Monday 18th September 2017
Set by Warrington

Round 1
1a Give a year in the life of the English scientist Roger Bacon, a philosopher, polymath and early advocate of the scientific method?
1219 to 1292
1b "Weddel", "Ross" and "Baikal" are among the varieties of which mammal?
Seal
2a Which composer’s works include “Das Lied von der Erde” (pronounced “Das Leed fon der Air-duh”) and “Des Knabe Wunderhorn” (pronounced “Dess Kunabuh Vunduh-horn”)
Gustav Mahler
2b What name is given to a story using animal characters that has a strong meaning?
Fable
3a On which river does the Yorkshire town of Skipton stand?
The River Aire
3b Which British cheese is wrapped in nettle leaves?
Cornish Yarg
4a Which artist helped present the TV series "Vision On"?
Tony Hart
4b What sort of dome was developed by Richard Buckminster Fuller?
Geodesic Dome

Round 2
1a In the name of the charity "ASH", what does the "S" stand for?
(Action on) Smoking (and Health)
1b Who was the first English golfer to win the US Masters?
Nick Faldo
2a Alveoli and bronchioles are located in which organ of the body?
Lungs
2b Which climbing plant has varieties called summer and winter and is a genus of shrubs and vines of the olive family?
Jasmine
3a Which writer developed the "Three Laws of Robotics" in his fictional works?
Isaac Asimov
3b Which order of chivalry was founded by James II and VII in 1687?
Order of the Thistle
4a The Camotes Sea lies within the archipelago of which island nation?
Philippines
4b Leka II, is the current head of the House of Zogu, and is the Crown Prince of which country, though has no official role?
Albania

Round 3
1a The bottlenose is the most common variety of which mammal?
Dolphin
1b In which operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan does the character Major- General Stanley appear?
The Pirates of Penzance
2a What name is given to a story with a spiritual lesson in it?
Parable
2b Santa Cruz, is the capital of which Canary Island?
Tenerife
3a What is the national cheese of Cyprus, traditionally made from the milk of goats and sheep?
Halloumi
3b James Bolam played Dr Arthur Gilder and Clive Swift played the Reverend Eustachius Brewer (Vicar of Ormston), in which TV series that ran from 2002 to 2005?
Born and Bred
4a What name is given to a geometric solid with 12 faces?
Dodecahedron
4b Which US President, whilst in office or shortly afterwards had the nicknames "General Mum", "Old Tippicanoe" and "The Washington of the West"?
William Henry Harrison

Round 4
1a Who won golf's 2015 US Masters, currently being the youngest ever winner?
Jordan Spieth
1b Give a year in the life of the English scientist Francis Bacon, a philosopher and termed father of the scientific method?
1561- to 1626
2a What are plants of the genus antirrhinum more commonly known as?
Snapdragon
2b Which composer’s works include the tone-poems “November Woods and “Tintagel” and the piano-music “In a Vodka-Shop”?
Sir Arnold Bax
3a Which British Order of Chivalry was founded in 1917 by King George V, the Chapel of the Order being in St Paul’s Cathedral?
The Order of the British Empire
3b Which river, that rises on Newby Moss at the head of Widdale in Yorkshire, flows through Settle and Clitheroe on its way to the sea ?
The River Ribble
4a The House of Kawananahoa, whose current head is Quentin Kawananakoa, is the ruling House of which island group?
Hawaii
4b Who presented the children's TV series "Think of A Number"?
Johnny Ball

Round 5
1a Chang'an, Gaochang and Luoyang wine producing regions are from which country?
China
1b The First Battle of Bull Run which took place on the 21st of July 1861, was fought in which US State?
Virginia
2a How many players are there in an Indoor hockey team?
6
2b In which long-running TV series, first aired in 1968, was Captain Square among the cast of characters?
“Dad’s Army
3a In Greek mythology who was the mother of Zeus?
Rhea
3b John Major, Nigel Lawson and whom, were the three Chancellors of the Exchequer during Margaret Thatcher’s terms as Prime Minister?
Geoffrey Howe
4a The 1192 Treaty of Jaffa ended which crusade?
The Third Crusade
4b Who wrote the play "What the Butler Saw"?
Joe Orton

Round 6
1a Which fictional policeman was the main character in a long series of novels that began in 1934 and included “The Nursing-Home Murder”, “Singing in the Shrouds” and “Death at the Bar”?
Roderick (“Rory”) Alleyn
1b Elsie Maynard and Wilfred Shadbolt are characters in which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta?
Yeomen Of The Guard
2a The Terios and the Mira are motor-vehicles currently produced under which motor-manufacturer's marque?
Daihatsu
2b Which is the largest island of the Dodecanese?
Rhodes
3a Which player has played in the highest number of football's English Premier League games?
Ryan Giggs
3b Which TV series ran from 1997 to 2006, featuring Sarah Lancashire and Pam Ferris as sisters-in-law working at a medical centre in the Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite?
Where The Heart Is
4a Which guitarist created Derek and the Dominoes?
Eric Clapton
4b Which US President, whilst in office or shortly afterwards had the nicknames "Little Jemmy", "His Little Majesty" and "The Father of the Constitution"?
James Madison

Round 7
1a In the acronym, BAFTA, for what does the “T” stand for?
Television (British Academy of Film and Television Arts)
1b In which country is the Barossa Valley wine-growing region?
Australia
2a In which part of the body are the pinna, tympanum and semi-circular canals?
The Ear
2b How many players are there in a Korfball team?
8
3a Which writer created the character of Captain Nemo?
Jules Verne
3b In Greek mythology who was the mother of Apollo and Artemis?
Leto
4a The Ceram Sea lies within the archipelago of which island nation?
Indonesia
4b The 1898 Treaty of Paris ended which war?
Spanish-American War

Round 8
1a Which US state was the first to secede from the Union, precipitating the American Civil War?
South Carolina
1b “The Crime at Black Dudley”, published in 1929. Introduced which fictional detective, whose many other literary escapades included “Dancers in Mourning” and “Cargo of Eagles”?
Albert Campion
2a Which TV drama-comedy, running to three series so far, has followed the lives of Prem and Kamini Sharma?
The Indian Doctor
2b Which car manufacturer makes the high-performance Ghibli model?
Maserati
3a Which politician famously walked out of an interview after Sir Robin Day described him as a here today, gone tomorrow politician?
Sir John Nott
3b Which outfield player has won the most full international caps for England, at football with 115 caps?
David Beckham
4a Who wrote the 1924 play "Juno and the Paycock"?
Sean O'Casey
4b For which rock band was Peter Gabriel the original lead singer?
Genesis

Spare Questions
1 The modern pentathlon consists of riding, running, shooting, swimming and which other discipline?
Fencing
2 In Roman mythology, Mercury was messenger to the gods. Who was his Greek equivalent?
Hermes
3 "Tom Brown's Schooldays" is an 1857 novel by whom?
Thomas Hughes
4 At 7,550 square miles, what is the smallest of America’s five Great Lakes by surface area?
Lake Ontario
5 The velocipede bicycle developed by Ernst and Pierre Michaux in 1861 was nicknamed what due to its uncomfortable ride?
Boneshaker