Answers and a new quiz will be given in November 2008

The questions below were set by Warrington for the President's Trophy in September 2008

Round 1
1a Which mythical king was the husband of Cassiopea and father of Andromeda?
1b In which children's TV series would you have seen Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, Fred Jones and Norbert Rogers?
2a The 'Mastretta MXT', which made it's debut at the 2008 Motor Show, is the first car to be designed and built in which country?
2b The annual July fiesta in Pamplona, which includes bull-running, is held in honour of which Saint?
3a Howard Kirk was professor of Sociology at Watermouth University in which novel?
3b Mark Zuckerberg started which Internet company in 2004?
4a In 1208, Pope Innocent 111,started a Crusade against which heretical sect?
4b Give the more common name for the disease 'Borreliosis'.

Round 2
1a Alfredo Stroessner was dictator of which country from 1954-l989?
1b Which athelete won a silver medal for the high jump in the 1948 Olympics (she had also won a silver for the same event in 1936)
2a In the remake of the 60's cult TV series, 'The Prisoner', who will play 'No.2'?
2b Which American city stands on the confluence of the Allegheny and Monogahela rivers?
3a In February 2008, actress Emily Perry died - what was her most famous role?
3b In January 08, the last deep coal mine in Wales closed - what was it's name?
4a Whose recent autobiography is called 'Mad, bad and dangerous to know'?
4b In 1893 the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan was demarcated. How is it known?

Round 3
1a Who created the TV puppets- Pinky and Perky?
1b Whose recent autobiography is called 'Memoirs of a not so dutiful daughter'?
2a Under which trade name is the drug Fluoxetine hydrochloride sold?
2b What name has been given to the new Ford 4x4?
3a Cecilia Colledge died in April 2008,aged 87. She had been a world champion and Olympic medallist in what sport?
3b In Greek mythology, who were Aello, Celaeno and Ocypete?
4a November 11th is which Saint's Day?
4b In 2007, aged 87, the last surviving member of Frank Sinatras' Rat Pack died. Who was he?

Round 4
1a Known as the 'uncrowned Queen of Iraq', who drew the frontier lines to create Iraq in 1922?
1b Basil 2nd, known as the 'Slayer of the Bulgars', was ruler of which empire in AD (or CE) 1000
2a What is the name of the central plateau of the Indian sub-continent?
2b In 2007, Christine Kirchner became the 1st elected woman president of which country
3a What was the name of the last working Cornish tin mine, closed in 1998?
3b In literature, who was the weaver of Raveloe?
4a Where could you spend Linden dollars?
4b In the early days of television, which part of the body of Georges Aubertin became famous?

Round 5
1a Who composed an opera called 'The Wreckers'? (first performed in 1906)
1b The Latin name of which animal is 'Muscardinus avellanarius'?
2a What title will James, the new son of the Earl and Countess of Wessex, take?
2b Which highly developed civilization immediately preceded the Aztecs?
3a Buckminsterfullerine is a spherical molecule of carbon containing how many atoms?
3b In which Shakespeare play does Crab the dog appear?
4a Ellas Otha Bates died aged 79 on June 3rd 2008. His stage name was Black slang for 'nothing at all'. Who was he?
4b 'There's a breathless hush in the close tonight….' Is a quotation from a poem by whom?

Round 6
1a In 1956, Alexander Poniatoff invented and built the first what?
1b What is the name of the mark used by a proof reader to show where to insert something?
2a In which sport have Alan Scotthorne, Robert Nudd and Tom Pickering all been world champions?
2b Which British painter and novelist founded 'The Vorticists' with the publication 'Blast', in 1914,
3a Which treaty ended the Opium Wars and ceded Hong Kong to Britiain in 1842?
3b 'Kill to get crimson' is a 2006 album by whom?
4a What was the name of the ship that was the only British presence in the Falklands prior to the invasion?
4b Who directed the films- 'Belle de Jour' and 'The Diary of a chambermaid'?

Round 7
1a 'Cotumix cotumix' is the Latin name for which game bird?
1b Name the submarine which sank the 'General Belgrano'?
2a 'Sweet Thames, run softly till I end my song' is a quotation from a poem by whom/
2b Which 'royal' married George Gilman on July 2nd. 2008?
3a What name is given to the revolving spiked disc on a spur?
3b Who composed an opera called 'Sir John in Love'? (1929)
4a In 143 AD, Quintus Lollius Urbicus oversaw the building of what?
4b Who was the mother of the French kings - Francois 2nd, Charles 9th and Henry 3rd?

Round 8
1a Who directed the films 'Alphaville' and 'Une Femme est une Femme'?
1b Which vocalist, known as 'Americas most Versatile Singer' died in July 2008, aged 90?
2a Who, with his doctrine of neoplasticism , founded an art movement called 'De Stijl' in 1917?
2b Which Nobel prize-winning physicist patented the microchip or integrated circuit in 1964?
3a 'Home before dark' is a 2008 album by whom?
3b Containing no genetic material, instead being composed of protein molecules that can cause a change in the structure of other proteins, what name is given to the agents responsible for such degenerative diseases as CJD, Alzheimer's and Mad Cow Disease?
4a The only cat to win the Dickin Medal was called Simon. Where did he earn it?
4b In which sport have Ellen Falkner,Carol Ashby and Norma Shaw all been world champions?

Spare Questions
1 What is the name of a banknote not backed by gold?
2 Who wrote volumes of poetry called 'Colossus' & 'Ariel'?
3 In a Shakespeare play, whose mother is Sycorax?