Monday 2nd March 2020
Set Ref – 61B24AXQ - Correct as at October 2019

Round 1
1a Who was Prime Minister of Britain in 1800? WILLIAM PITT (THE YOUNGER)
1b Sable is the heraldic name for which colour? BLACK
2a Which is the most populous city in the US state of Maryland? BALTIMORE
2b In medicine nephritis is an inflammation of which organ of the body? KIDNEY
3a Which album by the Beatles was re-released this year and reached Number 1 in the UK album chart in October? ABBEY ROAD
3b Which city was the venue of the 2019 IAAF World Championships in September? DOHA
4a Which 1980s BBC TV soap opera was set on a North Sea ferry and ran for only three series? TRIANGLE
4b Who wrote the play Noises Off? MICHAEL FRAYN

Round 2
1a Which English composer, born of Swedish origin, wrote his most popular work, a seven-movement suite, during the First World War? GUSTAV HOLST
1b Up to 1999, at what ground did Wigan Athletic play their home matches ? SPRINGFIELD PARK
2a Who is the only Italian film maker to win a Best Director Academy Award - he died in 2018? BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI
2b Complete the tile of the novel by Agatha Christie - 4.50 from _______. PADDINGTON
3a What word describes a person who is native to, or grew up, in Dundee? DUNDONIAN
3b The GDPR came into effect on 25th May 2018. For what does the P stand? PROTECTION (GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION)
4a What historic event was recorded in the 1955 book A Night to Remember by Walter Lord? TITANIC DISASTER
4b What colour cap is used in UK supermarkets to denote bottles of skimmed milk? RED

Round 3
1a The three peaks of Mount Triglav, the highest point in the former Yugoslavia, appear on the flag of which country? SLOVENIA
1b In 1909 the German Ferdinand Braun shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with which Italian? GUGLIELMO MARCONI
2a Austria, Finland, Ghana, Ireland and Spain all joined the United Nations in which decade? 1950s
2b On a ship, what term can be defined as ‘the raised part of the hull at the stern’? THE POOP
3a What other name is given to the European Recovery Program drawn up during Truman’s Presidency? MARSHALL PLAN
3b Which chemical element is named after the Greek goddess of the rainbow? IRIDIUM
4a What is the name of the large freshwater lake which supplies 40% of Northern Ireland’s water? LOUGH NEAGH
4b What type of bridge can be defined as ‘a light, easily constructed temporary bridge, made of steel lattice girders supporting a deck of prefabricated panels’? BAILEY

Round 4
1a Which long running advertising slogan was first used in the 1950s by the Egg Marketing Board - it featured in TV advertisements starring Tony Hancock? GO TO WORK ON AN EGG
1b Who completed his painting The Derby Day in 1858? WILLIAM POWELL FRITH
2a In music, what term might be described as ‘a tuneful, melancholic piece of music – a night-piece’? NOCTURNE
2b Which Sydney-born tennis player won numerous Doubles titles with his partner Lew Hoad, and had a very successful singles career, though he never won the Wimbledon Singles championship? KEN ROSEWALL
3a Who presents the long-running Radio Four chat show Loose Ends? CLIVE ANDERSON
3b In 1970 which cricket-loving lyricist wrote the lines “Prove to me that you’re no fool – walk across my swimming pool”? TIM RICE
4a Which composer’s first symphony was nicknamed Beethoven’s Tenth by the conductor Hans von Bülow? JOHANNES BRAHMS
4b Which county cricket club won the Second Division of the County Championship in 2019? LANCASHIRE

Round 5
1a By the end of the nineteenth century Dundee was famous for its three `Js`. Jam and jute are two, what is the third? JOURNALISM
1b The ICJ is based in The Hague. For what does the J stand? JUSTICE (INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE)
2a What historic event was recorded in Walter Lord’s 1957 book Day of Infamy? (ATTACK ON) PEARL HARBOR
2b What flavour jam is used to hold together the various components of a Battenberg cake, and also a Sachertorte? APRICOT
3a The familiar tune to the Christmas carol “In The Bleak Midwinter” was composed by Gustav Holst. Who wrote the words? CHRISTINA ROSSETTI
3b Which rugby league club played home matches at Watersheddings until 1997? OLDHAM
4a Which Italian-born American won three Best Director Academy Awards; they were in 1934,1936, and 1938? FRANK CAPRA
4b Complete the name of Hercule Poirot’s secretary - Miss Felicity _____. LEMON

Round 6
1a Who devised, and still presents, the long-running Radio Four quiz show Quote… Unquote? NIGEL REES
1b Which journalist, cricket commentator and wine lover wrote the harvest hymn “God Whose Farm Is All Creation”? JOHN ARLOTT
2a Whose Symphony Number 13 is subtitled Babi Yar? DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
2b Who scored most runs for England in the 2019 Ashes test matches? BEN STOKES
3a Which Asian country’s flag resembles that of the USA, with fourteen red and white stripes? MALAYSIA
3b In 1903 Pierre and Marie Curie shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with which Frenchman? HENRI BECQUEREL
4a Angola, Bangladesh, Mozambique, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam all joined the United Nations in which decade? 1970s
4b On a ship, what exactly is meant to pass through the ‘hawse-pipe’? ANCHOR CABLE (or CHAIN)

Round 7
1a Which US Presidential candidate said in 1912 “I feel as strong as a Bull Moose”? THEODORE ROOSEVELT
1b Which chemical element is named after the daughter of King Tantalus from Greek mythology? NIOBIUM
2a Llyn Tegid is the largest lake in Wales. How is this lake known in English? LAKE BALA
2b What type of bridge can be defined as ‘a movable bridge with an arm or arms that are raised or lowered like a hinge by means of a counterweight’? BASCULE
3a In the 1980s advert by the Milk Marketing Board one Liverpool fan says ‘Accrington Stanley – who are they?’. What does the other one reply? EXACTLY
3b Whose painting Charles I at the Hunt is in the Louvre in Paris? ANTHONY VAN DYCK
4a In music, what term might be described as ‘a lively unsentimental piece of music – a jest’? SCHERZO
4b Which Scunthorpe-born golfer won the Open at Royal Lytham in 1969 and the US Open the following year? TONY JACKLIN

Round 8
1a Which drummer with Cream and Blind Faith died in October aged 80? GINGER BAKER
1b What nationality is Eliud Kipchoge who ran the first sub-two hour marathon in Vienna this month, although it was not an official race? KENYAN
2a Which 1990s BBC TV soap opera was set on a Spanish Costa and ran for only one year? ELDORADO
2b Who wrote the play The Winslow Boy? TERENCE RATTIGAN
3a Who was Prime Minister of Britain in 1900? MARQUESS OF (or LORD) SALISBURY (accept ROBERT GASCOYNE-CECIL)
3b Gules is the heraldic name for which colour? RED
4a Which is the most southerly state of the USA? HAWAII
4b In medicine gastritis is an inflammation of which organ of the body? STOMACH

Spare Questions
1 Which archaeologist discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1923? HOWARD CARTER
2 The inhabitants of which South Atlantic islands were evacuated in 1961 due to a volcanic eruption? TRISTAN DA CUNHA
3 What pen name does J K Rowling use in her Cormoran Strike detective novels? ROBERT GALBRAITH