Tuesday 12th January 2016
Set by Bootle YMCA (Northern)

Round 1
1a Which mountain range spans Northern Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia?
ATLAS
1b Which actor plays Father Brown in the latest T.V. series?
MARK WILLIAMS
2a Which actor played Sir Lancelot Spratt in the Doctor films of the 1950’s and 60s?
JAMES ROBERTSON JUSTICE
2b What kind of meat is used in the Italian dish saltimbocca?
VEAL (WRAPPED IN PARMA HAM)
3a Which car manufacturer produced the small car called the Lacetti?
CHEVROLET (ACCEPT DAEWOO)
3b Who wrote the book first published in 1933 “The Shape Things to Come”?
H.G. WELLS
4a The character Duke Vincentio appears in which of Shakespeare’s plays?
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
4b In the film “The Man who Shot Liberty Valance”, who played Liberty Valance?
LEE MARVIN

Round 2
1a To which bird family do puffins and guillemots belong?
AUK FAMILY
1b Which Island Nation was devastated by cyclone Pam in March 2015?
VANUATU
2a At which racecourse does the Ebor Racing Festival take place?
YORK
2b In the texting acronym AFAIK, for what does the K stand?
KNOW (AS FAR AS I KNOW)
3a What is the Japanese word for a martial arts training area?
DOJO
3b Who directed the 2015 film The Man from UNCLE?
GUY RICHIE
4a Under which South African based statesman were scholarships founded at Oxford University?
CECIL RHODES
4b Who was the lead singer with Spandau Ballet ?
TONY HADLEY

Round 3
1a In which poem by John Masefield does the “dirty British Coaster” appear?
CARGOES
1b In which town or city is Banksy’s Dismaland?
WESTON SUPER MARE
2a There are three types of rock. Sedimentary is one, give one of the others.
IGNEOUS OR METAMORPHIC
2b What is the county town of County Mayo in Ireland?
CASTLEBAR
3a Which of the biblical judges selected his army by how they drank from a stream?
GIDEON
3b The town of Bishop Auckland stands on which river?
THE WEAR
4a With which branch of the arts is Sarah Lucas particularly involved?
SCULPTURE
4b The flower known as the carnation is a member of which plant family?
DIANTHUS

Round 4
1a In which month is the Henley Regatta held?
JULY
1b Who is the Secretary of State for Transport?
PATRICK McLOUGHLIN
2a Who was principal ballerina of the Royal Ballet from 1989 to 2006?
DARCY BUSSELL
2b Which gas has the chemical formula CH4?
METHANE
3a What code name was given to the temporary harbours towed to and anchored off the Normandy beachheads?
MULBERRY
3b What is the English name for the constellation Sagittarius?
THE ARCHER
4a Who beat Andy Murray in the final of the Australian Open in 2015?
NOVAK DJOKOVIC
4b Which beer is advertised by actor Jean-Claude Van Damme?
COORS (LIGHT)

Round 5
1a In the play of the same name what was the name of the Merchant of Venice?
ANTONIO
1b Who took over from Ben Miller as the lead in TV’s Death in Paradise in 2014?
KRIS MARSHALL
2a What is the shortest distance a flat race can take place over, in the UK?
5 FURLONGS
2b Which British comedian and actor published his autobiography “So anyway... ”in 2014?
JOHN CLEESE
3a Which company produces the supermini car the Ypsilon?
CHRYSLER
3b Who portrays the Kray Twins in the 2015 film Legend?
TOM HARDY
4a In which US State is Mount McKinley?
ALASKA
4b In 1981 the single “Girls on Film” was the first top ten entry for which group
DURAN DURAN

Round 6
1a Which bird a common summer visitor to the UK has the Latin name hirundo rustica?
SWALLOW
1b The island of Guadalcanal belongs to which island nation?
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS
2a In which city in 1906 was the Rotary Club Organisation founded?
CHICAGO
2b In the texting acronym ROFL what does the L stand for?
LAUGHING (ROLL ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING)
3a Peter William Thomley was a masked wrestler of the 1970’s who took part under what Oriental name?
KENDO NAGASAKI
3b Who wrote the book The Winds of War”?
HERMAN WOUK
4a “Tis Herself’ published in 2005 was the autobiography of which Irish-American actress?
MAUREEN O’HARA
4b Tapas were originally an accompaniment to which drink?
SHERRY

Round 7
1a In the Bible who was the wife of Moses?
ZIPPORAH
1b In which town or city is the Ageas Bowl cricket stadium?SOUTHAMPTON
2a Who founded the Royal Ballet?
DAME NINETTE DE VALOIS
2b Which common item has the chemical formula NaCl?
SALT
3a “Is there anybody there? said the traveller” is the first line of which poem?
THELISTENERS (WALTER DE LA MARE)
3b The River Cam is the main tributary of which major river?
GREAT OUSE
4a Which artist and sculptor who died in 2010 was nicknamed Spiderwoman?
LOUISE BOURGEOIS
4b There are three counties of the Irish Republic in the historical province of Ulster, Donegal is one, name one of the other two.
CAVAN OR MONAGHAN

Round 8
1a Which US Baseball player was nicknamed The Yankee Clipper?
JOE DIMAGGIO
1b Who is the Secretary of State for Defence?
MICHAEL FALLON
2a Marble is a metamorphosed form of which sedimentary rock?
LIMESTONE
2b The plant genus known as ilex covers several species of shrub. They are commonly known by what name?
HOLLY
3a For what did the O stand for in the World War 2 operational codename “PLUTO”?
OCEAN (Pipeline under the ocean)
3b Which orange star forms the “eye” of Taurus, the Bull?
ALDEBARAN
4a As at June 2015 for which F1 team do Jensen Button and Fernando Alonso race?
McLAREN
4b Which football manager appears in the BetVictor adverts playing with trains?
SVEN GORAN ERIKSSON

Spare Questions
1 Who became first President of Israel in 1948?
CHAIM WEIZMANN
2 Whose autobiography was entitled Blessings in Disguise?
ALEC GUINNESS
3 The Arnolfini Centre for Contemporary Arts is in which British city?
BRISTOL