Monday 6th December 2021

Ormskirk Set Four - Correct as at July 2021

Round 1
1a In which 1942 film was the line “round up the usual suspects”?
CASABLANCA
1b By what German name is Serenade number 13 for strings in G major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart known?
EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK
2a Which artist appears on the new £20 note issued in 2020?
J M W TURNER
2b In The Chronicles of Narnia what is the Dawn Treader?
A SHIP
3a The gemstone emerald is a variety of which mineral?
BERYL
3b Which Cardinal was the first English person since the 17th century to be recognised as a saint when he was canonised in October 2019?
CARDINAL JOHN HENRY NEWMAN
4a Cricketers Darren Sammy, Jason Holder and Kraigg Brathwaite have been recent test match captains of which team?
WEST INDIES
4b Charnwood Forest Regional Park is in which English county?
LEICESTERSHIRE

Round 2
1a The English artist Donald McGill famously designed which items?
(SAUCY SEASIDE) POSTCARDS
1b Which 1989 rock song features the lyrics “Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny Ray”?
WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE
2a The character whose full name was Eurydice Colette Clytemnestra Dido Bathsheba Rabelais Patricia Cocteau Stone appeared in which TV sitcom?
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS
2b Rupert of Hentzau is the sequel to which 1894 novel?
THE PRISONER OF ZENDA
3a What is the name of the ninth fence jumped in the Grand National?
VALENTINE’S BROOK
3b Which of the United Arab Emirates is first when they are listed alphabetically?
ABU DHABI
4a Highland Cream Scotch whisky is produced under which brand name?
TEACHER’S
4b Who was US President at the time of the Titanic disaster?
WILLIAM H TAFT

Round 3
1a Where in the body is the enzyme pepsin released?
STOMACH
1b Which English king married Eleanor of Provence?
HENRY III
2a Which Swiss tennis player won five Grand Slam Doubles titles in 2015, partnering Indians Sania Mirza and Leander Paes?
MARTINA HINGIS
2b In which country is Roskilde the largest city by population in the region of Zealand?
DENMARK
3a Which architect presents The Restoration Man on Channel 4?
GEORGE CLARKE
3b Harry Bosch is a detective in crime novels by which author?
MICHAEL CONNELLY
4a Which female first name connects a moon of Uranus discovered in 2003, Hero's serving woman in Much Ado About Nothing and the first female Cabinet minister in the UK as Minister of Labour from 1929 to 1931?
MARGARET
4b Which song by Geri Halliwell, also a Number Two hit by the Weather Girls in 1984, debuted at Number One in 2001?
IT’S RAINING MEN

Round 4
1a Who captained the England football squad during the 1986 FIFA World Cup?
BRYAN ROBSON
1b In 1985 Jack Lang, French Minister of Culture and his Greek counterpart came up with the idea for capitals of culture. Which actress and singer was the Greek Culture and Sports Minister?
MELINA MERCOURI
2a In Greek Myth the island of Atlantis was founded by Poseidon who then made which of his sons it's first King?
ATLAS
2b The Battle of Malplaquet was part of which greater conflict?
WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION
3a Which car manufacturer makes the Leaf and Navara models?
NISSAN
3b Which word beginning with ‘c’ is an alternative name for the double bassoon?
CONTRABASSOON
4a Who plays the part of Bernie Taupin in the 2019 film Rocketman?
JAMIE BELL
4b Who did Ian Hislop succeed as Editor of Private Eye in 1986?
RICHARD INGRAMS

Round 5
1a Who captained the England football squad during the 1998 FIFA World Cup?
ALAN SHEARER
1b Two UK cities have been European Capitals of Culture, Liverpool in 2008 and which other in 1990?
GLASGOW
2a In Greek Myth who was the founder and first King of Thebes?
CADMUS
2b The Battle of the Greasy Grass is the Lakota Indian name for which armed engagement in 1876?
BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN (accept CUSTER'S LAST STAND)
3a Which car manufacturer makes the Amarok and Arteon models?
VOLKSWAGEN
3b Which brass instrument in the tuba family is named after an American composer and conductor (1854-1932)?
SOUSAPHONE
4a In which 2016 sports comedy-drama film did Taron Egerton play the title character who finished last in his two Olympic events?
EDDIE THE EAGLE
4b Fraser Nelson is Editor of which British weekly magazine on politics, culture and current affairs?
THE SPECTATOR

Round 6
1a Where in the body are red blood cells, most white blood cells and platelets produced?
BONE MARROW
1b Which English king married Isabella of France?
EDWARD II
2a Which country did Great Britain beat 3-1 in the Final of the 2015 Davis Cup when Andy Murray beat David Goffin in the last match?
BELGIUM
2b Bornholm, a Danish island, to the east of the rest of Denmark lies in which body of water?
BALTIC SEA
3a Historian and broadcaster, David Olusoga has presented three TV series on histories of specific houses A House Through Time. In which city was the 2020 series set?
BRISTOL
3b Which author invented the character C Auguste Dupin who investigates murders in three novels set in the 1840s?
EDGAR ALLAN POE
4a Which female first name connects a judge in the Bible, an actress in the 1956 film The King and I and a Dragon on Dragon's Den on TV ?
DEBORAH
4b Which band topped the Album charts in 1972 with Fog on the Tyne?
LINDISFARNE

Round 7
1a Which eponymous manufacturing and retail company was founded in Kansas in 1910 by Joyce Hall?
HALLMARK
1b Which 1975 rock song and album with the same name features the lyrics “Do you remember your President Nixon, do you remember the bills you have to pay”?
YOUNG AMERICANS
2a Who played the character Camilla "Chummy" Fortescue- Cholmondeley-Browne in the first four series of Call The Midwife?
MIRANDA HART
2b In which post in a 1886 Thomas Hardy novel does Donald Farfrae succeed Michael Henchard?
MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE
3a In horse racing what is a Handicap race for 2 year olds called?
NURSERY HANDICAP
3b The UAE is a member of the GCC. For what does the G stand in _______ Cooperation Council?
GULF
4a Which single malt Scotch whisky whose name means ‘valley of the deer’ in Scottish Gaelic has a stag as its logo?
GLENFIDDICH
4b Which post did William H Taft hold between 1921 and 1930, the only person to hold this post and US President?
CHIEF JUSTICE

Round 8
1a In which 1949 film was the line “made it, ma! Top of the world”?
WHITE HEAT
1b In The Chronicles of Narnia what is the family name of Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy?
PEVENSIE
2a Which computer scientist appears on the reverse of the new £50 note issued in June this year?
ALAN TURING
2b The title of which Mozart opera translates into English as ‘All Women Do It’ or ‘Women are Like That’?
COSI FAN TUTTE
3a The gemstone ruby is a variety of which mineral?
CORUNDUM (accept ALUMINIUM OXIDE)
3b Two previous Popes were canonised by Pope Francis in 2014. Name either.
JOHN 23rd or JOHN PAUL 2nd
4a Between 1999 and 2008 three England cricketers took a hat-trick in a test match - all born in Yorkshire. Name one.
DARREN GOUGH or MATTHEW HOGGARD or RYAN SIDEBOTTOM
4b Whinlatter Forest is in which English National Park?
LAKE DISTRICT

Spare Questions
1 What is the name of the gardens owned by the National Trust in the borough of Conwy famous for its magnolias and rhododendrons and the longest laburnum arch in the UK?
BODNANT GARDENS
2 John Cobb was killed while attempting a world water speed record in 1952 on which body of water in Scotland?
LOCH NESS
3 The pound is the unit of currency of Sudan, South Sudan and which other African country?
EGYPT