Monday 5th November 2018
Set by Ormskirk - Answers correct as at July 2018

Round 1
1a Wichita, Dodge City and Topeka are all cities in which US state? KANSAS
1b What name is given to the arteries that supply blood to the kidneys? RENAL ARTERIES
2a Which war of 1904-05 was ended by the Treaty of Portsmouth? RUSSO JAPANESE WAR
2b What is the surname of the rugby league playing brothers Luke, Sam, George and Tom? BURGESS
3a Which chemical element has the symbol Th? THORIUM
3b Sixteen Going on Seventeen is a song from which musical? THE SOUND OF MUSIC
4a Who was the first presenter of the TV programme Room 101? NICK HANCOCK
4b What is the name of the dog in Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome? MONTMORENCY

Round 2
1a Who was the last Labour Home Secretary (2009-2010)? ALAN JOHNSON
1b What do the names of the horses that won the 1968, 1977 and 2001 Grand Nationals have in common? THEY ALL CONTAIN THE WORD RED
2a To within five years either way in which year was the Great San Francisco Earthquake which killed around 3000 people? 1906
2b What is a Musophobe afraid of? MICE (accept RATS)
3a Which school near Brighton was founded in 1885 by Penelope, Millicent and Dorothy Lawrence? ROEDEAN
3b In which city is the Spanish football club Espanyol based? BARCELONA
4a Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle located in which English county? SOMERSET
4b Which artist in 1853 completed the allegorical painting The Light of the World? WILLIAM HOLMAN HUNT

Round 3
1a Who is the actress mother of actor Samuel West? PRUNELLA SCALES
1b Brotherhood of Man had three UK number one hit singles. One was Save Your Kisses For Me. Name either of the others. ANGELO or FIGARO
2a Which actress plays the title role in the TV series Victoria? JENNA COLEMAN
2b Whose third novel, published in 2013, is And the Mountains Echoed? KHALED HOSSEINI
3a Who played the time traveller in the 1960 film The Time Machine? ROD TAYLOR
3b In Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, Mustrum Ridcully is Archchancellor of which academic institution? UNSEEN UNIVERSITY
4a Dionysius II who suspended a sword over the head of Damocles was the ruler of which Greek city-state on Sicily? SYRACUSE
4b Who is the oldest of the Spice Girls? GERI HALLIWELL

Round 4
1a Joe Buck and Ratso are characters in which Oscar winning film? MIDNIGHT COWBOY
1b Which British dramatist wrote the play The Lady’s Not For Burning? CHRISTOPHER FRY
2a The creator of the Beaufort Scale, Francis Beaufort,was born in which country? IRELAND
2b What was the first name of classical composer Borodin? ALEXANDER
3a Name either of the countries joined by the King Fahd Causeway. SAUDI ARABIA
or BAHRAIN
3b Which is the only scrabble letter worth 5 points? K
4a In which decade of the eighteenth century did Robert Walpole become the first Prime Minister of Great Britain? 1720s (1721)
4b Which British Grand Prix driver was killed when his car crashed at Hockenheim in 1968? JIM CLARK

Round 5
1a Which college, a trainer of nannies and nursery nurses, was founded by Emily Ward in 1892? NORLAND COLLEGE
1b In which city is the Italian football club Sampdoria based? GENOA
2a Peveril Castle is a ruined Norman fort lying in which English county? DERBYSHIRE
2b Which artist in 1830 created the painting Liberty Leading the People? EUGÈNE DELACROIX
3a Name either of the films for which Dustin Hoffman won the Academy Award for Best Actor. KRAMER vs KRAMER or RAIN MAN
3b Which Irish poet, novelist and dramatist wrote the comedy She Stoops To Conquer? OLIVER GOLDSMITH
4a What nationality was Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling? AMERICAN
4b What was the first name of classical composer Shostakovich? DMITRI

Round 6
1a Which actor played the part of Humbert Humbert in the 1962 film Lolita? JAMES MASON
1b Which author created the Dragonriders of Pern series? ANNE MCCAFFREY
2a Name either of the twin sisters of Castor and Pollux. HELEN (OF TROY) or CLYTEMNESTRA
2b Who is the youngest of the original five members of Take That? ROBBIE WILLIAMS
3a Which Liberal Democrat was Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in the coalition government from 2010 to 2015? VINCE CABLE
3b Which single word links the winner of the first official Grand National and something that commenced in the UK in 1994? LOTTERY
4a An earthquake in Morocco in 1960 killed about one-third of the population of which port city? AGADIR
4b What is myology the study of? MUSCLES

Round 7
1a In which US state is the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway? LOUISIANA
1b On a traditional London monopoly board which is the only property south of the river? OLD KENT ROAD
2a Give either decade of the eighteenth century during which the Seven Years’ War was fought. 1750s or 1760s
2b At which Grand Prix was Ayrton Senna killed in 1994? SAN MARINO
3a Beattie Edmondson is the actress daughter of which actress? JENNIFER SAUNDERS
3b Bucks Fizz had three UK number one hit singles. One was Making Your Mind Up. Name either of the others. THE LAND OF MAKE
BELIEVE or MY CAMERA NEVER LIES
4a Which actor plays the foul mouthed matriach in the TV sit-com Mrs Brown’s Boys? BRENDAN O’CARROLL
4b Which Nobel Prize winner wrote the 2015 novel The Buried Giant? KAZUO ISHIGURO

Round 8
1a Which chemical element has the symbol Sc? SCANDIUM
1b People Will Say We’re in Love is a song from which musical? OKLAHOMA!
2a Who is the host of the TV programme Celebrity Juice? KEITH LEMON (accept LEIGH FRANCIS)
2b What type of animal is Boxer in George Orwell’s Animal Farm? HORSE
3a Salem, Eugene and Portland are cities in which US state? OREGON
3b What name is given to the arteries that supply blood to the liver? HEPATIC ARTERIES
4a During WWII how was the Junkers JU87 better known? STUKA BOMBER
4b What is the surname of Derek and his sons Craig and Scott who all played rugby union for Wales? QUINNELL

Spare Questions
1 Who was George Harrison’s first wife? PATTIE BOYD
2 The MESSENGER space probe impacted with which planet in 2015? MERCURY
3 In which French city was Joan of Arc burned to death in 1431? ROUEN
4 Who was the Roman goddess of the fire and the hearth? VESTA