Monday 4th April 2022

Ormskirk Set Eight - Correct as at August 2021

Round 1
1a Who was the first US President from the Republican Party?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
1b Luanda is the capital of which African country?
ANGOLA
2a Whose published diaries include Prelude to Power 1994–1997 and The Burden of Power: Countdown to Iraq?
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL
2b Who is the speaker of the House of Commons?
SIR LINDSAY HOYLE
3a What is the chemical symbol for Antimony?
Sb
3b In a sporting context, Charlotte Brew in 1977 was the first woman to do what?
RIDE IN THE GRAND NATIONAL
4a Which Scottish band had a Number 3 hit in 1974 with “Summerlove Sensation”?
BAY CITY ROLLERS
4b Complete the title of the ten-part TV series presented by Monty Don shown in 2008 - Around the World in 80 ___________.
GARDENS

Round 2
1a Who was the designer of Stormzy’s stab vest worn when he performed at Glastonbury in 2019?
BANKSY
1b Name the first person to run a marathon in under 2 hours, although it doesn’t count as a World record.
ELIUD KIPCHOGE
2a “Nobody does it better” is the theme tune for which Bond film?
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
2b Who plays the part of Captain Mainwaring in the 2016 Dad’s Army film?
TOBY JONES
3a Who wrote the 2003 children’s book The Snail and the Whale, illustrated by Axel Scheffler?
JULIA DONALDSON
3b Which independent school is located at Street in Somerset?
MILLFIELD
4a Give a year in the Irish Potato Famine.
1845-1852
4b What name is shared by a Texan port at the mouth of the Nueces River and a college at both Oxford and Cambridge universities?
CORPUS CHRISTI

Round 3
1a Which famous scientist lived at Down House, in Kent, for forty years until his death?
CHARLES DARWIN
1b Which company produces the Model X, Model S and Model 3 cars?
TESLA
2a Which King led the English fleet at the 1340 Battle of Sluys?
EDWARD III
2b In which German town is the country’s oldest (14th century) university?
HEIDELBERG
3a Michel Temer was President of which country in South America from August 2016 to December 2018?
BRAZIL
3b In which US National Park would you find the rock formation known as El Capitan?
YOSEMITE
4a What is the surname of the fictional family created by John Galsworthy whose members include Fleur, Jolyon and Soames?
FORSYTE
4b Frances O’Grady has been General Secretary of which organisation since 2013?
TUC

Round 4
1a A song from John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress has been adapted into a hymn sung to Vaughan Williams’ tune “Monk’s Gate” and is known by what title?
TO BE A PILGRIM (accept HE WHO WOULD VALIANT BE)
1b What was the name of the comedy series of the 90s staring Nicholas Lyndhurst as time traveller Gary Sparrow?
GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART
2a The serin and the redpoll belong to which bird family?
FINCH
2b The statue ‘The United Trinity’ outside Manchester United football ground features Bobby Charlton, George Best and which other player?
DENIS LAW
3a Which musical by Rogers and Hart features the song “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” and was filmed starring Frank Sinatra?
PAL JOEY
3b Which film released in 2011 was the first French-produced film to win the Best Picture Oscar?
THE ARTIST
4a Which geological period occurred between Triassic and Cretacious?
JURASSIC
4b In which sport in North America do teams compete for the Isobel Cup, named after the daughter of the donor of the men’s equivalent?
ICE HOCKEY

Round 5
1a Which Richard Wagner opera features The Pilgrim’s Chorus ?
TANNHÄUSER
1b What was the name of the Marxist revolutionary movement lead by Wolfie Smith in a 1970s/80s TV comedy?
TOOTING POPULAR FRONT
2a
The puffin and the razorbill belong to which bird family?
AUK
2b ‘B of The Bang’ was a statue outside Manchester City football ground sculpted for which 2002 event?
COMMONWEALTH GAMES
3a From which musical does the song “Mr Cellophane” come?
CHICAGO
3b Name either actor who won a Best Actor Oscar for portraying an English (or British) monarch?
CHARLES LAUGHTON or COLIN FIRTH
4a Which layer of the earth’s atmosphere lies between the troposphere and the mesosphere?
STRATOSPHERE
4b Who is the only Scottish winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity, for raising awareness of motor neurone disease through his charitable foundation?
DODDIE WEIR

Round 6
1a Who wore an outfit designed by Virgil Abloh at the French Open in 2019 with the words ‘Mother, Champion’ on it?
SERENA WILLIAMS
1b Alan Eustace in 2014 broke a world record set by Felix Baumgartner in 2012 for doing what?
SKY DIVING or PARACHUTE JUMPING
2a “All time high” is the theme tune for which Bond film?
OCTOPUSSY
2b The 2016 film Deadpool is the eighth in which film series?
X-MEN
3a Nightshade published in 2020 is the thirteenth book in a series about which teenage spy?
ALEX RIDER
3b Which independent school is located at Godalming in Surrey?
CHARTERHOUSE
4a Richard Cobden and John Bright led opposition to which Laws that were repealed in 1846?
CORN LAWS
4b What name is shared by a town in Minnesota, home of the world- famous Mayo Clinic, and the hero of a novel by a 19th century female writer?
ROCHESTER

Round 7
1a Which famous author lived at Bateman's in Burwash, Sussex for thirty- four years - the house was built in 1634 and is Grade1 listed?
RUDYARD KIPLING
1b Which car company produced the Murciélago model?
LAMBORGHINI
2a Which was the Royal House of France from 1328 to 1589?
VALOIS
2b Kilometre markers are placed along the entire 1232km navigable length of the River Rhine. In which German city on the shores of a lake of the same name is Kilometre Number 1?
CONSTANCE
3a Who succeeded Benigno Aquino III as President of the Philippines in June 2016?
RODRIGO DUTERTE
3b The smallest National Park in the USA, the Gateway Arch National Park, is in which city near the start of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
ST LOUIS
4a In a play by Sophocles, who killed his father and married his mother?
OEDIPUS
4b The trade union BALPA represents members of what profession?
AIRLINE PILOTS

Round 8
1a Who was the second US President to be assassinated, the only sitting member of the House of Representatives to be elected President?
JAMES GARFIELD
1b The Galápagos Islands are part of which country?
ECUADOR
2a Which politician who published many volumes of written and audio diaries chose not to seek re-election as an MP in 2001 saying he was ‘leaving parliament in order to spend more time on politics.’?
TONY BENN
2b Who was Prime Minister when John Bercow became Speaker of the House of Commons?
GORDON BROWN
3a After which city is the metal Lutetium named?
PARIS
3b Who won the Burghley Horse Trials in 1973 riding Maid Marion, two years after his wife had won riding Doublet?
MARK PHILLIPS
4a Which comedian had a Number 5 hit in 1975 with “Funky Moped”, although it’s success was largely due the B-side “Magic Roundabout”?
JASPER CARROTT
4b What was the name of the TV arts magazine show broadcast on ITV between 1978 and 2010, now since 2012 shown on Sky Arts ?
THE SOUTH BANK SHOW

Spare Questions
1 What is the name of the metal or plastic tip on a shoe lace? AGLET
2 Which Roman poet wrote the epic poem ‘The Aeneid’? VIRGIL
3 Myeloid tissue is another name for what? BONE MARROW