25th February–The Questions

 

Sorry the formatting is awry – due to the software used, not the questions setters - Nick

Specialist

 

Set by the Chester Road Tavern

 

History
Art and Culture
Science
Sport
Geography
Entertainment
A Colourful Life
Trigger Points

History

1.    Who was Prime Minister when Queen Victoria was crowned?
A.    Lord Melbourne (William Lamb)

2.    Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
A.    John Wilkes Booth

3.    Who was "the young pretender"? (Both names required)
A.    Prince Charles Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie)

4.    Which former mayor of Birmingham became prime minister in 1937?
A.    Neville Chamberlain

5.    Who was the last viceroy of India?
A.    Lord Mountbatten

6.    Which English queen was reputed to have six fingers on one hand?
A.    Anne Boleyn

7.    By what name did Josip Broz become better known?
A.    Tito

8.    What was Lord Haw-Haw’s real name?
A.    William Joyce

Supplementaries

1.    Who was the last monarch of Italy?
A.    Umberto II

2.    Who was the first monarch of the house of Tudor?
A.    Henry VII

 

Art & Culture

1.    Who painted ‘The Persistence of Memory’, which depicted melting clocks?
A.    Salvador Dali

2.    Which artist had a genetic disorder leaving him with child size legs, the syndrome he suffered from is now named after him?
A.    Toulouse Lautrec

3.    Who wrote the play ‘The Crucible’, based on the Salem witch trials?
A.    Arthur Miller

4.    Which poet’s works include ‘Do not go gently into that good night’ and ‘And death shall have no dominion’?
A.    Dylan Thomas

5.    Which author was the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel prize for literature in 1907?
A.    Rudyard Kipling

6.    Which sculptor’s work includes ‘Another Place’ on Crosby Beach?
A.    Anthony Gormley

7.    Which technique in painting sees distinct dots of pure colour applied in patterns to form an image?
A.    Pointillism

8.    What word describes the technique of mural painting of freshly laid lime plaster?
A.    Fresco

Supplementaries

1.    Who wrote the poem ‘Dulce et Decorum est’?
A.    Wilfred Owen

2.    Who sculpted ‘The Burghers of Calais’ in 1889?
A.    Rodin

 

Science

1.    In which region of the atmosphere is the ozone layer?
A.    Stratosphere

2.    Hyperion and Rhea are two of the moons of which planet?
A.    Saturn

3.    Who, while working at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, pioneered antiseptic surgery?
A.    Joseph Lister

4.    Which element is used on luminous watch dials?
A.    Radium

5.    Who is commonly credited with designing the first computer?
A.    Charles Babbage

6.    Which small rodent, which is often kept as a pet, is also known as a jird or sand rat?
A.    Gerbil

7.    What name is given to a swelling of the thyroid gland?
A.    Goitre

8.    What was developed shortly before World War II by a British team led by Sir Robert Watson-Watt?
A.    Radar

Supplementaries

1.    On the Mohs scale what is the softest mineral?
A.    Talc

2.    Fred Hoyle is credited with coining which term regarding the universe during a 1949 radio broadcast?
A.    Big Bang Theory

Sport

1.    Which British Athlete won a gold medal in the Skeleton event at the 2010 Winter Olympics?
A.    Amy Williams

2.    Nicknamed ‘The Thunder from Down Under’, who is the current (at 9/2/14) snooker world no. 1?
A.    Neil Robertson

3.    In January, who knocked Manchester United out of this year’s FA Cup?
A.    Swansea City

4.    Mark Ramprakash played over 400 first class cricket matches for Middlesex and which other county?
A.    Surrey

5.    Name either of the teams that contested this year’s Superbowl XLVIII (48)?
A.    Seattle Seahawks or Denver Broncos

6.    In what year did Damon Hill win his only Formula 1 Drivers Championship?
A.    1996 (accept 1995-1997)

7.    Which Rugby Union team play their home games at Kingsholm?
A.    Gloucester

8.    In which sport are competitors required to change lanes after every lap?
A.    Speed Skating

Supplementaries

1.    Name the England cricketer that was killed in a car accident, aged 24, in Perth, Australia in 2002?
A.    Ben Hollioake

2.    What sport is played on a Diamond?
A.    Baseball

Geography

1.    What is the largest lake, by area, in mainland Britain?
A.    Loch Lomond

2.    What is the former name of the Vietnamese capital Ho Chi Minh City?
A.    Saigon

3.    Which city has Table Mountain as its backdrop?
A.    Cape Town

4.    The Grimaldi family rules which independent state?
A.    Monaco

5.    In which country is the Serengeti national park?
A.    Tanzania

6.    Melbourne is situated on which river?
A.    The Yarra

7.    Mount Rushmore is in which US state?
A.    South Dakota

8.    Whose capital city is Ajaccio?
A.    Corsica

Supplementaries

1.    Leicester stands on which river?
A.    The Soar

2.    In which US state are the Adirondack Mountains found?
A.    New York

Entertainment

1.    Who won the 2014 series of the Channel 4 programme ‘The Jump’?
A.    Joe McElderry

2.    In which US State was Michael Jackson born?
A.    Indiana

3.    Who directed the 1996 film version of ‘Romeo & Juliet’?
A.    Baz Luhrmann

4.    Mark Lamarr, Will Self and Jack Dee have appeared as team captains on which panel quiz show?
A.    Shooting Stars

5.    Which legendary American folk musician died on 27th January 2014
A.    Pete Seeger

6.    Who hosted the 85th Academy Awards in 2013?
A.    Seth MacFarlane

7.    Eric Clapton's drunken rant at a 1976 concert triggered the formation of which organisation?
A.    Rock Against Racism

8.    Who underwent drastic weight loss to play the lead role in the film ‘Dallas Buyers Club’?
A.    Matthew McConaughey

Supplementaries

1.    Who, in 2011, played Shylock in the Royal Shakespeare Company's The Merchant of Venice
A.    Sir Patrick Stewart

2.    Whose version of Unchained Melody sold the most copies in the UK?
A.    Robson & Jerome (1.86m copies)

 

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

set by The Lamb Inn

01.  According to Mark Anthony in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, who “was the noblest Roman of  them all ?                                                               A.       BRUTUS

02.     Which word for candidates addressing potential voters comes from Old Norse meaning
‘household assembly held by a leader’ ?               A.      HUSTINGS

     03.  Andy Bell and Vince Clark were the members of which chart-topping act ?   A. ERASURE

04.      In human biology, what substances derive their name from the Greek for ‘first’ because
of their primary importance in the body ?            A.       PROTEIN

05.     Which painting by John Everett Millais, originally called ‘A child’s world’, was famously
used in a Pear’s Soap advertisement ?                  A.       BUBBLES

     06.  Stibium is the Latin name for which chemical element ?            A.       ANTIMONY

07.  How many players are there in an Australian Rules football team ?        A.   18

08.    Which magician came on stage to the tune ‘The Sheikh of Araby’ ?   
                                                                          A.      TOMMY COOPER

09.    Which company was formed in 1600 during the reign of Elizabeth I to compete with Spain, Portugal and the Dutch for the spice trade ?        A.   EAST INDIA COMPANY

     10.  Which apostle is the patron saint of tax collectors ?    

A.   ST. MATTHEW (accept LEVI)

     11.  In which country is the active volcano Mount Cotopaxi ?           A.      ECUADOR

12.    Which gemstone mineral has varieties including emerald, morganite, aquamarine and
the colourless goshenite ?                                               A.       BERYL

13.    What is the name for a college of mainly religious instruction which comes from the
Arabic for ‘to study’  ?                                                   A.       MADRASA

     14.  In which county does the river Trent rise  ?                   A.       STAFFORDSHIRE

15.      In the bible, who was Jacob’s second wife, the mother of Joseph and Benjamin ?
                                                                                               A.      RACHEL
     16.  What is the traditional topping of a Simnel cake ?         A.     MARZIPAN or almond paste

17.  Napoleon’s favourite horse was named after which battle in Northern Italy ?  
                                                                                                A.     MARENGO
18.  In which present day country was Jean Sibelius born in 1865 ?      A.       FINLAND

19.    What word of Arabic origin is used for a dry valley in arid regions subject to flash
flooding ?                                                                         A.      WADI
20.    Who won the first of seven Wimbledon Singles titles when he beat Jim Courier in the  1993 final ?                                                                      A.      PETE SAMPRAS.          
                                                                     
     21.  What was the name of the British working class movement that was established in 1838
            to include votes for all men  ?                                                       A.     CHARTISM

22.      Which word, of Norse origin, is used in Scotland to refer to a narrow inlet of the sea or
river inlet ?                                                                                    A.     FIRTH

23.     According to the gospel of St. John, in which town did Jesus turn the water into wine at
a wedding  ?                                                                                   A.     CANA

24.     John Sullivan named which TV sitcom from the title of an episode of his earlier series
‘Citizen Smith’  ?                                                               A.     ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES

25.     Which American inventor was involved in perfecting an electronic keyboard
instrument patented in 1934 and named after him ?          A.     LOURENS HAMMOND

     26.  Which one of Robin Hood’s merry men was a travelling muisician ?   A.   ALAN A’DALE

     27.  The adjective Lupine refers to which animal ?                           A.      WOLF

     28.  Who created the character of Tin Tin ?                            A.    HERGE  (GEORGE REMI)

     29.  Released in 1963, what was the title of The Beatles first LP ?   A.   PLEASE, PLEASE ME

     30.  In the bible, who was the wife of Abraham ?                              A.      SARAH

     31.  What type of animal is a Kerry Blue ?                                        A.      DOG  (TERRIER)

     32.  Who became the world’s first test-tube baby in 1978 ?              A.     LOUISE BROWN

     33.   Robert Ford shot and killed which infamous American outlaw in 1882 ?   A.  JESSE JAMES    

     34.  What kind of creature was Rikki-Tikki-Tavvi  ?                         A.     MONGOOSE

     35.  Which popular biscuit is named after an Italian revolutionary ?       A.      GARIBALDI

     36.  How many colours are there on the Israeli flag ?              A.      TWO  (BLUE & WHITE)

37.    Three countries have both an Atlantic and Mediterranean coastline.  France and Spain are
two, which is the third ?                                                     A.      MOROCCO

38.    Bow Street and Vine Street are two of the orange coloured streets on the Monopoly board.
What is the third ?                                                              A.    MARLBOROUGH STREET

39.    Offa famously built his dyke around 785 AD but of which kingdom was he king ?
                                                                                        A.      MERCIA
40.    When Elizabeth Taylor played Cleopatra in the 1963 film, who played Julius Ceasar ?

   A.      REX HARRISON
     41.  Who created the fictional town of Middlemarch ?     A.   GEORGE ELLIOT (Mary Ann Evans)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
       42.  In which US state would you find the infamous San Quentin prison ?   A.   CALIFORNIA

43.    In ships names prefixed with the letters RMS, what does the M stand for ?
   A.      MAIL  (ROYAL MAIL SHIP)

44.  Which commercial chain of café restaurants was named after a character in Moby Dick ?
                                                                                                 A.      STARBUCKS
     45.  The name of which common household object derives from the Latin for ‘admire’ or ‘to wonder at’ ?                                                                 A.      MIRROR
46.  Which acid was once known as ‘Aqua Fortis’ meaning strong water ?   A.   NITRIC ACID

     47.  What is the characteristic smell of Hydrogen Sulphide ?    A.       ROTTEN EGGS

     48.  To which family of birds does the Jay belong ?            A.         CORVIDAE  (CROWS)

     49.  From which Gilbert & Sullivan opera does the song ‘Tit Willow’ come ?  A. THE MIKADO

     50.  The Wolseley Hornet and the Riley Elf were fancy versions of which iconic car ?    
                                                                                                   A.          THE MINI
     51.  What is the smallest British bird ?         A.          GOLDCREST or sub-species FIRECREST

     52.  Which Elgar composition is also an aircraft and a ‘Mighty Hunter’  ?     A.       NIMROD
 
     53.  Who designed Hitler’s ‘peoples car’ the Volkswagen known as ‘The Beetle’ ?
                                                                                                  A.        FERDINAND PORSCHE
     54.  What is the common name of the product of the Froghopper nymph ?     A.   CUCKOO SPIT

55.    Which BBC reporter famously said during the Falklands conflict “I counted them all out
and I counted them all back”  ?                                   A.         BRIAN HANRAHAN

     56.  Which sportsman was involved in the recent ‘ La Quenelle’ controversy ?
A.  NICOLAS ANELKA used the so-called ‘inverted Nazi salute’ during a Premier League
--------------------------------------------------                                                   Match  (accept ANELKA)
     57.  What is the capital of Chad ?                                       A.        N’DJAMENA   

     58.  Which chemical element has the symbol Sn  ?            A.        TIN

     59.  What is the literal translation of Iceland’s capital city Reykjavik ?       A.   SMOKY BAY

60.    Macclesfield Town FC played in the first round proper of the FA Cup in 1960 losing 7-2
against which team ?                                                     A.        SOUTHPORT

     61.  In which parts of the body would you find the phalanges bones ?      A.    HANDS & FEET

     62.  In which year did ‘Dad’s Army’ first appear on television  ?     A.  1968  (accept 1967-69)

63.    Which group was number one in the charts at the beginning of this century ?
                                                                   A.  WESTLIFE  (I have a dream / Seasons in the sun)
64.  How many ‘Carry on’ films were made ?                    A.      31  (accept 30-32)

     65.  Who wrote ‘The Grapes of Wrath’  ?                             A.      JOHN STEINBECK

66.    Which actor played the character ‘Hoss Cartwright’ in the TV series ‘Bonanza’ ?
                                                                                                A.     DAN BLOCKER
67.  Which actor appeared in the most ‘Carry On’ films ?    A.     KENNETH WILLIAMS

68.      In which year did the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth carrying the Pilgrim Fathers to the
New World ?                                                                    A.    1620

69.      The film ‘United 93’ was about which historic event ?
a.    THE FLIGHT ON 9/11 WHICH DID NOT REACH ITS INTENDED TARGET
(the passengers managed to overcome the terrorists on board the ‘plane)

70.    Which well known and much used phrase means ‘bottom of the bag’ in French ?
                                                                                                 A.     CUL DE SAC
71.  How many moons does Uranus have ?                             A.     27  (allow 25-29)

72.  Real Sociedad play football in which Spanish city ?        A.     SAN SEBASTIAN
73.  How many legs do crabs have ?                                        A.     10
                                                                                                                                
74.    If you travelled out of Macclesfield on the A537, at which town would you arrive  ?
                                                                                                  A.     BUXTON
75.  On what date does ‘Groundhog day’ fall ?                        A.     2ND FEBRUARY

76.  What is the capital of Ecuador ?                                        A.     QUITO

77.  In which city were the 1968 Winter Olympics held ?        A.     GRENOBLE

78.  Which school did Billy Bunter attend ?                             A.     GREYFRIARS
                                                                              
79.    What does the legend say will happen to you if you throw a coin into the Trevi fountain in
Rome ?                                                                       A.    YOU WILL RETURN TO ROME

     80.  Give a year in the life of Ivan the Terrible.                       A.      1530 – 1584

81.     Which bird, at a recorded weight of up to 42lb, is considered the heaviest flying animal
       in the world ?
                                                                                           A.     THE GREAT BUSTARD
     82.  Which emblem was on the reverse of the pre-decimal brass threepenny bit and was also on
            the reverse of the first decimal penny ?                           A.      PORT CULLIS

83.      Into what would you be entering if you were ferried through ‘traitor’s gate’ ?
                                                                                                A.     THE TOWER OF LONDON

84.  What is the capital of Liechtenstein ?                             A.      VADUZ

85.      Who composed the music for ‘Onward Christian Soldiers’ ; ‘The Lost Chord’ and  ‘The Pirates of Penzance’  ?                                           A.    SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN
                                                                                                                                             86.  The name of which printing process is derived from the Greek word for stone ?
                                                      A.  LITHOGRAPHY  (accept Litho)   Greek lithos = stone.
87.  In which long running publication would you find the features ‘Laughter, the best medicine’
       ‘It pays to increase your word power’ and ‘Life’s like that’  ?  A.    READERS DIGEST

88.  Which chemical element, atomic number 74, has the symbol W  ?   A.    TUNGSTEN 
                                                            (W for Wolfram)
89.  Which rodent like piece of computer hardware was invented by Douglas Engelbart of
        Stamford Research Institute in 1963 ?                                      A.     THE MOUSE

90.    Which gland in the human body secretes the hormone responsible for growth ?
                                                                                                          A.     PITUITARY

91.    What is the more commonly called title of Beethoven’s ‘Piano Sonato No. 14 in C sharp
minor’  ?                                                                                     A.   MOONLIGHT SONATA

     92.  Which American company was the first to manufacture Nylon  ?      A.      DU PONT

     93.  Of what is an escritoire a type ?                                                 A.        DESK

     94.  In which country was the explosive ‘Semtex’ developed ?       A.       CZECHOSLOVAKIA

95.      Which word describes seemingly contradictory figures of speech such as ‘bitter sweet’ ;
‘deafening silence’ and ‘serious joke’  ?                                    A.       OXYMORON

     96.  Who composed ‘The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra’ ?    A.  BENJAMIN BRITTEN

     SUPPLEMENTARIES

      1.  According to some sources, the largest wine bottle is a ‘Melchizedek’. How many standard
           bottles would it contain ?                                                           A.     40  (accept 38-42)

      2.  In ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ who plays Edina’s mother ?             A.      JUNE WHITFIELD

3.    What was the nick-name of Henry Percy, son of the 1st Earl of Northumberland ?
                                                                                                         A.      HOTSPUR
4.  Name either of the two Americans who won the Formula One World Chapionship ?
                                                                              A.        PHIL HILL and MARIO ANDRETTI
5.  Which ‘Fawlty Towers’ character was played by Ballard Berkeley ?
                                                                              A.      MAJOR GOWAN  (accept The Major)
6.  Who painted ‘The Night Watch’ in 1642 ?                                 A.   REMBRANDT

7.    Which group had hits in the 1960’s with ‘Just one Look’ ; ‘Yes I will’ ; ‘Sorry Suzanne’
and ‘We’re through’  ?                                                                A.     THE HOLLIES

      8.  What class of animal is the Woodlouse ?                                    A.     CRUSTACEAN
 

                                                                             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Colourful Life

A colour will feature in the answer to each question. Both names will be required for all answers

1.    Canadian born newspaper publisher
A.    Conrad Black

2.    Author Richmal Crompton’s naughty boy
A.    William Brown

3.    Actor best known as Ben Cartwright in Bonanza
A.    Lorne Greene

4.    Singer dubbed "the walrus of love"
A.    Barry White

5.    Author of the Da Vinci Code
A.    Dan Brown

6.    Actor most famous for sergeant Bilko
A.    Phil Silvers

7.    Texan famous for capping oil wells
A.    Red Adair

8.    The nine days queen
A.    Lady Jane Grey

Supplementaries

1.    Actor best known for playing Robin Hood in a long running TV series
A.    Richard Greene

2.    Actress best known for playing Sue Ellen in Dallas
A.    Linda Gray

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trigger Points

A round in memory of Roger Lloyd Pack; all answers linked to the names “Dave” and “Rodney”!
Both names are required for all answers

1.    Entertainer, particularly well known for his feathered friend.
A.    Rod Hull

2.    Leader of group who had a 70s hit with “Hold Your Head Up”.
A.    Rod Argent

3.    Director whose films included “Ryan’s Daughter” and “Doctor Zhivago”.
A.    David Lean

4.    Played football for Newcastle and Spurs, after transfer from Paris St Germain.
A.    David Ginola

5.    Labour home Secretary from 2001 to 2004.
A.    David Blunkett

6.    Australian actor, films include “The Time Machine” and “The Birds”.
A.    Rod Taylor

7.    US golfer, rose to world number one in the late 90s.
A.    David Duval

8.    Star of The X Files series.
A.    David Duchovny

Supplementaries

1.    Actor starred in “The Likely Lads”.
A.    Rodney Bewes

2.    Sang with “The Partridge Family”.
A.    David Cassidy

18th FEB THE QUESTIONS

 

Set by The Dolphin Dragons
And Vetted (rigorously) by
The Cock-a-2 and the
Park Timers

 

 

Specialist Rounds:
Culture
Geography
Entertainment
Sports
Science
History
Antiques Road Show
A Colourful Round

(Note to QMs: the information in brackets after an answer is for information only and is not required for the answer)

Specialist Questions.

Round 1: Culture

1  Q  Who composed Carmen?  
  A  Bizet

2  Q  Which Impressionist specialised in horseracing and ballet paintings?
    A Degas

3  Q   Which book of Dickens was unfinished at his death?
    A   (The Mystery of) Edwin Drood

4  Q   What is Anthony Gormley’s installation of sea gazing figures at Formby called?
     A  Another Place

5  Q   What was the surname of sibling artists Augustus and Gwen, born in Tenby?
     A   John

6  Q   Whose unfinished books include The Watsons and Sanditon?
    A   Jane Austen

7  Q   Who created the sculpture of the Thinker?
    A    Rodin

8  Q   Who composed Aida?
     A   Verdi

 

Supplementaries

Q  Who composed The Merry Widow?
A  Lehar

Q  In which Shakespeare play are there 2 sets of identical twins?
A Comedy of Errors

Round 2: Geography

In which country would you find the following?
( NB question masters: stuff in brackets for further info only!)

1.Capitol Hill
USA (Washington DC)

2. Hagia Sophia
Turkey (Istanbul)

3. The Alhambra
Spain (Granada)

4. St. Basil’s Cathedral
Russia (Moscow)

5. Chichen Itza
Mexico

6. Machu Picchu
Peru

7.The Golden Temple
India (Amritsah)

8. The Spanish Steps
Italy (Rome)

 

Supplementaries

The Great Buddha
Japan

Temple of Artemis of The Ephesians
Turkey (Ephesus)

 

Round 3: Entertainment

1 Paul Humphrey and Andy McClusky are which 80’s duo?
  OMD
 
2 Who plays Isobel Crawley in Downton Abbey?
   Penelope Wilton

3 In which seminal children’s TV series was there a major character called Bridget  McClusky?
Grange Hill

4  Name the actress who played either Cagney or Lacey
Sharon Gless (Cagney) / Tyne Daly (Lacey)

5 Which “Good Life” Actor died aged 79 in February 2013?
Richard Briers
 
6 Which cricket commentator/writer died aged 67 on New Year’s Day in 2013?
Christopher Martin Jenkins

7 Which actor plays Mandela in the film “The Long Walk to Freedom” ?
Idris Elba

8 “One way or another “ was a hit single originally for Blondie. Who did a cover version for Comic Relief 2013?
  One Direction

 

Supplementaries
 
Name one of the male lead actors in the current film “Last Vegas” 
Robert de Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline

Who had a “Manic Monday” in the charts of 1986?
The Bangles

Round 4: Sport

1 Which horsewoman was voted BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 1971?
Princess Anne / Princess Royal

2 At 15 all in a game of tennis, how many points have been played?
Two

3 Who  (as of Jan 13,2013) is the captain of the women’s English cricket team?
Charlotte Edwards

4 Which Welsh footballer has played for, among others, West Ham Liverpool, Manchester City, Norwich and Celtic plus 5 others.
Craig Bellamy

5 In Rugby Union which two teams contest for the MMC trophy, formerly known as the Bowring Bowl?
Oxford & Cambridge

6 Name the Heavyweight boxer who died last year who once beat Mohammad Ali (having broken Ali’s jaw during the fight), but lost a later rematch
Ken Norton

7 Which English footballer has played over 50 times for his country and has turned out for West Ham, Liverpool, Lille and Chelsea?
Joe Cole

8 In sporting terms what are Duke and Kookaburras?
(Leading makes of) Cricket balls.

 

Supplementaries

What links Yeovil, Crystal Palace and Bradford Cty in 2013?
They were the 3 Football League play off final winners.

Who is the only player in English topflight football to have scored (on average) more than a goal a game in one season?
Dixie Dean (60 goals in 39 games for Everton 1927/28)

Round 5: Science

1  What comes next in this sequence: 1,4,9,16…?
25. (Squares of 1,2,3,4,& 5)

2  How many sides has a dodecahedron?
12

3  What is a female elephant called?
A Cow

4  To which bird family does the jay belong?
Crow

5  Fahrenheit and Celsius scales coincide at which point?
Minus 40

6  What makes leaves green?
Chlorophyll

7  Olympus Mons is a volcano on which celestial body?
Mars

8  What name is given to the lowest layer of the atmosphere?
Troposphere

Supplementaries

Where in the human body is the lunula located?
Fingernail (The crescent at the base of the nail)

Which scientific word translated means 'disease producer'?
Pathogen

Round 6: History through the Centuries

In which century did each of the following occur? (Again, the dates in brackets are for further info only, not as part of the answer!)

(NB. A century may appear more than once.
Be careful in naming: the 1300s are the 14th Century)

The Black Death?
  C14  (1349)

The Jacobite Rebellion under Bonnie Prince Charlie? 
C18 (1745)

The Gunpowder Plot?
C17 (1605)

The Magna Carta?
C13 (1215)

The Battle of Agincourt?
C15 (1415)

The Battle of Bosworth?
C15 (1485)

The Dissolution of the Monasteries?
C16 (1530’s)

The Peasants’ Revolt?
C14 (1381)

Supplementaries

The only Assassination of a British PM?
C19 (1812)

The First Printing Press in England? 
C15 (1476)

The first Theatre in Britain?
C16 (1576)

The Spanish Armada?
C16 (1588)

 

Round 7: Antiques Road Show

1  Always a good seller, what type of antique is known as Moorcroft? 

China/pottery

2  What type of commodity is treen? 
Made of wood

3  Apart from London, name one of the 2 other current  English assay offices.
Sheffield or Birmingham

4  Which animal did Robert Thompson always include carved into his (wooden) furniture?
A mouse

5  What style of the late C19 is characterised by flowing lines and plant motifs?
Art Noveau

6  Who is famous for having produced very desirable – and expensive – glass in the Art Noveau and Art Deco styles?
Lalique

7  Which ground breaking early C20 pottery designer produced such ranges as Crocus and the brightly coloured Bizarre?
Clarice Cliff

8  Which city on the River Severn is famous for producing much valued porcelain?
Worcester.

 

Supplementaries

Whose name is associated with intricate bejewelled Easter eggs?
Faberge.

What is a Davenport?
A type of desk – or, in parts of the USA, a sofa!

 

Round 8: A Colourful Round

1  Which painter had a blue period?
Picasso
 

2  Which religious order was known as the white friars?
Carmelites
 

3  Who is the leader of the Green party?
Natalie Bennet
 

4  Who composed Mood Indigo?
Duke Ellington (accept Barney Bigard, if anyone wants to be picky, but Ellington is sufficient)
 

5  Churchill referred to what as his black dog?
Depression

 
6  Who wrote a series of children’s books about William Brown?
Richmal Crompton
 

7  Which composer was known as the Red Priest?
Vivaldi
 

8  Which country had the Orange Revolution in 2004?
Ukraine

 

 

Supplementaries

Who sang in 1970 about the yellow river?
Christie

In the song Deep Purple where does the shade first fall?
Sleepy Garden Walls

GENERALKNOWLEDGE

1    Q    Which book starts ”Call me Ishmael”
    A    Moby Dick
       
2    Q    Who wrote Little Women?
    A    Louisa M Alcott
       
3    Q    From which song do the words “The last thing I remember, I was running for the door” come from?
    A    Hotel California (The Eagles)
       
4    Q    Which was the first reality show band or artist to reach No1 in the UK Album charts (in 2001)?
    A    Hear’Say (Popstars)
       
5    Q    In which UK city were the 1958 Commonwealth & Empire Games held?
    A    Cardiff
       
6    Q    What is the name usually given to a female horse under 24 months of age or in thoroughbred racing, under the age of five?
    A    Filly
       
7    Q    Which red legged member of the crow family is found of the coast of west Wales and is a symbol of Cornwall?
    A    The Chough
       
8    Q     Which car manufacturer makes the Sharan?
    A    Volkswagon
           
9    Q    Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria border the Black Sea. Name 1 of the other countries
    A    Ukraine, Russia, Georgia
       
10    Q    What was Soletrader Peek a Boo’s claim to fame in 2013?
    A    Best of Show in Crufts
       
11    Q    Who was the first Celebrity to be eliminated in last autumn’s Strictly Come Dancing?
    A    Tony Jacklin

12    Q    On an OS map what is shown by a blue w?
    A    A well
       
13    Q     What girl’s name is also the term used to describe a female donkey?
    A    Jenny
       
14    Q    Which is the largest of the Ionian islands?
    A    Kefalonia
       
15    Q    Which England bowler conceded a test match record 28 runs in one over during the recent Ashes series?
    A    James Anderson
       
16    Q    Who, as of 7th Feb 2014, was the second longest serving manager in the Football Premiership?
    A    Alan Pardew (Newcastle)
           
17    Q     In which Shakespeare play has David Tennant recently been appearing, first in Stratford and then in London?
    A    Richard II
       
18    Q    What does Con Brio mean?
    A    With Spirit (use your discretion -accept with vigour, or any words which mean this)
       
19    Q    What is used as the croquet ball in Alice in Wonderland?
    A    A  hedgehog
       
20    Q    What was Miss Marple’s first name?
    A    Jane
       
21    Q    What was the name of the cat in 10 Downing Street between 1989 and 1997?
    A    Humphrey
       
22    Q    What is the Australian National anthem?
    A    Advance Australia Fair

23    Q    What does the term chester or caster imply in place names such as Manchester or Lancaster?
    A    A Roman fort (accept fortress/castle. Not town)  (Lancaster is the one on the Lune, and Manchester the one between the breast-shaped hills)
       
24    Q    Tom Stoppard is marrying an heiress from which drinks dynasty?
    A    Guinness
           
25    Q     Who was champion racehorse Frankels’ trainer (he died last year)?
    A    Henry Cecil
       
26    Q    Athens and London have both hosted the Olympic Games on more than one occasion. What is the only other city, to date, to do this?
    A    Paris (in 1900 and 1924. Tokyo will join the list in 2020)
       
27    Q     Which Greek god is associated with wild nature and has the hindquarters of a goat?
    A    Pan
       
28    Q    In which Shakespeare play does the eponymous hero have a wife Virgilia and a mother Volumnia?
    A    Coriolanus
       
29    Q    What type of bean is found in Baked Beans?
    A    Haricot
       
30    Q    What is the distinguishing factor of vegetables served in the Julienne fashion?
    A    They are served cut in thin strips (3 mm x 3 mm x 3 to 5 cm!)
       
31    Q    As of 1st Feb 2014, who is Secretary of State for Culture etc?
    A    Maria Miller
       
32    Q    The Danish Prime Minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, is the daughter-in-law of which prominent former British MP?
    A    Neil Kinnock
           
33    Q    Who was Prime Minister at the time of the General Strike (1926)?
    A    Stanley Baldwin
       
34    Q    Which earldom did Robert Dudley, favourite of Elizabeth I, hold?
    A    Leicester
       
35    Q    What is the capital of Angola?
    A    Luanda
       
36    Q    Sarawak is part of which country?
    A    Malaysia
       
37    Q     Which car manufacturer makes the Qashqai?
    A    Nissan
       
38    Q    What is the alternative name for the lapwing, based on its distinctive cry?
    A    The Peewit
       
39    Q    Which cartoon character sang Oh my Darling Clementine?
    A    Huckleberry Hound
       
40    Q    The monarch of which country has a part time job as an airline pilot?
    A    The Netherlands  (the newly enthroned Willhelm-Alexander)
           
41    Q    What event of ecclesiastical importance happened in 2013 for the first time since 1415?
    A    The Resignation of a Pope
       
42    Q     In the Bond film Goldfinger, what was the name of Goldfinger's bodyguard?
    A    Odd Job
       
43    Q    Assem Allam wants to change the name of which Premier League football club?
    A    Hull City

44    Q    Name any of the 3 cricketers, apart from Alistair Cook who captained England in 2013.
    A    Stuart Broad, Eoin Morgan or James Treadwell.
       
45    Q    How is the Dickens character Jack Dawkins better known?
    A    The Artful Dodger
       
46    Q    In the Hans Christian Andersen story, which little girl was found inside the petals of a flower?
    A     Thumbelina
       
47    Q    How is the combination of Anise, Pepper, Cinnamon, Cloves and Fennel better known?
    A    (Chinese) Five spice
       
48    Q    What is the confectionary made by setting nuts (most typically hazel and almond) and candied cherries into a caramel disc, which is then often coated on the bottom with chocolate?
    A    A Florentine
           
49    Q    Who was the Welsh international rugby player and broadcaster who died last August aged 83?
    A    Cliff Morgan
       
50    Q    And who was the scientist and doctor famous for pioneering IVF treatment  who died last April aged 87
    A     Sir Robert Edwards
       
51    Q     How many old pennies were there in a groat?
    A    Four
       
52    Q    What does the word Cheap, or its variants mean in such place names as Cheapside or Chipping Campden?
    A    Market
       
53    Q    Name one of the two peers suspended from the House of Lords in December after the “Cash for Access” enquiry.
    A    Lord McKenzie or Lord Laird
       
54    Q    As of 1st Feb 2014, who is shadow Health Minister?
    A    Andy Burnham
       
55    Q    Which English king was married to Berengaria of Navarre?
    A    Richard I
       
56    Q    In what month of 1805 was the Battle of Trafalgar?
    A    October
           
57    Q    What is the name for a word or phrase which is spelled the same forwards as it is backwards?
    A    A palindrome
       
58    Q     Which Airline is the oldest in the world still to be using its original name?
    A    KLM
       
59    Q    Of which country, recently swept by corruption scandals is Recep Tayyip Erdogan the PM?
    A    Turkey
       
60    Q    Inja Beale has become the first female chief executive of which longstanding City of London organisation?
    A    Lloyds of London
       
61    Q    Name the actress most famous for being Lou Beale in East Enders, who died last July aged 97
    A    Anna Wing
       
62    Q    And who was the locally born broadcaster and commentator who died last December aged 87?
    A    David Coleman
       
63    Q    On an OS map what is depicted by a pink rectangle? (As opposed to a Youth Hostel, which is a red triangle?)
    A    A bunkhouse/camping barn/other hostel
       
64    Q    In which musical, based on a play, does an eccentric teacher exclaim “I think she’s got it…by George, she’s got it!
    A    My Fair Lady (the play is Pygmalion)
           
65    Q    What is the name of the traditional English dish which is made up of leftover food, usually potato, cabbage and other greens, which are fried?
    A    Bubble and Squeak
       
66    Q    Hawkes Bay wine comes from which country?
    A    New Zealand
       
67    Q    What is Britain’s smallest raptor (Bird of  prey)?
    A    The Merlin
       
68    Q      For what would you use a set of Napier’s Bones?
    A    Mathematical Calculation (esp multiplication and division of various kinds)
       
69    Q     What does Adagio mean?
    A    In a leisurely manner, but accept slowly
       
70    Q     In 2008 David Tennant and Patrick Stewart appeared as nephew and uncle in a much praised production of which Shakespeare play?
    A    Hamlet
       
71    Q    What is the first name of Adrian Mole’s beloved?
    A    Pandora
       
72    Q    Which Dickens novel includes the characters Lord and Lady Deadlock?
    A    Bleak House
           
73    Q     Which western TV series featured the characters Jed “Kid” Curry and Hannibal Heyes?
    A    Alias Smith And Jones
       
74    Q    What is the highest mountain in S. America?
    A    Aconcagua
       
75    Q    What were found in a cave at Khirbet Qumran between 1947 and 1957?
    A    The Dead Sea Scrolls
       
76    Q    What linked JD Tippet with President Kennedy on November 22nd 1963?
    A    Both killed by Lee Harvey Oswald (probably)
       
77    Q    Name one country bordering on Lake Victoria.
    A    Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania
       
78    Q    Kirsty Allsopp is one of the presenters of Location, Location, Location. Who is the other presenter?
    A    Phil Spencer
       
79    Q     In which Shakespeare play does the duke of Gloucester have his eyes put out on stage (With the lovely remark “Out, vile jelly!”)?
    A    King Lear
       
80    Q    What is the name of the Roman god whose smithy is supposedly under Mount Etna?
    A    Vulcan
           
81    Q    What was investigated by Operation Weeting?
    A    Phone hacking
       
82    Q    Fiona Bruce, not the newsreader, is MP for which constituency?
    A    Congleton
       
83    Q    Retsina is a wine mainly from which country?
    A    Greece
       
84    Q    James Grieves is a variety of which fruit?
    A    Apple
       
85    Q    Which TV programme attracted the most complaints to Ofcom in 2013, beating the X factor by 231?
    A    Big Brother
       
86    Q     Who is CEO and founder of Facebook?
    A    Mark Zuckerberg
       
87    Q    Which modern band consists of Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Andy Nicholson, Matt Helders?
    A    Arctic Monkeys

88    Q    Who was the first female solo artist to reach No 1 in the UK Album charts (in1980)?
    A    Kate Bush (with Never for Ever)
           
89    Q    In geometry, what is the name given to the straight line that "just touches" the curve at a particular point?
    A     Tangent
       
90    Q    Which car manufacturer has a name which means ‘I roll’ in Latin?
    A    Volvo
       
91    Q     In preparation for the world cup and the Olympics: what is the monetary unit of Brazil?
    A    The (Brazilian) Real
       
92    Q    Name one of the of the two cartoon mice pursued by the cat Mr. Jinx.
    A    Pixie or Dixie
       
93    Q    Who was the last English King to lead his troops in battle?
    A    George II
       
94    Q    Which World War II operation was code named `Dynamo`?
    A    Evacuation of Dunkirk.
       
95    Q    Zanzibar is part of which country?
    A    Tanzania
       
96    Q    What is the capital of Mozambique?
    A    Maputo
          

Supplementary Questions:       
       
1    Q    The Olympics of which year featured as the setting for the film Chariots of Fire?
    A    1924
       
2    Q    According to the song, from which track does the Chattanooga choo choo leave Pennsylvania station ?
    A    Track 29
       
3    Q    What is the name of the cake, originally made for Mother's Day, but which became more identified with Easter over time?
    A    Simnel Cake
       
4    Q    In historical, military or political terms, what is “Conshie” short for?
    A    Conscientious objector
       
5    Q    Who was the last French person to win a Grand Prix (F1)
    A    Oliver Panis (Monaco 1996).
       
6    Q    In which play does Lady Bracknell exclaim “A Handbag?”
    A    The Importance of Being Earnest

11th February–The Questions

 

SPECIALIST QUESTIONS

set by the Tate Taverners

 

 

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Set by the Church House Bollington

FEBRUARY 4TH The Questions

 

Set By

THE BRITISH FLAG

Vetted by the Waters Green Rams and the Harrington “B”

SPECIALIST ROUNDS

1. ART AND CULTURE

2. GEOGRAPHY

3. HISTORY

4. FIGURE IT OUT

5. SPORT

6. SCIENCE

7. ENTERTAINMENT

8. WHICH COUNTY NOT COUNTRY

ROUND 1: ART AND CULTURE

1.	Who wrote ‘The Tenant of Wildfell Hall’?
		ANN BRONTE (both names required)
2.	In which year did Charles Dickens die? (there is leeway)
		1870 (accept 1865-1875 (+/- 5 years))
3.	From October to December 1888 with which artist did Vincent Van Gogh share the Yellow House in Arles, France ?
		PAUL GAUGUIN
4.	Carlos Acosta is a ballet dancer born in which country?
		CUBA
5.	Who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1969 film ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’?
		MAGGIE SMITH
6.	Who wrote ‘The Darling Buds of May’ upon which the TV series was based?
		H. E. BATES
7.	Which ballet dancer was married to the Panamanian diplomat Dr Roberto Arias?
		MARGOT FONTEYN
8.	Frida Kahlo, a Mexican painter had an affair with which political figure ?
		LEON TROTSKY

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I.	What was the title of Charles Dickens’s unfinished novel ?
		THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
II.	Which writer observed in an 1889 poem “Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet” ?
		RUDYARD KIPLING (The Ballad Of East and West)

ROUND 2: GEOGRAPHY

1.	Brazil shares a border with all except 2 of the other countries in South America. Chile is one of these; what is the other
		ECUADOR
2.	There are 3 counties of the Republic Of Ireland that begin with the letter K.  Kerry and Kilkenny are two, name the other:
		KILDARE
3.	Which sea forms part of the border between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan?
		ARAL SEA
4.	Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa. What is the second highest ?
		MOUNT KENYA (5199 metres / 17,057 feet)
5.	The telecommunications tower to the south of Macclesfield is situated on which hill ?
		CROKER HILL
6.	Which long-distance footpath goes along Croker Hill and over Tegg’s Nose?
		THE GRITSTONE TRAIL
7.	What is the name of the mountain range in the Republic Of Ireland that contains the highest peaks in Ireland ?
		MACGILLYCUDDY’S  REEKS
8.	What is the name of the body of water between Madagascar and the coast of the African mainland?
		MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I.	Who was the principal engineer in the building of the Macclesfield Canal?
		THOMAS TELFORD
II.	Name either of the two reservoirs that are found in the Goyt Valley ?
		ERRWOOD OR FERNILEE

ROUND 3: HISTORY

1.	Which British King was known as the “Uncle of Europe”?
		EDWARD VII
2.	The Romans called this city GLEVUM, what is it known as now?
		GLOUCESTER
3.	Who was the Prime Minister of Britain at the beginning of the First World War?
		HERBERT HENRY ASQUITH (accept Lord Asquith)
4.	In which cathedral is King Canute buried?
		WINCHESTER
5.	Which British Major General captured Quebec in 1759 during the Seven Years’ War (1756 – 63) ?
		JAMES WOLFE
6.	What did cordwainers make?
		SHOES
7.	What stretch of water was fought over during the Gallipoli Campaign during World War I ?
		THE DARDANELLE STRAIT
8.	Which British King was known as ‘Silly Billy’?
		WILLIAM IV

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I.	The Romans called this town Camulodunum, what is it known as today?
		COLCHESTER
II.	What did coopers make?
		BARRELS

ROUND 4: FIGURE IT OUT

All answers in this round are whole numbers
Note to question masters: please allow a little more time

1.	(Number of Arabian Knights) divided by (Number of colours of the rainbow).
		143 (1001 ÷ 7)
2.	(Number of yards in mile) divided by (Number of Downing Street residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer).
		160 (1760 ÷ 11)
3.	(Number of shillings in a guinea) multiplied by (Points for a touchdown in American Football)
		126 (21 x 6)
4.	(Number of old pennies in pre-decimal pound) multiplied by (Number of football teams in the Premier League)
		4800 (240 x 20)
5.	(Number of years in a Pearl Wedding Anniversary) added to (Degrees Fahrenheit of the boiling point of water) ?
		242 (30 + 212)
6.	(Number of keys on a full-sized piano) added to (value of XL in Roman Numerals)
		128 (88 + 40)
7.	(Number of faces of a dodecahedron) subtract (Number of Stooges in the American vaudeville act)
		9 (12 - 3)
8.	(Hills of Rome) multiplied by (Force of a Hurricane on the Beaufort Scale)
		84 (7 x 12)

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I.	(Degrees Fahrenheit of freezing point of water) subtract (Number of players in a Rugby Union Team)
		17 (32 - 15)
II.	(Number of edges on a cube) subtract (Number of superheroes in the Marvel Comics team: the Fantastic --------) 8 (12 – 4)

ROUND 5: SPORT

1.	New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson cracked the fastest century in one-day international history on January 1st 2014 against the West Indies. How many balls did he take ?
		36 (accept 35 – 37 - he finished unbeaten on 131 !)
2.	Who replaced Malchey Mackay as the Manager of Cardiff City in January 2014 ??
		OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER
3.	Who won the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) world championship for his first time at the Alexander Palace on Jan 1st this year ?
		MICHAEL VAN GERWEN
4.	Andy Murray won the 2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year but name either or the other two sports personalities who came second and third ?
		LEIGH HALFPENNY (2ND) OR A. P. (TONY) McCOY (3RD)
5.	Which former New Zealand boxer played both Rugby Union and Rugby League for his country, being a member of the losing NZ team in last year’s Rugby League World Cup ?
		SONNY BILL WILLIAMS
6.	Paul McGinley is to Captain the European Ryder Cup team at the 2014 event to be held at Gleneagles in Scotland but who is to captain the USA team ?
		TOM WATSON
7.	Former National Hunt jockey and then horse trainer Terry Biddlecombe died earlier this year. What is the name of his wife, who is also a horse trainer ?
		HENRIETTA KNIGHT
8.	British Basketball star Luol Deng has just moved to the Cleveland Cavaliers from which other NBA Basketball team ?
		CHICAGO BULLS

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I.	Which sport is played with the heaviest ball ?
		10 PIN BOWLING
II.	What is the name of the Mansfield girl who won two gold medals for Team GB at the Beijing Summer Olympics and two bronze medals at the 2012 London Olympics in the 400 m and 800 m freestyle ?
		REBECCA ADLINGTON

ROUND 6 : SCIENCE

1.	Which element is known as quicksilver ?
		MERCURY
2.	How many zeros are indicated by the prefix “tera” as in terabyte ?
		12
3.	Which SI unit has the symbol capital H ?
		HENRY (unit of inductance)
4.	Who invented the bifocal lens ?
		BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
5.	What is the name of the ore from which tungsten is extracted ?
		WOLFRAMITE (also accept scheelite, ferberite or hubnerite)
6.	Which alloy contains copper, tin and zinc ?
		GUNMETAL
7.	Which part of the human body is affected by Ménière's disease?
		INNER EAR (accept ear)
8.	Which part of the body is affected by macular degeneration ?
		EYE (accept retina)

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I.	What does a speleologist study ?
		CAVES
II.	What does a dynamometer measure?

POWER AND TORQUE OF AN ENGINE

(accept either or both answers)

ROUND 7: ENTERTAINMENT

1.	“Kiss Me Kate” is a musical version of which Shakespeare play?
		THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
2.	Which Dickens character says “ If the law supposes that, then the law is a ass, a idiot !” ?
		MR. BUMBLE (accept The Beadle, Oliver Twist)
3.	What is the surname of the brother and sister who are the only ones to have achieved separate UK number one singles?
		BEDINGFIELD (Daniel and Natasha – Marie Osmond only made No.2)
4.	What is the surname of the father and daughter who had a UK number 1 in 2003 with “Changes”?
		OSBOURNE (Ozzy and Kelly)
5.	In an episode of which anarchic sit-com did Scumbag University take on Footlights College in University Challenge
		THE YOUNG ONES
6.	In an episode of which irreverent sit-com did an unlikely singing duo enter the Eurovision Song Contest with “My Lovely Horse”?
		FATHER TED
7.	Who provided the voice of Jessica Rabbit in “Who Killed Roger Rabbit?”
		KATHLEEN TURNER
8.	Which actor won the Best Actor Oscar in 2000 for his part in the movie “American Beauty”?
		KEVIN SPACEY

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I.	In 1966 The Overlanders had a UK number 1 with which Beatles song ?
		MICHELLE
II.	Who had “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” as the UK’s number one in 1996?
		DEEP BLUE SOMETHING

ROUND 8: WHICH COUNTY NOT COUNTRY

The answers to all the following questions are each English counties with no county appearing more than once as an answer.

1.	Actress who starred in Coronation Street as well as Skins and Lark Rise To Candleford ?
		SARAH LANCASHIRE
2.	Second World War RAF pilot and Victoria Cross recipient who, shortly after the war founded a hospice for disabled and terminally ill ex-servicemen and women ?
		LEONARD CHESHIRE
3.	Former Roman Catholic priest and former Chairman of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament ?
		BRUCE KENT
4.	Trowbridge is the county town of which county ?
		WILTSHIRE
5.	Hinckley Point A and B power stations are found in which county ?
		SOMERSET
6.	In which English county is the Queen’s private residence, Sandringham House to be found ?
		NORFOLK
7.	In which English County can you find 4 towns with the suffix Regis ?
		DORSET (Bere, Lyme, Melcombe, Wyke)
8.	Fast bowler who played for Derbyshire. He played 40 test matches for England between 1989 and 1997 taking 128 wickets ?
		DEVON MALCOLM

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I.	Which is the smallest English county by area ?
		ISLE OF WIGHT
II.	Brown Willy is the highest point in which county ?
		CORNWALL GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS   Vetted by the Waters Green Rams and the Harrington “B” 1. Which military conflict contributed to the use of the word “yomp” in the English Language ?       THE FALKLANDS WAR (1982)   2. The Kalahari Desert lies primarily in which country ?       BOTSWANA (also within small parts of Namibia)   3. What was the original name of the Commonwealth Games ?       THE (BRITISH) EMPIRE GAMES   4. Which British space probe came to grief landing on Mars on 25th December 2003 ?       BEAGLE 2 (accept Beagle)   5. What kind of fish does the fisherman in Ernest Hemmingway’s “The Old Man And The Sea” manage to catch ?       A MARLIN   6. What two-word name is given to any employee of the Disney theme parks and Disney stores       CAST MEMBER   7. The last Preston Guild was held in 2012. In which year will the next one be held ?     2032 (every 20 years)   8. Which city has a silver hallmark comprising of a harp and crown ?       DUBLIN               9. In the mystery novel by Wilkie Collins, what is “The Moonstone” ?     A DIAMOND   10. Who played Boromir in the film version of “The Lord of the Rings” ?       SEAN BEAN   11. Which Disney cartoon character has the middle name Fauntleroy ?     DONALD DUCK   12. Who made a solo trek on foot to the South Pole in 1996 ?       DAVID HEMPLEMAN-ADAMS   13. German V-1 flying bombs were variously known as “buzz bombs” or by what other nickname ?       DOODLEBUGS   14. Name the only U.S. State that ends in the letter “K” ?       NEW YORK   15. What was W.G. Grace’s occupation off the cricket pitch ?       MEDICAL DOCTOR   16. Predominantly what colour are wild budgerigars ?       GREEN               17. Which plant is also called the torch lily ?       RED HOT POKER (also accept poker plant or Kniphofia)   18. What kind of animal is a “drongo” ?       BIRD   19. Which astronaut hit a golf ball on the moon ?       ALAN SHEPARD   20. Which county did Huntingdonshire become part of in 1974 ?       CAMBRIDGESHIRE   21. Which sport is controlled from the Hurlingham Club in London ?       POLO   22. George Shillibeer introduced what to London in 1829 ?       THE OMNIBUS   23. According to the stage comedy, written by Terence Frisby, There’s a what in My Soup ?       A GIRL   24. In the world of pop music, in 1980 which group wanted you to stand a little further away?       THE POLICE (record title “Don’t stand so close to me”)               25. Who was the first male tennis player to win 100 tournaments ?       JIMMY CONNORS   26. A planimeter also known as platometer is a measuring instrument used to determine what ?       AREA (of an arbitrary 2-dimensional shape)   27. What Kander and Ebb musical was set in a city in Illinois ?       CHICAGO   28. In which country is Puccini’s “Turandot” set ?       CHINA   29. Which artist painted starry night in 1889 ?       VINCENT VAN GOGH   30 Which word connects “circle” and “Sid” ?       VICIOUS   31. Which World War II general was known for the pair of ivory-handled pistols he carried ?     GENERAL PATTON   32. Which barbarian king was known as “The Scourge of God” ?       ATILLA THE HUN               33. The Three Choirs Festival involves choirs from Hereford, Worcester and which other city ?       GLOUCESTER   34. Which Mussorgsky work was inspired by an art show ?       PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION   35. In cricket, Edmonds and Emburey were the spinning duo from which county ?       MIDDLESEX   36. Which New York street is famous for its fashion stores ?       FIFTH AVENUE   37. Near which major landmark is a feature called the “Boiling Pot” ?       VICTORIA FALLS (Mosi-Oa-Tunya is the local name)   38. The city of Toronto was called what before 1834 ?       YORK (Town of York)   39. The teak tree is native to which continent ?       ASIA (mainly India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Burma)   40. Black, Italian and Lombardy are all types of which tree ?     POPLAR               41. What was the name of the neurotic lawyer played on television by Calista Flockhart ?       ALLY McBEAL   42. Who played the character “Truly” in the TV series “Last of the Summer Wine” ?     FRANK THORNLEY (Herbert “Truly” Truelove)   43. What is Sir Terry Wogan’s real first name ?       MICHAEL   44. Which classical instrument does Woody Allen play in his spare time ?       CLARINET   45. In Greek mythology, what name was given to the “Mother Of All Monsters” who was half woman and half snake ?       ECHIDNA   46. Nelson Mandela was released from Robben Island in 1982 and was held until 1988 in which prison ?       POLLSMOOR   47. Who won the UK Snooker Championship held at the Barbican Centre in York in December 2013 ?       NEIL ROBERTSON   48. Who won the Men’s Australian Open Tennis Championship in January this year ?       STANISLAS WAWRINKA               49. Which U.S. state has 4 letters, the first and the last letters being the same ?       OHIO   50. During World War I, who did the Germans call “The ladies from hell !” ?       THE SCOTTISH REGIMENTS/SCOTTS (because of their kilts)   51. What is the common feature of birds described as ratite ?       FLIGHTLESS   52. Which boxer used to enter the ring to Tina Turner’s “Simply The Best” ?       CHRIS EUBANK   53. Who is the artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre in London ?       KEVIN SPACEY   54. What is the name of the fearsome beast that Winnie- the –Pooh attempts to trap in the novel “The House at Pooh Corner” ?       THE HEFFALUMP (type of fictional elephant)   55. Which Italian city gave its name to jeans ?       GENOA (where they were first made)   56. What is a hostelaphilist interested in ?       PUB SIGNS               57. Under what name did Marcella Detroit and Siobhan Fahey enjoy chart success ?       SHAKESPEARE’S SISTER   58. Who wrote the romantic comedy “Barefoot in the Park” ?       NEIL SIMON   59. Where in London is the Unknown Warrior’s Tomb ?       WESTMINSTER ABBEY   60. By what more common name did audiences know William Henry Pratt ?       BORIS KARLOFF   61. In which country would you find The Pantanal, one of the world’s largest tropical wetland areas, mostly located ?     BRAZIL   62. With which country did Britain fight against the so called War of Jenkins’ Ear ?       SPAIN   63. Which U.S. space shuttle exploded 73 seconds into its 10th flight on 28th January 1986 ?       CHALLENGER   64. In Rugby Union, who is Australia’s record try scorer ?   DAVID CAMPESE               65. Who said that all he needed to make a comedy was a park, a policeman and a pretty girl ?       CHARLIE CHAPLIN   66. What countries national flag depicts a bunch of bananas, sugar cane and a coconut palm ?       FIJI   67. There are 2 London boroughs beginning with the letter E, Enfield is one what is the other ?       EALING   68. How did Mata Hari die ?       SHOT BY A FIRING SQUAD   69. What was based upon the Victorian game called Magic Squares ?       CROSSWORD PUZZLES   70. The Doggett’s Coat and Badge is the oldest sporting trophy having been held every year since 1715. In which sport is this awarded ?       ROWING (sculling)   71. According to the pop song, who was “Alone Again (Naturally)“ in 1972 ?       GILBERT O’SULLIVAN   72. Which London theatre’s motto was “We never closed” ?       THE WINDMILL                 73. What is 1 furlong by 1 chain equivalent to ?       AN ACRE   74. Which sports commentator created the slogans “Trill makes budgies bounce with health” and “opal fruits made to make your mouth water” in the 1960s ?       MURRAY WALKER   75. In Star Trek what colour was Mr. Spock’s blood ?       GREEN   76. Never Say Never Again was a remake of which previous James Bond film ?       THUNDERBALL   77. Which flag has a dark blue background with a white compass rose emblem from which radiate 4 white lines ?       NATO   78. Gyles and Michele Brandreth set up what sort of museum in Stratford-upon-Avon which relocated to Wimbledon ?       TEDDY BEAR   79. Which country’s highest mountain is the Grossglockner ?     AUSTRIA   80. Which is the largest National Park by area in Britain ?       THE CAIRNGORMS               81. Which country has had a prime minister called Wim Kok from 1994 to 2002 ?       THE NETHERLANDS   82. Who was the King of Sparta who was husband to Helen Of Troy ?       MENELAUS   83. You can travel direct to Scotland from two London Stations. Euston is one, what is the other ?       KINGS CROSS   84. In cricket, name either of the two “bodyline” bowlers ?       HAROLD LARWOOD OR BILL VOCE   85. Sometimes referred to as “The Dutch Mona Lisa” who painted “The Girl with a Pearl Earring” circa 1665 ?       JOHANNES VERMEER   86. Which artist painted “Charing Cross Bridge” in 1901 ?       CLAUDE MONET   87. What significant number would you reach if you added up all the numbers on a roulette wheel ? (question master please allow a little extra time)       666 (1+2+3+………+ 36)   88. In Sudoku, what is the total of each square where each number is used once ? (question master please allow a little extra time)       45 (1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9)               89. What instrument is Larry Adler famous for playing ?       HARMONICA (mouth organ)   90. What was the nationality of Saxophone inventor Adolphe Sax ?       BELGIAN   91. Which drug is derived from the Willow Tree, Salix alba ?       ASPIRIN   92. Which English chemist and inventor discovered the most elements ?     SIR HUMPHRY DAVY (6: sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, barium, boron)   93. Which TV series has the signature tune of “Romeo and Juliet” by Sergei Prokofiev ?     THE APPRENTICE   94. Who wrote the short story made into a film called “The Birds” by Alfred Hitchcock ?       DAPHNE DU MAURIER   95. Which sea lies to the north of Poland       BALTIC   96. One of the regions of eastern France has a girl’s name with another girl’s name as it’s capital. Name either ?       LORRAINE OR NANCY               SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS 1. In which of the arts has Beryl Grey achieved fame ?       BALLET   2. What is another name for the ankle bone or astragalus ?       TALUS   3. Who was the first female to get the top job of Director General of MI5 ?       STELLA RIMINGTON   4. Who led the way on the Beatles “Abbey Road” album cover ?       JOHN LENNON   5. How many players are there in a baseball team ?     NINE   6. Writer Robert Louis Stevenson came from a family noted for the design of what buildings ?       LIGHTHOUSES   7. There are 6 James Bond films with a one word title: Goldfinger, Thunderball, Goldeneye, Octopussy and Skyfall are 5, what is the sixth ?       MOONRAKER   8. What is the main ingredient used in Glamorgan sausages ?       CHEESE