Tuesday 5th March 2019
Set by Rainhill Victoria (Liverpool). Answers correct as at September 2018

Round One
1A The World Economic Forum is held each January at which Swiss ski resort?
Davos
1B Which Premiership Rugby Union team plays its home games at the Sixways Stadium?
Worcester Warriors
2A Melitta, DeLonghi and Gaggia all specialise in the production of appliances for what specific purpose?
Coffee making
2B What position has been held at various times by Michael Rosen, Julia Donaldson, Quentin Blake and currently, Lauren Child?
Children's Laureate
3A Mostly excavated in the 20th centrury, the largest megalithic stone circle in the world is named after which nearby Wiltshire village?
Avebury
3B Which is the heaviest of the Noble gases?
Argon
4A Produced in the Treviso province, which popular Italian wine is the main alcoholic ingredient of the Bellini cocktail?
Prosecco
4B Written by and starring Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, in which darkly comic BBC TV series is each episode a self- contained story set in a different location?
Inside Number 9

Round Two
1A Beethoven’s ninth symphony is popularly known by what title?
Choral Symphony
1B “I met a traveller from an antique land” is the opening line of which poem by Percy Shelley?
Ozymandias
2A The Humboldt Current flows northwards towards the Equator along the coast of two countries. Name either country.
Peru or Chile
2B Which US athlete took gold in the 100m at the World Athletics Championship in London 2017, leaving Usain Bolt in bronze position?
Justin Gatlin
3A Regarded as a collector’s item Lil Sprouts are a cut down version of which famous and once very popular children’s toy?
Cabbage Patch Doll
3B Who was the English director of the films, 'Atonement', 'Pride and Prejudice' and, in 2017, “Darkest Hour”?
Joe Wright
4A Sharing his name with a brand of cider, what was the nom de guerre of Richard de Clare, who led Norman invasions of Ireland in 1169/1170?
Strongbow
4B What is the formal name for the person who makes a valid legal will?
Testator/Testatrix

Round Three
1A Which 1967 amendment to the US Constitution allows the replacement of the President in circumstances where they are "unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office"?
25th Amendment
1B Which disease was formerly known as Paralysis Agitans?
Parkinson's Disease
2A A high profile celebrity couple, name either one of the parents of Blue Ivy and the twins Rumi and Sir.
Jay-Z or Beyonce
2B Who is the only man to win a Best Actor Oscar on 3 separate occasions?
Daniel Day Lewis
3A Which country's name is an abbreviation of the Latin for "Southern Land"?
Australia
3B What nationality is Caroline Wozniacki, who won the 2018 Australian Open Tennis, her first Grand Slam?
Danish
4A Which US jazz trumpeter and singer, who died when he fell from an Amsterdam hotel window, is best known to pop fans for playing on “Shipbuilding” by Elvis Costello?
Chet Baker
4B Which US painter worked mostly in the circle of the Impressionists was a close friend of Degas and is known for her paintings of mother and child, such as “After The Bath”?
Mary Cassat

Round Four
1A Tinder, Plenty Of Fish and Match.Com are all mobile phone apps or websites dedicated to what activity?
Dating
1B The oldest quiz program still broadcast on British radio is which Radio 4 inter-regional competition that celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2017?
Round Britain Quiz
2A Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I and sister of Louis XIII of France was the daughter of which French King?
Henry IV or Henry of Navarre
2B Which electronic component sometimes called a rectifier, allows current to flow in one direction but not in the other?
Diode
3A Franz Ferdinand, Deacon Blue, Simple Minds and Primal Scream are all bands formed in which city?
Glasgow
3B The comedies of which Restoration playwright include “Love for Love” and “The Way of the World”?
William Congreve
4A Naypyidaw became the capital city of which South East Asian country in 2005?
Myanmar (Burma)
4B Both teams in the UEFA Champions League finals in 2014 and in 2016, were from which city?
Madrid (Real & Atletico)

Round Five
1A Which US jazz saxophonist of the west coast cool school is best known to pop fans for playing on “Girl From Ipanema” by Joao & Astrud Gilberto?
Stan Getz
1B Which Premiership Rugby Union team plays its home games at Sandy Park?
Exeter Chiefs
2A Which European country's name means "Eastern realm" in its own language?
Austria
2B Which “general knowledge music quiz” broadcast on Radio 4 since 1986 is presented by Paul Gambaccini?
Counterpoint
3A A high profile celebrity couple, name either one of the parents of Saint, North and Chicago.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian
3B At standard temperature and pressure which halogen is liquid?
Bromine
4A Which 1933 amendment to the US constitution repealed the 18th amendment, allowing alcohol production to be resumed?
21st Amendment
4B The comedies of which Restoration playwright include “The Plain Dealer” and “The Country Wife”?
William Wycherley

Round Six
1A Which city became the capital of Nigeria in 1991?
Abuja
1B Who is the only woman to win a Best Actress Oscar on 4 separate occasions?
Katherine Hepburn
2A The Move, Duran Duran, Moody Blues and Black Sabbath are all bands formed in which city?
Birmingham
2B Which US sprinter is the only female track athlete to have won 6 Olympic gold medals?
Allyson Felix
3A Divorced from her husband 20 years before he became King, Sophia Dorothea was the former wife of which British monarch?
George I
3B Which Impressionist painter was a pupil of Corot, the wife of Manet’s brother and the granddaughter of Fragonard?
Berthe Morisot
4A Spotify, Pandora and Tidal are all mobile phone apps or websites dedicated to what activity?
Music Streaming
4B What is the name of the Electoral official among whose responsibilities is to announce the result of the election?
Returning Officer

Round Seven
1A Pecorino, Grana Padano and Dolcelatto are all varieties of what foodstuff?
Cheese
1B Victorian literature often had characters die of apoplexy. By what name do we know this medical condition today?
Stroke or Brain/Cerebral Haemorrhage
2A In 1939, amateur archaeologist, Basil Brown, discovered an Anglo- Saxon burial ship at which site in East Anglia?
Sutton Hoo
2B ”Much have I travelled in the realms of gold” is the opening line of which 1816 poem by John Keats?
On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer
3A Israeli IT company Wix is a major provider of what online cloud- based products?
Websites
3B What nationality is Marin Cilic, who won the US Open Tennis in 2014 and was runner up at Wimbledon in 2017?
Croatian
4A In which Swiss city are the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee?
Lausanne
4B Who was the British born director of the films ‘Inception', 'The Dark Knight Rises' and, in 2017, ‘Dunkirk’?
Christopher Nolan

Round Eight
1ASharing his name with a short range wireless technology standard, who was King of Denmark c958-986?
Harald Bluetooth
1B What prize was first awarded to Sully Prudhomme, and later to others including Salvatore Quasimodo, Wole Soyinka, Octavio Paz, Derek Walcott and Orhan Pamuk?
Nobel Literature Prize
2A My Little Pony, Mr Potato Head and Tonka Toys are manufactured by which toy company?
Hasbro
2B Which electronic component sometimes called a condensor stores electrical charge for short periods of time?
Capacitor
3A The Agulhas Current flows southwards away from the Equator along the coast of two countries. Name either country.
Mozambique, South Africa
3B Which dystopian TV series created and initially written by Charlie Brooker was first broadcast in 2011 on Channel 4?
Black Mirror
4A The ninth symphony by Dvorak is popularly known by what title?
From The New World
4B Which German team has lost Champions League finals to Chelsea, Inter and Manchester United?
Bayern Munich

Spare Questions
1 Which Swiss psychologist introduced analytical philosophy and popularised the terms extrovert and introvert?
Carl Jung
2 Upon the grant of its royal charter in 1966 what name was taken by the new university in Birmingham?
Aston
3 Which apostle is the patron saint of leatherworkers, plasterers, tanners, trappers and curriers?
Bartholomew
4 Which once very popular line of children’s stuffed toys was created by Ty Warner and produced by Ty Inc?
Beanie Babies
5 In January 2017 a statue was unveiled in Mathew Street, Liverpool of which singer and entertainer who had died in 2015?
Cilla Black