Monday 22nd November 2021

Ormskirk Set Three - Correct as at July 2021

Round 1
1a King Louis XIV of France was a member of which Royal House?
BOURBON
1b The flag of which province of Canada is a blue saltire on a white background with a shield at the centre?
NOVA SCOTIA
2a Magnetite is one of the main ores of which metal?
IRON
2b Which former President of France died in September 2019?
JACQUES CHIRAC
3a Who scored England’s first test cricket century on his debut in 1880?
W G GRACE
3b Ken Dodd had four top ten hit singles of which Tears reached number one. Name any of the other three.
LOVE IS LIKE A VIOLIN, or PROMISES or THE RIVER
4a Who plays Queen Elizabeth II in the third and fourth series of The Crown?
OLIVIA COLMAN
4b In the books by Henning Mankel what is Wallander’s first name?
KURT

Round 2
1a The Night Watch by Rembrandt can be seen in which gallery/museum?
RIJKSMUSEUM
1b Merlyn Lowther, Victoria Cleland and currently Sarah John are the first three female holders of which post at the Bank of England?
CHIEF CASHIER
2aEnver Hoxha was head of state of which country from 1944 until 1985?
ALBANIA
2b At 6.58 km2 which is the largest of the Scilly Isles?
ST MARY’S
3a The antepenultimate book of the New Testament is the third Epistle of whom?
JOHN
3b Which planet has a moon called Belinda?
URANUS
4a Who was the command pilot of Gemini 8 in 1966?
NEIL ARMSTRONG
4bWhich river flows through Todmorden and Hebden Bridge before joining the River Aire near Castleford?
CALDER

Round 3
1a Three golfers from Spain have won the US Masters - Severiano Ballesteros, Sergio Garcia and which other?
JOSÉ MARÍA OLAZÁBAL
1b Malena Ernman represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009. Who is her daughter born in 2003?
GRETA THUNBERG
2a Who plays marine biologist Matt Hooper in the 1975 film Jaws?
RICHARD DREYFUSS
2b Which 1949 play features the Loman family?
DEATH OF A SALESMAN
3a Which Doctor Who actor came next Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, ______?
PETER DAVISON
3b What is the title of the novel by Jean Rhys which tells of the first wife of Mr Rochester from Jane Eyre?
WIDE SARGASSO SEA
4a Which nation’s women’s football team are known as Banyana Banyana?
SOUTH AFRICA
4b Who composed the song cycle Kindertotenlieder between 1901 and 1904?
GUSTAV MAHLER

Round 4
1a Who plays the title character in the 2019 film Joker?
JOAQUIN PHOENIX
1b How many lines are there in a sonnet?
FOURTEEN
2a The Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics took place during the medal ceremony for which event?
(MEN’S) 200 METRES
2b What is the family name of musician brothers Wynton (trumpeter), Branford (saxophonist), Jason (drummer) and Delfeayo (trombonist)?
MARSALIS
3a Which future President of the USA was Governor of New York state between 1929 and 1932?
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
3b Which is the largest state of India by area?
RAJASTHAN
4a
The short-beaked is the only species of echidna that is found in Australia. On which island are the other three species found?
NEW GUINEA
4b Old Alleynians attended which school?
DULWICH (COLLEGE)

Round 5
1a Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe by Édouard Manet can be seen in which gallery/museum in Paris?
MUSÉE D’ORSAY
1b The Royal Bank of Scotland issued a commemorative £20 banknote in 2000 to mark whose 100th birthday?
QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER
2a Who was Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 until 1968?
ANTÓNIO DE OLIVEIRA SALAZAR
2b ]The easternmost settlement on the Scottish mainland, Peterhead, is in which county?
ABERDEENSHIRE
3a In the New Testament which is the first and longest of the Pauline epistles?
ROMANS
3b Which Dwarf planet lies between Mars and Jupiter?
CERES
4a The call sign of the lunar module of Apollo 11 was Eagle. What was the call sign of the command module?
COLUMBIA
4b The Humber estuary meets the North Sea between Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire and which spit on the northern side?
SPURN HEAD

Round 6
1a Three drivers from Brazil have won the Formula 1 World Championship - Ayrton Senna, Emmerson Fittipaldi and which other?
NELSON PIQUET
1b Who represented Switzerland in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest?
CELINE DION
2a Who directed the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest?
MILOŠ FORMAN
2b Which play by Arthur Miller is a dramatisation of the Salem Witch trials?
THE CRUCIBLE
3a Who was the youngest actor, at 27, when he first played Doctor Who?
MATT SMITH
3b What is the name of the submarine commanded by Captain Nemo in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne?
NAUTILUS
4a Which nation’s women’s basketball team are known as The Tall Ferns?
NEW ZEALAND
4b Mahler’s Symphony Number 8 in E flat major requires so many performers that it is often called Symphony of _______ how many?
A THOUSAND

Round 7
1a Who plays the title character in the 2019 film Captain Marvel?
BRIE LARSON
1b Who was the muse of epic poetry?
CALLIOPE
2a Which athlete won 107 consecutive finals in the 400 metres hurdles between 1977 and 1987?
ED MOSES
2b Jelly Roll Morton, Harry Connick Junior and Champion Jack Dupree are/were jazz musicians born in which US city?
NEW ORLEANS
3a Name either of the two living former Governors of Massachusetts who ran for President, one in 1988, the other in 2012.
MICHAEL DUKAKIS or MITT ROMNEY
3b Which Indian state on the west coast borders the Pakistani province of Sindh?
GUJURAT
4a The southern, or double-wattled, is the only one of the three species of this flightless bird to live in Australia. It is the third-tallest and second-heaviest living bird. Which bird is it?
CASSOWARY
4b Old Carthusians attended which school?
CHARTERHOUSE

Round 8
1a Queen Mary I married Philip of Spain in 1554 who was a member of which Royal House?
HABSBURG
1b The flag of which province of Canada has the Union Jack in the upper part and a setting sun over the ocean in the lower part?
BRITISH COLUMBIA
2a Scheelite and Wolframite are ores of which metal?
TUNGSTEN
2b Jaques Chirac was made a Knight of the Order of the White Eagle by which country?
POLAND
3a Which cricketer has scored most runs, 11 845, as an opener in test matches, for England?
ALASTAIR COOK
3b The first single released by Tom Jones did not chart. The second did and reached number one. What is the title of the second single?
IT’S NOT UNUSUAL
4a In which TV crime drama did Olivia Colman play DS Ellie Miller?
BROADCHURCH
4b John Boynton were the first names of which author?
J B PRIESTLEY

Spare Questions
1 Who provided the voice for Paddington Bear in the films Paddington and Paddington 2?
BEN WHISHAW
2 Which former Conservative Party Leader wrote an acclaimed biography of William Pitt the Younger, first published in 2004?
WILLIAM HAGUE
3 What term is used to refer to the short, stiff spreading skirt worn by ballerinas in classical ballet?
TUTU