Monday 17th March 2014
Set by Ormskirk

ROUND 1
1a Who was British Foreign Secretary at the outbreak of World War I?
SIR EDWARD GREY
1b Manila is on which Philippine island?
LUZON
2a Name the President of Ireland.
MICHAEL D HIGGINS
2b Which composer wrote the opera 'A Village Romeo and Juliet'?
FREDERICK DELIUS
3a What name connects Marge Simpson and Jackie Kennedy?
BOUVIER
3b David Balfour and Alan Breck are characters in books by which author?
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
4a Who plays Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham in `Downton Abbey'?
HUGH BONNEVILLE
4b Which was the host city of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games?
VANCOUVER

ROUND 2
1a Who created the TV series 'The West Wing'?
AARON SORKIN
1b Which football team formerly played their home games at Roker Park?
SUNDERLAND
2a Viscount Severn is the son of which member of the royal family?
PRINCE EDWARD (accept EARL OF WESSEX)
2b 'How do I love thee? Let me count the ways' is a line written by which poet?
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING
3a Of what is emetophobia a fear?
VOMITING
3b Orchestral conductor Leopold Stokowski was born in 1882 in which capital city?
LONDON
4a In Tony Blair's cabinets who successively held the positions of Secretary of State for Scotland, Northern Ireland, Minister without Portfolio, Leader of the Commons, Health, Defence and Home Secretary?
JOHN REID
4b The site of Pompeii is close to which modern city?
NAPLES

ROUND 3
1a An odalisque is a female what?
SLAVE (accept CONCUBINE)
1b dim. is the abbreviated form of which musical term?
DIMINUENDO
2a In which country did the First Taranaki War start on March 17th 1860?
NEW ZEALAND
2b Of which Canadian province is Halifax the capital?
NOVA SCOTIA
3a What word completes the title of the 2012 film 'Cockneys vs (versus) '?
ZOMBIES
3b What type of animal is Lanky, the mascot of Lancashire County Cricket Club?
GIRAFFE
4a What was the first name of the Nobel Prize winning scientist (1871-1937) Rutherford?
ERNEST
4b Which female crime writer is an occasional crime-solving companion to Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's novels?
ARIADNE OLIVER

ROUND 4
1a Which British town had Royal officially attached to its name in 2011?
WOOTTON BASSETT
1b Complete the title of the debut novel by Marina Lewycka 'A Short History of….in Ukrainian'.
TRACTORS
2a Kate Winslet won the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in which 2008 film?
THE READER
2b Which golfer won the 2013 US Masters?
ADAM SCOTT
3a What was the name of George Stephenson's first railway locomotive, built in 1814?
BLUCHER
3b Which Shipping Forecast area lies south of South Utsire and north of German Bight?
FISHER
4a Rhea and Iapetus are the second and third largest moons of which planet?
SATURN
4b Give a year in the life of Canaletto.
1697-1768

ROUND 5
1a What do the following towns have in common - Chelmsford, Perth and St Asaph?
AWARDED CITY STATUS TO MARK THE QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE (accept in 2012)
1b Complete the title of the debut novel by Tony Hawks 'Round Ireland with a ….'
FRIDGE
2a Forest Whitaker won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in which 2006 film?
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
2b Which cup did Emirates Team New Zealand win this summer which allowed them to challenge Oracle Team USA for the America's Cup?
LOUIS VUTITON CUP
3a What word completes the title of the 2012 film 'The Five-Year…..'?
ENGAGEMENT
3b Bernie Brewer, Billy the Marlin and the Phillie Phanatic are team mascots in which US sport?
BASEBALL
4a What was the first name of the Nobel Prize winning scientist (1901-1954)…Fermi?
ENRICO
4b What is the surname of Tommy and Tuppence - the married sleuths, who appear in several novels and short stories by Agatha Christie?
BERESFORD

ROUND 6
1a Who created the TV series Futurama'?
MATT GROENING
1b Which rugby league team formerly played their home games at Hilton Park?
LEIGH
2a What was the maiden name of the Duchess of Cornwall?
SHAND
2b Who is alleged to have said in his writing 'A little learning is a dangerous thing'?
ALEXANDER POPE
3a In the pre-nationalisation period which railway company is missing from the 'Big Four' - GWR, LMS, LNER and….?
SOUTHERN (accept SR)
3b Name either of the Shipping Forecast areas named after islets.
FASTNET or ROCKALL
4a Who discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter around 1610?
GALILEO (GALILEI)
4b Give a year in the life of Botticelli.
1444-1510

ROUND 7
1a What is a dhole?
(ASIATIC or INDIAN WILD) DOG
1b What is indicated by a dot after a note on a musical score?
LENGTHEN'S THE DURATION BY A HALF
2a Which King of Scotland was born on March 17th 1473? He died 40 years later.
JAMES IV
2b Columbus is the capital of which US State?
OHIO
3a Of what is oneirology the study?
DREAMS
3b Which British composer died in 1983 on the island of Ischia?
SIR WILLIAM WALTON
4a In 1841 who was the first US Vice President to take office as President after his predecessor died in office?
JOHN TYLER
4b The site of Carthage is close to which modern city?
TUNIS

ROUND 8
1a In1918 women over what age were given the right to vote?
30
1b Nagasaki is on which Japanese island?
KYUSHU
2a Name the King of the Netherlands.
WILLEM-ALEXANDER
2b Which composer wrote the music for the 'Karelia Suite'?
JEAN SIBELIUS
3a In which year were both the Queen and Marilyn Monroe born?
1926
3b What is the name of the ship's doctor in 'Treasure Island'?
LIVESEY
4a Who plays CIA Officer Carrie Mathison in 'Homeland'?
CLAIRE DANES
4b Which venue was called the North Greenwich Arena during the 2012 Olympics?
THE O2 ARENA

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 What was the capital of the Confederacy in the American Civil War?
RICHMOND
2 What is the name of the 170 metre high observation tower beside Portsmouth Harbour, opened in 2005?
SPINNAKER TOWER
3 On the Isle of Man for what do the letters MHK stand?
MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF KEYS
4 Which British army officer invented artillery shells containing bullets to inflict more casualties?
HENRY SHRAPNEL