Tuesday 18th March 2014
Set by Ormskirk

ROUND 1
1a The Kojiki are 8th. century writings belonging to which religion?
SHINTO
1b Margarita Cansino was the original name of which film star?
RITA HAYWORTH
2a Who composed a symphony with a sudden fortissimo chord at the end of the opening which gives it the nickname Surprise Symphony?
JOSEPH HAYDN
2b Which is the largest island entirely in Indonesia?
SUMATRA
3a Which was the last horse to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup 3 years in succession?
BEST MATE
3b Which cabinet minister is MP for Surrey Heath?
MICHAEL GOVE
4a The Battle of Dettingen in which George II led the British troops occurred during which War?
WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION
4b Which fashion house introduced a youth-oriented line Miu Miu in 1992?
PRADA

ROUND 2
1a Which is the largest lake in Italy?
GARDA
1b Which UK Prime Minister-to-be married Lady Dorothy Cavendish in 1920?
HAROLD MACMILLAN
2a Luncheon of the Boating Party is the work of which impressionist painter?
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR
2b Miss Joan Hunter Dunn is praised in which poem by John Betjeman?
A SUBALTERN'S LOVE SONG
3a What is the more common name for the species Panthera Onca?
JAGUAR
3b Which Dallas actor also appeared in the MGM musicals Show Boat and Kiss Me Kate?
HOWARD KEEL
4a In the periodic table of elements which metal comes after beryllium and magnesium in the alkaline earth metals (valency 2)?
CALCIUM
4b The single malt whiskies Lagavulin and Laphroaig are distilled on which Scottish island?
ISLAY

ROUND 3
1a Which is the only single malt whisky distilled on the Isle of Skye?
TALISKER
1b In the periodic table which metal follows lithium and sodium in the alkali metals (valency 1)?
POTASSIUM
2a Actor Larry Hagman was the son of which Broadway musical star?
MARY MARTIN
2b Which animal has species - white, black, Indian, Sumatran and Javan?
RHINOCEROS
3a Who wrote the poem Leisure which begins 'What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare'?
W H DA'VIES
3b Which post-impressionist painted The Card Players in 1892?
PAUL CEZANNE
4a Violet Millar became the wife of which future UK Prime Minister in 1922?
CLEMENT ATTLEE
4b The Great Bear Lake and the Great Slave Lake are in which country?
CANADA

ROUND 4
1a Barbara Hulanicki founded which fashion label?
RIBA
1b The Battles of Missolonghi in 1823 and 1826 occurred during which country's War of Independence?
GREECE
2a Which cabinet minister is MP for Maidenhead?
THERESA MAY
2b Who is the only man to have trained the winner of the Grand National in 3 consecutive years?
VINCENT O'BRIEN
3a Which is the largest island in Japan?
HONSHU
3b The works of which composer, born in Hamburg in 1833, include a series of 21 Hungarian Dances?
JOHANNES BRAHMS
4a Which American Oscar-winning actress had the original name Caryn Johnson?
WHOOPI GOLDBERG
4b Therevada and Mahayana are the two main branches of which religion?
BUDDHISM

ROUND 5
1a Who was the first man to win 3 successive Olympic heavyweight boxing gold medals (in 1972, 1976 and 1980)?
TEOFILIO STEVENSON
1b Who made the shortest ever Budget speech in 1867 lasting only 45 minutes?
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
2a Which strait contains the island of Krakatoa and links the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean?
SUNDRA
2b Becky Sharp is the heroine of which novel by William Makepeace Thackeray?
VANITY FAIR
3a Which play by Robert Bolt was made into a film starring Paul Scofield in the lead role?
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
3b What is the official currency of Thailand?
BAHT
4a Anne Neville was the wife of which English king?
RICHARD III
4b Who became the youngest player to score a hat-trick for England versus Croatia in September 2008?
THEO WALCOTT

ROUND 6
1a Who won Best Actress Oscars for 1935 & 1936 for her roles in The Great Ziegfeld and The Good Earth?
LOUISE RAINER
1b Which Roman Emperor committed suicide in 68 AD after being declared an enemy of the state by the senate?
NERO
2a Nemorino sings the aria Una Furtiva Lagrima in which opera by Donizetti?
L'ELISIR D'AMORE (THE ELIXIR OF LOVE)
2b Which album by Dire Straits was the best-selling album of 1985?
BROTHERS IN ARMS
3a Perca fluviatilis is the scientific name for which fish?
PERCH
3b Tom Hanks won Oscars for Best Actor in consecutive years for Forrest Gump in 1994 and which other film in 1993?
PHILADELPHIA
4a Who created the fictional detectives Dalziel and Pascoe?
REGINALD HILL
4b Fynbo cheese is named after the island of Fyn in which European country?
DENMARK

ROUND 7
1a Halloumi cheese originated on which island?
CYPRUS
1b The racehorse Brigadier Gerard was named after the dashing French Hussar created by which famous author?
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
2a For which 1989 film did Daniel Day-Lewis win his first Academy Award for Best Actor?
MY LEFT FOOT
2b Which fish has the Latin name Abramis brama?
BREAM
3a Which album by Madonna was the best-selling album of 1986?
TRUE BLUE
3b Gilda sings the aria Caro Nome in which opera by Verdi?
RIGOLETTO
4a Which Roman Emperor, son of Vespasian, died of the plague in 81 AD?
TITUS
4b Who won Best Actress Oscars for the years either side of Louise Rainer (for 1934 & 1937) for her roles in Dangerous and Jezebel?
BETTE DAVIS

ROUND 8
1a Which Liverpool player scored a hat-trick in less than 5 minutes against Arsenal in 1994?
ROBBIE FOWLER
1b Which British queen was married to Prince George of Denmark?
QUEEN ANNE
2a What is the official currency of Bangladesh?
TAKA
2b Which play by Sir Peter Shaffer was made into a film with Tom Hulce in the title role?
AMADEUS
3a Angel Clare is a character in which novel by Thomas Hardy?
TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES
3b What is the name of the Canadian territory that was created as a homeland for the Inuit?
NUNAVUT
4a Who made the longest Budget speech in 1853 which lasted 4 hours 45 minutes?
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE
4b Which World Heavyweight Champion boxer won the gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1952 Olympics?
FLOYD PATTERSON

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 Which company manufactures the perfumes L'heure bleue and Mitsouko?
GUERLA1N
2 Against which county did Russia wage war in 1904/05?
JAPAN
3 Who was the first French person to win an Oscar?
SIMONE SIGNORET
4 Which small island lies between the two larger islands of Malta and Gozo?
COMINO