January 26th

Specialist Questions

Set by

The Albion

1. History

2. Geography

3. Arts and Entertainment;- 'Alright Dave'

4. Pot Luck

5. Sport

6. New York, New York

7. Science

8. Dog Lovers Comer

 

History

1. Name the President of the confederate states during the American Civil
War

JEFFERSON DAVIES

2. Name the Astronaut who orbited but did not set foot on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969?

MICHAEL COLLINS

3. Which English King gave a charter to the Hudson's Bay Company?

CHARLES II

4. Which American President ordered the dropping of the Atomic Bombs on Japan?

HARRY S. TRUMAN

5. On which day of the week did the attack on Pearl harbour take place?

SUNDAY

6. Who was the fist Pope to have been a monk?

GREGORY THE GREAT

7. What nationality as the Liberator Simon Bolivar?

VENEZUELAN

8. Omdurman was the scene of a battle between the British Army and the Army of the Mahdi. In which Country is Omdurman?

SUDAN

Supplementaries

9. Who wrote 'An Essay of the Population' in 1798

THOMAS MALTHUS

10. The 'Kamikaze' or 'Divine Wind¹ foiled an 'invasion of Japan by which people?

THE MONGOLS

11. Which Conquistadors body is enshrined in Lima’s Cathedral?

PIZZARO

 

Geography

1. What is the capital of Venezuela

CARACAS

2. What is the capital of South Australia

ADELAIDE

3. The Crocodile River is another name for Which River

THE LIMPOPO

4. In which country is the winter sports resort of Chamonix

FRANCE

5. What is the name of the peninsular at the head of the Red Sea

THE SINAI PENINSULAR

6. Which Asian Island is the third largest in the world

BORNEO

7. On which River is the Portuguese city of Lisbon

THE TAGUS

8. Which metropolitan county was formed in 1974 from parts of Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.

THE WEST MIDLANDS

Supplementaries

9. What major river flow through China, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to the South China Sea

THE MEKONG

10. In which African country is the seaport of Dar-es-Salaam

TANZANIA (Accept Tanganyika)

11. Gerlachovka is the highest in which mountain system

THE CARPATHIANS

 

Arts and Entertainment - 'Alright Dave'

All questions are based around a famous David in the entertainment industry.

The answers may not always have the name Dave or David in them.

1 . Name the David whose daughter, following in her father's footsteps as a filmmaker, received a critical slating for her first movie, 'Boxing Helena'.

DAVID LYNCH (father of Jennifer Lynch)

2. A founder member of the film company SKG, this David is also a composer and owns his own eponymous record label

DAVID GEFFEN

3. Give the name of the stadium rock band of this David who once drummed for Seattle group 'Nirvana'.

FOO FIGHTERS

4. Jacques Louis David an eighteenth century French painter painted one of the most famous works of the French revolution, a painting of his murdered friend in the bath. Who was the assassin who was guillotined for the crime?

CHARLOTTE CORDAY (David's Death of Marat).

5. What rote did David Boreanaz have in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer T .V series before eventually starring in his own series and the comedy crime drama 'Bones'?

ANGEL

6. Name the David who answered an ad in a 1973 copy of the NME to join Deep Purple after original singer Ian Gillan gave notice, and went on the frontit for a successful 3 years.

DAVID COVERDALE

7. In which series did CSI Miami actor David Caruso originally find fame.

NYPD BLUE

8. Which Manchester born singer songwriter recorded the multi platinumselling studio album 'White Ladder¹

DAVID GRAY

Supplementaries

9. Name the Macclesfield-born artist now based in Glasgow, well known for his morbidly humorous artwork in soft cover books and postcard packs.

DAVID SHRIGLEY

1 0. How tall in feet is the marble original of David, the famous sculpture by renaissance artist Michelangelo.

17 (Seventeen) (accept 16 to 18)

1 1 . Name the music video director who took over the reins of the troubled 'Alien 3' movie and went on to receive critical acclaim for 'Se7en' and The Fight club'?

DAVID FINCHER

 

 

Pot Luck

1. Who invented the saxophone

ADOLPHE SAX

2. Which 1922 novel by D H Lawrence features a flautist as the central character

AARON'S ROD

3. Which Detective died in Agatha Christie's 1975 novel 'Curtain'?

HERCULE POIROT

4. In which Country is Mocha which gives its name to a type of Coffee

THE YEMEN

5. What sort of creature is a noctule

A BAT

6. Which barrister and author wrote the play 'A Voyage Round My Father'?

JOHN MORTIMER

7. Television Series 'Drop the Dead Donkey was set in which T. V. newsroom

GLOBELINK NEWS

8. The hypothalamus is part of which organ in the body

THE BRAIN

Supplementaries

9. Which woodwind instrument is the smallest member of the flute family

THE PICCOLO

10. How many sharps are there in the musical key of E major

4 (four)

11. For which type of music did Enrico Caruso become well known

OPERA

 

 

SPORT

1. Which country won the inaugural football World Cup in 1930, and repeated their success in 1950?

A: Uruguay.

2. Who did Muhammad Ali beat to win the World Heavyweight Championship for a then record third time in 1977?

A: Leon Spinks.

3. Which British swimmer won the 200m breaststroke at the 1976
Olympics?

A: David Wilkie

4. Which American football star was first considered for the role eventually played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator?

A: O.J. Simpson.

5. Who captained England during the notorious Bodyline test series of 1932/33?

A: Douglas Jardine.

6. The father of which Hitchcock blonde won three Olympic gold medals in the single and double sculls?

A: Grace Kelly. (Father Jack won golds at the 1920 and 1924 Olympics)

7. What colour jersey does the Best Young Rider in the Tour de France wear?
A: White.

8. London has previously held the Olympics twice, in 1948, and in which other year?

A: 1908.

Supplementaries

9. Who was the first Scottish driver to win the Formula 1 World Driving Championship?

A: Jim Clark.

10. Who captained South Africa to victory at the 1995 Rugby World Cup?

A: Francois Pienaar.

11. Which swimmer was the only actor to play Tarzan, Buck Rodgers and Flash Gordon?

A: Buster Crabbe

 

NEW YORK. NEW YORK

All the following questions are about the Big Apple.

1. Which Mayor of New York gave his name to an airport?

A: La Guardia.

2. John Lennon was assassinated outside which New York building, which shares its name with a number 1 hit by the Stereophonics?

A; The Dakota building.

3. What was the name of the legendary punk and new wave nightclub of the 1970's which propelled the rise of bands such as Blondie, Talking Heads and The Ramones?

A: CBGB's.

4. What is the name of the coffee shop featured in the TV sit com Friends?
A: Central Perk

5. Which football team did Pele join from Santos in 1974?
A: New York Cosmos.

6. What was the name of the serial killer who terrorised New York in the 1970's and called himself 'Son of Sam'?

A: David Berkowitz.

7. Sid Vicious was accused of killing his girlfriend at the Chelsea Hotel in I978, what was her name?

A: Nancy Spungen.

8. What is the name of the terrorist accused of masterminding the 9/11 attacks who now faces trial in New York after being detained at Guantanamo Bay?

A: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Supplementaries

9. Who wrote Sex and the City, which spawned the hugely successful TV series and film?

A: Candace Bushnell.

10. At which New York prison did rioting in 1971 leave 39 people dead?

A:Attica.

11. Name either of the two songwriters who wrote 'New York, New York', the song made famous by Frank Sinatra?

A: John Kander and Fred Ebb.

 

Science Questions

1. In a mixture of gases the pressure exerted by one of the gases is the same as if it occupied the same space on its own. Whose law states this?

DALTON'S LAW

2. What prototype did Douglas Englebart produce in 1963, bringing a revolution to the field of personal computing?

THE COMPUTER MOUSE

3. What communications technology widely in use today shares it's name with a Viking King of the 9^th Century?

BLUETOOTH (Named after Harold Bluetooth 2nd,)

4. Name the main blood vessels taking blood to the Brain.

THE CAROTID ARTERIES

5. Which Aromatic Compound, also known as Carbolic Acid, has the chemical formula C6H5OH

PHENOL

6. Who invented scissors?

LEONARDO DA VINCI

7. In which country was the wheelbarrow invented?

CHINA

8. Name the main vessels taking blood to the lungs.

THE PULMONARY ARTERIES

Supplementaries

9. Which element has the chemical symbol Sr

STRONTIUM

10. Where would you find the sartorious muscle?

THE INNER THIGH (Accept leg)

11. How is Synchronous Diaphragmatic Flutter more commonly known?

HICCUPS

 

Dog Lover's Corner

1. Name Garfield's canine associate.

ODIE

2. Which cartoon character had a dog that would hug itself and float into the air when he was given a doggy treat?

QUICK DRAW MCGRAW (the dog was called Snuffles).

3. Which badly trained T.V. cartoon greyhound was temporarily replaced in his owner’s affections by the much better trained dog 'Laddie'?

SANTA'S LITTLE HELPER (Owned by Bart Simpson)

4. Specifically what type of dog was 'Greyfriars Bobby"?

SKYE TERRIER

5. Which cartoon dog, modelled on the artist's own dog 'Spike', inspired a 60s hit record by the band of the Royal Guardsmen?

SNOOPY (Snoopy and the Red Baron)

6. In the Scooby Doo stories what relation is Scrappy to Scooby Doo?

NEPHEW

7. Which famous person owns a Portuguese Water Dog called 'Bo'?

PRESIDENT OBAMA

8. Which film policeman, played by Tom Hanks, worked with a dog of the 'Dogue de Bordeaux' breed called Beasley?

TURNER {As in Turner and Hooch. Hooch was played by Beasley).

Supplementaries

10. What breed of dog was the film puppy known as 'Fidget'?

DALMATIAN (It was one of the 101).

11. In the live action remake of the film 101 Dalmatians what type of dog was Kipper who heroically saved the puppies?

AIREDALE

 

General knowledge questions Harrington B

1. Who was Scotland's first First Minister?
DONALD DEWAR

2. Who wrote Pygmalion, on which My Fair Lady is based?
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

3. Which RAF base is home to the Red Arrows?
RAF SCAMPTON, LINCOLNSHIRE

4. Which member of the cabinet is MP for South Shields?
FOREIGN SECRETARY DAVID MILLIBAND

5. Which Canadian-born architect famous for his odd-shaped designs was responsible for the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain?
FRANK GEHRY

6. Beethoven only wrote one opera. What was it?
FIDELIO

7. In what year did Camilla Parker-Bowles become the Duchess of
Cornwall?

2005 (when she married Prince Charles)

8. Which is the longest river in the British Isles?
THE SHANNON (241 miles)

9. In George Orwell's novel 1984, which room was the ultimate torture room'?

ROOM 101

10. Which cinema chain was founded by Oscar Deutsch?
ODEON

11. Which is the world's oldest surviving offshore lighthouse, built by Robert Stevenson off the coast of Angus in 1811?

THE BELL ROCK LIGHTHOUSE

12. Which 20^th century artist had studios called The Factory'?
ANDY WARHOL

13. Name any one of the four completely new teams due to join the Formula 1 grid in 2010?

LOTUS F1, US F1, CAMPOS META, VIRGIN RACING (or MANOR) (do not accept Sauber or Mercedes)

14. Who was boxing's only heavyweight champion to retire undefeated?
ROCKY MARCIANO

15. Isca Dumnoniorum is the old Roman name for which English city?

EXETER

16. In TV's Man From Uncle, which organisation did the bad guys work for?

THRUSH

17. Peter Griffin is the lead character in which TV series?
FAMILY GUY

18. If you were wearing a Philip Treacy creation, where would you most likely wear it?

ON YOUR HEAD - HE DESIGNS HATS

19. Which company was responsible for the 1984 Bhopal disaster?
UNION CARBIDE

20. Which US architect designed Fallingwater in Pennsylvania and the Guggenheim Museum in New York?

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

21. Which ex-Dr Who also played 1920s detective Albert Campion in the BBC series?

PETER DAVISON

22. By what name was 1950s recording star Brenda Lee affectionately known?

LITTLE MISS DYNAMITE

23. In what year did Queen Victoria die?
1901 (no leeway)

24. Give a year in the reign of Edward I.
1272 -1307

25. What is an arquebus?

AN EARLY TYPE OF MUSKET

26. At the beginning of the novel Les Miserables, Jean Valjean has been released from prison after 19 years for what crime?

 STEALING A LOAF OF BREAD

27. ‘Two households, both alike in dignity’ is the opening line to which play?

ROMEO & JULIET

28. Who is known as The Father of Medicine?
HIPPOCRATES

29. Which sports name is derived from the French for 'take it'?
TENNIS (from 'tenez')

30. Which cocktail is made up of gin, vodka and orange?
A HARVEY WALLBANGER

31 . In January's New Year's Honours two members from which rock band both received OBEs, having record sales of over 118 million and 64 British hit singles?

STATUS QUO (Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt

32. Bing Crosby and David Bowie got together for which 1982 hit record?
LITTLE DRUMMER BOY

33. The vanilla pod comes from which type of flower?
AN ORCHID

34. Which is the fifth book of the Old Testament?
DEUTERONOMY

35. Who was the eldest son of Cain?
ENOCH

36. Who was Hitler's Foreign Minister throughout World War II?
Joachim von RIBBENTROP

37. Which 1950s singer was known as the 'Prince of Wails'?
JOHNNY RAY

38. Cherokee Purple, Green Tiger, Black Crim, Marmande and San
Marzano are varieties of what?

TOMATOES

39. Which is the largest landlocked country in South America?
BOLIVIA

40. Whose symphony No. 41 is known as 'Jupiter'?
MOZART

41. Which is the lightest metal?

LITHIUM

42. Which stew, also the name of the dish in which it is cooked, is the
basic dish of Morocco and other African countries?

TAGINE

43. Of what did Prince Albert die in 1861?
TYPHOID FEVER

44. Mozzarella was originally made from which animal's milk?
BUFFALO

45. Which horse won three consecutive Gold Cups from 2002 to 2004?
BEST MATE

46. Who wrote the Winnie the Pooh stories?
A.A. MILNE

47. Alabaster is a form of which mineral?
CALCIUM

48. Which footballer scored all five goals in England's 1975 5-0

win over Cyprus?

Malcolm Mcdonald

49. Who designed the first Blue Peter badge?
TONY HART

50. What was the name of Hopalong Cassidy's horse?
TOPPER

51. What poison did Socrates take?
HEMLOCK

52. What is the Greek word for Greece?
HELLAS

53. Which fictional schoolboy had Mr Quelch as his form master?
BILLY BUNTER

54. Which colour ball is worth three points in snooker?
GREEN

55. Which football club did Lord Sugar once own?
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

56. What in the body is cerumen?
EAR WAX

57. What chemical gives peppermint its distinctive smell and taste?

MENTHOL

58. Which town is the administrative centre of Essex?
CHELMSFORD

59. In which country is the port of Mombasa?
KENYA

60. What title is given to the widow of a peer or baronet?
DOWAGER

61. Give a year in the reign of Henry VII.
1485-1509

62. Which cartoon character had the catchphrase "You're despicable"?
DAFFY DUCK

63. Which actor played Doctor Who from 1974 to 1980?
TOM BAKER

64. Who managed Arsenal between 1986 and 1995?
GEORGE GRAHAM

65. The country of Brunei borders which other country?
MALAYSIA (on the island of Borneo)

66. In which city would you take a vaporetto to Harry's Bar, birthplace of the Bellini cocktail?

VENICE

67. Which Championship football team play their home games at The Ricoh Arena?

COVENTRY CITY

68. What have Natasha Kaplinsky, Jill Halfpenny and Darren Gough in common?

THEY'RE ALL PAST WINNERS OF STRICTLY COME DANCING

69. In which London location is Europe's longest Champagne bar, which opened in 2007?

ST PANCRAS STATION

70. What honour was awarded to F1 World Champion Jensen Button in the New Year's Honours?

MBE

71. In which year was JD Salinger's book 'Catcher in the Rye' published?
1951 (allow 1949-53)

72. Name the missing singer from this band's classic line-up: Chris Stein, Gary Valentine, Clem Burke

Debbie Harry (Blondie)

73. What have Andrew Flintoff, Kelly Holmes and Jonny Wilkinson in common?

THEY'VE ALL BEEN BBC SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

74. Which actor is the 11^th Doctor Who?
MATT SMITH

75. Which explorer first reached Newfoundland in 1497?
JOHN CABOT

76. In which year was Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird' published?
1960 (allow 1958-62)

77. What is the translation of the Latin word 'alibi'?
ELSEWHERE

78. Where, in 860AD, did the Vikings set up their first colony away from Scandinavia?

ICELAND

79. What was Groucho Marx's real first name?
JULIUS

80. What relation was William IV to Queen Victoria?
UNCLE

81. Name the missing vocalist from this band: Lyndsey Buckingham, John McVie, Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood, ...

STEVIE NICKS (Fleetwood Mac)

82. In which year was cigarette advertising banned on ITV?
1965 (accept 1964 - 1966)

83. In Shakespeare's play, what was the name of Hamlet's mother?
GERTRUDE

84. Which river joins the Rhine at the city of Koblenz?
THE MOSEL

85. What do chemists call those elements with atomic numbers greater than 92?

TRANSURANIC ELEMENTS (i.e. those beyond uranium)

86. What connects Philip Larkin, William Morris and Sir Walter Scott?
THEY ALL REFUSED TO BE POET LAUREATE

87. In Hoist's The Planets Suite', two planets do not appear. Pluto is one (not discovered when the work was written), name the other.

EARTH

88. In Roman numerals, what letters represent 900?

CM

89. Place names such as Lancaster, Chester and Manchester are derived from the Roman word 'castra' - meaning what?

A CAMP

90. Which of Shakespeare's plays has an entire scene in French?
HENRY V

91. What literary connection is there between Prince Charles, Madonna and Jamie Lee Curtis?

THEY'VE ALL WRITTEN CHILDREN'S BOOKS

92. What name is given to the branch of medicine concerned with the incidence, extent and spread of communicable diseases?
EPIDEMIOLOGY

93. Which German city has a chiming clock on its medieval town hall with two tiers of dancing and jousting figures that emerge twice daily?
MUNICH

94. With which composer would you associate the Aldeburgh Festival?
BENJAMIN BRITTEN

95. What is the name of the Meerkat star of the comparethemarket.com ads?

ALEXSANDR

96. Which brand famously used a drum-playing gorilla to advertise its products?

CADBURYS

 

SUPPLEMENTARY

At which venue will golf’s 2010 Ryder Cup be held?

CELTIC MANOR RESORT, NEWPORT, GWENT

Which hostilities were ended by the Peace of Paris in 1783? AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

With which instrument would you associate jazz legend Charles Mingus?

DOUBLE BASS (accept bass)

In which city will this year's World Cup Final be held? JOHANNESBURG

What inscription does the Victoria Cross bear?

FOR VALOUR

What kind of creature is a 'canvasback'?

A DUCK

How is Barbara Millicent Roberts better known?

BARBIE

CUP/PLATE QUARTER FINALS

Questions for Cup by The Knot Inn and The Pack Horse Bowling Club
1. The recently released film “Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll” is a biopic of whom?
A. Ian Dury
2. Another recently released film covers the childhood and adolescence of John Lennon. What is it called?
A. Nowhere Boy
3. In which war was the battle of Vimy Ridge fought?
A. World War One
4. What is the name of the Wigan Athletic player who scored from his own half in the match against Stoke City on December 12^th ’09?
A. (Maynor) Figueroa.
5. What shape is Farfalle pasta?
A. A Bow Tie or a Butterfly (accept either)
6. Who wrote the book “A Farewell to Arms”?
A. Ernest Hemingway
7. Which British composer wrote “The Lark Ascending”?
A. Ralph Vaughan Williams.
8. Hyde, Denton, Ashton and Stalybridge are in which metropolitan borough?
A. Tameside
9. Which place near Macclesfield had the distinction of being the coldest in the country at bracing minus17.6 degrees on the night of 6^th January 2010?
A. Woodford
10. Which TV show was voted “Best Television of the Noughties” in a recent Channel 4 poll?
A. Top Gear
11. Which sculptor created “The Burghers of Calais”?
A. (Auguste) Rodin
12. From which country is Bulls Blood wine produced?
A. Hungary
13. Why was Arlene Foster in the news on 11^th January this year?
A. She took over (as Northern Ireland’s First Minister) from Peter Robinson.
14. Also on 11^th January, Chris Evans took over the morning show on radio 2. What was the first record he played?
A. All You Need Is Love
15. In which U.S. state is Yosemite National Park?
A. California
16. Which Band reach Christmas No. 1 last year following an online campaign to keep the X Factor winner from getting there?
A. Rage Against the Machine.
17. Which Paralympics sport was originally called Murderball?
A. Wheelchair Rugby
18. Who was the first Premier League manager to be sacked this season?
A. Paul Hart (Portsmouth)
19. The Australian Ghan train travels between Darwin and which other city?
A. Adelaide.
20. Who was the first British Prime Minister to be born in the 20th Century?
A. Alec Douglas Home (born 2 July 1903)
21. In which town did Jesus turn water into wine?
A. Cana
22. What is the name of Dan Brown's latest book?
A. The Lost Symbol.
23. Which former Blue Peter presenter has taken over from Simon Mayo in the afternoon slot on Radio 5 Live?
A. Richard Bacon
24. From which Shakespeare play does the phase 'pound of flesh' come from?
A. The Merchant of Venice
25. In which BBC comedy are the two title characters played by Matthew Horne and Joanna Page?
A. Gavin & Stacey
26. What was the name of the creator of Rumpole of the Bailey who died in 2009?
A. John Mortimer
27. In the NATO phonetic alphabet which word represents P?
A. Papa
28. 4-4-2 and 4-5-1 be dammed. Where do football teams only ever line up 1-2-5-3?
A. On a table football set.
29. Name the British hostage who was released on 30th December 2009 after spending 2½ years captive in Iraq?
A. Peter Moore
30. Which town in Tuscany gives its name to a prized form of white marble?
A. Carrara.
31. In which specific area of London is a bell foundry, which, at 539 years of continuous production, is said to be Britain’s oldest manufacturing company?
A. Whitechapel. (Whitechapel Bell Foundry Ltd)
32. In which European city is the Pirelli skyscraper?
A. Milan.
33. In which Ocean are the Comoros Islands?
A. The Indian Ocean.
34. Wyndottes, Light Sussex, Lavender Aruncanas and Orpingtons are all rare breeds of which domesticated animal?
A. Poultry / chickens.
35. Beltex, Llanwenog, Gotland and Herdwick are all rare breeds of which domesticated animal?
A. Sheep.
36. How is the chemical symbol Kr connected to the comic and film hero superman.
A. Kr is the symbol for Krypton, which is superman’s home planet.
37. Which mythical object was sought by medieval alchemists trying to make gold?
A. The philosopher’s stone.
38. Gambia has a land border with only one other country, which one?
A. Senegal.
39. The smallest measurable length is roughly 1.6160 x 10^-35 metres, how is it known?
A. The Planck Length
40. Which is the largest mammal to build a nest?
A. Gorilla. (an overnight sleeping nest)
41. What term is given to the formation or use of words such as buzz, bang and murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to?
A. Onomatopoeia.
42. Which film was promoted with the tagline “As far back as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to be a gangster”?
A. Goodfellas.
43. Which band had hits in the 1960’s with “Walk Like a Man” and “Big Girls Don’t Cry”?
A. The Four Seasons. (accept Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons)
44. The first couplet of which famous song, sung by 15 singers, is translated as “It is death. It is death. It is life. It is life. This is the hairy man who caused the sun to shine again for me”?
A. The Haka.
45. There are 4 pairs of them in the human body, the palatine, the lingual, the tubal and the pharyngeal. Their primary function is to combat airborn infections entering the body. What are they?
A. Tonsils (The palatine tonsils are the ones we usually just call “the tonsils”.)
46. In which athletics event is the women’s world record better than the men’s?
A. The discus ( Men’s 74.08 metres, women’s 76.80 metres both set in the 1980’s by East German athletes! The men’s discus is twice as heavy at 2kg)
47. Who painted The Rokeby Venus, now hung in the National Gallery in London? The painting being badly damaged by a suffragette in1914.
A. Velazquez.
48. What term is used to denote a number that cannot be expressed as an exact fraction? For example, the square root of two, three or Pi.
A. Irrational.
49. What new name was given by farmers, to the Chinese gooseberry’s being exported to the USA from New Zealand in the 1960’s?
A. Kiwi Fruit.
50. What word was on all decimal coins when they were introduced in 1971, and was removed from all decimal coins from 1982 onwards?
A. New.
51. What is the name of the small uninhabited island in the middle of the Niagara Falls, named after the animals who used to roam freely there?
A. Goat Island.
52. If you suffer from anosmia what have you lost?
A. Your sense of smell.
53. Which Olympic swimming medallist became better known as Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers.
A. Clarence “Buster” Crabbe
54. In which musical are the gangs the T-Birds and the Scorpions rivals?
A. Grease.
55. Which playwright wrote ‘Caesar and Cleopatra’ and ‘Man and Superman’?
A. George Bernard Shaw.
56. What was each member of the Waffen SS required to have tattooed on the underside of his left arm, 20 centimetres up from the elbow?
A. Their blood group
57. In The Arabian Nights, what kind of bird was so vast and strong it could lift and elephant?
A. The Roc.
58. Who gave a lift to Betty Burke in1746?
A. Flora Macdonald (Betty Burke was the disguise affected by Bonnie Prince Charlie)
59. Which of Henry VIII’s wives is buried beside him?
A. Jane Seymour (She was so rewarded for giving birth to his only son Edward VI)
60. What is a winding hole (wind as in breeze not rotating) on a canal?
A. A place where canal boats and barges can turn round
61. Which country contested the War of Jenkins’ Ear with Britain?
A. Spain
62. In what year was the Panama Canal formally opened (leeway of +/- 5 years)?
A. 1920 – Accept 1915-1925 inclusive
63. Which Austrian psychologist, a collaborator with Freud is most associated with the terms “introvert and extrovert”?
A. Carl Gustav Jung
64. What middle name is shared by Bill Clinton and William Hague?
A. Jefferson
65 In which city did the England cricket team win their last game of 2009?
A. Durban
66. Which non-speaking character in Shakespeare is described as “a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy”? (Yorick – His skull is famously tossed around in Hamlet)
67. What country includes the Provinces of Carinthia, Styria and Voralberg?
A.  (Austria)
68. Which sweet cake, popular in Greece and Turkey, consists of filo pastry stuffed with walnuts and almonds and flavoured with honey?
A. (Baklava)
69. What is the name of the Greek god of the underworld?
A. Hades
70. Which famous figure from the world of boxing passed away on Christmas Eve?
A. Terry Lawless (Trainer of Frank Bruno among others)
71. Who is currently the Shadow Foreign secretary?
A. William Hague
72. Who is currently the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families?
A. Ed Balls
73. Which song features the lyric: ‘I kept my promise, don’t keep your distance’?
A. Don’t cry for me Argentina
74. Which song features the lyric: ‘A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest’?
A.  The Boxer
75. In broadcasting, what do the initials CNN stand for?
A.  Cable News Network
76. Which country’s national TV station is called NHK?
A.  Japan (Nippon Hoso Kyokai, or Japan Broadcasting Company)
77. Which city is served by Frederic Chopin airport?
A. Warsaw
78. Which city is served by Jose Marti Intl Airport?
A. Havana
79. Which film is described here, tipped to be nominated for the 2010 Best Picture Oscar? ‘Based on the true story of agribusiness executive Mark Whitacre who exposed his company's price-fixing tactics
A. ’ The Informant!
80. Which film, again tipped as a potential 2010 Oscar-winner? A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, with a screenplay by Nick Hornby.
A. An Education
81. In which country is the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament being played this month?
A. Angola
82. What anniversary is the cause of the current glut of programmes about Elvis Presley?
A. Would have been his 75^th birthday on January 8^th
83. In which city is the statue known as the Manneken Pis? A. Brussels
84. The locals refer to this statue as the ‘Tart with the Cart’, but which figure is the subject of the statue?
A. Molly Malone (in Dublin)
85. Apart from playing music, what could you do with a mandolin?
A. Slice food
86. Which on-line gambling company has its HQ in Stoke-on-Trent?
A. Bet365
87. Which conflict inspired Hemingway’s a Farewell to Arms, and Picasso’s Guernica?
A.  Spanish Civil War
88. January King, Hispi and Green Express are all varieties of which vegetable?
A. Cabbage
89. Who played the headmistress in the 1950’s St Trinians films? A. Alastair Sim
90. What fish is used to make an Arbroath Smokie?
A. Haddock
91. Which river flows through Bordeaux?
A. Gironde
92. Which major Southern hemisphere city stands on the river Yarra?
A.  Melbourne
93. Who wrote the novels Money and the Rachel Papers?
A. Martin Amis
94. Who wrote the novels On Green Dolphin Street and the recently published A Week in December?
A. Sebastian Faulks
95. Talisker malt whisky is distilled on which island?
A. Skye (it’s the only one on Skye)
96. The grape variety Shiraz originated in which country?
A.  Persia (accept Iran)
97. Who wrote the 1950’s science fiction novels the Chrysalids and The Kraken Wakes?
A.  John Wyndham
98. Which literature genre is MR James best known for?
A. Ghost stories
99. Which philosopher said: I think therefore I am.
A. Rene Descartes
100. What is the smallest breed of British duck?
A.  Teal
101. The river Waveney forms a large part of the boundary between which two counties?
A. Need both: Norfolk and Suffolk (this was challenged as it requires two answers)
102. Lost wax technique is used to do what?
A.  Casting of metal (accept casting)
103. In Greek mythology, who was the father of Hercules?
A. Zeus
104. Which breed of dog originated in the North east of England, and was used by miners to hunt vermin?
A. Bedlington Terrier
105. Into which sea does the River Jordan flow ? 
A. Dead Sea
106. What's the name of the parliament of the Isle of Man ? 
A. Tynwald
107. Which Scandinavian country extends furthest north ?
A. Norway
108. Which two colours are found on the Greek national flag ?  ( Blue and White ) This too was challenged)
109. Who was the first foreign ( ie. non British ) manager to win the F.A. Cup ? 
A. Ruud Gullit
110. Who was the famous footballing uncle of Bobby and Jack Charlton ? 
A. Jackie Milburn
111.On what would you find a bridle, a tail and a wind ? 
A. a kite
112.In the film,what was the name of the family that Mary Poppins went to work for?
A. Banks
113. In which English city would you find the Walker Art Gallery ?  A. Liverpool
114. In which century did Chaucer write the Canterbury Tales ?
A. 14th
115. Who became king of England in 1016; Denmark in 1018 and Norway in 1028 ? 
A. Canute
116. Which insect saw Cock Robin die ?
A.  the fly
117. What was Spike Milligan's real first name ?
A. Terence
118. In slang terms, how much money is a "monkey" ?
A. £500
119. Which Roman Catholic ceremony uses a bell, book and candle? 
A. Excommunication
120.Which metal is used to make shoes for racehorses ?
A. aluminium
Supplementaries
1. Which jazz bandleader's father was a butler in the White House ?
A. Duke Ellington
2. What is the name of the disgraced Northern Irish politician, who used her position to obtain money to set up her lover in business (both names needed)
A. Iris Robinson
3. Who created the fictional detective The Saint?
A. Leslie Charteris
4. Which Victorian art critic said that labour without art is brutality?
A. John Ruskin
5. Which famous crime has a possible 324 different combinations ? 
A.  the murder in Cluedo
6. Bronze is an alloy of which two metals ? 
A. Tin and Copper
7. All racehorses share the same birthday. What date is it ? 
A. January 1st
Tiebreaker: According to Viamichelinn.com, how long does it take to drive from the Waters Green Pub to Dover docks by the quickest route?
A. 4 hours and 29 minutes

Specialist Questions for 12th January, 2010.

Set by: The Dolphin Dragons.

Vetted by: The British Flag

&

The Water’s Green Rams.

The Rounds:

 Bats & Balls (Sport)

 Root & Branch (Science)

 Far & Away (Geography)

 PMs & Presidents (History)

 Dreams & Visions (Arts & Entertainment)

 Black & Blue

 Tonys & Anthonys

 Dead & Alive

Round 1:  Bats & Balls (Sport)

(All sports in this round involve bat and/or ball)

1.     Q.     In which sport is James Ward the British Number 3?        

A.     Tennis

2.     Q.     In what sport is Luol Deng famous in the US?

A.     Basketball

3.     Q.    Who scored the “beach-ball” goal against Liverpool this season?

A.     Darren Bent

4.     Q.  Which Australian Cricketer, chosen for the World Twenty/Twenty   tournament in 2009, was sent home before it even started?

A.    Andrew Symonds

5.     Q.  Who captained the 2009 English ashes-winning Women’s Cricket Team?

A.  Charlotte Edwards.

6.     Q.   Where was the 2009 Open Championship (Golf) played?

A.    Turnberry

7.     Q.   In what year was the first Rugby Union World Cup staged?

A.    1987 (no leeway, as they only occur every 4 years!)

8.     Q.  In snooker, during a 147 break, how many times does a ball enter   a pocket?

A.  36

Supplementaries

Q.     On which course will the 2010 Ryder cup be held?

A.    Celtic Manor (near Newport)

          

          Q.  For which Football League club did Ian Botham play?

A.  Scunthorpe United

Round 2:  Root & Branch (Science)

This week the Science is Botany

1.     Q.   What is the correct name for the “bulb” of the crocus?

     A.   A Corm

2.     Q.   What is the science of dating by tree rings called?

     A.    Dendrochronology

3.     Q.   What is the name of the male organ of a flower?

A.   The stamen (Do not accept anther, which is only part of it)

4.     Q.   What, on a plant, are the stomata?

A.    The pores on the leaves through which a plant “breathes”,      (conducts transpiration)

5.     Q.   What type of plant are both timothy and bamboo?

A.    Grass

6.     Q. What is the green pigment in plants, involved in photosynthesis?

A.  Chlorophyll

7.     Q.  What are the coloured parts of plants such as poinsettia, called? (Other than the flowers!)

A.    Bracts

8.     Q.  Laver and Kelp are examples of which type of plant?

A.   Seaweed

Supplementaries

          Q.  What common tree is Taxus Baccata?

A.  The Yew.

          Q.  What common tree is Aesculus Hippocastum?

A.   The Horse Chestnut.

Round 3:  Far and Away (Geography)

1.     Q. It is the roof of a continent and locals call it Uhuru.  How is it more widely known?

A.       Kilimanjaro

2.     It is 5 km long, 1.5 km wide and locals call it Ulruru. How is it more widely known?

A.  Ayers Rock

3.     Q. There are 3 National Parks in Wales: Snowdonia, The Brecon Beacons and what?

     A. The Pembrokeshire Coast

4.     Q. There are two National Parks in Yorkshire.  The Yorkshire Dales is one. Name the other.

A.   North York Moors

5.     Q. Four main rivers flow into the Wash.  The Witham and the Wellam are two. Name one of the others.

A. The Nene or The Ouse.

6.     Q.  Half Dome (mountain) lies in which US National Park?

A.   Yosemite.

7.     Q. Lady Musgrave, Lady Elliot and Dunk Islands are part of which geographical feature?

A.  The Great Barrier Reef.

8.     Q. There are three River Avons in England – the Warwickshire Avon and the Bristol Avon are two. In which county is the third?

A.  Hampshire

Supplementaries

     Q.   Which City is served by the airport at Roose?

     A.   Cardiff.

    Q.   Which City is served by Changi airport?

    A.   Singapore.

Round 4: Prime Ministers & Presidents (History)

1.     Q.  Who was Prime Minister at the height of the Irish Potato Famine?     

     A. Robert Peel

2.     Q.  Who was Prime Minister when the Battle of Waterloo was fought?

     A.  Lord Liverpool

3.     Q.  Who was US President when World War I broke out in 1914?

     A.   Woodrow Wilson

4.     Q. Who was the US President who repealed prohibition?

A   F.D. Roosevelt.

5.     Q. Who was Prime Minister when the Battle of Trafalgar was fought?

     A. William Pitt the Younger.

6.     Q.  Who was Prime Minister when Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire?

A.  Earl Grey (in 1833)

7.     Q. Who was US President during the Wall Street Crash?

A.  Hoover

8.     Q. Who was US President when the first moon landing took             place?

A.  Richard Nixon

Supplementaries

          Q.  Who took over as PM when Spencer Percival was murdered?

A.  Lord Liverpool (again)

          Q. Who was Queen Victoria’s last PM?

A.  Lord Salisbury

Q.  Who was US President at the outbreak of the 1812 war with UK?

A.   Madison

Round 5: Dreams & Visions (Arts & Entertainment)

1.     Q. Who wrote the Dream of Gerontius?

         A.  Elgar.

       2.  Q.  Who wrote of the Vision of Piers Plowman?

A.     Langland

3.       Q. Which Book starts “Last Night I dreamt of Manderley again.”?

   A.  Rebecca

4.     Q. In which Gilbert & Sullivan opera is the Nightmare song?

   A.  Iolanthe.

5.     Q. Which Dream involves the Marriage of Theseus & Hippolyta?

    A.  A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream

6.     Q.  Who sang of “Sweet Dreams Baby”?

a.     Roy Orbison.

7.     Q.  Who sung of his “Theme for a Dream”?

a.     Cliff Richard.

     8.  Q.  Which musical includes “Any Dream will do?”

 A.  Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour  Dreamcoat.

  

Supplementaries

8.     Q.  Who wrote of “A damsel with a dulcimer” whom he saw in a vision?

        A.  S. T. Coleridge.

        

          Q. Who originally recorded “All I have to do is Dream”?

A.  The Everly Brothers. 

Round 6: Black & Blue.

1.     Q. Which shade of blue is named after a former German state?

     A. Prussian Blue

2.     Q.  What is the alternative name for Tolkien’s Black Riders?

     A.   Nazgul

3.     Q.  McKinley Morganfield was the given name of which famous Blues singer?

A. Muddy Waters.

4.     Q. In which classic board game would you encounter Dr Black?

A.  Cluedo. (he is the murder victim)

5.     Q.  ‘Black is Black’ was recorded in the 60’s by which group?

A.  Los Bravos

6.     Q.  Which shade of blue is ultimately named after the German word for Goblin?

A.     Cobalt  (via the metal’s name)

7.     Q.  In which series of books is Sirius Black a main character?

A. The Harry Potter series.

8.     Q.  Chester Arthur Burnett was a blues singer better known as?

A.   Howlin’ Wolf.

Supplementaries

          Q.  Paint it Back was recorded by which group?

A.  The Rolling Stones.

     Q.  Which actress starred in “The Blue Angel”?

     A.   Marlene Dietrich.

Round 7: Tonys & Anthonys

Which Tony or Anthony:

1.     Q. Was both a Novelist and the inventor of the Pillar Box?

     A. Anthony Trollope.

2.     Q. Starred in the classic Granada TV version of Brideshead Revisited?

     A.  Anthony Andrews.

3.     Q.  Played the butler in the film of Remains of the Day?

A.  Anthony Hopkins.

4.     Q.  Was sometime Lord Stansgate?

A.   Tony Benn.

5.     Q.  Conceived the TV version of the Number 1 Detective Agency?

A.   Anthony Mingella.

6.     Q.   Became The Earl of Avon?

A.   Anthony Eden.

 More Anthony related Questions:

7.     Q.  Which constituency did Tony Blair represent?

A.   Sedgefield.

8.     Q.  In Shakespeare’s Anthony and Cleopatra, who is Anthony’s wife?  (Not Cleopatra!)

A. Octavia.

Supplementaries

         Q. In which street did Tony Hancock live, in his Radio Series?

A. Railway Cuttings.

       Q. Who played Mark Anthony in the 1950’s film of Shakespeare’s     Julius Caesar?

A.  Marlon Brando

Round 8: Dead & Alive.

(This round is about people who died in 2009 – but about what they did when alive – obviously!)

1.     Q. Which actress spent some time outside with Mike Sarne?

      A.  Wendy Richard.

2.     Q. This opera singer and Radio 4 star died in October. His name?

     A. Ian Wallace. (of My Music fame, amongst other things)

3.     Q.  Norman Painting also died in October – what is his claim to    fame?

A. He was Phil Archer on The Archers. (since the start in 1950)

4.     Q.  This well-respected football player and manager worked, as a teenager, for the N.C.B. as an electrician. He died last September. Who was he?

A  Bobby Robson

5.     Q. This was finally “It” for the entertainer who died last June. Who was he?

A. Michael Jackson.

6.     Q.  This former “angel” joined the angels the day Michael Jackson died. Her name?

A.  Farrah Fawcett.

7.     Q. This celebrity chef will be missed for his TV programmes, especially in the West Country. Who was he?

A.     Keith Floyd.

8.     Q.  Who was the civil partner of Andrew Cowles, who died in Majorca in October?

A.   Stephen Gately.

Supplementaries

          Q. Who was “The seducer of the valleys” who died early in 2009?

A.  Dai Llewelyn.

         

          Q. Which US politician died in 2009, 40 years after a career -threatening incident on a bridge?

A.  Edward Kennedy.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

(Set and vetted by the same teams as the Specialist ones!)

1	Q	Steve Marriot. Ronnie Wood, Ronnie Lane and Kenny Jones were all in the original line-up of which 60's band?
	A	The Small Faces
2	Q	When Tottenham Hotspur put 9 goals past Wigan earlier this season, who scored the final (9th) goal?
	A	Nico Kranjcar
3	Q	Actor David Tennant's real name is David McDonald. As there was already a David McDonald in Equity, he had to choose a new name.  Why did he choose Tennant?
	A	He is a great fan of Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys.
4	Q	Which British actress won best actress at the 2009 Emmys?
	A	Julie Walters
5	Q	Which contemporary of Shakespeare's wrote the plays Tamburlaine and The Jew of Malta?
	A	Christopher Marlowe
6	Q	Who has been the longest reigning king in England since 1066?
	A	George III ( Victoria was not a king, remember!)
7	Q	Who is the Patron Saint of lost causes?
	A	St Jude
8	Q	Which country will be represented for the first time at the World Cup Finals in 2010?
	A	Slovakia
9	Q	Which Cricketer has scored the most Test runs in the 2000's?
	A	Ricky Ponting
10	Q	Give the name of one of President Obama's daughters.
	A	Malia or Sasha (Natasha)
11	Q	Why should you note the weather on July 15?
	A	It is St Swithin's Day, which traditionally "fixes" the weather for 40 days.
12	Q	Detroit is in which US state?
	A	Michigan
13	Q	The site of which battle has recently been shown, by modern archaeology, to be some way removed from where it was formerly thought to be?
	A	Bosworth (The Battle of Bosworth Field, 1485)
14	Q	Which TV series has actor Graham Cole left after 24 years?
	A	The Bill
15	Q	Where was the first FA cup final played?
	A	The Oval
16	Q	Who is the Patron Saint of lost things?
	A	St Anthony
17	Q	What is Umami?
	A	The (newly defined) fifth taste
18	Q	What did the treaty of Vereeniging end?
	A	The Boer War.
19	Q	After whom was Radio Caroline named?
	A	Caroline Kennedy (JFK's daughter)
20	Q	For which invention is James Dewar famous?
	A	The thermos flask
21	Q	For which city is Lulsgate the airport?
	A	Bristol  (The airport was formerly called Lulsgate Bottom)
22	Q	Which Monarchy was abolished in 2008, after 240 years?
	A	That of Nepal
23	Q	Which European country uses the Euro, despite not being in the EU?
	A	Montenegro
24	Q	Who was the first Briton to be killed in an aeroplane accident?
	A	Charles Rolls, of Rolls Royce fame. (Killed at an air display in 1910)
25	Q	Gregory Peck was awarded the Best Actor Oscar in 1963 for his role in which film?
	A	To Kill a Mocking Bird
26	Q	In which London street does The Gherkin ( The Swiss Re building) stand?
	A	St Mary Axe
27	Q	Why was the staging of King Lear banned in Britain between 1810 and 1820?
	A	Because of the madness of King George III - the play deals with a mad king.
28	Q	What is the name of Prince Edward's daughter?
	A	Louise
29	Q	In which novel does the main character marry Charlotte Haze so as to be close to her daughter, Dolores?
	A	Lolita (by Nabukov: Lolita is a diminuitive of Dolores)
30	Q	When did public executions stop in the UK?
	A	1868  (Allow 1860 to 1875)
31	Q	What is the actual name - not the nickname - of the most famous literary creation of Leslie Charteris?
	A	Simon Templar (The Saint)
32	Q	Which is the first event in a ladies' heptathlon?
	A	100m hurdles
33	Q	Who was the first husband of Mary Queen of Scots?
	A	(Francis) The Dauphin of France.
34	Q	Which group had hits with Don't Throw your Love Away and Needles and Pins?
	A	The Searchers

35	Q	On which island is Bastia?
	A	Corsica
36	Q	In which literary work would you find Doubting Castle?
	A	Pilgrims Progress (John Bunyan)
37	Q	Which Beatles song, never released as a single in the UK, is the most covered by other artists?
	A	Yesterday
38	Q	Which musical is based on a story by the French author, Colette?
	A	Gigi
39	Q	What did Hiram Bingham discover in 1911?
	A	(The lost city of) Macchu Pichu
40	Q	In 2009, the last 3  British combatants of World War I died. Name one of them.
	A	Henry Allingham, Harry Patch, Bill Stone.
41	Q	He was/is the youngest ever winner of the Nobel prize for Literature, at the age of 42, in 1907. Who was he?
	A	Rudyard Kipling.
42	Q	The father, Immanuel, invented plywood, but his son, Alfred, gained more fame for his invention.  What was their surname?
	A	Nobel (it has been pointed out that one discovered how to stick things together, the other how to blow them apart!)
43	Q	Which motor manufacturer has recently introduced a model called Yeti?
	A	Skoda
44	Q	Lily Allen's father has appeared in 2009 as a well known character in a BBC drama series. As whom?
	A	The Sheriff of Nottingham (Keith Allen)

45	Q	Give one of the 2 English words which has  the 5 vowels in alphabetical order
	A	Abstemious or  Facetious.
46	Q	Who, in 1770, made landfall 250 miles north of Brisbane, at a place now called, appropriately, 1770?
	A	James Cook
47	Q	Name either of the 2 Nobel Prizewinners, who won in 2 different categories.
	A	Linus Pawling (Chemistry and Peace) or Marie Curie (Chemistry and Physics)
48	Q	Which car producer has a luxury car range called Infiniti, newly arrived in the UK, and equivalent to the Lexus range by Toyota?
	A	Nissan
49	Q	Who was the last sport's star to be evicted from this season's Strictly Come Dancing?
	A	Phil Tufnell
50	Q	Which city's name means fort between the breast-shaped hills?
	A	Manchester.
51	Q	Where was the last F1 race of 2009 held?
	A	Abu Dhabi
52	Q	Which well-known author was responsible for the screenplay of "You only Live Twice"?
	A	Roald Dahl
53	Q	What "first" did US aviator Richard Byrd achieve in 1926?
	A	First flight over the North Pole
54	Q	Name the Boxer defeated by David Haye when he won a World Heavyweight Boxing title in November 2009?
	A	Nikolai Valuev

55	Q	What film, based on a cartoon character, is being directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson?
	A	Tin Tin
56	Q	What is the name of the ancient Celtic feast, which is the origin of Halloween?
	A	Samhain
57	Q	Derek  Simpson and Tony Woodley are joint General Secretaries of which Trade Union?
	A	Unite
58	Q	Margaret Anne Lake became famous in Britain in 1994. How is she more generally known?
	A	Mystic Meg
59	Q	The names of White Star ships often ended in the same 2-letter suffix.  What was it?
	A	"ic" - as in Titanic, Homeric, Olympic, Britannic etc
60	Q	In what field was Matthew Hopkins famous (or infamous) in seventeenth century England?
	A	Witch Hunting - he was the Witchfinder General
61	Q	Durham was admitted to the Cricket County Championship in Dec 1991.  Which was the last County to be admitted before Durham?
	A	Glamorgan (in 1921)
62	Q	Which North West National Trust Property represents Mayfair on the new National Trust Monopoly board?
	A	Lyme Park
63	Q	Which Northern town was known to the Romans as Aquae Arnemetiae?
	A	Buxton
64	Q	Which group recorded such hits as The Rise and Fall of Fingal Blunt and FBI?
	A	The Shadows

65	Q	In which US state is Baltimore?
	A	Maryland
66	Q	Which movement is at present celebrating its Centenary?
	A	Girl Guiding
67	Q	Who won Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard Theatre awards in 2009 for his portrayal of Othello?
	A	Lenny Henry
68	Q	What is Force 12 on the Beaufort Scale?
	A	Hurricane
69	Q	Who composed Peter and the Wolf?
	A	Prokofiev
70	Q	Who had hits with Alcoholic, Four to the Floor and Silence is Easy?
	A	Star Sailor
71	Q	What supernatural creature is linked with a condition known as lycanthropy?
	A	A werewolf
72	Q	Who composed  A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra?
	A	Benjamin Britten
73	Q	Who was the first player to score 4 goals in a Premiership game?
	A	Andy Cole (for Man Utd against Ipswich 1995)
74	Q	Name one of the two poets who contributed to Lyrical Ballads (pub 1798)?
	A	Wordsworth or Coleridge.
75	Q	On which race course is the Midlands 'Grand National' run?
	A	Uttoxeter
76	Q	Tennis: Who won the ATP World Tour Finals played at the O2 last November?
	A	Nikolay Davydenko
77	Q	In which Welsh castle was Prince Charles invested as Prince of Wales in 1969?
	A	Caernarfon
78	Q	What was Agatha Christie's first published novel, which introduced Poirot?
	A	The Mysterious Affair at Styles
79	Q	Who is the leader of the Lib Dems?
	A	Nick Clegg
80	Q	How long has there been an Elizabeth on the English Throne? Some leeway.
	A	102 (allow 92 to 112)
81	Q	What do the villages of Glenelg (in Scotland), and Laval (in Britanny) have in common?
	A	They are palindromes (spelt the same forwards & backwards)
82	Q	If you catch a ferry from Glenelg on the mainland, what island will you reach?
	A	Skye (only in the summer - no winter service!)
83	Q	Sky Masterson is a character in which musical?
	A	Guys and Dolls
84	Q	Who wrote "Song for Guy"?
	A	Elton John
85	Q	Which inhabitant of Elton near Chester was accused, and eventually acquitted, of killing a baby through excessive shaking?
	A	Louise Woodward
86	Q	Joanne Woodward was the wife of -who?
	A	Paul Newman
87	Q	The production of what foodstuff has Paul Newman's name been associated with?
	A	Salad Dressing

88	Q	The classic salad dressing, Mayonnaise is named after a town on which island?
	A	Minorca (The town is Mayon)
89	Q	Which politics graduate has the bestsellling UK single of this decade?
	A	Will Young
90	Q	Give one of the Young Pretender's forenames.
	A	Charles Edward
91	Q	Give one of the other forenames of Prince Charles.
	A	Philip Arthur George
92	Q	What was George Eliots's real name?
	A	Mary Anne Evans
93	Q	Timothy Evans was hanged for a crime committed, in all probability, by whom?
	A	(John) Christie
94	Q	Agatha Christie disappeared for ten days in 1926.  In which town was she found?
	A	Harrogate
95	Q	What is the name of the famous tea-rooms in Harrogate?
	A	Bettie's
96	Q	Who plays Ugly Betty in the TV series of that name?
	A	America Ferrera

Supplementaries overleaf.

Supplementary Questions:
1	Q	What Trade Union has Dave Prentis as its General Secretary?
	A	Unison
2	Q	In what branch of the arts did Gustav Klimpt work?
	A	Painting
3	Q	Which footballer scored the goal for Leeds which put Manchester United out of the FA cup for this season?
	A	Jermaine Beckford
4	Q	In Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, what is the name of Shylock's daughter?
	A	Jessica
5	Q	What is the name of episode one of Star Wars: it is the start of the 3 prequels?
	A	The Phantom Menace.
6	Q	What are: LGW 809 G; GPF 146 G: HMP 279 G?
	A	The 3 minis in the Italian Job - at least their registation numbers!