Tuesday 28th October 2014
Set by SMOB (Northern)

Round 1
1a Where is the H.Q. of the International Monetary Fund?
WASHINGTON D.C.
1b Who wrote the novel Lolita?
VLADIMIR NABOUKOV
2a Who won an Oscar for playing the title role in the film Capote?
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN
2b Who directed the film Dr. Strangelove?
STANLEY KUBRICK
3a Who was the Premier League player bitten by Luis Suarez?
BRANISLAV IVANOVIC
3b In which country was the 1950 Football World Cup held?
BRAZIL
4a Whose World tour was called 'The Mrs Carter Show'?
BEYONCE
4b Who plays Inspector George Gently on the TV?
MARTIN SHAW

Round 2
1a Which author lived at 'Chawton'?
JANE AUSTEN
1b Who is the father of Zeus?
KRONOS OR CRONUS
2a What is the currency of Vietnam?
THE DONG
2b In which City is La Fenice Opera House?
VENICE
3a Which company did Larry Page co-found?
GOOGLE
3b Who created 'The Rocky Horror Show'?
RICHARD O'BRIEN
4a In which constellation is the star Sirius?
CANIS MAJOR
4b Which is the largest lake in the World, by area?
THE CASPIAN SEA

Round 3
1a What is the capital of Sierra Leone?
FREETOWN
1b Which American State has, as a nickname, 'The First State'?
DELAWARE
2a Who was the leader of Albania from 1944 to 1985?
ENVER HOXHA
2b Which detective story writer attended Dulwich College?
RAYMOND CHANDLER
3a Where do Leicester Tigers R.U. side play home games?
WELFORD ROAD
3b Which poet wrote novels using the pseudonym Nicholas Blake?
CECIL DAY LEWIS
4a Who designed the Mini Car?
ALEC ISSIGONIS
4b Who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921?
EINSTEIN

Round 4
1a Which is the heaviest naturally occurring element?
URANIUM
1b Which boxer was nicknamed 'The Ambling Alp'?
PRIMO CARNERA
2a Which M.P. was the first man in Britain to be killed by a train?
WILLIAM HUSKISSON
2b For which team did Roy of the Rovers play?
MELCHESTER ROVERS
3a How was Burkino Faso previously known?
UPPER VOLTA
3b In which city are the Petronas Twin Towers?
KUALA LUMPUR
4a From which musical was the song '76 Trombones'?
THE MUSIC MAN
4b What was the name of the school in the TV sitcom 'Please Sir'?
FENN STREET

Round 5
1a Where is the H.Q. of Interpol?
LYON
1b Who wrote the novel 'The Good Companions"?
J B PRIESTLEY
2a Who won an Oscar for playing the title role in the film 'Ray'?
JAMIE FOXX
2b Who directed the film 'The Aviator'?
MARTIN SCORSESE
3a Which football team does Rafael Benitez manage?
NAPOLI
3b Who was known as 'The Preston Plumber'?
SIR TOM FINNEY
4a With which band did Ray Manzarek play keyboards?
THE DOORS
4b Who plays D.C.I. Banks on TV?
STEPHEN TOMKINSON

Round 6
1a Which author lived at 17 Gough Square, London?
DR JOHNSON
1b Who stole fire from The Gods?
PROMETHEUS
2a What is the currency of China?
(RENMINBI) YUAN
2b In which city is the Liceu Opera House?
BARCELONA
3a With which bank was Paul Flowers associated?
THE CO-OPERATIVE BANK
3b With which group did Melanie Blatt achieve fame?
ALL SAINTS
4a In which constellation is the star Polaris?
URSA MINOR
4b Which is the largest desert in the World?
SAHARA

Round 7
1a What is the capital of Gabon?
LIBREVILLE
1b Which American State has as a nickname 'The Last Frontier'?
ALASKA
2a Who was the ruler of Albania from 1928 to 1939?
KING ZOG
2b Which school did Captain Hook, from Peter Pan attend?
ETON
3a In which sport did Mickey Duff make a career?
BOXING, AS A PROMOTER
3b Which_famons writer also wrote novels using the name Mary Westmacott?
AGATHA CHRISTIE
4a Who designed the Volkswagen Beetle?
FERDINAND PORSCHE
4b Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009?
BARACK OBAMA

Round 8
1a Which is the lightest naturally occurring element?
HYDROGEN
1b Which boxer was nicknamed 'The Orchid Man'?
GEORGE CARPENTIER
2a Which politician did John Bellingham assassinate?
SPENCER PERCEVAL
2b Where does Rupert Bear live?
NUTWOOD
3a What was Malawi previously called? NYASALAND
3b In which country is the Burj Khalifa?
DUBAI
4a In which musical was the song 'Summertime' first heard?
PORGY AND BESS
4b Who played the wife of Alf Garnett on TV?
DANDY NICHOLS

Spare Questions
1 Who was the 'Galloping Gourmet'?
GRAHAM KERR
2 Who started the company 'Skytrain' in 1977?
FREDDIE LAKER
3 In which town did the Co-operative Movement begin?
ROCHDALE (1844)
4 Who, together with Howard Greenfield, co-wrote the song 'Is this the way to Amarillo'?
NEIL SEDAKA
5 Who created the character Robert Langdon?
DAN BROWN
6 From which City do the pop group Franz Ferdinand hail?
GLASGOW
7 Who wrote 'The Selfish Gene'?
RICHARD DAWKINS
8 What was Amy Fearn the first woman to do professionally?
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