HARES or RABBITS
1b Three former Labour Chancellors of the Exchequer are still alive - Alistair Darling, Gordon Brown and which other?
DENIS HEALEY
2a What is the capital city of Botswana?
GABORONE
2b Two London venues hosted matches at the 1966 Football World Cup. Wembley Stadium was one. Name the other.
WHITE CITY
3a The name of which cheese is derived from the name of a pear, the juice of which is made into a perry used to wash the cheese?
STINKING BISHOP
3b What was the Christian name of the wife of composer Robert Schumann?
CLARA
4a `Guernica' by Pablo Picasso is on show at the Museo Reina Sofia in which city?
MADRID
4b 'A Touch of Glass', 'Friday the 14th' and 'The Miracle of Peckham' were episodes in which classic sitcom?
ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES

ROUND 7
1a What title is given in the French Navy to a seaman of the lowest rank?
MATELOT
1b What is the next line of the song that begins 'Pack up all my care and woe, here I go, singing low'?
BYE BYE BLACKBIRD
2a Who was Children's Laureate between Michael Morpurgo and Michael Rosen?
JACQUELINE WILSON
2b What type of business is the setting for the BBC drama 'The Paradise'?
DEPARTMENT STORE
3a Who in the Old Testament is the father of King David?
JESSE
3b Who directed the latest James Bond film, 'Skyfall'?
SAM MENDES
4a Popular on menus, paella and tagine both take their name from what?
THE PAN OR POT IN WHICH THEY ARE COOKED
4b The English horn is an alternative name for which orchestral instrument?
COR ANGLAIS

ROUND 8
1a In Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' who is the uncle of Olivia?
SIR TOBY BELCH
1b Emma Thompson won the Best Actress Oscar in 1993 for a role in which film?
HOWARDS END
2a For which human physical reaction is horripilation the correct medical term?
GOOSE PIMPLES
2b Thirteen countries have won the Eurovision Song Contest once. Which is the most recent? AZERBAIJAN
3a Which country has a currency of a Balboa divided into 100 centesimos?
PANAMA
3b Who was the last Welshman to win the World Snooker Championship?
MARK WILLIAMS (2003)
4a Which national newspaper has been edited by Roy Greenslade, Colin Myler and Piers Morgan?
DAILY MIRROR
4b On which ship did the Japanese sign surrender terms in Tokyo Harbour in September 1945?
USS MISSOURI

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 What is the longest river in France?
LOIRE
2 In which city was the first public performance of Handel's 'Messiah'?
DUBLIN
3 Which Polish leader was killed in a plane crash in Gibraltar in 1943?
GENERAL SIKORSKI
4 Which brothers were linked with the resignation of Peter Mandelson in 2001?
HINDUJA