Monday 1st February 2016
Set by Ormskirk

Round 1
1a Melton Mowbray and Ashby-de-la-Zouch are towns in which English county?
LEICESTERSHIRE
1b What name was given to the atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki?
FAT MAN
2a Which author wrote the Twilight series of novels?
STEPHANIE MEYER
2b What was the name of the Mercury spacecraft in which John Glenn orbited the Earth in 1962?
FRIENDSHIP (7)
3a Which group had a hit in 1960 with Apache?
THE SHADOWS
3b David Copperfield and Ali Bongo have been recent winners of the David Devant Award, named after the first President of which society?
THE MAGIC CIRCLE
4a Two Books of the Old Testament begin with the letter P. One is Psalms. What is the other?
PROVERBS
4b What was the name of Gary Cooper’s character in the 1952 film High Noon?
WILL KANE

Round 2
1a Which actor played Sergeant Neil Howie in the 1973 film The Wicker Man?
EDWARD WOODWARD
1b Two Books of the Old Testament begin with the letter L. One is Leviticus. What is the other?
LAMENTATIONS
2a Magician Steven Frayne is better known by what name?
DYNAMO
2b Which group had a hit in 1962 with Telstar?
THE TORNADOS
3a To within one year either way, in which year was the last Space Shuttle flight?
2011
3b Which author wrote the Hunger Games series of novels?
SUZANNE COLLINS
4a What was the name of the pilot of Enola Gay, the bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
PAUL TIBBETS
4b Leighton Buzzard and Biggleswade are towns in which English county?
BEDFORDSHIRE

Round 3
1a The basenji breed of hunting dog originated on which continent?
AFRICA
1b How many stars are on the European flag?
TWELVE
2a Which is the largest country by area in Central America?
NICARAGUA
2b Which motor manufacturer produces a model called the Yaris?
TOYOTA
3a In which Dickens novel does Daniel Quilp appear?
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
3b Molde and Rosenborg are football clubs from which country?
NORWAY
4a Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' is the opening song from which musical?
OKLAHOMA!
4b Who was King of England in 1350?
EDWARD III

Round 4
1a Who did Michael Gorbachev succeed as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union?
KONSTANTIN CHERNENKO
1b In the 1953 film Calamity Jane, who was Calamity Jane’s love interest?
WILD BILL HICKOK
2a Braga and Belenenses are football clubs from which country?
PORTUGAL
2b In which Dickens novel does Nathaniel Winkle appear?
THE PICKWICK PAPERS
3a Which motor manufacturer produces a model called the Note?
NISSAN
3b Which country in Central America has the highest population?
GUATEMALA
4a How many stars are on the flag of New Zealand?
FOUR
4b The Samoyed breed of dog originated in which country?
RUSSIA

Round 5
1a Denis Papin is credited with inventing an early version of which kitchen device?
PRESSURE COOKER
1b Which American author is mentioned in the Beatles song l am the Walrus?
EDGAR ALLAN POE
2a Which Channel 4 TV programme involves four or five amateur chefs competing against each other, hosting a dinner party for the other contestants?
COME DINE WITH ME
2b The goatsucker is another name for which bird?
NIGHTJAR
3a Who did Ban Ki-Moon succeed as Secretary-General of the United Nations?
KOFI ANNAN
3b Which lake was formed by the construction of the Hoover Dam on the Colorado river?
LAKE MEAD
4a In a one-day cricket match on January 6th 2012 against Bangladesh A the first six batsmen for England Lions, Roy, Root, Vince, Taylor, Bairstow and Buttler all have first names that begin with which letter?
J
4b Which magazine was also known as the London Charivari?
PUNCH

Round 6
1a Which general interest magazine was founded in 1922 by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace?
READER’S DIGEST
1b In three test matches this summer Australia picked three players with first name Mitchell. One was Mitchell Johnson. Name either of the other two.
STARC or MARSH
2a Which town, later a city, was created to house the workers of the Hoover Dam project?
BOULDER CITY
2b American Allen Dulles was the first civilian Director of which organisation?
CIA
3a The hedge sparrow is another common name for which bird?
DUNNOCK
3b Which BBC TV programme is concerned with protecting the nation from rogue restaurants and poisonous food?
FOOD INSPECTORS
4a In the Queen song Killer Queen, where does she keep her Moet et Chandon?
(IN HER) PRETTY CABINET
4b In which household item would you find a magnetron?
MICROWAVE OVEN

Round 7
1a Which ITV crime drama series stars Brenda Blethyn as a Detective Chief Inspector in the fictional Northumberland and City Police?
VERA
1b Who was Editor of the News of the World from 2003 to 2007?
ANDY COULSON
2a Who was the Chancellor during German reunification in 1990?
HELMUT KOHL
2b What is the nationality of singer Shakira?
COLOMBIAN
3a The zygomatic bone is the medical name for which bone of the human body?
CHEEK BONE
3b What type of creature is a boomslang?
SNAKE
4a In which country did the 1989 Velvet Revolution take place?
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
4b The Korea Strait and the Strait of Tartary are at opposite ends of which sea? SEA OF JAPAN

Round 8
1a Which inland sea lies between the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea?
SEA OF MARMARA
1b In which country did the Orange Revolution take place in 2004-2005?
UKRAINE
2a Whirligig and Longhorn are types of which creature?
BEETLE
2b In the human body where would you find the parietal bone?
SKULL (accept HEAD)
3a What is the nationality of singer Rihanna?
BARBADIAN
3b Who was King of England in 1550?
EDWARD VI
4a Who was Editor of the Daily Mirror from 1996 to 2004?
PIERS MORGAN
4b John Bacchus played by Lee Ingleby is the sergeant to which TV police inspector?
GEORGE GENTLY

Spare Questions
1 What is the medical name for the membrane that surrounds the heart?
PERICARDIUM
2 Which former Prime Minister is a member of the Order of the Garter?
JOHN MAJOR
3 Singer-songwriter Jamie Cullum is married to which food critic and former model?
SOPHIE DAHL