Monday 7th March 2016
Set by Ormskirk

Round 1
1a The native British tree generally known as the Mountain Ash has which alternative name?
ROWAN (or WIGGIN TREE in WIGAN)
1b Who held the post of First Lord of the Admiralty at the outbreak of the First World War and was appointed to the post again two days after the outbreak of the Second World War?
WINSTON CHURCHILL
2a Which country in the Middle East has Doha as its capital?
QATAR
2b Which element in the periodic table has atomic number 8 - it is the lowest numbered element to begin with a vowel?
OXYGEN
3a David Beckham retired in 2013 after playing 10 games for which French club?
PARIS SAINT- GERMAIN
3b The musical Jersey Boys features the music of which group?
(FRANKIE VALLI AND) THE FOUR SEASONS
4a The 2010 film Money Never Sleeps is the sequel to which 1987 film?
WALL STREET
4b Which American author wrote The Witches of Eastwick?
JOHN UPDIKE

Round 2
1a The River Rhone enters which European lake in Switzerland before exiting the same lake in France - English name needed?
GENEVA
1b In the Islamic tradition which word describes Mohammed’s flight from Mecca?
HEJIRA or HIJRA
2a Now in the Musée d’Orsay, who painted Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe in the 1860s?
ÉDOUARD MANET
2b In World War II, what were Horsas and Hamilcars?
GLIDERS
3a The 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You starring Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles is a modern version of which Shakespeare play?
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
3b Which book opens with the words “When he was nearly thirteen my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow”?
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
4a Who hit six sixes in one over for Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan in 1968?
GARFIELD SOBERS
4b Which group had a number one hit in 1977 with Chanson D’amour?
MANHATTAN TRANSFER

Round 3
1a What is the maximum number of horses allowed to race in the Grand National?
FORTY
1b Writing’s on the Wall is the theme song to which Bond film?
SPECTRE
2a Who is the current presenter of I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue?
JACK DEE
2b Who is the daughter of Leontes in The Winter’s Tale?
PERDITA
3a In which city is the Potala Palace, the traditional home of the Dalai Lama?
LHASA
3b What word can be the title of a 1970’s/1980’s Japanese TV programme, a type of primate, or slang word for £500?
MONKEY
4a In art, what name is given to the technique of mural painting on wet plaster?
FRESCO
4b Which King of England is buried in Gloucester Cathedral?
EDWARD II

Round 4
1a What is the surname of the American acting brothers Alec, Stephen, Daniel and William?
BALDWIN
1b In the Rupert Bear stories what was the name of the pug dog?
ALGY
2a What nationality is tennis player Agnieszka Radwanska?
POLISH
2bWho composed the operas The Queen of Spades and Eugene Onegin?
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
3a Which British poet (1914-1953) is quoted as having said “When one burns one’s bridges, what a very nice fire it makes”?
DYLAN THOMAS
3b Who was the last British Prime Minister to have a double letter in their surname (as in Pitt)?
JAMES CALLAGHAN
4a Which motorway links Coventry to Leicester?
M69
4b Which motor manufacturer produces the Duster model?
DACIA

Round 5
1a Which European city stands on fourteen islands at the mouth of Lake Mälaren?
STOCKHOLM
1b What name is given to the winding route through Jerusalem from the Antonia Fortress to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre?
VIA DOLOROSA
2a Also in the Musée d’Orsay, who painted Bedroom in Arles in the 1880s?
VINCENT VAN GOGH
2b Hamilcar was the father of which Carthaginian commander born in 247 BC?
HANNIBAL
3a The office of the President of which South American country is La Casa Rosada (The Pink House)?
ARGENTINA
3b What word can be used to describe a quarter of an acre of land, an old measurement of length between 16½ feet and 24 feet or a large cross above the central axis of a church?
ROOD
4a In art, which Italian term literally translating as ‘light-dark’ refers to the use of strong contrasts?
CHIAROSCURO
4b Which King of England is buried in Worcester Cathedral?
JOHN

Round 6
1a Which jockey, with 20, has ridden in the Grand National most times?
A P MCCOY
1b The theme song of which Bond film was composed by Paul and Linda McCartney?
LIVE AND LET DIE
2a Who has been announced as the next presenter of QI?
SANDI TOKSVIG
2b Who is the daughter of Prospero in The Tempest?
MIRANDA
3a To which actress was Groucho Marx referring when he reportedly said “I knew her before she was a virgin”?
DORIS DAY
3b What is the surname of Mary, still alive aged 99, the longest lived Prime Minister’s spouse?
WILSON
4a Which motorway links Cadnam, west of Southampton to Portsmouth?
M27
4b Which motor manufacturer produces the Accent model of family saloon?
HYUNDAI

Round 7
1a Who is the famous brother of the actress Shirley MacLaine?
WARREN BEATTY
1b What is the name of Sebastian Flyte’s teddy bear in Brideshead Revisited?
ALOYSIUS
2a What nationality is racing driver Felipe Massa?
BRAZILIAN
2b Who composed the operas Oedipus Rex and The Rake’s Progress?
IGOR STRAVINSKY
3a The storyline of which 1994 Disney animated film is based on the Shakespearean tragedy Hamlet?
THE LION KING
3b Which book opens with the words “No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s”?
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
4a In 1983 who became the first snooker player to make a 147 break at the World Championships?
CLIFF THORBURN
4b Which group had a number one hit in 1966 with Reach Out I'll Be There?
FOUR TOPS

Round 8
1a The garden flower Kniphofia sometimes known as the ‘Torch Lily’ is more commonly known by what name?
RED HOT POKER
1b In the build-up to World War One, what was the Dual Monarchy?
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
2a Which African country has Dodoma as its capital?
TANZANIA
2b With atomic number 50 which element in the periodic table has the shortest name?
TIN
3a Which England Rugby Union international retired in 2014 after playing five seasons for Toulon?
JONNY WILKINSON
3b What fictional Scottish village featured in a Lerner and Loewe musical?
BRIGADOON
4a For which film did Catherine Zeta-Jones win an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress?
CHICAGO
4b Which American author wrote The Caine Mutiny?
HERMAN WOUK

Spare Questions
1 Vouvray and Sancerre wines come from which wine region of France?
LOIRE VALLEY
2 In which English city is the Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Chad?
BIRMINGHAM
3 In which month is the Lord Mayor’s Show held in London?
NOVEMBER