th Questions for Wednesday, December 6 2017. Set by: Arachnid When you are ready to start reading the questions, proceed to the next page Press Page Up or Page Down to move between rounds (or half-rounds for team questions) 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. Individual Round 1 Places Real And Unreal. 1. Which 1978 song includes the words ‘Cruel Heathcliff’? Wuthering Heights 2. Niagara Falls lie between New York state and which Canadian province? Ontario 3. Steep Hill is the main shopping street in which East Midlands city? Lincoln 4. The Stockton to Darlington railway ran through which county? Durham 5. In Journey to the Centre of the Earth, they enter the Earth in Iceland. In which country do they Italy re-emerge? 6. Due to the colours of its flag, which island gave its name to Angela Merkel’s coalition Jamaica government in Germany? 7. In which northern English city would you find the Bigg Market? Newcastle-upon-Tyne 8. Where in the Midlands did Tom Brown spend his schooldays? Rugby 9. King Arthur was buried on which fictional island? Avalon 10. An ‘ugly lovely town’ was Dylan Thomas’s description of which place on the river Tawe? Swansea Team Round 2 1. In The Air a) The temperature at which water in the air condenses is called what? Dew Point (or Frost Point) b) Which twelve letter name is given to the only type of cloud occupying all heights? Cumulonimbus c) Isohumes on maps show points of equal what? Humidity 2. UK Provincial Upland a) The Black Mountains lie within which national park? Brecon Beacons b) Black Cuillin and Red Cuillin are found on which Scottish island? Skye c) The basalt Black Mountain overlooks which provincial capital? Belfast 3. T.T. a) The TT Pro League is responsible for football in which Caribbean country? Trinidad and Tobago b) If Rechabites are TT, what does TT stand for? Tee-Total c) What does TT stand for in Isle Of Man TT? Tourist Trophy 4. Governors of US States a) 39th President Jimmy Carter was previously governor of which southern state? Georgia b) 22nd President Grover Cleveland had previously been governor of which northern state? New York c) 43rd President George W Bush had previously been governor of which border state? Texas Team Round 2 (Continued) 5. Unique Events in Pop a) In 1965 which group knew that ‘this wasn’t going to be just a one night stand’? Herman’s Hermits b) Which of Rihanna’s former boyfriends duetted with Keri Hilson on her 2011 RnB hit ‘One Night Chris Brown Stand’? c) Which duo were ‘on a tour of one night stands’ in 1966? Simon and Garfunkel 6. Explorers’ First Names What were the first names of ... a) Captain Cook of Botany Bay fame. James b) Bering, of Bering Strait fame. Vitus c) Tasman, of Tasmania fame. Abel 7. A Rhyme Will Help a) What would you do with a kirtle? Wear It b) Name the submarine used by Americans against the Royal Navy during the War of Turtle Independence. c) What would you do a spurtle? Stir Food (esp. Porridge) 8. World War Two Answers begin with same letter a) Who was the Vichy French commander in North Africa? The film Casablanca supposes that he (Maxime) Weygand supplied letters of transit. b) Captain W E Johns created Biggles of the RAF and which officer of the WAAF? Worrals (Joan Worralson) c) Who was removed from command in North Africa in 1941 and sent to be Viceroy of India, only (Archibald) Wavell to be replaced by Lord Mountbatten? Individual Round 3 Answers are three words 1. ‘Lloyd George Knew My Father’ is sung to which hymn tune? Onward Christian Soldiers 2. The John Lewis Partnership adopted which motto in 1925? Never Knowingly Undersold 3. Which French animated TV series shares its name with complicated road junctions in The Magic Roundabout Colchester and Swindon? 4. Which Scottish club entered the Premier League in 2004, the same year they returned to a Inverness Caledonian Thistle ground of their own? 5. What was the motto of the Food Front in World War Two? Dig For Victory 6. What is the motto of the Audi car company in Europe? Vorsprung durch Technik 7. How was Viscount Stansgate known until 1973 after he disclaimed his peerage on 31 July Anthony Wedgwood Benn 1963? 8. In 2016, Renée Zellwegger starred in which film, the third in a series that began in 2001? Bridget Jones's Baby 9. The Gay Gordons is danced to which tune, known in Gaelic as Alba an Àigh? Scotland The Brave 10. Marilyn Monroe played Lorelei Lee in which film? Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Team Round 4 1. France a) Where did Bernadette Soubirous experience a vision of the Virgin Mary in 1858? Lourdes b) In which Mediterranean port do the French base their aircraft carrier and nuclear submarines? Toulon c) Where were prehistoric cave paintings discovered in September 1940? Lascaux 2. Alternate Names a) The city of Ragusa on the Adriatic changed its name to what in 1918? Dubrovnik b) What term do Americans use where we would say Tartan? Plaid c) Gerry Anderson invented which nickname for the city of Derry also called Londonderry? Stroke City 3. The British Grenadiers Answers contain a reference to the song a) During World War Two what was the British equivalent of the German Storch aeroplane? Lysander b) In 1982 which player established a record of 486 appearances for Derby County? Kevin Hector c) Who resigned as a presenter of TV’s Homes Under The Hammer in 2016? Lucy Alexander 4. Sporting Trophies a) After possession for 132 years which nation took the Americas Cup in 1983? Australia b) The Calcutta Cup is made of silver from what source? Indian Coins (silver rupees) c) In which event do drivers compete for the Borg-Warner Trophy? Indianapolis 500 Team Round 4 (Continued) 5. Archaeology a) Which archaeologist popularised the subject through the 1950s TV series Animal, Vegetable, Mortimer Wheeler Mineral? b) On which Mediterranean island did Arthur Evans excavate the ruins of Knossos? Crete c) Which site in the Orkneys has been called “the Scottish Pompeii”? Skara Brae 6. Gone From The High Street a) Which chain of shops appeared on British high streets in 1909 and closed one hundred years Woolworths later in 2009? b) Which clothes chain opened in Britain in 1922 and withdrew in 2001? C & A c) Which art retailer opened in 1964 and closed on the high street, even for tennis studies, in Athena 2014? 7. Military Nicknames a) Soldiers of which nation are nicknamed Diggers? Australia b) Which WW2 British army corps was nicknamed ‘The King's Most Loyal Enemy Aliens’? Pioneers (accept Sappers) c) Soldiers of which nation are nicknamed Poilus? France 8. Padres a) Wounds in the hands and feet which affected modern mystic Padre Pio are called what? Stigmata b) ‘Here Padre, Padre you talk to your boys’ is a line from which 1973 chart topping single? Rubber Bullets (by 10cc) c) Soapy Stevens pretends he is a visiting padre to plan a diamond robbery with the prison inmates Two-Way Stretch (aka Nothing in which 1960 film? Barred) (Second Half) Individual Round 5 Names that sound French. 1. Who played Sergeant Arthur Wilson in ‘Dad’s Army’ on TV? John Le Mesurier 2. Who became the most expensive defender in English football when he transferred to Chelsea Graham Le Saux in 1997? 3. According to The Beatles which three words go together well? Michelle Ma Belle 4. Sandie Shaw had her last hit record in the 1960s singing about who? Monsieur Dupont 5. Who co-wrote The Likely Lads and Porridge with Dick Clement? Ian La Frenais 6. A tournament in which Midlands town is the main subject of Sir Walter Scott’s novel ‘Ivanhoe‘? Ashby de la Zouch 7. The 1985 film Back To The Future popularised which make of car? DeLorean (DMC-12) 8. Who took over as host of Top Gear on TV in 2016? Matt LeBlanc 9. Who is Great Britain's most successful Olympic equestrian? Charlotte Dujardin 10. Which Southampton footballer scored 47 out of 48 penalty kicks in his career? Matt Le Tissier Team Round 6 1. The Science of Food a) Crisp packets are filled with which gas, atomic number 7? Nitrogen b) Easily cured with Marmite made in Burton, how is vitamin B1 deficiency better known? Beri-Beri (aka thiamine deficiency) c) The initials GMO stand for what in agriculture? Genetically Modified Organism 2. Former Capitals a) Turku was the capital of which European country until 1812? Finland b) Which Japanese city was known as ‘Capital’ then ‘Western Capital’ until replaced in 1868? Kyoto c) In 1944 the capital of France returned to Paris from where? Vichy 3. Football Awards a) Since 2007 Nottingham Forest and Derby County have contested which award? Brian Clough Trophy b) In 1998 which now-disgraced French midfielder was selected for FIFA's 'World Team of the 20th (Michel) Platini Century'? c) Which Monaco-based award can be won only once by any player, with its annual presentation Golden Foot used to raise funds to fight AIDS? 4.