Tuesday 25th March 2014
Set by Ormskirk

ROUND 1
1a In which city was Terry Wogan born?
LIMERICK
1b Who is the current energy secretary in the coalition government?
ED DAVEY
2a In a nursery rhyme who 'kissed the girls and made them cry'?
GEORGIE PORGiE
2b What is the name of the main German stock market index?
DAX
3a Who created Sergeant Cuff, one of the earliest detectives in fiction, in his novel The Moonstone?
WILKIE COLLINS
3b Which group had a top ten hit with 'Driving in My Car' in 1982?
MADNESS
4a Which singer created the alter egos Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane?
DAVID BOWIE
4b On which river does the city of Worcester stand?
RIVER SEVERN

ROUND 2
1a What was the title of Doctor And The Medics only number one hit single?
SPIRIT IN THE SKY
1b Whose 2008 autobiography was titled 'A Taste of My Life'?
RAYMOND BLANC
2a What is the better known trade name of the drug fluoxetine?
PROZAC (accept SARAFEM, LADOSE or FONTEX)
2b An ampersand is a symbol used in printing to replace which word?
AND
3a Which literary character was described by the author as 'The Napoleon of Crime'?
PROFESSOR JAMES MORIARTY
3b Who is the only British Prime Minister to serve under 3 monarchs?
STANLEY BALDWIN
4a In which novel is the world divided into Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia?
1984
4b Galena is an ore of which metal?
LEAD

ROUND 3
1a Who was US President at the time of the Wall Street crash?
HERBERT HOOVER
1b The Apostles voted to replace Judas Iscariot among the twelve with whom in preference to Joseph Barsabbas?
MATTHIAS
2a Nicknamed the City of Pearls, what is the capital of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh?
HYDERABAD
2b Which small fruit that resembles an orange, originated in China, can be eaten whole as all of it is edible?
KUMQUAT
3a Which TV sitcom about a branch line station took its name from a former chairman of British Railways?
OH, DOCTOR BEECHING!
3b Which vegetable has varieties Ailsa Craig, Bedfordshire Champion and Express Yellow?
ONION
4a Bartolomeo Cristofori is regarded as the inventor of which musical instrument?
PIANO
4b In which city did Charles 1 establish his headquarters after being turned back from London in 1642?
OXFORD

ROUND 4
1a Where would you most commonly find the inscription Standing on the Shoulders of Giants?
ON THE EDGE OF A TWO POUND COIN
1b What is the scientific name for short-sightedness?-
MYOPIA
2a Who captained England when they won the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup?
MARTIN JOHNSON
2b Which 1991 film won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress?
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
3a On which London thoroughfare are the Lyric, Apollo, Gielgud and Queen's theatres?
SHAFTESBURY AVENUE
3b What is the number of the Olympiad to be held in Rio in 2016?
XXXI or 31
4a Which edible fruit contains the most calories?
AVOCADO
4b Which is the largest country in the world, by area, that uses only one time zone?
CHINA

ROUND 5
1a On which Beatles album in the UK does the song 'Doctor Robert' appear?
REVOLVER
1b Whose 2008 autobiography was titled 'Last Chorus: An Autobiographical Medley'?
HUMPHREY LYTTELTON
2a Who became in 1967 the first person to receive a human heart transplant?
LOUIS WASHKANSKY
2b On a computer keyboard the £ sign shares a key with which number?
3
3a What was the name of Sherlock Holmes' older and smarter brother'?
MYCROFT
3b Name either of the British Prime Ministers born in 1916.
EDWARD HEATH or HAROLD WILSON
4a Which is the bestselling book in the world that is protected by copyright (unlike the Bible)?
THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS
4b Sphalerite is an ore of which metal?
ZINC

ROUND 6
1a In which city was Kenneth Branagh born?
BELFAST
1b Who is the current communities secretary in the coalition government?
ERIC PICKLES
2a What sort of creature was Jeremy Fisher in the works of Beatrix Potter?
A FROG
2b What is the name of the main French stock market index?
CAC (40)
3a Novelist Patricia Cornwell has accused the painter Walter Sickert of being which notorious criminal?
JACK THE RIPPER
3b Which band returned to the top of the charts in 1999 with 'Maria', more than 18 years after their previous chart-topper, 'The Tide is High'?
BLONDIE
4a Who sang the theme tune to the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only?
SHEENA EASTON
4b The city of Sunderland stands at the mouth of which river?
RIVER WEAR

ROUND 7
1a Who was US President at the start of the twentieth century?
WILLIAM MCKINLEY
1b In the book of Kings in the Old Testament what is the name of the priest who anoints Solomon with oil?
ZADOK
2a What is the capital of Yukon Territory in Canada?
WHITEHORSE
2b Which bitter extract from the leaves of the plant Artemisia Absinthium is an important flavouring ingredient of absinthe?
(OIL OF) WORMWOOD
3a Which former Grandstand presenter was one of the original presenters of BBC's Breakfast Time programme?
FRANK BOUGH
3b Blue Jacket and Delft Blue are varieties of which flower?
HYACINTH
4a Which composer did Igor Stravinsky accuse of writing the same concerto 500 times?
ANTONIO VIVALDI
4b The Second English Civil War effectively ended on 28 August 1648 with the Royalist surrender of which town to Sir Thomas Fairfax?
COLCHESTER

ROUND 8
1a Where in 2000 did Charles Darwin succeed Charles Dickens?
ON THE BACK OF A TEN POUND NOTE
1b What is secreted by the lachrymal glands?
TEARS
2a Which St Helens born ex Rugby League player died recently after a seven year battle with cancer during which he raised thousands of pounds for charity?
STEVE PRESCOTT
2b Which was the first film in colour to win an Oscar for Best Picture?
GONE WITH THE WIND
3a On which London thoroughfare are Fortnum & Mason, the Ritz Hotel and the Royal Academy?
PICCADILLY
3b How many successive pots must a snooker player make to score a maximum break of 147?
36
4a Which branded drink contains the combined juices of grape, raspberry and blackcurrant?
VIMTO
4b What is the highest mountain in the world not in a mountain range?
KILIMANJARO

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 What is the official name of the award for bravery given by the charity PDSA and popularly known as the animals' Victoria Cross?
THE DICKIN MEDAL
2 Which sporting star has a line of designer clothing called Aneres?
SERENA WILLIAMS (SERENA READ BACKWARDS)
3 Which writer had a haddock omelette named after him?
ARNOLD BENNETT
4 What is the name of the Prince of Wales' Gloucestershire residence?
HIGHGROVE HOUSE