Tuesday 17th October 2017
Set by Aigburth People (Liverpool)

Round One
1A How is the salad leaf arugula more commonly known in the UK?
Rocket
1B The first Book of Common Prayer was largely the work of which man?
Thomas Cranmer
2A Which scientific word translates as 'disease producer'?
Pathogen
2B If you are a member of BECTU trade union which industry do you work in?
(Accept any variation of) Film, Television or Entertainment
3A Which of the regular cast members appeared in the most Carry On films?
Kenneth Williams
3B Mount Kinabalu is the highest mountain on which Asian island?
Borneo
4A BRICS is the acronym for an association of 5 major emerging national economies: it is made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and which other country?
South Africa
4B Which author created the fictional detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, played by Nathaniel Parker on the BBC?
Elizabeth George

Round Two
1A What is the another name for the helicopter seeds of the Sycamore or Maple trees?
Keys (accept Samaras)
1B Which American actress has featured regularly in TV adverts for Lancôme since 2009? She starred in their 2016 campaign for their new perfume La Vie Est Belle.
Julia Roberts
2A What is the name of the Channel 4 programme, hosted by Adam Hills? It is spin off from their Paralympic games coverage
The Last Leg
2B In which US state is the tourist resort of Cape Cod?
Massachussetts
3A In women's tennis the Grand Slam of winning all 4 major singles titles in the same calendar year has not been achieved since 1988. Who was the last female player achieve a Grand Slam.?
Steffi Graf
3B Thomas Hardy took the title of his novel Far From the Madding Crowd from which poem?
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (accept Gray's Elegy)
4A In which war did Ghandi serve in the British Ambulance Corps?
(2nd) Boer War
4B Romanian car manufacturer Dacia has been a subsidiary of which company since 1999?
Renault

Round Three
1A In the 2016 film The Girl on the Train, who plays the girl, Rachel W atson?
Emily Blunt
1B Which species of Parakeet, is Britain's only naturalised parrot?
Ring necked parakeet
2A In which country was Boris Johnson born?
USA (New York)
2B The art collective Assemble won The Turner Prize in 2015 for which unusual project?
A housing renovation project (based in Liverpool)
3A When Bob Dylan did not attend the Nobel Prize award ceremony in December 2016, which singer/songwriter accepted the prize in his absence?
Patti Smith
3B In the UK, what is the birthstone for October?
Opal
4A Shagreen is a type of leather that used to be made from the skin of horses but is now made using the skin of which creature?
Shark or Ray
4B What flavour is triple sec liqueur?
Orange

Round Four
1A Which Italian boxer, nicknamed the 'Ambling Alp' was World Heavyweight Champion from 1933 to 1934?
Primo Carnera
1B Which English pop group, formed in London in 1979, took its name from a WW1 gruesome term for the twitching of dead bodies, hit by gun fire, whilst hanging from barbed wire in no man's land?
Spandau Ballet
2A Jeremy Corbyn has been MP for which constituency since 1983?
Islington North
2B Which architect designed the glass pyramid extension of the Louvre Museum in Paris?
I M Pei
3A Give a year in the life of Italian painter Raphael.
1483 - 1520
3B What is the decimal equivalent of hexadecimal value B?
11
4AOn a film set what title is given to the Chief Electrician?
Gaffer
4B In a play by J.M. Barrie, who was butler to Lord Loam?
The Admirable Crichton

Round Five
1A How is the herb cilantro more commonly known in the UK?
Coriander
1B The American Declaration of Independence was largely the work of which man?
Thomas Jefferson
2A Which modern 7 letter scientific word is Latin for 'amount'?
Quantum
2B If you are a member of the First Division Association trade union for which organisation do you work?
Civil service
3A What was the name of the folk singing character played by Kenneth Williams on the radio programme Round the Horne ?
Rambling Syd Rumpo
3B The island of Borneo is divided between Indonesia, Malaysia and which other small country?
Brunei
4A MINT is an acronym referring to the economies of Mexico, Indonesia, Turkey and which other country?
Nigeria
4B What is the surname of the author who created the fictional detective Kay Scarpetta?
Cornwell

Round Six
1A What is the one word term for the fruit of the beech, oak, chestnut and other woodland trees, especially when fallen and used as food for pigs?
Mast
1B Which Hollywood star has regularly featured in TV adverts, where she is usually dressed in gold, for the Christian Dior perfume J'Adore since 2004?
Charlize Theron
2A What is The Apprentice spin off programme called? Broadcasting on BBC 2, it has been hosted at different times by Adrian Chiles, Dara O'Briain & Rhod Gilbert.
You're fired!
2B In which US state is the seaside resort The Hamptons?
New York
3A Which tennis player is the only man to win the US Open singles title on grass, clay and hard courts doing so between 1974 and 83?
Jimmy Connors
3B The Frederick Forsyth novel The Dogs of War takes its title from which of Shakespeare's plays?
Julius Caesar
4A British politician Stafford Cripps was a volunteer ambulance driver with the Red Cross in which conflict?
World War 1
4B Italian car manufacturer Lancia has been a subsidiary of which other company since 1969?
Fiat Chrysler

Round Seven
1A In the 2014 film Gone Girl, who plays the girl, Amy Dunne?
Rosamund Pike
1B What is Britain's largest wading bird?
Curlew
2A What is Boris Johnson's first forename?
Alexander
2B What unusual substance is artist Chris Offili noted for using in his work?
(Elephant) dung
3A Who, with a title that means 'Ocean Teacher', won the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize?
Dalai Lama
3B In the UK, what is the birthstone for February?
Amethyst
4A Commercially, leather can be obtained from 2 species of bird. Name either.
Ostrich or Emu
4B Which soft drink is added to tequila, vodka, rum, triple sec and gin to make a Long Island Iced Tea cocktail?
Cola (accept Coke or Pepsi)

Round Eight
1A Reputedly the last bare knuckle, and the first gloved heavyweight champion, which boxer was known as 'The Boston Strong Boy'?
John L. Sullivan
1B Which English pop group, formed in Sheffield in 1973, took its name from a nightclub in Zurich and a French writer/political thinker?
Cabaret Voltaire
2A Theresa May has been MP for which constituency since 1997?
Maidenhead
2B Which architect designed the Shard building in London?
Renzo Piano
3A Give a year in the life of Italian painter Caravaggio.
1571 - 1610
3B What is the decimal equivalent of duodecimal value one zero zero?
144
4A On a film set, what name is given to the equipment used to move a camera usually along a track?
Dolly
4B In fiction, who does butler Alfred Pennyworth work for?
Bruce Wayne (accept Batman)

Spare Questions
1 Which actress/comedienne was the niece of Nancy Astor?
Joyce Grenfell
2 The name of which long extinct creature translates as 'rapid thief'?
Velociraptor
3 Marmite is a by-product of which industry?
Brewing
4 In vehicle safety, what does the A stand for in ABS braking system?
Anti-lock