Tuesday 12th April 2022

Ormskirk Set Eleven - Correct as at September 2021

Round 1
1a The remains of which English King are believed to lie in the ruins of Reading Abbey? HENRY THE FIRST
1b What was the former name of the Indian city of Chennai? MADRAS
2a What would an arctophile collect? TEDDY BEARS
2b In which of Charles Dickens' novels does Dick Swiveller appear? THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
3a Which country will host the 2023 Rugby World Cup for men’s rugby union teams? FRANCE
3b Peter Ustinov won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar twice. Name either film. SPARTACUS or TOPKAPI
4a Singers Cliff Richard and Gary Numan both have which real surname? WEBB
4b Which fashion designer created the concept of the A line in 1955? CHRISTIAN DIOR

Round 2
1a Wanderers Stadium is an international cricket ground in which country? SOUTH AFRICA
1b In the 1974 Bond film who was “The Man with the Golden Gun”? FRANCISCO SCARAMANGA
2a Who is the actress mother of Matthew Healy, singer and songwriter with The 1975? DENISE WELCH
2b A lamington is a cake that originates from which country? AUSTRALIA
3a What can be a moon of Saturn, a flightless bird, or the first name of an actress who appeared in Cheers? RHEA
3b The Washington Irving story Rip Van Winkle is set in which mountain range? CATSKILLS
4a In which country was Secretary of State for Education Nadhim Zahawi born? IRAQ
4b Bishop’s Stortford is in which English county? HERTFORDSHIRE

Round 3
1a The Naked Maja is a famous work by which artist? FRANCISCO GOYA
1b Which short-legged muscular marsupial has three species - Common, Northern hairy-nosed and Southern hairy-nosed? WOMBAT
2a Which Formula One racing team changed its name to AlphaTauri in advance of the 2020 Grand Prix season? TORRO ROSSO
2b Who plays the title character in both the BBC Radio 4 drama Annika Stranded set in Oslo and the TV adaptation Annika, set in Scotland? NICOLA WALKER
3a Which musical term means the playing of the notes of a chord separately in a rising or descending order? ARPEGGIO
3b Which word, often hyphenated, with three consecutive letters of the same consonant, is slang for the ear? SHELL-LIKE
4a Which position was played in the NFL by Peyton Manning, Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw? QUARTERBACK
4b Who presented The Planets on BBC Two in 2019? BRIAN COX

Round 4
1a In France, what diagram is known as a “camembert”? A PIE CHART
1b Which ship was named after the nickname of the witch Nannie Dee in the Robert Burns poem “Tam o’ Shanter”? CUTTY SARK
2a Name either of the Presidents of the French Fourth Republic (1946-1958). VINCENT AURIOL or RENÉ COTY
2b A depiction of which bird appears in gold silhouette on the flag of Papua New Guinea? BIRD OF PARADISE
3a Who led the British East India Company forces against the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies at the Battle of Plassey in 1757? ROBERT CLIVE
3b The World Economic Forum is held each January in which European city? DAVOS
4a Which word completes this quote from The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde “We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, ____________”. LANGUAGE
4b In Greek mythology name one of the three furies. MEGAREA, TISIPHONE or ALECTO

Round 5
1a On a piece of music the instruction ‘lento’ means slow. Which word means very slow? LENTISSIMO
1b Which word, usually hyphenated, with three consecutive letters of the same consonant, was the largest historic county of Scotland? INVERNESS-SHIRE
2a Which team won the first two Super Bowls in the NFL? GREEN BAY PACKERS
2b Who was the regular Conservative commentator on the BBC One current affairs programme This Week that ran on Thursday nights from 2003 to 2019? MICHAEL PORTILLO
3a Which country’s first home men’s test match took place at Malahide Cricket Club in 2018? IRELAND
3b In the 1983 Bond film Octopussy which former sportsman plays Bond’s MI6 ally in India? VIJAY AMRITRAJ
4a Which actress is the mother of the actress Melanie Griffith? TIPPI HEDREN
4b Pho is a noodle soup from which country? VIETNAM

Round 6
1a What name was given to the non–violent revolution that took place in Czechoslovakia in 1989 which saw the collapse of communism in the country? VELVET (accept GENTLE) REVOLUTION
1b COP3 took place in 1997 in which city in Japan, adopting a Protocol regarding reduction in greenhouse gas emissions? KYOTO
2a Which word completes this quote from Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde “Experience is the name everyone gives to their _________”. MISTAKES
2b In Greek mythology name one of the three fates. ATROPOS, CLOTHO or LACHESIS
3a Three Flags is a famous work by which artist? JASPER JOHNS
3b Which mammal, native to the Americas, has species including Screaming Hairy, Northern naked-tailed and Southern three-banded? ARMADILLO
4a Lewis Hamilton won his first World Championship driving for which team? MCLAREN
4b Which BBC TV crime drama is based at the Lyell Centre, formerly the Pathology Department at University College London? SILENT WITNESS

Round 7
1a What can be a moon of Saturn, a poem by John Keats, or with his son Helios a personification of the sun? HYPERION
1b In a novel by Mark Twain, Hank Morgan is transported to England where he meets King Arthur. Hank is a native of which US state? CONNECTICUT
2a In 2018 the wife of which current member of the Cabinet said when discussing children “I’ve had enough. I’m 40. I’ve told him there will be no Septimus and no Octopus”? JACOB REES-MOGG
2b Chapel-en-le-Frith is in which English county? DERBYSHIRE
3a Which property of a moving body is the product of mass and velocity? MOMENTUM
3b According to the White Queen in Through the Looking-Glass what kind of food is eaten ‘tomorrow, yesterday but never today’? JAM
4a Who is the only living former Chancellor of Germany? GERHARD SCHRÖDER
4b The flag of which country features a golden lion holding a sword? SRI LANKA

Round 8
1a In 1954 the final of the first Rugby League World Cup was played at which Paris venue? PARC DES PRINCES
1b Michael Caine won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar twice. Name either film. HANNAH AND HER SISTERS or THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
2a What was the real first name of the comedians Bud Abbott and W C Fields? WILLIAM
2b Who popularised the Little Black Dress in the 1920s? COCO CHANEL
3a The remains of which Anglo-Saxon King are believed to lie in the ruins of Hyde Abbey? ALFRED THE GREAT
3b To what did the African state of Swaziland change its name in 2018? ESWATINI
4a Which Turner Prize winner has a teddy bear called Alan Measles? GRAYSON PERRY
4b Maggie Tulliver is the heroine of which novel? THE MILL ON THE FLOSS

Spare Questions
1 Coober Pedy in South Australia is famous for the mining of which gemstone? OPAL
2 In what is traditional Cornish Yarg Cheese wrapped? NETTLE LEAVES
3 Who was the founder of the Garden City movement? EBENEZER HOWARD