Tuesday 12th February 2019
Set by Ormskirk. Answers correct as at October 2018

Round 1
1a In motor racing what colour flag, sometimes with a diagonal stripe, is used to warn a driver he is about to be lapped?
BLUE
1b “Cell Block Tango” and “When Velma Takes the Stand” are songs from which musical?
CHICAGO
2a Lucy Walter was a mistress of which English King?
CHARLES II
2b Which Charles Dickens’ eponymous character has a half-brother known as Monks?
OLIVER TWIST
3a In which US state would you find the Green Mountains?
VERMONT
3b What name is given to the broad sash worn with a kimono?
OBI
4a Which children’s cartoon character is always accompanied by her small pet monkey Boots?
DORA THE EXPLORER
4b Katharine Viner is the editor of which UK daily newspaper?
THE GUARDIAN

Round 2
1a The Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome was originally built as a tomb for which Emperor?
HADRIAN
1b What is the one word title of the Anna Burns novel that won the 2018 Booker Prize?
MILKMAN
2a Who was the leading goalscorer in the 2018 FIFA World Cup with six goals?
HARRY KANE
2b What is the first word in the Abba song “Waterloo” - it is also the second word?
MY
3a For which film did Daniel Day-Lewis win the Best Actor Oscar in 2013?
LINCOLN
3b Which UK supermarket chain has its headquarters in Bracknell?
WAITROSE
4a In the Netherlands, what name is given to land that is reclaimed from the sea?
POLDERS
4b What two-word title is held by the Queen’s representative in the Isle of Man?
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

Round 3
1a Which shipping forecast area was originally called Finisterre?
FITZROY
1b In Norse mythology what is the collective name of the handmaidens of Odin?
VALKYRIES
2a Which British actress played Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones?
DIANA RIGG
2b Which company operated the unfortunate ferry Herald of Free Enterprise which sank in 1987?
TOWNSEND THORESON
3a In 1986 who became the first non-European to win the Tour de France?
GREG LEMOND
3b What was the title of Right Said Fred’s only UK number one single?
DEEPLY DIPPY
4a Which was the last European country to give women the vote - it was in 1984?
LIECHTENSTEIN
4b Complete the title of the Shakespeare play _________, Part 3.
HENRY VI

Round 4
1a What was the only film Sean Connery made with director Alfred Hitchcock?
MARNIE
1b Which moon of Jupiter is the largest moon in the solar system?
GANYMEDE
2a What is the name of the official residence of the Mayor of New York City?
GRACIE MANSION
2b What do birds do when they nidificate?
BUILD NESTS
3a Which company produced the Hastings and Herald aircraft?
HANDLEY PAGE
3b J K Rowling publishes crime novels using what pen name?
ROBERT GALBRAITH
4a Which Czech tennis player won the Wimbledon Gentlemen’s Singles title in 1973, the year of the professional boycott?
JAN KODEŠ
4b Born in Accrington in 1934 who composed the operas Punch and Judy and The Mask of Orpheus?
HARRISON BIRTWISTLE

Round 5
1a Which 1962 war film, based on the book by Cornelius Ryan, tells the story of Operation Overlord?
THE LONGEST DAY
1b Who is the only person to have travelled to the Moon twice without landing on either occasion?
JIM LOVELL
2a What was the name of the hotel that was demolished in 1929 to make way for the Empire State Building?
WALDORF (ASTORIA)
2b What features on the badge of Lada cars?
VIKING LONGSHIP
3a Which town in the north east of England is named after a miner’s leader who died in 1935?
PETERLEE
3b What is the name of the dog in Three Men in a Boat?
MONTMORENCY
4a Actor Jason Statham represented England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in which sport?
DIVING
4b What was the first name of the Russian composer Borodin?
ALEXANDER

Round 6
1a Which country has two official languages dari and pashto?
AFGHANISTAN
1b In Greek mythology who is the god of death?
THANATOS
2a Who plays Sherlock Holmes in the TV show Elementary?
JOHNNY LEE MILLER
2b What is the green pigment in plants essential in photosynthesis that allows them to absorb energy from light?
CHLOROPHYLL
3a Which famous sporting venue hosted the archery championships at the last London Olympics?
LORD’S CRICKET GROUND
3b What was Dusty Springfield’s only number one single in the UK?
YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME
4a In which city were the Russian royal family murdered in 1918?
EKATERINBURG
4b Who wrote the 1989 novel The Pillars of the Earth?
KEN FOLLET

Round 7
1a The Dayton Agreement of 1995 put an end to conflict in which country?
BOSNIA (AND HERZOGOVINA)
1b Which fictional hero made his first appearance in a short story called The White Fokker for a magazine in 1932?
BIGGLES
2a ‘The Old Lady’ is a nickname of which Italian football club?
JUVENTUS
2b What is the third word in the Cliff Richard song “Congratulations”?
CELEBRATIONS
3a Which actress played the wife of Johnny Cash in the film Walk the Line?
REESE WITHERSPOON
3b For which product is the Winmau company noted?
DARTBOARDS (AND DARTS EQUIPMENT)
4a Two South American countries are members of OPEC, Venezuela and which other?
ECUADOR
4b What rank in the Royal Navy is above Able Seaman and below Petty Officer?
LEADING SEAMAN

Round 8
1a What is the surname of the father and son American golfers nicknamed Walrus and Smallrus?
STADLER
1b John Kander wrote the music for the musical Chicago. Who wrote the lyrics?
FRED EBB
2a At which battle near Edinburgh was an English government army defeated by the Jacobites in the rebellion of 1745?
PRESTONPANS
2b Which Manchester comedian who died in 1993 wrote books called Well Fared, My Lovely and Come Back with the Wind?
LES DAWSON
3a Which is the largest of the Society Islands in the South Pacific?
TAHITI
3b What type of clothing is a gilet?
(WAISTCOAT TYPE) JACKET
4a Which children’s cartoon character lives with his pet sea snail Gary in their pineapple home?
SPONGEBOB SQUARE PANTS
4b In Imperial measures how many fluid ounces are in a pint?
20

Spare Questions
1 Who holds the record of 751 first team appearances for Everton Football Club?
NEVILLE SOUTHALL
2 Launched in 1765 in which shipyard was HMS Victory built?
CHATHAM
3 Who was Secretary of State for Health under Gordon Brown from June 2009 to May 2010?
ANDY BURNHAM
4 Who is the patron saint of Norway?
SAINT OLAF