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