January 2nd 2007 specialist

THE BRITISH FLAG
SPECIALIST QUESTIONS (JANUARY 2ND 2007)
WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY,
HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR
Vetted by:
Principals (A League)
New Castle (B League)
Harrington `B' (C League)


SPECIALIST ROUNDS

1. SCIENCE
2. HISTORY
3. ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
4. PET LOVES (OR HATES)
5. OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW
6. SPORT
7. GEOGRAPHY
8. MUSIC - NAME THE POP GROUP


ROUND 1: SCIENCE

1. Which alloy of iron contains 12-15% of chromium and 0.2 – 0.4% of carbon STAINLESS STEEL (do not accept steel as steel does not contain chromium)

2. What is the derived SI unit for radioactivity?
BECQUEREL (Bq)

3. The drug herceptin is used to treat which specific disease?
BREAST CANCER

4. Which company first introduced the widget into beer cans?
GUINNESS

5. What is a phlebotomist likely to take from you?
YOUR BLOOD

6. Who is the Scottish bacteriologist (1881 – 1955) who is accredited with discovering the first antibiotic, penicillin?
SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING

7. Who is the English chemist (1778 – 1829) who studied electrolysis isolating the elements sodium, boron, calcium, magnesium, potassium and chlorine as well as discovering the use of nitrous oxide as an anaesthetic?
SIR HUMPHREY DAVEY

8. Which 1855 smelting process for converting molten pig iron into steel was named after its inventor?
BESSEMER PROCESS


SUPPLEMENTARIES:

1 Which plant has the latin name Viscum album?
MISTLETOE

II. What name is given to a drug that makes one vomit?
EMETIC


ROUND 2: HISTORY

1. What relationship is our present Queen to Queen Victoria?
GREAT GREAT GRAND-DAUGHTER

2. Which Knight of the Round Table found the Holy Grail?
SIR GALAHAD

3. What was the home state of American pioneer Davy Crockett?
TENNESSEE

4. Which British Monarch was crowned at Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day?
WILLIAM THE CONQUERER (WILLIAM I)

5. Which 17th century scientist was born on Christmas Day 1642?
ISAAC NEWTON

6. In which month in 1914 did World War I begin?
AUGUST

7. What does the Sealed Knot Society do?
PERFORMS REINACTMENTS OF BATTLES OF THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR

8. In which year was the Queen's first televised Christmas speech (a little leeway?
1957 (Allow 1956 – 58)


SUPPLEMENTARIES:


I. The yew tree was traditionally used to make the English long bow, but which tree was usually used to make the war arrows?
ASH

II. Which group of islands celebrates "Thatcher Day" on January 11th?
FALKLAND ISLANDS

ROUND 3: ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

1. What was the most watched TV programme on Christmas Day 2006?
THE VICAR OF DIBLEY

2. "Don't tap it, whack it" is the TV advertising slogan for what?
TERRY'S CHOCOLATE ORANGE

3. Which fictional character owned "The Spyglass Inn"?
LONG JOHN SILVER

4. Who is the most nominated male actor in Oscar history?
JACK NICHOLSON

5. What was the name of Scaramanga's diminutive assistant in the Bond film "The Man with the Golden Gun"? (character's name not actor's name)
NICK NACK (Herve Villechaize)

6. What is the name of Bob The Builder's cement mixer?
DIZZY

7. What was the title of the TV series about a Canadian Mountie who went to work in Chicago?
DUE SOUTH

8. Who played the part of the flustered vicar in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"?
ROWAN ATKINSON

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I. In the film "Back To The Future" what is the name of Dr Emmett Brown's dog?
EINSTEIN

II. What was written on the cake that makes Alice In Wonderland grow big?
EAT ME


ROUND 4: PET LOVES (OR HATES)

1. What was the name of the cross-eyed lion in the TV Programme "Daktari"?
CLARENCE

2. What was the name of the horse that pulled the fastest milk-cart in the west? TRIGGER

3. What is the name of Dr Evil's cat in Austin Powers?
MR BIGGLESWORTH

4. Name Hagrid's three-headed dog who guarded the Philosophers's Stone?
FLUFFY

5. Name Martin Crane's dog in the TV programme Frasier.
EDDIE

6. What is the name of the goat owned by Tom and Barbara Good in the TV Programme "The Good Life"?
GERALDINE

7. What was the name of the mongoose in the "Jungle Book"?
RIKKI TIKKI TAVI

8. What was the name of Long John Silver's parrot?
CAPTAIN FLINT

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

1. Name Gene Autrey's horse
CHAMPION

II. What was the name of the cat on the TV advert for Kattomeat?
ARTHUR

ROUND 6: SPORT

1. In the 2012 Olympic Games, Horse Guards Parade in London will be the venue for which sport?
BEACH VOLLEYBALL

2. Which England footballer played the most games in all competitions at the old Wembley Stadium before they knocked it down?
TONY ADAMS (60 closely followed by Peter Shilton – 58)

3. What tournament offers a trophy inscribed with the words "The Gentleman's single-handed championship of the World"?
WIMBLEDON'S MEN SINGLES TROPHY (Tennis)

4. Who ended Roger Federer's run of 55 straight consecutive hard court tournament wins in August 2006?
ANDREW MURRAY

5. Which horse won the 2006 English Derby?
SIR PERCY

6. Which horse won the 2006 Grand National?
NUMBERSIXVALVERDE

7. At which Scottish Golf Course will the 2007 Open Golf Championship be held?
CARNOUSTIE

8. How was the performance of the Haka unusual in last November's Rugby Union match between New Zealand and Wales?
IT WAS NOT PERFORMED ON THE PITCH (performed in the changing rooms - Welsh R. F.U. insisted All Blacks do the Haka in between the two National anthems – they disagreed with this so this was their way of protesting)


SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I. At which sport did Karen Pickering excel?
SWIMMING

II. How many umpires are there in a baseball game?
4

ROUND 7: GEOGRAPHY

1. What was completed in the United States in 1926 and is 2448 miles long?
ROUTE 66

2. In Venice, what links the Ducal Palace with the State Prison?
THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS

3. The entrance to which sea is guarded by rocks called the "Pillars of Hercules" ?
MEDITERRANEAN

4. Which current city was built on the site of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan? MEXICO CITY

5. Denmark has a land border with only one other country — which country?
GERMANY

6. Which English county has EXACTLY the same name as its county town?
DURHAM

7. What is a village without a church called?
HAMLET

8. On an ordnance survey road map, which symbol is used to represent a zoo?
ELEPHANT (Blue)

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I. Which American State produces the most oil?
ALASKA

II. What is the official language of Haiti?
FRENCH


ROUND 8: MUSIC – NAME THE POP GROUP

In this round you will be given the reason why each group chose their name , along with the title of one of their hits. All you have to do is name the group.

1. Named after a famous bouffant hairstyle of the sixties. Had a hit in 1989 with "Love Shack"
B–52s

2. Named after a band of prostitutes "commandeered" for the use of German troops during the second world war. Had a hit in 1980 with "Love will tear us apart"
JOY DIVISION

3. Named by the group's manager, Guy Stevens after the name of a friend's cat. Had a number 1 hit in 1967 with "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
PROCOL-HARUM

4. They wanted a name that would stick. Had a number 1 hit in 1974 with "Tiger Feet" MUD

5. Named after a medieval torture device. Had a hit in 1982 with "Run to the hills" IRON MAIDEN

6. Latin for the "existing position or in society". Had a number 1 hit with "Down, Down"
STATUS QUO

7. Named from two detective characters from "Herge's Adventures of Tin-Tin". Had a hit in 1984 with "Doctor, Doctor"
THOMPSON TWINS

8. Named after Keith Moon commented that the band would go down like one. Had a hit with "Stairway to Heaven" from their 1971 album.
LED ZEPPELIN

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I. Named after a device used for holding Marijuana cigarettes. Had hits such as "White Rabbit" and "It's no secret"
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE (not Starship)

II. Named after a section of the Negro spiritual church where a group of women sat and hollered the "Amens". Had a hit in1968 with "Bend me, shape me"
AMEN CORNER