Tuesday 26th November 2019
Set Ref – 61B13BRS - Correct as at August 2019

Round 1
1a What type of food is Quark?
CHEESE
1b The Galápagos Islands form an offshore territory of which South American country?
ECUADOR
2a What is the nationality of Booker Prize winning author Margaret Atwood?
CANADIAN
2b Who was the famous actor brother of Sarah Siddons?
JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE
3a She turned 70 in July 2018. What distinction is held by Aneira Thomas?
FIRST BABY BORN UNDER THE NHS
3b In which 1968 film would you hear the line, "Broadsword calling Danny Boy"?
WHERE EAGLES DARE
4a What is the correct name for the spiked wheel on an equestrian spur?
ROWEL
4bThe Gwladys Street End at Goodison Park is now named after which former Everton player and manager?
HOWARD KENDALL

Round 2
1a What was the name of the national airline of Belgium, which ceased operation in 2001?
SABENA
1b In which month does the Christian festival of Michaelmas fall?
SEPTEMBER
2a Which bass guitarist, who died in 2002, was nicknamed "The Ox"?
JOHN ENTWISTLE
2b In 1517, how many Theses did Martin Luther nail to the church door in Wittenberg?
95
3a In a 1980s sitcom, what was the first name of the character who had an invisible boss called Miss Cathcart?
PEGGY (in HI-DE-HI!)
3b Which seed is normally used in the preparation of traditional English seed cake?
CARAWAY SEED
4a The restaurant on the second level of the Eiffel Tower is named after which French author?
JULES VERNE
4b With a Latin meaning of "female warrior", what name is shared by Sir Ben Ainslie's daughter and a character in the Harry Potter books?
BELLATRIX

Round 3
1a Who was the first foreign-born woman to serve in the US cabinet?
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
1b In fashion, of what are spool, kitten and Pompadour types?
HEELS
2a How is the Midland Expressway better known?
THE M6 TOLL ROAD
2b Which beer uses the appropriate advertising slogan, "Find your Mountain"?
WAINWRIGHT
3a The oldest person to win a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics was British. Who is he?
NICK SKELTON
3b Which 5 letter word can mean a loop in a rope and completes these geographical features _______ of Benin and Great Australian _____?
BIGHT
4a Which classic novel, dramatised on ITV in 2018, was originally published in serial form with the subtitle, "Pen and Pencil Sketches of English Society"?
VANITY FAIR
4b Apple pips and peach stones contain small amounts of which poison?
CYANIDE

Round 4
1a In which US state is Area 51?
NEVADA
1b Which art movement took its name from a colloquial French term for a hobby horse?
DADA
2a Name either of the 2 letters in the NATO phonetic alphabet which are represented by single syllable words.
G(GOLF) or M (MIKE)
2b What do Americans call what we call a hen party?
BACHELORETTE PARTY
3a Which element used in hat making provided the inspiration for Lewis Carroll's Mad Hatter?
MERCURY
3b In the reign of which English monarch did the Second Barons' War take place?
HENRY III
4a Which rank in the British nobility comes between baron and earl?
VISCOUNT
4b What is the surname of the Cornish farmers who found an old recipe for a nettle wrapped cheese, which they called yarg?
GRAY

Round 5
1a If you went to an immobilier in France, what would you be looking to buy?
A HOUSE (accept SIMILAR)
1b John Barry arranged the James Bond theme, but who originally composed it?
MONTY NORMAN
2a Which sport was originally known as Murderball?
WHEELCHAIR RUGBY
2b Members of which religious movement refuse to take off their hats, or bow, to anyone, regardless of title or rank?
QUAKERS/SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
3a From which Scottish island is the granite for curling stones traditionally obtained?
AILSA CRAIG
3b Which is the world's highest capital city?
LA PAZ
4a "Lancashire Blues" is the original title of the theme music for which TV programme?
CORONATION STREET
4b Which of London's subterranean rivers flows beneath Buckingham Palace?
THE TYBURN

Round 6
1a Which English monarch who reigned1377-1399 is said to have invented the cloth handkerchief?
RICHARD II
1b Name either of the two people in the play by Samuel Beckett who were Waiting for Godot.
VLADIMIR or ESTRAGON
2a What name is given to a ring that is used to ensure that another ring does not slip off the finger?
KEEPER or GUARD RING
2b Which Australian cricketer famously used a metal cricket bat in a Test Match against England in Perth in December 1979?
DENNIS LILLEE
3a In medical terms, to what single word does the adjective pyretic refer?
FEVER
3b Which coastal structure in East Sussex won the 2017 RIBA Stirling Prize for the best new building in the UK?
HASTINGS PIER
4a What sort of information would you find in a Grimoire?
MAGIC SPELLS/INCANTATIONS
4b Who was the famous sister of Suffragist Millicent Fawcett?
ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON

Round 7
1a In Game of Thrones to which noble house do Arya, Sansa, Bran and Robb belong?
STARK
1b In 1969, from which French city did the Concorde prototype 001 make its first test flight?
TOULOUSE
2a Which is the highest mountain outside of Asia?
ACONCAGUA
2b The unit of measurement known as the wale denotes the number of ridges per inch in which material?
CORDUROY
3a In a traditional English folk song which animal “went a-courting", hoping to marry Miss Mouse?
FROG
3b Which post has been held since February 2018 by Sarah Clarke, the first female holder of the post?
BLACK ROD
4a Frank Ford and George Page are characters in which Shakespeare play?
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
4b In which gambling activity would you hear the words, "Les jeux sont faits, rien ne va plus"?
ROULETTE

Round 8
1a In which decade of the nineteenth century was the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon in Canada?
1890s
1b Who played The Joker in the 1989 film Batman?
JACK NICHOLSON
2a In William Morris' textile design "Strawberry Thief", which bird is stealing the strawberries?
THRUSH
2b In Greek mythology, who solved the Riddle of the Sphinx?
OEDIPUS
3a In which inn would you find Jim Hawkins at the start of Treasure Island?
THE ADMIRAL BENBOW
3b In which city was Zsz Zsa Gabor born in 1917?
BUDAPEST
4a Which Commonwealth country has a green flag with a red disc in the middle?
BANGLADESH
4b In Formula One racing, for what does the D stand in DRS?
DRAG (REDUCTION SYSTEM)

Spare Questions
1 Who reprised the Arnold Schwarzenegger role in the 2012 remake of Total Recall?
COLIN FARRELL
2 In which country did the restaurant chain Nando's originate?
SOUTH AFRICA
3 In which year did Eva Perón die, aged 33? Allow 2 years either way.
1952 (1950-1954)