Monday 7th January 2019
Set by Warrington. Answers correct as at July 2018

Round 1
1a Who won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1993 for the novel "The Colour Purple”?
Alice Walker
1b The musical Half a Sixpence is based on a novel by which author?
H.G. Wells
2a Who, in February 2014, became the youngest prime minister of Italy?
Matteo Renzi
2b What, in imperial measurement, is a hand?
4 inches
3a Gillian Anderson played which character in the BBC's 2005 adaptation of "Bleak House"?
Lady Dedlock
3b What name is given to the Japanese mafia? .
Yakuza
4a In which country is the tourist resort of Malia?
Greece
4b What is a neologism?
A New Word

Round 2
1a An area of which country has had beer purity laws since 1516?
Germany
1b At which battle did King Harold overcome an invading Viking force just weeks before his defeat at the Battle of Hastings?
Stamford Bridge
2a Who is narrator in the "Brer Rabbit" stories of Joel Chandler Harris?
Uncle Remus
2b Which composer wrote "Piano Sonata No. 2 In B Flat Minor" usually known as "The Funeral March" as a result of an often-played section of the third movement?
Chopin
3a According to the Old Testament of the Bible who replaced Moses to lead the Israelites into the “Promise Land”?
Joshua
3b Who defeated Zbigniew Pietrzykowski of Poland to win the Olympic light-heavyweight boxing title in 1960?
Cassius Clay (accept Muhammad Ali)
4a BRICS is the acronym for an association of 5 major emerging national economies: it is made up of Brazil, South Africa, India, China and which other country?
Russia
4b In which 2013 film are Dr Ryan Stone and Matt Kowalski the only characters to appear on screen?
Gravity (Sandra Bullock and George Clooney)

Round 3
1a The musical "Cabaret" was based on "The Berlin Stories" written by which author?
Christopher Isherwood
1b Which constituency has Jeremy Corbyn represented since 1983?
Islington North
2a 6.35kg is the equivalent of which Imperial measurement?
Stone
2b Who played Jed Clampett in the TV series of "The Beverley Hillbillies"?
Buddy Ebsen
3a What name is given to the sash traditionally worn with a Kimono?
Obi
3b What is the capital and largest city of South Sudan?
Juba
4a What is the literal meaning of the word “Viceroy”?
In Place Of The King
4b Deep Purple’s anthemic song "Smoke on the Water" was originally released on which album?
Machine Head

Round 4
1a The Scottish King James IV was killed at which battle in 1513?
Flodden Field
1b Which Canadian-born American writer won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1976 for "Humboldt's Gift", the same year he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Saul Bellow
2a "The Carnival of the Animals" is an orchestral work by which composer?
Camille Saint-Saens
2b Who resigned as prime minister of Luxembourg in July 2013, at the time he was the longest serving elected Prime Minister in the world?
Jean-Claude Juncker
3a Which Russian won the 100 & 200 metres gold medals at the 1972 Olympic Games?
Valery Bortzov
3b In the TV series “Call the Midwife”, which role is played by Jenny Agutter?
Sister Julienne
4a In which 1979 film did the spaceship Nostromo feature?
Alien
4b In which country is the tourist resort of Ischia?
Italy

Round 5
1a Who starred as Alan Turing in the 2014 film "The Imitation Game"?
Benedict Cumberbatch
1b Whitehall and Pall Mall are two of the pink properties on a standard Monopoly board, what is the third?
Northumberland Avenue
2a Idi Amin was exiled and died in which country?
Saudi Arabia
2b In which English cathedral is there a commemorative plaque for Jane Austen (which makes no mention of her writings)?
Winchester
3a What specific sort of creature would be described as ‘galline’?
Chicken
3b In the name of the English author J.G. Ballard, for what does the “J” stand?
James (Graham)
4a Who was the captain of Pakistan when they won the 1992 Cricket World Cup?
Imran Khan
4b Best known for its use in pipe-making, which mineral has a name derived from the German for "foam from the sea"?
Meerschaum

Round 6
1a The German physiologist Emil Von Behring was the first to receive a Nobel prize for Physiology and Medicine. It was awarded for his discovery of an antitoxin to which disease that led to him being known as the "Saviour of Children"?
Diphtheria
1b Theresa May is the MP for which constituency?
Maidenhead
2a Which motor cycle company made the Tiger Cub?
Triumph
2b Who played the title character in the TV sitcom "Dear John"?
Ralph Bates
3a Who is the only person to become both Vice President and President of the USA without being elected to either post?
Gerald Ford
3b Which city is the capital of Benin?
Porto Nuovo
4a The linden is an alternative name for which trees of the Tilia genus?
Lime
4b What was the name of the 1967 debut album by Pink Floyd?
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Round 7
1a Wyborowa, Potocki and Chopin are brands of vodka from which country?
Poland
1b In the 2010 film "Sex and Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll", who played Ian Dury?
Andy Serkis
2a What type of animal was "Bagheera" in Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book"?
Panther
2b According to the Old Testament of the Bible who was the brother of Moses?
Aaron
3aThe adjective pavanine refers to which type of birds?
Peacocks
3b MINT is an acronym referring to the economies of Nigeria, Indonesia, Turkey and which other country?
Mexico
4a Who is captain of the 2018 US Ryder Cup team?
Jim Furyk
4b Hastings Banda was president of which African country from 1966 to 1994?
Malawi

Round 8
1a On a standard Monopoly board which property is between Euston Road and Jail?
Pentonville Road
1b What illness used to be known as "gaol fever"?
Typhus
2a Which London station formerly had an enormous Doric arch at its entrance?
Euston
2b Which motorcycle company makes models called the Pan-European and Goldwing?
Honda
3a In the name of the English author H.E. Bates, for what does the “H” stand?
Herbert (Ernest)
3b Who was the second president of the USA?
John Adams
4a Which chemical is produced using the Haber process?
Ammonia
4b From which tree are the beans used to make chocolate obtained?
Cacao (accept Theobroma)

Spare Questions
1 Danny Cotton is the first woman to hold the post of commissioner of which of London’s public services?
Fire Brigade
2 Castle Drogo, the last castle built in England (in 1911) as the home of Sir Julius Drewe, founder of the Home & Colonial Stores, is in which county?
Devon
3 What does the Arabic word "monsoon" mean?
Season
4 Whose only hit single was the UK Number One hit "Ring My Bell" in 1979?
Anita Ward
5 When the Summer Olympics were held in Melbourne in 1956, which country hosted the equestrian events?
Sweden