Monday 28th February 2022

Warrington Set Eight - Correct as at August 2021

Round 1
1a Which composer's seventh symphony is known as The Leningrad? DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
1b In January 2019 the Labour MP Fiona Onasanya was convicted of perverting the course of justice and sent to jail, but did not resign which parliamentary seat? PETERBOROUGH
2a Peter Davison played Henry Sharp the Director of the Crime Prosecution Service London in which TV Detective series? LAW AND ORDER UK
2b Which British artist painted the work Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy? DAVID HOCKNEY
3a Which actor played R2-D2 in the first six "Star Wars" films? KENNY BAKER
3b Which Asian capital city stands on the Han River? SEOUL
4a What SINGLE word describes a government run by rich people? PLUTOCRACY
4b Which singer took a ‘Walk on the wild side’ in a 1973 hit single? LOU REED

Round 2
1a Who was the consort of the British monarch Edward VII? ALEXANDRA OF DENMARK
1b Who wrote "Schindler's Ark" which won the Booker Prize in 1982? THOMAS KENEALLY
2a Which Russian composer wrote The Rakes Progress? IGOR STRAVINSKY
2b At which ecclesiastical meeting of 664 AD was the date of Easter fixed as following the Roman rather than the Celtic calculation in Anglo-Saxon England? SYNOD OF WHITBY
3a Who plays Private Godfrey in a remake of three episodes of Dad's Army commissioned by the Gold TV channel? TIMOTHY WEST
3b Ken McCallum, appointed in April 2020, is the youngest head of which organisation, though his age has not been published? MI 5
4a From which EU country does the sweet, fortified wine known as “Commandaria” come? CYPRUS
4b Who was the "dirty little coward, who shot Mr Howard, and put Jesse James in his grave"? (ROBERT) BOB FORD

Round 3
1a Hillary Benn, Richard Burgon and Rachel Reeves are among the Labour MP's with constituencies in which city? LEEDS
1b Which horse won five consecutive Cheltenham Gold Cups between 1932 to 1936? GOLDEN MILLER
2a Who painted a notable portrait of Charles I from three angles for the sculptor Bernini to make a bust of the monarch for Pope Urban VIII? ANTHONY VAN DYCK
2b Which film is based on the Arthur C Clarke novel The Sentinel? 2001- A SPACE ODYSSEY
3a Which Chinese city on the Pearl River near to Hong Kong was formerly called Canton? GUANGZHOU
3b Which present day country contained most of the land called Serica by the Ancient Romans and its people the Seres? CHINA
4a I Will Survive in 1979 was the only single by which singer to top the UK charts? GLORIA GAYNOR
4b The small animal called in Latin Talpa europea (which is native to the UK) is known by what English name ? MOLE

Round 4
1a "L'Etranger", published in 1942, was the debut novel of which writer, the first man born in Africa to win the Nobel Prize in Literature? ALBERT CAMUS
1b The ballets "Spartacus" and "Gayaneh" are among the works of which 20th century composer? ARAM KHACHATURIAN
2a Faschingdienstag is known as what in English speaking countries? SHROVE TUESDAY
2b Richard Griffiths played Henry Crabbe a policeman turned chef in which 90's TV Drama series? PIE IN THE SKY
3a What term refers to a system of financial incentives, usually lucrative, designed to keep an individual from leaving a company? GOLDEN HANDCUFFS
3b Which Israeli actress played Wonder Woman in two films released in 2017? GAL GADOT
4a Who became US President after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln? ANDREW JOHNSON
4b What term is given to a fear of bees? APIPHOBIA

Round 5
1a Juan Fernandez Islands and Easter Island, are possessions of which country? CHILE
1b The Harrow and Halifax bomber-aircraft, which saw service with the R.A.F. during the Second World War, were built by which company? HANDLEY- PAGE
2a In the James Goldman play, which King of England is the ‘Lion In Winter’? HENRY II
2b In which year did Charles de Gaulle become the first president of the Fifth French Republic? 1959
3a What is measured by a sphygmomanometer? BLOOD PRESSURE
3b Pegasus sprang from the body of which character in Greek mythology, when they died? MEDUSA
4a Inverary Castle on the shore of Loch Fyne is the ancestral home of which Duke? THE DUKE OF ARGYLL
4b In which children's TV series would you have seen Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkey, Fred Jones and Norbert Rogers? SCOOBY DO

Round 6
1a Which actor portrayed Doctor Who in the 2005 television revival? CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON
1b Which horse won three consecutive Cheltenham Gold Cups between 2002 to 2004? BEST MATE
2a Which artificial lake was formed by the damming of the Zambezi River? KARIBA
2b Which Star Trek film came between The Wrath of Khan and The Voyage Home? THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK
3a Which Thomas Mann novel was turned into a 1971 film starring Dirk Bogarde and a 1973 Benjamin Britten opera? DEATH IN VENICE
3b Which modern-day country includes almost all of the territory that formed the Roman Empire’s Province of Lydia? TURKEY
4a In which country was the 1,500m women's world record-holder Genzebe Dibaba born? ETHIOPIA
4b By what modern term do we know the animals called, in former times (and sometimes poetically) “neats”? OXEN (accept cows or bulls)

Round 7
1a Who was the mother of William II & Henry I? MATILDA (of Flanders)
1b What was the original name of New York's John F. Kennedy International airport? IDLEWILD (Acc: New York International)
2a Which composer's fourth and sixth symphonies are respectively nicknamed The Inextinguishable and The Simple? CARL NIELSEN
2b What is the name of the titular entertainer in John Osbourne's play The Entertainer, later turned into a film starring Laurence Olivier? ARCHIE RICE
3a Which actor and comedian was known as "The King of the Wide-Boys" and appeared in "Are You Being Served"? ARTHUR ENGLISH
3b What is believed to have started at Camp Funston, Kansas in 1918? SPANISH FLU PANDEMIC
4a From which country does the wine known as "Chateau Musar" originate? LEBANON
4b What is the courtesy title given to the heir of the Duke of Marlborough? MARQUESS OF BLANDFORD

Round 8
1a Which was the third RAF V bomber after the Vulcan and Victor? VALIANT
1b Who immediately preceded Peter Davison in the role of Dr Who? TOM BAKER
2a Give a year in the reign of the last king of France, Louis Phillipe? 1830 - 1848
2b Basutoland was the former name of which country? LESOTHO
3a Which character in Greek mythology, died after falling in love with his own reflection?? NARCISSUS
3b The Sacred and Profane Mysteries of Charles Ryder is the subtitle of which novel by Evelyn Waugh? BRIDESHEAD REVISITED
4a Which 1980's BBC Television series concerned a ferry company that sailed between Felixstowe, Gothenburg and Rotterdam? TRIANGLE
4b In what country was Olympic champion Mo Farah born? SOMALIA

Spare Questions
1 According to the Gospel of John, Jesus performed his first miracle, at the Marriage at Cana, what was it? TURNED WATER INTO WINE
2 The Anderton Boat lift, opened in 1875, links the River Weaver to which canal in Cheshire? TRENT AND MERSEY
3 Which fruit is made into the liqueur Ginjinha? CHERRY
4 In Communist Russia, what name was given to a worker who worked too hard with no market for what was produced? STAKHNOVITE
5 Also called Japanese Deer, which species of deer has the Latin name Cervus nippon? SIKA