Monday 8th February 2016
Set by Bull's Head (Warrington)

Round 1
1a In which Carry On film does Kenneth Williams play Captain Fearless and Bernard Cribbins Midshipman Albert Poopdecker?
Carry On Jack
1b Milwaukee is the largest city of which US state?
Wisconsin
2a In which modern day country was the "Battle of Waterloo" fought in 1815?
Belgium
2b With whom did Lionel Ritchie duet on the 1981 hit "Endless Love"?
Diana Ross
3a In the names of three trees, of the same family, what word follows "Spanish", "Macedonian" and Turkey"?
Oak
3b From which club did Tottenham Hotspur sign Christian Eriksen in 2013?
Ajax
4a Who sang the theme tune to the James Bond film "Die Another Day"?
Madonna
4b The Kadjar and Twizy models of cars are produced by which company?
Renault

Round 2
1a Baltimore is the largest city of which US state?
Maryland
1b Which British general commanded the forces who defeated the French at Quebec in 1759 led by The Marquis de Montcalm?
General Wolfe
2a Which northern Irish singer-songwriters only UK top 20 hit was a duet with Cliff Richard, entitled "Whenever God Shines His Light"?
Van Morrison
2b To which animal does the adjective caprine refer?
Goat
3a From which club did FC Barcelona sign Neymar in 2013?
Santos
3b Which cartoon-strip, published in Private Eye magazine between 1967 and 1981, and drawn by Bill Tidy, satirised Northern "male culture"?
The Cloggies
4a The Getz and the Elantra are car-models made by which manufacturer?
Hyundai
4b Which fish is used in an Arbroath Smokie?
Haddock

Round 3
1a Which battle of 23 June, 1757, was a major victory for the British East India Company's troops over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies?
The Battle of Plassey
1b Who wrote the 1999 novel "Chocolat" set in the French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes?
Joanne Harris
2a The adjective "vulpine", appertains to which animal?
Fox
2b Which organs of the body contain numerous tubes called nephrons?
Kidneys
3a Sir David Low, the political cartoonist for a number of newspapers during the period 1922-63, famously made the practice of caricaturing the T.U.C as what animal?
A Carthorse
3b Who directed Robert De Niro in the film "Taxi Driver"?
Martin Scorsese
4a What meat is traditionally used in a Wiener Schnitzel?
Veall
4b Who was president of Malawi from 1966 to 1994?
Hastings Banda

Round 4
1a Who wrote the 1968 novel "A Kestrel for a Knave"?
Barry Hines
1b In Greco-Roman mythology, who is the Muse of Tragic Poetry?
Melpomene
2a In which organ of the body can the Islets of Langerhans be found?
Pancreas
2b Under which perfume company's name are the men's aftershaves or colognes "Safari" and "Big Pony" marketed?
Ralph Lauren
3a Which 1978 film starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson was an African - American adaptation of a 1939 film starring Judy Garland?
The Wiz
3b Chablis is a white wine from which wine growing region of France?
Burgundy
4a Who deposed King Idris in a coup in Libya in 1969?
Colonel Gadhafi
4b In the novel of the same name, the car "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", was built and driven by whom?
Caractacus Potts

Round 5
1a In which constellation, visible from the UK is the bright star Algol to be found?
Perseus
1b The foremost of the Nine Muses, according to Hesiod, who was the muse of epic poetry?
Calliope
2a Which UK brewers produce the beers known as "Topaz Gold", "Spindrift" and "Ghost Ship"?
Adnams
2b The men's aftershaves or colognes "Encounter" and "Euphoria" are marketed under which perfume company's name?
Calvin Klein
3a Which is the main river flowing through the Portuguese capital of Lisbon?
Tagus
3b Brouilly, Morgon, Fleurie and Julienas are among the better classifications of wine from which popular wine-growing area of France?
Beaujolais
4a Who wrote the operetta, "The Merry Widow", first performed in 1905?
Franz Lehar
4b In "The Prisoner of Azkaban" who was Harry Potter's godfather?
Sirius Black

Round 6
1a In 2001 Martin Creed notoriously won the Turner Prize, for an installation consisting of an empty room, with what happening every five seconds?
Lights going on and off
1b In which constellation is Arcturus, the fifth brightest star in the night sky, located?
Bootes
2a Who played Eliza Doolittle in the 1964 film "My Fair Lady"?
Audrey Hepburn
2b Since 1843, in which town of southern England has Arkell's brewery been located?
Swindon
3a Who is the author of the books "Foucault's Pendulum" and "The Island of the Day Before"?
Umberto Eco
3b On which river do Basle, Strasbourg and Cologne stand?
The River Rhine
4a Which man, according to the Holy Bible, fathered Ishmael by sleeping with his wife's servant, Hagar?
Abraham
4b Which composer wrote the musical for the 18th-century opera, "Idomeneo"?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Round 7
1a To within 10% either way, how many pieces are used in a game of Go?
325 - 397 (actually 361)
1b Damien Hirst's "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living", consisted of which creature preserved in formaldehyde?
A Shark
2a In which city is Kingsford Smith airport?
Sydney
2b Which 1952 musical about the introduction of talkies, has a title song which was once parodied by Morecambe and Wise?
Singin' in the Rain
3a Which of Hector Berlioz's operas is based on "Much Ado About Nothing”?
Beatrice et Benedict
3b The winner of the Nobel prize for Literature in 1932, who wrote "Forsyte Saga"?
The John Galsworthy
4a By which name meaning 'little bird' is the artist born Paolo di Dono at Pratovecchio in 1397 known by modern art-lovers?
Uccello
4b According to the Holy Bible, in order to marry which woman did King David send her husband, Uriah the Hittite, to meet his death in battle?
Bathsheba

Round 8
1a The "Sons of the Desert" is the international appreciation society of which cinematic duo?
Laurel and Hardy
1b How many cards are used in the card game Bezique?
64 (AKQJ10987 of two packs)
2a Who crowned Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France, in 1804?
Himself
2b King Khalid international airport serves which capital city?
Riyadh
3a What word follows "Lacebark", "Corsican" and "Maritime" to give the names of three trees belonging to the same family?
Pine
3b Prince Orlofsky, the maid Rosalinde, Dr Falke and the jailer Frosch, are all characters in which operetta, first performed in 1874?
Die Fledermaus
4a Who sang the theme tune to the James Bond film "The Man with the Golden Gun"?
Lulu
4b By what one-word name is the painter, born around 1260 in Siena with the surname di Buoninsegna, usually known?
Duccio (pronounced Du-chee-oh)

Spare Questions
1 Who played King Henry the Eighth opposite Paul Scofield's "Sir Thomas More" in the 1966 film, "A Man for all Seasons"?
Robert Shaw
2 The American state of Georgia is known by what official nickname?
The Peach State
3 Who wrote the book on which Tchaikovsky based his opera, "Eugene Onegin"?
Alexander Pushkin
4 The late-medieval musical instrument known as a psaltery was an early form of what later stringed instrument?
The Zither
5 Despite its name how many bytes are actually in a kilobyte?
1024