Tuesday 13th March 2018
Set by Irby Nomads (Wirral)

Round 1
1a Which writer created the character Detective Inspector Wexford?
Ruth Rendell
1b Brewed since 1383, Lowenbrau beer is still made in which German city?
Munich
2a Who was King of England between 1135 and 1154?
Stephen
2b Which car company manufactures the electric powered ‘Zoe’ model?
Renault
3a Which element was originally called ‘Dephlogisticated Air’ by Joseph Priestley?
Oxygen
2b Which French actress won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in The English Patient in 1996?
Juliette Binoche
4a Designed by Cesar Pelli, which 288 storey buildings in Kuala Lumpar are joined by a double decker sky bridge?
Petronas Twin Towers
4b Which comedian’s real name is Thomas Derbyshire?
Tommy Cannon

Round 2
1a Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay conquered Mount Everest in which year?
1953
1b In cricket, which batsman has scored most Test centuries?
Sachin Tendulkar (51)
2a “Theirs not to reason why, theirs but and die” are lines from which 1854 poem?
The Charge of the Light Brigade
2b Its name deriving from a Greek word for ‘reveal’, which Christian festival celebrates the coming of the Magi? Epiphany
3a Detective Sarah Lund played by Sofie Grabol is the central character of which Danish TV drama?
The Killing
3b Juba is the capital and largest city of which African Republic?
South Sudan
4a Which US record label introduced the 45 rpm single format in 1949?
RCA (Victor)
4b What disease is also called Hansen’s Disease?
Leprosy

Round 3
1a Who became Soviet Leader on the death of Yuri Andropov in 1984?
Konstantin Chernenko
1b Known as the ‘Lourdes of Wales’, which site claims to be the oldest continual pilgrimage site in Great Britain?
Holywell (accept St Winifred's Well)
2a In football, what was the unusual other Christian name of England’s World Cup winning captain Robert ‘Bobby’ Frederick Moore?
Chelsea
2b In Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’, the inscription “Abandon hope all ye who enter here’’ appears above the entrance to where?
(Gate of) Hell
3a The beasts Behemoth and Leviathan are mentioned together in which Old Testament Book of the Bible?
Job
3b Which future Prime Minister rode in the cavalry charge of the 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman in 1898?
Winston Churchill
4a In ITV’s soap opera ‘Coronation Street’, Hilda Ogden’s cat shared its name with which wartime soldier?
Rommel
4b According to the original Portuguese derivation of the word from what fruit was marmalade originally made?
Quimce

Round 4
1a Named after the aristocrat under whose patronage the first of its type was constructed, what is an Orrery?
A model of The Solar System
1b Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde are the ghosts in which classic arcade video game?
Pac-Man
2a Which car company manufactures the Yeti model?
Skoda
2b What is the name and regnal number of the King of England who reigned from 1307 to 1327?
Edward II
3a Skopje is the capital of which Balkan country?
Macedonia
3b Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton were members of which rock group from 1966 to 1968?
4a At which English Marian Shrine in Norfolk will you find the 14th century Slipper Chapel?
Walsingham
4b Russell is the surname of the holders of which Dukedom, created in 1694?
Bedford

Round 5
1a Of which mountain range is Mount Narodnaya the highest peak?
Urals
1b Which Chinese city is home to the “Terracotta Army"?
Xian
2a What is the pen name of the author whose books were the basis for the TV drama series ‘All Creatures Great and Small’?
James Herriott
2b The widgeon and wider are varieties of which species of bird?
Duck (accept Anatidae)
3a Which company did Terence Conran found in 1971?
Habitat
3b The plot of which 1930 Marx Brothers film features the theft of the fictional artist Beaugard’s painting ‘After the Hunt’?
Animal Crackers
4a The Americans call it cilantro, but by what name do we know this herb?
Coriander
4b Which is the highest mountain in Austria?
Grossglockner

Round 6
1a Of which planet is the Great Red Spot a prominent feature?
Jupiter
1b In the English version of Scrabble, how many blank tiles are there?
Two
2a Who is the current Anglican Bishop of Liverpool?
Paul Bayes
2b Barbara Hulanicki founded which Kensington based store in 1964?
Biba
3a Thom Yorke is the lead singer of which band?
Radiohead
3b Which herb is used in pesto sauce?
Basil
4a Who sang ‘All Time High’, the theme song to the 1983 Bond film ‘Octopussy’?
Rita Coolidge
4b Completed in 1962, who designed the new cathedral at Coventry?
Basil Spence

Round 7
1a Which German school of design and art was founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar in 1919?
Bauhaus
1b Which 1955 film features the famous shot of Marilyn Monroe in a billowing white dress over a subway grating? ~
Bauhaus
2a In which city is the Red Rose radio group of radio stations based?
Preston
2b In Greek mythology which beautiful youth fell in love with his own reflection? A flower named after him sprang up where he died.
Narcissus
3a What is the next highest prime number after 43?
47
3b Which British composer wrote the Sinfonia Antarctica, based on his music for the 1947 film ‘Scott of the Antarctic’?
Ralph Vaughan Williams
4a Who was king of Albania from 1926 to 1939?
King Zog
4b Prince Albert - the future King George the Sixth - was granted which Dukedom in 1920?
York

Round 8
1a Bauxite is the principal ore of which metal?
Aluminium
1b Who was the first Archbishop of Canterbury?
Saint Augustine
2a In Greek mythology what was the name of the three-headed dog who guarded the entrance to the Underworld?
Cerberus
2b Derived from a Greek word for ‘to widen’, what name is given to a swelling in the wall of an artery, caused by a weakness?
Aneurysm
3a What sort of creature is a ringlet?
Butterfly
3b Which spiritual leader’s name - in translation - means ‘Ocean of Wisdom’?
Dalai Lama
4a Against which disease did Edward Jenner develop the first effective vaccine?
Smallpox
4b Which South African headland was known until 1488 as the Cape of Storms?
Cape of Good Hope

Spare Questions
1 What is the state capital of New Mexico?
Santa Fe
2 What name was given to the union of Austria and Germany in 1938?
Anschluss
3 Which US band released an album in 1994 entitled ‘Monster’?
R.E.M.
4 What was Mahatma Gandhi’s first name?
Mohandas