Monday 27th October 2014
Set by Warrington

Round 1
1a Inspector Lestrade is found in some novels featuring which detective?
Sherlock Holmes
1b What is the common name of the flowering shrub/tree Syringa?
Lilac
2a The Weddell Sea is part of which ocean?
Antarctic (or Southern)
2b Who, in 1907, was the first woman to become a member of the Order of Merit?
Florence Nightingale
3a Who is the only English footballer to have won league titles in four countries?
David Beckham
3b In which US state are the cities of Spokane, Tacoma and Yakima?
Washington
4a Which Romanian car manufacturer was bought by Renault in 1999?
Dacia
4b Which horse racecourse hosts only one of the Classics?
Doncaster

Round 2
1a Richard Addinsell's most famous piece of music was used in the 1941 film 'Dangerous Moonlight', what is its title?
Warsaw Concerto
1b The currency units of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates share which name?
Dirham
2a In physics, which letter is used to represent Planck's Constant?
H
2b Which group recorded the 2008 album 'Perfect Symmetry'?
Keane
3a A 'smack' is a collective noun for a group of which sea creatures?
Jellyfish
3b In 2013 who became the first Englishman since Tony Jacklin in 1970, to win The US Open Golf Championship?
Justin Rose
4a The Battle of the Boyne, the Glencoe Massacre and the Salem Witch Trials all took place in which decade?
1690s (1690, 1692 & 1692)
4b Which US President authorised the dropping of atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Harry S Truman

Round 3
1a Talisker whisky is produced on which island?
Skye
1b Inspector Japp is found in some novels featuring which detective?
Hercule Poirot
2a Which Poet Laureate became a member of the Order of Merit in 1998 but died only two months later?
Ted Hughes
2b The words 'I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading' are to appear on a new £10 note, who wrote them?
Jane Austen
3a Richard Chamberlain played which composer in a 1970 film?
Tchaikovsky
3b In which zodiacal constellation is the bright star Regulus?
Leo
4a Since 2000, three British cricket grounds have hosted their first test matches, two of them are the Riverside in Chester-Le-Street and the Rose Bowl in Southampton, name the third.
SWALEC Stadium in Cardiff (accept Sophia Gardens)
4b Which former British colony stands on the delta of the Pearl River?
Hong Kong

Round 4
1a What is the common name of the flowering plant Delphinium?
Larkspur
1b Kronos (or Cronus) was the Greek equivalent of which Roman god?
Saturn
2a The new £5 note due to be issued in 2016 will feature whose portrait (other than the monarch)?
Winston Churchill
2b In physics, which letter is used to represent the speed of light in a vacuum?
C
3a In which US state are the cities of Billings, Great Falls and Missoula?
Montana
3b A 'shiver' is a collective noun for a group of which sea creatures?
Sharks
4a Which US President was a former World War 2 supreme commander?
Dwight D Eisenhower
4b Which South Korean car company was bought by General Motors in 2001, its cars then being produced under the Chevrolet badge?
Daewoo

Round 5
1a What is the name of the Italian owned bus company that specialises in transfers from airports such as Liverpool, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and Rome's airports, Fiumicino and Ciampino in to the city centres?
Terravision
1b The currency units of Iran, Oman and Yemen share which name?
Rial
2a The Andaman Sea is part of which ocean?
Indian
2b In the film 'Saving Mr Banks', who plays Pamela L Travers, the author of 'Mary Poppins?
Emma Thompson
3a Roger Daltrey played which composer in a 1975 film?
Liszt
3b Tony Stark is the alter ego of which comic book (and film) superhero?
Iron Man
4a Tendring District Council is in which English county? -
Essex
4b Which city stands at the mouth of the Yangtze river?
Shanghai

Round 6
1a Which of the traditional Scotch whisky producing areas is on the Kintyre peninsula although only three distilleries survive, Glen Scotia, Glengyle and Springbank?
Campbeltown
1b Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Demeter?
Ceres
2a The first council meeting of the League of Nations was held in January 1920, in which city?
Paris
2b How are the lovers Vrechen and Sali described in the title of a 1906 opera by Delius?
A Village Romeo and Juliet
3a What was the name given to a decorative cloth put over a chair as protection from grease in the hair or hair oil?
Antimacassar
3b Makassar (the source of hair oil) is an alternative name of the port Ujung Pandang, in which country is it?
Indonesia
4a Who wrote the 1914 poem Tor The Fallen'?
Laurence Binyon
4b Which element, atomic number 20, derives its name from the Latin word for 'lime'?
Calcium

Round 7
1a In 1818, the Austrian Franz Gruber composed his only published work, the music to a poem by the curate of his church; by what name do we know this Christmas carol?
Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
1b What is the name of the long distance coach company, owned by Stagecoach, that advertises some fares as low as £1. The buses are painted blue with a picture of their mascot 'Sid' on the rear of the bus?
Megabus
2a Tom Hanks co-stars with Emma Thompson in Saving Mr Banks, what part does he play?
Walt Disney
2b Who recorded the 1968 album 'Astral Weeks'?
Van Morrison
3a Selina Kyle is the alter ego of which comic book (and film) super heroine?
Catwoman
3b The Anti-Federalist League was the fore-runner of which political party?
UKIP
4a The Battle of Arcot, the Black Hole of Calcutta incident and the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in Britain all occurred in which decade?
1750s (1751, 1756 & 1752)
4b Who wrote the 1915 poem 'In Flanders Fields'?
John McCrae

Round 8
1a Who was the singer who had big hits with 'In The Midnight Hour' and 'Mustang Sally'?
Wilson Pickett
1b Which famous group, that have had several instrumental hits in their own name, were Wilson Pickett's backing group in the 1960s?
Booker T and the MGs
2a How is the Prince described in the title of a ballet by Bela Bartok first performed in 1917?
Wooden
2b The first session of the United Nations General Assembly was convened in January 1946, in which city?
London
3a The People Party, founded in Coventry in 1972, changed its name in 1975 and again in 1985. The party is represented in Parliament, the Lords and the European Parliament, how is it now known?
The Green Party
3b In which zodiacal constellation is the bright star Aldebaran?
Taurus
4a Which element, atomic number 12, is named after a district in Greece?
Magnesium
4b Broxtowe District Council is in which English county?
Nottinghamshire

Spare Questions
1 Poundland started in 1990 as a single store, in which Midlands town?
Burton-on-Trent
2 In which county is Ford Open Prison?
West Sussex
3 The yellow-Winged Darter is a species of which insect?
Dragonfly