Tuesday 12th October 2021

Liverpool Set Two - Correct as at August 2021
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Round 1
1a Which team, currently in the Scottish Premier league team plays its home games in Dingwall? ROSS COUNTY
1b Name either of the two cities that have hosted what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, on two occasions. EDINBURGH or AUCKLAND
2a On 1st June 2018, Sarah John became the 33rd person to hold which post? CHIEF CASHIER OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND
2b Who wrote the 1935 novel The Stars Look Down? AJ CRONIN
3a What is the RAF equivalent of an Army Colonel? GROUP CAPTAIN
3b Scientist Nikola Tesla was born in which modern-day country? CROATIA
4a What is the name of the 1250-kilometre-long peninsula at the eastern end of Russia? KAMCHATKA
4b Which type of ox living in northern North America and Greenland gets its name from the strong odour of the rutting males? MUSK

Round 2
1a How many sides has an Icosagon? TWENTY
1b How many inches were there in the now disused UK imperial unit of length, a pace? THIRTY
2a Who wrote the poetic opening line A Thing Of Beauty Is A Joy Forever? JOHN KEATS
2b Composer and band leader Artie Shaw was famous for playing which instrument? CLARINET
3a Belgian Toots Theilemans and Canadian-born Tommy Reilly were jazz musicians famous for playing which instrument? HARMONICA
3b What is the name of the 12-mile-long alpine rail tunnel that passes through Monte Leone? SIMPLON
4a Which 1946 movie was set in the town of Bedford Falls? IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
4b Which English singer had a UK number one hit with Gene Pitney in 1989 singing Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart? MARC ALMOND

Round 3
1a Which prime minister was the great-great-grandfather of the tv presenter Dan Snow? DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
1b What was the name of the dog that is the central character in the 1903 novel The Call Of The Wild? BUCK
2a In 1869, who devised the periodic table of the elements? DMITRI MENDELEEV
2b What is the Latin term given to an impromptu speech delivered without any preparation? EXTEMPORE
3a Jorge Mario Bergoglio born in 1936 in Buenos Aires, is better known as whom? POPE FRANCIS
3b Known there as Jinzi [PRO: teen-sur], which country is the world's leading producer of gold? CHINA
4a Jen, played by Katherine Parkinson is a character in which TV sitcom? THE IT CROWD
4b Roger Hallam co-founded which environmental pressure group in 2018? EXTINCTION REBELLION

Round 4
1a What name is shared by a 1960/1970s rock band and a 1927 novel by Hermann Hesse? STEPPENWOLF
1b Black, Arctic and Caspian are types of which bird? TERN
2a Which South American waterfalls were named after the US aviator who flew over them on 16 November 1933? ANGEL FALLS
2b The battle of Plassey was fought in which decade? 1750s
3a In which town or city does cartoon character Andy Capp live? HARTLEPOOL
3b Born in 1841 what was the given first name of the composer Dvorak? ANTONIN
4a Who captained the South African team that defeated England in the 2019 Rugby World Cup Final? SIYA KOLISI
4b Which Charles Dickens character had a fiancée called Belle? EBENEZER SCROOGE

Round 5
1a Name the Austrian physicist who gave his name to a measurement that compares the speed of an object to the local speed of sound? ERNST MACH
1b Which British author wrote the 1989 novel House of Cards? MICHAEL DOBBS
2a Appointed in 2019 who is the current poet laureate? SIMON ARMITAGE
2b Which city was the first to host the modern Olympic Games twice? PARIS
3a What is the naval equivalent of an Army Lieutenant Colonel? COMMANDER
3b Alexandra, the Tsarina of Tsar Nicholas II, was born in which modern day country? GERMANY
4a A massive explosion, probably caused by an asteroid occurred above the Tunguska river valley in June 1908. In which country is Tunguska? RUSSIA
4b The Stinkpot is a musk variety of which creature that is found living in south-eastern USA. It gets its name from the fact it expels a foul odour as a form of defence? TURTLE

Round 6
1a The UK National Newspaper Archive, housed in Boston Spa in Yorkshire, is part of which institution / organisation? THE BRITISH LIBRARY
1b What is the archaic unit of measurement that was said to represent the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger? It is derived from the Latin for elbow. CUBIT
2a Which UK prime minister was the cousin of Rudyard Kipling? STANLEY BALDWIN
2b Who wrote the 1742 poem Ode On A Distant Prospect Of Eton College? THOMAS GRAY
3a Who wrote the 1845 poem How They Brought The Good News From Ghent To Aix? ROBERT BROWNING
3b Which ski resort is at the French end of the Mont Blanc road tunnel? CHAMONIX
4a Which 1952 film was set in the town of Hadleyville? HIGH NOON
4b Which band had a number one hit in March 1981 with the John Lennon song Jealous Guy? ROXY MUSIC

Round 7
1a In 1914, who wrote the poetic lines they shall grow not old as we who are left grow old? LAWRENCE BINYON
1b Based on a book by Daphne du Maurier, what was Alfred Hitchcock’s first film after he moved to Hollywood in 1940? REBECCA
2a Scottish football league team Cove Rangers plays its home games at the Balmoral Stadium in the suburbs of which town or city? ABERDEEN
2b Derived from a Latin word, what term is given to a farewell speech? VALEDICTION/VALEDICTORY
3a Papal name and number required, which Pope was the last to have been born in Italy? JPHM PAUL I
3b Known there as marinparu [PRO: mareen-pah re], which country is the world's leading producer of marine cultured pearls? JAPAN
4a Will McKenzie played by Simon Bird is a character in which TV sitcom? THE INBETWEENERS
4b The environmental pressure group Friends Of The Earth was founded in the USA in which decade? 1960's

Round 8
1a What name is shared by a biblical messenger of God and a port on the White Sea? ARCHANGEL
1b Spix's, red and green, and hyacinth are types of which bird? MACAW
2a The Boyoma Falls, consisting of seven cataracts on the River Congo, were previously known by the name of which explorer? STANLEY
2b The 1461 Battle of Towton, possibly the bloodiest ever fought on English soil, took place in which county? (NORTH) YORKSHIRE
3a Who created the cartoon strip Garfield? JIM DAVIS
3b Born 1906, what was the given name of the composer Shostakovich? DMITRI
4a Who captained the New Zealand team that was defeated by England in the 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Final? KANE WILLIAMSON
4b What was the profession or job of Mr Bumble in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist? BEADLE

Spare Questions
1 Which company sponsored the 55 over county cricket competition that started in 1972? BENSON AND HEDGES
2 The cities of Durham and Sunderland stand on which river? WEAR
3 Dev Patel played which Dickens title character in the 2018 film version directed by Armando Iannucci?
WEAR DAVID COPPERFIELD
4 Which political figure died in Doorn in the Netherlands on 4th June 1941? WILHELM II (Former German Kaiser)