Tuesday 12th December 2017
Set by Ormskirk

Round 1
1a Who led the Conservative Party into the 2005 General Election?
MICHAEL HOWARD
1b Of which metal is cassiterite the principal commercial ore?
TIN
2a Which golfer was known as Supermex?
LEE TREVINO
2b In which European city are the National Botanic Gardens at Glasnevin?
DUBLIN
3a What word connects an album by The Beatles and a weapon in the original version of Cluedo?
REVOLVER
3b Name the American artist who painted Nighthawks in 1942.
EDWARD HOPPER
4a Who wrote the 1932 historical novel Death to the French, set during the Peninsular War?
C S FORESTER
4b What is the name of the teapot in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast?
MRS POTTS

Round 2
1a What humorous name has been given to the East Anglia Derby between Ipswich and Norwich football clubs on account of its fierce rivalry?
OLD FARM DERBY
1b Which city is the capital of Slovakia?
BRATISLAVA
2a How is the city of Antwerp known to French speakers?
ANVERS
2b What breed of dog is a Blue Picardy?
SPANIEL
3a According to the title of Jackie Collins’ first novel, The World Is Full of.... what?
MARRIED MEN
3b The 2016 TV series Westworld was based on a 1973 film of the same name. Who wrote and directed the film?
MICHAEL CRICHTON
4a Which grape variety is predominantly used in the red wines of Burgundy?
PINOT NOIR
4b What is the German equivalent of Art Nouveau?
JUGENDSTIL

Round 3
1a Who is the founder of JD Wetherspoon PLC?
TIM MARTIN
1b Which of Handel’s works was first performed at London’s Green Park to celebrate the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle?
MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS
2a For which novel did Kingsley Amis win the 1986 Booker Prize?
THE OLD DEVILS
2b Which British actor won an Emmy for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the 1981 film The Bunker?
ANTHONY HOPKINS
3a Which Lockheed jet plane acquired the nicknames of Widowmaker, Flying Coffin and Coffin Nail on account of many crashes?
STARFIGHTER
3b The 16th century scientist Andries van Wesel, better known as Vesalius, wrote influential books on which subject?
HUMAN ANATOMY (accept PHYSIOLOGY)
4a What was the name of the first limited over county cricket competition in England?
GILLETTE CUP
4b In which London Borough are Highgate Cemetery and most of Hampstead Heath?
CAMDEN

Round 4
1a What name is given to the humorous verse form invented by Edmund Bentley in which the first line is typically the name of the person who is the poem’s subject?
CLERIHEW (BENTLEY’S MIDDLE NAME)
1b On CBeebies who is the leader of the Octonauts in The Octonauts?
CAPTAIN BARNACLES
2a The Borealis basin covers 40% of which planet?
MARS
2b Who, along with Marc Almond, comprised the duo Soft Cell?
DAVID BALL
3a What is the full name of the Boston based sportswear manufacturer known as NB?
NEW BALANCE
3b York Minster is dedicated to which Saint?
PETER
4a In 1922 who was ambushed and killed between Bandon and Macroom in the Irish Free State?
MICHAEL COLLINS
4b Which of the Euro banknotes is blue?
TWENTY

Round 5
1a Which company, based in Rock, Cornwall, brews Doom Bar beer?
SHARP’S
1b Who conducted the first performance of Puccini’s The Girl of the Golden West at the Metropolitan Opera New York in 1910?
ARTURO TOSCANINI
2a For which novel did Thomas Keneally win the Booker Prize in 1982?
SCHINDLER’S ARK
2b Which film about the final days of Adolf Hitler was nominated for the 2005 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film?
DOWNFALL
3a Which fellow author (1901-2000) described Jackie Collins’ first novel as “filthy and disgusting”?
BARBARA CARTLAND
3b Which American TV series focuses on a group that included, in Series 1, Rick, Lori, Karl, Shane, Dale, Andrea, Glenn, Carol and Daryl?
THE WALKING DEAD
4a In a bottle of wine, what is the term for the headspace of air between the wine and the top of the container?
ULLAGE
4b Which artist was the first president of the Vienna Secession, the Austrian equivalent of Art Nouveau, when founded in 1897?
GUSTAV KLIMT

Round 6
1a Who was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Norwich City FC in December 2015?
ED BALLS
1b Four national capitals stand on the river Danube. They are Bratislava, Vienna, Budapest and which other?
BELGRADE
2a Near which Belgian town or city was the first battle fought by the British Army in World War One?
MONS
2b What breed of dog is a Patterdale?
TERRIER
3a What is the full name of the Baltimore based sportswear manufacturer known as UA?
UNDER ARMOUR
3b Durham Cathedral is dedicated to Christ, The Virgin Mary, and which Saint?
CUTHBERT
4a Who was shot dead by Nazis in his Vienna Chancellery in 1934?
ENGELBERT DOLLFUSS
4b Which famous person is depicted on all banknotes issued by The Bank of Scotland?
WALTER SCOTT

Round 7
1a From the Greek, what name is given to the emotional purging and purification that an audience experiences while watching a harrowing tragic drama?
CATHARSIS
1b On CBeebies who plays Grandpa in Grandpa in My Pocket?
JAMES BOLAM
2a Which planet has a year which is shorter than its day?
VENUS (ORBIT 225 EARTH DAYS, ROTATION 243 EARTH DAYS)
2b Which rock duo comprises Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher?
ROYAL BLOOD
3a What was the name of the Consolidated Aircraft B-24, the most produced heavy bomber in history?
LIBERATOR
3b Which French scientist produced a Theory of Inheritance some 50 years before the work of Darwin?
JEAN-BAPTISTE LAMARCK
4a Which Australian city is the home of the Hurricanes in the Big Bash cricket league?
HOBART
4b In which London Borough are Brunel University and Heathrow Airport?
HILLINGDON

Round 8
1a Who led the Liberal Democrats into the 2005 General Election?
CHARLES KENNEDY
1b Which mineral, consisting of lead sulphide, is the principal ore of lead?
GALENA
2a Which boxer was known as Hands of Stone?
ROBERTO DURÁN
2b The island of Inisheer was used for the opening sequence of which TV series?
FATHER TED
3a What word connects a plant sometimes known as Morus and an artificial harbour?
MULBERRY
3b Name the artist who paintings the Naked Maja and the Clothed Maja produced between 1797 and 1805 hang next to each other in the Prado in Madrid.
FRANCISCO GOYA
4a Who wrote the novel The French Lieutenant’s Woman?
JOHN FOWLES
4b Which musical features the song Tea for Two?
NO, NO, NANETTE

Spare Questions
1 If Smiths are traditionally named Smudger and Clarks are traditionally named Nobby, what is the nickname of people named Marsh?
SWAMPY
2 What would you do with a bradawl?
MAKE A (SMALL) HOLE IN WOOD
3 In Greek myth, who is the muse of dance?
TERPSICHORE
4 How long, in feet, is a table tennis table?
NINE