Questions for Wednesday, 3 rd April 2019 Set by: Dave Ess Question Reader: All parts of the answer shown in Bold Face are required. Parts shown in ordinary type are not essential, but if given incorrectly will mean that the answer is wrong; for example, if the answer shown is Tom Watson, Watson would be a correct answer, but John Watson would be incorrect. Parts shown in italics are purely explanatory and are not required. If the answer offered is incomplete (for example, Roosevelt for Theodore Roosevelt, you may, at your discretion, ask the person answering to expand the answer. In the event of any problem, three spare questions can be found on the final sheet.
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Individual Round 1 Click here to enter text. 1. What name is given to the cask which holds a quarter of a barrel of beer? Firkin 2. Yehudi Menuhin was famous for playing which instrument? Violin 3. Which car is known as the Plastic Pig? Reliant Robin 4. Which acid occurs in ant bites and nettle stings? Formic Acid 5. In the comedy series Rising Damp, what was Rigsby s Christian name? Rupert 6. In Greek mythology, which creatures lured sailors onto rocks by singing? Sirens 7. A lexigram is a figure or symbol that represents a what? Word 8. What kind of creature is Danger Mouse s sidekick Penfold? Hamster 9. Which film musical tells the story of Sally Bowles? Cabaret 10. Which spirit is named from the Dutch for burnt wine? Brandy
Team Round 2 1. Temples Click here to enter rubric. a) Which Greek temple has been both a Turkish mosque and a gunpowder store? Parthenon b) Which Victorian folly, a two-storey tower overlooking Buxton, shares its name with a holy temple destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar II, said to have housed the Ark of the Covenant? c) Who is the only person to appear three times on the cover of The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band? 2. What would be stored in a Click here to enter rubric. a) Humidor? Cigars b) Kilner Jar? Food Solomon's Temple Shirley Temple c) Leyden Jar Static Electricity 3. The Singular Give the singular of the following plurals: a) Data Datum b) Spaghetti Spaghetto c) Phalanges Phalanx 4. Number One Click here to enter rubric. a) Which London town house of the Dukes of Wellington, was often referred to as No 1 London? Apsley House b) Pimm s No 1 Cup is based on which spirit? Gin c) Who is the protagonist of Alexander McCall Smith s series of novels The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency? Precious Ramotswe
Team Round 2 (Continued) 5. Pub / restaurant chains operating in Britain Click here to enter rubric. a) Which pub-restaurant chain, owned by Greene King Brewery, were criticised in 2014 for Hungry Horse introducing the Double Donut burger which contained a whopping 1996 calories? b) Which restaurant chain of South African origin, with a Mozambican/Portuguese theme, Nando s specialises in grilled chicken dishes with various peri-peri marinades? c) Tim Martin is the founder and chairman of which British pub chain? J D Wetherspoon ('s) 6. What connects What connects. a) Betty Draper, a 1975 number 1 single for Pilot and a discussion group founded in 1934 by Oswald Mosley? b) Francisco Scaramanga in the film The Man with the Golden Gun, Chandler Bing in TV s All have 3 nipples Friends and Lily Allen? c) Crossover, wings, apron and proscenium? Parts of a stage January (played by January Jones in Mad Men, January and January Club) 7. House bands Click here to enter rubric. a) In this house band, Floyd Pepper played bass guitar, Janice the guitar and Zoot the saxophone; but who played the drums? b) Who were the house band on BBC One s Friday Night with Jonathan Ross throughout the show's run from 2001 to 2010? c) Which band, with a test match cricket connection, were formed in 1962 as the house band of Stax Records? 8. Fruit Click here to enter rubric. a) Which tree, bearing a green-skinned fruit of the same name, has the binomial name Persea americana? b) Grown predominantly in the oases of Algeria, the deglet noor is the most popular variety of which fruit? c) In 1962, what did New Zealand farmers begin calling the Chinese gooseberry to give it more market appeal? Animal (from The Muppet s Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem) 4 Poofs and a Piano Booker T. & the M.G.'s Avacado Date Kiwifruit
Individual Round 3 Disambiguation. What can be both... 1. a clouding of the lens in the eye and a large powerful waterfall? Cataract 2. an Irish province and a German city? Munster 3. a type of duck and a James Bond film? Goldeneye 4. a neighbourhood of Manhattan in New York City and a Gordon Ramsay TV series? Hell's Kitchen 5. an English racecourse and a card game? Newmarket 6. a British butterfly and a punctuation mark? Comma 7. a blend of tea and the British prime minister from 1830 to 1834? Earl Grey 8. a type of religious hat and a woodwork joint? Mitre 9. the national flower of Portugal and the surname of an actor who starred in Dad's Army? Lavender 10. a medium-sized mammal and one of the seven deadly sins? Sloth
Team Round 4 - I ll have a P please Bob 1. Painkillers Click here to enter rubric. a) Patented in 1961 by Boots Plc which drug is available under a variety of trade names, such as Advil, Motrin, and Nurofen? b) Produced by the central nervous system and pituitary gland, what are the human body's natural painkillers? c) In clinical use since 1916, which opioid medication used for treatment of moderate to severe pain, is sold under various trade names such as: Roxiprine, OxyContin, and Endocet? 2. Peninsulas Click here to enter rubric. Ibuprofen Endorphins Oxycodone a) In which country would you find the 780-mile-long Kamchatka Peninsula? Russia b) About 15 miles long, which peninsula is situated between two estuaries of the historical county The Wirral Peninsula of Cheshire? c) Using the Crinan Canal helps avoid a long boat trip around which Scottish peninsular? Kintyre 3. Photography Click here to enter rubric. a) From the French for "against daylight", what is the photographic technique in which the camera Contre-jour is pointing directly towards a source of light. b) In digital photography, for what do the initials PNG stand? Portable Network Graphics c) Used as a photographic fixer, how is the chemical sodium thiosulphate better known? Hypo 4. Pipe smoking Click here to enter rubric. a) What is the unburnt tobacco and ashes left at the bottom of a pipe after smoking called? Dottle b) What type of pipe is the caterpillar smoking in "Alice in Wonderland"? Hookah c) Which former boxer was Pipe Smoker of the Year in 1984? Henry Cooper
Team Round 4 (Continued) 5. Plots Click here to enter rubric. a) With which plot would you associate the quotation A desperate disease requires a dangerous The Gunpowder Plot remedy'? b) Which secret Royalist association made eight attempts to bring about the restoration of the The Sealed Knot monarchy during the English Interregnum? c) Mary Queen of Scots was sentenced to death for her sanctioning of which plot? The Babington Plot 6. Pottery Click here to enter rubric. a) Which pottery designer ranges include: Bizarre, Crocus and Honolulu? Clarice Cliff b) Which English porcelain factory used an anchor as its mark? Chelsea c) What was the first European hard-paste porcelain to be developed? Meissen 7. Punk singles Click here to enter rubric. a) Which U.S. Celtic punk band's singles include: Rose Tattoo' and 'I'm Shipping Up to Boston'? Dropkick Murphys b) Named after an art school, which English post punk band's debut single was Bela Lugosi's Dead? c) Orgasm Addict, What Do I Get? and I Don't Mind were the first 3 singles released by which band formed in 1976? 8. Pyramids Click here to enter rubric. Bauhaus Buzzcocks a) In the grounds of which Paris landmark would you find a large glass and metal pyramid designed Louvre by I.M. Pei? b) For which Egyptian pharaoh was the Great Pyramid at Giza built as a tomb? Khufu/Cheops c) Named after a city in Egypt, what is the name of the pyramid shaped 30-story hotel and casino situated on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada? Luxor Hotel
(Second Half) Individual Round 5 Click here to enter text. 1. The words for gallantry appear on what country s flag? Malta 2. Which organisation was founded in 1865 as the East London Christian Mission? Salvation Army 3. What colour is an Irn-Bru ice lolly? Orange 4. Which former professional darts player had the nickname "King of Bling"? Bobby George 5. With 22 wins in total, who has won the most Academy Awards? Walt Disney 6. Mickey Murphy was the village baker in which children s TV programme Camberwick Green 7. Handel s Water Music was written for which monarch? George I 8. Now demolished, in which US city would you have found the sports and entertainment stadium Candlestick Park? San Francisco 9. What is the world s largest animal made structure? Great Barrier Reef 10. Which nation of warriors called their armies impis? Zulus
Team Round 6 1. Geological features Click here to enter rubric. a) Diverging, converging and shearing are all types of what? (tectonic) Plates b) Okeechobee in Florida is what type of geological feature? Lake c) In Welsh it is known as cwm; In French it is known as cirque. How is it known in Scotland? Corrie 2. Films and their tag Lines Click here to enter rubric. a) "Don't give away the ending it's the only one we have! was the tag line of which famous Psycho 1960 film? b) Which 1988 Tom Cruise film had the tagline When he pours, he reigns? Cocktail c) Which 1987 film, whose plot follows the adventures of two unemployed young actors, had the tag line, if you don t remember the 60s don t worry - neither did they? 3. Human biology Click here to enter rubric. Withnail and I a) There are three types of muscle. They are: skeletal, smooth or visceral and what other? Cardiac (accept heart muscle or myocardium) b) What are the names of the cells in the eye responsible for colour vision? Cones c) In which part of the body would you find Volkmann's canals? Bones 4. Who or what is missing? Who or what is missing from the following lists? a) Up, Down, Top, Bottom, Charm. Strange (flavours of quark) b) Jackie, Jermain, Marlin, Michael. Tito (Jackson 5) c) Wisley, Hyde Hall, Harlow Carr. Rosemoor (the four major RHS gardens in the U.K.)
Team Round 6 (Continued) 5. Mergers Click here to enter rubric. a) The Moselle merges with which river at Koblenz? Rhine b) Diageo, a FTSE 100 company dealing in alcoholic beverages, was formed in 1997 by the merger of Grand Metropolitan and which other company? c) Football. In 1983 Robert Maxwell announced that he was going to amalgamate Oxford United and Reading. What was his proposed name for the new club? 6. Rock and pop music connections Click here to enter rubric. Guinness Thames Valley Royals a) With Snow Patrol it's cars, with Adele it's pavements, what is it with Shed 7? Rainbows - (Chasing them. Cars, Pavements and Rainbows) b) Trespass 1970, Nursery Cryme 1971, Foxtrot 1972. What in 1973? Selling England by the Pound (Genesis Albums) c) Who was an original member of The Moody Blues and a member of Wings from 1971 to 1981? Denny Laine 7. Universities Click here to enter rubric. a) Courtesy of the Wills and Fry families, which English university thrived on the proceeds from Bristol tobacco and chocolate? b) Which Ivy League university awards the Pulitzer Prizes? Columbia University c) The Unseen University is a school of wizardry in a series of fantasy novels by which author? Terry Pratchett 8. Greek mythology Click here to enter rubric. a) Who killed the nine-headed hydra? Heracles b) Which creature had a lion s body and a human head? Sphinx c) Into what did Circe turn the followers of Odysseus? Swine
Individual Round 7 Click here to enter text. 1. Which flower is named after the founder of Singapore? Rafflesia 2. What was a highwayman without a horse called? Footpad 3. What shipping forecast area is named after a small island off the coast of Devon? Lundy 4. If you were dining on Rocky Mountain oysters, what part of the cattle s anatomy would you be consuming? Testicles 5. Which island includes the New York boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn? Long Island 6. The narration of Jennifer Worth is voiced by which actress in the BBC drama series Call the Midwife? Vanessa Redgrave 7. To which family of animals does the meerkat belong? Mongoose (accept Herpestidae) 8. In The Simpsons, what sort of cartoon animal is Itchy? Mouse 9. Which post was Henry Pu Yi the last to hold? Emperor of China 10. In cookery, agar is a vegetarian substitute for what? Gelatin
Team Round 8 1. Sporting mix Click here to enter rubric. a) Who achieved a sprint double when she won gold in the both the women s 100 and 200 metres Elaine Thompson at the 2016 Olympics? b) Which famous sporting event takes place in either April or May each year, 5 miles east of Badminton Horse Trials Chipping Sodbury? c) In which sport would you use a Reuther board? Gymnastics 2. What connects Click here to enter rubric. a) Leopard, Ross, Elephant, Harp and Weddell? Species of Seal b) An English county, the Dukes of Beaufort and the Courtauld Institute of Art? Somerset (County, family name, housed in Somerset House) c) Copenhagen, Marsala, Marengo? Famous horses (belonging to Wellington, Garibaldi & Napoleon) 3. The oldest Click here to enter rubric. a) In which city would you find Europe s oldest university? Bologna b) What is the oldest printing and publishing house in the UK? Cambridge University Press c) Who had a 1981 UK top ten hit with The Oldest Swinger in Town? Fred Wedlock 4. Dogs Click here to enter rubric. a) Originally bred in Yorkshire, what is the largest breed of terrier? Airedale b) In the film '101 Dalmatians', what is unusual about the dog called Oddball? She has no spots c) Which dog has Clumber and Sussex varieties? Spaniel
Team Round 8 (Continued) 5. Cartoonists Click here to enter rubric. a) Who created the comic strip The Gambols which featured in the Daily Express from 1951 until 1999? b) A grandma in a black coat is arguably the most famous creation of which cartoonist? c) Which British cartoonist was famous for his drawings of complex and outlandish machinery for performing everyday tasks? 6. The works of George Orwell Click here to enter rubric. Barry Appleby Giles William Heath Robinson a) In the novel 1984 what name was given to Britain? Airstrip One b) In a 1946 essay called The Moon Under Water he describes his ideal what? Pub c) What was the name of his 1934 novel, partly inspired by his time spent as a colonial policeman? Burmese Days 7. Blockbusters Click here to enter rubric. a) L C. If the Mercers are first in line of precedence and the Grocers second, what are we talking Livery companies about? b) P F. A former biscuit making company based in Bermondsey, London, which is now a global Peek Freans brand of biscuits. Their creations included the Bourbon, the Garibaldi and Twiglets. c) R C. On where Simon Dee made his name before moving to the BBC. Radio Caroline 8. Brewery locations Click here to enter rubric. a) In which UK town would you find Arkell s Brewery? Swindon b) Black Sheep and Theakstons are the two working breweries of which small Yorkshire town? Masham c) In which Derbyshire town would you Thornbridge Brewery? Bakewell
Beer Round Click here to enter rubric. 1. Click here to enter title. Click here to enter rubric. a) Bless Your Beautiful Bride is a song from what musical? Seven Brides for Seven Brothers b) What is the name of the musical festival that is held each August alternating between The Three Choirs Festival Worcester, Hereford and Gloucester cathedrals? c) Gerascophobia is the fear of what? Growing old / ageing 2. Click here to enter title. Click here to enter rubric. a) Some Day My Prince Will Come is a song from what 1937 animated movie? Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs b) Which annual musical festival did John Christie found in 1934? Glyndebourne c) Alliumphobia is a fear of what? Garlic Spare Questions 1. Which league was formed by the trading cities of northern Europe in the 12 th Century? Hanseatic League 2. Which country has both a Bay of Plenty and a Poverty Bay? New Zealand 3. Rockhopper, macaroni and chinstrap are species of what bird? Penguin