Monday 14th March 2016
Set by Warrington

Round 1
1a To which family of birds do the Redwing and the Fieldfare belong?
Turdidae or Thrushes
1b Which star, the brightest in the constellation Lyra, is the fifth-brightest of all the stars visible in the night sky?
Vega
2a The last 3 holes of which golf course are named "Redbud", "Nandina" and "Hotly"?
Augusta (National)
2b Which character does Audrey Hepburn play in the film "Breakfast at Tiffany's"?
Holly Golightly
3a What was the name of the country prior to being renamed as Namibia?
South West Africa
3b Who founded the Order of the Thistle in 1687?
James II of England (or VII of Scotland)
4a Who wrote the 12 volume novel sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time”?
Anthony Powell
4b What was the name of the Celtic fire festival, which marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter?
Samhain

Round 2
1a The brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor is also the eighth brightest in the whole night sky. What is its name?
Procyon
1b Which team caused the first major upset in the Rugby World Cup when they beat Wales 16-13 in a pool match at Cardiff Arms Park in 1991?
Western Samoa
2a Which 1961 film starred Paul Newman as pool shark "Fast" Eddie Felson?
The Hustler
2b Roquefort cheese is made from the milk from which animal?
Sheep (Ewes)
3a Who was the founder of King's College, Cambridge?
Henry the Sixth
3b Which novel, first published in the UK in 1921, was the first to feature Agatha Christie's detective, Hercule Poirot?
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
4a Who was the thunder god in Celtic mythology?
Taranis
4b Chris Gittins played which character in BBC Radio's "The Archers" for thirty five-years between 1953 and 1988?
Walter Gabriel

Round 3
1a Who was the Ireland rugby coach when they achieved the Grand Slam in 2009?
Declan Kidney
1b The Harrow and Halifax bomber-aircraft, which saw service with the R.A.F. during the Second World War, were built by which company?
Handley-Page
2a What do the Americans call the vegetable known in the UK as a courgette?
Zucchini
2b Which waterway was developed by Ferdinand de Lesseps and opened in 1869?
The Suez Canal
3a Which fictional character, in books and on TV, often spoke of dealing with the Penge Bungalow Murders as the great event of a long career?
Horace Rumpole (of the Bailey)
3b Which opera singer was known as the "Swedish Nightingale"?
Jenny Lind (Johanna Maria Lind)
Accept Harry Oakes, Monte Crick, Edgar Harrison or Frank Middlemass
4b What was the name of the psychologist played by Robbie Coltrane in the TV series ‘Cracker’?
Dr Eddie Fitzgerald

Round 4
1a Which Avro delta wing bomber entered service in the RAF in 1956 and was retired in 1984?
Vulcan
1b Mendoza and La Rioja are wine regions in which country?
Argentina
2a Eritrea gained independence from which country in 1993?
Ethiopia
2b Which of Thomas Hardy's novels features the characters Fancy Day, Reuben Dewy and Vicar Maybold? Under The Greenwood Tree
3a What is the nationality of the singer Michael Buble?
Canadian (accept Italian)
3b King Albert II abdicated as monarch of which country on July 21st 2013 in favour of his son Crown Prince Phillipe?
Belgium
4a Peter Benson appeared in over two hundred episodes of TV's "Heartbeat" between 1995 and 2010, playing which role?
Bernie Scripps
4b Which airline used to promote itself as "The world's favourite airline"?
British Airways

Round 5
1a The Gulf of Carpentaria is an inlet on the north coast of which country?
Australia
1b Which fortified wine is produced in the Italian island of Sicily?
Marsala
2a Who composed the opera "The Love for Three Oranges"?
Sergei Prokofiev
2b Anthony Trollope's character, Plantagenet Palliser, sits in the House of Lords under what title?
Duke of Omnium
3a Who was the heavily-moustached, gun-toting cowboy who sometimes pitted his wits against Bugs Bunny in Warner Brother's cartoons?
Yosemite Sam
3b Jean-Ciaude Juncker the world's then longest serving elected Prime Minister, resigned his position in July 2013 as prime minister of which country?
Luxembourg
4a Which artist sang the soundtrack to the Bond film "Spectre"?
Sam Smith
4b Which department store chain claims to be "never knowingly undersold"?
John Lewis

Round 6
1a What word do the Americans use to describe a tap?
Faucet
1b The Gulf of Aqaba is an inlet of which sea?
The Red Sea
2a Which fruit, with the botanical name Rubus idaeus, has varieties called “Lloyd George”, "Hailsham” and "Malling Jewel"?
The Raspberry
2b Which German-born, French composer, wrote "Orpheus in the Underworld1' and "The Tales of Hoffmann”?
Jacques Offenbach
3a Humphry Repton(1752-1818} was most closely associated with which occupation or profession?
Landscape Gardening or Horticulture
3b What was the name of the lasagne loving cat created by Jim Davis?
Garfield
4a The Guarani is the principal unit of currency of which country?
Paraguay
4b Who sang the theme tune to the James Bond film "Thunderball"?
Tom Jones

Round 7
1a Under what name does US singer-songwriter Elizabeth Grant perform, her albums include 'Born to Die' and 'Honeymoon'?
Lana Del Rey
1b As what is a bowler hat known as in the USA?
Derby
2a Under which nom-de-plume did Ronnie Barker write most of the material be submitted secretly for use in 'The Two Ronnies?
Gerald Wylie
2b What is the name of the fruit which has varieties called "Royal George", "Rochester" and "Peregrine" and the botanical name Prunus persica?
The Peach
3a Who starred in the role of The Mariner in the 1995 film "Waterworld"?
Kevin Costner
3b With what branch of the arts was Bernard Leach CH CBE, who died in 1979, most closely associated?
(Studio) Pottery
4a Who founded a detective agency in 1850 in Chicago?
Allan Pinkerton
4b In Guatemala, what is the principal unit of currency called?
The Quetzal

Round 8
1a Columbine is an adjective pertaining to which bird?
Dove or Pigeon
1b Alex Turner is the lead singer with which Yorkshire based band?
The Arctic Monkeys
2a Which British golf-course, for the first time in its history, hosted the Walker Cup competition in September, 2015?
Royal Lytham and St Annes
2b Roy in 'The Old Guys" and Richard Bucket pronounced "Bouquet") in "Keeping Up Appearances" were major TV roles for which Liverpool-born actor?
Clive Swift
3a Which country on the West African coast lies between The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Namibia?
Angola
3b Who played Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil, the titular G.l. Jane in the 1997 film?
Demi Moore
4a Who wrote the trilogy of books "The Millennium Trilogy" featuring the character Lisbeth Salander?
Stieg Larsson
4b Which famous showman styled himself the "Prince of Humbugs"?
Phineas T Barnum

Spare Questions
1 In which national park is the geyser known as Old Faithful located?
Yellowstone
2 As well as Marquis of Douro, what title was granted to General Arthur Wellesley in 1814?
Duke of Wellington . ; '
3 In Dante's "Divine Comedy", who is the guide through Hell and Purgatory?
Virgil
4 "Mary Poppins", "Peter Pan" and "Soho Cinders" are among the musicals of which composer, in association with lyricist Anthony Drewe, a partnership formed at Exeter University?
George Stiles
5 On a map of scale 1:100,000, What distance is represented by 10 centimetres?
10 kilometres