Monday 5th February 2018
Set by Warrington

Round 1
1a What is the nationality of the tennis player Bernard Tomic?
Australian
1b In the bible who was the father of Isaac?
Abraham
2a Vaughan Williams opera "Sir John in Love" is based upon which Shakespeare play?
The Merry Wives of Windsor
2b Which novelist wrote the book "The Da Vinci Code" first published in 2003?
Dan Brown
3a Which city of south-west Germany is capital of the “Land” or State, of Baden-Wurttemberg ?
Stuttgart
3b What is the chief ingredient of the Irish dish boxty bread?
Potato
4a The character of the British secret agent "Basildon Bond" was played by which comedian in his TV series?
Russ Abbott
4b Which cricketer scored England’s first Test match century?
W.G.Grace

Round 2
1a Carrefour is a large retail and hypermarket chain, with its headquarters in which country?
France
1b Roy Walker was the first host of which TV quiz show?
Catchphrase
2a Customarily used for precious metals and gemstones, in what weight system are there 12 ounces to the pound?
Troy
2b As of February 2017, Leanne Wood is the leader of which British political party?
Plaid Cymru
3a Ian Andersen was the singer of which folk rock group?
Jethro Tull
3b What is the literal English translation of the French term "Sang Froid"?
Cold Blood
4a Yale University is situated in which American state?
Connecticut
4b What is the ancestral home of Princess Diana's family, the Spencer’s?
Althorpe

Round 3
1a In the Old Testament, who was the younger twin of Esau to whom he sold his birth right for a mess of pottage?
Jacob
1b Which Beatles song opens with the words "Joe, Joe was a man who thought he was a loner but he knew it couldn't be"?
Get Back
2a Which novelist wrote the book "She. A History of Adventure" first published in 1887?
H. Rider Haggard
2b Who was the last British monarch to be born overseas?
George II (Herrenhausen in Hanover)
3a Wiener Schnitzel, the national dish of Austria, is made from which meat?
Veal
3b In which Devon resort, can the 65 feet high bronze statue, Verify, by Damien Hurst, be found?
Ilfracombe
4a Fred Trueman was the first English bowler to take 300 test wickets, who was the second English bowler to do so?
Bob Willis
4b What is the common name of Sydenham's Chorea, the neurological disease named after a 17th century English physician?
St Vitus Dance

Round 4
1a Jim Davidson was the host of which TV quiz/game show? Put in year
Big Break
1b What is the nationality of the tennis player Milos Raonic?
Canadian
2a Ruth Davidson has been the leader of which political Party since 2011?
Scottish Conservative Party
2b The Rodgers and Hart musical "The Boys from Syracuse" is based on which Shakespeare play?
The Comedy of Errors
3a What is the literal English translation of the French term "Pret-a- Porter"?
Ready to Wear
3b What is the state capital of the German Lander of North Rhine- Westphallia?
Dusseldorf
4a Which stately home is the principal home of the Duke of Devonshire?
Chatsworth House
4b Which actor played the holiday camp compere "Ted Bovis" in the BBC sitcom "Hi de Hi"?
Paul Shane

Round 5
1a What is the name of the chalk headland situated on the south coast within the administrive area of Eastbourne Borough Council?
Beachy Head
1b In 1955 which American (1913-2005) famously refused to give up her seat to a white person?
Rosa Parks
2a Which actor played the role of Lewis Archer in Coronation Street from 2009 to 2010 returning to the role in 2012?
Nigel Havers
2b First sold in Germany in 1967, what is Proctor and Gamble's best- selling laundry cleaning product?
Ariel
3a Who is the MP for the constituency of Warrington South?
David Mowat
3b Galena is the most common ore of which metal?
Lead
4a Which peace treaty was signed on 20th November 1815 after Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo?
Treaty of Paris
4b The plays "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" and "Privates on Parade" were written by which playwright?
Peter Nichols

Round 6
1a Amyas Leigh is the protagonist of which Charles Kingsley novel published in 1855?
Westward Ho!
1b "I, I love the clothes she wears", is the opening line of which song by the Beach Boys?
Good Vibrations
2a The indentation on a brick which holds the mortar, shares its name with which creature?
Frog
2b Who was the last British Monarch who was not a child of a monarch?
Queen Victoria
3a Which 2016 Super League Rugby League team played home games on a synthetic pitch?
Widnes Vikings
3b Jeffrey Archer donated a statue of Satan to which museum to help reduce his tax bill?
Ashmolean
4a Which variety of rattlesnake shares its name with a missile that has been widely used since the 1950's?
Sidewinder
4b The German physician Robert Koch won a Nobel Prize for discovering the cause of which disease?
Tuberculosis (TB)

Round 7
1a Costco is a large retail and hypermarket chain, with its headquarters in which country?
USA
1b What is the name of the narrow sand spit on the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire, that forms the north bank of the Humber Estuary?
Spurn Head
2a Which imperial unit of measurement is equivalent to 304.8 millimeters?
A Foot
2b Which actress joined Coronation Street in September 2012 as Gloria Price, the mother of Stella Price played by Michelle Collins?
Sue Johnston
3a Thom Yorke is the lead singer with which band?
Radiohead
3b Who is the MP for the constituency of Warrington North?
Helen Jones
4a In which U.S. state is the Pentagon?
Virginia
4b Which treaty of 1842 ended the First Opium war that ceded Hong Kong to Britain?
Treaty of Nanking

Round 8
1a Jesse James was shot and killed by whom, a member of his gang, for a $10,000 reward?
Robert Ford
1b Septimus Warren Smith and Sally Seton are characters in which novel by Virginia Woolf?
Mrs Dalloway
2a To which name did Immac hair removal products change in 2003?
Veet
2b Which agricultural implement is used to pulverise and level ploughed soil, uproot weeds and cover seeds?
Harrow
3a Cassiterite is the main ore of which metal?
Tin
3b Which Rugby League team are known as the "Airlie Birds"?
Hull FC (not Hull KR)
4a The plays "Sleuth" and "Whodunnit" were written by which playwright?
Anthony Shaffer
4b The name of which creature means "person of the forest" in Malay?
Orang Utan

Spare Questions
1 What was the name of the yacht that Tracy Edwards skippered with an all-female crew in the 1990 Round the World yacht race?
Maiden
2 In Irish legend, who is said to have built the Giant's Causeway?
Finn Mac Cool (Fionn mac Cumhaill)
3 Which author created the eponymous character in the novel Tom Jones?
Henry Fielding
4 Which university in Adelaide, South Australia, is named after the first person to circumnavigate that country?
Flinders University
5 Which part does Benedict Cumberbatch play in the film ‘The Imitation Game’?
Alan Turing