Tuesday 15th December 2015
Set by Ormskirk

Round 1
1a What was the first single released by Frankie Goes To Hollywood not to reach number 1 in the UK, although the album of the same name did?
WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME
1b Who won the 2015 Tour de France?
CHRIS FROOME
2a Who plays Christian Grey in the 2015 film Fifty Shades of Grey?
JAMIE DORNAN
2b The Gruffalo is a creation of which former children’s laureate?
JULIA DONALDSON
3a Based in Washington DCs Eccles Building, what is the American equivalent of the Bank of England in the UK?
SYSTEM
3b According to the Women’s Institute, what flavour jam should be used in a Victoria sponge?
RASPBERRY
4a Which former Prime Minister held the title “Father of the House” (of Commons) between 1983 and 1987?
JIM CALLAGHAN
4b What city is the northern terminus of the Suez Canal?
PORT SAID

Round 2
1a Convallaria majalis is the scientific name for what popular garden flower?
LILY OF THE VALLEY
1b How many digits are on the “long number” seen on the front of a credit or debit card?
16
2a Which leader was born in present-day Hungary in about 406AD, murdered his co-ruler and brother, Bleda, in 445 and died on his wedding night in 453AD?
ATTILA
2b Since its adoption in 2000, the US dollar has been the official currency of which mainland South American nation?
ECUADOR
3a Lord Kitchener, British General in WW1, was lost at sea in 1916 off the Orkney Islands. What was the name of his ship?
\HMS HAMPSHIRE
3b With its capital at Jaipur, what is the largest state of India, by area?
RAJASTHAN
4a Cn is the symbol for which element?
COPERNICIUM
4b Which French shoe designer once said; “red is more than a colour”?
CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN

Round 3
1a Roger Mellie ‘The Man on the Telly’ appears in which comic magazine?
VIZ
1b In the title of a Shakespeare play, of which city in the Levant was Pericles the prince?
TYRE
2a Which composer, who lived from 1732-1809, wrote the music now used for the German national anthem?
(FRANZ) JOSEPH HAYDN
2b Who is captain of the England Women’s cricket team?
CHARLOTTE EDWARDS
3a The 1955 thriller The Night of the Hunter was the only feature film to be directed by which actor? CHARLES LAUGHTON
3b What pen name is used by the author who created the private investigator Cormoran Strike in a series of novels beginning in 2013 with The Cuckoo’s Calling?
ROBERT GALBRAITH
4a Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery was named after its founding benefactor, who made his fortune in what industry?
BREWING
4b The Italian soccer club Sampdoria plays home games in which city?
GENOA

Round 4
1a Which former Labour cabinet minister headed the Better Together group campaigning for a No vote in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum?
ALISTAIR DARLING
1b Six islands of 10 000 km2 or greater are “divided” between two or more nations. Which country has a share of three of these six islands?
INDONESIA (NEW GUINEA, BORNEO, TIMOR)
2a What name links the topmost cervical vertebra, a size of paper and the Titan condemned by Zeus to support the heavens on his shoulders?
ATLAS
2b Which Italian TV chef was jailed for two years in the 1990s for burgling singer Paul Young’s house?
GINO D’ACAMPO
3a The Count di Luna, and his brother Manrico, vie for the love of Leonora in which Verdi opera, first performed in 1853?
IL TROVATORE
3b Which golfer won the Open Championship in the 1950s, the 1960s and the 1970s?
GARY PLAYER
4a As well as being a Radio 2 newsreader, who provides the voiceovers for Strictly Come Dancing and, due to his work on various lottery shows, is known as “The Voice of the Balls”?
ALAN DEDICOAT
4b Which entertainer’s autobiography is entitled The Life and Loves of a He-Devil?
GRAHAM NORTON

Round 5
1a Only three people served continuously in the Labour cabinet from 1997 to 2010; Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown were two, who was the third?
JACK STRAW
1b New Guinea and Borneo are the two largest “divided” islands in the world. What is the third largest island which is divided between two or more nations?
IRELAND
2a What name links a stringed musical instrument and a kitchen utensil used for slicing vegetables? MANDOLIN
2b Which TV chef was cautioned in 2012 for shoplifting items including wine and cheese from a Henley-on-Thames branch of Tesco?
ANTONY WORRALL THOMPSON
3a Who was the architect of the Thiepval War Memorial to the Missing of the Somme?
EDWIN LUTYENS
3b With its capital at Dusseldorf and its largest city of Cologne, what is the most populous state of Germany?
NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA
4a Fm is the symbol for which element?
FERMIUM
4b Handbags named in honour of Alexa Chung, Lana Del Rey and Cara Delevigne are all made by what manufacturer?
MULBERRY

Round 6
1a Helleborus niger is the scientific name for what evergreen flowering plant?
CHRISTMAS ROSE
1b How many digits make up a bank’s sort code?
6
2a Alaric I, the first king of the Visigoths, commanded his forces in the sack of which city in 410 AD? ROME
2b The Euro is the official currency of which region of mainland South America?
FRENCH GUIANA
3a What is the English translation of the Italian opera La Gazza Ladra?
THE THIEVING MAGPIE
3b Which player won the Gentlemen’s Singles at Wimbledon four times in the 1960s?
ROD LAVER
4a Having initially voiced most of DJ Steve Wright’s Radio 1 characters, who provides the prominent voiceovers for TV shows such as The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent?
PETER DICKSON
4b Which Monty Python member’s autobiography is entitled So, Anyway?
JOHN CLEESE

Round 7
1a Matt (surname Pritchett) provides a front-page cartoon in which daily newspaper?
DAILY TELEGRAPH
1b Which title character in a Shakespeare play is a king of ancient Britain and has a daughter called Imogen?
CYMBELINE
2a The national anthem of which European country has the same tune as that of the UK?
LIECHTENSTEIN
2b In which sport is Tracey Neville the coach of the England team?
NETBALL
3a The 1961 western One-Eyed Jacks was the only feature film to be directed by which actor?
MARLON BRANDO
3b William Boyd’s 2013 novel Solo is the latest outing for which character?
BOND (JAMES BOND)
4a The National Gallery of British Art was renamed the Tate Gallery in 1932, to honour a major benefactor who made his fortune with what commodity?
SUGAR
4b The Spanish soccer club Espanyol plays home games in which city?
BARCELONA

Round 8
1a Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s consecutive singles record was broken in 1996-1997 by which group?
THE SPICE GIRLS
1b Who won the 2015 Formula 1 British Grand Prix?
LEWIS HAMILTON
2a Who is the director of the 2015 film Cinderella?
KENNETH BRANAGH
2b War Horse is a novel by which former children’s laureate?
MICHAEL MORPURGO
3a Currently held by John Kerry, what American governmental role is equivalent to that of Foreign Secretary in the UK?
SECRETARY OF STATE
3b Marmalade originates from the word marmelo which is Portuguese for which fruit?
QUINCE
4a Which former Prime Minister held the title “Father of the House” (of Commons) between 1929 and 1945?
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
4b What city is regarded as the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway?
VLADIVOSTOK

Spare Questions
1 The Count di Luna, and his brother Manrico, vie for the love of Leonora in which Verdi opera, first performed in 1853?
IL TROVATORE
2 The annual moustache-growing charity event known as “Movember” originated in what country?
AUSTRALIA
3 In April 2014, Pope Francis canonised two former popes; John Paul II was one, who was the other?
JOHN XXIII