Monday 9th March 2020
Set Ref – 61C25AMV - Correct as at August 2019

Round 1
1a Which British composer premiered the opera "The Minotaur" in 2008? HARRISON BIRTWHISTLE
1b Which playwright wrote the 1982 farce "Noises Off"? MICHAEL FRAYN
2a What is the modern name for the Roman town of Ratae? LEICESTER
2b Who invented the cotton gin in 1793? ELI WHITNEY
3a Who immediately preceded Peter Davison in the role of Dr Who? TOM BAKER
3b What is the points bonus in Scrabble for playing all seven tiles in a player's rack in one go? FIFTY
4a Who was appointed as Work and Pensions Secretary in Boris Johnston's first cabinet in July 2019? AMBER RUDD
4b Which band whose original line-up included Robert Fripp on guitar and Greg Lake on bass and vocals, supported the Rolling Stones at their Hyde Park concert in July 1969? KING CRIMSON

Round 2
1a What is the last book of the Old Testament? MALACHI
1b Carolina, Long Red and Ring of Fire are among the varieties of which type of chilli pepper? CAYENNE
2a Which composer collaborated with librettist Alan Lerner on musicals including "Paint Your Wagon", "My Fair Lady" and "Camelot"? FREDERICK LOEWE
2b Nicknamed "Old Grog", which admiral ordered the watering down of the rum ration in 1740? ADMIRAL VERNON
3a The present-day country of Cambodia was formerly known as what between 1975 to 1979? KAMPUCHEA
3b Which entrepreneur had on his school report "He will either go to prison or become a millionaire"? RICHARD BRANSON
4a Molly Hocking won which reality show in 2019? THE VOICE
4b Hans Geiger and Walther Muller co-devised a counter to measure which type of radioactivity? IONISING RADIATION

Round 3
1a Who wrote the play ‘Can't Pay, Won't Pay’ in 1974? DARIO FO
1b What is the state capital of the German Land of Saarland? SAARBRUCKEN
2a Who patented the first revolver in 1836? SAMUEL COLT
2b Which Australian tennis player was fined his full prize money of £45,000 at the 2019 Wimbledon Championship for lack of effort? BERNARD TOMIC
3a The letter "J" is worth how many points in both the English and Welsh versions of Scrabble? 8
3b Ada Colau, has been the mayor of which Spanish city since 2015? BARCELONA
4a In 2008 Rick Wright died, for which rock group did he play keyboards? PINK FLOYD
4b Which Shakespeare play is partly set in the Forest of Arden? AS YOU LIKE IT

Round 4
1a Which garden flower has varieties called Archduke Charles, Duchess de Brabant and Baronne Prevost? THE ROSE
1b The opera "King Priam" is by which English composer? MICHAEL TIPPETT
2a Which British Prime Minister had the nickname "Cock Robin"? ROBERT WALPOLE
2b What is the modern name for the Roman town of Danum? DONCASTER
3a What was the name of Freddie Laker's airline that carried its first passengers in 1977? LAKER AIRWAYS (accept Skytrain)
3b Which actor portrayed Doctor Who in the 2005 television revival? CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON
4a What did Bardeen, Shockley and Brattain invent in 1947, and for which they were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1956? TRANSISTOR
4b Who was appointed as Business Secretary in Boris Johnston's first cabinet in July 2019? ANDREA LEADSOM

Round 5
1a In which country will the 2023 IRB Rugby World Cup final be held? FRANCE
1b Designed by Edvard Eriksen, which bronze statue in Copenhagen is based on a Hans Christian Andersen character? THE LITTLE MERMAID
2a Which bird has sometimes been known as the colly (as in ‘four colly birds’)? BLACKBIRD
2b Who appeared a record 548 times as a panellist on Radio 4’s ‘Just A Minute’? CLEMENT FREUD
3a In which century did the Ostrogoths under the leadership of Totila sack Rome? 6TH CENTURY AD
3b Which author using the pen name, Robert Markham, wrote a James Bond book called "Colonel Sun", after the death of Ian Fleming? KINGSLEY AMIS
4a Which bird is on the emblem of the RSPB? AVOCET
4b The culinary term "Du Barry", indicates the presence of which vegetable? CAULIFLOWER

Round 6
1a Which Israeli actress played Wonder Woman in two films released in 2017? GAL GADOT
1b Which large city, home to the oldest university in Italy, is capital of the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna? BOLOGNA
2a What is the medical term for inflammation of the veins? PHLEBITIS
2b Which British woman reached the quarter-final of the 2019 US Open tennis championships where she lost to Ukrainian Elina Svitolina? JOHANNA KONTA
3a In ancient mythology the legendary hybrid beast the griffin has the head and wings of an eagle and the body of what? LION
3b Femke Halsema became which European city’s first elected female mayor in July 2018? AMSTERDAM
4a David Trimble and who else shared the 1998 Nobel Peace prize? JOHN HUME
4b Which of Shakespeare's plays is set in Illyria? TWELTH NIGHT

Round 7
1a What is the sixth book of the Old Testament? JOSHUA
1b Which is the only country to have won each of the Rugby World Cup finals they have played in, in 1995, 2007, and 2019? SOUTH AFRICA
2a Who wrote the music and lyrics for the musical "A Little Night Music" featuring the song "Send in the Clowns"? STEPHEN SONDHEIM
2b What is the more common name for the bird the landrail? CORNCRAKE
3a The Trucial States was the former name of which country? UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
3b In which century did Gallic tribes under the leadership of Brennus sack Rome? 4TH CENTURY BC
4a Which reality series returned to TV screens in 2018 after a 4-year gap and was won by Jake Quickenden? DANCING ON ICE
4b What charity was founded by Eglantyne Jebb in 1919 to relieve the effects of famine in Austria-Hungary? SAVE THE CHILDREN

Round 8
1a Of whom is there a statue in Dublin, known locally as "The Tart with a Cart"? MOLLY MALONE
1b Which actor played R2-D2 in the first six "Star Wars" films? KENNY BAKER
2a Who stood in for Nicholas Parsons in 2018 and again in 2019 as the chairman of the Radio 4 panel game "Just a Minute" for a total of three programmes? GYLES BRANDRETH
2b What is the medical term for indigestion? DYSPEPSIA
3a Who created Foyle’s War and Alex Rider and has written both Sherlock Holmes and James Bond novels? ANTHONY HOROWITZ
3b In classical mythology, which fire-breathing monster – with a body that was part lion, part goat and part dragon – was slain by Bellerophon? THE CHIMERA
4a If you saw the word ‘Saag’ on an Indian menu which vegetable would it signify? SPINACH
4b Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and who else shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize? YITZHAK RABIN

Spare Questions
1 Who wrote the 1983 TV drama "An Englishman Abroad" about Guy Burgess? ALAN BENNETT
2 In 1986, what was the name of the European data gathering spacecraft that intercepted the path of Halley's comet? GIOTTO
3 Which Musical won the Oscar for best picture in 1969? OLIVER!
4 Author Charles Hamilton, created "Billy Bunter", writing under which name? FRANK RICHARDS
5 Which city is known as the "Pearl of the Adriatic"? DUBROVNIK