Monday 11th March 2019
Set by Warringtom. Answers correct as at September 2018

Round 1
1a What was the original title for the novel "Pride and Prejudice?
First Impressions
1b Give a year in the conflict commonly known as the Thirty Years War.
1618 - 1648
2a Houari Boumedienne, Mohamed Boudiaf and Oran es Senia International airports can be found in which African country?
Algeria
2b Who played the character Holly Golightly in the film "Breakfast at Tiffany's?
Audrey Hepburn
3a Which chef, who has been on "This Morning" since 2006, is the husband of Fern Britton?
Phil Vickery
3b Who is the most recent French winner of a singles title at Wimbledon having won in 2013?
Marion Bartoli
4a If you have boats, moths and lady’s slippers, what type of flowers are you growing?
Orchids
4b Who was the lead singer of the pop group ‘Altered Images’, from 1975 to 1987?
Claire Grogan

Round 2
1a Which 12th/13th century Italian saint founded the Order of Poor Clare’s as well as an order of friars named after him?
St Francis of Assisi
1b With regards to the Greek god Hermes, what were "Talaria"?
His Winged Sandals
2a In Shakespeare, Goneril and Cordelia are two of the daughters of King Lear, who is the third?
Regan
2b Which small, quiet war time aircraft was used to land & pickup British agents in France?
Westland Lysander
3a Bollinger Champagne and what other specific alcoholic drink are the components of a stoli-boli cocktail?
Stolichnaya Vodka
3b How did Ingvar Kamprad make his fortune?
He founded IKEA
4a Who played the detective Sarah Lund in "The Killing" TV trilogy?
Sofie Grabol
4b What is the name of the NASA laboratory that landed on Mars in 2012?
Curiosity

Round 3
1a Give a year during the Crimean War.
1853 to 1856
1b Which long distance footpath, named after a river whose course it follows, runs from Plynlimon to Bristol?
Severn Way
2a In the film "Brief Encounter" which actor had the encounter with Celia Johnson?
Trevor Howard
2b In 1964 Jim Standen won a FA Cup winners medal and a championship winner’s medal in which other sport?
Cricket
3a Who was the last Australian to win the Gentlemen’s Singles title at Wimbledon, doing so in 2002?
Lleyton Hewitt
3b What is the collective noun for a group of crabs in the wild?
A 'cast'
4a Who was the lead vocalist of 80's band "T'Pau"?
Carol Decker
4b Abstract expressionist painter Lee Krasner was the wife of which major figure in that movement?
Jackson Pollock

Round 4
1a For his eleventh labour, what did Hercules have to steal from a group of nymphs known as the Hesperides?
Golden Apples
1b Which controversial novel was originally to have been called “Tenderness”?
Lady Chatterley's Lover
2a Which type of plane fired the torpedo that crippled the German battleship Bismarck's rudder?
Fairey Swordfish
2b Murtala Mohammed, Mallam Aminu Kano and Nnamdi Azikiwe International airports can be found in which African country?
Nigeria
3a Which firm makes ‘The Airblade’ hand drier?
Dyson
3b Who is the main host of the TV Series “Secrets of the National Trust”?
Alan Titchmarsh
4a What was the name of the space probe that was sent into space in 1985 to study Halley's Comet?
Giotto
4b In beer-making what are Fuggles and Goldings?
Hops

Round 5
1a In chemistry, solutions with the ability to conduct electricity are called what?
Electrolytes
1b Which rugby league side played in the 2018 season at the Belle Vue stadium also known as the Mobile Rocket Stadium?
Wakefield Trinity
2a What name is given to Ralph Vaughan William’s Second Symphony?
The London
2b Nigel Farage was the unsuccessful UKIP candidate for which seat in the 2015 General Election?
South Thanet
3a Who was the wife of Edward III of England?
Philippa of Hainault
3b The 1960 film "Village of the Damned" is based on the novel "The Midwich Cuckoos" by which author?
John Wyndham
4a Which Venetian artist painted the Three Ages of Man?
Titian (accept Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio)
4b In Indian cuisine what name is used for potato
Aloo

Round 6
1a In the 2016 Harry Potter spin-off film "Fantastic Beasts and where to find them", Eddie Redmayne plays which character?
Newt Scamander
1b Which long distance footpath runs from Chipping Camden to Bath?
Cotswold Way
2a What is the better known or more common name of the pharmaceutical SILDENAFIL?
Viagra
2b John Willie Sutcliffe (1868-1947), who played in goal for Bolton Wanderers, Millwall, Manchester United and Plymouth Argyle, is the last person to have represented England at both Football and which other sport?
Rugby Union
3a Louise Redknapp had a 2001 hit with a disco cover version of which Stealers Wheel song?
Stuck in the Middle with You
3b What name is given to a castrated ram?
Wether
4a Santa Fe is the state capital of which US state?
New Mexico
4b Which painter was the elder sister of Virginia Woolf?
Vanessa Bell

Round 7
1a Who is the patron saint of shoemakers, curriers, tanners and leather workers?
St. Crispin
1b What name is given to an electrically neutral group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds?
Molecule
2a In Shakespeare's "Othello", what is the name of Othello's villainous advisor who brings about his downfall?
Iago
2b By what name is W.A. Mozart’s Symphony Number 41 commonly known?
The Jupiter
3a What ingredient makes a ‘pink gin’ pink?
Angostura Bitters
3b Who was the wife of William the First?
Matilda
4a Which actor played DCI Frank Burnside in the long running TV series "The Bill"?
Christopher Ellison
4b "Aristotle contemplating the bust of Homer" is a work by which artist?
Rembrandt

Round 8
1a Which Aviva premiership team plays home games at Sandy Park?
Exeter Chiefs
1b Maggie Smith plays which character in the Harry Potter films?
Minerva McGonagall
2a At which London restaurant did Tony Blair and Gordon Brown reach an agreement on who should run for the Labour leadership after the death of John Smith?
Granita
2b What is the common name of the drug which occurs naturally in the Peyote cactus, which has similar hallucinogenic effects as LSD and Psylocybin?
Mescaline (3,4,5- trimethoxyphenethylamine)
3a Which French novelist wrote the books on which the films "The Bridge on the River Kwai" and "Planet of the Apes", were based?
Pierre Boulle
3b What is the first word of titles of UK number one hits by Suzi Quattro in 1973 and Bob the Builder in 2000?
Can
4a What, in Italian cuisine are gnocchi?
Dumplings
4b Columbus is the state capital of which US state?
Ohio

Spare Questions
1 Which religious grouping were the followers of the reformer John Wycliffe?
The Lollards
2 Who said: 'He was a bold man that first ate an oyster'?
Jonathan Swift
3Which Roman Emperor died in York in 211 AD?
Septimius Severus
4 There are only currently two African cities to have an underground railway system, Algiers is one, what is the other?
Cairo
5 Give a year in the life of French artist Jean-Honore Fragonard.
1732 to 1806