Monday 18th October 2021

Ormskirk Set One - Correct as at July 2021
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Round 1
1a Nigel Mansell won the Formula 1 World Championship driving for which team?
WILLIAMS
1b Which English town was known as Camulodunum by the Romans?
COLCHESTER
2a The name of which element comes from the Greek for water-forming?
HYDROGEN
2b Complete this name The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of ________ where?
DURHAM
3a What number is the reciprocal of 0.25?
4
3b Which rock band began The Rhapsody Tour in July 2019 and plan to resume in May 2022?
QUEEN
4a Who painted the 1930 work American Gothic?
GRANT WOOD
4b Who played Stephen Hawking in the 2014 film The Theory of Everything?
EDDIE REDMAYNE

Round 2
1a James, Viscount Severn, is heir apparent to which Earldom?
THE EARL OF WESSEX
1b Which pop group had the 1969 hit “In the Year 2525”?
ZAGER AND EVANS
2a Which book by Izaak Walton is a dialogue between a falconer, a fisherman and a hunter?
THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
2b Les, Janice, Leanne and Toyah joined Coronation Street in 1997 as members of which family?
BATTERSBY
3a 24, Cheyne Row, Chelsea is preserved as a museum to which Scots- born historian and writer (1795-1881)?
THOMAS CARLYLE
3b Patricia Routledge swapped Hyacinth Bucket to star as which mystery- solving amateur detective in the North of England?
HETTY WAINTHROPP
4a What grape variety is the main component of Chianti and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano wines?
SANGIOVESE
4b Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s piece Pictures at an Exhibition was an adaptation of which composer’s piano suite of the same name?
MODEST MUSSORGSKY

Round 3
1a In the Mr Men books, what colour are Mr Happy, Mr Mischief and Mr Bounce?
YELLOW
1b Who voiced Queen Lillian in the Shrek films?
JULIE ANDREWS
2a Which hound breed was once used to hunt gazelle and has been called the ‘royal dog of Egypt’?
SALUKI
2b Symphony number 41 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is known by the name of which planet?
JUPITER
3a Which current Football League club won the FA Cup for the only time in their history in 1978?
IPSWICH TOWN
3b Give a year in the life of Genghis Khan.
1162-1227
4a In the Bible, which Israelite hero journeyed from his home near Zorah to Timnath to marry a Philistine?
SAMSON
4b The Dinka are warlike cattle herders who inhabit the Nile basin region of which African country since its independence in 2011?
SOUTH SUDAN

Round 4
1a Which thick, dark brown spread was developed in Melbourne in 1922?
VEGEMITE
1b The island of Trinidad lies near the mouth of which river?
ORINOCO
2a Peter Wright and Wayne Warren both won World Championships in which sport in January 2020?
DARTS
2b Which world leader despaired “How can you govern a country that has 246 varieties of cheese”?
GENERAL CHARLES DE GAULLE
3a Philip Treacy is famous for designing what?
HATS
3b Which English county’s highest point lies 167m above sea level at Normanby-le-Wold?
LINCOLNSHIRE
4a Name either of the former West Indies cricketers knighted in the 2020 New Year Honours List.
CLIVE LLOYD or GORDON GREENIDGE
4b The Hundred Years’ War began when which English king claimed the French throne and landed an army in Normandy?
EDWARD the THIRD

Round 5
1a In the Mr Men books, what colour are Mr Sneeze, Mr Grumpy and Mr Bump?
BLUE
1b Who plays Mary Poppins in the 2018 film Mary Poppins Returns?
EMILY BLUNT
2a Developed by an Argentinian family using Shetland stock, which is the smallest breed of horse?
FALABELLA
2b Symphony number 8 by Peter Maxwell Davies is a musical account of his visit to which continent?
ANTARCTICA
3a Which current Football League club won the FA Cup for the only time in their history in 1987?
COVENTRY CITY
3b Give a year in the life of Ivan the Terrible.
1530-1584
4a Which Old Testament character was told by God to go to Nineveh but instead attempted to flee God’s presence by boarding a ship to Tarshish?
JONAH
4b Which people are the indigenous inhabitants of Borneo and Sarawak and include groups such as the Bahau and Iban?
DAYAKS

Round 6
1a La vache qui rit is a brand of processed cheese made by Fromageries Bel since 1921. How is it known in English?
THE LAUGHING COW
1b The Windward Passage separates Hispaniola from which other island?
CUBA
2a In which sport did Kamil Stoch from Poland win the Four Hills Tournament held in December 2020 and January 2021?
SKI JUMPING
2b Which British prime minister said at a significant moment – “A day like today is not a day for soundbites, really: but I feel the hand of history upon our shoulders”?
TONY BLAIR
3a Which literary character arrived in England aboard the Demeter and eventually purchased a house at 347 Piccadilly?
DRACULA
3b Sergeant Troy, Sergeant Jones, Sergeant Scott and Sergeant Winter have all been sidekicks in which TV detective series?
MIDSOMER MURDERS
4a From which wine region does Saint-Émilion wine come?
BORDEAUX
4b The Queen song The Fairy Feller’s Master-stroke takes its name from a painting by which British artist, confined to an asylum between the 1840s and his death in 1886?
RICHARD DADD

Round 7
1a The Marquess of Douro is the heir to which UK Dukedom?
WELLINGTON
1b Which pop group had the 1965 hit “It’s Good News Week”?
HEDGEHOPPERS ANONYMOUS
2a Who is the ‘Arthur’ in the title of Julian Barnes’ 2005 novel – Arthur & George?
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
2b
Bianca, Robbie, Sonia and Billy arrived in EastEnders in 1993 as members of which family?
JACKSON
3a Stuart Weitzman is famous for designing what?
SHOES
3b White Horse Hill is the highest point in which English county?
OXFORDSHIRE
4a Name either of the former athletes who are members of the Order of Companions of Honour.
SEBASTIAN COE or MARY PETERS
4b The Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71 was precipitated by Otto van Bismarck’s editing and publishing of which document?
THE EMS TELEGRAM

Round 8
1a Who drove for Hesketh Racing in his first three years in Formula 1?
JAMES HUNT
1b Which present-day English city was known as Verulamium by the Romans?
ST ALBANS
2a Which element has atomic number 8?
OXYGEN
2b In which English church is the Great East Window, the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world?
YORK MINSTER
3a Which is the only prime number between 90 and 100?
97
3b Which singer performed her Madame X Tour between September 2019 and March 2020 in support of her album of that title?
MADONNA
4a Who painted The Arnolfini Marriage in 1434?
JAN VAN EYCK
4b Who played Alan Turing in the 2014 film The Imitation Game?
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

Spare Questions
1 On which motorway would you find Woodall service station?
M1
2 Stephenson College and St Chad’s Colleges are part of which English university?
DURHAM
3 The Stanley Cup is awarded in what sport?
ICE HOCKEY
4 How is the bluebell more commonly known in Scotland?
HAREBELL