Monday 2nd February 2015
Set by Ormskirk

Round 1
1a The author Iain Banks wrote his science fiction books under which slightly different name?
IAIN M BANKS
1b What is the SI unit of pressure?
PASCAL
2a In the 1950?s National Service was extended to 2 years. How long was it before this? ;
18 MONTHS
2b Which French region has Metz as its official capital?
LORRAINE
3a The blessings known as the Beatitudes were part of which address by Jesus?
SERMON ON THE MOUNT
3b Name Beethoven?s only opera.
FIDELIO
4a In which Bond film did Judi Dench first play the role of M?
GOLDENEYE
4b During the 2 circuits of the Grand National course at Aintree how many jumps are taken by those horses completing the race?
30

Round 2
1a In what war was the Battle of Blenheim fought?
THE WAR OF SPANISH SUCCESSION
1b The Coast to Coast Walk starting at St Bees in Cumbria ends where?
ROBIN HOOD?S BAY, (NORTH YORKSHIRE)
2a Who wrote the book Jo's Boys?
LOUISA M ALCOTT
2b Which female painter was noted for her heavy black eyebrows?
FRIDA KAHLO
3a Who plays the part of Penny in The Big Bang Theory?
KALEY CUOCO
3b Which football club has been managed in 2014 by Paul Ince, Barry Ferguson, Jose Riga and Lee Clark?
BLACKPOOL
4a In Spain which fruit is called a melocoton?
PEACH
4b Which actor and filmmaker is attributed with the proverb: ?The lion and the lamb shall lie down together, but the lamb won't get much sleep?
WOODY ALLEN

Round 3
1a Which car company manufactures the electric car the Zoe?
RENAULT
1b Who had a top ten hit in 1962 with Right Said Fred?
BERNARD CRIBBINS
2a Kate Winslet won an Academy Award for Best Actress in which 2008 film?
THE READER
2b What was the Schneider Trophy awarded for?
SEAPLANE RACING
3a What links Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and Cervantes' Don Quixote?
THEY WERE BOTH BEGUN WHILE THE AUTHORS WERE IN PRISON
3b What word is used to describe the process of giving birth by animals such as dogs and wolves?
WHELPING
4a Which Roman emperor was known by a nickname that means Little Boot?
CALIGULA (Gaius Julius Carsar Augustus Germanicus)
4b Which European country's flag consists of 3 horizontal bands, top to bottom blue, black and white?
ESTONIA

Round 4
1a In the final part of which 1990s game show did contestants collect tokens blown around by six fans inside a dome?
THE CRYSTAL MAZE
1b Madisor Bumgarner was the MVP in the 2014 Baseball World Series. For which team that won the title is 'Mad Bum' a pitcher?
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
2a Name the female spirit considered the harbinger of death in Irish folklore?
BANSHEE
2b In which musical would you find the song Cell Block Tango?
CHICAGO
3a In what type of aircraft did Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic crossing?
VICKERS VIMY
3b In which year was the Channel Tunnel opened?
1994
4a The Lancre Coven is the main group of witches in which series of novels?
DISCWORLD
4b Which member of the cabinet is MP for Maidenhead?
THERESA MAY

Round 5
1a In the TV series Frasier who played the part of Daphne Moon?
JANE LEEVES
1b What is the middle name of Australian cricketer John Hastings who played for Durham in 2014? He is nicknamed The Duke.
WAYNE
2a In Germany which fruit is called a birne?
PEAR
2b Which musician and composer said 'Wagner has wonderful moments, and dreadful quarters of an hour'?
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
3a In which game show would you get a cheque book and pen as a consolation prize?
BLANKETY BLANK
3b FC Barcelona 83 Real Madrid 81 was the score in the clinching game of the playoffs in which sport in 2014?
BASKETBALL
4a In Scottish legend kelpies are water spirits in the shape of which animals?
HORSES
4b What was Freddie Mercury's real surname?
BULSARA

Round 6
1a The author of Trilby - George Du Maurier was what relation to the author of Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier?
GRANDFATHER
1b What word describes a young bird which has just learned to fly?
FLEDGLING
2a Which 17th century French king was known as the Just?
LOUIS XIII
2b Which European country's flag consists of 3 horizontal bands top to bottom white, green and red?
BULGARIA
3a Give a year during the War of Austrian Succession.
1740-1748
3b The Dales Way is a path that runs from Bowness in Cumbria to which town in Yorkshire on the River Wharfe?
ILKLEY
4a Who wrote The Railway Children?
EDITH NESBIT
4b What shape was the surrealist sofa made by Salvador Dali?
A PAIR OF LIPS

Round 7
1a Which was the first jet aircraft to cross the Atlantic non-stop?
CANBERRA
1b Which road tunnel, the world?s longest between 1965 and 1978, links France and Italy?
MONT BLANC
2a What is the first name of the young witch, heroine of The Wee Free Men and A Hat Full of Sky books in the Discworld series?
TIFFANY (ACHING)
2b Which member of the cabinet is MP for South West Surrey?
JEREMY HUNT
3a Which car company manufactures the Adam model?
VAUXHALL (accept OPEL)
3b Who had a hit single in 1961 with Don't Jump Off The Roof, Dad?
TOMMY COOPER
4a Which actress appeared in the film Calendar Girls and the remake of Brighton Rock?
HELEN MIRREN
4b What sport is the Bledisloe Cup awarded annually?
RUGBY UNION (AUSTRALIA VERSUS NEW ZEALAND)

Round 8
1a According to the Acts of the Apostles what peak was the location for the ascension of Jesus?
THE MOUNT OF OLIVES (accept MOUNT OLIVET)
1b Whose last opera was Falstaff?
GIUSEPPE VERDI
2a Which actor became M in the Bond film Skyfall?
RALPH FIENNES
2b Which Grand Prix circuit has comers named La Rascasse and Tabac amongst others?
MONACO
3a Which author also writes under the name Barbara Vine?
RUTH RENDELL
3b What is the SI unit of energy or work?
JOULE
4a In 1960 who became President of the newly independent Cyprus?
ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS
4b Bordeaux is the capital of which French region?
AQUITAINE

Spare Questions
1 Ynys Mon is the Welsh name for which part of the Principality?
ANGLESEY
2 The Boy in The Dress and Gangsta Granny are books written by which actor/writer?
DAVID WALLIAMS
3 Edward Heath was the second bachelor Prime Minister of the UK in the twentieth century. Who was the first?
ARTHUR BALFOUR