Tuesday 10th September 2019
Set Ref: 61B02BLD. Answers correct as at April 2019

Round 1
1a Who was Steve Redgrave’s partner in his Olympic Games victories in the 1992 and 1996 Coxless Pairs Rowing event?
MATTHEW PINSENT
1b Angus and Malcolm were founder members of AC/DC. Their older brother George was a founder of The Easybeats. What is the family name?
YOUNG
2a The Hind’s Head and The Crown at Bray are partners with which other restaurant in Bray Berkshire?
THE FAT DUCK
2b In which year was the Battle of Passchendaele?
1917
3a In a motoring context what does the A in ANPR mean?
AUTOMATIC
3b Which African country’s name derives from an ancient ruined city in that country?
ZIMBABWE
4a In which Dickens novel would you find the characters Seth Pecksniff, Tom Pinch and Sarah Gamp?
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
4b Who wrote the television series Only Fools and Horses?
JOHN SULLIVAN

Round 2
1a Golden Acre, January King, and Ormskirk are varieties of which vegetable?
CABBAGE
1b The flag of which US state depicts the Plough Constellation and the northern Pole Star on a blue background?
ALASKA
2a Which London theatre staged a series of farces in the 1920s and 1930s mostly written by Ben Travers?
ALDWYCH
2b Which cartoon character’s catchphrase was “Shhh. Be vewy vewy quiet, I’m hunting wabbits”?
ELMER FUDD
3a The chemical symbol for Tungsten is W. What does the W stand for?
WOLFRAM
3b Which English King was buried in Reading Abbey - his tomb was destroyed when the monasteries were suppressed by Henry VIII?
HENRY 1
4a Where, in West Sussex, has the Royal International Horse Show been held since 1992?
HICKSTEAD
4b The cover of which band’s first album issued in 1969 featured an image of the Hindenburg airship?
LED ZEPPELIN

Round 3
1a Sgr is the IAU abbreviation for which constellation?
SAGITTARIUS
1b Who was the first female prime minister of Australia?
JULIA GILLARD
2a Which British Formula 1 driver was runner up in the world championship four times, between 1955 and 1958, but never won it?
STIRLING MOSS
2b Which 20th Century British composer’s works include “A Child of Our Time”, “The Midsummer Marriage” and “The Knot Garden”?
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
3a Which football club has won the FA Cup the most times, thirteen?
ARSENAL
3b The artist Hieronymus Bosch died in the first half of which century?
SIXTEENTH (1516)
4a According to the bible Abel was a keeper of which animals?
SHEEP
4b In pre-decimal currency how many farthings were there in a £?
960

Round 4
1a Which novelist created the fictional county of Barsetshire?
ANTHONY TROLLOPE
1b Complete the title of the 2005 film Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the _________.
SITH
2a Who became Vice-President, Global Affairs and Communications at Facebook in October 2018?
NICK CLEGG
2b In which north-west town would you find the Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum?
BURNLEY
3a Benjamin Britten composed the opera Death in Venice – but who wrote the novel on which it is based?
THOMAS MANN
3b Which order of chivalry was founded in 1687 by King James VII of Scotland?
THISTLE
4a Sodium persulfate is a compound of sodium, sulfur and which other element?
OXYGEN
4b Which shipping forecast area includes the Channel Islands?
PORTLAND

Round 5
1a Which novelist created the fictional South Riding of Yorkshire?
WINIFRED HOLTBY
1b Complete the title of the 2013 film The Hobbit: The Desolation of __________.
SMAUG
2a Sixtus Dominic Boniface Christopher born in July 2017 is the sixth child of which MP?
JACOB REES-MOGG
2b In which north-west town would you find Paradise Mill, a Silk Museum?
MACCLESFIELD
3a Carbon 14 has 6 protons. How many neutrons does it have?
8 (eight)
3b Which English Queen Consort is buried at Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire, the only English Queen to be buried in a parish church?
CATHERINE PARR
4a Which ground is regarded as the home of British Polo?
COWDRAY PARK
4b The cover of which band’s tenth studio album Animals issued in 1977 features a pig flying above Battersea Power Station?
PINK FLOYD

Round 6
1a Ailsa Craig, Gladstone White and Southport Red Globe are varieties of which vegetable?
ONION
1b The flag of which US state depicts a white pelican on a blue background, with the motto “Union Justice Confidence”?
LOUISIANA
2a Lloyd George Knew My Father is a 1972 play by which author, a younger brother of a 1960s Prime Minister?
WILLIAM DOUGLAS-HOME
2b Who voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and many other cartoon characters until his death in 1989?
MEL BLANC
3a Benjamin Britten composed the opera Billy Budd – but who wrote the novel on which it is based?
HERMAN MELVILLE
3b Which former athlete and Lord Lieutenant of the City of Belfast was named as a Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter in February?
MARY PETERS
4a What is the two-word name for the compound with formula used for cleaning wounds?
POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE KMnO4
4b Which shipping forecast area includes the Orkney and Shetland Islands?
FAIR ISLE

Round 7
1a Pollux is the brightest star in which constellation?
GEMINI
1b Which Prime Minister of Australia when a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University set a world record for drinking the equivalent of a yard of ale in 11 seconds?
BOB HAWKE
2a Who was the first British driver to win the Indianapolis 500 after the Second World War?
JIM CLARK
2b Which 20th Century British Composer’s works include sets of English, Scottish, Cornish and Welsh Dances, as well as the film score for The Bridge on the River Kwai?
SIR MALCOLM ARNOLD
3a Which player has most FA Cup winners medals, seven?
ASHLEY COLE
3b Which artist and sculptor was born in Castleford in 1898, the son of a coal miner?
HENRY MOORE
4a In the Bible after he murdered Abel in which land did Cain live?
NOD
4b One of the shortest lived British coins was the double florin produced from 1887 to 1890. How many shillings was it worth?
4

Round 8
1a In which Olympic Games (city or year) did Kelly Holmes win gold medals in both the 800 metres and 1500 metres?
ATHENS or 2004
1b Which member of Guns N’ Roses joined AC/DC in 2016?
AXL ROSE
2a Who is the head chef at “ Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons” near Oxford?
RAYMOND BLANC
2b In which year was the Battle of Spion Kop?
1900
3a In the motoring acronym SORN what does the S stand for ?
STATUTORY
3b Harare, capital of Zimbabwe was originally named after which Prime Minister?
(LORD) SALISBURY
4a In which Dickens novel would you find the characters Wilkins Micawber, Betsy Trotwood and Uriah Heep?
DAVID COPPERFIELD
4b Name the writer who has devised, and writes the scripts, for the television comedy Upstart Crow?
BEN ELTON

Spare Questions
1 Who was buried with a bottle of Jack Daniel’s, a pack of Camel cigarettes and a Zippo lighter and whose gravestone reads “The Best is Yet to Come”?
FRANK SINATRA
2 Which British hero lived at Cloud’s Hill in Dorset from 1923 until his death in 1935?
T E LAWRENCE
3 In the James Bond films, what does Q stand for?
QUARTERMASTER