Tuesday 25th February 2020
Set Ref – 61B23BWW - Correct as at September 2019

Round 1
1a 1963 was the year of the Kennedy assassination, but in which month?
NOVEMBER
1b Which river flows through the city of Durham?
WEAR
2a Whose 1849 painting Isabella is in the Walker Art Gallery?
JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS
2b The mineral pyrite is a sulfide of which metal?
IRON
3a Which architect designed the Imperial War Museum North?
DANIEL LIBESKIND
3b The TV series Death in Paradise is filmed on which island?
GUADELOUPE
4a The song “La Donna è Mobile” comes from which Verdi opera ?
RIGOLETTO
4b In which city will the summer Olympics be held in 2024?
PARIS

Round 2
1a John Sampson is the best friend and partner of which detective created by James Patterson?
ALEX CROSS
1b What is the name of the chemical bond in which one or more pairs of electrons are shared by two atoms?
COVALENT BOND (accept MOLECULAR BOND)
2a To within one year either side how long in whole years was the reign of Elizabeth the first?
44 YEARS (accept 43 or 45)
2b Australia and New Zealand both have the Southern Cross on their national flags. Name one of the other two Commonwealth countries that also have the Southern Cross on their national flags.
SAMOA or PAPUA NEW GUINEA
3a Chris Riddell, Lauren Child and currently Cressida Cowell are the three most recent holders of which post, which has a two-year term?
CHILDREN’S LAUREATE
3b Tanqueray gin is a brand produced by which drinks company ?
DIAGEO
4a Fought in the summer of 1943 and involving over 8 000 German and Soviet tanks, what was the world’s biggest tank battle?
KURSK
4b In which decade was Cardiff named as the capital of Wales?
1950s (1955)

Round 3
1a According to Jewish folklore what was the name of Adam’s first wife?
LILITH
1b Paul Ford played which character in the Bilko series (The Phil Silvers Show)?
COLONEL HALL
2a The Frank Loesser musical Guys and Dolls is based on characters created by whom?
DAMON RUNYON
2b Name either of the English football clubs managed by Sven-Göran Eriksson.
LEICESTER CITY or MANCHESTER CITY
3a Joseph Simmons and Daryl McDaniels were the founder members in New York in 1983 of which early hip hop group?
RUN-DMC
3b Haitian Leonard François is the father and current coach of which two time Grand Slam winning tennis player?
NAOMI OSAKA
4a What do we call the sign of the zodiac known in French as verseau?
AQUARIUS
4b Who wrote the original story upon which Alfred Hitchcock’s film The Birds was based?
DAPHNE DU MAURIER

Round 4
1a Which Austrian singer sang “Rock Me Amadeus”?
FALCO
1b Six of the winners of the Women’s British Open Golf Championship this century are from which country?
SOUTH KOREA
2a In the acronym of the trade union ASLEF for what does the F stand?
FIREMEN
2b Charlton Heston played the title role in a 1959 film; Jack Huston did so in a 2016 remake. Which film?
BEN-HUR
3a Offa was an eighth century king of which Anglo Saxon kingdom?
MERCIA
3b Which island off south east China was once called Formosa ?
TAIWAN
4a What was the actual name of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice?
ANTONIO
4b What is added to Jägermeister to make a Jägerbomb?
RED BULL

Round 5
1a Which Belgian singer had a 1978 hit with "Ça plane pour moi"?
PLASTIC BERTRAND
1b This jockey rode six times in the Grand National. She achieved the highest finish by a female jockey when Seabass finished third in 2012. Who is she?
KATIE WALSH
2a Until it changed its name in 2018, SCP was the acronym of the chiropodists trade union. For what did the P stand?
PODIATRISTS
2b Sissy Spacek played the title role in a 1976 film; Chloë Grace Moretz did so in a 2013 remake. Which film?
CARRIE
3a St Edmund, also known as Edmund the Martyr, was king of which Anglo-Saxon Kingdom?
EAST ANGLIA
3b Which island lies two miles off the tip of the Llyn Peninsula in North Wales?
BARDSEY
4a Although she is an unseen character, Rosaline is the first love of which Shakespearean character?
ROMEO
4b What is added to gin to make a Dry Martini?
VERMOUTH

Round 6
1a James Patterson’s 2018 thriller The President is Missing was co-authored with whom?
BILL CLINTON
1b What is the name of the chemical bond in which one or more electrons from one atom are removed and attached to another atom?
IONIC BOND
2a Give any year in which England was ruled as a Protectorate.
1653 TO 1659
2b The flag of the Isle of Man features a triskellion on a background of what colour?
RED
3a Which Danish euro dance group had a big 1997 hit with “Barbie Girl”?
AQUA
3b Australian Ash Barty played which sport professionally during a break from tennis between 2014 and 2016?
CRICKET
4a What do we call the sign of the zodiac known in German as jungfrau?
VIRGO
4b Who composed the music for the film Blade Runner?
VANGELIS

Round 7
1a What was the name of the angel who directed Joseph Smith to discover the Book of Mormon?
MORONI
1b In the cartoon TV series, what is the name of Captain Pugwash’s enemy, the captain of the Flying Dustman?
CUT-THROAT JAKE
2a George Washington and King George III are roles in which 2015 musical?
HAMILTON
2b Who was the last manager of Manchester United before Alex Ferguson?
RON ATKINSON
3a The post of Children’s Laureate, created in 1999, resulted from a conversation between Michael Morpurgo and which Poet Laureate?
TED HUGHES
3b In which country did Absolut Vodka originate?
SWEDEN
4a Fought in October 1944 in the Philippines, what was the biggest naval battle of World War Two?
LEYTE GULF
4b The name of which European capital city translates into English as Smoke Cove, Bay of Smoke or Smoky Bay?
REYKJAVIK

Round 8
1a 1969 was the year, but in which month did Neil Armstrong walk on the Moon?
JULY
1b At which lock does the Manchester Ship Canal join the River Mersey?
EASTHAM
2a Whose 1893 painting Break-up of the ice on the Seine near Bennecourt is in the Walker Art Gallery?
CLAUDE MONET
2b Malachite is an ore of which metal ?
COPPER
3a Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was the last architect-director of which art school between 1930 and 1933 when it closed?
BAUHAUS
3b Which castle was used for the filming of the TV series Downton Abbey?
HIGHCLERE CASTLE
4a Who was the Russian composer of the operas The Maid of Pskov and The Golden Cockerel ?
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
4b In which city will the 2022 Winter Olympics be held?
BEIJING

Spare Questions
1 Which town or city is the setting for the Channel 4 drama No Offence?
MANCHESTER
2 Which city is served by El Prat Airport?
BARCELONA
3 Which tree produces the Pecan nut?
HICKORY TREE