Tuesday 4th Novemebr 2014
Set by JC and The Jets, Kluggers and Black Horse (Liverpool)

Round One
1A Who wrote The Ghost (2007) and An Officer and a Spy (2013)?
Robert Harris
1B From which country does the tennis player Juan Martin del Potro come?
Argentina
2A What is the state capital of Kentucky?
Frankfort
2B Which car company produces a model called the Verso?
Toyota
3A Who was the Vice-President of the USA from 1965-1969 when L.B. Johnson was President?
Hubert Humphrey
3B Who played Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street?
Julie Hesmondhalgh
4A In what country was Erno Rubik, inventor of the Rubik cube born?
Hungary
4B Where in the human body would you find the Organs of Corti?
Ear

Round Two
1A In what year was the first Battle of St. Albans?
1455
1B What is the SI unit of electric charge?
Coulomb
2A What is the price of a first class stamp?
62p
2B The song Michelle appears on which Beatles album?
Rubber Soul
3A In which English county is Castle Drogo?
Devon
3B Which Thames bridge lies between Chelsea Bridge and Battersea Bridge?
Albert Bridge
4A Who painted Belshazzar's Feast between 1636/38 and Portrait of Titus in 1655?
Rembrandt
4B Who succeeded Augustus as Emperor of Rome in 14AD?
Tiberius

Round Three
1A Who directed the 1973 film American Graffiti?
George Lucas
1B On which UK motorway is the Membury service station?
4
2A From what is a rhino horn made?
Hair or Keratin (accept either)
2B Who wrote the 1915 novella Metamorphosis?
Franz Kafka
3A At what ground was the first replay of a Wembley F.A. Cup final played?
Old Trafford
3B Which shipping area lies directly to the west of Malin?
Rockall
4A In what country is the Roman ampitheatre of El Jid of Thysdrus?
Tunisia
4B Which country's flag consists of 3 horizontal bands of red, white and red?
Austria

Round Four
1A In which African country is Lake Turkana, formerly Lake Rudolf?
Kenya
1B What is the currency of Algeria?
Dinar
2A Who was king of England in 1405?
Henry IV
2B Which member of the cabinet is the MP for Chingford and Woodford Green?
Ian Duncan-Smith
3A What is the common name of Taxus Baccata?
Yew
3B Who composed the music for the 1909 opera Susanna's Secret?
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
4A In what year was there a vote in the UK on the issue of leaving the then Common Market?
1975
4B What instrument does jazz musician Gary Burton play?
Vibraphone (accept Xylophone)

Round Five
1A Who wrote The Client (1993) and Sycamore Row(2013)?
John Grisham
1B From which country does the tennis player Stanislas Wawrinka come?
Switzerland
2A What is the state capital of Maryland?
Annapolis
2B Which car company produces a model called Eos?
Volkswagen
3A Who was Vice-President of the USA from 1977-81 when Jimmy Carter was President?
Walter Mondale
3B Who plays Kat Moon in Eastenders?
essie Wallace
4A In what country was Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone, born?
Belgium
4B Where in the human body would you find Bowman's Capsule?
Kidney

Round Six
1A In what year was the Battle of Crecy?
1346
1B What is the SI unit of conductance?
Siemens (or Mho)
2A What does a colour TV licence cost?
£145.50
2B The song Eleanor Rigby is on which Beatles album?
Revolver
3A In which English county is Corfe Castle?
Dorset
3B Who, in 1931, designed the map of the London Underground?
Harry Beck
4A Who painted Olympia and The Luncheon on the Grass both in 1863?
Edouard Manet
4B Who, in 79AD, succeeded Vespasian as Emperor of Rome?
Titus

Round Seven
1A Who directed the 1999 film American Beauty?
Sam Mendes
1B On which motorway is the Tamworth service station?
M42
2A Of what are deers antler's made?
Bone
2B Who wrote the 1925 novel Mrs Dalloway?
Virginia Woolf
3A Which team won the FA Cup in both the last final to be played at the old Wembley stadium and the first to be played at the new one?
Chelsea
3B Which shipping area lies immediately to the east of Dogger?
German Bight
4A In which country can you find the ruins of the Roman town of Leptis Magna?
Libya
4B Which country's flag consists of 3 vertical stripes of red, white and red?
Peru

Round Eight
1A In which African country is the Okavango Delta?
Botswana
1B What is the currency of Iran?
Rial
2A Who was king of England in 1505?
Henry VII
2B Which member of the cabinet is MP for Twickenham?
Vince Cable
3A What is the common name of the tree genus Fagus?
Beech
3B Who composed the music for the 1935 opera Lulu?
Alban Berg
4A In what year was VAT introduced in the UK?
1973
4B What instrument did the jazz musician Wes Montgomery play?
Guitar

Spare Questions
1 Who was the mother of Queen Mary 1st of England?
Catherine of Aragon
2 Which French chef created Peach Melba in 1893?
Auguste Escoffier
3 In which English county is Skegness?
Lincolnshire
4 In what year was Queen Elizabeth II born?
1926