Tuesday 26th February 2019
Set by (Wandering Star) Liverpool. Answers correct as at Decmeber 2017

Round One
1A Situated on Birtley Hill overlooking the A1, who sculpted "The Angel of The North"?
Anthony Gormley
1B Queen Lili'uokalani was forced to abdicate in 1893 as Queen of where?
Hawaii
2A The BBC 4 TV series 'Spiral' is set in which country?
France
2B The 2017 Greyhound Derby was run at which Northamptonshire track?
Towcester
3A Published in 1896, who wrote poetic lines "what are those blue remembered hills, what spires, what farms are those"?
A E Housman
3B What is the most common surname in France?
Martin
4A Swaziland has a border with South Africa and which other country?
Mozambique
4B Bill Di Blasio is mayor of which major city?
New York

Round Two
1A What is the Spanish for Sunday?
Domingo
1B What is the French name given to the arch or flag that indicates one kilometre to go in the Tour de France and many other cycle races?
La Flamme Rouge
2A Replacing O Levels and CSEs, in which year were GCSEs examined for the first time in England and Wales?
1988
2B The 1870 battle of Metz was fought in which war?
Franco-Prussian War
3A Who composed the tone poem' On Hearing the first Cuckoo in Spring' in 1912?
Frederick Delius
3B Entebbe is a former seat of government of which country?
Uganda
4A Who wrote the play "Medea"?
Euripides
4B Allison Janney won an Academy Award in March 2018 for her performance in which semi-biographical film?
I, Tonya

Round Three
1A Probably not original, but according to James Goldsmith "if you pay peanuts you get" what?
Monkeys
1B Who wrote the 1977 TV drama "Our Day Out" about a class of inner city pupils visiting a country zoo?
Willy Russell
2A In Hold 'Em poker, what name is given to a forced or partial bet put in by one or more players before any cards are dealt?
Blind (Big, Little or Live)
2B What name is given to the young of a Beaver?
Kit(ten)
3A Which English football club played in five European competition finals between 1967 and 1975?
Leeds United
3B Qualified FA coach and MP for Chatham and Aylesford, who is the Minister of Sport?
Tracey Couch
4A Tate Britain's Clore Gallery is dedicated to the work of which artist?
J M W Turner
4B In what year did Juan Peron return to Argentina from exile and Pablo Picasso die?
1973

Round Four
1A Which American was hanged for treason on 2nd December 1859 for an action of 16 October of that year?
John Brown
1B The village of Panmunjom stands on which significant line of latitude?
38th (N and S Korea)
2A In 1972 John Bardeen became the only person to win which Nobel Prize for the second time?
Physics
2B Which band had chart success in 2017 with the songs 'Symphony' and 'Rockabye'?
Clean Bandit
3A Who founded Sikhism in the fifteenth century?
Guru Nanak
3B Cadillac, Sauternes and St Emilion appellations come from which wine region?
Bordeaux
4A Who wrote "Confessions Of An English Opium Eater" in 1821?
Thomas De Quincey
4B In pre or post decimal currency what was the value of a Third Guinea (a denomination briefly issued during the reign of George III)?
7 shillings or 35 pence

Round Five
1A Which French impressionist sculpted " The Dancing Class " ?
Edgar Degas
1B Napoleon crowned himself king of what on 26th May 1805?)
Italy
2A The BBC 4 TV series "I Know Who You Are" is set in which country?
Spain
2B The Greyhound Derby was run at which London track until 1985?
White City
3A Published in 1892, who wrote poetic lines "Play up, play up and play the game"?
Henry John Newbolt
3B What is the most common surname in Germany?
Schneider
4A Panama has a border with Costa Rica and which other country?
Columbia
4B Anne Hidalgo is mayor of which major city?
Paris

Round Six
1A What is the German for Saturday?
Samstag
1B What is the French name given to the start of the Tour de France and most other tour cycle races?
Grand Depart
2A To within a year, when were O Levels examined for the first time in England and Wales?
1951 (1950-52)
2B The 1759 Battle of the Plains Of Abraham was part of which war?
Seven Years War
3A Who composed 'Adagio for Strings' from his String Quartet in 1936?
Samuel Barber
3BAlexandria is a former capital of which country?
Egypt
4A Who wrote the play "Lysistrata"?
Aristophanes
4B Guillermo del Toro won an Academy Award in March 2018 for his direction of which romantic fantasy drama?
The Shape of Water

Round Seven
1A On hearing that Calvin Coolidge was dead who asked "how can they tell"?
Dorothy Parker
1B Who wrote the 1979 TV drama "The Knowledge "about a group of people learning how to become London cab drivers?
Jack Rosenthal
2A The aim of Baccarat is to get your cards to add up to what number?
9
2B What name is given to the young of a Grouse?
Poult
3A Which football club lost both the FA Cup final and the League Cup final in1993
Sheffield Wednesday
3B MP for Hayes & Harlington, who is the Labour party's Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer?
John McDonnell
4A Which London Gallery contains Hals' 'The Laughing Cavalier', Fragonard's 'The Swing' and Poussin's 'A Dance To The Music of Time'?
Wallace Collection
4B In what year did the Russians shoot down an American spy plane and capture Gary Powers and France first tested their atom bomb?
1960

Round Eight
1A Who was convicted of treason in December 1894, imprisoned on Devil's Island, convicted again at a retrial in September 1899 but pardoned by the President of France.
Alfred Dreyfus
1B The treaty that agreed the 49th parallel as the border between USA and Canada was named after which American state?
Oregon
2A In 1974 Martin Ryle became the only holder of which position to win a Nobel Prize
Astronomer Royal
2B Which singer had chart success in 2017 with the songs 'Skin' and 'Human'?
Rag 'n 'Bone Man
3A Who founded the Church Army in 1882?
Wilson Carlile
3B Aberlour, Glenlivet and Glenfarclas are distilleries in which whisky region?
Spey(side)
4A Who wrote "The Doors Of Perception" in 1954
Aldous Huxley
4B In pre or post decimal currency what was the value of a double florin, briefly issued between 1887 and 1890?
20 pence or 4 shillings

Spare Questions
1 Beauty of Bath is a type of which fruit?
Apple
2 Name the Liverpool woman who won a Taekwondo Bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics.
Bianca Walkden
3 Which European countries lottery is known by a name that translates into English as the "fat one "?
Spain
4 How many players are there in Netball team
7