Monday 24th November 2014
Set by Warrington

Round 1
1a Which Prime Minister was born on Rodney Street, Liverpool?
William E Gladstone
1b Founded as the Lewes and East Grinstead Railway Preservation Society, how is it now known?
The Bluebell Line/Railway
2a Michael Winner was famous as the director of which series of films?
Death Wish
2b What is the area of a rectangular piece of land with sides of one furlong and one chain?
One Acre
3a Which animal is seen on a tin of Tate & Lyle's Golden Syrup?
Lion
3b Which salad dressing is named after an archipelago in the St Lawrence seaway?
Thousand Island
4a With which sport are/were Patrick Head, Ross Brawn and Adrian Newey associated?
(Formula 1) motor racing
4b Whose first chip shop was opened in Guiseley, Yorkshire?
Harry Ramsden

Round 2
1a Herod the Great was from 37 to 34BC the Roman appointed king of which province?
Judaea
1b Which Liverpool street was named as 'The Great Street 2013' in the National Urbanism Awards?
Hope Street
2a Which British Prime Minister signed the 'Entente Cordiale' in 1904?
Arthur Balfour
2b In which craft might you use a crewel and a chenille?
Embroidery (needles)
3a What would be the length of the sides of a square, the area of which was one hectare?
100 metres
3b In 1705, who was the first scientist to be knighted?
Isaac Newton
4a Which hobby requires the use of 'heelball'?
Brass-rubbing (wax)
4b Which TV presenter, who died in February 2013, was for over 20 years the host of 'Mr & Mrs'?
Derek Batey

Round 3
1a Who introduced the character of ex-SAS soldier Nick Stone in his novel 'Remote Control'?
Andy McNab
1b In what year did Winston Churchill become Prime Minister for the first time?
1940
2a The song 'The Rain In Spain' comes from which Lerner & Loewe musical?
My Fair Lady
2b Which group recorded the 70s and 80s albums 'Street Life' and 'Avalon'?
Roxy Music
3a The Ffestiniog Railway runs from Blaenau Ffestiniog to which other Welsh town?
Porthmadog
3b With which sport are/were Liam Tancock, Gemma Spofforth and Missy Franklin associated?
Swimming
4a On which TV programme do Kelly Hoppen and Piers Linney appear?
Dragon's Den
4b Which guitar company make the Stratocaster?
Fender

Round 4
1a Who was the chairman of the Banco Ambrosiano, found hanged under Blackfriars Bridge, London in 1982?
Roberto Calvi
1b Which lake, the largest by volume in the USA after the Great Lakes, lies on the border of California and Nevada?
Lake Tahoe
2a Which group recorded the 90s albums 'Nevermind' and 'In Utero'?
Nirvana
2b Who writes novels about Botswanan detective Precious Ramotswe?
Alexander McCall Smith
3a In 1942, which producer and director was the first member of the film industry to be knighted?
Alexander Korda
3b In which city is the Trinity Shopping Centre?
Leeds
4a The equipment used by which member of a musical group (particularly pop/rock or jazz) might be broken down into 'breakables', 'shells', extensions' and 'hardware'?
Drummer
4b Which British mountain has the remains of an observatory at its summit?
Ben Nevis

Round 5
1a Who wrote the book 'A Song of Ice and Fire', adapted for TV as 'Game of Thrones'?
George RR Martin
1b Complete the proverb 'Better pay the butcher than the .......'?
Doctor
2a Anders Celsius, after whom the temperature scale is named, worked in which branch of the sciences?
Astronomy
2b Founded in 1838, which Edinburgh store was the oldest independent department store in the world until it became part of House of Fraser in 2005?
Jenners
3a Alexandra, the Queen of Edward VII, was the daughter of the king of which country?
Denmark
3b Of what is 'fescue' an example?
Grass
4a Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers danced 'Cheek to Cheek' in which musical?
Top Hat
4b The melon flavoured liqueur 'Midori' originated in which country?
Japan

Round 6
1a According to Longfellow's poem what stood 'underneath a spreading chestnut tree'?
The Village Smithy
1b In which US state is Green Bay?
Wisconsin
2a Which charity was founded in London in 1961 following the publication of the article 'The Forgotten Prisoners' in 'The Observer'?
Amnesty International
2b Which scientist appeared on British £20 notes issued between 1991 and 2001?
Michael Faraday
3a The aniseed flavoured liqueur 'Sambuca' originated in which country?
Italy
3b The Philippines has 7,107 islands, which other Asian country is an archipelago of 17,504 islands?
Indonesia
4a Opened in 1790, which Scottish canal was the world's first sea to sea ship canal?
Forth & Clyde Canal
4b Mt Baker, the snowiest place on Earth, is in which mountain range?
The Cascades

Round 7
1a The area with the world's lowest rainfall (less than 0.2mm per year is the Antofagasta region, of which country?
Chile
1b Debrecen is the second largest city and a former capital of which European country?
Hungary
2a Which engineer appeared on British £5 notes issued between 1990 and 2003?
George Stephenson
2b In which book would you find this line; 'Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past'?
1984
3a Affecting approximately 1 in 25 children, how is the optical condition amblyopia commonly known?
Lazy Eye
3b Who was the electrical engineer whose right and left hand rules are used to demonstrate the relative directions of field, current and force in electrical motors and generators?
(John Ambrose) Fleming
4a Richard Neville (Warwick the Kingmaker) died at which battle of 1471?
Barnet
4b Two British mountains have a railway to the summit, one is Snowden, name the other.
Snaefell

Round 8
1a Of what is 'gingko' an example?
A Tree
1b Opened in 2002, the world's only rotating boat lift is on the Forth & Clyde Canal; what is its name?
Falkirk Wheel
2a Complete the proverb 'Children are poor men's .......'?
Riches
2b Anne of Cleves was a wife of Henry 8th, in which country is Cleves?
Germany
3a Tartu is the second largest city of which European country?
Estonia
3b Menieres syndrome affects which part of the body?
Ears
4a In 2012, Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years in jail for war crimes, of which country had he been president?
Liberia
4b What is the name of the charity supported by Diana, Princess of Wales and now by Prince Harry, that is involved in the clearance of landmines?
(The) Halo (Trust)

Spare Questions
1 In which town is the 'TV sitcom 'Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps' set?
Runcorn
2 In Greek mythology who was the wife of Priam and mother of Paris?
Hecuba
3 What is the national bird of India?
Peacock