Monday 8th November 2021

Ormskirk Set Two - Correct as at July 2021

Round 1
1a The pasta Conchigliette gets its name from the Italian for what?
(LITTLE) SHELLS
1b Who was the mother of King Richard I and King John?
ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE
2a What is the country of birth of Elon Musk?
SOUTH AFRICA
2b Which canal runs from Inverness to Fort William?
CALEDONIAN CANAL
3a Which composer born in Hamburg in 1809 died in Leipzig in 1847?
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
3b Which Shakespeare play could be described as “The exile of brothers, dukes, fathers, daughters, cousins and clowns to the benign bubble of the Forest of Arden leads to disguise, gender-bending and finally happy marriages”?
AS YOU LIKE IT
4a Joanna Page and Matthew Horne played the title characters in which TV sitcom?
GAVIN AND STACEY
4b Six former Manchester United footballers each own 10% of Salford City FC. Who is the most recent to purchase his share, in January 2019?
DAVID BECKHAM

Round 2
1a Which rock band formed in California in 1987 has members Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt?
GREEN DAY
1b Guy Montag is the main character in which 1953 dystopian novel?
FAHRENHEIT 451
2a Who played the title role in the 2012 film Lincoln?
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS
2b Which horse race has been sponsored by Ever Ready (1984-1994), Vodafone (1995-2008), Investec (2009-2020) and now Cazoo?
THE DERBY
3a By what two-word name was the extinct carnivorous marsupial the thylacine known?
TASMANIAN TIGER
3bAt the 2017 General Election, which Lib Dem MP lost his seat in the constituency of Sheffield Hallam?
NICK CLEGG
4a In the Bible which Israelite King is visited by the Queen of Sheba?
SOLOMON
4b Two European Islands have the symbol of the trinacria (triskellion) on their flags. One island is the Isle of Man, which is the other island?
SICILY

Round 3
1a Who painted Peter Getting out of Nick’s Pool?
DAVID HOCKNEY
1b In which country is the most westerly point of mainland Africa?
SENEGAL
2a What nickname was given to the Tupolev TU144?
CONCORDSKI
2b In WWI who was commander of the British fleet at the Battle of Jutland in 1916?
ADMIRAL JELLICOE
3a The fictional country of Freedonia is in which Marx Brothers film ?
DUCK SOUP
3b Sports presenter Kelly Cates is the daughter of which retired Scottish sportsman?
KENNY DALGLISH
4a Who topped the UK singles chart for 7 weeks in 1995 with Unchained Melody?
ROBSON (GREEN) & JEROME (FLYNN)
4b The US cartoonist Bill Watterson created which daily comic strip which ran from 1985 to 1995 about a boy and his toy animal?
CALVIN AND HOBBES

Round 4
1a Which title was won by Eva Rueber-Staier from Austria in 1969 and Wilnelia Merced from Puerto Rico in 1975?
MISS WORLD
1b Which company was founded in 1947 by Rudolf Dassler as a rival to his brother Adolf’s company Adidas?
PUMA (accept original name RUDA)
2a Which Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical is based on a 1950 Billy Wilder film starring William Holden and Gloria Swanson?
SUNSET BOULEVARD
2b Which book by Anna Burns won the 2018 Booker Prize?
MILKMAN
3a Which planet in the solar system has an equatorial diameter closest to that of the earth?
VENUS
3bWindhoek is the capital of which African country?
NAMIBIA
4a In which UK city or town would you find the main campus of the University of Abertay?
DUNDEE
4b Andrew Bonar Law was Prime Minster during the reign of which monarch?
GEORGE V

Round 5
1a Rosanna Davison from Ireland won Miss World in 2003. Who is her father?
CHRIS DE BURGH
1b Which company was founded by Hans Riegel in Bonn in 1920?
HARIBO
2a The musical Beautiful, which has run in New York and London, features the music of which singer, pianist and songwriter?
CAROLE KING
2b Which book by Donna Tartt won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
THE GOLDFINCH
3a The stars Merak and Dubhe, in Ursa Major, are known by what name?
THE POINTERS
3b Lilongwe is the capital of which African country?
MALAWI
4a The University of South Wales was formed in 2013 by the merger of the University of Wales, Newport with which other University?
GLAMORGAN
4b Who was Prime Minister at the accession of King George VI?
STANLEY BALDWIN

Round 6
1a Which French artist was possibly best known for his works such as Luncheon on the Grass and Olympia?
EDOUARD MANET
1b In which state is the most easterly point of mainland USA?
MAINE
2a What form of transport was an SRN4?
HOVERCRAFT
2b Under whose leadership did Mafeking withstand its famous siege during the Second Boer War?
ROBERT BADEN POWELL
3a The fictional country of Tomania is in which Charlie Chaplin film ?
THE GREAT DICTATOR
3b Sports presenter Gabby Logan is the daughter of which retired Welsh sportsman?
TERRY YORATH
4a What Makes You Beautiful and Little Things were UK number 1 hits for which boy band in 2011 and 2012 respectively?
ONE DIRECTION
4b What is the surname of Lucy, Linus and Rerun in the Peanuts comic strip?
VAN PELT

Round 7
1a Complete the name of the rock band formed in South Carolina in 1986 - Hootie and the ___________.
BLOWFISH
1b Bernard Marx is the main character in which 1931 dystopian novel?
BRAVE NEW WORLD
2a Rod Steiger, Herbert Lom, Marlon Brando and Ian Holm have all played which historical character on film?
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
2b Who has trained the winner of the Derby eight times this century?
AIDAN O’BRIEN
3a Which two-word member of the cat family native to central and south Asia is also known as the ounce?
SNOW LEOPARD
3b Who was MP for Orkney and Shetland from 1950 to 1983 leading his party for over 10 of those years?
JO GRIMOND
4a In the Bible which member of the Tribe of Benjamin was appointed King of Israel by Samuel?
SAUL
4b Which European national flag has the former royal arms of the country displayed on an armillary sphere – an early navigational tool?
PORTUGAL

Round 8
1a The pasta Orecchiette gets its name from the Italian for what?
(LITTLE) EARS
1b Who succeeded Edward III on the English throne?
RICHARD II
2a Physicist and broadcaster Jim Al-Khalili was born in which country?
IRAQ
2b In which country is the Albert Canal?
BELGIUM
3a What is the English title of Mendelssohn’s series of piano pieces Lieder ohne worte?
SONGS WITHOUT WORDS
3b Which Shakespearean titular character says “Give me another horse. Bind up my wounds.”
RICHARD III
4a John Thomson and Fay Ripley played husband and wife Pete and Jenny Gifford in which TV comedy-drama series?
COLD FEET
4b Which actor owns 37.5% of South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Club?
RUSSELL CROWE

Spare Questions
1 In Russian cuisine what sort of food are blini ?
PANCAKES
2 Which school on TV was originally set in Rochdale and then moved to Greenock ?
WATERLOO ROAD
3 Which British bird has the species Grey and Red-Legged ?
PARTRIDGE