Tuesday 19th September 2017
Set by Black Horse (Liverpool)

Round 1
1a Who, as a solo artist, had a 1967 UK number 1 hit with ‘The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde’?
GEORGIE FAME
1b The first gold medal for GB at the 2016 Summer Olympics was won in which sport?
SWIMMING
2a To within 1 year, in which year was ‘EasyJet’ founded?
1995
2b Which brand of alcoholic drink has been advertised for many years by the actor Paul Hogan?
FOSTERS (LAGER)
3a In 2002 Gunther von Hagens carried out the first public what in Great Britain in more than 170 years?
POST MORTEM / AUTOPSY
3b At 19 times, which comedian and actor has hosted the American Academy’s Oscar ceremony on most occasions?
BOB HOPE
4a In 2005 who did Angela Merkel replace as Chancellor of Germany?
GERHARD SCHRODER
4b The first UN Peace Keeping Mission was deployed to monitor the conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbours in which year?
1948

Round 2
1a Bing, Lambert and Royal Ann are all varieties of which drupe fruit?
CHERRY
1b Published in 2015, ‘Go Set a Watchman’ is the second novel to be published by which writer?
HARPER LEE
2a Omega and which other Greek letter begin the letter ‘o’?
OMICRON
2b Under what circumstances in boxing is a competitor allowed a count of up to twenty seconds to recover?
WHEN KNOCKED FROM THE RING
3a Taking part of its name from the dark rock of which it is made, which 2 word title is given to the major mountain range on the island of Skye?
BLACK CUILLIN
3b MP for Pontypridd, who did Jeremy Corbyn defeat in the 2016 Labour leadership election ballot? He later became Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
OWEN SMITH
4a In 1993 Janet Reno became the first female appointed to which US government post?
ATTORNEY GENERAL
4b The 1976 TV show ‘Laverne and Shirley’ was a spin off from which other series?
HAPPY DAYS

Round 3
1a In Dickens’, ‘A Christmas Carol’, what is the forename of Scrooge’s late business partner, who had been dead for 7 years as the story begins?
JACOB
1b The 1990 film ‘Postcards from The Edge’ is based on a book and has a screenplay written by which late actress?
CARRIE FISHER
2a Which simple geographical term is used as a nickname for the US Congress and the Canadian Parliament?
THE HILL
2b What name is given to one twentieth of a ream of paper?
QUIRE
3a In 2016, which Scottish newspaper became the last to close its editorial office on London’s Fleet St?
SUNDAY POST
3b In a ‘classic’ Morecambe and Wise sketch, which actress played Cleopatra?
GLENDA JACKSON
4a What was the name of the bird that twice escaped from London Zoo in 1965?
GOLDIE (GOLDEN EAGLE)
4b The battle of Mount Harriet took place during which 20th century conflict?
FALKLANDS CAMPAIGN

Round 4
1a Which 1978 BBC Radio 4 comedy series became a 1981 BBC TV series, a 1984 computer game and a 2005 feature film?
THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
1b The Ralph Vaughan Williams opera ‘Sir John In Love’ is based on which work by Shakespeare?
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
2a Which car company produced the 1969 ‘Ghibli 4.7’?
MASERATI
2b For which medieval architectural features is the Tuscan village of San Gimignano best known?
TOWERS (STONE TOWERS )
3a For 5 years up to January 1st 2017 and with over 2.75 billion views, which music video was the most popular YouTube video of all time?
GANGNAM STYLE ( BY PSY )
3b After Brazil, which Asian nation produces the most tons of coffee per year?
VIETNAM
4a Which style of horse drawn carriage designed in Germany, is often used on Royal occasions and by foreign ambassadors on their first visit to the Queen?
LANDAU
4b Which Welsh town was proclaimed a city in 2012 to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee?
ST ASAPH

Round 5
1a Which group had a 1980s hit with ‘Romeo and Juliet’?
DIRE STRAITS
1b At the 2016 summer Olympics Nick Dempsey won a silver medal for GB in which water sport?
WIND SURFING
2a Which airline began life as ‘Danren Enterprises’ in 1984?
RYANAIR
2b Former England football manager Sir Bobby Robson appeared in an advert for which lager?
CARLSBERG
3a In 1968 which medical procedure was carried out for the first time in the UK by a team led by South African Donald Ross?
(HUMAN) HEART TRANSPLANT
3b At 12 times, which actor and writer has hosted the BAFTA Film Award ceremony on the most occasions?
STEPHEN FRY
4a Who was the US Ambassador to the UK from 1938 to 1940?
JOSEPH KENNEDY
4b Name either of the nations involved in a dispute at which a UN Peace Keeping mission has been present continuously since January 1949.
INDIA & PAKISTAN

Round 6
1a Milton, Melba and Melinda are all varieties of which fruit grown in the UK?
APPLE
1b The Kurt Vonnegut novel ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ is based around which World War 2 event of February 1945?
DRESDEN BOMBING
2a The name of which letter of the Greek alphabet is a word meaning an extremely small amount?
IOTA
2b In all but T20 type cricket, how long is an incoming batsman allowed to reach the crease before being ‘timed out’?
THREE MINUTES
3a Taking its name from where it enters the Forth, which 3 word title is given to the river on which the city of Edinburgh stands?
WATER OF LEITH
3b In the 2016 Conservative party leadership election, who was the first person to be voted out of the contest? More recently he was the President of the Board of Trade.
LIAM FOX
4a Nancy Pelosi in 2007 became the first female to hold which post in US politics?
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (OF REPRESENTATIVES)
4b At the end of each episode of which TV series, did a character make a report to another (unseen) character called Orson?
MORK AND MINDY

Round 7
1a
Give either first name of the Agatha Christie detectives whose surname is Beresford??
TOMMY / TUPPENCE (accept PRUDENCE)
1b ‘Me And My Shadows’ is a biography of which late US singer and actress who died in London in 1969?
JUDY GARLAND
2a The French National Assembly meets in which building, a former royal palace?
PALAIS BOURBON
2b In the measurement of cloth, 32 ells equal one of which unit?
BOLT
3a In 2002 which company changed production of many of its household items from Malmesbury in Wiltshire to Malaysia?
DYSON
3b In a ‘classic’ Morecambe and Wise sketch, what were the duo doing to the tune of ‘The Stripper’?
MAKING BREAKFAST
4a Which major attraction arrived at London Zoo on November 5th 1947?
GUY THE GORILLA
4b The Battle of the Chinese Farm took place during which 20th century conflict?
YOM KIPPUR WAR

Round 8
1a Which 1988 BBC Radio 4 comedy show transferred to Channel 4, where it was hosted by Clive Anderson?
WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?
1b The Neal Thornton chamber opera ‘Sonya’s Story’ is based on which 1897 play?
UNCLE VANYA
2a Which car company produced the 1957 ‘300 SL Gullwing’
MERCEDES
2b At 23 kilometres in length, in which country is Europe’s longest glacier, the Aletsch?
SWITZERLAND
3a YouTube was originally founded by 3 people working for what other website, still very much in use today?
PAYPAL
3b China and India are the top 2 tea producing nations in the world. Which African country is third?
KENYA
4a Which one word is common to the names of the coaches used for Coronations, the Opening of Parliament and for Royal Weddings?
STATE (e.g. the GOLD, the IRISH, the DIAMOND JUBILEE)
4b Which English town was proclaimed a city in 2012 to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee?
CHELMSFORD

Spar Questions
1 In the 1953 FA Cup Final, dubbed ‘The Matthews Final’, who did Blackpool beat 4-3?
BOLTON WANDERERS
2 Which year saw the death of Princess Margaret?
2002
3 In which seven-part TV drama of the 1990’s did Robert Lindsay play Michael Murray, a character allegedly based on Derek Hatton?
G.B.H.
4 Traditionally, the river through which US city is dyed green for the Saint Patrick’s Day parade each year?
CHICAGO