Tuesday 8th December 2015
Set by Tramway (Liverpool)

ROUND ONE
1a What is the brightest star in the constellation Cygnus?
DENEB
1b Where was Wallace and Gromit's destination in 'A Grand Day Out'?
THE MOON
2a Who composed the 1912 tone poem 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Sping’?
(Frederick) DELIUS
2b Who was the creator of the ceramic poppies placed around the Tower of London?
(Paul) CUMMINS
3a Which US state is nicknamed the 'Hawkeye State’?
IOWA
3b Who was the first British monarch to be born in Buckingham Palace?
WILLIAMthe FOURTH
4a Which motor manufacturer produces the models Leaf and Note?
NISSAN
4b What name is given to the identification of God with the universe?
PANTHEISM

ROUND TWO
1a In the BBC sitcom, according to the sign on their van Trotters Independent Traders have branches in New York, Peckham and where else?
PARIS
1b What is the brightest star in the constellation Leo?
REGULUS
2a Who designed the sculpture ArcelorMittel Orbit, located in London's Olympic Park?
(Anish) KAPOOR
2b Who composed the 1933 'Knightsbridge March'?
(Eric) COATES
3a Who was the last British monarch to be born in Scotland?
Charles the FIRST
3b Which US state is nicknamed the 'Wolverine State’?
MICHIGAN
4a What name is given to belief in more than one god?
POLYTHEISM
4b Which motor manufacturer produces the models Twingo and Captur?
RENAULT

ROUND THREE
1a Who was the first actor to be knighted?
(Henry) IRVING
1b What was the surname of the married couple convicted of spying for the Soviet Union, and who were executed in 1953?
ROSENBERG
2a What is the main grape used in the production of Rioja red wine?
TEMPRANILLO
2b What did Watson, Crick and Wilson discover in 1953, and for which they were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1962?
(Structure of) DNA
3a Which European country's flag consists of three equal horizontal bands of white, green and red?
BULGARIA
3b John Harmon, Bella Wilfer and Noddy Boffin are characters in which of Charles Dickens' novels?
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
4a By what other names are Norwegian lobsters known?
SCAMPI or DUBLIN BAY PRAWNS
4b Which horse race is known as the 'Run for the Roses'?
KENTUCKY DERBY

ROUND FOUR
1a What was the name of the double agent convicted of spying for the Soviet nion in 1961, and who escaped from prison in 1966?
(George) BLAKE
1b Who was the first music hall star to be knighted?
(Harry) LAUDER
2a What did Bardeen, Shockley and Brattain invent in 1947, and for which they were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1956?
TRANSISTOR
2b What is the main grape used in the production of Chianti wine?
SANGIOVESE
3a James and Henry Durie and the Lady Alison are characters in which of Robert Louis Stevenson's novels?
THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE
3b Which European country's flag consists of three horizontal bands of carmine red, white and carmine red in the ratio of 2:1:2?
LATVIA
4a Which horse race is known as the 'race that stops a nation'?
MELBOURNE CUP
4b What is another name for freshwater lobsters?
CRAYFISH or CRAWFISH

ROUND FIVE
1a From what did Prince Albert die in 1861?
TYPHOID FEVER
1b Which British politician described a fanatic as 'one who can't change his mind and won’t change the subject’?
(Winston) CHURCHILL
2a Who, in the Old Testament, was the mother of Solomon?
BATHSHEBA
2b Who painted 'Man in a Golden Helmet', in 1550 and 'Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer' in 1653?
REMBRANDT
3a Who is the Roman goddess of Victory?
VICTORIA
3b What is the forename of the shoe designer Loubertin?
CHRISTIAN
4a Who in 1966 became the first British pilot to fly around the world?
(Sheila) SCOTT
4b General Gordon, Michelangelo and Cardinal Richelieu have all been played on screen by which actor?
(Charlton) HESTON

ROUND SIX
1a After what event did Churchill say 'the worst disaster and largest capitulationin British history'?
FALL of SINGAPORE
1b Of what did Oliver Cromwell die in 1658?
MALARIA
2a Who painted 'Boy With a Basket of Fruit' in 1593 and 'Boy Bitten by a Lizard' in circa 1593/96?
CARAVAGGIO
2b Who, in the Old Testament, was the sister of Moses?
MIRIAM
3a Miu Miu is a brand of which fashion house?
PRADA
3b Who is the Roman goddess of luck and chance?
FORTUNA
4a Oscar Schindler, Michael Collins and Alfred Kinsey have all been played on screen by which actor?
(Liam) NEESON
4b Who, in 1989, skippered the first all female crew to sail around the world?
(Tracy) EDWARDS

ROUND SEVEN
1a What species of willow is much used in basketwork?
OSIER
1b Which port is situated at the mouth of the Yangtze River?
SHANGHAI
2a Which author created the LAPD detective Harry Bosch?
(Michael) CONNELLY
2b Apart from four days before Douglas-Home relinquished his peerage, who was the last Prime Minister to sit in the House of Lords?
(3rd Marquess of) SALISBURY
3a Who, in 1976, were the first Dutch group to have a UK No. 1?
PUSSYCAT
3b What sport was developed in the mid 19th century at Harrow School?
SQUASH
4a What name is given to the networking device that controls the flow of data packets between computers, peripherals and other networks?
ROUTER
4b What member of the grouse family gets its name from the Gaelic for 'horse of the woods'?
|CAPERCAILLIE

ROUND EIGHT
1a Which port is situated at the mouth of the River Seine?
LE HAVRE
1b From what type of wood was Thor Heyerdahl's raft Kon-Tiki made?
BALSA
2a Who is the only British Prime Minister born outside the British Isles?
(Andrew Bonar) LAW
2b Which author created the FBI forensic psychologist Alex Cross?
(James) PATTERSON
3a Created, by William G. Morgan, in 1895 what sport was originally called Mintonette?
VOLLEYBALL
3b Who, in 1977, were the first Spanish group to have a UK No. 1?
BACCARA
4a Which British member of the grouse family turns white as a winter camouflage?
PTARMIGAN
4b What name is given to a word or phrase in a computer document that can be clicked on In order to move to a related document?
HYPERLINK

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 Who wrote 1892 farce 'Charley's Aunt'?
(Brandon) THOMAS
2 Where in the human body is the tectum?
BRAIN
3 During which war did the Battle of the Ebro take place?
SPANISH CIVIL WAR