2019–20 Season: Week 12 – 28 January 2020

Specialist Rounds

Set by the Chester Road Tavern.

1	Accident & Emergency	2	Science & Nature	3	Arts & Entertainment	4	Sport
5	Geography	6	Name That Tune	7	History	8	Advertising Slogans

Round 1: Accident and Emergency

1	Who starred as Doctor Doug Ross in ER?
	George Clooney
2	What name is given to a fracture in a young, soft bone, in which the bone bends and breaks?
	A greenstick fracture
3	What name is given to an injection in the lower part of the back, often given during childbirth to stop the sensation of pain in parts of the body?
	Epidural
4	Who is the only character in Casualty that appeared in Episode 1 and is still a regular on the show? (Either first name or last name will suffice, just for this answer)
	Charlie Fairhead
5	Macclesfield Infirmary was built in 1868. Which building is situated on that original site now?
	Sainsbury's
6	Which local hospital was founded in 1871 and closed in 1997?
	Parkside
7	A medication that induces vomiting and nausea is called what?
	An emetic
8	A possible sporting injury, 'lateral epicondylitis' is better known as what?
	Tennis elbow

Supplementaries:

1	Considered the world's worst industrial accident, where in India was the Union Carbide disaster of 1984?
	Bhopal
2	Entonox (50% nitrous oxide and 50% oxygen) is more commonly known as what?
	Gas and air

Round 2: Science and Nature

1	Who discovered penicillin?
	Alexander Fleming
2	Which element has the atomic number 2?
	Helium
3	Which bird has the Latin name Pica pica?
	The magpie
4	What is the SI unit of pressure?
	Pascal
5	What does a pluviometer measure?
	Rainfall
6	Pitchblende is the main ore of which metallic element?
	Uranium
7	What is the longest bone in the human body?
	The femur
8	The adjective 'vulpine' refers to which animal?
	The fox

Supplementaries:

1	What is the two–word name of the device fitted to a car to reduce toxic emissions?
	A catalytic converter
2	Where would you find the Sea of Tranquility?
	On the Moon

Round 3: Arts and Entertainment

1	What was launched in April 1998 as the world's first online DVD rental store?
	Netflix
2	Miss Agatha Trunchbull is the headteacher in which book?
	Matilda
3	Who wrote Anna of the Five Towns?
	Arnold Bennett
4	Who created the sculpture Another Place?
	Antony Gormley
5	In Gustav Holst's The Planets, which planet was the Bringer of Old Age?
	Saturn
6	Nessun Dorma is an aria from which opera?
	Turandot
7	Which singer and actress who starred alongside Rock Hudson in Pillow Talk died aged 97 in May 2019?
	Doris Day
8	Who painted The Rake's progress?
	William Hogarth

Supplementaries:

1	Which 2015 musical was based on a 2004 biography by Ron Chernow and tells the story of an American founding father?
	Hamilton
2	Who painted Girl with a Pearl Earring?
	Johannes Vermeer

Round 4: Sport

1	Name one of the Pakistani cricketers banned for their part in the 2010 spot–fixing scandal.
	Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif or Salman Butt
2	What nationality is the 2019 Tour de France winner Egan Bernal?
	Colombian
3	Who won the 2020 Masters snooker tournament?
	Stuart Bingham
4	Who will Tyson Fury fight for the second time on 22nd February?
	Deontay Wilder
5	In which sport could you be awarded the Heisman Trophy?
	American football (outstanding individual NCAA (College) player)
6	Slovenian tennis player Dalila Jakupovic failed to qualify for the Australian Open in January. Why did this create headlines?
	She retired following a coughing fit caused by smoke from Australian bushfires
7	Which English Premiership rugby union club were docked points prior to the start of the season for breaching salary cap regulations?
	Saracens
8	Name either of the captains of the upcoming 2020 Ryder Cup.
	Steve Stricker (USA), Padraig Harrington (Europe)

Supplementaries:

1	Leicester City beat Southampton 9–0 in October. Name any of the goal scorers.
	Jamie Vardy (3), Perez (3), Tielemens, Chilwell, Maddison.
2	Name either of the finalists in the BDO women's world darts championship.
	Mikuru Suzuki, Lisa Ashton

Round 5: Geography

1	Which Australian City stands on the Swan river?
	Perth
2	What type of geographical feature is a barkhan or barchan? (Spell words for teams)
	A sand dune
3	What is the capital of Estonia?
	Tallinn
4	In which country would you find Aconcagua, South America's highest mountain?
	Argentina
5	On which New York island would you find Brooklyn and Queens?
	Long Island
6	Dublin stands on which river?
	The Liffey
7	What geographical feature forms a 'roche moutonnée'?
	A glacier
8	What is the capital of Ecuador?
	Quito

Supplementaries:

1	Oakham is the county town of which English county?
	Rutland
2	Which US state is nicknamed the Bluegrass state?
	Kentucky

Round 6: Name That Tune

Give the name of the song, after hearing the opening line or lines.

1	Slip inside the eye of your mind, don't you know you might find ...
	Don't Look Back in Anger
2	Oh yeah, I'll tell you something, I think you'll understand ...
	I Wanna Hold Your Hand
3	Baby, if you've got to go away, I don't think I can take the pain ...
	Stay Another Day
4	We skipped the light fandango, turned cartwheels 'cross the floor ...
	A Whiter Shade of Pale
5	The old home town looks the same, as I step down from the train ...
	The Green, Green Grass of Home
6	They say we're young and we don't know ...
	I've Got You, Babe
7	On a dark, desert highway, cool wind in my hair ...
	Hotel California
8	Young teacher, the subject of schoolgirl fantasy ...
	Don't Stand So Close To Me

Supplementaries:

1	The taxman's taken all my dough ...
	Sunny Afternoon
2	You talk like Marlene Dietrich ...
	Where Do You Go To, My Lovely?

Round 7: History

1	Who defeated Charles ll at the Battle of Worcester in 1651?
	Oliver Cromwell
2	Who was the first holy Roman Emperor?
	Charlemagne
3	Who was the mother of Richard the Lionheart?
	Eleanor of Aquitaine
4	Founded in 1636, which is America's oldest university?
	Harvard
5	In Greek mythology, who was the mother of Eros, the God of love?
	Aphrodite
6	In Greek mythology, how many gorgons were there?
	Three (Medusa, Stheno, and Euryale)
7	In which country was Galileo born?
	Italy
8	Kenneth I and Kenneth II were rulers of which country?
	Scotland

Supplementaries:

1	In which year was the UK formed by the Act of Union?
	1707 (accept 1705 to 1709)
2	Who is the Roman god of wine?
	Bacchus

Round 8: Advertising Slogans

Name the product or company, from its advertising slogan.

1	Central Heating for Kids.
	Ready Brek
2	Does exactly what it says on the tin.
	Ronseal
3	Hello boys.
	Wonderbra
4	It's a bit of an animal.
	Pepperami
5	Once you pop, you can't stop.
	Pringles
6	The appliance of science.
	Zanussi
7	Vorsprung durch technik.
	Audi
8	Your flexible friend.
	The Access Card

Supplementaries:

1	The best a man can get.
	Gillette
2	Schh ... you know who.
	Schweppes

General Knowledge

Set by the Pack Horse Bowling Club.

1	At which Pacific port does the Trans–Siberian Railway terminate?
	Vladivostok
2	What is the nickname of Peter Wright, the recent winner of the PDC World Darts tournament?
	Snakebite
3	Who was the last crowned Anglo–Saxon King of England, who was also the first English monarch to be crowned in Westminster Abbey?
	Harold II (name and number required). Accept Harold Godwinson
4	The Calotype or Talbotype process, introduced in 1841 by William Henry Fox Talbot, was an early type of process in which field?
	Photography
5	What is the largest species of edible flatfish, with the current rod–caught record of 459lbs?
	Halibut
6	Which was the first and most famous of Alan Sillitoe's novels?
	Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
7	What is the first name of Martin Kemp's brother, who co–starred with him in the film The Krays and in the band Spandau Ballet?
	Gary
8	What type of object is known to an antiques dealer as a 'rummer'?
	A hand–blown glass for ale or wine

9	Specifically, where in London are the headquarters and operating centre of the Premier League's VAR (video assisted referee) situated?
	Stockley Park (West London – for some reason they are vague about their address!)
10	Which area of south–west France was ruled by the English from 1152 to 1453?
	Gascony
11	Which natural sugar, less sweet than glucose, is found in the milk of mammals?
	Lactose
12	Which large marine game fish has an elongated upper jaw forming a point up to 3ft long, and has species black, white and Atlantic blue?
	The Marlin
13	Which Minoan princess helped Theseus slay the Minotaur?
	Ariadne
14	Which boy band was formed by Charlie Simpson, Matt Willis and James Bourne?
	Busted
15	In a well–to–do household of the past, what would have been stored in a locked Tantalus?
	Alcoholic spirits (to prevent the servants tippling!)
16	Which volcano exploded in 1883 with the force of 200 megatons of TNT?
	Krakatoa

17	Which English Queen, who died in 1818, bore 15 children and had a hospital named after her?
	Queen Charlotte (wife of George III. Thirteen of her children survived to adulthood, including two future Kings)
18	What's the sum of the inner angles of a rectangle?
	360 degrees
19	Which poisonous plant provides the drug atropine?
	Deadly nightshade
20	Which island was the setting for Bizet's opera The Pearl Fishers?
	Ceylon (accept Sri Lanka)
21	In which English city was actress Kim Cattrall, star of Sex and the City, born?
	Liverpool
22	Which European porcelain factory uses two blue crossed swords as its trademark?
	Meissen
23	Which modern country traces its origins to King Clovis in the late 400s AD?
	France
24	What is the name of the new cricket competition coming this summer, with city–based teams including Manchester Originals, Trent Rockets and Oval Invincibles?
	The Hundred (a tournament with 100 balls per innings)

25	What was the purpose of the space probe named Giotto?
	To study Halley's Comet (which Giotto included in some of his paintings)
26	What colour is the gemstone known as lapis lazuli?
	Dark blue
27	Which virtuoso violinist was nicknamed 'The Red Priest' due to the fact he was ordained and his shock of red hair?
	Antonio Vivaldi
28	In which TV comedy series did Larry Lamb play the part of Mick?
	Gavin and Stacey
29	Which company runs the horse bloodstock auctions at Newmarket, the largest in Europe?
	Tattersalls
30	Laphroaig, Lagavulin and Ardbeg whisky are distilled on which Scottish island?
	Islay
31	In which event did the action movie star Jason Statham represent England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games?
	Diving
32	In which year did the disgraced MP John Profumo resign from office? (No leeway.)
	1963

33	Cashmere wool is obtained from what type of animal?
	A goat
34	Who composed the Trout Quintet?
	Franz Schubert
35	Which activity features in the film Touching the Void?
	Mountaineering
36	The excavation of which natural resource created the Norfolk Broads?
	Peat
37	What is the world's biggest freshwater lake, by surface area?
	Lake Superior
38	The Venus Rosewater Dish is awarded to the winner of which sporting event?
	Wimbledon Ladies' Singles
39	Lord Beaverbrook was a newspaper publisher and a politician in the first half of the 20th century. In which country was he born?
	Canada
40	In the 1930s, which company introduced a new polymer, which they called nylon?
	DuPont

41	How are Dostoyevsky's Dmitri, Alyosha and Ivan collectively known?
	The Brothers Karamazov
42	John is a newsreader, his brother David is an actor who played Poirot. What is their surname?
	Suchet
43	Which charity was founded by Esther Rantzen in 1987?
	Childline
44	Which country was formerly called the Dutch East Indies?
	Indonesia
45	Anthony Joshua recently defeated which boxer, having lost to him in their first meeting?
	Andy Ruiz (Jnr)
46	Which politician famously said in 1957 "You've never had it so good"?
	Harold Macmillan
47	What is the name of the U–shaped bone, at the base of the tongue, that supports the tongue muscles?
	The hyoid bone
48	Which is the only species of deer whose females carry antlers?
	The reindeer

49	Which TV comedy, first broadcast in the 1990s and 2000s, took its name from a song made famous in the film Casablanca?
	As Time Goes By
50	The motto "With courage, nothing is impossible" is inscribed on the national memorial for which emergency service charity?
	The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (taken from the family motto of its founder, Sir William Hillary)
51	Which bridge in the USA, initially designed by engineer Joseph Strauss in 1917 and opened in 1937, has been declared one of the Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers?
	The Golden Gate Bridge (in San Francisco)
52	Aged 72, who is the oldest manager in the English Premier League?
	Roy Hodgson (of Crystal Palace)
53	By what nickname was Frederick I (the first), Holy Roman Emperor (1122 to 1190) known?
	Barbarossa (accept Red Beard)
54	In computing, the word 'pixel' is formed from two words. The first is 'picture'; what is the second?
	Element
55	Which hazard to shipping lies about six miles off the Kent coast near Deal?
	The Goodwin Sands
56	What term was used to describe a group of anti–establishment writers in the 1950s, including such figures as John Osborne and Kingsley Amis?
	Angry Young Men

57	What was the trade of a scrivener in the middle ages?
	A writer and copier of documents
58	Which Egyptian peninsula was controlled by Israel from 1967 to 1982?
	The Sinai peninsula
59	Twitch is a video live streaming service which specialises in broadcasting what activity?
	E–sports and video gaming (either will do)
60	By which nickname was Mary I (the first) of England, 1516 to 1558, known?
	Bloody Mary
61	Who was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory that produced the first atomic bomb?
	J. Robert Oppenheimer
62	Most commercially canned baked beans are made from which type of bean?
	The haricot bean
63	Which poet wrote Kubla Khan?
	Samuel Taylor Coleridge
64	How many tiles make up a 6 by 6 set of Dominoes?
	28

65	The 1831 census named Yorkshire as the largest English county, by area, but what is the second largest?
	Lincolnshire
66	Two members of the England 1966 World Cup winning team died last year. Name either.
	Gordon Banks or Martin Peters
67	Give a year during the building of St. Paul's Cathedral in London – from the year Wren was officially given the go–ahead, to the year it was officially declared complete.
	1669 to 1711
68	What type of timepiece is a clepsydra?
	A water clock
69	The bark of which tree is also known as 'nature's aspirin'?
	Willow
70	What is the name of the parrot in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island?
	Captain (Cap'n) Flint
71	Who has been selected to write and sing the theme tune for the next James Bond film?
	Billie Eilish
72	Which Middle Eastern country is also known as the Hashemite Kingdom?
	Jordan

73	Distance runner Eliud Kipchoge became the first person to achieve what feat in October last year?
	Run a marathon in under two hours
74	Which King of England died from eating 'a surfeit of Lampreys' at a banquet in France?
	Henry I
75	What name is given to the study of volcanoes?
	Volcanology (accept vulcanology)
76	What is rhino horn made from?
	Keratin
77	On which fruit did the Owl and the Pussycat dine?
	Quince
78	Which 1925 novel is narrated by Nick Carraway?
	The Great Gatsby
79	Which medal bears the inscription "For bravery in the field"?
	The Military Medal
80	The French Cote d'Opale mirrors which English coastal feature?
	The White Cliffs around Dover

81	Which king of Lydia was renowned for possessing legendary wealth?
	Croesus
82	Sputnik 1 was the world's and USSR's first earth–orbiting satellite. What was the name of the USA's first satellite?
	Explorer 1
83	What is the name for a baby koala?
	A joey (they are marsupials)
84	Which legendary artist produced two versions of The Virgin of the Rocks (also known as The Madonna of the Rocks) between 1483 and 1508?
	Leonardo da Vinci
85	Which musical features the song The Surrey with the Fringe on Top?
	Oklahoma
86	Which pre–decimal British coin had twelve sides?
	The threepenny piece (or bit)
87	Which national capital is also known as Krung Thep?
	Bangkok
88	In Australian sport, what is a 'baggy green'?
	The cap (headwear) worn by their Test cricketers

89	What is produced by a continuously–moving Foudrinier machine?
	Paper
90	What is the name of the virus identified recently in Wuhan province, China?
	Coronavirus
91	Which novel recounts the adventures of the March sisters?
	Little Women
92	Which actress was convicted of shoplifting from Saks Fifth Avenue store in Beverley Hills in 2002?
	Winona Ryder
93	The Supermarine S.6B racing seaplane assisted in the development of which aircraft?
	The Supermarine Spitfire
94	Re–established in 1997, Rutland is the smallest English county by area. What's the second smallest?
	Middlesex
95	Which famous racecourse is situated in the Bois de Boulogne near Paris?
	Longchamp
96	Which battle is seen as the turning point of the American Civil War – the beginning of the end for the Confederates?
	Gettysburg

Supplementaries:

1	Which newspaper, once the biggest–selling English language newspaper in the world, ceased publication in 2011?
	The News of the World
2	Which fashion designer did Madonna commission to design outfits for 1990 Blonde Ambition tour, which included a pointed–bra basque?
	Jean–Paul Gaultier
3	What is the world's least densely populated country?
	Mongolia
4	What is the name of the chess move being described here? "A pawn on its fifth rank may capture an enemy pawn on an adjacent file that has moved two squares in a single move, as if the pawn had moved only one square"
	En Passant
5	Which game was officially ruled by Hoyle's Laws, from its publication in 1760 until 1864?
	Whist
6	Which pop song opens with the following lines? "I don't wanna talk about the things we've gone through, though it's hurting me, now it's history"?
	The Winner Takes It All (Abba)

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