Monday 12th November 2018
Set by Warrington - Answers correct as at December 2017

Round 1
1a Which was the last Dukedom to be created, in 1874?
Westminster
1b According to the 2010 US census, which is the largest city, by population in the state of Tennessee?
Memphis
2a Which US politician wrote the autobiographical ‘At Ease. Stories I Tell To Friends’ in 1969?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
2b Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke were the members of which Eighties duo?
Yazoo
3a Who became leader of UKIP for 18 days in 2016, and eventually resigned from the party?
Diane James
3b The Australian Big Bash cricket team the Scorchers, play their home games in which city?
Perth
4a A stag is the subject of which artist's 1851 painting "Monarch of the Glen"?
Sir Edwin Landseer
4b What name is given to a traditional Malay dagger with a wavy blade?
Kris

Round 2
1a Which actor voices the local minister Reverend Timothy Lovejoy in "The Simpsons"?
Harry Shearer
1b The supermarket chain "Morrison's" has its headquarters in which town or city?
Bradford
2a What type of vehicle is a pantechnicon?
A Large Van
2b Conakry is the capital of which African country?
Guinea
3a What was the surname of Lady Chatterley’s lover?
Mellors
3b The song 'Send in the Clowns' comes from which Sondheim musical?
A Little Night Music
4a Which disciple was chosen as a replacement for Judas Iscariot?
Matthias
4b Which team did England defeat in the final of Football's World Under 20 competition in 2017?
Venezuela

Round 3
1a According to the 2010 US census, which is the largest city, by population in the state of Alabama?
Birmingham
1b Lambert Simnel was a pretender to the throne in the reign of which English monarch?
Henry VII
2a After leaving "The Tourists", Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart formed which group?
Eurythmics
2b What type of plant is a Hart's Tongue?
Fern
3a The Indian Premier League cricket team the Knight Riders, play their home games in which city?
Kolkata (accept Calcutta)
3b What name is shared by the father and son architects who designed many of Bath's most famous buildings in the 18th century?
John Wood
4a What is the oldest surviving form of Japanese theatre having been developed in the 14th century?
Noh
4b Emma Thompson won a Best Actress Oscar for her role as Margaret Schiegel, in which film?
Howards End

Round 4
1a The first Woolworth's store in Britain opened in which city?
Liverpool
1b On her elevation to the peerage, Karren Brady became Baroness of where?
Knightsbridge
2a Brazzaville is the capital of which African country?
Congo
2b Which US politician wrote the autobiographical ‘Decision Points’ in 2010?
George W Bush
3a The song "As Long as he needs me", sung by the character Nancy, is from which musical?
Oliver
3b Who was the leader of the Scottish Labour Party from August 2015 to August 2017?
Kezia Dugdale
4a Sam Allardyce's one and only game during his 67 days as England football manager was a 1 - 0 away win against which country?
Slovakia
4b Lady Churchill destroyed whose portrait of her husband Winston because she detested it?
Graham Sutherland

Round 5
1a Epsom Salt is primarily composed of which chemical compound?
Magnesium Sulphate
1b To which bird does the term aquiline refer?
Eagle
2a In Greek mythology, Stentor died as a result of losing a shouting contest with whom?
Hermes
2b The former father-in-law of the title character, what was the name of the character played by Terence Alexander in Bergerac?
Charlie Hungerford
3a In which group of islands would you find Samson, Roseneath and Annet?
Isles of Scilly
3b Who played the characters Dorothy Michaels and Michael Dorsey in a 1982 Oscar nominated film?
Dustin Hoffman
4a In 2002 Dyson changed production of many of its household items from Malmesbury in Wiltshire to which country?
Malaysia
4b Who wrote the play "Blue Remembered Hills"?
Dennis Potter

Round 6
1a Which composer, who lived from 1838 to 1875, wrote the music for the opera's "Don Procopio" and "The Fair Maid of Perth"?
Georges Bizet
1b Who was the father of the 17th century pretender to the English throne, the Duke of Monmouth?
Charles II
2a Snell's Law is concerned with which physical phenonomen?
Refraction
2b What seasonal name is given to the garden plant helleborus niger?
Christmas Rose
3a Which chocolate manufacturer’s name was contrived to consist of two colours, one to reflect the company’s philosophy, the other its chocolate?
Green & Black
3b Who built the version of the Eddystone Lighthouse, which is currently located on Plymouth Hoe?
John Smeaton
4a Played most recently on television by Hugh Fraser, what is the name of the life-long friend of Hercule Poirot?
Captain Arthur J.M. Hastings
4b For which 2014 film did Patricia Arquette win her only Academy Award, for Best Supporting Actress?
Boyhood

Round 7
1a Which cartoon character was partially based on the English actor Terry Thomas?
Dick Dastardly
1b CH3OH, is the chemical formula for which colourless, poisonous, flammable liquid?
Methanol (accept Methyl Alcohol)
2a What is or was a velocipede?
An early bicycle
2b In which country are the headquarters of the ceramics company Porcelanosa?
Spain
3a Who is the leading male character in the Thomas Hardy novel, "The Mayor of Casterbridge"?
Michael Henchard
3b On which island are Colwell Bay and Arum Bay?
Isle of Wight
4a In the Bible at whose feast did the writing appear on the wall?
Belshazzar
4b In Odysseus' s voyage home from the Trojan War, who becomes his lover for seven years after being shipwrecked on the island of Ogygia?
Calypso

Round 8
1a What is the alternative name for the Green Woodpecker on account of its 'barking' call?
Yaffle
1b “Il Pirata” (in English, “The Pirate”) and “I Puritani” (in English, "The Puritans") are operas by which composer who died in Sicily during 1835?
Vincenzo Bellini
2a Kwame N’kruma became the first president of which African nation, when it gained independence from Britain in 1960?
Ghana
2b Hooke's Law is concerned with which physical phenonomen?
Elasticity
3a Who played Sugar Kane in the film "Some Like It Hot"?
Marilyn Monroe
3b Which ice-cream maker was founded by Reuben and Rose Mattus in the Bronx, New York, in 1961?
Haagen-Dazs
4a Who wrote the play "The Entertainer", later turned into a film starring Laurence Olivier in the title role?
John Osborne
4b Thabo Mbeki was the president of which country from 1993 to 2002?
South Africa

Spare Questions
1 In which month of the year is "International Woman's Day"?
March (March 8th)
2 Which bay lies between New Brunswick, Maine and Nova Scotia?
Bay of Fundy
3 In the Winnie the Pooh books by A. A. Milne who lived in “The House at Pooh Corner”?
Eeyore
4 Since 10th December 2015 who has been the President of Argentina?
Mauricio Macri
5 Where did Larry the Lamb live?
Toytown