Monday 12th March 2018
Set by Warrington

Round 1
1a Which brewery produces the beer 'Broadside'?
Adnam’s
1b London’s Crossrail will have what name when it opens?
The Elizabeth Line
2a In the TV series "The Beverley Hillbillies" what was the name of the Clampetts Bloodhound?
Duke
2b Which football club did Pep Guardiola manage immediately prior to joining Manchester City?
Bayern Munich
3a Which is the last surviving of the Indonesian subspecies of tiger?
Sumatran
3b The 1893 novel "Catriona" is the sequel to which Robert Louis Stevenson's novel?
Kidnapped
4a Which was the last country to join the European Union, doing so in 2013?
Croatia
4b Which National day in America falls on the 2nd February?
Groundhog Day

Round 2
1a What do oologists collect?
Birds Eggs
1b The American Civil War battle, which took place in May 1864, at Spotsylvania County, Virginia is better known by what name?
The Battle of the Wilderness
2a Michael Caine played opposite Laurence Olivier in the 1972 film version of which film. Switching role, he played opposite Jude Law in the 2007 version?
Sleuth
2b How did soldier Joshua Leakey make news in 2015?
Awarded the VC
3a Who played Dirty ‘Den’ Watts in "EastEnders"?
Leslie Grantham
3b Applied to springboks etc, which word means to leap in the air with an arched back?
Pronking
4a "Variations on an Original Theme Opus 36", by Sir Edward Elgar is more popularly known as what?
Enigma Variations
4b Howard Kirk was professor of Sociology at Watermouth University in the novel, "History Man" by which author?
Malcolm Bradbury

Round 3
1a What is the name of the festival celebrated in Northern Europe and Scandinavia on the night of April 30 or May 1, when legend has it a witches sabbath takes place on the Brocken in the Harz mountains?
Walpurgis Night
1b Which Venetian artist painted the "Three Ages of Man"?
Titian
2a Which was the first English football league team to install an artificial pitch doing so in 1981?
QPR
2b The Hindu festival Janmashtami celebrates the birth of which avatar of Vishnu?
Krishna
3a Which book was the sequel to D.H. Lawrence’s novel "The Rainbow"?
Women in Love
3b From which group of islands did residents flee to the UK in 1961 to escape a volcanic eruption?
Tristan da Cunha
4a Brixton and Walthamstow Central are the terminal stations on which London Underground line?
Victoria
4b Which car company has a logo consisting of a winged green arrow?
Skoda

Round 4
1a The First Battle of Bull Run which took place on the 21st of July 1861, was also known by what name?
First Battle of Manassas
1b Which Ulverston brewery was bought by Robinson's of Stockport in 1982, who continue to use the name on their XB bitter?
Hartley's
2a Instituted in 1943, which PDSA award, is often referred to as the animal’s VC?
Dickin Medal
2b In the TV series "The Big Bang Theory" what was the name of the Raj's Yorkshire Terrier?
Cinnamon
3a Name the part of the vascular system that conveys water and dissolved materials from the roots to the rest of the plant?
Xylem
3b Which type of marine creature has varieties named Chinese White, Atlantic Spotted, Dusky and Hector's?
Dolphins
4a Later made into a successful film and TV series, who wrote the book "Room at the Top"?
John Braine
4b The Velvet revolution, a peaceful revolution of 1989 took place in which country?
Czechoslovakia

Round 5
1a Which actress played the Fairy Godmother, in the video for the Adam and the Ants single, "Prince Charming"?
Diana Dors
1b Which country has the internet top-level domain code “.mt”?
Malta
2a Name either American state that borders the Canadian state of Manitoba?
Minnesota or North Dakota
2b Who was the first man to go on a space walk in 1965?
Alexei Leonov
3a Which journal was also known as the "Hue & Cry"?
The Police Gazette
3b In the 2010 Tim Burton film version of "Alice in Wonderland", who voiced the "The White Rabbit"?
Michael Sheen
4a What is the densest gaseous element in the periodic table?
Radon
4b Which golfing term signifies as many holes in front of an opponent as there are holes left to play?
Dormie

Round 6
1a "The Dirty Dozen" was the nickname given to which 1975 American Football team?
Dallas Cowboys
1b Which car company uses the slogan ‘Innovation that Excites’?
Nissan
2a The plays "Absurd Person Singular" and "Bedroom Farce" were written by which playwright?
Alan Ayckbourn
2b Which Mesopotamian goddess was both the star of the morning, personifying war, and the star of the evening, personifying love?
Ishtar (accept Astarte)
3a Which river flows through the Portuguese capital Lisbon?
Tagus
3b Which Pacific Ocean island was given by Queen Victoria in 1856 to descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers who were struggling to survive on Pitcairn Island?
Norfolk Island
4a Which major retail company has a name taken from the first-mate in the novel "Moby Dick"?
Starbucks
4b Which artist painted "Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers" in 1913?
Marc Chagall

Round 7
1a Of what is androphobia the morbid fear of?
Men
1b Which actress partnered Robbie Williams to have the 2001 Christmas Number One single with "Something Stupid"?
Nicole Kidman
2a In which film did Harrison Ford play a character named Dr Richard David Kimble?
The Fugitive
2b The Bay of Fundy separates the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and which other?
New Brunswick
3a Which actress has played Liz McDonald in Coronation Street since 1989?
Beverley Callard
3b Which American newspaper has the motto "All the News That's Fit to Print"?
New York Times
4a Which popular Vaughan Williams composition was inspired by a poem by George Meredith?
The Lark Ascending
4b Which element atomic number 43, became in 1937, the first element to be artificially produced?
Technetium

Round 8
1a In Solo whist, what does it mean to bid "misère"?
One undertakes to Lose Every trick
1b What is the name of Manchester's American Football team playing in the BAFANL Division 1?
Titans
2a Which American space programme came between the Mercury and Apollo missions?
Gemini
2b Which author and dramatist, who died in 1937, wrote the plays “Quality Street”, “The Admirable Crichton” and “Mary Rose”
Sir James Matthew Barrie
3a Who played Valentino in the 1977 film of the same name directed by Ken Russell?
Rudolf Nureyev
3b On which river do the Italian cities of Florence and Pisa stand?
Arno
4a What nationality is software engineer, Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux computer operating system?
Finnish
4b The supermarket chain ASDA is owned by which US retailer?
Walmart

Spare Questions
1 The English cricket captain of the 1960's M.J.K. Smith also played for England in which other sport?
Rugby Union
2 What is the predominant colour of the cap of the fly agaric mushroom?
Red
3 In "Twelfth Night" who is the brother of Viola?
Sebastian
4 The ancient fortress of Siwa is to be found in which modern day country?
Egypt
5 In which film did Jude Law play a sniper at the Battle of Stalingrad?
Enemy at the Gates