Monday 4th January 2016
Set by Irby Nomads (Wirral)

Round 1
1a Sardinian, Cetti’s and Dartford are among varieties of which bird?
Warbler
1b Who directed the Godfather trilogy of films?
Francis Ford Coppola
2a Which Democrat did George W Bush defeat in the 2000 US Presidential Election?
Al Gore
2b “If music be the food of love, play on” is the opening line from which Shakespeare play?
Twelfth Night
3a Phil Lynott was lead singer and bassist with which rock group from 1969 to 1983?
Thin Lizzy
3b How many letter tiles, including the blanks, are there in a game of Scrabble?
100
4a Derived from the Old French words for boil and simmer, what is the name of the Provencal fish stew which originates from Marseilles?
Bouillabaise
4b Who rules in a Gynarchy or Gynocracy?
Women

Round 2
1a Who, in June 1963, became the first woman to go into space?
Valentina Tereshkova
1b A ‘monkey’ is the slang term for what sum of money?
£500
2a Which vegetable is known to Americans as Zucchini?
Courgette (accept Summer Squash)
2b Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was located at Ephesus?
The Temple of Artemis (accept Diana)
3a How many people are needed to dance a Quadrille?
8 (4 couples)
3b Alex Turner is the lead singer with which Sheffield band?
Arctic Monkeys
4a In mythology, in which country is Benzaiten the Goddess of Love and Luck?
Japan
4b Nicky Morgan is the current Secretary of State of which Government Department?
Education (accept Woman/Equalities)

Round 3
1a The Planets suite, written between 1914/1916, is a work by which composer?
Gustav Holst
1b In the children’s animated TV series, who was the uncle and arch enemy of Noggin the Nog?
Nogbad the Bad
2a Which order of Friars is also known as the Black Friars?
Dominicans
2b Black, White, Sumatran and Javan are varieties of which endangered species of animal?
Rhinoceros
3a A competitor in the 2000 Sydney Olympics - by what nickname was Equatorial Guinean swimmer Eric Moussambani known?
Eric the Eel
3b Taking its name from the Portuguese words for wine and garlic, which hot curry originated in Goa?
Vindaloo
4a Who plays Father Brown in the 2013 BBC TV series of the same name?
Mark Williams
4b Which Indian city, the capital of Rajasthan, is known as the ‘Pink’ city?
Jaipur

Round 4
1a Which is the only current Football League team to play its home games in Kent?
Gillingham
1b Who was the first man to go into space twice?
Virgil ‘Gus’ Grissom
2a ‘Blood and Fire’ is the motto of which charitable organisation?
Salvation Army
2b Which feminist book label was established by Carmen Callil and others in 1973?
Virago
3a In which Royal Chapel situated in the Tower of London is Anne Boleyn buried?
St Peter ad Vincula (St Peter in Chains)
3b What fictional place name connects a literary version of Salisbury and the comic cartoon character Roy of the Rovers?
Melchester (in Hardy’s novels Salisbury is referred to as Melchester)
4a Michael Fallon is the current Secretary of State for which Government Department?
Defence
4b In the acronym LASER what does the letter 'A’ stand for?
Amplification

Round 5
1a Which chemical element, atomic number 10, takes its name from the Greek word for “new”?
Neon
1b Which author wrote the comic play ‘The Admirable Crichton' in 1902?
J M Barrie
2aThe culinary term ‘Du Barry’ indicates the presence of which vegetable?
Cauliflower
2b The Pollex is the anatomical name for what part of the human body?
The Thumb
3a Derived from a word meaning ‘rows of lighted lamps’, what is the Hindu Festival of Lights called?
Diwali (accept Deepaval)
3b Maryam Minzakani is the first woman to receive which prestigious Mathematics Award?
The Fields MedaI
4a Which actor provides the voice of Po the Kung Fu Panda in the two films in the series?
Jack Black
4b Which organisation’s flag includes an image of the continents of the world flanked by olive branches on a blue field?
The United Nations

Round 6
1a In which fictional English county is the radio series ‘The Archers’ set?
Borsetshire
1b Who wrote “Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet” in a poem of 1889?
Rudyard Kipling
2a A sackbut was an early form of which musical instrument?
Trombone
2b Which chemical element, atomic number 35, takes its name from the Greek word for ‘stench’?
Bromine
3a Which Queen is buried in a chapel in the grounds of Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire?
Catherine Parr
3b What is the only malt whisky distilled on the Isle of Skye?
Talisker
4a Which Irish poet and dramatist was awarded the Nobel prize in Literature in 1923?
W B Yeats
4b In the acronym RADAR what does the letter D stand for?
Detection

Round 7
1a Griffin Park is the home ground of which Championship Football League team?
Brentford
1b Which Italian dessert is usually made from egg yolks, sugar and Marsala?
Zabaglione (accept Zabayon or Sabayon)
2a Which Robert L Stevenson novel of 1883 was originally entitled ‘The Sea Cook - A Story for Boys’?
Treasure Island
2b Which American businessman presented the original TV series ‘The Apprentice’ which premiered in 2004?
Donald Trump
3a Which type of fish is used to make an Arbroath Smokie?
Haddock
3b Who was the God of Wisdom, Magic and Writing in Ancient Egyptian mythology, usually depicted with the head of an ibis?
Thoth
4a Which cartoon character said in a 1988 film “I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way”?
Jessica Rabbit
4b At which Crimean port did F D Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet for a conference in February 1945?
Yalta

Round 8
1a Who wrote the 1946 play ‘The Winslow Boy’?
Terence Rattigan
1b Which constellation is named after the mother of the legendary Greek Princess Andromeda?
Cassiopeia
2a Which media executive set up the TV channel CNN in 1980?
Ted Turner
2b In which English city is Temple Meads railway station?
Bristol
3a The Hallux is the anatomical name for what part of the human body?
Big Toe
3b Under what pseudonym did Edith Pargeter create the detective Brother Cadfael?
Ellis Peters
4a Abertawe is the Welsh name for which city?
Swansea
4b Taxus Baccata is the botanical name of which tree?
(English/European) Yew

Spare Questions
1 Which British Prime Minister did John Bellingham assassinate in 1812?
Spencer Perceval
2 What is the name of the Queen’s great grandchild, daughter of Zara Tindall (nee Philips)?
Mia (Tindall)
3 What 4-letter word beginning with V was OED’s word of the year for 2014?
Vape
4 Coimbra was the former capital of which European country from 1131 -1255?
Portugal