Tuesday 25th September 2018
Set by JC and the Jets (Liverpool) - Answers correct as at January 2018

Round One
1A The Roman road known as Peddars Way is in which county?
Norfolk
1B Which Roman road ran from Exeter to Lincoln?
Fosse Way
2A Which US President died of pneumonia just 31 days into his term and became the first to die in office?
William Henry Harrison
2B Which US President died of a stomach related illness after only 16 months in office?
Zachary Taylor
3A The first ever underwater thoroughfare, the Thames Tunnel, was opened in 1843. Name either the designer or the construction engineer.
Marc or Isambard Brunel
3B The recreated Globe Theatre in Southwark, London was the brainchild and achievement of which actor?
Sam Wanaamaker
4A What was the name of Captain Cook's ship he used on his first exploration of Australia?
Endeavour
4B Established by Henry VIII, name either of the locations of London's first Royal Dockyards?
Deptford or Woolwich

Round Two
1A In what decade was it decided that Greenwich should be the location of the prime median?
1880s (1884)
1B Who was the first English woman to qualify as a medical doctor?
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
2A In which year did the first McDonald's restaurant open in the UK?
1975
2B Containing Heathrow Airport, which is the westernmost London borough?
Hillingdon
3A "Reader, If you seek his memorial - look around you" is to be found on which architect's memorial?
Sir Christopher Wren
3B Give a year in the life of the writer and preacher John Bunyan?
1628-1688
4A Which private bank is often known as the Queen's bank?
Coutts
4B Which American store tycoon coined the phrase "The customer is always right"?
Gordon Selfridge

Round Three
1A A Tahr is a wild relative of which more domesticated animal?
Goat
1B In which country would you find the one horned Rhino?
India
2A Which Football league team is known as the Shrimpers?
Southend United
2B Urra Moor at 1,454 feet is the highest point in which National park?
North York Moors
3A In 1988, which crime writer created Scotland Yard's Inspector Thomas Lynley?
Elizabeth George
3B How many men to date have stood on the moon?
12
4A The Perseids meteor shower occurs in which month?
August
4B The Geminids meteor shower occurs in which month?
December

Round Four
1A "It was 7 o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeone hills when Father Wolf woke up from his day's rest ..." is the first line from which 1894 book?
The Jungle Book
1B In the Bible, who received Jesus' body for burial and has become the patron saint of undertakers?
Joseph of Arimithea
2A Which coin, first minted in the 16th century, ceased to be legal tender on the 1st September 1971?
Threepenny Bit
2B In which country are the wine producing areas of Suhindol and Thrace?
Bulgaria
3A Abracadabra (1982) and The Joker (1990) were number 1 hits in the US and UK for which group?
The Steve Miller Band
3B What nickname was given to the 93rd Regiment of Foot (the Sutherland Highlanders) after the battle of Balaclava in 1854?
The Thin Red Line
4A Name the craft in which Gold or Silver beads or threads are applied to a surface in a fine pattern?
Filigree
4B Which French scientist produced the first vaccine against anthrax?
Louis Pasteur

Round Five
1A Which road runs from Wallasey to York and so is partly carried by the Kingsway Mersey Tunnel?
A59
1B Where in the body would you find the Scalene Muscles?
The Neck
2A Who is MP for Islington North?
Jeremy Corbyn
2B In referring to wine, what does the word chambre mean?
At room temperature
3A Which opera is set aboard HMS Indomitable during the Napoleonic wars?
Billy Budd
3B The original version of which London building is the most famous work of architect Norman Shaw (1831 - 1912)?
New Scotland Yard
4A Which is the smallest of the inhabited Balearic Islands?
Formentera
4B What type of creature is a Devil's Coach Horse?
Beetle

Round Six
1A Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923, the first Irishman to receive the award?
W B Yeats
1B In which spacecraft did Yuri Gagarin orbit the earth in 1961?
Vostok 1
2A The ACL and PCL are ligaments in the knee, for what does the C stand?
Cruciate
2B Boxers Randolph Turpin, Terry Downes and Alan Minter were British and World champions at which weight?
Middleweight
3A What are featured below the map of the island on the flag of Cyprus?
Olive branches ( 2)
3B Give a year in the life of the artist Leonardo Da Vinci.
1452 - 1519
4A In which battle in Yorkshire in September 1066 was Harold Hardrada killed?
Stamford Bridge
4B Who wrote the music for the films Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner and Antarctica ?
Vangelis (Papathanassíou)

Round Seven
1A Sharing his full name with a recently deceased former game show host, who in 2018 became the youngest winning jockey of the Welsh Grand National?
James/Jim Bowen
1B In which year did St Helens RLFC last win the Superleague Grand final?
2014
2A Which 20th century US President was related by blood or marriage to 11 other Presidents?
F D Roosevelt
2B Into which sea does the river Nile flow?
Mediterranean
3A The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons that act to stabilise which part of the body?
Shoulder
3B Which TV series was based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth?
Call the Midwife
4A Which area of Spain completes the title of the work by George Orwell published in 1938 Homage To ... ?
Catalonia
4B In Greek mythology, who drowned whilst swimming the Hellespont?
Leander

Round Eight
1A What was the maiden name of the writer Agatha Christie?
Miller
1B The writer Raymond Chandler attended which English Public School?
Dulwich College
2A As what is the furry coating on a deer's antlers known?
Velvet
2B In which country is the Taklamakan Desert?
China
3A Which north west venue is the home of the Halle Orchestra?
Bridgewater Hall
3B In which city is the BBC Natural History Unit based?
Bristol
4A The name adopted in 1984 by which West African nation translates as "Land of Incorruptible People"?
Burkina Faso
4B Politicians are suggesting that Azania becomes the name of which African country?
South Africa

Spare Questions
1 Which fictional schoolboy described himself as the gorilla of 3B?
Nigel Molesworth
2 Which type of structure won the 2017 Stirling Prize?
Pier (Hastings)
3 Which author created the character Professor Challenger?
Arthur Conan Doyle
4 Which is the only US state that that can be typed using a single row of a QWERTY keyboard?
Alaska
5 !n Cribbage how many points are awarded for three of a kind?
Six
6 Which fictional Melbourne suburb is Neighbours set?
Erinsborough