Tuesday 19th January 2016
Set by Liverpool

Round One
1A Martello Towers, the line of defensive fortifications in south-east England were based on similar designs found on which Mediterranean island?
Corsica
1B Who was monarch when the Act of Union was passed?
Queen Anne
2A The moons of Uranus are named after characters from Shakespeare and Pope, name any of the 4 largest moons.
Titan/Oberon/Ariel/Umbriel
2B What name is shared by the magician Steven Frayne and several different football teams?
Dynamo
3A Who is the current presenter of Desert Island Discs on Radio 4?
Kirsty Young
3B The Victoria Falls stand on which river?
Zambezi
4A Which European geographical feature was known to the Romans as Mons Calpe?
Gibraltar
4B Newman Noggs appears in which Dickens' novel of 1838?
Nicholas Nickieby

Round Two
1A What is the Italian spicy sauce for pasta made from garlic, tomatoes and red chilli peppers? The name translates as 'angry'.
Arrabiatta
1B The family seat of the Dukes of Norfolk is not in Norfolk, in which county is it?
West Sussex
2A In the opera by Verdi, how does Aida die?
She is buried alive/entombed/walled up
2B The flag of which African country has a white five-pointed star on a blue background?
Somalia
3A England Rugby Union player Steffon Armitage, who was European Player of the year in 2014, plays for which French club?
Toulon
3B Who played PCI Stella Gibson in the BBC 2 series The Fall?
Gillian Anderson
4A Which Roman Catholic saint was a Polish Franciscan priest who worked in Japan and India before his death in Auschwitz in 1941, after he volunteered to take the place of a condemned young father?
Fr. Maximilian Kolbe
4B Which English cathedral was the world's tallest building between 1311 and 1549?
Lincoln

Round Three
1A Who portrayed the eponymous painter in the 2014 film Mr Turner?
Timothy Spall
1B Which American state capital is the only one which cannot be accessed by road?
Juneau
2A For what does the F stand in the name of the body, the FCA which is responsible for the regulation of the financial services firms in the UK?
Financial (Conduct Authority)
2B Which French artist (1748-1825) painted The Death of Marat?
Jacques-Louis David
3A In which country was Che Guevara executed in 1967?
Bolivia
3B In the NATO phonetic alphabet which professional sport is mentioned?
Golf
4A Who built the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct the UNESCO World Heritage Site in north-east Wales? Thomas Telford
4B (To which family of birds does the Redwing belong?
Thrush

Round Four
1A Which football team plays its home games at Portman Road?
Ipswich Town
1B Which Cole Porter musical of 1934 includes the songs You're the Top and I Get a Kick Out of You?
Anything Goes
2A Future British Chancellor of the Exchequer Francis Dashwood founded which club in the 18th century?
Hellfire
2B Which flower and girl's name is the equivalent of the Spanish name Jacinta?
Hyacinth
3A Give any year in the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
1122-1204
3B In the periodic table which element has the symbol Zr?
Zirconium
4A The home of The Royal Concertgebouw is in which city?
Amsterdam
4B Hail to thee, Blythe Spirit is the first line of which poem of 1820?
To a Skylark (Shelley)

Round Five
1A In which middle eastern country would you find the medieval crusader castle Krak des Chevaliers? Syria
1B James VI of Scotland became James I of England in 1603, but who was the last monarch of Scotland only?
Mary Queen of Scots
2A The moons of Jupiter are named are named after Jupiter's lovers and/or fancies. Name any of the 4 largest moons
Ganymede/Calisto/Europa/lo
2B Which name is shared by the composer of the opera Norma and a cocktail?
Bellini
3A Which 'Dame' is one of the main presenters of Women's Hour on Radio 4?
Dame Jenni Murray
3B Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?
Coiorado
4A Which English city was known to the Romans as Luguvalium?
Carlisle
4B Tom Tulliver is a character in which novel of 1860?
The Mill on the Floss

Round Six
1A Which Italian sauce for pasta contains tomato, black olives, capers, anchovies and red peppers? The name translates as 'whore’s style'?
Puttanesca
1B The family seat of the Dukes of Devonshire is not in Devon, but in which county is it?
Derbyshire
2A In the opera by Puccini, how does Tosca die?
She throws herself off battlements/Jumps to her death
2B The flag of which south east Asian country has yellow five-pointed star on a red background?
Vietnam
3A In 2014, Sam Burgess left South Sydney Rugby League Club to join which English Premiership Rugby Union Club?
Bath
3B Who played the title role in the TV series Cilia?
Sheridan Smith
4A Which Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Salvador was a tireless social reformer who spoke out against corruption and repression and was assassinated n 1980 while saying mass?
Oscar Romero
4B What was the tallest building in London from 1710 until 1960?
St. Paul's Cathedral

Round Seven
1A Who portrayed Alan Turing in the 2015 film The Imitation Game?
Benedict Cumberbatch
1B Which American state is the only one which borders only one other state?
Maine
2A For what does the P stand in the name of the body, the PRA, which is responsible for the regulation of banks and building societies in the UK?
Prudential (Regulation Authority)
2B Which artist born in what is now Belgium (c. 1380-1441) painted the Ghent Altarpiece?
Jan van Eyck
3A In which country was Leon Trotsky assassinated in 1940?
Mexico
3B In the NATO phonetic alphabet which month is mentioned?
November
4A Which UNESCO World Heritage Site, built mainly by Abraham Derby is found in Shropshire?
Ironbridge Gorge
4B To which family of birds does the Yellowhammer belong?
Bunting

Round Eight
1A Which football team plays its home games at Ewood Park?
Blackburn Rovers
1B Which Irving Berlin musical of 1946 includes the songs Anything You Can Do and I Got Sun in the Morning?
Annie Get Your Gun
2A In the 1972 film Cabaret, Sally Bowles is working in which club?
KitKat
2B Which flower and girl’s name is the equivalent of the French name Marguerite?
Daisy
3A Give any year in the life of Frederick the Great.
1712-1786
3B In the periodic table, which element has the symbol Rn?
Radon
4A The home of The Simon Bolivar Orchestra is in which city?
Caracas
4B "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day" is the opening line of which poem of the 1740’s?
Elegy in a Country Churchyard (Gray)

Spare Questions
1 The art installation Bloodswept Lands and Seas of Red was first seen at which building in 2014?
Tower of London
2 Which is the only current Major League baseball team based in Canada?
Toronto (Blue Jays)
3 The first Consulate of the United States in the world opened in Liverpool in which year (allow 5 either way)?
1790 (Allow 1785-1795)
4 What do the letters MS on an Ordinance Survey map indicate?
Milestone
5 The Glazer family, who own Manchester United also own which NFL American Football team?
Tampa Bay Buccaneers