Tuesday 7th October 2014
Set by Sefton Cricket Club (Liverpool)

Round One
1A Which author created the character Jason Bourne in his novel The Bourne Identity in 1980?
Robert Ludlum
1B Which band released the albums Sheer Heart Attack and A Day at the Races?
Queen
2A Which English building was the world's largest from 1549 to 1807?
Lincoln Cathedral
2B Who became Leader of the Opposition when the coalition government was formed in May 2010?
Harriet Harman
3A Who co-hosts the TV show Pointless with Alexander Armstrong?
Richard Osman
3B What was claimed by Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1583 as Britain's first overseas colony?
Newfoundland
4-After Madrid and Barcelona which is Spain's third largest city by population?
Valencia
4B According to the RSPB which is the most commonly found wild bird in Britain?
Wren

Round Two
1A Who was the first king of the House of Lancaster?
Henry 4
1B Which premiership football club has a badge showing gold lion rampant above the motto "prepared"?
Aston Villa
2A Name Stevie Wonder's only solo No. 1 hit in the UK.
I just called to say I love you
2B In which English county would you find the towns of Blandford Forum, Sherborne and Bridport?
Dorset
3A The 200th anniversary of which event was commemorated by the minting of £2 coin in 2007?
Abolition of the slave trade
3B Whose autobiography was the best selling non-fiction book the UK in 2013, selling over 640,000 copies?
Alex Ferguson
4A Who is Secretary of State for the Dept. for Business, Innovation and Skills?
Vince Cable
4B Who has presented the BBC Radio 2 programme Sounds of the Sixties for over 20 years?
Brian Matthew

Round Three
1A At which sporting event were 3 people killed by a terrorist bomb on 15 April 2013?
Boston Marathon
1B Which is the only Anglican cathedral located in the present day county of Lancashire?
Blackburn
2A Which poet wrote the 1936 poem which begins "Stop all the clocks, Cut off the telephone, Give the dog a juicy bone" ?
W H Auden (Funeral Blues)
2B In which year was Facebook launched, George Bush defeated John Kerry in the US Presidential Election and Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon?
2004
3A What was the world's 1st commercially produced jet airliner?
Comet (de Havilland)
3B Name either of the 2 football clubs in the French 1st division (Ligue 1) which are based on a Mediterranean island.
Ajaccio/Bastia (both on Corsica)
Which battle took place near Inverness on 15th April 1746?
Culloden
4B Which English actress won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in a musical which was her screen debut, in 1964?
Julie Andres

Round Four
1A The unified atomic mass unit is defined as being one 12th the mass of an atom of which element?
Carbon (12)
1B The rivers Kennet, Lea, Brent and Pang are all tributaries of which English river?
Thames
2A Which soul singer, writer of the song Papa's Got a Brand New Bag died on Christmas Day 2006?
James Brown
2B Give a year in the life of the father of genetics Gregor Mendel.
1822 - 1884
3A For what does the letter H stand in the pH scale?
Hydrogen
3B What is the name of Australia's premier thoroughbred horse race, run on the first Tuesday in November?
Melbourne Cup
4A Which fruit is known as pampelmousse in French?
Grapefruit
4B In which 2013 film did Ben Stiller reprise a role played by Danny Kaye in a 1949 film?
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Round Five
1A VVhich author created the character Dr Tony Hill in the 1995 novel The Mermaids Singing?
Val McDermid
1B Which band released the albums Regatta de Blanc and Ghost in the Machine?
Police
2A In which city would you find the tallest cathedral tower in France?
Rouen
2B Who became Leader of the Opposition when John Smith died in 1994?
Margaret Beckett
3A Who replaced Carol Vorderman as co-host of Countdown in 2009?
Rachel Riley
3B Which country joined the Commonweath in 1996, the only member never to be part of the British Empire?
Mozambique
4A In which month does the USA celebrate Labour Day?
September
4B According to the RSPB which is the most commonly found bird of prey in Britain?
Buzzard

Round Six
1A Who was the first king of the House of York?
Edward IV
1B Which premiership football club has a badge showing a halo, a football, a scarf, a tree and a white flower?
Southampton
2A Name Status Quo's only UK No.1 hit.
Down Down
2B In which English county would you find the towns of Saffron Walden, Great Dunmow and Waltham Abbey?
Essex
3A The 150th anniversary of the publication of which book was commemorated by the issue of a £2 coin in 2009?
Origin of the Species
3B Which Dan Brown novel was the best selling fiction book in the UK in 2013, selling over 228,000 copies in its 1st week of publication?
Inferno
4A Who is Secretary of State for the Depsrtment of Communities and Local Government?
Eric Pickles
4B Who is the current presenter of BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs?
Kirsty Young

Round Seven
1A In which city were 62 people killed in a terrorist attack on a shopping mall on 21st September 2013?
Nairobi
1B The county of West Yorkshire has two Anglican cathedrals, one is in Bradford, where. is the other?
Wakefield
2A Which poet wrote the 1937 poem which begins "Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough, It isn't fit for humans now"?
John Betjeman
2B In which year was Dolly the sheep born, Martina Hingis won Wimbledon, and Bill Clinton defeated Bob Dole in the US presidential election?
1996
3A What was the world's first supersonic airliner to fly commercially?
Tupolev (TU 144)
3B Name either of the two football clubs in the Italian 1st division (Serie A) which are based on Mediterranean islands.
Catalania (Sicily)/Cagliari (Sardinia)
4A Which battle took place on 14 August 1485 in Leicestershire?
Bosworth Field
4B Which US actress won the Oscar for best Actress for her screen debut in a musical in 1968?
Barbara Streisand

Round Eight
1A A particle of alpha radiation is a nucleus of an atom of which element?
Helium
1B The rivers Tame, Dove, Derwent and Soar are tributaries of which English river?
Trent
2A Which country music star, writer of the song Your Cheatin' Heart, died on New Year's Day 1953?
Hank Williams
2B Give a year in the life of botanist Carl Linnaeus.
1707 - 1778
3A Which number represents neutral on the pH scale?
7
3B Which race run at Chantilly in June is often referred to as the French Derby?
Prix du Jockey Club
4A Which fruit is known as ananas in French?
Pineapple
4B In which 2013 film did Leonardo Di Caprio reprise a role played by Robert Redford in a 1974 film?
The Great Gatsby

Spare Questions
1 In which English county would you find the towns of Bedworth and Kenilworth?
Warwickshire
2 Who wrote the Booker prize winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies?
Hilary Mantel
3 Where is the Escudo the unit of currency?
Cape Verde Islands