Tuesday 8th January 2019
Set by Scumbag College (Wirral). Answers correct as at July 2018

Round 1
1a Which forename is shared by leading female characters in the musicals Hairspray and Chicago?
Velma
1b Which mathematical term derives it’s name from the Latin word for ‘broken’?
Fraction
2a A speciality of Northern France, what type of food are andouillettes?
Sausages
2b The stately home of Blenheim Palace is located near which small Oxfordshire town?
Woodstock
3a Which author of crime fiction, born in 1955, served as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1984 to 1990?
John Grisham
3b The Pistol’ is the nickname of which Northern Irish snooker player?
Mark Allen
4a Long Island Sound separates the state of New York from which other state?
Connecticut
4b In Physics, the bending of light when passing from one medium to another is known as what?
Refraction

Round 2
1a What does the letter ‘B’ stand for in the mathematical operational acronym BODMAS?
Brackets
1b Who wrote the music and lyrics for the 1950 musical ‘Guys and Dolls’?
Frank Loesser
2a In which county is Highclere Castle-the location for Downton Abbey-situated?
Hampshire
2b What natural product is fed to pigs to produce the finest traditional Jamon Iberico?
Acorns (accept Mast or Olives)
3a What is the nickname of snooker player John Higgins?
The Wizard of Wishaw
3b Who is the author of the Clifton Chronicles series of books?
Jeffrey Archer
4a What name is given to the particle representing a quantity of light?
Photon
4b On which river does the US city of Boston stand?
Charles River

Round 3
1a The Euro replaced which main currency unit in Cyprus in 1998?
The Cyprus/Cypriot Pound (accept Lira)
1b Which precious metal is most widely used to aid the action of a catalytic converter in cars?
Platinum
2a In the Harry Potter books what type of mythical creature is Ronan?
A (redheaded) Centaur
2b On which food item are ‘dead man’s fingers’ normally discarded by cooks during preparation?
Crab (accept lobster - they are the gills)
3a In Greek mythology, who saved the Argonauts from the lure of the Sirens by playing his own more powerful music?
Orpheus
3b Since 1951, which building has been home to The London Philharmonic Orchestra?
Royal Festival Hall (accept South Bank Centre)
4a Roger Tilling currently provides the voice-over for which long-running TV programme?
University Challenge
4b The Third of May 1808’ and ‘The Naked Maja’ are works by which painter?
Francisco Goya

Round 4
1a In a car, what do the initials C or V stand for in the phrase CV joint?
Constant Velocity
1b How many old pennies are there in a guinea?
252
2a Which Japanese fish (Latin name Tetraodontidae) can only be prepared by trained cooks as it is so poisonous?
Fugu (accept Blowfish or Puffer fish or Globe fish)
2b In the Harry Potter books, what type of creature is Griphook?
Goblin
3a From 1858 until 1996, where was the original home of Manchester’s Halle Orchestra?
The Free Trade Hall
3b Who was the King of Troy during the Trojan War?
Priam
4a The Mae West Lips sofa’ and the ‘Lobster Telephone’ are works by which artist?
Salvador Dali
4b Mark Halliley has provided the voiceover for which reality TV show since it started in 2005?
The Apprentice

Round 5
1a In a simple electric circuit, if the letter V represents voltage and the letter R resistance, what letter is used to indicate current?
I
1b In the name of the painter JMW Turner, what does the initial M stand for?
Mallord
2a What is the anatomical name of the small digital bones found in the hands and feet?
Phalanges
2b What is the largest country through which the Tropic of Capricorn passes?
Brazil
3a Which film director (1899-1980) said “there is no terror in the bang - only in the anticipation of it”?
Alfred Hitchcock
3b In Britain-which year saw the start of what became known as The Glorious Revolution?
1688
4a In which decade was Saint-Saens’ ‘Carnival of the Animals’ first performed?
1880s (1886)
4b Which is the outermost region of the Earth’s atmosphere - the closest to Outer Space?
Exosphere

Round 6
1a In the name of the author Jerome K Jerome, what does the letter K stand for?
Klapka
1b What word is used for a two electrode device which allows current to flow in one direction only?
Diode (accept rectifier)
2a What is the only Asian country through which the Equator passes?
Indonesia
2b In which part of the human anatomy is the smallest bone?
Ear (stapes)
3a In what year was the Peterloo Massacre in Manchester?
1819
3b “I’m not afraid to die. I just don’t want to be there when it happens” is a quote from which film director, born 1935?
Woody Allen
4a Which region of the atmosphere is the lowest-extending from the Earth’s surface to the lower boundary of the stratosphere?
Troposphere
4b In which decade was Prokofiev’s‘Peter and the Wolf first performed?
1930s (1936)

Round 7
1a Who (1809-1891) was responsible for much of the urban redevelopment of Paris in the 19th century, at the behest of Napoleon III?
Baron George Eugene Haussmann
1b Who wrote the 2000 novel ‘The Blind Assassin’?
Margaret Attwood
2a Which UK Premier League team play their home matches at the American Express Community Stadium?
Brighton (and Hove Albion FC)
2b On the shores of which loch is Fort William situated?
Loch Linnhe
3a “Well baby used to stay out all night long, She made me cry, she did me wrong’ are the opening lines of which Rolling Stones No.1 UK hit single?
It’s All Over Now
3b Which revolutionary secret weapon of WWII was code-named ‘Upkeep’?
The Bouncing Bomb
4a Complete the title of this 1934 Agatha Christie novel - ‘Why didn’t they ask . ‘
Evans
4b To which family of birds do coots and moorhens belong?
Rails (accept Raliidae)

Round 8
1a Who wrote the book of short stories The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher’ in 2014?
Hilary Mantel
1b Constructed between 1962 and 1967, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool was designed by which architect?
Frederick Gibberd
2a Which Scottish loch is the setting for Sir Walter Scott’s The Lady of the Lake’?
Loch Katrine
2b Which UK Premier League team play their home games at the Vitality Stadium?
(AFC) Bournemouth
3a What name was given to the silver foil strips used by British forces to disrupt enemy radar in WWII?
Window or Chaff
3b “Standing in the dock at Southampton, trying to get to Holland or France” are the opening lyrics of which Beatles No.1 UK single?
Ballad of John and Yoko
4a To which family of birds do guillemots and puffins belong?
Auks (accept Alcidae)
4b A 1957 Agatha Christie novel title features a train departure time from which station?
(The 4.50 from) Paddington

Spare Questions
1Which tree has the Latin name ‘Fraxinus’?
Ash
2In which UK city are the headquarters of supermarket ASDA?
Leeds
3 The constituency of Maidenhead is that of which MP?
Theresa May
4 Who is the founder and CEO of Amazon?
Jeff Bezos