Monday 21st March 2016
Set by Browns (Wirral)

Round 1
1a Who became MP for Uxbridge South & Ruislip at the 2015 General Election?
Boris Johnson
1b During World War 2 Operation Chastise was the code name for which event of 1943?
Dambusters Raid
2a In which city will the 2020 Summer Olympics be held?
Tokyo
2b PH Newby was the first winner in 1969 of which award?
Booker Prize (accept Man Booker or Booker McConnell)
3a Name one of the two countries that joined the European Union with United Kingdom in 1973.
Eire/Denmark
3b Which government post is held by Jeremy Wright, MP for Kenilworth & Southam?
Attorney General
4a Whose second studio album in 2014 was ‘X’ (pronounced Multiply)?
Ed Sheeran
4b In terms of area, which is the second largest lake in North America after Lake Superior?
Lake Huron

Round 2
1a For his role in the film The Theory of Everything’, which actor won the Best Film Actor BAFTA in 2015?
Eddie Redmayne
1b Granadilla is an alternative name for which fruit? NB it is not the pomegranate!
Passion fruit
2a Which African country uses the cedi as its currency?
Ghana
2b What type of creature is a dugite?
Snake
3a Who was assassinated by her own bodyguards on 31 October 1984?
Indira Gandhi
3b What is the most common name for the drug Sildenafil Citrate?
Viagra
4a Mintonette was the original name given to which sport?
Volleyball
4b In which year did the Channel Tunnel open?
1994

Round 3
1a Where on the human body is the lunula?
Fingernail (accept toenail)
1b Which game features the terms Doubling cube, Stones, Points and Bearing Off?
Backgammon
2a Turks Head, Flemish Flake and Dutch Cringle are types of what?
Knot
2b How many stars are there on the EU flag?
12
3a Which internet company was founded by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Evan Williams and Biz Stone in 2006?
Twitter
3b In a 1934 novella which title character taught at Brookfield School?
Mr Chips (accept Charles Chipping)
4a Which Democrat candidate did Ronald Reagan defeat in the 1984 US Presidential Election?
Walter Mondale
4b Which country's parliament is called the Folketing?
Denmark

Round 4
1a Which monk and seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation was the husband of Katharina von Bora? Martin Luther
1b Which planet is 5th farthest from the sun?
Jupiter
2a What do the books Pilgrims Progress, Don Quixote and Fanny Hill have in common?
Written in prison (wholly or partly)
2b Tokophobia is fear of what?
Pregnancy or Childbirth
3a What type of cake derives its name from the French word for lightning?
Eclair
3b In which English county is Longleat House and Safari Park?
Wiltshire
4a What maritime order is also termed The Birkenhead Drill?
Women and children first
4b Nancy Sinatra sang the theme tune for which 1967 James Bond film?
You Only Live Twice

Round 5
1a John Key became Prime Minister of which country in 2008?
New Zealand
1b In 1939 ‘Pied Piper’ was the codename for which wartime operation in Britain?
The evacuation of British children from cities
2a Which country will host the 2019 Rugby Union World Cup?
Japan
2b In 2014 Malala Yousafzai won which Nobel prize?
Peace
3a Which is the latest country to join the EU, doing so in July 2013?
Croatia
3b Which Government post is held by Chris Grayling?
Leader of the House of Commons
4a Which group released their third studio album X+Y in 2005?
Coldplay
4b In terms of area which is the second largest lake in Africa after Lake Victoria?
Lake Tanganyika

Round 6
1a Which film starring Michael Keaton and Amy Ryan won the Best Picture Oscar in 2015?
Birdman
1b Which fruit is also known as the alligator pear?
Avocado
2a Which South American country uses the Nuevo Sol as its currency?
Peru
2b What type of animal is a mulefoot?
Pig (accept Hog/Boar)
3a Who was assassinated on 6th October 1981 by troops when he was inspecting at a victory parade?
Anwar Sadat
3b What is the most common trade name of the drug Fluoxetine?
Prozac
4a Which sport had previously been known as Whiff Whaff and Gossima?
Table tennis
4b In what year did the United Kingdom National Lottery begin?
1994

Round 7
1a Which medical process derives its name from the French word for ‘to separate or to sort’?
Triage
1b Which game features the terms Winds, Dragons, Flowers and Seasons?
Mah-jong
2a Timothy, Bermuda and Kangaroo are all types of what?
Grass
2b How many stars are there on the flag of New Zealand?
4
3a Which internet company was founded by Pierre Omidyar in 1995?
eBay
3b In a 1961 novel, which title character taught at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls?
Miss Jean Brodie
4a Which Democrat candidate did Richard Nixon defeat in the 1968 Presidential Election?
Herbert Humphrey
4b What is the English name for the Japanese Parliament?
Diet

Round 8
1a What was the name of the Queen Mother’s official residence in London until 2002? It is now the official residence of Prince Charles.
Clarence House
1b What does the D stand for in WD40?
(Water) Displacement
2a Which Stephen King novel features the characters John and Wendy Torrance and their son Danny?
The Shining
2b In which country is the port of Fray Bentos?
Uruguay
3a What is the alcoholic ingredient of a classic Pina Colada cocktail?
Rum
3b Koniophobia is the fear of what?
Dust
4a ‘He who can does, he who cannot teaches’ is a quotation by which writer?
G B Shaw
4b As played by William Shatner in the TV series Star Trek what is Captain Kirk’s middle name?
Tiberius

Spare Questions
1 Which is the only racecourse in Staffordshire?
Uttoxeter
2 What alternative name was given to the American Civil War battles at Manassa in 1861?
Bull Run
3 What is the capital of Bermuda?
Hamilton