Monday 9th February 2015
Set by Warrington

Round 1
1a Which comedian wrote the autobiography Me:Moir in 2006?
Vic Reeves
1b Which former Royal Navy ship, launched in 1938, is now moored in London and is a now a museum ship operated by the Imperial War Museum?
HMS Belfast
2a Taking its name from the Latin for anvil, which is the smallest bone in the human body?
Incus
2b The California Institute of Technology (Cal-tech) features in which TV comedy series?
The Big Bang Theory
3a What is the lowest possible bid in bridge?
One Club
3b Which US Naval Shipyard shares its name with an English county?
Norfolk
4a The name of which Italian region means Foot of the Mountain?
Piedmont
4b What is the highest possible bid in bridge?
Seven No Trumps

Round 2
1a Which type of four-wheeled open carriage shares its name with an English county?
Surrey
1b Which comedy duo played two inept policemen in the 1980s film The Boys in Blue?
Cannon & Ball
2a Who composed the Symphonie Fantastique?
Hector Berlioz
2b Which island country's flag depicts the head of Neptune's trident on its national flag?
Barbados
3a William McKinley High School featured in which TV series?
Glee
3b Which city was the first to supply both finalists in a European Cup or Champions League Final?
Madrid (2014)
4a Which country's national flag features the Sun of May in a white canton (not in the centre of the flag)?
Uruguay
4b Which bone in the -lower half of the human body takes its name from the Latin meaning ?brooch-pin??
Fibula

Round 3
1a Garden, Display, Professional and Indoor are the four categories given to what?
Fireworks
1b Who wrote the opera A Masked Ball?
Giuseppe Verdi
2a In which Midlands town will the National Civil War Centre open in Spring 2015?
Newark
2b Who was the commander of the besieged British troops at the Siege of Mafeking in May 1900?
Baden-Powell
3a Name the last battleship commissioned by the USA, it is now a museum ship in Pearl Harbour, Hawaii?
USS Missouri
3b The name of which Spanish region means ?very hard??
Extremadura
4a Who played the part of Dr Mark Sloan in the TV series Diagnosis Murder?
Dick van Dyke
4b Name a country other than Chad that borders Lake Chad?
Nigeria, Cameroon or Niger

Round 4
1a In which town did the Gunfight at the OK Corral take place?
Tombstone, Arizona
1b Name the year in which Driving Miss Daisy won the Best Picture Oscar, Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first executive President of the Soviet Union and Iraq invaded Kuwait?
1990
2a After a 118 day siege, which town was relieved by General Buller on February 28th/March 1st 1900?
Ladysmith
2b In the activity known as BASE jumping, for what does the E stand?
Earth (Buildings, Antennae,Span & Earth)
3a Which town or city was the first to supply the winners of both the FA Cup and Rugby League Challenge Cup in the same year?
Wigan (2013
3b In which country is Unity Day celebrated on October 3rd?
Germany
4a Name a country other than Tanzania that borders Lake Tanganyika?
Burundi, Zambia or Democratic Republic of Congo
4b Which US state is known as The First State as it was first to ratify the Constitution in 1787?
Delaware

Round 5
1a Who played the lead role of Dr Gabriel Monroe in the TV series Monroe?
James Nesbitt
1b What was former Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli's hereditary title?
(Earl of) Beaconsfield
2a Which top German football club play home games at the Allianz Stadion?
Bayern Munich
2b Which country celebrates National Foundation Day on 11th February, the anniversary of the coronation of the first emperor, Jimmu, in 660BC?
Japan
3a Keith Relf was the singer with which 1960s group, three of their guitarists are some of the most famous in rock music?
The Yardbirds
3b In which English county is the town of Wells-next-the-Sea?
Norfolk
4a In which city is the Commandery Civil War Centre?
Worcester
4b In the Asterix stories, what is the name of the druid who brews the magic potion?
Getafix

Round 6
1a Several chemical elements are named after places, which one is named after Cyprus?
Copper
1b Name the year in which Gladiator won the Best Picture Oscar, George W Bush was sworn in as US President and Dennis Tito became the first space tourist?
2001
2a Which Law of Physics defines the relationship between the pressure and volume of an ideal gas?
Boyle's Law
2b Time Magazine's 'Man of the Year' was established in 1927, who was the first winner? He started the year as an unknown 25 year old US Air Mail pilot.
Charles Lindbergh
3a In the Asterix stories, what is the name of the portly chief?
Vitalstatistix
3b Who played Gene Hunt in the TV series Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes?
Philip Glenister
4a Which eponymous Dickens character married Madeline Bray?
Nicholas Nickleby
4b In Jeff Wayne's original musical version of 'War of the Worlds', which famous actor played the part of the Journalist?
Richard Burton

Round 7
1a In Jeff Wayne's 'Musical Version of Spartacus' released in 1992, which later Oscar-winning British actress sings the principal female role of Palene?
Catherine Zeta-Jones
1b For what special purpose are silver pennies still minted annually?
Maundy Money
2a The first woman to win Time Magazine's Man of the Year was in 1936, she was an American who became much better known in the UK, who was she?
Wallis Simpson
2b Several chemical elements are named after places, which one is named after Russia?
Ruthenium
3a The Blue Fairy is a character in which Disney classic?
Pinocchio
3b The Signalstadion is the largest football ground in Germany, which team play their home games there?
Borussia Dortmund
4a Wild Bill Hickok was shot dead whilst playing poker in a saloon in which town?
Deadwood
4b Which US state is known as ?The Constitution State? as it was first to have a constitution in 1638-39?
Connecticut

Round 8
1a In which English county is the town of Marlborough?
Wiltshire
1b Which eponymous Dickens character married Mary Graham?
Martin Chuzzlewit
2a What was former Prime Minister Harold Wilson's title when he became a peer?
(Baron Wilson of) Rievaulx
2b Prior to forming the rock group Humble Pie, Peter Frampton had top ten 1960s hits with which group?
The Herd
3a Which coin was first introduced as a gold coin by Edward III in 1334 but then re-introduced as a silver coin in 1849, supposedly as a tentative first step towards decimalisation?
Florin (accept two-shillings)
3b Mufasa, Nala and Pumbaa are characters in which Disney film?
The Lion King
4a Who played Scottish policeman Hamish Macbeth on TV?
Robert Carlyle
4b Whose Law of Physics states that ?equal volumes of all gases, at the same temperature and pressure, have the same number molecules??
Avogadro?s Law (Principle or Hypothesis)

Spare Questions
1 Give any year in the life of the pirate Blackbeard?
1680-1718
2 What is the name of the chalk figure located near Wilmington in East Sussex?
The Long Man
3 The Dardanelles in north-western Turkey connect the Aegean Sea to which other sea?
Sea of Marmara