Monday 12th February 2018
Set by Warrington

Round 1
1a Which US city is or has been known as "The Gateway to the West", "The Fourth City", and "Mound City" amongst other names?
St Louis
1b Which of the ten nation-states admitted to the European Union in May 2004, was geographically the most easterly?
The Republic of Cyprus
2a Errol Brown was the singer of which 70's Pop group?
Hot Chocolate
2b Which European country is governed by a Diet, consisting of 349 members known as the Riksdagen?
Sweden
3a Which team has won the most games in the English Premier League in a season with 29 wins?
Chelsea
3b Which actor, once one of the regulars in the comedy series "The Fast Show", now appears in the title role of the popular BBC programme "Father Brown"?
Mark Williams
4aWhich 1965 film starring Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris is based on the true story of the sabotage of a German-run heavy-water plant during the Second World War?
The Heroes of Telemark
4b Which country is the home of Asahi beer?
Japan

Round 2
1a Of the ten nation-states admitted to the European Union in May 2004, which was the largest by area?
Poland
1b The characters “Mr Barkis” and “Rosa Dartle” appear in which of Charles Dickens’ novels?
David Copperfield
2a Which European country is governed by a Chamber of Deputies, consisting of 630 members and a Senate of the Republic consisting of 315 members?
Italy
2b Who is the only Dane to win the Tour de France doing so in 1996?
Bjarne Riis
3a Who played DS Ellie Miller in the ITV series “Broadchurch”?
Olivia Colman
3b Although called Panama hats, they originated in which country?
Ecuador
4a Snow Beer is the best selling beer in the world, despite it being sold almost exclusively in which country?
China
4b The battles of Oudenarde and Malplaquet, were amongst the victories of which British General?
John Churchill (accept 1st Duke of Marlborough)

Round 3
1a In which Dickens novel do the characters “Dolge Orlick” and “Uncle Pumblechook” appear?
Great Expectations
1b Which actress was a leading light of the Workers Revolutionary Party in the 1970's and 80's?
Vanessa Redgrave
2a Which cyclist had the narrowest winning margin in the Tour de France winning by 8 seconds in 1989?
Greg LeMond (USA)
2b Ruth Jones played the character "Nessa" in which TV series?
Gavin and Stacey
3a Which designer created the stage outfits for Freddie Mercury and Brian May of Queen in the mid 1970's?
Zandra Rhodes
3b Which fish is used in the dish gravadlax?
Salmon
4a As well as Marquis Douro, what title was granted to General Arthur Wellesley in 1814?
Duke of Wellington
4b Detective Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn, was created by which New Zealand writer, first appearing in "A Man Lay Dead" in 1934?
Ngaio Marsh

Round 4
1a Who has been the leader of the Scottish Conservative Party since 2011?
Ruth Davidson
1b Which physicist born in Budapest in 1908 is regarded as being the father of the Hydrogen bomb?
Edward Teller
2a In which TV comedy series did Zoe Wanamaker star opposite Robert Lindsay?
My Family
2b Which railway company operates the train service from Liverpool to Scarborough via Manchester and Leeds?
First Trans Pennine (accept First Group or Trans Pennine)
3a What fish forms the basis of an Arbroath Smokie?
Haddock
3b In which county of southern England is the former royal residence of the Plantagenets, Kings Langley House?
Hertfordshire
4a Which author created the blue-blooded sleuth Albert Campion?
Margery Allingham
4b What type of marine creature has varieties with names such as Chestnut, Globe, Bighead and Bumblebee Two-Spot?
Octopus

Round 5
1a Constable Knapweed was one of the characters who originated in which animated TV show for children?
The Herbs
1b Which French born physicist born on 20th January 1775 is regarded as one of the principal founders of study in the field of electromagnetism?
Andre Marie Ampere
2a The film "Starship Troopers" starring Casper van Diem, was based on a novel by which author?
Robert A Heinlein
2b Which railway company operates the train service from Liverpool to Norwich via Manchester and Sheffield?
East Midland Trains
3a Of which book are these the first lines "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen"?
1984
3b Apethorpe Palace, a royal residence in the time of the Tudors and Stuarts, lies in which county of the Midlands?
Northamptonshire
4a What does a rhinologist specialise in treating?
The Nose
4b What type of marine creature has varieties with names such as Coconut, Columbus, Pea and Snow?
Crab

Round 6
1a The holder of what British title, has held, on a hereditary basis, the title of Earl Marshall, since 1672?
Duke of Norfolk
1b In “The Sooty Show” on TV, what kind of animal was the puppet Ramsbottom?
A Snake
2a Thimphu is the capital of which Asian country?
Bhutan
2b The film "The Bicentennial Man" starring Robin Williams, was based on a novel by which author?
Isaac Asimov
3a What is the name given to Dmitri Shostakovich's seventh symphony?
The Leningrad
3b Of which book are these the first lines "It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him"?
Catch 22
4a For which Aviva Premiership did former England Rugby Union captain Chris Robshaw play in the 2015-16 season?
Harlequins
4b What name is given to the condition where a sufferer is subjected to a continuous ringing or buzzing in the ears?
Tinnitus

Round 7
1a The 1973 film, "Don’t Look Know", was based on a short story by which writer?
Daphne Du Maurier
1b Which member of the Royal family has the title "Earl of Chester"
Prince Charles (accept Prince of Wales)
2a How would an American describe what we would call a "Dual Carriageway"?
Divided Highway
2b Tashkent is the capital of which country?
Uzbekistan
3a "Principles of Political Economy" and "On Liberty" are works by which British philosopher?
John Stuart Mill
3b By what name is Chopin’s waltz in D Flat for piano Opus 64 No.1 more popularly known?
Minute Waltz
4a Which co-founder of "Der Blaue Reiter" art movement and teacher of the Bauhaus was born in Moscow in 1866?
Wassily Kandinsky
4b For which Aviva Premiership team did England Rugby Union fly-half Owen Farrell play in the 2015-16 season?
Saracens

Round 8
1a Which US city is or has been known as "The Steel City", "The Smokey City", and "The City of Champions" amongst other names?
Pittsburgh
1b In which 2002 film did Milla Jovovich play the amnesiac heroine Alice, who attempts to contain the T-virus at a secret underground facility?
Resident Evil
2a Ray Dorset was the lead singer of which early Seventies band named after a cat in a T.S.Eliot poem?
Mungo Jerry
2b How would an American describe what we would call "Double Cream"?
Heavy Cream
3a Which was the first British football team to win the European Cup?
Glasgow Celtic
3b The Law of rent and the theory of comparative advantage were introduced by which British political economist in the work "On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation"?
David Ricardo
4a The 1957 film "The Yangtse Incident" was a dramatisation of the travails of which Royal Navy Frigate on that river eight years earlier?
HMS Amethyst
4b Name the French-born artist who specialised in what he called ‘ready- mades’; one of the best-known being a piece entitled Fountain?
Marcel Duchamp

Spare Questions
1 Which superhero was originally named Kal-El by his parents on the planet Krypton?
Superman
2 The Pindus mountains are located in Greece and which other country?
Albania
3 Who wrote the novel "The Lord of the Flies" about an aeroplane carrying schoolboys that crashes on a desert island?
William Golding
4 In Scandanavian mythology, what is the name of the hall to which the souls of hero's slain in battle were borne?
Valhalla
5 How many points are awarded for a drop goal in Rugby League?
One