Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Set by Early Doors (Wirral)

Round 1
1a Which vitamin is also known as Retinol or Retinal?
A
1b On which racecourse is the Welsh Grand National run each December?
Chepstow
2a In which year was the Great Train Robbery in Buckinghamshire?
1963
2b In terms of area, what is the largest island in Asia?
Borneo
3a Which debtors’ prison, in Southwark, was depicted in Charles Dickens’ book Little Dorrit?
Marshalsea
3b Apart from coins and banknotes-what else can a numismatist collect?
Medals
4a Who was the eldest of the Marx Brothers?
Chico (accept Leonard)
4b Which desert covers much of Botswana, and parts of Namibia and South Africa?
The Kalahari

Round 2
1a What is the name of the straits between the south of Italy and Albania, separating the Ionian and Adriatic seas?
Otranto
1b Who was the main female singer with the groups Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship and Starship?
Grace Slick
2a The French drink Kir consists of white wine and which other ingredient?
(Creme de) Cassis
2b Which animals are termed ovine?
Sheep
3a Which Saint founded the monastery on the island of Iona and died there in 597 AD?
Saint Columba
3b What was the name of Sir Francis Drake’s ship at the start of his circumnavigation of the world in 1577?
The Pelican
4a In which city did Roger Bannister run the first sub-four-minute mile in 1954?
Oxford (Iffley Road)
4b Which organisation has its headquarters at One Brewer’s Green, London?
The Labour Party

Round 3
1a Which battle between England and France was fought in August 1346?
Crecy
1b In 1872, which country played England in the first ever international game of football?
Scotland
2a The word for which discipline is derived from the Sanskrit word for ‘to unite’ or ‘to join’?
Yoga
2b From what are millefiore objects made?
Glass
3a What name was given to one of the ten divisions of a legion?
A Cohort
3b Alan Minter was World boxing champion at which weight?
Middleweight
4a Which theatre did David Garrick, the famed actor manage and run from 1747-1776?
Theatre Royal Drury Lane (accept Drury Lane)
4b Which 1968 film featured the 3rd Foot and Mouth Regiment of soldiers?
Carry On Up the Khyber

Round 4
1a Which organisation founded in Pulaski Tennessee in December 1865 by 6 former members of the Confederate Army?
Ku Klux Klan
1b Which King founded Eton College?
Henry VI (1440)
2a Which orchestral instrument is known as fagotto in Italian?
Bassoon
2b In which city did Martin Luther King make his ‘I have a dream’ speech in August 1963?
Washington DC
3a In the TV series Doctor Who, who was the creator of the Daleks and arch enemy of the Doctor?
Davros
3b By what name was the Democratic Republic of the Congo known between 1971 and 1997?
Zaire
4a According to the British Horseracing Authority, what is the shortest distance over which horses race?
5 Furlongs
4b What two word phrase means the smallest amount of fissile material needed for a sustained nuclear chain reaction?
Critical Mass

Round 5
1a Which ancient measurement mentioned in the Bible was approximately 18 inches?
A Cubit
1b What Latin word is given to the left hand page of a book or manuscript?
Verso
2a What is the distinguishing feature of an animal described as ‘palmiped’?
Webbed feet
2b How do the Australian Aborigines refer to their mythical past and creation?
Dreamtime
3a Give a year in the First Crusade called by Pope Urban II.
1095-1099
3b In which war was the Gatling gun first used?
AmericanCivil War (Siege of Petersburg 1864)
4a Triton is the largest moon of which planet?
Neptune
4b How many hurdles must be cleared in Men’s 110m and 400m Hurdles races?
Ten

Round 6
1a By what name is Acetylsalicylic Acid better known?
Aspirin
1b Who was the first British Labour Prime Minister?
Ramsey McDonald (1924)
2a Which is the last book in the New Testament?
(Book of) Revelation (accept The Apocalypse or Apocalypse of John)
2b Who wrote the 1932 novel ‘Brave New World’?
Aldous Huxley
3a Which 1927 musical features the song ‘Old Man River’?
Show Boat
3b To within a year either side, in which year was the complete English FA Cup Final first shown live on television?
1938 (accept 1937/1939)
4a The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is in which American state?
South Dakota
4b How many Imperial gallons of beer are in a firkin?
Nine

Round 7
1a How many republics made up the former Soviet Union or Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?
15
1b In which country did the dance the Mazurka originate?
Poland
2a Tony Stark is the real name of which super-hero featured in Marvel comics and later films?
Iron Man
2b Who sang the theme tune to Rawhide, the TV series which ran from 1959-1966?
Frankie Laine (Francesco LoVecchio)
3a Which is Scotland’s longest river?
Tay
3b Which god was said to be the father of Romulus and Remus the legendary founders of Rome?
Mars (accept Hercules)
4a Which Briton won an ice-skating Gold at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics?
Robin Cousins
4b Mace is one of the spices obtained from the tree Myristica Fragrams - what is the other?
Nutmeg

Round 8
1a In English Common Law, what is the minimum number of people that can constitute a riot?
Three
1b Who was the first left-hander to win the ladies singles title at Wimbledon, doing so in 1969?
Ann Jones
2a In which English county would you find Stonehenge?
Wiltshire
2b In which small North Yorkshire market town is the Black Sheep Brewery based?
Masham
3a About which politician did Harold Wilson say “He immatures with age”?
(Anthony Wedgwood) Tony Benn
3b What was the first pitched battle of the English civil War?
Edgehill (1642)
4a Who painted ‘Le dejeuner sur I’herbe’ in 1863?
(Edouard) Manet
4b In which country did the 'Orange’ Revolution take place between 2004 and 2005?
Ukraine

Spare Questions
1 In which French city was Joan of Arc put to death?
Rouen
2 Which pirate’s ship was called Queen Anne’s Revenge?
Blackbeard (Edward Teach)
3 At any one time how many holders are there of the Order of Merit?
24
4 Canaletto is famous for his landscapes of Venice and which other city?
London