Monday 15th September 2014
Set by Foreign Legion (Northern)

Round 1
1a Which Rogers and Hammerstein musical first performed on Broadway in 1958 tells of the conflicts of a Chinese Immigrant family in San Francisco?
THE FLOWER DRUM SONG
1b Which famous English explorer charted the northern coasts of America in 1819?
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN
2a How many gallons of beer are in an English barrel?
36
2b The animal the ratel is better known by what other name?
HONEY BADGER
3a Name either of the people, who on the 30th April 1927, become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood?
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS/MARY PICKFORD
3b Which British monarch made Leamington Spa royal?
QUEEN VICTORIA
4a What is the name of the thick soup popular in the southern states of the U.S.A. (One of the main ingredients is okra which gives the dish its smooth silky texture)?
GUMBO
4b Name either of the teams who played in the first televised FA Cup Final (1938)?
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN/PRESTON NORTH END

Round 2
1a Who was the Labour Secretary of State for Health 2009-10?
ANDY BURNHAM
1b Name the American battleship that was sunk by the Japanese in Pearl Harbour in 1941 and remains where it sank as a memorial to the crew who lost their lives?
USS ARIZONA
2a Where in the human body are the 'Billroth Cords'?
SPLEEN
2b The tune 'Galloping Home' was used as a signature tune for
which children's television series shown from 1972 to 1974 andcfor a new series featuring the same characters 1990-1991?
THE ADVENTURES OF BLACK BEAUTY
3a In World War II what was the British Operation 'Chastise' which took place in May 1943?
THE DAMBUSTERS
3b Milwaukie is the largest city by population in which state of America?
WISCONSIN
4a Which character has been portrayed in films by Richard Chamberlain, Sean Connery and Stewart Granger?
ALAN QUARTERMAIN
4b What is the name of the Indian dish made from stewed dried peas, onions and spices (lentils are most popular but many other varieties of dried peas are used)?
DAHL

Round 3
1a What name, that of a mythological creature, is given to the smallest species of owl?
ELF OWL
1b In World War II what was the Allied Operation `Husky' which began on the 9th July 1943?
INVASION OF SICILY
2a Which 1998 film was released with the advertising tag line 'The Mission is a Man'?
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
2b Which British explorer discovered the source of the River Nile in 1862?
JOHN HANNING SPEKE
3a Which North American City was until 1834 named York Town?
TORONTO
3b Name the singer or group, whose record in February 1981 kept 'Vienna' by Ultravox off the number one spot in the hit parade?
JOE DOLCE/SHADDAP YOUR FACE
4a Who starred in the TV series `Nice Guy Eddie' as a Liverpool Private Investigator?
RICKY TOMLINSON
4b What was the first name of Labour politician James Callaghan?
LEONARD

Round 4
1a Charlotte is the largest city by population in which state of America?
NORTH CAROLINA
1b Which 1953 film musical tells the romanticised story of frontiers woman Martha Jane Canary?
CALAMITY JANE
2a Emily Robinson sang with which pop group?
THE DIXIE CHICKS
2b Which 2004 film was released with the advertising tag line 'A romantic comedy with zombies'?
SHAUN OF THE DEAD
3a Forbes magazine named who as the top earner singer between July 2012 and August 2013?
MICHAEL JACKSON (posthumously)
3b Who was the voice of Mr Wormsworth in the film Chicken Little?
PATRICK STEWART
4a Which former English Football International has the middle name Ivanhoe?
EMILE HESKEY
4b Who is the famous mother of TV Presenter Claudia Winkleman?
EVE POLLARD

Round 5
1a Which football club replaced Barrow in the football league after the 1971-1972 season?
HEREFORD
1b What part of the human body is known to doctors as the hallux?
THE BIG TOE
2a What was the Russian City of Nizhny Novgorod called between 1932 and 1990?
GORKY
2b Between 1795 and 1799, which English navigator surveyed the coast of Australia?
MATTHEW FLINDERS
3a In which comedy film of the 1960's would you hear the line `Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room?
DR STRANGELOVE
3b 'Jessica' is the signature tune for which television series, first shown in 1977 and still being screened?
TOP GEAR
4a Mollie King sang with which pop group?
THE SATURDAYS
4b Which British monarch put the 'Regis' into Bognor?
KING GEORGE V

Round 6
1a How many gallons of beer are in an English hogshead?
54
1b In which war film would you hear the line 'I love the smell of napalm in the morning'?
APOCALYPSE NOW
2a Which former Liverpool player has the middle name Everton?
MARK WALTERS
2b Which is the only British City which begins with the letter 'I'?
INVERNESS
3a What name is given to the smallest species of hummingbird, it is named after the insect it is closest in size to?
BEE HUMMINGBIRD
3b Which Japanese car manufacturer's name translates as three diamonds"?
MITSUBISHI
4a Where in the human body are the Kupffer Cells to be found?
LIVER
4b What was the first name of Tory politician Enoch Powell?
JOHN

Round 7
1a What part of the human body is known by doctors as the pollex?
THE THUMB
1b Who is the famous mother of actress Rachael Stirling?
DIANA RIGG
2a Name the only English City in the south-west beginning with the letter `T'?
TRURO
2b Name the singer or group, whose record in November 1969 kept 'Suspicious Minds' by Elvis Presley off the number one spot in the hit parade?
ROLF HARRIS/TWO LITTLE BOYS
3a Who wrote the novel 'The Name of the Rose'?
UMBERTO ECO
3b What type of animal is the fennec?
(Desert) FOX
4a Who was the Labour Secretary of State for Health 2003-2005?
JOHN REID
4b Who was the voice of Scar in the film The Lion King?
JEREMY IRONS

Round 8
1a Who starred on TV as the Newcastle detective 'Spender'?
JIMMY NAIL
1b Which British explorer was in 1796 the first European to discover and travel the course of the Niger river?
MUNGO PARK
2a Which character has been portrayed in films by Andre Morell, Robert Duvall, and Ben Kingsley?
DOCTOR JOHN WATSON
2b Name the ship originally a German Cruise Ship, thar brought the first 500 group of immigrants from the Caribbean to settle in Britain in 1948?
EMPIRE WINDRUSH
3a Which well known manufacturer had to re-brand one of its best selling cars before marketing it in South America because the cars name means, 'doesn't go' in Spanish?
GENERAL MOTORS (Vauxhall Nova)
3b Which football club replaced Workington in the football league after the 1976-1977 season?
WIMBLEDON
4a Forbes Magazine named which author as the top earner between July 2012 and August 2013?
E L JAMES (50 Shades)
4b Who wrote 'The Martian Chronicles'?
RAY BRADBURY

Spare Questions
1 Bourbon is a county in which US State?
KENTUCKY
2 Which animal's dwelling is a lodge?
BEAVER
3 Who was the female lead in the various 'Road to ' films?
DOROTHY LAMOUR
4 Which politician was, in the 1970s, alleged to have had a homosexual relationship with Norman Scott?
JEREMY THORPE
5 Who was the Roman prefect of Judea from about 26-36 AD?
PONTIUS PILATE