Monday 16th September 2019
Set Ref: 61C03AVW. Answers correct as at April 2019

Round 1
1a In Norse myth what plant caused the death of Baldur? MISTLETOE
1b Rubella is the medical name for which disease? GERMAN MEASLES
2a Three countries have Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines; Spain and Morocco are two; what’s the third? FRANCE
2b Give a year in the reign of Richard I. 1189 - 1199
3a Which football club, promoted to the Football League in 2017, became the word’s first vegan club in 2015? FOREST GREEN ROVERS
3b Which poet wrote the works, Paul Revere’s Ride, The Village Blacksmith and The Wreck of the Hesperus? HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
4a Who directed the 1994 film Pulp Fiction? QUENTIN TARANTINO
4b The song “I Dreamed a Dream” comes from which musical? LES MISÉRABLES

Round 2
1a The names of two US states end in a double vowel; one is Tennessee. What is the other? HAWAII
1b Name any of the three living former Mayors of New York City. DAVID DINKINS,
RUDY GIULIANI or MICHAEL BLOOMBERG
2a The test for successful Artificial Intelligence that depends on a human being not being able to tell that he or she is communicating with a computer is named after which British scientist? ALAN TURING (THE TURING TEST)
2b In which country is the wine-making region of Yarra Valley? AUSTRALIA
3a Which city’s airport is named after composer Ferenc Liszt? BUDAPEST
3b In which decade was the Great Lisbon Earthquake, referred to in Voltaire’s Candide? 1750s (1755)
4a Which drug is named after the Greek god of dreams? MORPHINE
4b Who produced a series of etchings The Disasters of War in the early 19th Century? FRANCISCO GOYA

Round 3
1a Complete the name of the American baseball team the Arizona ___________. DIAMONDBACKS
1b Which Dickens novel opens on a hot day in Marseille? LITTLE DORRIT
2a Which film of 1945 was filmed largely at Carnforth Station in Lancashire?
BRIEF ENCOUNTER
2b In Rimsky-Korsakov’s ‘Scheherazade’ which solo instrument represents the eponymous storyteller? VIOLIN
3a The BBC sitcom Cuckoo is based in which cathedral city in Staffordshire? LICHFIELD
3b Martin, Takamine and Taylor are quality manufacturers of what? (ACOUSTIC) GUITARS
4a Which golfer has most wins in the U S Masters? JACK NICKLAUS
4b Lord Fancourt Babberley is persuaded to impersonate which relative of one of his friends in a farce by Brandon Thomas? (CHARLEY’S) AUNT

Round 4
1a Who played Elizabeth II in the first two series of The Crown released on Netflix? CLAIRE FOY
1b ‘Money on my mind’ and ‘Stay with me’ are 2 of the 6 UK Number 1 singles by which British artist? SAM SMITH
2a In 1987 which Moroccan was the first athlete to run under 13 minutes in the 5000m? SAÏD AOUITA
2b What obscures most of the face of the subject of the painting The Son of Man by René Magritte? APPLE
3a Which British mammal has the Latin name Cervus Elaphus? RED DEER
3b Which genus of flower is also known by the names “Belladonna Lily” and “Naked Ladies”? AMARYLLIS
4a When travelling by rail from London to Norwich from which station would you depart? LIVERPOOL STREET
4b At which battle of 48 BC did Julius Caesar decisively defeat Pompey the Great? PHARSALUS

Round 5
1a Which Channel 4 late night talk show is hosted by Australian Adam Hills? THE LAST LEG
1b If a 6 string guitar is in standard tuning, to what note is the lowest string tuned? E
2a Which jockey has won The Derby the most times? LESTER PIGGOTT
2b Which farce set in Paris in the 1960s revolves around Bernard who has three airline stewardesses all engaged to him without knowing each other? BOEING-BOEING
3a Which Prime Minister is played by Rufus Sewell in the first two series of ITV’s production of Victoria? VISCOUNT (or LORD) MELBOURNE
3b What is the title of the song which in July 2018 became the only song to reach Number 1 in the UK 4 times with the same line up of artists? THREE LIONS (by DAVID BADDIEL, FRANK SKINNER and THE LIGHTNING SEEDS
4a In 1975 which New Zealand athlete was the first to run a mile in under 3:50? JOHN WALKER
4b What juts out of the fireplace in the painting Time Transfixed by René Magritte? STEAM LOCOMOTIVE

Round 6
1a Which city’s airport is named after composer Frederic Chopin? WARSAW
1b In which decade was the volcanic eruption on Krakatoa which affected weather worldwide? 1880s (1883)
2a What is the most common street name of the illegal drug MDMA? ECSTASY
2b Who painted the 1830 canvas Liberty Leading the People? EUGÈNE DELACROIX
3a Three US states have 4 letters. Which is the first alphabetically? IOWA
3b Name either of the living former Secretaries-General of the United Nations. JAVIER PÉREZ
DE CUÉLLAR or BAN KI-MOON
4a In computing 8 bits equal 1 byte, but what common name is given to 4 bits, half of a byte? A NIBBLE
4b In which country is the wine-making region of Neuchatel? SWITZERLAND

Round 7
1a What creature is Adler in German and Aetos in Greek? EAGLE
1b Which genus of flowering plant is also known by the name “Baby’s Breath”?
GYPSOPHILA
2a When travelling by rail from London to Bath from which station would you depart? PADDINGTON
2b In which battle of 42 BC did the forces of Octavian and Mark Antony defeat the army of Brutus and Cassius? PHILIPPI
3a Complete the name of the US baseball team the Atlanta _________. BRAVES
3b In which Dickens novel does part of the action take place in the USA? MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
4a Which 1948 Ealing comedy includes the line: ‘Blimey, I’m a foreigner’? PASSPORT TO PIMLICO
4b In Berlioz’s Harold in Italy, written for Paganini’s alternative instrument, which solo instrument represents the title character? VIOLA

Round 8
1a Bescot Stadium which changed its name in 2007 to Banks’s Stadium is the home ground of which Football League club? WALSALL
1b Which playwright wrote the plays, The Man Who Had All The Luck, After the Fall and A View From the Bridge? ARTHUR MILLER
2a Who directed the 1990 film Goodfellas? MARTIN SCORCESE
2b The song “Cell Block Tango” comes from which musical? CHICAGO
3a In Greek myth who kills Hector? ACHILLES
3b Which part of the body is affected by the complaint blepharitis? THE EYELID
4a Only one country has a coastline on the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Which one? RUSSIA
4b Give a year in the reign of Henry V. 1413 - 1422

Spare Questions
1 The 2004 film The Calcium Kid centres on which sport? BOXING
2 Which is the largest city by population in Saudi Arabia behind Riyadh? JEDDAH
3 Ferry services operate across the River Wyre from Fleetwood to where? KNOTT END