2017–18 Season: Week 6 – 20 November 2018

Specialist Rounds

Set by the Waters Green Lemmings.

Round 1: History

1	During World War II, what was the Anschluss?
	The annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938
2	What did the Emperor Heraclius introduce as the official language of the Byzantine Empire?
	Greek
3	Who was the wife of Charles I?
	Henrietta Maria (of France)
4	Who in 1988 caused uproar by claiming that most of Britain's egg production was infected with salmonella?
	Edwina Currie
5	In which year was the first Red Nose Day held?
	1988 (5 February)
6	Which year saw the nationalisation of British Railways?
	1948
7	In which French city was Joan of Arc burned at the stake?
	Rouen
8	Which enlightenment thinker is known as the 'father of liberalism'?
	John Locke

Supplementaries:

1	Which nursery rhyme did Thomas Edison recite when he made the first recording of the human voice?
	Mary had a little lamb
2	Who said in 1813, "Who's your fat friend", meaning the Prince Regent?
	Beau Brummel

Round 2: Geography

1	Bastia is a port city on which island?
	Corsica
2	What's the capital of Albania?
	Tirana
3	Similarly, of which country is Kigali the capital?
	Rwanda
4	On which river, straddling the US and Canada border, can you find the Thousand Islands?
	The St. Lawrence river
5	Which city stands on the river Lagan?
	Belfast
6	The mountain known to the Lakota Sioux as 'The Six Grandfathers' was renamed after which New York lawyer?
	Charles E. Rushmore
7	Oakham is the county town of which county?
	Rutland
8	Which English county's flag is known as St Piran's flag?
	Cornwall

Supplementaries:

1	Kaliningrad sits between Lithuania and which other country?
	Poland
2	In which state does the Mississippi River rise?
	Minnesota

Round 3: Sport

1	Which boxer was known as the Galveston Giant?
	John Johnson
2	In Association Croquet, two of the balls are blue and black. Name either of the other two colours
	Red or yellow
3	Formerly the Milk Race, who now sponsors the Tour of Britain?
	Ovo Energy
4	In which year was the FA Cup Final first televised?
	1938
5	On which cricket ground was the first FA Cup Final played in 1872?
	The Oval
6	What is the oldest continually contested trophy in sport?
	The America's Cup
7	Which Formula 1 driver is known as The Iceman?
	Kimi Raikkonen
8	Which American swimmer holds the most gold medals?
	Michael Phelps (3 individual, 4 relay)

Supplementaries:

1	Which city hosted the 1992 summer Olympic Games?
	Barcelona
2	The Vince Lombardi Trophy is awarded to the winners of what American competition?
	Super Bowl

Round 4: Science

1	Dutchman Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (Lee–van–hook) developed which scientific instrument?
	Microscope
2	Which planet is closest in size to our Moon?
	Mercury
3	Which metal is the main constituent of pewter?
	Tin (91%)
4	Who invented the electric dynamo?
	Michael Faraday
5	By what name is the lower jawbone in vertebrates more correctly known?
	Mandible
6	What measure of energy has a name that comes from the Latin word for heat?
	Calorie
7	The liver secretes which alkaline compound to break down fat?
	Bile
8	Which information service was started by the BBC in 1974?
	Ceefax

Supplementaries:

1	Which plant family does garlic and onions belong to?
	Allium
2	In which century did Copernicus die?
	16th (1543)

Round 5: Arts and Entertainment

1	The Ice King is a 2018 film biography of which Olympian?
	John Curry
2	Who won an Oscar in 2018 for playing Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour?
	Gary Oldman
3	Which crime writer spawned the TV series Endeavour and Lewis?
	Colin Dexter
4	Four of the top ten most performed operas are set in the same city. Which city?
	Seville (The Barber of Seville, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, and Carmen)
5	Which film tells the story of Charlie Babbitt, who discovers that his father has died and left his multi–million–dollar estate to his autistic brother?
	Rain Man
6	In literature, who cooks with "nose of Turk" and "Tartar's lips"?
	The witches in Macbeth
7	Which author is the longest serving poet laureate?
	Alfred Lord Tennyson
8	Who painted The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies?
	Van Klomp

Supplementaries:

1	Which of the Merry Men is traditionally the only one present at Robin Hood's death?
	Little John
2	Which husband of Joan Collins co–wrote the Bond theme Goldfinger?
	Anthony Newley

Round 6: Mistresses and Lovers

1	Clara Petacci was the mistress of whom?
	Mussolini
2	About whom did Mandy Rice Davies say "He would [say that] wouldn't he"?
	Lord Astor
3	Who was vilified in the press in October after his candid kiss with dance partner Katya?
	Seann Walsh
4	Georges Sand lived on Majorca with whom?
	Chopin
5	The lovers Beatrice and Benedick appear in which Shakespeare play?
	Much Ado About Nothing
6	Piers Gaveston was the favourite of which king?
	Edward II
7	To whom is David Furnish married?
	Elton John
8	In the 1980s, who was the lover of Sara Keays, with whom she bore a love child?
	Cecil Parkinson

Supplementaries:

1	How is Stephanie Gregory Clifford better known?
	Stormy Daniels
2	Lillie Langtry was the mistress of which king?
	Edward VII

Round 7: Who Sang the Line?

Who sang these lyrics of these hit songs?

1	"I can call you Betty, and Betty when you call me, you can call me Al"
	Paul Simon
2	"To avoid complications, she never kept the same address. In conversation, she spoke just like a baroness"
	Freddie Mercury, or Queen (Killer Queen)
3	"They would not listen, they did not know how, perhaps they'll listen now"
	Don Maclean (Vincent)
4	"They've paved paradise and put up a parking lot"
	Joni Mitchell (Big Yellow Taxi)
5	"When I was six years old I broke my leg. I was running from my brother and his friends"
	Ed Sheeran (Castle on the Hill)
6	"Doesn't have a point of view. Knows not where he's going to. Isn't he a bit like you and me?"
	The Beatles (Nowhere Man)
7	"You lured me away from home. Just to save you from being alone. You stole my heart and that's what really hurt."
	Rod Stewart (Maggie May)
8	"Don't forget me I beg, I'll remember you said. Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead?"
	Adele (Someone Like You)

Supplementaries:

1	"Dirty old river, must you keep rolling, rolling into the night?"
	The Kinks (Waterloo Sunset)
2	"Now he takes his brush and he waits. Outside them factory gates."
	Brian & Michael (Matchstalk Men)

Round 8: Altered Egos

Deduce the real names from the clues.

1	Whose alter ego is Dr. Sir Les Patterson?
	Barry Humphries
2	Which elderly star of stage and screen is Steve Delaney's most famous comic creation?
	Count Arthur Strong
3	Which pop megastar changed his middle name from Kenneth to Hercules?
	Elton John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight became Elton Hercules John)
4	Which smuggler's fake identities were detailed in the book Mr Nice?
	Howard Marks
5	Which follower of Christ is also the patron saint of prostitutes?
	Mary Magdalene
6	On the same theme, who is the patron saint of carpenters?
	Joseph
7	What is the English equivalent of the Spanish name Esteban?
	Stephen
8	Which influential band was originally known as The Stiff Kittens and then Warsaw before finding fame in the late 1970s?
	Joy Division

Supplementaries:

1	What is the stage name of George O'Dowd?
	Boy George
2	Which 19th century dandy had the real first names George Bryan?
	Beau Brummell

General Knowledge

Set by the Harrington 'B'.

1	What is the name of the landscape feature formed by land subsiding between two fault lines?
	A rift valley
2	Calendula is the scientific name of which plant?
	The marigold
3	Which spacecraft was commanded by Steve Zodiac?
	Fireball XL5
4	On which day of the week does the Queen distribute Maundy Money?
	Thursday
5	Which fruit forms the basis for Cumberland Sauce?
	Redcurrant
6	Who did Henry VIII commission to paint Anne of Cleves?
	Hans Holbein (the Younger)
7	Who was the Greek god of time?
	Chronos
8	What is measured with a manometer?
	Pressure (of gases)

9	Ibiza is a part of which island group?
	The Balearics
10	The novel Robinson Crusoe was based on the life of which Scottish sailor?
	Alexander Selkirk
11	The prophet Muhammad died in 632. Where was he buried?
	Medina
12	Which battle saw Octavian's defeat of Anthony & Cleopatra?
	Actium
13	In what year did the Pilgrim Fathers set sail for America?
	1620
14	What nom–de–plume was used by Joel Chandler Harris, who wrote stories about Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox?
	Uncle Remus
15	Who wrote The Wind in the Willows?
	Kenneth Grahame
16	What is the longest river to flow into the Mediterranean Sea?
	The Nile

17	What is the Decalogue better known as?
	The Ten Commandments
18	On which holiday island are the Troodos mountains?
	Cyprus
19	Who wrote the poem Kubla Khan?
	Samuel Taylor Coleridge
20	Which city was formerly called Christiania?
	Oslo
21	America takes its name from which famous explorer?
	Amerigo Vespucci
22	Whose epitaph translates as "Reader, if you seek his monument, look around you"?
	Sir Christopher Wren
23	Which is the only US state to have a one syllable name?
	Maine
24	What date is Epiphany?
	6 January

25	What is the literal meaning of the Greek word Utopia?
	No place (accept nowhere)
26	From where was the first British television broadcast made?
	Alexandra Palace
27	What is the common name of potassium nitrate?
	Saltpetre
28	In literature, of which town was Michael Henchard the mayor?
	Casterbridge
29	Which ruler had Sir Walter Raleigh executed?
	James I
30	Which symbol denotes the site of a battlefield on Ordnance Survey maps?
	Crossed swords
31	Where in 1939 did the submarine HMS Thetis sink on its test dive?
	Liverpool Bay
32	Who created the fictional detective Father Brown?
	G. K. Chesterton

33	What is the well–known first line of the poem Casabianca by Felicia Hemans?
	The boy stood on the burning deck
34	Who was on the British throne at the time of the French Revolution?
	George III
35	On 1st June 1994, which country was re–admitted into the Commonwealth after a 30 year absence?
	South Africa
36	What is the Latin name of the route taken by Christ through Jerusalem to Calvary?
	Via Dolorosa
37	What is the Mercalli scale used to measure?
	Earthquakes
38	Who in 1805 devised a scale to classify windspeed?
	Francis Beaufort
39	Amarillo is in which US state?
	Texas
40	What type of tooth do dentists refer to as a no. 8?
	A wisdom tooth

41	Gout is a condition caused by a build–up in the joints of which acid?
	Uric acid
42	What useful device was invented in 1848 by Walter Hunt?
	The safety pin
43	Graphology is the study of what?
	Handwriting
44	Egypt has land borders with two other African countries. Libya is one. What is the other?
	Sudan
45	Which British general enjoyed victories at Khartoum and Omdurman?
	Lord Kitchener
46	In which organ of the body is glycogen stored?
	The liver
47	Which book begins "I was born in 1632 in the city of York"?
	Robinson Crusoe
48	Who in 1970 became the first British golfer to win the US Open for 50 years?
	Tony Jacklin

49	At which course will the 2019 Open Golf Championship be held, for the first time in 68 years?
	Royal Portrush (in Northern Ireland)
50	Which still popular male singer was born in New York in 1941 and grew up as Noah Kaminsky?
	Neil Diamond
51	Which capital city stands on the river Senne? (Note to QMs: please spell out Senne)
	Brussels
52	Which stretch of water separates the Inner and Outer Hebrides?
	The Little Minch
53	What type of clouds are the main rain–bearing clouds?
	Nimbus (accept Cumulonimbus)
54	What name is given to a dictionary of place names?
	Gazetteer
55	Who was the first boxer to regain the undisputed heavyweight title?
	Floyd Patterson
56	Becher's Brook is one of two "brook" fences to be jumped in the Grand National. What is the other?
	Valentine's Brook

57	What name is given to the first cervical vertebra which supports the skull?
	The atlas
58	Which is the only band whose four members have all written Number One singles?
	Queen
59	Where was the first major battle of the American War of Independence fought?
	Bunker Hill
60	Which treaty ended the American War of Independence?
	The Treaty of Paris (1783)
61	Which duck is also the name of a James Bond film?
	Goldeneye
62	Who said "A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy"?
	Guy Fawkes
63	Which musician links Chic, David Bowie, Duran Duran and Daft Punk?
	Nile Rodgers (he founded Chic, and has produced the rest)
64	In which Irish county is the famous Blarney Stone?
	Cork

65	Who designed the Cenotaph in London?
	Edwin Lutyens
66	Which African country was formerly known as Basutoland?
	Lesotho
67	In which American state is Stanford University?
	California
68	Who discovered Fiji in 1643?
	Abel Tasman
69	Which former East African state united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form Tanzania?
	Zanzibar
70	Give any year in the life of Jane Austen
	1775 to 1817
71	In the title of Jane Austen's novel, what was the family home of the Tilney's?
	Northanger Abbey
72	Who did Catherine Parr succeed as wife of Henry VIII?
	Catherine Howard

73	What is the capital of Pakistan?
	Islamabad
74	Which record company turned down the Beatles but signed the Rolling Stones?
	Decca
75	Who was born Mary Clarissa Miller?
	Agatha Christie
76	In which Austrian city was Mozart born?
	Salzburg
77	In which decade was the Julian calendar replaced by the Gregorian calendar used today?
	The 1750s (1752)
78	At the end of which James Bond novel does The Times publish 007's obituary?
	You Only Live Twice
79	Who wrote the novel The Spy Who Came In From The Cold?
	John le Carré
80	Which organ of the human body acts as a filter for the blood?
	The liver

81	In 2018 the French Grand Prix returned to the F1 calendar for the first time in 10 years. At which circuit?
	Circuit Paul Ricard
82	The dunnock is a native British bird. How is it more commonly known?
	The hedge sparrow (do not accept "sparrow")
83	Who discovered alpha, beta and gamma rays?
	Ernest Rutherford
84	Who was the first Tudor monarch?
	Henry VII
85	On which river is Derby situated?
	The Derwent
86	What is the stately home of the Duke of Norfolk?
	Arundel Castle
87	In Morse code which letter is represented by a single dot?
	E
88	In the NATO communications alphabet, which word represents the letter P?
	Papa

89	What is the capital of Bulgaria?
	Sofia
90	Which branch of geology studies rocks and the conditions under which they form?
	Petrology
91	In which year did the Jarrow hunger march take place?
	1936
92	Perth is in which Australian state?
	Western Australia
93	James Stewart spent the whole of which film in a wheelchair?
	Rear Window
94	What is the SI unit of frequency?
	The hertz
95	How many fluid ounces are in a pint?
	20
96	What are the tail fins of a whale called?
	Flukes

Supplementaries:

1	Who invented the first calculating machine in 1642?
	Blaise Pascal
2	Which company invented the first electronic pocket calculator?
	Texas Instruments
3	How many players make up a netball team?
	Seven
4	Who killed Billy the Kid?
	Pat Garrett
5	How is TV star Graham Walker better known?
	Graham Norton
6	What is the real name of U2's frontman Bono?
	Paul Hewson
7	Which organisation's original name was The Plumage League?
	The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (accept RSPB)
8	Appointed in January 1901, Edmund Burton was the first Prime Minster of which country?
	Australia
9	What name is given to the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey?
	A hinny
10	What name is given to the occasion when the sun is furthest from the equator?
	The solstice
11	About whose wife did The Everly Brothers sing in their 1958 hit Claudette?
	Roy Orbison (he wrote the song)
12	Who was the most famous person to be assassinated in 1865?
	Abraham Lincoln
13	Which organisation's motto is "Citius, Altius, Fortius"?
	The Olympic movement (Swifter, Higher, Stronger)
14	Which gas is the third most abundant in the Earth's atmosphere?
	Argon (0.9%)
15	Who was the last King of England to be killed on the battlefield?
	Richard III (in 1485)

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