Tuesday 15th January 2019
Set by St Francis of Assisi (Liverpool). Answers correct as at December 2017

Round One
1A Ian Fleming got the name James Bond from the author of a book about what?
BIRDS (of the West Indies)
1B What was the main unit of currency in the Netherlands before the Euro was introduced?
GUILDER
2A Who was the mother of both Kings George IV and William IV?
CHARLOTTE (of Mecklenbertg-Strelitz)
2B Which actor, comedian and presenter was the original host of TV's Room 101?
NICK HANCOCK
3A In 1984, which UK coin was withdrawn, having been in circulation for only 13 years?
HALFPENNY
3B Published in 1979, whose first novel, A Woman of Substance became a best seller?
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD
4A Of which parliamentary constituency has Jeremy Corbyn been the M.P. since 1983?
ISLINGTON NORTH
4B In which TV sitcom had the lead character Brian Potter been disabled when he was crushed by a falling fruit machine?
PHOENIX NIGHTS

Round Two
1A What was the name of St Petersburg between 1914 and 1924?
PETROGRAD
1B Of which parliamentary constituency was David Cameron the M.P.from 2001 to 2016?
WITNEY
2A Which 1973 Elton John album featured the track Candle in the Wind?
GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
2B What was the name of the dog who accompanied the Three Men in a Boat as written by Jerome K Jerome?
MONTMORENCY
3A The star Spica is in which constellation?
VIRGO
3B Who was born in 1660, the eldest son of Ernest Augustus, the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg?
GEORGE I (King of England)
4A What is the SI unit of Inductance?
HENRY
4B What part of the body do the Spanish call Dedo?
FINGER (or toe)

Round Three
1A Promoted to Football League Division 2 in 2017, which club play their home games in Nailsworth in Gloucestershire?
FOREST GREEN ROVERS
1B The Samoan word to strike and the Polynesian word to write are the origin of which word in common English use?
TATTOO
2A Piloerection is another word for which human physical response?
GOOSE PIMPLES or HAIR STANDING ON END
2B Starting in Wallasey the A59 runs past Aintree racecourse and finishes at which city?
YORK
3A What relation was King Charles II of England to King James II?
BROTHER
3B A noggin is what fraction of a pint?
QUARTER
4A Tralee is the county town of which county in the Irish Republic?
KERRY
4B Who is the only man to have won three Oscars as Best Actor?
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS

Round Four
1A Which British female author is known for a series of books given the collective name The Rutshire Chronicles ?
JILLY COOPER
1B Spoken by Dromio, of which Shakespeare play is this the last line:- And now let us go hand in hand, not one before another ?
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
2A What was the name of the dog in the T.V. series Hart to Hart which ran from 1979 to 1984?
FREEWAY
2B What is the SI base unit of mass?
KILOGRAM
3A The A57 Road begins at Liverpool Dock Road, but in which city in the East of England does it finish?
LINCOLN
3B Why were the boy band Rak Su in the news in December 2017?
THEY WON X FACTOR
4A In which East African country would you find the Chalbi desert?
KENYA
4B What is the name given to the elementary particle that has been nicknamed the God Particle?
HIGGS BOSON

Round Five
1A Ian Fleming took the name Goldfinger from a real person. What was that person's profession?
ARCHITECT
1B What was the main unit of currency in Portugal before the Euro was introduced?
ESCUDO
2A Released in 1970, what was George Harrison's first solo album?
ALL THINGS MUST PASS
2B Which of Shakespeare's plays opens with this line spoken by Antonio 'In sooth, I know not why I am so sad '?
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
3A What are the names of the twin stars in the constellation of Gemini?
CASTOR and POLLUX
3B Which part of the body do the Spanish call nariz? (pronounced narith or narisse)
NOSE
4A In 2014, who did Liverpool beat 14-13 in a penalty shoot out equalling the record for English football at the time?
MIDDLESBOROUGH
4B What was the last of Heracles' (or Hercules') labours?
THE CAPTURE OF CERBERUS

Round Six
1A Who was the husband of Queen Anne of Great Britain?
GEORGE OF DENMARK
1B Who is the presenter of Tipping Point on ITV television?
BEN SHEPHARD
2A Which author wrote the Berlin Stories which later would inspire the musical Cabaret ?
CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD
2B Which future Chancellor of the Exchequer (1967 to 1970) was a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during WW2?
ROY JENKINS
3A Castlebar is the county town of which county in the Republic of Ireland?
MAYO
3B Denis Shapovalov the tennis player disqualified for hitting the umpire with a ball in the 2017 Davis Cup, is from which country?
CANADA
4A The eldest of the 50 Nereids, Amphitrite is the wife of which Greek god?
POSEIDON
4B Following the U.S. Election of 1968, who was Richard Nixon's Vice- President?
SPIRO AGNEW

Round Seven
1A The £1 coin was introduced in 1983, in what year did the £1 note then cease to be legal tender in England?
1988 (allow 1987-89)
1B Who holds the record for having won the most Oscars, doing so between 1932 and 1969?
WALT DISNEY
2A Which future Chancellor of the Exchequer (1974 to 1979) served as a 'Beach Master' in the Anzio landings of 1944?
DENIS HEALEY
2B In an alphabetical list of the world's capital cities, which one comes first? It held its first F1 Grand Prix in 2009.
ABU DHABI
3A At 52 years 2 months and 3 days, who was the longest serving, non- royal head of state of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries?
FIDEL CASTRO
3B With a 2015 population of 145 million, which south east Asian island is the most densely populated in the world?
JAVA
4A As a child which actor played the title role in the 1950 film Kim ? As an adult he appeared on TV in the series Quantum Leap and was Oscar nominated.
DEAN STOCKWELL
4B Sharing its name with a type of boat, what is given to the dimple or indentation in the bottom of a wine bottle?
PUNT

Round Eight
1A By what name is the city of Stalingrad known today?
VOLGOGRAD
1B Wincanton racecourse is in which English county?
SOMERSET
2A At which weight did British boxer Nicola Adams defend her Olympic title in 2016?
FLYWEIGHT
2B Dying in 509 BC, who was the last of the 'Seven Kings of Rome' ?
TARQUINUS SUPERBUS or PROUD TARQUIN
3A Following the U.S Election of 1976, who was Jimmy Carter's Vice President?
WALTER MONDALE
3B Who played the Artful Dodger in the 1948 film Oliver Twist ? As an adult he had a UK No 1 hit and was nominated for a Tony and an Oscar.
ANTHONY NEWLEY
4A Which city of south-east Asia is the most densely populated in the world?
MANILA
4B Which nut, also known as a cobnut or filbert, is used in the Italian liqueur Frangelico?
HAZELNUT

Spare Questions
1 As of November 2017, who is the Transport Secretary?
CHRIS GRAYLING
2 Who was the French actress who starred in the film "Amelie" ?
AUDREY TAUTOU
3 What was the comedic nickname given by the Irish Press to Ian Paisley and Martin Mc Guinness?
THE CHUCKLE BROTHERS
4 At what weight did British boxer Charlie Magri become World Champion in 1983?
FLYWEIGHT