Tuesday 6th February 2018
Set by Bishop Eton (Liverpool)

Round One
1A On what date is the feast of Candlemas celebrated in the Christian church?
February 2nd
1B Give a year in the life of Thomas Aquinas.
1225-1274
2A Name either of the women who are the only two sisters to have both won an Academy award for Best Actress.
Olivia de Havilland or Joan Fontaine
2B Which short, comic verse form was invented by the English writer E C Bentley?
Clerihew
3A Which piece of laboratory apparatus shares its name with a play by Arthur Miller?
Crucible
3B In the original Genus edition of Trivial Pursuit, which subject was represented by the yellow questions?
History
4A What is the capital of the Campania region of Italy?
Naples
4B In the poem by A A Milne, with whom did Christopher Robin attend the Changing of the Guard?
Alice

Round Two
1A In the printing colour abbreviation CMYK, K is the black ink, but for what word does the K stand?
Key
1B The space probe Giotto was sent into space in 1985 to study which body?
Halley's Comet
2A How many members make up a jury in the Scottish Courts?
Fifteen
2B Elizabeth Woodville was the consort of which King of England?
Edward IV
3A Donald Trump has three sons. The eldest is named after him; name either of the other two.
Eric or Barron
3B Which Aviva Premiership Rugby Union side play their home games at the Recreation Ground?
Bath (Rugby)
4A Which Shakespeare play is set in Vienna?
Measure for Measure
4B In which year was the Battle of the Boyne?
1690

Round Three
1A The Galilee Chapel of Durham Cathedral houses whose tomb?
(The Venerable) Bede
1B Which golfer won the 2016 Open Championship, and a silver medal at the Rio Olympics?
Henrik Stenson
2A Which brand was famously advertised as having "57 varieties", though today the company produces more than 100 times that many?
Heinz
2B In Greek mythology, how were the sisters Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos know collectively?
Fates
3A What name is given to both a Tchaikovsky symphony and a Beethoven piano sonata?
Pathétique
3B Formerly the Orange Prize, which company have sponsored the Women's Prize for Fiction since 2014?
Baileys
4A Which autonomous region of China was a Portuguese territory until 1999?
Macau
4B Which South American country's flag is a horizontal tricolour of yellow, blue and red with a semi circle of eight stars in the centre band?
Venezuela

Round Four
1A Which band reached number one with their albums Blue Is the Colour and Quench , as well as with their "best of" album Carry On Up the Charts ?
The Beautiful South
1B Which flowering garden plant takes its name from the Greek goddess of the rainbow?
Iris
2A Who created the characters Roderick Spode, Madeleine Bassett and Gussie Fink-Nottle?
P G Wodehouse
2B Andy Murray won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award for a record third time in 2016. Name any of the three people who have won the award twice.
Henry Cooper; Nigel Mansell; Damon Hill
3A
Massimo Bottura, Rene Redzepi and Alain Ducasse are among the world's best at which profession?
Chefs (accept cooking)
3B Which motorway runs for 26 miles from junction 32 of the M1 north east to junction 35 of the M62?
M18
4A Name either of the ruined Cistercian abbeys in North Yorkshire.
Fountains Abbey or Rievaulx Abbey
4B Which substance surrounds the nucleus within a cell?
Cytoplasm

Round Five
1A In which English county are Leeds and Hever castles?
Kent
1B Which motorway runs for 23 miles from junction 10A of the M6 west to Telford?
M54
2A CERN is an acronym based on French words. Which word (in French or English) is represented by the N?
Nucléaire or Nuclear
2B Catherine of Braganza was the consort of which King of England?
Charles II
3A Who is the only Oscar winner whose parents were both Oscar winners?
Liza Minnelli
3B Mr Gruber is an antiques dealer and friend to which title character of a series of children's books?
Paddington (Bear)
4A Which Shakespeare play is set in and around Athens?
A Midsummer Night's Dream
4B Lutalo Muhammad won a silver medal at the Rio Olympics, narrowly missing out on a gold in which sport?
Taekwondo

Round Six
1A Which of the traditional quarter days falls on March 25th?
Lady Day
1B Give a year in the life of Niccolo Machiavelli.
1469-1527
2A What is the name of Theresa May's husband?
Philip
2B Which African country's flag is a horizontal tricolour of red, yellow and green with a black star in the centre?
Ghana
3A Marc Jacobs, Carolina Herrera and Issey Miyake are famous in which field?
Fashion (accept fragrance)
3B How many moons of Jupiter are classed as Galilean moons?
Four (Io, Europa, Ganymede & Callisto)
4A In the usual way of things, how many great, great grandparents does a person have?
Sixteen
4B Hilary Mantel is the only person to win a second Booker Prize for a sequel; name any of the other three people who have won two Booker Prizes.
J G Farrell (including the "Lost Booker"); J M Coetzee; Peter Carey

Round Seven
1A Who created the characters Dolly Bantry, Ariadne Oliver and James Japp?
Agatha Christie
1B Which element is present in all acids?
Hydrogen
2A Which unincorporated territory of the USA won their first Olympic gold medal in 2016, having competed at every games since 1948?
Puerto Rico
2B Which county cricket side play home fixtures at the New Road ground?
Worcestershire
3A Which band reached number one with their albums Popped in Souled Out , High on the Happy Side and Picture This , as well as with their greatest hits album End of Part One ?
Wet Wet Wet
3B How many syllables traditionally make up a haiku?
Seventeen (5-7-5)
4A Both Joseph Haydn and Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote symphonies named after which city?
London
4B In which year was the Battle of Culloden?
1746

Round Eight
1A Which carpentry tool shares its name with a cocktail of gin and lime juice?
Gimlet
1B In Greek mythology, who was the more famous sister of Stheno and Euryale?
Medusa
2A Which trio of brand mascots were introduced in 1933 and are known as Pif, Paf and Pof in Italy?
Snap, Crackle and Pop
2B Which flowering garden plant or shrub has a name which means "water pitcher (or vessel)" in Greek?
Hydrangea
3A Which French town or city is the capital of the province of Brittany?
Rennes
3B Which annual prize for architecture is modelled after the Nobel prize, rewarding an architect for their body of work?
The Pritzker Prize
4A Which King of England is buried in Worcester Cathedral?
King John
4B In the original version of the board game Cluedo, how many murder weapons are there?
Six (Candlestick; dagger; lead piping; revolver; rope; spanner)

Spare Questions
1 What sum of money is referred to as a pony in English slang?
£25
2 The Leadenhall building in central London, designed by Rogers, Stirk, Harbour and Partners is colloquially known as what?
The Cheese Grater
3 Which actor replaced Ben Miller as the lead in the BBC series Death in Paradise ?
Kris Marshall
4 What is the anatomical name for the shoulder blade?
Scapula
5 What is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet?
Delta
6 Which car marque produces the models Panamera and Cayenne?
Porsche