Monday 9th September 2019
Set Ref: 61C02ACH. Answers correct as at March 2019

Round 1
1a On British road signs, which animal indicates a zoo?
ELEPHANT
1b In which year was the sport of judo first introduced into the Olympic Games?
1964
2a The Queen and President François Mitterrand formally opened what on 6th May 1994?
CHANNEL TUNNEL
2b A spurtle is a stick traditionally used to stir what?
PORRIDGE
3a Damian Hirst’s statue known as Verity is situated in which Devon town?
IFRACOMBE
3b In the Jack Kerouac novel On the Road who is the narrator?
SAL PARADISE
4aWho had a No.1 hit record in 1971 with the song “Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep”?
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD
4b Which 2013 film is based on the true experiences of Solomon Northup?
12 YEARS A SLAVE

Round 2
1a What two word epithet was used for Alan Shepard and six other members of NASA’s first cohort of astronauts?
MERCURY SEVEN
1b Which author was born in Dublin in 1882 and died in Zurich in 1941?
JAMES JOYCE
2a In the rock group King Crimson, who is the only founding member still with the group?
ROBERT FRIPP
2b In the 1963 film The Great Escape, who played Eric Ashley-Pitt, nicknamed “Dispersal”?
DAVID MCCALLUM
3a The 1386 Treaty of Windsor confirmed the alliance between England and which other country?
PORTUGAL
3b In Norse mythology what is the name of the final battle between good and evil?
RAGNARÖK
4a The stately home of Temple Newsam lies in which English city?
LEEDS
4b What item of clothing was insultingly used to describe the form of one day cricket devised by Kerry Packer?
PYJAMA (CRICKET)

Round 3
1a What was the name given to the protests that took place in South Wales between 1839 and 1843, where farm workers dressed as women attacked and destroyed toll gates?
REBECCA RIOTS
1b What non-alcoholic cocktail syrup is made from pomegranate juice?
GRENADINE
2a What is the name of the cave system in Dordogne, France, well- known for its Paleolithic paintings?
LASCAUX
2b The Dutch football team Vitesse is based in which town or city?
ARNHEM
3a Under what name has the Indian state of Madras been known since 1969?
TAMIL NADU
3b Which men’s cricket team won their first test match when they beat Ireland in March this year?
AFGHANISTAN
4a Name a US President who was born in 1946.
GEORGE W BUSH or BILL CLINTON or DONALD TRUMP
4b In Greek mythology who was the muse of comedy?
THALIA

Round 4
1a Who wrote “Semper Fidelis”, the official march of the US Marine Corps?
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
1b Suzy Sheep is a character in which children’s television programme?
PEPPA PIG
2a Specifically, what replaces the ham of a ‘croque monsieur’ in a ‘croque norvégien’?
(SMOKED) SALMON
2b “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary” is the first line of which poem?
THE RAVEN (BY EDGAR ALLAN POE)
3a Which Dutchman created The Johann Strauss Orchestra in 1987?
ANDRÉ RIEU
3b Which BBC sitcom stars Greg Davies and Helen Baxendale as married couple Ken and Lorna Thompson?
CUCKOO
4a What is the name of the Italian cupola-shaped cake, traditionally eaten at Christmas?
PANETTONE
4b In the Taming of the Shrew who was Katherine’s suitor?
PETRUCHIO

Round 5
1a The names of three of the nine provinces in South Africa contain which word?
CAPE
1b In which Southeast Asian capital city were the 1998 Commonwealth Games held - the first time they were held in Asia?
KUALA LUMPUR
2a Name either US President who died on July 4th 1826.
JOHN ADAMS or THOMAS JEFFERSON
2b In Greek mythology who was the muse of astronomy?
URANIA
3a Which Sousa march links Philadelphia and Monty Python?
LIBERTY BELL
3b Who voices Big Chris the Silver Hatch racetrack’s mechanic in the UK version of Roary the Racing Car?
PETER KAY
4a When pineapple is added to a ‘croque monsieur’ it is then known as a ‘croque ....’ what?
HAWAIIAN
4b “Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone” is the first line of which poem?
FUNERAL BLUES (BY W H AUDEN)

Round 6
1a Which piece of music, composed by Johann Strauss senior, is traditionally played as the final encore of the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Day Concert?
RADETZKY MARCH
1b In which BBC sitcom did Larry Lamb and Alison Steadman play married couple Mick and Pam Shipman?
GAVIN & STACEY
2a Which hot pepper sauce is named after a Mexican province?
TABASCO
2b In Othello what was the name of Iago’s wife?
EMILIA
3a The last battle on English soil was fought during the Jacobite rising of 1715 between supporters of James Edward Stuart and government forces loyal to George I, through the streets of which town or city?
PRESTON
3b Highland Park is one of two malt whiskies produced in the Orkney Islands. The other is named after a local area of water. What is it called?
SCAPA
4a What is the name of the cave system in Cantabria, Spain, well- known for its Paleolithic paintings?
ALTAMIRA
4b The Italian Serie A football team Atalanta is based in which city?
BERGAMO

Round 7
1a What was the name of the line of fortifications north of Lisbon built by the Duke of Wellington’s men in 1809?
TORRES VEDRAS
1b In Norse mythology what kind of creature was Fenrir?
A WOLF
2a The stately home of Seaton Delaval Hall lies just outside which English city?
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
2b What word for a heavy blow describes a form of archery that involves aiming at a flag in concentric scoring zones?
CLOUT (ARCHERY)
3a Which US features publication, bought in 1936 by Henry Luce publisher of Time magazine, was given exclusive access to the Mercury Seven astronauts?
LIFE
3b Which author was born in Nottinghamshire in 1885 and died in France in 1930 - his ashes are buried in New Mexico?
D H LAWRENCE
4a In the rock group Jethro Tull, who is the founder and flautist?
IAN ANDERSON
4b In the 1970 film Kelly’s Heroes, who played the sergeant Big Joe?
TELLY SAVALAS

Round 8
1a The two statues near Falkirk known as “The Kelpies” depict the heads of which animal?
HORSE
1b Arthur Seaton is the antihero of which 1950’s novel?
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING
2a Who had a hit record in 1974 with the song “Kung Fu Fighting”?
CARL DOUGLAS
2b In the title of a 1957 film what is the time of the train to Yuma?
THREE TEN
3a On British road signs, a picnic area is represented by a person sitting at a table with what depicted to the right?
A TREE
3b How high, in feet, is a badminton net at the centre?
FIVE
4a What architectural icon opened officially on 6th May 1889?
EIFFEL TOWER
4b What stick, with a padded head, is used to support the hand when using a paint brush?
MAHLSTICK or MAULSTICK

Spare Questions
1 What is the longest muscle in the body?
SARTORIUS
2 What is the name for a puzzle when a text (phrase, quotation, date, or fact) must be deduced from a set of numbers and letters in the clue eg 7DITW (7 days in the week)?
DITLOID
3 There are FOUR freedoms of movement within the EU; Goods, services, labour and which other?
CAPITAL