Tuesday 13th October 2015
Set by Kluggers (Liverpool)

Round One
1A As at January 2015 who is the only person to have held all the major offices of State in the UK – Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary
James Callaghan
1B What type of creature is a vendace?
Fish
2A Pinchbeck is an alloy of copper and which other metal?
Zinc
2B Who wrote the play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Edward Albee
3A Who wrote the novel The Riddle of the Sands'?
Erskine Childers
3B Which musical instrument has a name which means bundle of sticks in Italian?
Bassoon
4A In the 1950s which tennis player entered the Wimbledon Ladies Singles three times winning oh each occasion?
Maureen Connolly (Little Mo)
4B Who plays the part of Walter Keane in the Tim Burton film 'Big Eyes'. He has won two Oscars for best supporting actor?
Christoph Waltz

Round Two
1A Which British town or city has the postcode BT?
Belfast
1B Which British town or city has the post code DL?
Darlington
2A Who plays the part of John Cairncross in the film The Imitation Game' about the life of Alan Turing. He has appeared regularly in 'Downton Abbey'?
Allen Leech
2B Which popular folk band is led by John Boden?
Bellowhead
3A In which year did General Franco die?
1975
3B What was the pseudonym of the mathematician Leonardo Bonacci (1170-1240)?
Fibonacci
4A In which Shakespeare play does the song "Who is Sylvia" appear?
Two Gentlemen of Verona
4B Who in the 1970's issued the albums 'Gorilla' and 'Mudslide Slim land the Biue Horizon'?
James Taylor

Round Three
1A Which author who died in 1998 wrote the thrillers 'The Mask of Dimitrios' and 'Journey into Fear'?
Eric Ambler
1B Which author of children's books had the real name Theodore Geisel?
Dr Seuss
2A What type of pastry derives its name from the Greek word for leaf?
Filo
2B Juliet and Cupid are moons of which planet in our solar system?
Uranus
3A What was the first name of Captain Mainwaring in Dad's Army?
George
3B Which European capital city lies at the confluence of the rivers Danube and Sava?
Belgrade
4A Which English king was deposed by his first cousin who became Henry the fourth?
Richard II
4B In which decade did both Fridtjof Nansen and Frank Kellogg win the Nobel Peace prize
1920s

Round Four
1A Which Australian state capital lies on the River Swan?
Perth
1B As at January 2015 who is the shadow Secretary of State for Education?
Tristram Hunt
2A Which football ream reached their first FA Cup final in 2011 but lost 1-0?
2B Which World War 2 aircraft manufacturer made the Halifax bomber?
Handley Page .
3A Snow Hill railway station is in which British city?
Birmingham
3B Which football team have appeared in four FA Cup finals but lost them all?
Leicester City
4A Which author wrote the science fiction books The Kraken Wakes' and The Midwich Cuckoos'?
John Wyndham
4B What type of creature is a fennec?
Fox

Round Five
1A Who hosts the BBC quiz show 'Two Tribes'?
Richard Osman
1B In which English county is Peckforton Castle?
Cheshire
2A In which English county is Shepherd Neame brewery?
Kent
2B What would your occupation be if you had the letters MRTPI after your name?
Town Planner
3A in which horse race is the record for the fastest time held by Secretariat in 1973?
Kentucky Derby
3B Who was King of England at the time of the Peterloo massacre?
George III
4A Which company manufactures After Eight mints? Nestle
4B I What is the medical term for a build up of pressure within the eye? Glaucoma

Round Six
1A In which country are the wine producing regions Huasco Valley and Choapa Valley?
Chile
1B Which book won the Man Booker Prize in 2014. Its subject was Japanese prisoner of war camps in World War 2?
The Narrow Road To The Deep North
2AWho is the last Vice President of the USA to have later become President?
George Bush Senior
2B Which cartoonist created Garfield?
Jim Davis
3A Which film director said "actors should be treated like cattle’'?
Alfred Hitchcock
3B In the human body where is the zygomatic bone?
Cheek(bone)
4A What did the Romans call Winchester?
Venta Belgarum
4B in which 1950s film was the term paparazzi first used?
La Dolce Vita

Round Seven
1A Which British actor plays the part of Martin Luther King in the 2014 film 'Selma'?
David Oyelowo
1B Which medical condition would be treated with drugs such as ramiprii and enalapril?
Hypertension (high blood pressure)
2A In the novel 'The 39 Steps' near which town are the 39 steps?
Broadstairs (Kent)
2B What is the capital of Mali?
Bamako
3A With which sport were the players Peter Nicol and Jahangir Khan associated?
Squash .
3B With which sport are the players Ernests Gulbis and Milos Raonic associated?
Tennis
4A What is the capital of Samoa?
Apia
4B As at January 2015 who is the leader of the Green Party in the UK?
Natalie Bennett

Round Eight
1A Which US group of the 1970s consisted of Dewy Bunnell, Dan Peek and Gerry Beckley and had hits including Tin Man and Sister Golden Hair?
America
1B Which US band still active today had hits with September and After The Love Has Gone? They were founded by Maurice White.
Earth Wind and Fire
2A What is the chemical name for Epsom Salts?
Magnesium sulphate
2B Which acid is also known as muriatic acid?
Hydrochloric acid
3A Name either President of the USA whose term coincided with the reign of William the Fourth in the UK?
Andrew Jackson or Martin van Buren
3B Which British PM was in office during the entire term of US President James Monroe?
Lord Liverpool
4AWhich British TV personality was born Henry Lionel Ogus in 1931?
Lionel Blair
4B Which British film and TV actor is the son of actress Wanda Ventham?
Benedict Cumberbatch

Spare Questions
1 What is considered to be the most likely cause of "The madness of King George"?
Porphyria
2 How many US presidents have there been during the reign of Elizabeth the second?
Twelve
3 If the time in London is 2pm what is the time in Melbourne?
Midnight