Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Set by Rainhill Victoria (Liverpool)


Round One
1a Who is the current question master on Radio 4's 'Brain of Britain?
Russell Davies
1b In law, what name is given to a civil wrong causing loss or harm, enabling legal action against the party who carried out the act?
Tort
2a What was the name of the critically panned musical written by and starring Cliff Richard, with lyrics by Tim Rice and based on a 19th century novel, that ran for about six months in 1996/97?
Heathclfff
2b Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet who signed for Liverpool in 2013 has international caps for which country?
Belgium
3a Which 1461 battle of the Wars of the Roses, the bloodiest fought on English soil, took place between Leeds and York?
Towton
3b From which language do we take the words nitwit and yacht?
Dutch
4a Which building is the home of the Irish parliament?
Leinster House
4b What name is usually given to symphony no. 45 by Joseph Haydn, from the musicians gradually leaving the concert platform during the final movement?
Farewell

Round Two
1a Samsung Electronics was established in 1938 in which modern day country, in which it still has its international HQ?
South Korea
1b Which food company, based at the Royal Liver Buildings, produces brands such as Mazzola, Crosse & Blackwell, Napolina and Branston?
Princes Foods
2a In legal usage what name is given to laws that restrict the maximum time legal proceedings may be initiated after an event occurs?
Limitations (Statute or Period)
2b On whose BBC Radio 2 show could you take part in the 'Pop Master' quiz game?
Ken Bruce
3a The greatest confirmed age for any living creature is for a species of quahog (pronounced ko-hog) at over 500 years old. What is the common name for this species of creature?
Clam
3b Founded in 1816 the Fitzwilliam Museum of art and antiquities is in which English city?
Cambridge.
4a In Egyptian mythology, which god represented storms, chaos, disorder and war?
Set or Seth (also called Setesh, Sutekh, Setekh or Sut)
4b Katie Melua was born in which republic of the USSR, now anindependent country
Georgia

Round Three
1a In 1699, William Paterson (the founder of the Bank of England) promoted what scheme, a trading colony in Panama, for the people of Scotland? It proved to be a ruinous failure for the Scottish economy, giving eventual rise to the Act of Union in 1707,
Darien Scheme
1b Name the governor of Roman Britain 77-85 AD and commander of the 20th legion, who subdued much of northern Britain and encouraged leading Britons to adopt Roman customs and language?
(Gnaeus Julius) Agricola
2a According to electronic tagging records, which breed of dog is the most popular in the UK? Labrador
2b Which office of state has been held at various times since 1983 by the constituency MPs for Blaby, Huntingdon, Kingston upon Thames and Edinburgh South West?
Chancellor Of The Exchequer
3a Which office of state has been held at various times since 1992 by the constituency MPs for Blackburn, Redditch, Rushcliffe and Maidenhead?
Home Secretary
3b What is the name of the Broadway musical, written by Sting, which closed early in 2015 after a short run, in which Sting himself replaced Jimmy Nail in the lead role in a bid to increase sales?
The Last Ship
4a Which mountain range stretches for 1500 miles and has Mount Mitchell at 6,684 feet as its highest point?
Appalachians
4b Which creature is the world's largest invertebrate and has the largest eye in the animal kingdom? Colossal Squid

Round Four
1a Turner Contemporary, a gallery and visual arts centre, is situated in which British town, the birthplace of Tracy Emin?
Margate
1b Which mountain range stretches for 1600 miles and has Mount Toubkal as its highest point at 13,671 feet?
Atlas
2a Give a year in the life of Pierre De Fermat, the French mathematician and lawyer known for his last theorem.
1601-1665
2b Miley Cyrus came to prominence playing which title role on TV as a teenager who leads a double life as a singer?
Hannah Montana
3a Wasps rugby union club relocated in December 2014 from Wycombe Wanderers to share which other Football League club's ground?
Coventry City
3b Give a year in the life of Nicolaus Copernicus, the Polish mathematician and astronomer.
1473-1543
4a Striker Samuel Eto'o who signed for Everton in 2014 has represented which country in the FIFA World Cup?
Cameroon
4b Between circa 1300-1850 which criminal cult of murderers and robbers dedicated to goddess Kali, operated in India, usually strangling their victims?
Thugees or Thugs

Round Five
1a The site of the 1805 Battle of Austerlitz, also called the Battle of the Three Emperors, and a major success for Napoleon Bonaparte, is in which modern day country?
CzechRepublic
1b The name of which Canadian city is a word that means 'where the river narrows' in Algonquin? Quebec
2a In Egyptian mythology, which goddess personified joy, feminine love, fertility and motherhood?
Hathor
2b What was unique among Chinese emperors about Wu Zhao, a Tang dynasty emperor who ruled from 690 to 705A.D?
Only woman emperor
3a Paul Staines blogs about 'parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracy' under what name, that of the real name of an historically significant plotter?
Guido Fawkes
3b The title of TV show Strictly Come Dancing is based upon the name of a previous BBC show and which 1993 Baz Luhrman film?
Strictly Ballroom
4a In which 1816 novel do we meet the characters Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth?
Persuasion
4b Sharing its name with a city, which secret underground organisation is said to have arranged the expatriation of many former Nazis to South America including Adolf Eichmann?
ODESSA

Round Six
1a What is the better known name of the Antoinette Perry Awards?
Tony Awards
1b In which novel published in 1814 do we meet the characters Sir Thomas Bertram and Henry Crawford?
Mansfield Park
2a Writer and film director Nora Ephron was married between 1976-80 to which journalist, a collaborative winner of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize?
Carl Bernstein
2b From which language do we take the words commando and marmalade?
Portuguese
3a Which company was founded in 1711, as a public-private partnership to trade with South America and to reduce the national debt? Its shares greatly increased in value in 1720, fuelled by the company financing the purchase of its own shares, before its spectacular and devastating collapse.
South Sea Company
3b Which palatial villa, located just over a mile west of Chichester, is believed to have been the residence of king Cogidubnus, a 1st century ally of the Romans?
Fishbourne
4a After a dispute about rent, Coventry City moved from the Ricoh Arena in 2013 to share with which Football League club?
Northampton Town
4b The Emperor Showa was known by what name during his lifetime?
Hirohito

Round Seven
1a Whose mother was the subject of a boy's infatuation in a top 20 hit single by the Fountains of Wayne in 2003?
Stacy (Stacy's Mom)
1b Between 1090-1273, which Nizali Ismailis sect of Muslims operated as terrorists, renowned for tracking and killing targeted individual leaders?
Assassins
2a Plovdiv and Varna are respectively the second and third biggest cities in which European country?
Bulgaria
2b Cluj-Napoca and Timisoara are respectively the second and third biggest cities in which European country?
Romania
3a Prior to the introduction of the franc in 1795 what was the currency of France?
Livre
3b Which 6 letter English word is derived from the Greek meaning ten thousand?
Myriad
4a Which chemical element is named after a university in Oakland, California?
Berkelium
4b Chicago Tribune newspaper headlines wrongly trumpeted which candidate's victory over Truman in the 1948 US Presidential election?
Thomas E Dewey

Round Eight
1a In which Irish institution is the Book of Kells normally exhibited?
Trinity College (Library)
1b Under what name did Dr Brooke Magnanti write her blog about her life as a call girl?
Belle du Jour
2a The name of which Australian city is a word that means meeting place in aboriginal?
Canberra
2b What nickname is usually given to symphony no. 101 by Joseph Haydn? The name alludes to the metronomic qualities of the opening movement.
Clock
3a Which US President who was in office 1923-29, was the only one to be born on 4th July?
Calvin Coolidge
3b Writer and film director Kathryn Bigelow was married between 1989-91 to which film director, a winner of the Oscar for Best Director?
James Cameron
4a Which German city is the state capital of Saxony? Its famous Frauenkirche celebrates the 10th anniversary of its restoration in 2015.
Dresden
4b In which country was singer and 'The Voice' presenter Rita Ora born? Either its name at the time or now is acceptable.
Yugoslavia (born in Pristina, Kosovo in 1990, prior to breakup of FYR in 1991, so accept Kosovo or Serbia)

Spare Questions
1 Which 2008 Pixar film is about a robot left abandoned on an uninhabited Earth to deal with the waste and rubbish that caused mankind to leave?
Wall E
2 Formed in Liverpool in 1977, The Crucial Three lasted only about 6 weeks and never recorded, yet all three members became successful musicians. Name any one member.
Pete Wylie, Ian McCulloch and Julian Cope
3 Premier league footballer Raheem Sterling was born in which city?
Kingston (Jamaica)
4 Loved by generation of Australians, what is a Tim-Tam?
A type of biscuit
5 Who directed the classic 1948 western film Red River starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift? Howard Hawks
6 In 1985 Prince Andrew officially opened which airport, built at a cost of £215 million by British taxpayers?
Mount Pleasant (accept Port Stanley)
7 Which of Shakespeare's plays is concerned with the efforts of Baptista to find husbands for his daughters, Bianca and her sister?
The Taming Of The Shrew
8 Nuclear-powered, named after a famous Frenchman and launched in 1994, which is the French navy's only aircraft carrier?
Charles de Gaulle