CUP & PLATE SEMI-FINALS

 

28th February 2012-02-25

Questions set by

The Church House, Bollington

and

Harrington B, Gawsworth

1. What is the only Shakespeare play to mention America?

A COMEDY OF ERRORS

2. Who was the first cricketer to play 100 test matches?   
COLIN COWDREY

3. Which TV western series starred Leif Ericsson as a rancher and Cameron Mitchell as his brother?                   
THE HIGH CHAPARRAL

4. In which film did Kane, Parker, Lambert, Ash, Dallas and Brett all fail to make it to the end?                       
ALIEN (NB NOT Aliens)

5. On which river, also the name of a local beer, does Amsterdam stand?
AMSTEL

6. A tangelo is a hybrid of a tangerine and which other fruit?   
POMELO

7. Which prophetess and witch lived in a cave near Knaresborough?  MOTHER SHIPTON

8.What is removed in the process of excortication?  
BARK OF A TREE

9. What German word means pleasure in another’s misfortune?  SCHADENFREUDE

10. Capers are the pickled seeds of which flower?   
NASTURTIUM

11. Which train did Casey Jones drive?       
CANNONBALL EXPRESS

12. Which actress is the mother of film star Melanie Griffith?  
TIPPI HEDREN

13. In literature, who was the son of the giant Pantagruel?   
GARGANTUA

14. Which TV character’s catchphrase was “You’ve all done very well”?  (YOUNG) MR GRACE

15. Which city was known by the Romans as Durovernum?   
CANTERBURY

16. Who wrote the novel I Know Why The Caged Bird sings?   MAYA ANGELOU

17. Who or what was referred to in the early 20th century as The Sick Man of Europe?   
TURKEY (OTTOMAN EMPIRE)

18. On what product can a painting of the Barnum & Bailey’s Circus animal Old Joe be seen?                       
CAMEL CIGARETTES

19. What was Casanova’s main profession?           
LIBRARIAN

20. Who was the manager of Arsenal when they won the double in 1971?  BERTIE MEE

21. Which secret society took its name from the Greek word for circle? 
KU KLUX KLAN

22. Which Canadian territory forms most of the border with Alaska?   
YUKON

23. By what name is Lake Tiberias also known?       
SEA OF GALILEE

24. What code was invented by Depillon and developed by Popham and Pasley? 
SEMAPHORE

25. In a pack of playing cards, what are the queens holding?   
A FLOWER

26. What did the Combination Laws of 1799 & 1800 prohibit?   
TRADE UNIONS

27. As in Galapagos Islands, what does the word Galapagos mean?  TORTOISES/TURTLES

28. What is the more common name for a lycanthrope?   
WEREWOLF

29. What poison is obtained from the seed nux vomica?   
STRYCHNINE

30. What was Kevin Keegan’s first football league club as a player?  SCUNTHORPE UNITED

31. Who was Israel’s Defence Minister during the Six-day War?   
MOSHE DAYAN

32. Which liqueur is flavoured with caraway seeds?       
KUMMEL

33. What is made in the process of nidification?       
A NEST

34. Which Englishman became Pope Adrian IV?       
NICHOLAS BREAKSPEAR

35. Which country was liberated in the 19th century by Bernardo O’Higgins?  CHILE

36. Which flower is also known as the rose-mallow?   
HOLLYHOCK

37. From which TV programme did the hit songs Hi-Fidelity and Starmaker come? 
FAME

38. Which breed of dog was originally bred to hunt badgers?  
DACHSHUND

39. What is the purpose of the process of kyanisation?   
TO PREVENT DRY-ROT

40. Which old name for Britain derives from the Latin word for white?
ALBION

41. In Elizabethan times, what profession was followed by the Admiral’s Men?  ACTORS

42. Which James Herbert novel features a man who is reincarnated as a dog? FLUKE

43. What would be most distinctive about someone suffering from calivity? THEY’D BE BALD

44. Which spice comes from the berry of the pimento?       
ALLSPICE

45. Whom did Frank Bruno defeat to win the WBC heavyweight Championship?
OLIVER McCALL

46. Who would use a cockabondy?                   
AN ANGLER

47. By what name is a loupe better known?           
MAGNIFYING GLASS
48. By what name is the drug methylene dioxy methamphetamine better known?
ECSTACY

49. Where in Britain is a figure supposed to represent Hercules carved into the earth? 
CERNE ABBAS

50. A proposed merger between Oxford United and Reading very nearly took place a few years ago. By what name would the new club have been known? THAMES VALLEY ROYALS

51. Which poem by Milton tells the story of Christ’s temptation by Satan? PARADISE REGAINED

52. Of which bay is the Andamam Sea a part?        
BAY OF BENGAL

53. On which London street is the Stock Exchange?       
OLD BROAD STREET

54. Who won both an FA Cup winners medal and a cricket County Championship winners medal in cricket in 1964?           
JIM STANDEN

55. In which book does Bustopher Jones appear?   
OLD POSSUM’S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS

56. What animal is used to represent the Egyptian god of death and evil?     CROCODILE

57. What is Kent Cap?                   
A PAPER SIZE

58. Which range of mountains in Germany is supposedly haunted by Spectre of the Brocken?                       
HARZ MOUNTAINS

59. Which great general was finally defeated by Scipio in 202 BC?   HANNIBAL

60. By what name was the artist Jacopo Robusti, the son of a dyer, better known?
TINTORETTO

61.    What does the “M” represent in MRI scanner?
MAGNETIC

62.    Which singer’s real name is Gordon Sumner?
STING

63.    What is the STD dialling code for Leeds?
0113

64.    Who won the Apprentice 2011 to become Lord Sugar’s business partner?
TOM PELLEREAU

65.    What was the name of the Detective played by Philip Glenister in Ashes to Ashes and Life on Mars?
GENE HUNT

66.    On which island does Thomas the Tank Engine work?
SODOR

67.    Who provides the voice of Lightning McQueen in Cars and Cars 2? OWEN WILSON

68.    If you were offered “Kaugummi” (cow-gummy) in Germany, what would you do with it?   
CHEW IT (chewing gum)

69.    Who won the first series of X-Factor?
STEVE BROOKSTEIN

70.    In which county is the 9 square mile area known as the Rhubarb Triangle? 
YORKSHIRE

71.    In gambling, what odds are sometimes referred to as “Double Carpet”?   THIRTY-THREE TO ONE

72.    In Sky One’s drama, what are Max Beesley, Marc Warren, Philip Glenister and John Simm collectively known as? 
MAD DOGS
 
73.    In Celtic mythology, what name is given to the Land of the Young, whose inhabitants enjoy eternal youth?       
TIR NA NOG

74.    Under what title was Charles Jaggers immortalised in the words of a song written in 1891?               
THE MAN WHO BROKE THE BANK IN MONTE CARLO

75.    On an Indian menu, what does a dish whose name includes ‘Sag’ contain?               
SPINACH

76.    As well as Ayrton Senna, another driver was killed during the weekend of the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994. Who?               
ROLAND RATZENBERGER

77.    Name the American golfer who won the 2011 US PGA Golf Tournament.
KEEGAN BRADLEY

78.    Which religious holiday do the French call ‘Vendredi Saint’?
GOOD FRIDAY

79.    With which Formula 1 team did Jenson Button start his career?
WILLIAMS

80.    Who preceded Mervyn King as Governor of the Bank of England?
EDDIE GEORGE

81.    Which Asian island was formerly known as Formosa?
TAIWAN

82.    What name is given to a native of the Orkneys?
ORCADIAN

83.    What inscription does the George Cross bear?
FOR GALLANTRY

84.    The establishment of which international organisation was inspired by the Battle of Solferino in 1859?
THE RED CROSS

85.    The mascot for the 2012 Olympic Games is called what?
WENLOCK (do NOT accept Mandeville – this is the Paralympic mascot)

86.    On a pencil, what do the letters ‘HB’ stand for?
HARD BLACK

87.    Who designed the first Blue peter badge?
TONY HART

88.    Haiti’s President between 1957 and 1971 was known as Papa Doc. What was his real name?
FRANCOIS DUVALIER

89.    Who was the first Prime Minister of South Africa?
LOUIS BOTHA

90.    In which sport is John Paramor a leading referee?
GOLF (Chief Referee of the European Tour)

91.    Who was the first woman to referee a World Snooker Championship Final?
MICHAELA TABB

92.    Which cathedral city is most closely associated with Edward Elgar?
WORCESTER

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

94.    What kind of creature is a ‘Dik-Dik’?
ANTELOPE

95.    What kind of creature is a ‘Canvasback’?
DUCK

96.    In which country is the source of the River Danube?
GERMANY

97.    Which former English county disappeared in 1974, absorbed into the county of Cambridgeshire?
HUNTINGDONSHIRE

98.    The Isle of Wight has three prisons – name one.
PARKHURST, ALBANY OR CAMP HILL

99.    In the TV series ‘The Man from Uncle’, which organisation did the bad guys work for?
THRUSH

100.    Which fictional law enforcement organisation did the 60s TV characters Jason King, Stewart Sullivan and Annabelle Hurst work for?
DEPARTMENT S

101.    Cinnabar is the principal ore of which metal?
MERCURY

102.    What name do chemists give to those elements with atomic numbers greater than 92?
TRANSURANIC ELEMENTS (i.e. beyond uranium)

103.    How many children did Queen Victoria and Prince Albert have?
NINE

104.    Which unit of measurement was defined for several centuries in England as ‘equal to three barleycorns’?
AN INCH

105.    Which of the six towns that make up the City of Stoke on Trent is missing: Hanley, Stoke, Longton, Burslem, Tunstall and…?
FENTON

106.    Which is the only church in the centre of Macclesfield (NOT the neighbouring parishes) with a spire?
ST. PAUL’S

107.    Seen in sitcom Benidorm, which comedian’s real name is Michael Pennington?
JOHNNY VEGAS

108.    What nationality is actor Donald Sutherland?
CANADIAN

109.    Mount Logan is the highest mountain in which country?
CANADA

110.    Which country borders Syria, Iran, Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia?
TURKEY

111.    How many squares are there on a Scrabble board?
225 (15x15)

112.    Which sports name is derived from the French for ‘take it’?
TENNIS (from ‘tenez’)

113.    Shakespeare’s Othello is set in Venice and on which island?
CYPRUS

114.    Sam Weller is a character in which Dickens novel?
PICKWICK PAPERS

115.    In which year was the £1 coin introduced in the UK?
1983

116.    In which year was Fawlty Towers first screened?
1975

117.    Name the most easterly town in the UK.
LOWESTOFT

118.    Australian Baz Luhrmann directed a 1996 screen adaptation of which Shakespeare play?
ROMEO & JULIET

119.    Tsar Kolokol, in Moscow, is the world’s biggest what?
BELL (broken in casting, it has never been rung)

120.    Edo was the former name of which city?
TOKYO

 

Supplementaries

Which bishop of England signs his name ‘Sarum’?
SALISBURY

Name the popular confectionery bar that was launched in 1935 as ‘Rowntree’s Chocolate Crisp’.
KIT KAT

Which is the only country crossed by the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn?
BRAZIL

Who had a number one hit single in 1975 with ‘January’?
PILOT

Who was the second wife of Henry VIII?
ANNE BOLEYN

Which fruit juice combines with Champagne to make a Bellini?
PEACH

Near which major American city will this year’s Ryder Cup Matches be held?
CHICAGO (Medinah Country Club)

What can be vulgar, complex or mixed?
FRACTIONS

Tie-breaker:

According to Wikipedia, the M6 is the longest motorway in Britain, running from Junction 19 of the M1 to the Scottish borders. How long is it in miles?
232.2 miles (373.7km)