Tuesday 16th September 2014
Set by Groundhogs (Northern)

Round 1
1a Who was the first National Hunt Jockey to reach 1000 wins?
STAN MELLOR
1b Which 'one hit wonders' topped the UK charts in 1976 with 'Mississippi'?
PUSSYCAT
2a 'John Jasper's Secret' by Henry Morford was an early attempt to
complete and solve the mystery of which novel, left unfinished at its author's death in 1870?
MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD (by Charles Dickens)
2b In 2014 who was accused of killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in South Africa?
OSCAR PISTORIUS
3a Which 2014 film with a religious theme and starring Russell Crowe has been banned in a number of Muslim countries?
NOAH
3b Which National Park was Britain's first?PEAK DISTRICT
4a The kaka and kakapo are New Zealand species of which bird?
PARROT
4b Who was the first Plantagenet monarch?
HENRY II

Round 2
1a What song about the Highland Clearances was performed by the Proclaimers in 1987?
LETTER FROM AMERICA
1b In 2013 the Reverend Paul Flowers was implicated in sex, drugs and drinking scandals. Of which bank was he chairman?
CO-OPERATIVE (accept Co op)
2a Which footballer was fined for giving 'the quenelle', known as the reverse Nazi salute, during a match at West Ham?
NICHOLAS ANELKA
2b Spyglass Hill, Skeleton Island, White Rock and Haulbowline Head all feature in which literary location?
TREASURE ISLAND
3a Holme Fen in Cambridgeshire has what geographical distinction?
THE LOWEST LAND POINT IN BRITAIN (accept UK or England). It is 9 feet below sea level)
3b Which Liverpool film maker made 'Of Time And The City' and 'Deep Blue Sea'?
TERENCE DAVIES
4a What nickname was given to Sir Henry Percy who was killed in the rebellion of 1403 against Henry IV?
HOTSPUR
4b The Hedge Sparrow is commonly known by what one-word name?
DUNNOCK

Round 3
1a The top American fiction bestseller in both 1936 and 1937 was the only novel published during the lifetime of its author. Who was she?
MARGARET MITCHELL
1b Brackley, Old Sarum, Dunwich and Ansmither were examples of what that lost their status in 1832 (in the 1832 reform act)?
ROTTEN BOROUGHS (accept Pocket Boroughs)
2a Which snooker player was a torch bearer in the 1968 Melbourne Olympics?
EDDIE CHARLTON
2b Which 'earworm' No. 1 song featured in the film 'Despicable Me 2'?
HAPPY (Pharrel Williams)
3a In 1956 which scientific concept was demonstrated in Magdeburg by Otto von Guericke?
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE (accept vacuum)
3b In which European City did the Peace Palace open in 1913?
THE HAGUE
4a The Amalfi Coast is in which Italian region?
CAMPANIA
4b 'One-Eyed Jacks' (1961) is whose only film as a Director?
MARLON BRANDO

Round 4
1a An Act of Parliament in 1945 was seen as a triumph for one woman member, Eleanor Rathbone. What was the Act?
THE FAMILY ALLOWANCE ACT
1b The Costa Prize winning book 'Pure' by Andrew Miller was set in the ancient cemeteries of which city?
PARIS
2a Which 17 year old New Zealander won the 2014 Grammy for Song of the Year with 'Royals'?
LORDE
2b Name either the bowler or wicketkeeper who have taken the most wickets together in Test Cricket?
DENNIS LILLEE OR RODNEY MARSH (95 dismissals)
3a Which famous Netherlands writer and philosopher came to lecture at Oxford in 1498?
ERASMUS (of Rotterdam)
3b In metallurgy, the coating process known as anodising is associated with which metal?
ALUMINIUM
4a Which British English filmmaker, photographer and visual artist made the film of John Lennon called 'Nowhere Boy'?
SAM TAYLOR-WOOD
4b What is the highest mountain in Germany?
ZUGSPITZE

Round 5
1a Which US City is the setting for the original crime series 'CSI, Crime Scene Investigation'?
LAS VEGAS
1b Launched in 1845, what was the world's first Iron-hulled ship with a screw propeller?
SS. GREAT BRITAIN
2a In the 1960's which dictator built the 'Versailles of the Jungle' at Gbadolite?
MOBUTU (President of Zaire)
2b In which country does the Zambezi River reach the sea?
MOZAMBIQUE
3a Which country defeated Great Britain in the Davis Cup in April 2014 to prevent Britain from reaching the semi-finals for the first time since 1981?
ITALY
3b Which 16th century English composer's works include 'Gaude Gloriosa Dei Mater' and the Christmas mass Puer Natus est Nobis"?
THOMAS TALLIS
4a Who was the fifteenth century jail bird who wrote 'Le Morte D'Arthur' - a classic romance of knighthood?
SIR THOMAS MALORY
4b Which US city filed for bankruptcy in July 2013?
DETROIT

Round 6
1a Which planet has a 'great red spot'?
JUPITER
1b What was Reg Vamey's character called in 'On The Buses'?
STAN BUTLER
2a Indonesian Kalimantan, which is divided into 4 provinces, covers the southern three quarters of which island?
BORNEO
2b What historical event happened at Appomattox Courthouse in 1865?
SURRENDER OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY (accept end of American Civil War, which was precipitated
by this event)
3a Who was the 'Master of the King's Band' who composed 'Hearts of Oak' to celebrate British victories in 1759?
WILLIAM BOYCE
3b The British Ice Hockey team called the 'Bombers' play in which town?
BILLINGHAM (accept Cleveland)
4a Which immigration minister resigned in February 2014 after learning that his private cleaner for seven years did not have permission to work in the UK?
MARK HARPER
4b 'Why do people gush over him? I'd rather visit a demented relative'. These words by Germaine Greer refer to which French novelist whose major work was published in 7 sections between 1913 and 1927. The first volume was 'Swann's Way'?
MARCEL PROUST

Round 7
1a Which Scottish artist painted the picture 'The Singing Butler'?
JACK VETTRIANO
1b The former ground of which football club is depicted in L. S. Lowry's 'Going to the Match'?
BOLTON WANDERERS (it was Burnden Park)
2a In 1969 which category was added to the Nobel Prizes?
ECONOMICS
2b Which 20th Century U.S. President founded the CIA?
HARRY S TRUMAN (1947)
3a Before it moved to Wales on which London hill was the Royal Mint?
TOWER HILL
3b What prize for fiction was instigated in 1968?
THE BOOKER PRIZE
4a Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, the Grameen Bank was founded to offer small, collateral free loans to the rural poor of which country?
BANGLADESH
4b What name links Spain's oldest university (dating to 1218) and an 1812 battle involving the Duke of Wellington?
SALAMANCA

Round 8
1a What do Audrey Hepburn, Bradley Wiggins, Georges Simenon and Brian Molko (singer with Placebo) have in common?
BORN IN BELGIUM
1b With a height of 25 kilometres and a volume 100 times greater than its rival on Earth, what is the solar system's tallest known volcano?
OLYMPUS MONS (It is on Mars)
2a Which old meaure used for various liquids, today chiefly for ale, is a quarter of a barrel or 9 gallons?
A FIRKIN
2b Which brewery won Champion Beer of Britain for the second time in 2012, with 'No 9 Barley Wine', following its success in 1998 with 'Bluebird Bitter'?
CONISTON
3a Who supposedly brought about the downfall of Barings Bank in 1995 after suffering losses of $827 million?
NICK LEESON
3b Which space agency built the 'Ariane' rocket?
EUROPEAN (Space Agency)
4a Which is the brightest of the asteroids?
VESTA
4b What are Pyramid, Other, West Holts, Park and John Peel?
STAGES OF THE GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL

Spare Questions
1 In 2014, which Football League team overtook Preston North End's 125 year record for the longest unbeaten run of a manager since the start of his tenure?
SCUNTHORPE UNITED (Preston's record was 23 games unbeaten?
2 In which city was the 'Encyclopaedia Britannica' first published in 1768?
EDINBURGH
3 Fado is a type of folk music found in which country?
PORTUGAL
4 What construction of nature inspired a 1960s women's hairdo?
BEEHIVE
5 In which year did women get the vote at 21 in the UK?
1929 (under the Representation of the People Action 1928)
6 In May 1977 Rod Stewart's 'The First Cut is the Deepest' topped (by the charts but which banned song was widely believed to have outsold it?
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN (by the Sex Pistols)