Tuesday 30th January 2018
Set by Leyfield Crown (Liverpool)

Round One
1A Formula One World Champion, Nico Rosberg retired in December 2016. What nationality was his father?
Finnish
1B The Sejm is the lower house of which Central European country?
Poland
2A Which Batman villain is the alter ego of Oswald Chesterfield Cooper?
The Penguin
2B Which Austrian-Jewish architectural engineer (1908-2005) famously hunted Nazi war criminals after surviving the Holocaust?
Simon Wiesenthal
3A The T Birds and the Pink Ladies feature in which 1978 film musical?
Grease
3B Who wrote the 2007 book: More Than a Game, The Story of Cricket's Early Years?
John Major
4A In which Indian city is there a monument known as The Gateway to India?
Mumbai (accept Bombay)
4B In Coronation Street why was Deidre in prison?
Credit card fraud

Round Two
1A Founded in 1931 in China what is the Xinhua?
Government News Agency
1B On which English race-course is the Hennessy Gold Cup run?
Newbury
2A In January 2008 French Trader, Jerome Kerviel was charged with illegal practices resulting in losses valued at 4.9 billion euros for which French financial services company?
Societe Generale
2B For who's funeral in October 1931 did Americans turn off their lights for one minute in recognition of his invention?
Thomas Edison
3A Give either of the famous Rev. Ian Paisley's other Christian names.
Richard Kyle
3B A test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour equivalent to, or indistinguishable from that of a human is named after whom?
(Alan) Turing
4A For directing which 1993 film did Jane Campion become only the second woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director?
The Piano
4B Which American politician was born with the forenames Heinz Alfred in 1923 in Furth, Bavaria?
Henry Kissinger

Round Three
1A With a population of over 1 million, which is the largest of the US State Capitals?
Phoenix, (Arizona)
2B Who, in 1668, became the first English Poet Laureate?
John Dryden
2A What was the first name of the character played by Martin Freeman in TV's The Office ?
TIM (Canterbury)
2B Which river flows through the city of Leicester?
Soar
3A Which instrument was played by American jazz musician Gene Krupa?
Drums
3B Which is the only US President who has served two non- consecutive terms?
Grover Cleveland
4A On which British motorway would you find Clackett's Lane and Cobham services?
M25
4B Which Alpine ski resort hosted the first Winter Olympics in 1924?
Chamonix

Round Four
1A In the Beano comic in which castle did Lord Snooty and his friends live?
Bunkerton Castle
1B Who was the last of the Stuart monarchs to rule Britain?
Queen Anne
2A On which fictional island is the BBC series Death in Paradise set?
Saint-Marie
2B Often used to diagnose medical conditions what does the letter T stand for in a CAT or CT scan?
Computed Tomography
3A Who in 1948 became the first President of France's Fifth Republic?
Charles de Gaulle
3B What is the capital of Rwanda?
Kigali
4A What is the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina?
Sarajevo
4B In the 1978 Superman movie, which cinema icon plays Superman's father Jor-El?
Marlon Brando

Round Five
1A To the nearest 5 miles, what is the distance between the Russian MAINLAND and the Alaskan MAINLAND?
50-60 miles (55)
1B Since it's foundation in 1768, who is the only woman artist to be elected to the Royal Academy?
Laura Knight
2A During WW 2, which German bomber aircraft was known as the 'Flying Pencil'?
Dornier (17)
2B In the suburbs of which major US city is Van Nuys Airport?
Los Angeles
3A Which weather phenomenon is measured on the Safire-Simpson scale?
Hurricanes
3B Which US baseball team won the World pennant in 2016?
Chicago Cubs
4A Which famous British born jazz pianist wrote over 300 numbers including the classic Lullaby of Birdland ?
George Shearing
4B The Bantams' is the nickname of which Football League team?
Bradford City

Round Six
1A Which children's author (died 2014) wrote and illustrated a series of children's books about 'Spot the Dog' to aid children's literacy?
Eric Hill
1B Which Balkan country's flag is red with a "double eagle" and a lion in a shield in the centre?
Montenegro
2A 'Malpaso' is the production company of which famous actor and director?
Clint Eastwood
2B Which British king wrote articles on horticulture under the pseudonym 'Farmer George'?
George III
3A Which major French port is located at the mouth of the River Seine?
Le Havre
3B Robert Ludlum wrote the original books about anti-hero 'Jason Bourne' but which US author is CURRENTLY writing the follow-up books?
Erik Van LUSTBADER
4A In which country does the three day festival 'The Day of the Dead' take place annually?
MEXICO
4B Which WW II aircraft was Britain's ONLY long range armed reconnaissance plane (with the ability to spend 14 hours at a time in the air)?
Sunderland Flying Boat

Round Seven
1A What does the 'J' stand for in Donald J. Trump's name?
John
1B What was Bing Crosby's real first name?
Harry
2A Which book by Dr. Seuss was written for a bet that he couldn't write a book with 50 or fewer words?
Green eggs and ham
2B Who gave oxygen its name?
Lavoisier
3A Who was the flag bearer for team U.K. in the 2016 Olympics?
Andy Murray
3B HYGGE (pronounced Hugga), translated into English as 'cosiness', comes from which language?
Danish
4A Which organisation won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012?
The EU
4B Who is missing from 'The Million Dollar Quartet'? Johnny Cash, Elvis, Karl Perkins and?
Jerry Lee Lewis

Round Eight
1A Who, at January 2017, is the UK Defence Secretary?
Michael Fallon
1B Who, at January 2017, is the leader of Plaid Cymru?
Leanne Wood
2A The National Library of Wales is based in which town?
Aberystwyth
2B 'Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do,' is the first line from a non-fictional work published in 1946 by whom?
Dr. Benjamin Spock (Baby and Child Care)
3A Who played the Zither for the Harry Lime theme in the film 'The Third Man'
Anton Karas
3B In which county is Hever Castle?
Kent
4A In which year (2 either way) were dog licences abolished in England?
1987
4B What was the name of the Prime Minister of Britain at the start of WWII?
Herbert Asquith

Spare Questions
1 What does the 'I' stand for in the acronym NAAFI in the British forces?
Institutes
2 What type of creature is a mouthbrooder?
Fish
3 What type of creature is a gharial?
Crocodile
4 In which film does James Stewart play 'Buttons', a circus clown?
The Greatest Show on Earth