Monday 11th April 2022

Ormskirk Set Ten - Correct as at September 2021

Round 1
1a In the recent Tokyo Olympics Great Britain won the gold medal in the Mixed 4x100 metre medley relay. Name either of the male swimmers. ADAM PEATY or JAMES GUY
1b Which English explorer discovered what are now known as the Hawaiian Islands in 1778? CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
2a Who did Nadhim Zahawi replace as Secretary of State for Education in the recent Cabinet reshuffle? GAVIN WILLIAMSON
2b Meaning slipper, what type of Italian bread has a sponge like texture and is made using olive oil? CIABATTA
3a Which North Sea port lies at the mouth of the River Esk? WHITBY
3b What pen name was used by author N S Norway (1899-1960)? NEVIL SHUTE
4a River City is a BBC soap set in Shieldinch, a fictional suburb of which city? GLASGOW
4b Bad Habits and Shivers which both reached Number One in the UK Singles Charts this year are by which singer-songwriter? ED SHEERAN

Round 2
1a The first 54 miles of the annual Devizes to Westminster canoe race take place on which canal? KENNET AND AVON
1b Edmond Dantès is the central character in which nineteenth century novel? THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
2a Who won her second Oscar for Best Actress in the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire? VIVIEN LEIGH
2b The paintings Ballet Rehearsal and The Dancing Class are by which French impressionist? EDGAR DEGAS
3a Both of the finalists in the Women’s Singles at the 2021 US Open Tennis Championships were born in which country? CANADA
3b Who was President of Germany from 1925 to 1934? PAUL VON HINDENBURG
4a Which major car manufacturer owns Bugatti? VOLKSWAGEN
4b How many Psalms are there in the Old Testament? 150

Round 3
1a Which Dad's Army actor wrote a 1986 autobiography called Permission to Speak? CLIVE DUNN
1b “The Adams Administration” is a song from which musical? HAMILTON
2a In 2019 Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow was named after which Russian poet? ALEXANDER PUSHKIN
2b Which writer first came to prominence in 1963 with The Spy Who Came in from the Cold? JOHN LE CARRÉ
3a The top level internet domain .eus is used for sites and documents using which European language? BASQUE (accept EUSKARA)
3b The most common cause of rickets is a deficiency of which vitamin? D
4a The first edition of the Charlotte Edwards Cup took place in 2021 in which sport? CRICKET
4b What was the name of the state that separated from Nigeria and existed between May 1967 and January 1970? BIAFRA

Round 4
1a Which species of whale is also known as the cachalot? SPERM WHALE
1b Who was the first man to fly on two Apollo Missions? JIM LOVELL
2a Which club, a member of the Football League from 1921 to 1972, returned to the League in 2020? BARROW
2b What ensued after Count Vilém Slavata and Count Jaroslav Borita were thrown out of a window in Bohemia? THE THIRTY YEARS’ WAR
3a Which film starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg was the highest-grossing film worldwide in 1990? GHOST
3b The Dance of the Seven Veils is part of which opera by Richard Strauss? SALOME
4a Which English county has a flag with a white bear and ragged staff on a red background? WARWICKSHIRE
4b According to Homer, what was the name of the Cyclops blinded by Odysseus? POLYPHEMUS

Round 5
1a Erithacus rubecula is the scientific name for which bird? ROBIN
1b Who was the teacher killed in the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster in 1986? CHRISTA McCAULIFFE
2a The full name of two Football League clubs begins A F C. One is Bournemouth. Which is the other? WIMBLEDON
2b What ensued after Major Robert Anderson of the US Army agreed to evacuate a fortification in Charleston Harbor after 34 hours of bombardment? AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
3a Which film starring Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman and Valeria Golino was the highest-grossing film worldwide in 1988? RAIN MAN
3b Which opera by Rossini has the alternative title The Useless Precaution? THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
4a Which English county has a flag of a prancing white horse on a red background? KENT
4b Who was the Greek equivalent of the Roman Goddess of the Moon, Luna? SELENE

Round 6
1a Who played Bombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont in It Ain't Half Hot, Mum? MELVYN HAYES
1b “Tomorrow is a Latter Day” is a song from which musical? THE BOOK OF MORMON
2a In 2012 the International Airport in Prague was renamed after the last President of Czechoslovakia. Who was he? VÁCLAV HAVEL
2b Who wrote the Sherlock Holmes novel House of Silk published in 2011? ANTHONY HOROWITZ
3a Which African country has the top-level internet domain .td, this coming from the French name for the country, a former French colony? CHAD
3b What is the one-word name for vitamin B1? THIAMIN(E)
4a Leeds Rhinos and London Pulse, who play at the Copper Box Arena, compete in the Superleague in which sport? NETBALL
4b Moïse Tshombe, a Congolese businessman and politician, was President of which breakaway state that existed from July 1960 to January 1963? KATANGA

Round 7
1a Which 66-mile canal connects the Manchester Ship Canal at Ellesmere Port with the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal at Wolverhampton? SHROPSHIRE UNION
1b Bathsheba Everdene is the central character in which nineteenth century novel? FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
2a Which dual Oscar winning actress played Mrs Gump, Forrest’s mother, in the film Forrest Gump? SALLY FIELD
2b Which post-impressionist painter spent the last 10 years of his life in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia? PAUL GAUGUIN
3a The last two male non-European winners of a Grand Slam singles tennis title both come from which same country? ARGENTINA
3b Who was King of Spain from 1886 to 1931? ALFONSO (XIII)
4a Which company makes Michelob Ultra beer? ANHEUSER-BUSCH
4b What is the shortest book in the Old Testament? OBADIAH

Round 8
1a In the recent Tokyo Olympics Great Britain won the gold medal in the Women’s Madison. Name either of the winning cyclists. LAURA KENNY or KATIE ARCHIBALD
1b Who was the Dutch explorer who discovered New Zealand? ABEL TASMAN
2a Following the recent Cabinet reshuffle Liz Truss is now Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and D___________ Affairs. Complete the title. DEVELOPMENT
2b Which Italian dish consists of tube-shaped shells of fried pastry dough filled with a sweet creamy filling usually containing ricotta? CANNOLI
3a Which river runs through Shrewsbury? SEVERN
3b Author John A B Wilson (1917-1993) used his middle initials as his pen name. What was his pen name? ANTHONY BURGESS
4a Which BBC soap is set in the fictional West Midlands town of Letherbridge? DOCTORS
4b When the theme tune to the Bond film No Time To Die reached Number One in the UK Singles Chart, who became the first artist born in the 21st century to top the chart? BILLIE EILISH

Spare Questions
1 Which US state was the first to ratify the Constitution? DELAWARE
2 Identify the song from the lyric "She keeps Moët and Chandon in her pretty cabinet, ‘Let them eat cake’ she says, Just like Marie Antoinette".KILLER QUEEN
3 Which chemical element has the atomic number 10? NEON