Tuesday 11th December 2018
Set by Ormskirk - Answers correct as at September 2018

Round 1
1a From which club did Tottenham Hotspur sign Dele Alli? MILTON KEYNES
(or MK) DONS
1b SAW are a song writing and record producing trio of Mike Stock, Max Aitken and ____________ who? PETE WATERMAN
2a Which artist painted The Garden of Earthly Delights (c1510)? HIERONYMUS BOSCH
2b During World War Two what code name did British Military Intelligence give to the deciphered information from the German Enigma and Lorenz machines? ULTRA
3a The Yorkshire Three Peaks around the head of the Ribble Valley are Ingleborough, Pen-y-Ghent and ____________? WHERNSIDE
3b In Norse mythology what is the name of the giant hall to which warriors slain in battle are taken? VALHALLA
4a Who played Mo Mowlam in the 2010 television drama Mo? JULIE WALTERS
4b What is the pen name of the very successful English author Erika Leonard? E L JAMES

Round 2
1a In which European capital is the Fisherman’s Bastion on the opposite bank of the River Danube from the Gothic Revival Parliament Building? BUDAPEST
1b What is the logarithm of 1000 to base 10? 3
2a Which actress who played Alma, a café owner in Coronation Street, was one of the celebrities in the second series of The Real Marigold Hotel in 2017? AMANDA BARRIE
2b Who wrote the 2012 book The Sins of the Father, the second in the seven part Clifton Chronicles series? JEFFREY ARCHER
3a Which actress voiced the character of Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit as well as bizarrely playing Chandler Bing’s father in Friends? KATHLEEN TURNER
3b In the Dr Seuss tale who does Cindy Lou Who catch red-handed stealing Christmas presents? THE GRINCH
4a Where in England and Wales was the first Marine Conservation Zone designated in 2010? LUNDY
4b What is the first name of Boris Johnson’s younger brother who is also an MP? JOSEPH (accept JO)

Round 3
1a Who directed the 2005 film Munich which told the story of the Israeli retaliation for the PLO attack at the 1972 Olympics? STEVEN SPIELBERG
1b In which part of the UK does the fictional Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez operate? SHETLAND
2a Which decommissioned nuclear plant is situated on the north coast of Caithness, south of the Orkney Islands? DOUNREAY
2b Who is credited with building the first pendulum clock and also discovering the rings of Saturn? CHRISTIAAN HUYGENS
3a Which British golfer won The Open Championship in 1969? TONY JACKLIN
3b Who composed the satirical opera The Love for Three Oranges? SERGEI PROKOFIEV
4a Which UK restaurant with three Michelin stars is owned by Heston Blumenthal? FAT DUCK
4b Name either of the Presidents of the USA who were Quakers - both in the twentieth century. HERBERT HOOVER or RICHARD NIXON

Round 4
1a To which religious order does Pope Francis I belong, the first from this order to hold the office? JESUITS (or SOCIETY OF JESUS)
1b Which monarch was on the English throne between 1485-1509? HENRY VII
2a In which French ski resort were the first Winter Olympic Games held in 1924? CHAMONIX
2b Cerys Matthews was the female lead singer in which Welsh band? CATATONIA
3a What word completes the name by which the six elements in Group 2 of the Periodic Table, including beryllium and magnesium, are also known - alkaline ________ metals?
EARTH
3b Name either year in the twentieth century when there were two General Elections in the UK. 1910 or 1974
4a The women’s national cricket team of which country are known as the White Ferns? NEW ZEALAND
4b Who in 2017 had a posthumous hit with Fantasy featuring Nile Rodgers? GEORGE MICHAEL

Round 5
1a Which American professional golfer died in 1999 after the decompression and subsequent crash of his Learjet aircraft? PAYNE STEWART
1b Who composed the comic opera Don Pasquale? GAETANO DONIZETTI
2a The two Michelin starred restaurant L’Enclume owned by Simon Rogan is based in which small Cumbrian town? CARTMELL
2b Name the seventh President of the USA who was imprisoned by the British in the War of Independence. ANDREW JACKSON
3a In what year does the story begin in the 2017 novel Munich by Robert Harris? 1938
3b What is the first name of the fictional DCI Banks? ALAN
4a Which decommissioned nuclear power station is situated west of Cemaes Bay on Anglesey? WYLFA
4b Who is credited with inventing the mercury barometer? EVANGELISTA TORRICELLI

Round 6
1a Who played Jenna Wade in Dallas between 1983 and 1988, the third actress to play the role? PRISCILLA PRESLEY
1b Who is the Slavic fictional character similar to Father Christmas? GRANDFATHER FROST (accept OLD MAN FROST or DED MOROZ)
2a Which area of England and Wales was designated as a National Park in 2009? SOUTH DOWNS
2b Which parliamentary constituency was represented by Boris Johnson from 2001 to 2008? HENLEY
3a What is the name of the large public park in Vienna that contains a Ferris Wheel that was featured in the film The Third Man? PRATER
3b What is the value of 10 to the power zero? 1
4a Carry on Cleo was Amanda Barrie’s second, and final, Carry On film. Which was the other, released a year earlier, in which she worked for a firm run by Hattie Jacques? CARRY ON CABBY
4b The novel The Prodigal Daughter by Jeffrey Archer is a sequel to which other novel? KANE AND ABEL

Round 7
1a The six elements in Group 17 of the Periodic Table, including fluorine and chlorine, are also known by what name? HALOGENS
1b Two UK General Elections were held in the 1930s. One was in 1931. In which year was the other? 1935
2a Australia’s men’s rugby league team is known as the Kangaroos. By what name is their women’s team known? JILLAROOS
2b Who had a posthumous number one hit in 1970 with Voodoo Chile? JIMI HENDRIX
3a Which position in the Anglican Church was held by Justin Welby from 2011 to 2013? BISHOP OF DURHAM
3b Which monarch was on the English throne between 1377-1399? RICHARD II
4a In which Canadian city were the first British Empire Games held in 1930? HAMILTON
4b Who is the female lead singer of the Scottish band Texas? SHARLEEN SPITERI

Round 8
1a For the National Three Peaks Challenge, the mountains climbed are Ben Nevis, Snowdon and ___________? SCAFELL PIKE
1b In Norse myth who are the winged goddesses who transport slain warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla? VALKYRIE
2a Who played Hattie Jacques in the 2011 television film Hattie? RUTH JONES
2b Name either of the titles that immediately follow Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James. FIFTY SHADES DARKER
or FIFTY SHADES FREED
3a From which club did Leicester City sign Jamie Vardy? FLEETWOOD TOWN
3b SAW were responsible for the highest selling UK single of 1987 by which artist from Newton-le-Willows? RIK ASTLEY
4a Which artist painted The Milkmaid (c1660)? JOHANNES VERMEER
4b In 1945 Operation Manna and Operation Chowhound involved Allied food drops to which famine-ravaged country occupied by the Germans? NETHERLANDS

Spare Questions
1 On film which duo meet the Mummy, Frankenstein and the Captain Kidd? ABBOT AND COSTELLO
2 In 1135 the Bishop of Lincoln was allowed by Henry I to build a castle and divert the important Fosseway as he wished. In what town was this castle built? NEWARK ON TRENT
3 Which female cellist was married to pianist Daniel Barenboim (and died young)? JACQUELINE DU PRÉ
4 Into which sea does the Mekong river flow? SOUTH CHINA SEA