Tuesday 10th September 2018
Set by Top Shelf (Liverpool) - Answers correct as at January 2018

Round One
1A Which blonde leading lady did Alfred Hitchcock cast in his film Rear Window?
Grace Kelly
1B Which scientist is quoted as saying that he believed that World War Four would be fought with sticks and stones?
Albert Einstein
2A In 1959 which British boxer lost to Floyd Paterson in the world heavyweight title fight?
Brian London
2B After 14th December 1861, which gemstone saw a sudden rise in popularity?
(Whitby) Jet
3A In 2016 who's flesh-coloured, crystal-studded dress sold for 4.8 million dollars?
Marilyn Monroe
3B Which Roman Emperor had a horse called Incitatus?
Caligula
4A Which 1999 Turner Prize winner was also nominated for a best director Oscar in 2014?
Steve McQueen
4B The Baht is the currency unit of which Asian country?
Thailand

Round Two
1A In Bob the Builder what is the name of Bob's cat?
Pilchard
1B A member of an influential 1960s group, whose guitar, originally purchased in 1962, sold for $2.41 million in 2015?
John Lennon
2A In 1945 which scientist famously quoted Hindi scripture "now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds"?
J Robert Oppenheimer
2B Which blonde leading lady did Alfred Hitchcock cast in his film North by Northwest ?
Eva Marie Saint
3A In the years immediately preceding World War One, jewellery containing purple, white and green stones was known as what?
Suffragette Jewellery
3B Who held the World Heavyweight boxing title between the years 1952 and 1956?
Rocky Marciano
4A Which ancient Greek leader had a horse called Bucephalus?
Alexander the Great
4B Which fictional brand of beer features in The Simpsons cartoons?
Duff

Round Three
1A In medieval England what was the title of the person responsible for the castle cellar and casks of ale?
Butler
1B In which year did the battle of The Little Big Horn take place?
1876
2A The Ringgit is the currency unit of which Asian country?
Malaysia
2B Which English football team is known as the Blades?
Sheffield United
3A In the Simpsons what was Marge Simpson's maiden name?
Bouvier
3B According to a Noel Coward song - the Japanese don't care to and the Chinese wouldn't dare to - what?
Go out in the mid-day sun
4A In 1953 the last recorded words of which literary figure were: " I've had 18 straight whiskies, I think that's the record"?
Dylan Thomas
4BWhat is the state capital of Kansas?
Topeka

Round Four
1A According to a Cole Porter song what do Cape Cod clams and Lithuanians do?
Fall in love
1B On the day that John F. Kennedy died, which literary figure's last recorded words were " LSD 100 micrograms; intramuscular"?
Aldous Huxley
2A What is the state capital of South Dakota?
Pierre
2B Who plays Thomas Shelby in the TV series Peaky Blinders ?
Cillian Murphy
3A Which English football team are known as the Potters?
Stoke City
3B Who, in history, was known as the Flanders Mare?
Anne of Cleves
4A In which year did the battle of Austerlitz take place?
1805
4B In Postman Pat who is the postmistress of the Greendale Post Office?
Mrs Goggins

Round Five
1A Which Archbishop of Canterbury officiated at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II?
Geoffrey Fisher
1B Which tennis player was known as the Rockhampton Rocket?
Rod Laver
2A Which artist released the album Electric Ladyland in 1968?
Jimi Hendrix
2B Which 1998 film had the tagline "On the air, unaware"?
The Truman Show
3AWhat is the name given to printed books produced before 1501?
Incunabula
3B In which constellation is the star Vega?
Lyra
4A Which architect designed the city of New Delhi?
Edwin Lutyens
4B How did Joseph Grimaldi and Francesco Caroli make their livings?
As Clowns

Round Six
1A In which constellation is the star Spica?
Virgo
1B Who, the only legitimate child of Lord Byron, is often regarded as the first to recognise the potential of a computing machine?
Ada Lovelace
2A How did Howard Thurston and The Great Lafayette make their livings?
As Magicians
2B Which long-lived South American architect designed the civic buildings for Brazil's capital city Brasilia?
Oscar Niemeyer
3A Where were the U.S. open Tennis Championships held before their move to Flushing Meadows?
Forest Hills
3B What was the surname of the nineteenth-century figure known as the Elephant Man?
Merrick
4A Which 1990 film had the tagline " His story will touch you even though he can't"?
Edward Scissorhands
4B Which band produced the 1967 album Disraeli Gears ?
Cream

Round Seven
1A The chemical element Ytterbium is named after a village in which country?
Sweden
1B Space X is a private space exploration company headed by which billionaire?
Elon Musk
2A Which wife of an English playwright had the same forename and surname as a current Hollywood actress?
Anne Hathaway
2B Life in the Jungle is the autobiography of which British politician?
Michael Heseltine
3A Pogonophobia is the fear of what?
Beards
3B In which pub did Ronnie Kray shoot dead George Cornell?
The Blind Beggar
4A Which prolific author also wrote under the name Barbara Vine?
Ruth Rendell
4B Who plays Sydney Chambers in the TV series Grantchester?
James Norton

Round Eight
1A A Shocking Life is the autobiography of which fashion designer? The title is a reference to her signature pink colour.
Elsa Schiaparelli
1B Nomophobia is the name given to which specific modern anxiety?
Mobile phone separation
2A Who, in the 1790s, wrote the scientific work Zoonomia which had a profound effect on his grandson?
Erasmus Darwin
2B Which twentieth century singer was known as the 'Little
Edith Piaf
3A Chairman and CEO of the holding firm Berkshire Hathaway, which billionaire is known as the 'Sage of Omaha'?
Warren Buffett
3B The chemical element Strontium is named after an area in which European country?
Scotland (accept United Kingdom)
4A Who, in 1955 shot her lover outside the Magdela pub in Hampstead?
Ruth Ellis
4B Which Labour member of parliament had the same forename and surname as the leader of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381?
Jack Straw
Spare Questions
1 The 2012 film Prometheus was a prequel to which earlier film?
Alien
2 Which Egyptian god had the head of a cow?
Hathor
3 The Boy in the Dress and Mr. Stink are books by which author?
David Walliams
4 In which year did the London Marathon first take place?
1981
5 Blue Origen is a private space exploration company run by which entrepreneur?
Jeff Bezos