Tuesday 4th March 2014
Set by Northern

Round 1
1a In March 2013, which former MP was found guilty of perverting the course of justice by having his then wife take speeding points on his behalf ten years earlier?
CHRIS HUHNE
1b What is the name of the racecourse in Louisville where the Kentucky Derby is run?
CHURCHILL DOWNS
2a In addition to the pelican and the puffin, which other bird gives its name to a formal pedestrian crossing in the UK?
TOUCAN
2b In 2006, who became the first Scotsman to appear on the reverse of the bank of England bank note?
ADAM SMITH
3a Who composed the theme music for 'Coronation Street'?
ERIC SPEAR
3b Which English King was imprisoned and died at Pontefract Castle in 1400?
RICHARD II
4a Swimming, show jumping, pistol shooting and cross-country running are four of the sports which make up the Modern Pentathlon. Name the other.
FENCING
4b Which actress, who won an Oscar for her role in the 1957 film 'The Three Faces of Eve', was awarded the first star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame?
JOANNE WOODWARD

Round 2
1a In which US state is Plymouth Rock, the site of disembarkation of the Mayflower Pilgrims in 1620?
MASSACHUSETTS
1b In which country was Nick Leeson when his unauthorised trades on the futures market brought about the collapse of Barings Bank?
SINGAPORE
2a Which self-styled 'Queen of Shops' and Queen of Frocks' delivered her report on the future of Britain's High Streets to the Prime Minister, in December 2011?
MARY PORTAS
2b According to the version of the rhyme used in the vintage children's television series Magpie, what did six magpies signify?
GOLD
3a At the age of sixty-four, who was the oldest person to accede to the British throne?
WILLIAM IV
3b Who directed the 1985 film 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' and the 2011 film 'Midnight in Paris'?
WOODY ALLEN
4a To what did the insurance company Norwich Union change its name in 2009?
AVIVA
4b Belgium, France, Italy, Netherlands and West Germany were five of the original members of the European Economic Community. Name the sixth.
LUXEMBOURG

Round 3
1a Who held the post of resident librarian at the University of Hull from 1955 until his death in 1985?
PHILIP LARKIN
1b Which country was the birthplace of Mo Farah, Olympic and World Champion over 5,000 and 10,000 metres?
SOMALIA
2a In 1974, which Labour MP faked his own death while on a business trip to Miami?
JOHN STONEHOUSE
2b Which part of the body is affected by the disease trachoma?
THE EYE (specifically the eyelid)
3a Which country has the two letters internet domain code MD?
MOLDOVA
3b From which language do we get the words 'apartheid' and 'yacht'?
DUTCH
4a Which novel of 1813 begins 'It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife'?
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
4b What is the name of the charity for single parents founded in the 1970s which currently has J K Rowling as its President?
GINGERBREAD

Round 4
1a In 1990, which male runner held world records simultaneously at 1500, 2000, 3000, 5000 metres?
SAID AOUITA
1b Who is the only American to be honoured in Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey?
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
2a In the human body, what is produced by the islets of langerhans in the pancreas?
INSULIN
2b What is the name of the 2002 film directed by Steven Spielberg in which Leonardo DiCaprio starred as real life con man Frank Abagnale?
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
3a Baklava, a pastry sweetened with honey, originated in which country?
TURKEY
3b Which was the first US City to host the Summer Olympics?
ST LOUIS (1904)
4a In 2005, who became the youngest person ever to be made a Dame of the British Empire?
ELLEN MACARTHUR
4b Which song, which opened The Beatles first album in 1963, has the opening line 'Well, she was just seventeen - you know what I mean'?
I SAW HER STANDING THERE

Round 5
1a What is the modern name of the island group which were known to the ancient Romans as 'The Fortune Islands'?
THE CANARY ISLANDS
1b In a standard pack of playing cards what does each of the four queens hold in her hand?
FLOWERS
2a Which British male athlete won a gold medal in each of the four events he competed in at the 2012 Summer Paralympics?
DAVID WEIR
2b In which English cathedral would you find the seven metre bronze statue of St Michael and the Devil created by Sir Jacob Epstein?
COVENTRY
3a How many Tour de France titles did Lance Armstrong "win" only to be stripped of them again in August 2012?
SEVEN
3b Who became acting leader of the Labour Party following the death of John Smith in 1994?
MARGARET BECKET
4a Which variety of hummingbird is the world's smallest bird?
THE BEE (HUMMINGBIRD)
4b What is the name of the American composer whose work includes the film scores for 'Jaws", "E.T.' and the first three in the 'Harry Potter' series?
JOHN WILLIAMS

Round 6
1a Born Jack Hoggan in Fife in 1951, what is the professional name of the self-taught artist, prints of whose works outsell Dali, Monet, and Van Gogh?
JACK VETTRIANO
1b What is the name of the lighthouse situated four miles south east of the Scilly Islands?
BISHOP'S ROCK
2a In which English Cathedral is the Mappa Mundi kept?
HEREFORD
2b How many Gold Medals did the Great British team win at the 2012 Summer Olympics?
29
3a Who replaced Barbara Castle as MP for Blackburn in 1979?
JACK STRAW
3b What was the name given to the 'Missing Link' which Charles Dawson claimed to have discovered in a gravel pit in Sussex in 1912?
PILTDOWN MAN
4a Which playwright's works include 'The Madness of George III' and 'The History Boys'?
ALAN BENNETT
4b What name is given to a castrated chicken?
CAPON

Round 7
1a Who was the Irish Premier at the time of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998?
BERTIE AHERN
1b What is the name of Israel's secret service?
MOSSAD
2a Inaugurated in 1990, what name is given to the annual awards recognising the achievements of jockeys from both flat and jump racing?
THE LESTER AWARDS
2b In Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus had to sail between a monster and a whirlpool. The monster was called Scylla. What was the name of the whirlpool?
CHARYBDIS
3a In which county is Greenham Common, scene of the peace camp from 1981 to 2001?
BERKSHIRE
3b What is the pen name of Jim Grant, the British author who writes stories about the former U.S. Military Police Major, Jack Reacher?
LEE CHILD
4a What is the name of the American former stockbroker and financial advisor who created a $65 billion Ponzi scheme, considered to be the largest financial fraud in US history?
BERNIE MADOFF
4b What was the name of the British art forger who claimed to have faked more than 2,000 paintings by over 100 different artists? He died in 1984.
TOM KEATING

Round 8
1a What is the maximum score possible in a game of ten pin bowling?
300
1b What was the name of the single issue political party founded by Sir James Goldsmith to fight the 1997 General Election?
THE REFERENDUM PARTY
2a What collective name is applied to the biblical characters Eliphas, Bildad and Zophor?
JOB'S COMFORTERS
2b Which French phrase means 'required by etiquette'?
DE RIGEUR
3a In which cathedral were all but six of the Kings of France crowned?
RHEIMS
3b Which children's author created the character Tracy Beaker?
JACQUELINE WILSON
4a What is the only monosyllabic American state name?
MAINE
4b If the US states were listed in alphabetical order, which would be last?
WYOMING

Spare Questions
1 In the TV series "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perin' what was Reggie's middle name?
IOLANTHE
2 Which fictional detective made a first appearance in the 1916 novel 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles'?
HERCULE POIROT
3 What type of creature is an ale-wife?
A FISH
4 Which disease was known as The King's Evil?
SCROFULA