Tuesday 5th November 2019
Set Ref – 19B10BDY - Correct as at July 2019

Round 1
1a What was the name of the Prince’s servant and companion in the pantomime Cinderella?
DANDINI
1b Who collectively were Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham?
LED ZEPPELIN
2a Which British ballet dancer was born as Margaret Hookham in 1919?
MARGOT FONTEYN
2b In which US city is MacArthur Park?
LOS ANGELES
3a In which battle was there an assault on Little Round Top and also Pickett’s Charge?
GETTYSBURG
3b Who threw Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego into a fiery furnace?
NEBUCHADNEZZAR
4a In which country was former racing driver Bruce McLaren born?
NEW ZEALAND
4b Dying in 2018, who played Alice Tinker in BBC sitcom The Vicar of Dibley?
EMMA CHAMBERS

Round 2
1a Who was turned down for naturalization in the UK after a police report that he was the ‘notorious German agitator, head of the International Society and an advocate of communist principles’?
KARL MARX
1b Which common hobby has a name derived from the Greek for ‘a love for exemption from duties and taxes’?
PHILATELY
2a Jack Leach plays cricket for which English county?
SOMERSET
2b Which TV show starring McKenzie Crook won the 2015 TV BAFTA award for best situation comedy and in 2018 Toby Jones won best male comedy performance for the same show?
DETECTORISTS
3a DCI Banks is the creation of which novelist?
PETER ROBINSON
3b Bringing it all back home and John Wesley Harding are albums by which singer/songwriter?
BOB DYLAN
4a What is a Bloody Mary cocktail without Vodka called?
VIRGIN MARY
4b Which mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro is known worldwide for the 125ft statue of ’Christ the Redeemer’ atop its peak?
CORCOVADO

Round 3
1a ‘Herbst’ is the German word for which of the four seasons ?
AUTUMN
1b In which English county are there places called Ham and Sandwich?
KENT
2a Which Shakespeare play is set in Venice and Cyprus?
OTHELLO
2b Sir Joseph Porter and Ralph Rackstraw are characters in which Gilbert and Sullivan opera?
HMS PINAFORE
3a What flavouring ingredient is added to mayonnaise to make aioli?
GARLIC
3b When it was granted city status in 2002, what became the smallest city in Scotland?
STIRLING
4a Which poet wrote the poem which begins “ I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert”?
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
4b Whose 3rd symphony, completed in 1886, is known as The Organ Symphony?
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS

Round 4
1a Five clubs had more than one footballer in the England World Cup Squad in 1966. Three were Liverpool, Manchester United and West Ham United. Name either of the other two.
BLACKPOOL or LEEDS UNITED
1b Who is the presenter of the ITV reality TV show ‘Love Island’?
CAROLINE FLACK
2a In which year was the breathalyser test introduced in the UK?
1967
2b Stedman Graham is the long-term partner of which US talk show host and media proprietor?
OPRAH WINFREY
3a Which Olympic gold medallist became MP for Falmouth and Camborne in 1992?
SEBASTIAN COE
3b Who is the protagonist of the 2016 film, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, played by Eddie Redmayne?
NEWT SCAMANDER
4a Who was the son of Marcus Aurelius, who succeeded his father as Roman Emperor from 180-192 AD?
COMMODUS
4b The adjective meline refers to which animal?
BADGER

Round 5
1a What is the Italian word for the season we call ‘Spring’?
PRIMAVERA
1b Blackpool Sands is a beach near to the village of Blackpool in which English county?
DEVON
2a Which Shakespeare play is set in Bohemia and Sicily?
(THE) WINTER’S TALE
2b Reginald Bunthorne and the Rapturous Maidens are characters in which Gilbert and Sullivan opera?
PATIENCE
3a In Pie and Mash shops in London’s East End, the pie and mash is traditionally served with ‘liquor’; what kind of sauce is ‘liquor’?
PARSLEY SAUCE
3b The city of Stirling stands on the banks of which Scottish river?
FORTH
4a Which poet wrote the poem which begins “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree”?
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
4b Whose 3rd symphony is known as The Scottish Symphony?
FELIX MENDELSSOHN

Round 6
1a Born in July 1934 which Wolverhampton Wanderers footballer was the oldest player in England’s 1966 World Cup squad, although he didn’t play a game?
RON FLOWERS
1b What is the name of the companion show to Love Island that features special guests and behind the scenes gossip?
(LOVE ISLAND:) AFTERSUN
2a In which year was The Highway Code first published?
1931
2b Amal Alamuddin, human rights lawyer and Mrs George Clooney, was born in which city?
BEIRUT
3a Juan Carlos, the future King, represented Spain in which sport at the 1972 Olympics?
SAILING
3b In the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, ‘No-Maj’ is the US equivalent of which term, widely used in the Harry Potter series?
MUGGLE
4a Who was the son of British tribal leader Cunobelinus - he was King of the Britons from 43-50 A.D. and led the resistance to the Roman conquest?
CARACTACUS
4b The adjective cervine relates to which animal?
DEER

Round 7
1a ‘They cut their way through in style’ said a report about the Stockport Yeomanry’s participation in this event on 16 August 1819. Which event?
PETERLOO MASSACRE
1b In Ancient Greece, what name was given to the people who commented on a play for the benefit of the audience?
CHORUS
2a Which Australian cricketer has the nickname Garry?
NATHAN LYON
2b In 2018, which former footballer won the TV BAFTA award for a single documentary subtitled Being Mum and Dad?
RIO FERDINAND
3a Jack Reacher is the creation of which novelist?
LEE CHILD (accept JAMES GRANT)
3b Songs from a Room and Death of a Ladies’ Man are albums by which singer/songwriter?
LEONARD COHEN
4a An omelette made with smoked haddock is named after which writer?
ARNOLD BENNETT
4b Which South American country’s flag shows a different design on its obverse and reverse?
PARAGUAY

Round 8
1a In which pantomime do Robin Hood and Maid Marion appear?
BABES IN THE WOOD
1b Which band was founded by Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Richard Wright?
PINK FLOYD
2a Which famous ballet dancer defected to France in 1961?
RUDOLF NUREYEV
2b In which US city do replica paddle steamers ply the Mississippi offering views of the Gateway Arch?
ST LOUIS
3a Fought in 1917, the Third Battle of Ypres is also known by what name?
PASSCHENDAELE
3b In which book of the Bible does Nebuchadnezzar appear?
DANIEL
4a Who is the only British racing driver to start more than 300 Grand Prix?
JENSON BUTTON
4b Passing away in 2017, who played Mike Rawlins in the sitcom Till Death Us Do Part?
ANTONY BOOTH

Spare Questions
1 Eswatini is the new name in April 2018 for which African country?
SWAZILAND
2 The French call them SURLIGNEURS and the Dutch MARKEERSTIFTEN. What are they?
HIGHLIGHTERS or MARKER PENS
3 Who directed the film Jaws?
STEVEN SPIELBERG