Monday 2nd September 2019
Set Ref: 61B01BJQ. Answers correct as at March 2019

Round 1
1a Adam Dalgliesh was a police officer in novels by which author?
P D JAMES
1b A Bigger Bang was a concert tour by which band between 2005 and 2007?
THE ROLLING STONES
2a The three letters FDC are used by collectors of what?
STAMPS or COINS (FDC=FIRST DAY COVER/ FLEUR –DE-COIN)
2b Which Archbishop of Canterbury officiated at the marriage of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten?
GEOFFREY FISHER
3a Which parts of a flower make up the calyx?
SEPALS
3b What is the capital city of Malawi?
LILONGWE
4a In which town is Prince’s golf course which held the Open Championship in 1932 - another course in the town holds the record for the most Opens hosted by an English course with 14?
SANDWICH
4b Who co-wrote Fawlty Towers with John Cleese?
CONNIE BOOTH

Round 2
1a Which element is No. 113 on the Periodic Table and has the symbol Nh?
NIHONIUM
1b The Esk Valley Railway line connects Middlesbrough with which Yorkshire coastal resort?
WHITBY
2a In which weight division did boxer Nicola Adams win gold medals in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games?
FLYWEIGHT
2b In the American Film Institute’s top 100 comedies there are two Marx Brothers films in the top twelve. Name either.
DUCK SOUP or NIGHT AT THE OPERA
3a In which year did the first Test Match take place on English soil? It was at the Oval against Australia - allow two years either side.
1880
3b The half-sister of which television presenter is married to Lord Frederick Windsor, the son of Prince Michael of Kent?
CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN
4a Which car manufacturer makes the Aygo, Prius and Corolla models?
TOYOTA
4b The River Lena is in which country?
RUSSIA

Round 3
1a Martial, Pygmy, Harpy, Wedge-Tailed, and Bateleur are all species of which bird?
EAGLE
1b Give a year in the life of William Pitt the Younger.
1759 - 1806
2a In British theatrical slang what term is used when the actor unintentionally laughs during a non-humorous performance?
CORPSING
2b Who had a No. 1 hit record in 1987 with “Always On My Mind” which reached No. 9 for Elvis Presley in 1972?
PET SHOP BOYS
3a On which island of the West Indies was V S Naipaul born in 1932?
TRINIDAD
3b Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) played which instrument?
VIOLIN
4a Which company produced the PET home computer from 1977?
COMMODORE
4bWhich city in Normandy did the British fail to capture on D-Day - it was devastated by Allied bombing a month later?
CAEN

Round 4
1a In the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which footballer was named Player of the Tournament?
LUKA MODRIC (CROATIA)
1b Which film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Charles Laughton won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1936?
MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY
2a The stars Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka are collectively known as what?
ORION’S BELT (accept THREE KINGS or THREE SISTERS)
2b What is name of the main town on the Isle of Arran?
BRODICK
3a The painting from the 1780s entitled The Age of Innocence is the work of which artist?
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS
3b Which of Napoleon’s generals earned the title ‘bravest of the brave’ after the retreat from Moscow?
MICHEL NEY
4a Coming from his 1944 play No Exit, which French philosopher wrote the famous line “Hell is other people”?
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE
4b Which American photographed John Lennon for Rolling Stone magazine on the day he was murdered?
ANNIE LEIBOVITZ

Round 5
1a Mako, Thresher, Lemon, Greenland, and Port Jackson are all types of which creature?
SHARK
1b Give a year in the life of Robert Walpole.
1676 - 1745
2a In the theatre what is ‘papering the house’?
DISTRIBUTING FREE TICKETS TO BOOST THE ATTENDANCE
2b The Fugees had a No. 1 hit record in 1996 with “Killing Me Softly With His Song”. Who had reached No. 6 in 1973 with this song?
ROBERTA FLACK
3a The painting from about 1750 entitled “Mr and Mrs Andrews” is the work of which artist?
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH
3b The site of the 1706 Battle of Ramillies is in which present day country?
BELGIUM
4a Coming from his 1762 book The Social Contract, which philosopher born in Geneva wrote “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains”?
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
4b American photographer Alfred Stieglitz was married to which painter?
GEORGIA O’KEEFE

Round 6
1a Which element is No. 117 on the Periodic Table and has the symbol Ts?
TENNESSINE
1b The Derwent Valley Line connects Derby by rail with which town in Derbyshire?
MATLOCK
2a In which weight division did boxer Amir Khan win a silver medal in the 2004 Olympic Games?
LIGHTWEIGHT
2b Fenella Fielding appeared in two Carry On films. Name either.
REGARDLESS or SCREAMING
3a Which poet and playwright, winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature, was born on St Lucia in 1930?
DEREK WALCOTT
3b Who was conductor of the Hallé Orchestra from 1943 to 1970?
JOHN BARBIROLLI
4a For what does the B stand in the computer language BASIC?
BEGINNER’S
4b Where was the railway bridge over the Rhine that was captured intact by the Americans in March 1945?
REMAGEN

Round 7
1a In the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which French footballer was named Young Player of the Tournament?
KYLIAN MBAPPÉ
1b Which film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Burt Lancaster won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1954?
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
2a Aldebaran is the main star of which constellation?
TAURUS
2b What in Scotland is CalMac?
A FERRY COMPANY (CALEDONIAN MACBRAYNE)
3a How many runs did Don Bradman need to score in his final Test innings to average 100 for his career?
FOUR
3b The son of which television presenter is married to Lady Edwina Grosvenor the daughter of the late Gerald Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster?
PETER SNOW
4a Which car manufacturer makes the Qashqai, Leaf and Juke models?
NISSAN
4b The River Araguaia is in which country?
BRAZIL

Round 8
1a Reginald Wexford was a police officer in novels by which author?
RUTH RENDELL
1b The Vertigo Tour was a concert tour by which band between 2005 and 2006?
U2
2a What word is used for the study and collecting of post cards?
DELTIOLOGY
2b
Which Archbishop of Canterbury officiated at the marriage of Prince William and Catherine Middleton?
ROWAN WILLIAMS
3a The filament and the anther make up which other part of a flower?
STAMEN
3b What is the capital city of Namibia?
WINDHOEK
4a Which golfer holds the record for most second-place finishes in the Open Championship - seven between 1964 and 1979?
JACK NICKLAUS
4b Name either of the co-writers of Blackadder with Richard Curtis?
ROWAN ATKINSON or BEN ELTON

Spare Questions
1 What is the first name of the son of the police chief in The Simpsons?
RALPH (WIGGUM)
2 In the game of Scrabble how many points is the V tile worth?
4
3 Who wrote the novel The Remains of the Day?
KAZUO ISHIGURO