Monday 26th January 2015
Set by Warrington

Round 1
1a What is the name of the cartoon cat that is always chasing Tweety Pie?
Sylvester
1b The statue of the 'Little Mermaid' is in the harbour of which city?
Copenhagen
2a What is the common name of the tree and shrub Salix?
Willow
2b 'Grace and Favour' was the follow-up to which BBCTV sitcom?
Are You Being Served
3a Which Irish dish consists of a mixture of mashed potato and cabbage (or kale)?
Colcannon
3b Which is the smallest of the Great Lakes?
Ontario
4a In which famous novel does the HMS Compass Rose sink?
The Cruel Sea
4b What type of lager takes its name from the Czech town where it was first brewed?
Pilsner (Plzen)

Round 2
1a The remains of King Richard 3rd Were found under a car park in which city?
Leicester
1b What kind of creature is a Manx Loaghtan?
Sheep
2a By what first name is golfer Gerry Lester Watson better known?
Bubba
2b What unusual means of transport connects North Greenwich to the Royal Docks?
Cable Car (Emirates Air Line)
3a Which is the largest state in Australia?
Western Australia
3b Which animal features prominently in paintings by Alfred Munnings?
Horse
4a The Mau Mau uprising of the 1950s took place in which country?
Kenya
4b A deficiency of which element causes goitre?
Iodine

Round 3
1a In which Irish county is the Blarney Stone?
Cork
1b In a famous novel, how is Sir Percy Blakeney otherwise known?
The Scarlet Pimpernel
2a The dollar ($) and Euro (£) symbols both appear on which numerical key on a British keyboard?
4
2b Name any one of the three women to have trained a Grand National winner?
Jenny Pitman, Venetia Williams, Sue Smith
3a Which classic cocktail consists of whisky, sweet vermouth and angostura bitters?
Manhattan
3b In the title of a BBC2 TV programme, how are Antonio Carluccio and Genaro Contaldo known?
Two Greedy Italians
4a What were George Mallory and Andrew Irvine attempting to do when they disappeared in 1924?
Climb Mt Everest
4b Which Olympic event starts using a ?deny'?
Keirin (cycling)

Round 4
1a The current £20 note featuring Adam Smith depicts the manufacture of which household object?
Pins?
1b The Treaty of Windsor of 1386 resulted in the longest British alliance, with which country?
Portugal
2a Which children's writer created the characters The Saucepan Man, Dame Washalot and Moonface?
Enid Blyton
2b Give a year in the life of astronomer Copernicus?
1473-1543
3a Which desert lies in Sudan between the River Nile and the Red Sea?
Nubian Desert?
3b What is the name of the mountain above Rio de Janeiro where the statue of Christ the Redeemer stands?
Corcovado
4a What is the name of the railway line that is being built through London to link Reading, Berkshire with Shenfield in Essex?
Crossrail
4b Edward of Woodstock who, as Prince of Wales, died before his father and so was never King of England, is better known by which name?
The Black Prince

Round 5
1a In a film who married Princess Fiona, the daughter of King Harold and Queen Lillian of Far, Far Away?
Shrek
1b Which English novelist had an early career as a policeman in Burma?
George Orwell
2a Which Country & Western singer, who died in 2013, called himself 'The Original Man In Black', his hits include Indian Love Call and'Rose Marie?
Slim Whitman
2b Who was shot and killed along with his mistress Clara Petacci on 28th April 1945?
Benito Mussolini
3a Who wrote the novels 'The Fog', 'The Dark' and 'The Rats'?
James Herbert
3b Which famous musical features the song 'There is Nothing Like a Dame'?
South Pacific
4a What was the nationality of the playwright August Strindberg?
Swedish
4b Which English city is built on seven hills?
Sheffield

Round 6
1a The £10 note issued between 1992 and 2003 featuring Charles Dickens had which activity on the back?
A Cricket Match
1b Who was Prime Minister of the UK at the end of World War 2?
Clement Attlee
2a What name is given to the covered entrance to a churchyard, intended to give shelter to the coffin and mourners before entering the church?
Lichgate
2b Who plays the part of Mrs Brown in the TV comedy Mrs Brown's Boys?
Brendan O'Carroll
3a Which US city is known as the Big Orange?
Los Angeles
3b On which musical instrument would you find pedals, a resonator and a pillar?
Harp
4a Which 2007 treaty amended the Maastricht Treaty and Treaty of Rome?
Lisbon
4b The 15-a-side sport Camogie is the female equivalent of which sport?
Hurling

Round 7
1a The flag of which country has twelve colours, more than any other national flag?
Costa Rica
1b At 14.17 miles long, which is the longest circuit ever used for a Formula 1 motor race?
Nurburgring
2a In the Bible to where was the Good Samaritan traveling?
Jericho
2b Which are the largest butterflies found in Britain?
Swallowtail
3a The Kumbh Mela, which takes place four times every twelve years is a festival in which religion?
Hinduism
3b Once the longest street in the world Yonge (pronounced Young) Street has its southern end in which city? The ice hockey Hall of Fame stands on a corner with Front Street.
Toronto
4a What turns a Croque Monsieur into a Croque Madame and a Welsh Rarebit into a Buck Rabbit?
(Poached/Fried) Egg
4b Which seeds are used to make tahini paste?
Sesame

Round 8
1a The 1919 Prohibition Act was named after which politician?
(Andrew) Volstead
1b In 1797 Horatio Nelson lost his right arm during a battle for which island?
Tenerife
2a Which 1924 Sigmund Romberg operetta features the Drinking Song?
The Student Prince
2b Who wrote the songs for the musical Top Hat?
Irving Berlin
3a As in the name of the New South Wales rugby team, what is a Waratah??
(It's the state) Flower
3b What was the first name of the silent film comedian Fatty'Arbuckle?
Roscoe
4a The WH Auden poem commonly known as 'Stop All The Clocks', is more properly known by what title?
Funeral Blues
4b Who was the first American to go into space twice?
Gus Grissom

Spare Questions
1 The Red River forms the boundary between Texas and which other US State?
Oklahoma
2 Who created the children's book character the Gruffalo?
Julia Donaldson
3 Apple pips contain which toxic substance?
Cyanide