Monday 27th November 2017
Set by Ormskirk

Round 1
1a In which book of the Bible is the story of Samson? JUDGES
1b Which monarch did Henry Bolingbroke overthrow to become King Henry IV? RICHARD II
2a Which city, in the Kanagawa prefecture, is Japan’s second largest by population? YOKOHAMA
2b Who produced the collage The Snail (L’escargot) in 1952, now displayed in Tate Modern? HENRI MATISSE
3a Tom Petty and Jeff Lynn were two of the five members of the ‘supergroup’ The Traveling Wilburys. Name one other. BOB DYLAN, GEORGE HARRISON or ROY ORBISON
3b Mary Rand and Heike Drechsler were both gold medallists in which Olympic athletics event? LONG JUMP
4a Which US city appears in the titles of Best Actor Oscar-winning films from 1940 and 1993? PHILADELPHIA
4b Who is the poet who wrote For the Fallen? LAURENCE BINYON

Round 2
1a Which is the largest, by area, of the Ionian Islands? KEFALONIA
1b Which insect has the Latin name Musca domestica? HOUSE FLY
2a Which term in biology describes the yellow liquid that holds blood cells in suspension and in physics the so-called fourth state of matter? PLASMA
2b George H W Bush succeeded William Colby in January 1976 as head of which organisation? THE CIA
3a Which popular TV drama series gave rise to the phrase: ‘You win or you die’? GAME OF THRONES
3b Who created the ancient Roman detective Falco? LINDSEY DAVIS
4a Who was the architect of the India Gate in New Delhi and the Thiepval Memorial to the missing of the Somme in France? EDWIN LUTYENS
4b Bob Champion won the 1981 Grand National riding which horse? ALDANITI

Round 3
1a The characters Tamino and Pamina appear in which Mozart opera? THE MAGIC FLUTE
1b New Meadow is the home stadium for which Football League team? SHREWSBURY TOWN
2a Who played Billie Holiday in a 1972 film and was herself played by Beyoncé Knowles in a 2006 film? DIANA ROSS
2b In a Shakespeare play which title character says ‘I am a man more sinned against than sinning’? KING LEAR
3a Commonly used in guerrilla warfare, what does the I stand for in IED? IMPROVISED (EXPLOSIVE DEVICE)
3b Which city was capital of the Inca empire from the early 1400s? CUZCO
4a In which English county are Mousehole (pron. Mouzel) and Rock? CORNWALL
4b Which shoemaking firm based at Street in Somerset was founded in 1825? CLARKS

Round 4
1a What links Edd Kimber in 2010, Joanne Wheatley in 2011 and Nadiya Hussain in 2015? THEY WON THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF
1b Which 1932 novel by Stella Gibbons features ‘something nasty in the woodshed’? COLD COMFORT FARM
2a Alison Balsom is a virtuoso musician who plays which instrument? TRUMPET
2b In December 2014, which famous Olympian married former Sky Sports presenter Georgie Thompson? SIR BEN AINSLIE
3a Which 241 km canal links the river Garonne to the Mediterranean Sea? CANAL DU MIDI
3b Great crested, palmate and smooth are the three British species of which creature? NEWT
4a In Greek mythology which dog had three heads? CERBERUS
4b Napoleon Bonaparte’s first major defeat, at the Battle of the Nations, occurred in October 1813 near which city? LEIPZIG

Round 5
1a Which spin-off from The Great British Bake Off ran for four series from 2013 to 2016? (THE GREAT BRITISH) SEWING BEE
1b Which writer first came to prominence in 1963 with The Spy Who Came in from the Cold? JOHN LE CARRÉ
2a Evelyn Glennie is a musician known for her performance on which instruments? DRUMS/PERCUSSION
2b Who is the Team Principal of the Red Bull Formula One racing team – he married Geri Halliwell in 2015? CHRISTIAN HORNER
3a In Game of Thrones the scheming queen Cersei and her brothers Jaime and Tyrion belong to which family? LANNISTER
3b Who created the detective Aurelio Zen? MICHAEL DIBDIN
4a What was the middle name of Edwin Lutyens – named for a painter and sculptor friend of his father famous for portraits of animals? LANDSEER
4b Who finally won the 2010 Grand National on Don’t Push It at his fifteenth attempt? A P MCCOY

Round 6
1a Sir Walter Raleigh and the Earl of Essex are characters in which Benjamin Britten opera? GLORIANA
1b What is the nickname of Bournemouth, the Premier League football team? THE CHERRIES
2a Who plays herself in the 2016 film Absolutely Fabulous, in which she falls in the River Thames and disappears? KATE MOSS
2b In a Shakespeare play which title character speaks the line ‘Let me have men about me that are fat’? JULIUS CAESAR
3a In the aviation terms VTOL and STOL, what do the letters TO stand for? (VERTICAL / SHORT) TAKE OFF (AND LANDING)
3b The ancient city of Tenochtitlan eventually morphed into which modern city? MEXICO CITY
4a Which Welsh town, at the mouth of the river of the same name has a suspension bridge designed by Thomas Telford and a castle built for Edward I? CONWY / CONWAY
4b Which fashion label launched its Bradley Wiggins line in 2012? FRED PERRY

Round 7
1a Which is the largest of Ireland’s Aran Islands? INISHMORE
1b Which insect has the Latin name Apis mellifera? HONEY BEE
2a In physics, what is defined as the amount of useful energy outputted by a device divided by the total energy input? EFFICIENCY
2b Which US President worked as a football coach at Yale from 1935, having turned down offers to play professionally? GERALD FORD
3a Which French river joins the Rhône in the city of Lyon? SAÔNE
3b Which animal has types called Slender and Slow? LORIS
4a In Greek mythology which creature had the body of a man and the head of a bull? MINOTAUR
4b Which city, the westernmost in Germany and burial place of Charlemagne, was previously known as Aix-la-Chapelle? AACHEN

Round 8
1a To which Land was Cain exiled after he killed Abel? LAND OF NOD
1b Which monarch ruled England from 1702 to 1714? ANNE
2a On which island is the city of Tokyo situated? HONSHU
2b Which sculptor created The Angel of the North and Another Place? ANTONY GORMLEY
3a Barbadian singer Robyn Fenty is better known by her middle name. What is it? RIHANNA
3b Who won Olympic gold at 5 000 and 10 000 metres in 1972 and 1976? LASSE VIRÉN
4a Which 1972 film and its 1974 sequel won the Oscars for Best Picture? THE GODFATHER
4b Who wrote the poem Sea-Fever? JOHN MASEFIELD

Spare Questions
1 Name either of the British regiments which have the motto Ubique. THE ROYAL ARTILLERY or THE ROYAL ENGINEERS
2 Which was the first song to open Live Aid in 1985? ROCKIN’ ALL OVER THE WORLD (STATUS QUO)
3 The series of portraits known as The Windsor Beauties was painted by which court artist of Charles II? SIR PETER LELY
4 Cox’s Bazar is the southernmost town in which Commonwealth country? BANGLADESH