Tuesday 15th March 2016
Set by Aigburth People (Liverpool)

Round 1
1A Originally commissioned by IBM in 1955, which typeface quickly became a standard throughout the typewriter industry?
Courier
1B Who was the father of John of Gaunt and Edward, the Black Prince?
Edward 3
2A Which unit of weight is used to measure the fineness of nylon?
Denier
2B Who was the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal at a track and field event?
Mary Rand
3A Patricia Arquette won the 2015 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress playing Olivia Evans in which film?
Boyhood
3B Which long-distance walk usually starts on top of Mt. Snowden and finishes at the O.S. trig point on Foel Fras some 24 miles later?
The Welsh 3000 (accept The 14 Peaks)
4A Appointed in May 2012, as qf January 2016, who is the Secretary of State for Health?
Jeremy Hunt
4B The Ghost Road by Pat Barker, which won the Booker Prize in 1995, is the third volume in which trilogy?
Regeneration Trilogy

Round 2
1A Medically, what is measured on the Glasgow scale?
Depth of a coma
1B Name one of the three fire signs of the zodiac.
Aries/Leo/Sagittarius
2A With a book by Neil Simon, which song-writing team composed the 1968 musical Promises, Promises based on the Billy Wilder film The Apartment?
Burt Bacharach & Hal David
2B What is the capital of the Northwest Territories, Canada?
Yellowknife
3A What was the currency of Austria before it adopted the Euro?
Schilling
3B With which other cricketer does James Anderson hold the England record for the most successful bowler/wicket keeper combination with 68 wickets?
Matt Prior
4A Amner Hall, home to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge is located within which larger crown estate?
Sandringham
4B Which car company produces a compact MPV model called the Verso?
Toyota

Round 3
1A In The Mikado by Gilbert & Sullivan who introduces himself as "a wandering minstrel, I"?
Nanki Poo
1B In the British Commonwealth, Canada is the largest country by area. Which Commonwealth country is the 2nd largest by area?
Australia
2A Which well-known crime writer, who died in 2014, took the title Baroness of Holland Park in 1991?
P D James
2B Which 1980's musical did Tim Rice write with ABBA members Benny Andersson and Bjorn Alvaeus?
Chess
3A Named after the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II, which astronomer in 1627, composed the Rudolphine tables of star and planetary observations?
Kepler
3B What is added to a croque monsieur to make a croquet madame?
A fried egg
4A In which book of the bible is the story of the ten plagues of Egypt?
Exodus
4B Bile is produced in which organ of the human body?
Liver

Round 4
1A The Epsom Derby and The 2,000 Guineas Stakes are 2 of the 3 races that make up British racing's Triple Crown. Name the third.
St. Leger (Stakes)
1B The 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger is based on which of Shakespeare's plays?
The Taming of the Shrew
2A What was the aim of the World War 2 allied operation Dynamo?
Evacuation from Dunkirk
2B What is the first name of the Italian artist Caravaggio?
Michelangelo
3A Which tea growing region of India has a Hindi name meaning 'Land of the Thunderbolt'?
Darjeeling
3B Which element, atomic no. 33 derives its name from a Persian word for yellow?
Arsenic
4A What is the name of the 2500km long tourism trail on the west coast of Ireland?
Wild Atlantic Way
4B Who composed the 1928 symphonic poem An American in Paris?
George Gershwin

Round 5
1A For what purpose was the typeface Charles Wright 2001 designed?
Vehicle registration plates
1B Who was the last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales?
Owain Glendower
2A Commonly used in the textile industry, which unit of thermal resistance is used to measure the thickness of duvets?
Tog
2B Who was the first woman to conduct at The Last Night of the Proms in September 2014?
Marin Alsop
3A J K Simmons won the 2015 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor playing Terence Fletcher in which film?
Whiplash
3B Pen y Ghent is one of the Three Peaks Challenge Walk. Name either of the other two peaks.
Ingleborough/Whernside
4A Who has been Secretary of State for Work and Pensions since May 2010?
Ian Duncan Smith
4B The Balkan Trilogy and The Levant Trilogy, both written by Olivia Manning were made into which 1987 BBC TV series starring Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh?
Fortunes of War

Round 6
1A Medically, what is measured on the Apgar scale?
Condition of newborn babies
1B Name one of the three earth signs of the zodiac.
Taurus/Virgo/Capricorn
2A Bacharach and David composed the music for a 1973 musical remake of which 1937 Frank Capra film?
Lost Horizon
2B What is the capital of the Yukon, Canada?
Whitehorse
3A What was the currency of Greece before it adopted the Euro?
Drachma
3B During his playing career Dennis Lillee was Australia's leading test wicket taker, but with which wicket keeper does he hold the test record for the most successful bowler/wicket combination with 95 wickets?
Rodney Marsh
4A Frogmore House, previously used as a royal residence and now largely used on ceremonial occasions only is located within which larger crown estate?
Windsor
4B Which car company produces a convertible model called the Eos?
Volkswagen

Round 7
1A In the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta, what must the Baronet Ruddigore do every day to avoid the witch's curse and die in agony?
Commit a crime
1B India is the most populous country in the British Commonwealth. Which country has the 2nd largest population in the Commonwealth?
Pakistan
2A Which business woman and internet entrepreneur took the title Baroness of Soho in 2013?
Martha Lane Fox
2B Opening in London in 1984, which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical had lyrics by Richard Stilgoe and choreography by Arlene Phillips?
Starlight Express
3A Who is the English logician who devised an algebraic system that has since been adopted for the analysis of digital electronic circuitry?
George Boole
3B What is wrapped in bacon to make the hors d'oeuvre Devils on Horseback?
Prunes/dates
4A In which book of the Bible is the story of the Good Samaritan?
Luke
4B Insulin is produced by which organ of the human body?
Pancreas

Round 8
1A Name either of the races that comprise the Autumn Double in English National Hunt racing.
Cesarewich/Cambridgeshire Handicap
1B The 1995 film Clueless starring Alicia Silverstone is based on which novel by Jane Austen?
Emma
2A What was the aim of the World War 2 allied operation Market Garden?
To cross the Rhine
2B What is the first name of the Czech composer Janacek?
Leos
3A The name of which variety of rice derives from the Hindi for 'Queen of Fragrance?
Basmati
3B Which element, atomic no. 74 derives its name from the Swedish word for heavy stone?
Tungsten
4A With the county town of Lifford, which is the most northerly of the counties of the Irish Republic?
Donegal
4B Who composed the 1965 choral work Chichester Psalms?
Leonard Bernstein

Spare Questions
1 In baseball, what name is given to an ambidextrous batter?
Switch hitter
2 In which European city was the world's first ghetto?
Venice
3 To date, no full member of the E.U. has ever left, but which autonomous country within the union voted to leave in 1982, leaving in 1985?
Greenland
4 Militarily, what are BDU's?
Battle Dress Uniform