Tuesday 12th September 2017
Set by Earles (Liverpool)

Round One
1A In the Shakespeare play, in which City did Romeo and Juliet live?
Verona
1B Who wrote the opera 'Harold in Italy'?
Berlioz
2A Who had a number 1 hit in 2016 with the song '7 Years'?
Lukas Graham
2B On which date does Martinmas occur?
11th November
3A In which city, in 1960, did Harold Macmillan give his “Winds of Change” speech?
Cape Town
3B Which racecourse, in South Yorkshire, is sometimes called Town Moor?
Doncaster
4A As whom is Don Diego de la Vega usually known?
Zorro
4B In which Dickens novel does Mrs Gamp appear?
Martin Chuzzlewitt

Round Two
1A Which artist was the first President of the Royal Academy?
Joshua Reynolds
1B Kate Winslett won the 2016 Best Supporting Actress BAFTA for which film about a living person?
Steve Jobs
2A In 1976, which person was allowed to stand when receiving his Knighthood?
Douglas Bader
2B The Indian drink Lassi is made with water and which other main ingredient?
Yoghurt
3A At which team sport did Balbir Singh win three Olympic medals between 1948 and 1956?
Field Hockey
3B Hogget is a name for a one year old of which animal?
Sheep
4A Groundhog day falls on which date?
2nd February
4B Which actress starred with Albert Finney in the 1967 British comedy film “Two for the Road”?
Audrey Hepburn

Round Three
1A The substance Heparin has what medical use?
As an anticoagulant/ blood thinner
1B The metal Antimony is represented by what two letter symbol?
Sb
2A Launched in 1954, what was the name of the first operational nuclear submarine?
Nautilus
2B The Sea Swallow is an alternative name for what type of bird?
(Common) Tern
3A Alton Towers was the traditional seat of which nobleman?
The Earl of Shrewsbury
3B Lustrum is a term for what period of time?
Five Years
4A How is the fraction 5/8 expressed as a decimal?
0.625
4B Who became King of England in 1625?
Charles I

Round Four
1A In which Italian city are Galileo and Machiavelli buried?
Florence
1B 'One o'clock jump' was the theme song used by which Jazz orchestra leader?
Count Basie
2A What, in 1781, was the last major land battle of the American war of Independence?
Yorktown
2B What is the main river flowing through Leeds?
Aire
3A Which gas is the chief constituent of the atmosphere of Mars?
Carbon Dioxide
3B 'Duke of York', 'Red Wing' and 'Bonanza' are varieties of which soft fruit?
Peach
4A Which US State is bordered by Nebraska and Oklahoma?
Kansas
4B What is the capital of the Australian state of Victoria?
Melbourne

Round Five
1A Which river flows through the city of Florence?
Arno
1B 'The Lions Mound' is a monument on which battlefield?
Waterloo
2A Authorised (2007) and Golden Horn (2015) were Epsom Derby winners both ridden by which jockey?
Frankie Dettori
2B Urquhart Castle overlooks which body of water?
Loch Ness
3A 'The Noble Truths' contain the essential teachings of which religion?
Buddhism
3B In the TV series The Avengers/New Avengers which character followed Cathy, Emma and Tara?
Purdey
4A First Impressions' was the original title for which novel of 1813?
Pride and Prejudice
4B Who portrayal of film characters included, amongst others, the President of Klopstokia and Augustus Q Winterbottom?
W.C. Fields

Round Six
1A In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Bryony Page became the first British competitor to win an Olympic medal in which sport?
Trampoline
1B What is the derived SI unit for electrical conductance?
Siemen
2A Shown in 2014 on BBC4, which European country provided the setting for the crime drama ‘Salamander’?
Belgium
2B At 238 minutes and released in the 1930s, which is the longest film to win the Oscar for Best Picture?
Gone With The Wind
3A Baku is situated on the edge of which Sea?
Caspian
3B What form of food is 'bisque'?
Thick soup - usually shellfish but can be vegetable
4A Used in flavouring and in perfumes, the oil orris is made from the roots of which flower?
Iris
4B Created in 1963 by Peter O'Donnell and Jim Holdaway, which strip cartoon heroine was assisted by Willie Garvin?
Modesty Blaise

Round Seven
1A A sprig of oak leaf is the symbol of which UK charity?
The National Trust
2B Astana is the capital of which country, a former Soviet republic?
Kazakhstan
2A What is the derived SI unit for magnetic flux density?
Tesla
1B Which artist painted 'A bar at the Folies Bergere' in 1882?
Edouard Manet
3A Which singer released the album 'I am Sasha Fierce'' in 2008?
Beyoncé
3B
Which literary detective lived in Whitehaven Mansions?
Hercule Poirot
4A The Honourable Richard Rollinson was a character created by John Creasey who gave him what nickname?
The Toff
4B The 2011 NASA space probe Juno was sent to orbit which planet?
Jupiter

Round Eight
1A The National League which promotes teams to Football League 2, the National League North and the National League South are all currently sponsored by which firm?
Vanarama
1B Prior to Joe Root, who was the last Yorkshire player to captain the English Test cricket team?
Michael Vaughan (2003-2008)
2A Who in 1967, crowned himself King of Kings?
Shah of Iran
2B Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia USA was established in the estate of the wife of which Civil War figure?
Robert E Lee
3A A capital city since 1991, which was the European Green Capital of 2016?
Ljubljana
3B Flor is a layer of yeast which forms on and contributes to the aging of which alcoholic drink?
Sherry
4A Which city is the Headquarters of the World Bank?
Washington DC
4B Which tree is known as the 'upside down tree'?
Baobab

Spare Questions
1 Which opera contains the characters Rodolfo and Mimi?
La Boheme
2 NASCAR is the national association for which sport?
Stock car racing
3 100% gold purity has which carat value?
24
4 An animal named 'Flaviu' escaped from a Devon zoo in 2016 - what kind of creature was it?
Lynx