Tuesday 23rd January 2018
Set by Tramway (Liverpool)

ROUND ONE
1a Umber is a shade of what colour?
BROWN
1b What type of creature is a dugite?
SNAKE
2a Traditionally how many years of marriage does steel represent?
ELEVEN
2b Who, in 1975, won TVs New Faces and went on to present the programme from 1986 to 1988?
(Marti) CAINE
3a In what sport/activity would you use a fyke?
ANGLING/FISHING
3b Which Labour politician's three volumes of autobiography, published in 2013, 2014 and 2016 are named using Beatle song titles?
(Alan) JOHNSON
4a In Indian cuisine what is murgh?
CHICKEN
4b Which king, the first of the Bourbon dynasty in France, said "Paris is well worth a mass "?
HENRY the FOURTH

ROUND TWO
1a What type of creature is a cricket thief?
SPIDER
1b What is the heraldic word for red?
GULES
2a Who was the only female presenter at the 1985 Live Aid concert at Wembley?
(Janice) LONG
2b Traditionally how many years of marriage does ivory represent?
FOURTEEN
3a Which chef's latest book, published in 2017, is called At my Table, a Celebration of Home Cooking ?
(Nigella) LAWSON
3b Specifically, in what sport would you perform a piaffe?
DRESSAGE
4a Which courtier and favourite of Elizabeth the First was created the first Earl of Leicester in 1564?
(Robert) DUDLEY
4b In Japanese cuisine what is tako?
OCTOPUS

ROUND THREE
1a From what 1957 musical does the song Seventy-Six Trombones come?
THE MUSIC MAN
1b Who, in 1896, discovered radio-activity?
(Henri) BEQUEREL
2a Of what is nephophobia an abnormal fear?
CLOUDS
2bIn what part of the body is the atlas bone?
SPINE
3a What group of workers are represented by the CWU?
COMMUNATION WORKERS
3b What European capital is served by Kastrup Airport?
COPENHAGEN
4a Who, between 1907 and 1908, painted the picture The Kiss ?
(Gustav) KLIMT
4b Who is the patron saint of librarians?
St. JEROME

ROUND FOUR
1a Who, in 1932, discovered the neutron?
(James) CHADWICK
1b From what 1948 musical does the song Wunderbar come?
KISS ME KATE
2a The coxal bone is another name for what bone in the human body?
HIP BONE
2b Of what is demophobia an abnormal fear?
CROWDS/MOBS
3a What European capital is served by Tegel Airport?
BERLIN
3b What group of workers are represented by the POA?
PRISON OFFICERS
4a Who is the patron saint of police officers?
St. MICHAEL
4b Outside which famous London building will you find a version of The Burghers of Calais by Rodin?
(Houses of) Parliament

ROUND FIVE
1a Which of the United States is known as the Gem State?
IDAHO
1b Who has compered Candid Camera, The Golden Shot, Celebrity Squares and Family Fortunes ?
(Bob) MONKHOUSE
2a Who, between, 1903 and 1906 led the first European expedition to pass through the North-West Passage?
(Roald) AMUNDSEN
2b Who, in 2003, became the first rugby player to win the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year Award?
(Johnny) WILKINSON
3a Who, in the Old Testament, ordered the sun and the moon to stand still?
JOSHUA
3b The words Alluhu Akbar appear twenty two times on which country's flag?
IRAN
4a Into what body of water does the River Volga empty?
CASPIAN SEA
4b In myth what was the first Labour of Hercules?
SLAY the NEMEAN LION

ROUND SIX
1a Who wrote the Whitney Houston No.1 hit I Will Always Love You ?
(Dolly) PARTON
1b Which of the United States is known as the Treasure State?
MONTANA
2a Who, in 2012, became the first cyclist to win BBC's Sports Personality of the Year Award?
(Chris) HOY
2b Who, between 1802 and 1803, led the first European expedition to circumnavigate Australia?
(Matthew) FLINDERS
3a The words "ordem e progresso" appear on the flag of which country?
BRAZIL
3b Who, in the Old Testament, was fed by ravens at the Brook of Chenith?
ELIJAH
4a In myth what was the twelfth and last Labour of Hercules?
Capture and bring back CERBERUS
4b Into what body of water does the River Indus flow?
ARABIAN SEA

ROUND SEVEN
1a Give a year in which the FIRST Boer War was fought?
1880 or 1881
1b What is the official residence of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports?
WALMER CASTLE
2a Who, at MGM in 1940, created the cartoon characters Tom and Jerry?
HANNA & BARBERA
2b What name is given to plants that have adapted to grow in dry desert conditions?
XEROPHYTES or XEROPHILES
3a Which company makes the perfumes Obsession and Eternity ?
CALVIN KLEIN
3b Who composed the 1880 Academic Festival Overture ?
(Johannes) BRAHMS
4a Rupert of Hentzau was a sequel to which 1894 novel?
THE PRISONER of ZENDA
4b Which US president was known as the "Little Magician"?
(Martin) VAN BUREN

ROUND EIGHT
1a What is the official residence of the First Minister of Scotland?
BUTE HOUSE
1b Which treaty of May 1902 ended the Second Boer War?
VEREENIGING
2a What flower, because of its ability to flourish in dry soil, is named from the Greek for dry?
AZALEA
2b Which studio, between 1929 and 1939, produced the Silly Symphony cartoons?
WALT DISNEY
3a Who composed the 1844 Roman Carnival Overture ?
(Hector) BERLIOZ
3b Which company makes the perfumes Mon Muse and Spellbound?
ESTEE LAUDER
4a Which US scientist was known as the "Wizard of Menlo Park?
(Thomas Alva) EDISON
4b Twenty Years After was the sequel to what 1844 novel?
THE THREE MUSKETEERS

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 Who bought Hill Top Farm, Near Sawrey, Cumberland in 1905?
(Beatrix) POTTER
2 Montmorency is a variety of what fruit?
CHERRY
3 Which Scottish Premiership side are known as the "Steelmen"?
MOTHERWELL
4 In which city would you find the Smithsonian Institute?
WASHINGTON DC