Tuesday 1st December 2015
Set by Holy Rosary (Northern)

Round 1
1a In what year was the Berlin Wall erected?
1961
1b When the car carrier Hoegh Osaka capsized between Southampton and the I.O.W. which hazard was it trying to avoid?
BRAMBLE BANK
2a Who is UKIP’s only M.P. in Parliament?
DOUGLAS CARSWELL
2b Edward Norton, EricBana and Mark Ruffalo have all played which character on film?
THE HULK
3a Which country’s cricket team played for the first time in the 2015 World Cricket Cup?
AFGHANISTAN
3b In 1918 the right to vote was granted to British women over what age?
30
4a Who created Dan Dare and also did the early illustrations?
FRANK HAMPSON
4b Warwick stands on which river?
AVON

Round 2
1a Which Brewery makes London Pride bitter?
FULLERS,
1b What piece of equipment was banned from the National Gallery in 2015?
SELFIE STICK
2a El Capitan was free climbed is January 2015 - in which US National Park is it found?
YOSEMITE
2b Give a year in the life of Pieter Bruegel the elder?
1525-1569
3a Who was the last leader of the Liberal Part?
DAVID STEEL
3b Sylvester Stallone appeared in adverts for which company in 2015?
WARBURTONS BREAD
4a Whlch board game was invented by Alfred Mosher Butts in 1938?
SCRABBLE
4b On which puppet series was the phrase “anything can happen in the next half hour” spoken?
STINGRAY

Round 3 .
1a What was J.F.K. airport originally called?
IDLEWILD
1b Which character was portrayed on film by Gregory Peck and on TV by loan Gruffudd?
HORATIO HORNBLOWER
2a Who wrote the book A Kind of Loving?
STAN BARSTOW
2b In the book by James Hilton what was the full surname of the character Mr Chips?
CHIPPING
3a What is the capital of Greenland?
NUUK
3b The opera King Priam is by which English Composer?
MICHAEL TIPPETY
4a Which British Cathedral has three spires?
LICHFIELD
4b Which musician and songwriter is the subject of the 2015 film Love and Mercy?
BRIAN WILSON

Round 4
1a What is the name of the Egyptian Staff which had a cross and handle on it?
ANKH
1b Which folk singer and activist who died in 2014 aged 94 years co-wrote the songs Where Have All The Flowers Gone, If I had a Hammer and adapted the song Turn, Turn, Turn from the Book of Ecclesiastes?
PETE SEEGER
2a In which country was the celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck brn?
AUSTRIA
2b Who first uttered the phrase "Rainbow Nation” in 1994?
DESMOND TUTU
3a Madame Arcati appears in which Noel Coward play?
BLITHE SPIRIT
3b The estate Stratfield Save was given to which historical figure by a grateful nation?
DUKE OF WELLINGTON
4a What nom de plume was adopted by the writer Joel Chandler Harris?
UNCLE REMUS
4b Capoeira is a non contact combat sport from which country?
BRAZIL

Round 5
1a How many seats do the SNP have in Parliament?
56
1b What is the name of the Italian island close to the North African coast that was first to have an influx of refugees?
LAMPEDUSA
2a In which year was Martin Luther King Jnr assassinated?
1968
2b Which character has been played on screen by Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield?
SPIDERMAN
3a Which comic strip was created by Mary Tourtel?
RUPERT THE BEAR
3b Barbara Mandell was the first woman to do what on television?
READ THE NEWS
4a In which Scottish county is the famous St. Andrews Golf Club?
FIFE
4b Maidstone stands on which river?
MEDWAY

Round 6
1a Sana’a is the constitutionally stated capital of which country?
YEMEN
1b Which character was played on film by Robert Taylor and on TV by Roger Moore?
IVANHOE
2a Mount Kinabalu is the highest peak in which Asian country'?
MALAYSIA
2b After having a sex change what Christian name did Frank Maloney use?
KELLIE
3a Who wrote the book Saturday and Sunday Morning?
ALAN SILLITOE
3b Give a year in the life of Johann Strauss?
1804-1849
4a Which politician was called our most prudent chancellor by his party leader?
GORDON BROWN
4b Which Shakespearian tragedy was turned into a 2011 film starring Ralph Fiennes in the title role?
CORIOLANUS

Round 7
1a Theakstons brewery is based in which Yorkshire town ?
MASHAM
1b In which cartoon series would you find the Slide Brothers?
WACKY RACES
2a Willy Loman is the central character in which play?
DEATH OF A SALSEMAN
2b Which US president controversially granted Nixon a full pardon over the Watergate scandal?
GERALD FORD
3a The original game of Monopoly was based on the streets of which US city?
3b Errol Brown who died in 2015 was the voice: of which group?
HOT CHOCOLATE
4a, What pseudonym was used by the short story writer William Sydney Porter?
O’HENRY
4b Which major sportswear manufacturer was found in 1964 and has its headquarters in Oregon USA?
NIKE

Round 8
1a What was the original name of Manchester Airport?
RINGWAY
1b In the books by W.E. Johns what is the full surname of the character known as Biggles?
BIGGLESWORTH
2a In the middle ages what sort of weapon was a trebuchet?
CATAPULT
2b The opera Gloriana is by which English composer?
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
3a Which British cathedral has a clock with no face?
SALISBURY
3b From which country did drug baron Pablo Escobar come?
COLOMBIA
4a In which country was the fashion designer Yves St Laurent brn?
ALGERIA
4b In which southern French city is the Malson Carree, one of the best preserved temples from the Roman era?
NIMES

Spare Questions
1 Which of the Wombles was named after a European Country?
GREAT UNCLE BULGARIA
2. Which car company patented the 3-point seatbelt system but lets every car company use it?
VOLVO
3 Which book by Kit Williams caused controversy when people were digging up ground in an effort to find a pendant with a golden hare on it?
MASQUERADE