Monday 17th December 2018
Set by Warrington. Answers correct as at June 2018

Round 1
1a In which southern town, now a cathedral city, was the first battle of the Wars of the Roses fought in 1455, ending in the capture of King Henry VI?
St Albans
1b Which novelist wrote the book "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" first published in 1950?
C.S.Lewis
2a Which Celtic festival was celebrated around Halloween?
Samhain
2b Apart from Gordon Brown, who is the only other post Second World War Labour Prime Minister not to win a general election?
(James) Callaghan
3a Which five-time Open champion was the US Captain of the 2014 Ryder Cup team at Gleneagles?
Tom Watson
3b Which department store chain has four branches in England - one in Birmingham, two in Manchester and a flagship on Oxford Street, London?
Selfridges
4a The five largest wine-producing countries in the world are Italy, France, China, United States and which other country?
Spain
4b Dodoma is the capital city of which African country?
Tanzania

Round 2
1a In 1984 the car manufacturer Nissan decided to drop what car brand name that was well established worldwide?
Datsun
1b Paneer is a type of which food?
Cheese
2a Prior to independence, Angola and Mozambique were colonies of which country?
Portugal
2b Which Grahame Greene novel is set in the city of Corrientes, part of the Argentine Littoral, on the shore of the Paraná River in Argentina?
The Honorary Consul
3a House and sand are the two species of which bird, related to the swallow, which are regular visitors to Britain?
Martin
3b Japheth, Ham and who else were the sons of Noah?
Shem
4a Which city hosted the 1928 Summer Olympic Games?
Amsterdam
4b In the popular T.V. programme “A Touch of Frost”, starring David Jason, who is D.I. Frost’s bureaucratic boss with whom he frequently crosses swords?
Superintendent Mullet

Round 3
1a "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" was which author’s first published book?
Beatrix Potter
1b In which musical, based on a Shakespeare play, does the song "Brush up your Shakespeare" appear
Kiss Me Kate
2a Who is the only post Second World War Conservative Prime Minister not to win a general election?
(Alec) Douglas-Home
2b Who is credited with the invention of the spinning jenny in 1864?
James Hargreaves
3a What name is shared by a chocolate biscuit bar first produced by William McDonald in 1932 and a publishing house founded by Allen Lane in 1935?
Penguin
3bThe 2017 movie, ‘Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool’ is the biopic of which Oscar winning actress?
Gloria Grahame
4a Yaoundé is the capital of which African country?
Cameroon
4b Achluophobia is a fear of what?
Darkness

Round 4
1a What type of meat is generally used in a ‘Guard of honour’?
Lamb
1b Sir Henry Percy, the basis of Shakespeare’s character Hotspur, was killed in which battle of 1403?
Shrewsbury
2a Major Henry Scobieis is the protagonist of which 1948 Grahame Greene novel?
The Heart of the Matter
2b Which Celtic festival was celebrated around May Day?
Beltane
3a In the Bible who is the 12th son of Jacob?
Benjamin
3b Who is the European Ryder cup captain for 2018
Thomas Bjorn
4a In British TV police drama "Lewis" was inspector Morse's sidekick, but which character was the sidekick to "Lewis" when he became inspector?
Hathaway
4b The wine Bull’s Blood originates in which country?
Hungary

Round 5
1a Dig, set, spike and libero are terms used in which Olympic sport?
Volleyball
1b How many faces does an icosahedron have?
20
2a Which is the only Ivy League University to have the name of a state in its title?
University of Pennsylvania
2b Which actor won Golden Globes for his appearances in the title roles of the films "Tom Jones" (1963) and "Scrooge" (1970)?
Albert Finney
3a Which composer wrote an orchestral arrangement of "Happy Birthday to You", first performed in 1955 for his friend, the conductor Pierre Montreux?
Igor Stravinsky
3b After independence who was the first Prime Minister of Jamaica?
Alexander Bustamante
4a What is the second-largest moon of the planet Neptune?
Proteus
4b What do British and European people call the crop which is known as ‘alfalfa’ in the USA?
Lucerne

Round 6
1a The "Right to bear arms" is the subject of which numbered amendment to the US Constitution?
Second
1b The song, “Sit down, you’re rocking the boat”, comes from which musical which premiered on Broadway in 1950?
Guys And Dolls
2a Varve, Kaolin and Levant bole are all types of what material?
Clay
2b Who is credited with the invention of the spinning mule in 1779?
Samuel Crompton
3a Designed by Cesar Pelli, the Petronas Twin Towers can be found in which city?
Kuala Lumpar
3b Nicole Kidman portrayed whom in the 2002 film The Hours?
Virginia Woolf
4a Which group did Eric Clapton leave to join John Mayall's Bluesbreakers?
The Yardbirds
4b Aibohphobia is a fear of what?
Palindromes

Round 7
1a Which motor manufacturer produces the Touareg SUV?
Volkswagen
1b What sport would you be watching if a 'chain crew' appeared on the field?
American Football
2a Eritrea gained independence from which country in 1993?
Ethiopia
2b Which of the American Ivy League universities is based in Ithaca, New York?
Cornell University
3a Eagle, Scops and Snowy are varieties of which bird?
Owl
3b Which classical composer wrote an orchestral version of the popular song of 1925 "Tea for Two", giving it the title "Tahiti Trot"?
Dimitri Shostakovich
4a Which was the first city to host the winter Olympics for a second time?
St Moritz (1928 & 1948)
4b The four Galilean moons of Jupiter are Io, Europa, Ganymede and which other?
Calisto

Round 8
1a What is the duodecimal equivalent of the decimal value 144?
One Zero Zero
1b Prohibition of alcohol was brought into US law by which numbered amendment to the US Constitution
Eighteenth
2a Which British actor won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1971 for his role in Ryan's Daughter?
John Mills
2b Wadmal, worsted, and qivuit are all what type of material?
Textiles (or wools)
3a Name the military leader of Spanish-Irish descent who led the Chilean forces to independence from Spain, becoming its first head of state in 1817?
Bernardo O'Higgins
3b In which city are the Topaki Palace and the Hagia Sophia church?
Istanbul
4a What are plants of the genus Antirrhinum more commonly known as?
Snapdragon
4b Which British group founded in 1964, whose members include Graeme Edge, John Lodge and Justin Heyward, toured England and Wales in the summer of 2013?
Moody Blues

Spare Questions
1 Gwyneth Paltrow won an Oscar for her portrayal of Viola de Lesseps in which 1998 film?
Shakespeare in Love
2 The earldom of Leicester was bestowed upon which favourite of Elizabeth I, who was appointed Lord Steward in 1587?
Robert Dudley
3 Which name is missing from this list - Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and?
Hufflepuff
4 Two Conservative MP's defected to UKIP in 2014, Douglas Carswell was one, who was the other?
Mark Reckless
5 In the TV sit-com “Allo Allo”, what was the name of the character (with an appalling French accent) played by Arthur Bostrom?
Officer Crabtree