Tuesday 4th December 2018
Set by CTK Wanderers (Liverpool) - Answers correct as at January 2018

Round One
1A Which multinational food packaging item was invented after WW2 by Erik Wallenberg, manufactured by Akerlund & Rausing and itself became a sub-company, taking its name from the item?
TetraPak
1B Which classical composer had 2 wives and 20 children?
J S Bach
2A Duchess and her kittens, Marie, Berlioz and Toulouse, appear in which Disney film?
The Aristocrats
2B The Russian Federation was banned from the 2017 World Athletics Championships. For what did the first ‘A’ stand in the abbreviation ANA, worn by the individual Russian athletes allowed to compete?
Authorised (Neutral Athlete)
3A BH is the postcode for the area of which UK town?
Bournemouth
3B In 2011, British Airways merged with which other airline to form the International Airlines Group (IAG)?
Iberia
4A Who was the designer but not the final builder of the Clifton Suspension Bridge?
I K Brunel
4B Which car company produces the small car model Citigo?
Skoda

Round Two
1A For which film did Casey Affleck win the Oscar for Best Actor in February 2017?
Manchester By The Sea
1B What is the official language of Moldova?
Romanian
2A In April 2017, Edward Enninful became the first black person and first man to become editor-in-chief of the British edition of which magazine?
(British) Vogue
2B Which English King was nicknamed ‘Curtmantle’?
Henry II
3A Which lubricating fluid is secreted by a membrane of an articulation, bursa or tendon?
Synovial Fluid
3B Which writer’s letter was published in 1905, five years after his death, and given the title ‘De Profundis’?
Oscar Wilde
4A What circumstance connects Sadi Carnot in 1894 and Paul Doumer in 1932, that is unique amongst French Presidents?
They were assassinated
4B In March 2017 who became the regular host of Radio 2’s ‘Sound of the Sixties’?
Tony Blackburn

Round Three
1A In which country was cyclist Bradley Wiggins born?
Belgium (Ghent)
1B What is the S.I. Unit of thermodynamic temperature?
Kelvin
2A The houseplant Chlorophytum comosum has a more common name that includes the name of a creature. What is it?
Spider Plant
2B Who had a UK No.1 hit in 2003 with ‘Crazy in Love’?
Beyonce
3A The Second Defenestration of Prague in 1618 precipitated which war?
Thirty Years War
3B Of what was Eos the Greek goddess?
Dawn
4AWho in 2007 was the first Scotsman to appear on a Bank of England bank note?
Adam Smith
4B What type of building can be Smock, Tower or Post?
Windmill

Round Four
1A If a human nictitates, what does he or she do?
Blink or wink
1B ‘That’s Another Story’ is the autobiography by which award-winning and popular British actress, famed for her stage, film and TV roles?
Julie Walters
2A What is the actual first name of football manager Pep Guardiola?
Josep
2B The Hospital of St Mary Bethlehem, or Bethlem Royal Hospital, in London, was a facility to treat what type of patients?
Mental Health
3A From which country did the cocktail mojito (mohito) originate?
Cuba
3B Which instrument’s name means 'jumping flea' in Hawaiian?
Ukulele
4A In what year did Robert Mugabe become Prime Minister of Zimbabwe?
1980
4B In English place names, such as Chipping Norton, what does the word Chipping indicate?
Market

Round Five
1A Which company now owns the retailers Argos Ltd?
Sainsburys
1B Which composer never married, became a British citizen in 1727 and has a Blue Plaque outside his former home at 25 Brook Street London?
G F Handel
2A Which animated TV series featured the Merioneth Railway Traction Company?
Ivor the Engine
2B What is the nickname of the New Zealand national basketball team?
Tall Blacks
3A SA is the postcode for the area of which UK city?
Swansea
3B Which UK national newspaper was first published in 1912 and ceased publication in 1964?
Daily Herald
4A Which builder was given the nickname Concrete Bob?
(Sir) Robert McAlpine
4B Which car company produces the small SUV model Arona?
Seat

Round Six
1A For which film did Damien Chazelle win the Oscar for Best Director in February 2017?
La La Land
1B Kosovo has two official languages. Serbian is one. What is the
Albanian
2A oInth2e0r1?6, Gianni Infantino became the president of which international organisation?
FIFA
2B Which English king was nicknamed The Sailor King?
William IV
3A For what is a Phlebotomist trained?
To draw/collect blood for medical purposes
3B Which female author wrote the words "I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading"?
Jane Austen
4A Which early US President was the only one to represent the Federalist Party?
John Adams
4B Who since 2002 has been the regular host of Radio 4’s 'Start The Week'?
Andrew Marr

Round Seven
1A In which country was athlete Mo Farah born?
Somalia
1B What is the S.I. Unit of luminous intensity?
Candela
2A Native to New Guinea and northern Australia, the second heaviest breed of bird is also generally considered the most dangerous. What is it?
Cassowary
2BWho had a UK No.1 hit in 2006 with ‘Crazy’?
Gnarls Barkley
3A Robert Gibb’s painting "The Thin Red Line" depicts which 1854 battle?
Battle of Balaclava
3B Of what was Pan the Greek god?
Woods / Fields
4A Who in 1975 became the first non-royal woman to appear on a Bank of England bank note?
Florence Nightingale
4BPart of Transport For London, for what does the L stand in the abbreviation DLR?
Light (Docklands Light Railway)

Round Eight
1A If a bird nidificates, what does it do?
Builds a nest
1B How to be Champion’ is the autobiography of which British comedienne?
Sarah Millican
2A What is the correct first name of jockey Frankie Dettori?
Lanfranco
2B A Lazar House was a place used to quarantine patients with which disease in particular?
Leprosy
3A In which country is Corona Extra beer produced?
Mexico
3B Which instrument’s name means ‘large trumpet’ in Italian?
Trombone
4A In what year was the United States invasion of Panama, code named Operation Just Cause?
1989
4B In English place names, such as Ilfracombe and Babacombe, what does the word Combe indicate?
Valley

Spare Questions
1 Who in the 1930s designed a house called Falling Waters in Pennsylvania?
Frank Lloyd Wright
2 Which is the only bone in the human body not connected to another?
Hyoid bone (accept tongue bone)
3 Which American singer died at Alcobendas, Spain on 14 October 1977?
Bing Crosby
4 Which capital is the largest city on the Caspian Sea?
Baku