Questions for Wednesday, 28/2/2018.

Set by: Arnhem Quiz Services.

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Individual Round 1 Click here to enter text.

1. What common virus is often associated with sea cruises, simply because health officials are NOROVIRUS obliged to track illnesses on ships? 2. Who is missing from the original line-up of Take That: Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Jason Orange, HOWARD DONALD Robbie Williams and …? 3. What country borders the Dead Sea on its eastern side? JORDAN

4. When Donald Trump made his famous ‘shithole’ speech in January, what country did he use as NORWAY an example of a desirable source of immigrants? 5. Where is the devil said to be, in an idiom that refers to a catch or mysterious element hidden IN THE DETAIL in the small print? 6. Who performed the theme song to the Bond film ‘The Living Daylights’? A-HA

7. Which day of the week is named after the Anglo-Saxon god of war? TUESDAY

8. How is the oil painting ‘Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1’ more familiarly known? WHISTLER’S MOTHER

9. What was the first name of Mr. Taylor, US President from 1849 until his death in 1850? ZACHARY

10. In January, which team ended Man. City’s thirty-game unbeaten run in the Premier League? LIVERPOOL

Team Round 2 1. TEETH. Click here to enter rubric. a) An adult human with a full set has 32 teeth. How many does an infant normally have? TWENTY

b) In a nine-hour procedure described by the dentist as “the Everest of dentistry”, who finally got SHANE MACGOWAN his teeth sorted out in 2015, at the age of 57? c) In 2009, who embarrassed jockey Liam Treadwell about his teeth in front of millions of CLARE BALDING television viewers? 2. MODERN TELEVISION. (The number of words is given as an extra clue.) a) The first series starred Joanne Froggatt and Ioan Gruffudd, and ended in October 2017. What LIAR was the title of this ITV drama that concerned a date rape allegation? (1) b) In what Channel 4 programme do Giles and Mary use the pet-name ‘Nutty’ for each other? (1) GOGGLEBOX

c) Set in the Amsterdam of 1686, what was the name of the drama mini-series (based on Jessie THE MINIATURIST Burton’s debut novel) that was televised at the end of 2017? (2) 3. LITERATURE – GARDENS. Click here to enter rubric. a) Who wrote the children’s novel ‘The Secret Garden’ (1911)? FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT

b) Name the British author whose novel ‘The Constant Gardener’ was published in 2001. JOHN LE CARRE

c) What was the name of Philippa Pearce’s 1958 children’s fantasy novel? TOM’S MIDNIGHT GARDEN

4. ART. Click here to enter rubric. a) In the painting believed to be the only one sold by Van Gogh in his lifetime, ‘The Red Vineyards’ ARLES were near which city? b) In Grant Wood’s 1930 painting ‘American Gothic’, what is the man holding in his right hand? A PITCHFORK

c) First exhibited in 1812, who painted ‘Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps’? (J.M.W.) TURNER Team Round 2 (Continued) 5. SPORT BY LAND, SEA AND AIR. (Answers include one of those three words.) a) In 1968, the most famous of the Glamorgan vs Nottinghamshire county cricket matches took SWANSEA place in what city? b) What first name is shared by Ms. Taylor (former England cricketer), Ms. Brownie (Scottish CLAIRE netball captain), and Ms. Molloy (appointed Ireland rugby captain in August 2017)? c) Who was the head coach on the British and Irish Lions’ 2017 tour of New Zealand? WARREN GATLAND

6. FILMS – THREE ERAS. Click here to enter rubric. a) The title of which Marx Brothers’ film is an American term meaning ‘rubbish, nonsense’? HORSE FEATHERS

b) Who directed the 1976 film ‘Taxi Driver’? MARTIN SCORSESE

c) Hugh Glass is mauled by a grizzly bear, is later ambushed by the Arikara tribe, and forced to THE REVENANT shelter inside the carcass of a horse he has eviscerated. Part of the plot of which 2015 film? 7. HISTORY – WAR. Click here to enter rubric. a) In what year of the last century did the Six-Day War take place? 1967

b) What word refers to a battlefield feature that projects into enemy territory? (It often follows SALIENT ‘Ypres’, for example.) c) WWII. In what month of 1945 was the Japanese surrender formally signed? SEPTEMBER

8. WORLD GEOGRAPHY. Click here to enter rubric. a) East Timor was colonised by which European country in the 16th century? PORTUGAL

b) Nagaland, Odisha, and Mizoram are all states in what country? INDIA

c) What name is shared by the former capital of Hong Kong when it was a British colony, and the VICTORIA capital of the Seychelles? Individual Round 3 As this is A.Q.S.’s 42nd DPQL quiz, a round based on the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything.

1. In February 1942 the first gold disc was awarded. What was the song’s title? CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO

2. In what decade was Lloyd Bacon’s film ‘42nd Street’ released? 1930s

3. Mo is the symbol for the chemical element with the atomic number 42. What is its name? MOLYBDENUM

4. Other than 42 itself, how many other factors of the number 42 are there? SEVEN (21, 14, 7, 6, 3, 2, 1.)

5. In the title of a television programme that first aired in 2001, what was the name of the family KUMARS who lived in house number 42? 6. A snooker player comes to the table 42 points down, with only one red left. How many TWO snookers does he/she need? 7. Yaya Toure wears no.42 for Manchester City. For which West African republic has he played a IVORY COAST hundred times? 8. Of the top eight household pets, which is the only one to have 42 teeth? DOGS

9. Rule 42: “All players more than a mile high to leave the court.” Name the book. ALICE IN WONDERLAND

10. What is the full form of ‘L.I.L.’, the biggest hit for the pop band Level 42 (no.3 in 1986)? LESSONS IN LOVE

Team Round 4 1. TELEVISION – VARIOUS VEHICLES. Click here to enter rubric. a) What is the preferred mode of transport of DCI Vera Stanhope? LAND ROVER

b) A Lotus 7 (reg. KAR 120C) was seen in the opening sequences of which cult show of the late THE PRISONER 60s? c) What was the alliterative name of Peter Perfect’s car in ‘The Wacky Races’? The TURBO TERRIFIC

2. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. Click here to enter rubric. a) Potassium was the first metal to be isolated by the use of what method? ELECTROLYSIS

b) In surveying, what is the name of the instrument with a rotating telescope that is used for THEODOLITE measuring vertical and horizontal angles? c) Living from 1706 to 1790, which famous American is generally credited with inventing bifocal BENJAMIN FRANKLIN lenses? 3. AGES. Click here to enter rubric. a) How old is ‘Lolita’ (Dolores Haze) in the 1955 novel of that name? 12

b) To within one year either way, how old is Nicholas Parsons? 94

c) In ‘The seven ages of Man’ speech (‘As You Like It’), who or what represents the fourth age? A SOLDIER

4. FILM TITLES IN OTHER LANGUAGES. Translate these titles into their English equivalents. a) French - ‘Fenetre sur Cour’. REAR WINDOW

b) Welsh - ‘Yr Bont ar yr Afon Kwai’. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI

c) German – ‘Der Letzte Kaiser’. THE LAST EMPEROR Team Round 4 (Continued) 5. INITIALS. What do the following initials represent, in the given context? a) B.D.D. (Anxiety over a distorted view of how one looks.) BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER

b) S.I.P.S. (Safety feature on certain vehicles, developed by Volvo.) SIDE IMPACT PROTECTION SYSTEM c) K.O.S.B. (A former infantry regiment of the British Army, based in Scotland.) KING’S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS 6. U.N. SECRETARIES-GENERAL. One question, three answers. a) Name any three of the four Secretaries-General who served from 1946 to 1981. TRYGVE LIE, DAG HAMMARSKJOLD, U THANT, b) KURT WALDHEIM.

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7. PROFESSORS. Click here to enter rubric. a) What was the surname of the professor played by Kenneth Branagh in ‘Harry Potter and the (Gilderoy) LOCKHART Chamber of Secrets’? b) What is the name of the professor who is the central character in Dan Brown’s quartet of ROBERT LANGDON novels, 2000 to 2017? c) Speaking in his own deliberately corrupted English, who was the comedian, actor and comic STANLEY UNWIN writer, 1911-2002, who was often billed as ‘Professor’? 8. ENTERTAINMENT – THE ROAD SET. Click here to enter rubric. a) Which ITV drama was set on a real-life estate that lies between the Andover Road (the A343) DOWNTON ABBEY and the A34? b) In a series of children’s books and films, who lives at Oxenthorpe Road, Puddleby-on-the- DR. DOLITTLE Marsh? c) What was the title of Talking Heads’ 1985 Top 10 single? ‘ROAD TO NOWHERE’ (Second Half) Individual Round 5 Theme: alliteration/‘double trouble’.

1. Complete this line from John Inman’s version of ‘The Teddy Bear’s Picnic: “Oh dear, I’ve left a BEAR BEHIND … …”. 2. Born in Hull in 1759, which independent MP died just three days after hearing the Abolition of WILLIAM WILBERFORCE Slavery Act was going to get through Parliament? 3. Ag2SO4 is the chemical formula of which compound? SILVER SULPHATE (sulfate)

4. Before they had their own show, The Muppets found fame in which programme, that first SESAME STREET came on air in 1969? 5. There is actually very little fat to be found in the ‘fatbergs’ in Britain’s sewers. Around 93% of WET WIPES the waste consists of what? 6. What two terms are used to describe the shape of farfalle pasta? BUTTERFLIES / BOW ties

7. In 2016, who became U.K. Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union? DAVID DAVIS

8. Ngiam Tong Boon, a bartender at the Raffles Hotel, is generally held to have developed which SINGAPORE SLING cocktail? 9. What short novel by Herman Melville was turned into an opera by Benjamin Britten? BILLY BUDD

10. In the TV programme ‘Bad Girls’, what nickname did the inmates give to warder Sylvia BODY BAG Hollamby?

Team Round 6 1. COINCIDENCES. a) Robert Todd Lincoln (1/8/1843 to 26/7/1926) was involved in the first three of the four what? U.S. PRESIDENTS’ ASSASSINATIONS b) Married couple the Huntrodds were born on the same day and died on the same day, the date WHITBY of both being September 19th. Their gravestone can be seen in which English coastal town? c) According to the commentator, what was the temperature when West Brom. honoured the late THREE DEGREES Cyrille Regis prior to their home game on 3rd February? 2. PALINDROMES. Click here to enter rubric. a) Between 1990 and 1993, who won eight Grand Slam tennis tournaments and was runner-up in Monica SELES another? (Surname only.) b) A female Muslim who has made a pilgrimage to Mecca is known as a what? HAJJAH

c) What adjective describes an economy that offers flexibility with regard to employment hours GIG (when you are in favour), or exploitation masquerading as freedom (when against)? 3. MUSIC – NOT THE ROAD SET. Click here to enter rubric. a) All premiering in 1876, what is the abbreviated name given to Wagner’s cycle of four epic music The RING dramas? b) Name the British-Norwegian band who got to no.2 in the charts with ‘Caught in the Middle’ A1 (2002). c) What was the surname of Frankie, 1913 - 2007, who sang in several different musical genres? LAINE

4. NO. 42 – A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT. a) Who was the 42nd President of the USA? BILL CLINTON

b) What is the prime factorisation of 42? 2, 3, 7.

c) In ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’, what was the name of the computer that gave 42 as DEEP THOUGHT the ultimate answer? Team Round 6 (Continued) 5. NOEL COWARD. Click here to enter rubric. a) In which decade of the last century did he die? 1970s (1973)

b) What classic 1945 film was based on his one-act play, ‘Still Life’? ‘BRIEF ENCOUNTER’

c) In which 1969 film did he play the devious Mr. Bridger? ‘THE ITALIAN JOB’

6. NAME CHANGES. Click here to enter rubric. a) Before 1984, Burkina Faso was known as the Republic of what? UPPER VOLTA

b) Ununpentium was the temporary name given to element 115, first synthesised in 2003. It has MOSCOW (Moscovium) since been named after which large, Eurasian city? c) Sport. What were originally known as ‘mufflers’, when first introduced in 1743? BOXING GLOVES

7. MISQUOTES. Click here to enter rubric. a) “All we want are the facts, ma’am”, or “All we know are the facts, ma’am” – but not “Just the ‘DRAGNET’ facts, ma’am.” Name the black-and-white tv programme. b) What is the correct version of “Lead on, Macduff”? “LAY ON, MACDUFF”

c) It now seems highly unlikely that Marie-Antoinette said: “Let them eat cake.” Also, in a more BRIOCHE accurate translation, what type of foodstuff should replace the word ‘cake’? 8. LITERATURE - SOLOMONS. Click here to enter rubric. a) How many days was Solomon Grundy married before his untimely death? THREE

b) What was the surname of the Solomon who wrote ‘Twelve Years a Slave’ (1853)? NORTHUP

c) Who wrote the 1885 novel, ‘King Solomon’s Mines’? H. RIDER HAGGARD Individual Round 7 Click here to enter text.

1. Who composed the four-act opera ‘Carmen’? Georges BIZET

2. A map that depicts hills and valleys by shading, rather than contour lines alone, is known as A RELIEF map what? 3. What two words precede ‘Dish’ in the name of the trophy presented to the winner of VENUS ROSEWATER Wimbledon’s ladies’ singles tournament? 4. Who played the female lead in the 1990 film ‘Pretty Woman’? JULIA ROBERTS

5. According to the traditional folk song, what size were Clementine’s feet? NINE

6. What is the name of the stick or cudgel, normally made from blackthorn, that shares its name SHILLELAGH with a village in County Wicklow? 7. Two of the Grand National fences have ‘Brook’ in their name. One is Becher’s Brook – what is VALENTINE’S the other? 8. In which Shakespeare play does a forest apparently move? MACBETH

9. On a ship, holes in the side of the deck to allow water to drain off are known as what? SCUPPERS

10. Intermarche’s 70% discount on what product caused near-riots in French shops in January? NUTELLA

Team Round 8 1. LINKS. What links the following? a) A Rudyard Kipling book; ice hockey; ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. PUCK

b) Barney McGee; Hogan; Johnny McGurk; Malone; Slugger O’Toole; Bill Tracey. Crew of ‘THE IRISH ROVER’

c) ‘Respect’ (Aretha Franklin); ‘Lola’ (Kinks); ‘The Safety Dance’ (Men Without Hats); ‘D.I.S.C.O.’ All involve SPELLING in the lyrics. (Ottowan). 2. MYTHOLOGY MIX. Click here to enter rubric. a) Greek. Which daughter of Gaia and Uranus shares her name with a type of bird? RHEA

b) Egyptian. The name of the goddess of the sky appears in several forms. At only three letters, NUT which is the shortest? c) Biblical. Who was alleged to have been 100 years old when his wife finally gave birth to a child? ABRAHAM

3. MUSICALS. Name the musical from two of its songs. a) ‘All That Jazz’ and ‘Razzle Dazzle’. CHICAGO

b) ‘I’m an Ordinary Man’ and ‘You Did It’. MY FAIR LADY

c) ‘Heaven Help My Heart’ and ‘Mountain Duet’. CHESS

4. CRICKET. One question, three answers. a) Wally Hammond scored 22 Test centuries for England. Name any three of the other five ALASTAIR COOK, KEVIN batsmen to score 22 or more. PIETERSEN, IAN BELL, b) Click here to type your question. COLIN COWDREY, GEOFF BOYCOTT c) Click here to type your question. Click here to type your answer. Team Round 8 (Continued) 5. NAME LINKS. The surname of the first is the forename of the second, eg Barry JOHN Denver. What name links … a) Ben (born 1959) and John (stage name) (born 1947)? ELTON

b) Edward (1916-2005) and Robinson (1872-1944)? HEATH

c) Henry (1843-1916) and McCartney (born 1942)? JAMES

6. LIVING BRITISH POLITICIANS. a) Who became Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer in September 2015? JOHN McDONNELL

b) Who was left blind in one eye after an end-of-term rugby match injury at his old school? GORDON BROWN

c) Who was appointed Leader of the House of Commons in June 2017? ANDREA LEADSOM

7. VILLAINS. Click here to enter rubric. a) SPECTRE is the evil organisation against whom James Bond pits his wits. What does the R REVENGE represent? b) In which 80s children’s TV series were Scunner Campbell and Tub the two main villains? SUPERGRAN

c) Daniel Quilp is the primary villain in which of Dickens’ novels? THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP

8. HOTELS. Click here to enter rubric. a) A 1955 novel by Agatha Christie was set in what fictional hotel? BERTRAM’S

b) How many hotels are there in a standard UK ‘Monopoly’ game? TWELVE

c) What is probably the most-quoted line from ‘Grand Hotel’ (1932)? “I WANT TO BE ALONE”. Beer Round Tonight’s topics are: (a) pizza; (b) Englishmen with the initials A.B., born on January 7th; and (c) 25 years of the English Premiership (soccer). 1. SET A. Click here to enter rubric. a) What group of comic book characters had pizza as their favourite food? TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES b) Who is the cricketer and coach with these initials who was born on this date in 1954? ALAN BUTCHER

c) Who holds the record for the highest number of Premiership goals, with 260? ALAN SHEARER

2. SET B. Click here to enter rubric. a) In 2009, at the request of Italy, what sort of pizza was safeguarded in the E.U. as a Traditional NEOPOLITAN Speciality Dish? b) Who is the politician with these initials who was born on this date in 1970? ANDY BURNHAM

c) In 2015, a satirical ‘heat map’ of which former Liverpool player was depicted as being purely on STEVE GERRARD part of the half-way line, when he was sent off after only forty seconds?!

Spare Questions

1. ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ (2011) and its 2015 sequel are both largely set in which Indian JAIPUR city, the capital of Rajasthan? 2. A Havana Brown is a breed of what animal? CAT

3. The main diet of Ophiophagus Hannah is largely other snakes. What is its common, two-word KING COBRA name?