Tuesday 9th January 2018
Set by Wandering Star (Liverpool)

Round One
1A Born in Italy in 1935 which Italian designer revolutionised men's and women's fashion by making suits and jackets from soft, lightweight fabrics without traditional stuffing?
Giorgio Armani
1B What was the long running 1970s and 1980s TV series based on the short stories of Roald Dahl?
Tales of the Unexpected
2A The cockney rhyming slang for "to talk" is SOMETHING and pork. What is the something?
Rabbit
2B In what decade was the Fabian Society founded?
1880's
3A What is the capital of the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan?
Regina
3B In which battle of 216BC did Hannibal inflict one of the greatest defeats on the Roman Army
Cannae
4A In 2017, what was the name of the team from Japan that took part in Rugby Union's southern hemisphere Super Rugby competition?
Sunwolves
4BBorn in Hereford in 1717, in 1747 he became manager of Drury Lane Theatre in London where he introduced many influential reforms and laid the foundations for the modern theatre. Who is he?
David Garrick

Round Two
1A What does a scripophile collect?
Share Certificates
1B Who is the only woman to have been the Speaker of the House of Commons?
Betty Boothroyd
2A In the title of a Shakespeare play who was from Athens?
Timon
2BAccording to the title of a 1963 movie starring Bernard Cribbins, Ron Moody and Margaret Rutherford, what was on the moon?
The Mouse
3A In Cyprus prior to decimalisation 180 what equalled one pound?
Piastres
3B Born in Poland in 1888 she became a British citizen in 1918 and founded a ballet company in London in 1935. Who is she?
Marie Rambert
4A What was the former (colonial) name for the African country Burkina Faso?
Upper Volta
4B Name the Englishman who was Champion National Hunt jockey in France for 2016.
James Reveley

Round Three
1A Stretching over 1000 miles, the Aleutian Islands effectively separate the North Pacific Ocean from which body of water?
Bering Sea
1B In the 2016 Olympics USA won the gold in the men's Basketball but which European country won the silver?
Serbia
2A Who wrote the book "Rights Of Man" in 1791?
Thomas Paine
2B Born in 1940, he set up an electronics goods company in 1958 and later created the first pocket calculator and miniature TV's. Who is he?
Clive Sinclair
3A Who wrote the poems "The Jumblies" and "The Pobble Who Has No Toes"?
Edward Lear
3B Who was Canadian Prime Minister from 1963 to 1968?
Lester Pearson
4A Montagu's and Hen are types of which species of bird with the scientific name Circinae?
Harrier
4B What name is shared by a 1970's British TV detective series and a town in South West France?
Bergerac

Round Four
1A Give the Latin phrase that means the overall winner in a sporting competition and translates as "winner of the games"?
Victor Ludorum
1B Born in USA in 1765, he invented the cotton gin in 1793 and the first form of mass production in making guns in 1801. Who is he?
Eli Whitney
2A In which Northamptonshire town was the 2017 English Greyhound Derby run? The first time it had been run away from the capital.
Towcester
2B Suffolk has borders with Norfolk, Essex and which other county?
Cambridgeshire
3A Which song by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars was the UK best selling song in 2015?
Uptown Funk
3B In what year did Britain first set up a penal colony at Botany Bay?
1788
4A Who wrote the plays "John Paul George Ringo and Bert" in 1974, "Breezeblock Park" in 1975 and "Shirley Valentine " in 1986?
Willy Russell
4B Who is the MP for Westmoreland and Lonsdale?
Tim Farron

Round Five
1A The clothes of fashion designer Oleg Cassini were most famously worn by which 1960s iconic US figure?
Jackie Kennedy
1B Which current long running TV series is based on the novels of Caroline Graham?
Midsomer Murders
2A The cockney rhyming slang for "to look" is what type of hook?
Butcher's
2B
The charity Save the Children was founded in which decade?
1910's (1919)
3A What is the capital of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia?
Halifax
3B In 313AD which Emperor issued the Edict of Milan that gave Christianity legal status within the Roman empire?
Constantine
4A In 2017, what was the name of the team from Argentina that took part in Rugby Union's southern hemisphere Super Rugby competition?
(Los) Jagueros
4B Born in Brussels in 1929 to an English father and a Dutch mother she became famous after playing Gigi on Broadway in 1951. Who is she?
Audrey Hepburn

Round Six
1A What does a deltiologist collect?
Postcards
1B Who was the first person to renounce an hereditary peerage?
Tony Benn
2A In the subtitle of a Shakespeare play who was King of Britain?
Cymbeline
2B The characters played by Ron Moody and Margaret Rutherford in the movie "The Mouse on the Moon" had been played by which actor in the 1959 film "The Mouse That Roared"?
Peter Sellers
3A The "one third" of which British coin was issued for use in Malta until 1913?
Farthing
3B Born Edris Stannus in Ireland in 1898, she was a member of Ballet Russes and in 1931 founded Sadler's Wells which later became the Royal Ballet company. By what name is she most famous?
Ninette de Valois
4A What was the former (colonial) name for Botswana?
Bechuanaland
4B What was achieved in the US by American Pharoah in 2015 that had not been done since 1978?
(US) Triple Crown (in Horse Racing)

Round Seven
1A Travelling due east from one of North America's most easterly cities, St John's in Newfoundland, you would make landfall in which European country?
France
1B In the 2016 Olympics Brazil won the gold medal in the men's Volleyball but which European country won the silver for the third time?
Italy
2A Who wrote "Essay On The Principle Of Population " in 1798?
Thomas Malthus
2B Born in 1781, in 1815 he designed a safety lamp for miners but is better known for his steam locomotives the "Blucher" and the "Rocket". Who is he?
George Stephenson
3A Who wrote the poems "The Lake Island of Innisfree "and "Sailing to Byzantium"?
W B Yeats
3B Who was Australian PM from 1972-1975?
Gough Whitlam
4A Rock and Collared are two species of which type of bird with the scientific name Columbidae?
Dove
4B What nickname is shared by a 1960/70's US TV detective and a 11th century English King?
Ironside (King Edmund )

Round Eight
1A Give the latin phrase meaning there is no set time limit which translates as without a day?
Sine Die
1B Born in Mainz in 1400 he worked as a goldsmith but became famous for inventing a printing press in1450's. Who is he?.
Johannes Gutenberg
2A Sharing its name with a major Dublin Hotel and a top division Irish soccer team, what is the name of the track where the Irish Greyhound Derby is run?
Shelbourne
2B From 1974's local government reorganisation until 1998, what was the name of the county that included the districts of Wyre Forest, Bromsgrove and Leominster?
Hereford & Worcester (pass without comment if only one given)
3A The song "Love the Way You Lie" was the 2010 best-selling song. Name either the rap artist who produced the song or the featured female vocalist.
Eminem or Rihanna
3B In which year of the 14th century did people in Britain first die due to the epidemic called the Black Death?
1348
4A Who wrote the plays "Bouncers" in 1977, "Up'n' Under" in 1984 and "On the Piste" in 1990?
John Godber
4B In June 2017, which Minister for Sport was also appointed "Civil Society" minister?
Tracey Crouch

Spar Questions
1In what decade did Tsar Peter the Great in Russia die?
1720's (1725)
2 Name the author of the novel "The Kraken Wakes" ?
John Wyndham
3 Which 1933 movie includes the famous (though often misquoted) line by Diamond Lil played by Mae West "Why don't you come up sometime and see me"?
She Done Him Wrong
4 What is the capital of the African country Guinea?
Conakry
5Give a year in the life of cartographer Gerardus Mercator
1512 to 1594
6 Give year in the life of painter Peter Paul Rubens.
1577 to 1640