Tuesday 23rd October 2018
Set by Palmy Army (Liverpool) - Answers correct as at February 2018

Round One
1A When Donald Trump was inaugurated in January 2017 he became the oldest President to be sworn in, aged 70. Which President previously held the record?
RONALD REAGAN
1B Which Oscar nominated film of 2018 stars Daniel Day-Lewis as a fashion designer living in 1950s London, and Lesley Manville as his sister, who manages the fashion house?
PHANTOM THREAD
2A Which American city has sports teams called the Seahawks, the Mariners and the Supersonics?
SEATTLE
2B A painting called Salvator Mundi became the most expensive ever sold when it was bought for $450m at auction in November 2017 – which artist painted it?
LEONARDO DA VINCI
3A What name is given to the annual pilgrimage to Mecca that all Muslims who are financially and physically able are required to carry out at least once in their lifetime?
HADJ
3B Unter Den Linden is the main east west thoroughfare in which European city?
BERLIN
4A A 70% discount on which popular brand led to violent scenes in French supermarkets in January 2018, as shoppers turned on each other in an attempt to snap up the bargain items?
NUTELLA
4B Which 1887 Arthur Conan Doyle story marked the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson?
A STUDY IN SCARLET

Round Two
1A Which Oscar nominated film of 2018 stars Meryl Streep as Katherine Graham - the first female publisher of a major American newspaper, and Tom Hanks as the paper’s editor?
THE POST
1B Which American President is the only one to serve two non-consecutive terms?
GROVER CLEVELAND
2A In 2015, which artist best known for creating album sleeve art unveiled a temporary artwork called Everybody Razzle Dazzle ? The artwork consisted of a colourful new livery on a Mersey ferry.
SIR PETER BLAKE
2B Which American city has sports teams called the Braves, the Falcons and the Hawks?
ATLANTA
3A In which European city is the 1.2 kilometre long, tree-lined pedestrian mall called La Rambla?
BARCELONA
3B What name is given to the seven lamped candelabra that is a traditional symbol of Judaism? A nine lamped version is used during Hanukkah.
MENORAH
4A Which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical was based on an 1859 novel by Wilkie Collins? It was one of Lloyd Webber’s shortest running shows in the West End.
THE WOMAN IN WHITE
4B In January 2018, Amazon removed the children’s toy My Magnetic Putty after it was found to contain seven times the permitted amount of which substance?
ARSENIC

Round Three
1A Which bowler whose test career ran from 1990 to 2008 holds the record for most test wickets taken for India, with 619 in total?
ANIL KUMBLE
1B Which title connects singles released by the Pointer Sisters (1983), Kriss Kross (1992) and Van Halen (1984)?
JUMP
2A What is the only Great Ape not native to Africa?
ORANGUTAN
2B The metro system of which European capital was the second electrically operated underground system to be opened after London, when its first line was completed in 1896?
BUDAPEST
3A Actor David Rappaport and radical playwright Heathcote Williams were among the “cabinet” of which squatters collective based in Notting Hill, when they attempted to secede from the UK in 1977?
FRESTONIA
3B Which legendary Ibiza club night which ran from 1994 to 2009 has a name which refers to the act of an owner freeing his or her slaves?
MANUMISSION
4A Which decade saw the Suez Canal opened, the publication of Tolstoy’s War and Peace and the formation of the FA?
1860s
4B Inspiring a hit single by Roxy Music, which mythical island of Arthurian legend is thought to have a name derived from the Old Welsh for “isle of apple trees”?
AVALON

Round Four
1A Which title connects singles released by Dr Alban (1992), Talk Talk (1984) and Bon Jovi (2000)?
IT'S MY LIFE
1B Which batsman who made his test debut in 2000 and retired in 2017 holds the record for the most test runs by a Pakistani cricketer, with 10,099 in total?
YOUNIS KHAN
2A Opened in 1913, the oldest underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere is in which South American capital city?
BUENOS AIRES
2B What is the only marsupial not native to Australasia?
OPOSSUM (QP the answer POSSUM is incorrect please say so and pass without any comment)
3A Which Manchester nightclub which operated between 1982 and 1997 and is associated with the rise of acid house music has a name which means a Spanish colonial estate?
HACIENDA
3B Which self-proclaimed micronation claims the territory of Roughs Tower, a WW2 sea fort approximately 7 miles off the coast of Suffolk? It has been described as the world’s smallest nation although it is not recognised by any established sovereign state.
SEALAND
4A Also the name of the site of the first organised baseball game, what name is given to the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and virtuous in Greek mythology and religion?
ELYSIAN FIELDS
4B Which decade saw the birth of Isaac Newton, the invention of the mercury barometer and the outbreak of the English Civil War?
1640s

Round Five
1A The British medical researcher Andrew Wakefield is best known for authoring a fraudulent 1998 paper claiming to have found a link between autism and which vaccine?
MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella)
1B Designed by William Van Alen and completed in 1930, which building was briefly the tallest in the world until the Empire State’s completion in 1931?
CHRYSLER BUILDING
2A Which African country has a red flag bearing a green pentagram called the Seal of Solomon?
MOROCCO
2B Which gaseous element makes up approximately 78% of the earth’s atmosphere?
NITROGEN
3A Napier University is located in which British city?
EDINBURGH
3B Which New Zealand-born scientist took the chair in physics at the University of Manchester in 1907, where he discovered the atomic nucleus?
ERNEST RUTHERFORD
4A The first season of the 2017 American TV series Feud centred on the rivalry between two Hollywood actresses. Name either of them.
JOAN CRAWFORD or BETTE DAVIS
4B Better known for a former career outside of politics, who was elected President of Liberia in October 2017?
GEORGE WEAH

Round Six
1A Completed in 1973, which building in Chicago is the second tallest in the USA and was previously the tallest in the world for almost 25 years from its completion?
WILLIS TOWER (accept SEARS TOWER)
1B The Scottish screenwriter and historian Phillipa Langley is best known for her contribution to what 2012 archaeological discovery?
REMAINS OF RICHARD III
2A Which gas is both the lightest of all elements and the most abundant in the universe?
HYDROGEN
2B Which African country has a tricolour flag that is virtually identical to the flag of Romania, consisting of columns of blue, gold and red from left to right?
CHAD
3A Which scientist born in New York in 1904 was the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory and is among those credited with being the “father of the atomic bomb” for his role in the Manhattan Project?
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
3B Beckett University is located in which British city?
LEEDS
4A Who served as the fourth President of South Africa from his election in 2009 to his resignation in February 2018?
JACOB ZUMA
4B The second season of the TV series American Crime Story focuses on the 1997 assassination of which iconic figure?
GIANNI VERSACE

Round Seven
1A Puccini’s opera Turandot is set in which country?
CHINA
1B Which comedy show broadcast in 1994 and created by Chris Morris was a parody of news programmes and an adaptation of the Radio 4 programme On The Hour?
THE DAY TODAY
2A Which 1805 battle of the Napoleonic Wars is also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors?
AUSTERLITZ
2B Which day, the closest Sunday to St Andrew's Day, is regarded as the start of the liturgical year in the Christian Church?
ADVENT SUNDAY or 1st SUNDAY OF ADVENT
3A In 1903, Maurice Garin was the first winner of which sporting event?
TOUR DE FRANCE
3B Liverpool born Simon Rattle, became in 2017 the Music Director of which organisation?
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
4A Although spelled slightly differently, which name is shared by a Manhattan neighbourhood and the provincial capital of North Holland in the Netherlands?
HARLEM (HAARLEM)
4B Which branch of science is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms?
BIOCHEMISTRY

Round Eight
1A Which comedy show broadcast in 2002 and 2005 created by Robert Popper and Peter Serafinowicz was a satire of early 1980s educational films and school programmes?
LOOK AROUND YOU
1B Vaughan Williams’ opera Sir John in Love is based on which Shakespeare play?
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
2A Which day, observed on 25th March, was until 1752 regarded as New Year's Day in England?
LADY DAY or FEAST OF THE ANNUNCIATION
2B The 1455 battle which traditionally marks the beginning of the Wars of the Roses was fought at which town?
ST ALBANS
3A Canadian born, Spaniard Tamara Rojo is the artistic director of which organisation?
ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET
3B First held in 1990, which golf tournament is the female players’ equivalent of the Ryder Cup, contested every two years by teams representing Europe and the USA?
SOLHEIM CUP
4A Which branch of science deals with heat and temperature and their relation to energy and work?
THERMODYNAMICS
4B What English name is shared by a former county town in North Wales close to the English border on the River Dee, and a US city in Michigan with a population of around 100,000?
FLINT

Spare Questions
1 Which British actor’s roles have included leisure centre manager Gordon Brittas in The Brittas Empire and Arnold Rimmer in Red Dwarf ?
CHRIS BARRUE
2 Which grime artist released the album Gang Signs & Prayer in 2017, which won Best British Album at the 2018 Brit Awards?
STORMZY
3 On the 18th January 2014, Manchester City’s Edin Dzeko was involved in what Premier League first in a match against Cardiff City?
FIRST PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL AWARDED VIA GOAL LINE TECHNOLOGY
4 Give a year in the life of playwright Christopher Marlowe.
1564-1593
5 Which British director’s films include 28 Days Later (2002), The Beach (2000) and 127 Hours (2010)?
DANNY BOYLE