Monday 22nd February 2016
Set by Ormskirk

Round 1
1a Who was the Secretary of State for War killed in June 1916 when HMS Hampshire sank off the Orkneys?
HERBERT HORATIO KITCHENER
1b What is a belted Galloway?
(A breed of) CATTLE
2a The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a territory of which country?
INDIA
2b In which TV show did the character Frasier Crane first appear?
CHEERS
3a How many scoring sections are there on a dart board?
82
3b Which term is used to describe how quickly or easily a business can convert assets into cash?
LIQUIDITY
4a Which architect designed the house Fallingwater near Pittsburgh, and the Robie House in Chicago?
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
4b According to the Bible’s New Testament, who replaced Judas Iscariot as one of Jesus’ twelve disciples?
MATTHIAS

Round 2
1a Which line on the London Underground links Euston and Waterloo?
NORTHERN
1b Which 2013 film tells the story of P L Travers (authoress of Mary Poppins) meeting with Walt Disney?
SAVING MR BANKS
2a Matteo Renzi became the youngest ever Prime Minister of which country in March last year?
ITALY
2b What was the name of the Greek herald noted for his loud voice?
STENTOR
3a The song La donna e mobile comes from which Verdi opera?
RIGOLETTO
3b Which novelist and critic, who was married to Iris Murdoch for over forty years, died earlier this year aged 89?
JOHN BAYLEY
4a For which club did footballer Robert Lewandowski score five goals in nine minutes against Wolfsburg in September 2015?
BAYERN MUNICH
4b Which Italian dessert (translation ‘cooked cream’) consists of cream, milk and sugar set with gelatine?
PANNACOTTA

Round 3
1a In test and county cricket, which two-word phrase means a player has been out first ball in both innings?
KING PAIR or GOLDEN PAIR
1b For what has the London manufacturer and retailer James Purdey been famous for almost 200 years? SHOTGUNS
2a In the Anglican service of Nine Lessons and Carols, which carol is traditionally sung first?
ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID’S CITY
2b Who was the official court painter to Henry VIII of England?
HANS HOLBEIN (THE YOUNGER)
3a What was the birth surname of the man who came to be known as Marshall Tito?
BROZ
3b Which popular product was created by Seventh Day Adventists at the Battle Creek Sanatorium in Michigan in 1894, largely with the aim of diminishing sexual desires?
(KELLOGG’S) CORN FLAKES
4a In which US state is the Bonneville Salt Flats?
UTAH
4b What is the name of the heroine in The Hunger Games?
KATNISS EVERDEEN

Round 4
1a Guy Garvey is a singer with which band?
ELBOW
1b In Dickens’ Great Expectations by what composer’s name does his friend, Herbert Pocket, call Pip?
HANDEL
2a Who won Britain’s only 2014 Winter Olympics gold medal?
LIZZY YARNOLD
2b Which British cheese is traditionally wrapped in nettle leaves?
(CORNISH) YARG
3 a Which river runs through Wensleydale in North Yorkshire?
URE
3b What is the name of the companion show of the Great British Bake Off hosted by Jo Brand? AN EXTRA SLICE
4a ‘Operation Fork’ was the World War II codename for the British invasion in May of 1940 of which island in the northern hemisphere?
ICELAND
4b In the world of antiques, which word is used as a general description for small hand-made wooden objects?
TREEN

Round 5
1a What was the birth surname of the man who became to be known as Vladimir Lenin?
ULYANOV
1b Which soft drink, formulated by pharmacist Charles Alderton in Waco, Texas, was first marketed nationally in 1904?
DR PEPPER
2a In which US state is Chappaquiddick Island?
MASSACHUSETTS
2b The movie Tangled features which fairy-tale character?
RAPUNZEL
3a Leonora is the heroine of which opera premiered in 1805?
FIDELIO
3b Which Swedish crime writer and dramatist died in October 2015 aged 67?
HENNING MANKELL
4a Who scored five tries for Leeds in the 2015 Rugby League Challenge Cup Final?
TOM BRISCOE
4b Which English dessert is made from milk and cream, flavoured, sweetened and then whipped to a thick but light consistency?
SYLLABUB

Round 6
1a The Waterloo & City Line on the London Underground links Waterloo to which other station?
BANK
1b Which 2013 film tells the story of Martin Sixsmith’s attempts to re-unite an Irish mother with her son, taken away by nuns after his birth?
PHILOMENA
2a Who became the second-youngest Prime Minister of Canada following the 2015 General Election?
JUSTIN TRUDEAU
2b Who is the Greek goddess of victory?
NIKE
3a Which river runs through the Cumbrian town of Kendal?
KENT
3b Name either of the current presenters of The X Factor.
OLLY MURS or CAROLINE FLACK
4a ‘Operation Valentine’was the World War II codename for the 1940 British occupation of which Danisislands?
FAROE ISLANDS
4b In the world of antiques, which word is used to describe the known history, documentation or origin of an object?
PROVENANCE

Round 7
1a Lungs, released in 2009, was the first album by the band (who) and the Machine?
FLORENCE
1b In Dickens’ Our Mutual Friend to which character does the title refer?
JOHN HARMON
2a Which British 2012 Olympic Gold medallist won two events at the 2015 World Athletics Championships?
MO FARAH
2b Blanket, Honeycomb and Bible are all types of what sort of foodstuff?
TRIPE
3a What is the two-word term used for a tennis match where the final score is 6-0,6-0?
DOUBLE BAGEL
3b Founded in 1760 Hamley’s is the oldest of which type of shop in the world?
TOY
4a What is the English title of the Christmas carol originally written in Latin as Adeste Fideles?
O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL
4b Which French Impressionist produced the 1873 work Wild Poppies, Near Argenteuill?
CLAUDE MONET

Round 8
1a How many squares are there on a Scrabble board?
225 (15x15)
1b Which term originating in the game of poker is used to describe the most reliable, profitable companies or their stocks?
BLUE CHIP
2a Which architect designed the Queen’s House in Greenwich, and the Banqueting House in Whitehall? INIGO JONES
2b According to the Bible’s Old Testament, who was the husband of Jezebel?
AHAB
3a Kitchener was one of the original members of the Order of Merit together with which surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery?
JOSEPH LISTER
3b Herdwick sheep are native to which area of Britain?
LAKE DISTRICT
4a Easter Island is a territory belonging to which country?
CHILE
4b How were the characters Dorothy Zbomak, Rose Nylund, Blanche Devereaux and Sophia Petrillo described in the title of a sitcom of the 80s and 90s?
THE GOLDEN GIRLS

Spare Questions
1 What was the name of the flying island in Gulliver’s Travels?
LAPUTA
2 In English what day of the week is the German dienstag?
TUESDAY
3 The CERN laboratory is in the suburbs of which city?
GENEVA