Monday 6th October 2014
Set by Warrington

Round 1
1a Gatwick Airport is accessed from junction 9A of which motorway?
M23
1b Who played the title character in the TV series 'Inspector Wexford'?
George Baker
2a Which highway, also known as the Will Rogers Highway, was part of the original US Highways System and ran from Chicago Illinois to Los Angeles, California?
Route 66
2b The National Tank Museum is in Bovington, in which county?
Dorset
3a How many groats were there in £1?
60
3b The name of which type of wineglass is also the name of a musical instrument?
Flute
4a The President of the USA sometimes travels in Marine One what kind of vehicle is this?
Helicopter
4b How many nobles were there in £1?
3

Round 2
1a The name of which type of beer glass is also the name of a flower?
Tulip
1b Stansted Airport is accessed from junction 8 of which motorway?
M11
2a Which famous English painter (1776-1837) was born in East Bergholt, Suffolk?
John Constable
2b By what given name was physicist Fahrenheit known?
Gabriel (accept Daniel)
3a The Royal Navy Submarine Museum is in which port?
Gosport
3b Which creatures belong to the order Coleoptera?
Beetles
4a By what given name was astronomer Celsius, the originator of the temperature scale, known?
Anders
4b The Autoroute du Soleil is the name given to the A6 from Paris to Lyon, it continues from there as the A7, to which city?
Marseilles

Round 3
1a Who played the title role in the modern day pirate film 'Captain Philips'?
Tom Hanks
1b Which famous English painter (1727-1788) was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk?
Thomas Gainsborough
2a In 1794 Horatio Nelson lost the sight of his right eye during a battle for which island?
Corsica
2b Located in the Lake District and with a maximum depth of 79 metres, what is the deepest freshwater lake in England?
Wastwater
3a Who played the title character in the TV series 'Wycliffe'?
Jack Shepherd
3b Who usually flies in an aircraft with the call-sign 'Shepherd One'?
The Pope
4a Aged 21 years and 71 days who is the youngest ever winner of a Formula 1 motor race?
Sebastien Vettel
4b Muscavado is an unrefined form of what?
Sugar

Round 4
1a Which young singer/songwriter was born Jake Edwin Kennedy in Nottingham in 1994, he has released two albums, the first self titled and the second called `Shangri La?
Jake Bugg
1b The fifteen highest peaks in the Carpathian Mountains are all in which country?
Slovakia
2a With a maximum depth of 310 metres, which Scottish loch is the deepest body of freshwater in Britain?
Loch Morar
2b Who played the title role in the recent Biblical epic Noah'?
Russell Crowe
3a Which creatures belong to the order Hymenoptera?
Accept any of Bees, Wasps, Hornets or Ants (also sawflies)
3b Goin' Home is a song adapted from which piece of classical music in 1922?
(From the) New World Symphony
4a Which wheat is not suitable for bread making because of its low gluten content but is ideal for pasta?
Durum
4b Four people have won two Nobel Prizes, name any one of them.
Marie Curie, Linus Pauling, John Bardeen, Frederick Sanger

Round 5
1a Retiring at the end of the 2013 Formula 1 season, which driver has scored the most points (1047.5) without becoming World Champion?
Mark Webber1
b Which ship arrived in the UK on 22'd June 1948, carrying almost 500 migrants from Jamaica?
(MV) Empire Windrush
2a What is the purpose of an antitussive medicine?
To suppress coughing
2b 'We Will Stand Together' is a song to music from which classical work?
Nimrod (accept Enigma Variations)
3a Who, in 2013, succeeded George Entwistle as Director-General of the BBC?
(Lord) Tony Hall
3b How is the tree Fraxinus excelsior more commonly known?
(Common) Ash
4a Napoleon Bonaparte is associated with the 'Hand-in-waistcoat' pose as he was portrayed many times like that by which famous artist?
(Jacques-Louis) David
4b F&F is the clothing brand of which supermarket chain?
Tesco

Round 6
1a Becoming an independent state in 1946, which country's flag features a seven-pointed star representing the first seven verses of the Koran?
Jordan
1b The mountains formerly known as Mt Communism and Lenin Peak are in which mountain range?
Pamirs
2a In English law, what name is given to a written statement of fact voluntarily made by a person under oath or affirmation?
Affidavit
2b Which mathematician wrote the thirteen volume treatise `Elements' in Alexandria around 300 BC?
Euclid
3a Tu is the clothing brand of supermarket chain?
Sainsbury's
3b His works including 'L'Orfeo' and 'The Coronation of Poppea', who is considered to be the Father of the Opera?
Claudio Monteverdi
4a Who was the conservative candidate beaten by Ken Livingstone in the first two elections for Mayor of London?
Steven Norris
4b The first album to be at No 1 in the UK chart (in 1956) was `Songs For Swingin' Lovers', who recorded it?
Frank Sinatra

Round 7
1a The 1000th album to be at No 1 in the UK chart was 'Swing Both Ways' in 2013, who recorded it?
Robbie Williams
1b Which Greek letter is used in maths or physics to represent a change or difference in a quantity?
Delta
2a Which philosopher founded the 'Academy' in Athens around 355 BC?
Plato
2b By what name was the Democratic Republic of the Congo known between 1971 and 1997?
Zaire
3a What was the title of the musical based on the TV programme 'X Factor?
I Can't Sing
3b What is the purpose of a vermifuge or anthelmintic medicine?
To expel or destroy parasitic worms
4a Which young singer/songwriter was born near Halifax in 1991 but was raised in Suffolk, he has released two albums, + (plus) and x (multiply)?
Ed Sheeran
4b Four authors have won two Man Booker (or Booker) Prizes, name any one of them?
Hilary Mantel, JG Farrell, JM Coetzee, Peter Carey

Round 8
1a How is the bird Erithacus rubecula more commonly known?
Robin
1b Ken Livingstone was runner-up to Boris Johnson in both of the last two elections for Mayor of London, who is the former Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Liberal Democrat candidate who finished third and fourth?
Brian Paddick
2a Which ship left France, on llth July 1947, carrying over 4,500 Jews bound or Palestine?
SS Exodus 1947 (accept Exodus)
2b Who, in 2013, succeeded Mervyn King as Governor of the Bank of England?
Mark Carney
3a Which Greek letter is used in maths to show that the values following it should be summed together?
Sigma
3b What was the title of the Andrew Lloyd-Webber musical about the Profumo Affair that flopped in early 2014?
Stephen Ward
4a Having written more than one hundred of them, who is known as the Father of the Symphony?
Joseph Haydn
4b In English law, what name is given to the defence whereby an accused alleges that he or she was unlawfully pressured to perform the act in question?
Duress

Spare Questions
1 In which country was former King Juan Carlos of Spain born?
Italy
2 Give either of the first names of the poet W H Auden.
Wystan Hugh
3 What was the surname of the married couple executed for espionage in Sing Sing in June 1953?
(Julius and Ethel) Rosenberg