Questions for Wednesday, October 18th. Set by: Roger Springthorpe 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. 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) Individual Round 1 All answers have connections with apples 1. In which city are the headquarters of the United Nations? New York 2. What was the name of the horse ridden in the Grand National by Velvet Brown in National The Pie Velvet? 3. Born on Christmas Day 1642, which scientist rose to become Master of the Royal Mint? Isaac Newton 4. Who left her job with British intelligence to rejoin her newly found long lost husband and was Emma Peel replaced by Tara King? 5. Which legendary archer refused to bow his head to the empty hat of a dictator? William Tell 6. For the first time in over fifty years, in the James Bond film Skyfall, the first name of Miss Eve Moneypenny was revealed. What is it? 7. From which film does the song “Someday My Prince Will Come” originate? Snow White and the Seven Dwarves 8. Which group or artist has had most number one entries in the UK album charts? The Beatles 9. How is Peregrine Took commonly known in the Lord of the Rings? Pippin 10. In the books for children and the TV series what was the secret identity of Supergran? Granny Smith Team Round 2 1. Landlocked or more Click here to enter rubric. a) Joining in 2011, which landlocked country is the newest member of the United Nations? South Sudan b) Which is the only double landlocked country in Western Europe? Lichtenstein c) Which is the only triple landlocked state of the USA? Nebraska 2. Football management Click here to enter rubric. a) Who is the only man to manage six English Premier League sides? Sam Allardyce b) Alex Ferguson has been manager at most English Premier League matches with Arsene Wenger Harry Redknapp a close second. Who comes third in that list? c) In 1958, which managerial feat was accomplished by George Raynor, a feat achieved by only Managed a Team to the Final of a one other Englishman? FIFA World Cup (Sweden) 3. Almost fictional places Click here to enter rubric. a) What was the original name of the US Presidential residence Camp David before being renamed Shangri La by Eisenhower? b) Inhabitants of which English village attempted to avoid a Royal Highway being built through Gotham their village by feigning lunacy? c) What was the name of the world class eventing horse owned by Zara Tindall, nee Phillips, which Toytown died in June 2017? 4. West End theatre Click here to enter rubric. a) How is the play “Murder at Amersham Hall” better known? The Play That Goes Wrong b) Who has been playing the governess of the orphanage in the latest run of “Annie”? Miranda Hart c) Which musical is now in its 31st year in the West End at Her Majesty’s Theatre? The Phantom of the Opera Team Round 2 (Continued) 5. Hardly noticed Deaths Click here to enter rubric. a) Which comedy legend died three days after Elvis Presley? Groucho Marx b) Which actress, who was once half of a famous Hollywood couple, died the day after Michael Farrah Fawcett (Majors) Jackson? c) Which much loved and admired world figure died less than a week after Princess Diana? Mother Teresa 6. Motown Click here to enter rubric. a) Who was the lead singer with the Four Tops? Levi Stubbs b) Whose backing band was the All Stars? Junior Walker c) In which city is the head office of the Motown Records Corporation? Los Angeles 7. TV publicans Click here to enter rubric. a) Who was Amos Brearley’s partner at the Woolpack in Emerdale Farm? Mr Wilkes (Henry) b) Who were the original licensees of the Rover’s Return in Coronation Street on TV? Jack and Annie Walker c) Who left the police force to eventually run the Aidensfield arms in Heartbeat? Oscar Blaketon 8. General knowledge Click here to enter rubric. a) Who was General of the army for the royalist forces at the Battle of Naseby? Prince Rupert (of The Rhine) b) What was the famous one word reply of General Anthony McAuliffe when asked to surrender Nuts by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge? c) American Civil War general Ambrose Burnsides has given the English language which word Sideburns derived from his appearance and his name? Individual Round 3 All answers contain a nationality 1. Which venomous sea creature is sometimes known as the blue bottle or floating terror as well Portuguese Man o’War as a shortened version of its usual name? 2. Which book, first published in 1929 and filmed twice within ten years, involves a hunt for The Maltese Falcon treasure and the killer of a murdered partner? 3. Which ex music hall comedian played the part of the warehouseman Mr Harman in the TV Arthur English series “Are you being served?” 4. What is the most commonly used alternative name for the Monkey Puzzle Tree? Chilean Pine 5. At the end of World War I an epidemic of what killed more people than the Great War itself? Spanish Flu 6. Although originally used for any vinegar and oil based sauce, what now applies only to a French Dressing reddish sauce which contains tomato and paprika? 7. “Trainspotting” and “Filth” are two of the books written by which author? Irvine Welsh 8. Which material, mainly consisting of a finely ground soot in water, had its name changed three Indian Ink hundred years ago from its original country of origin to encourage trade within the Empire? 9. What was the name of the plane Buddy Holly was travelling in, when it crashed and he died? American Pie 10. Which vegetable items’ seeming activity is due to the efforts of the larvae of the moth Cydia Mexican Jumping Beans Deshaisiana? Team Round 4 1. Metals Click here to enter rubric. a) Which metal is named after a mythical race of giants? Titanium b) Which metal ultimately derives its name from a phrase meaning “heavy stone”? Tungsten c) Which metal is the first solid to appear on the periodic table of elements? Lithium 2. Movie Companies Click here to enter rubric. a) According to some sources, Ben Lomond Mountain in Utah is the basis for which Hollywood Paramount Pictures company’s logo? b) Accompanied by a fanfare composed by Alfred Newman, which Hollywood film company’s logo 20th Century Fox features a set of searchlights? c) A boy sitting on a crescent moon fishing is the symbol for which studio? DreamWorks 3. Books for boys Click here to enter rubric. a) Which instructional book for boys, first published in 1908, has gone on to sell more than 100 Scouting For Boys million copies worldwide? b) Which book, one of the first aimed at the juvenile market and which has never been out of print The Coral Island since 1857, features the characters Ralph Rover, Jack Martin, and Peterkin Gray? c) Give either of the first names of the Hardy Boys? Frank or Joe 4. 19th. Century Rebellions Click here to enter rubric. a) Who was the tyrannical governor of New South Wales who was deposed by British troops in the William Bligh rum rebellion which was also known as the Great Rebellion? b) What was the cause of the New York riots of 1867, which led to US Navy ships firing on The Draft or Conscription American civilians? c) Benito Juarez was one of the leaders in Mexico of a rebellion in the 1860s against which French Emperor Maximillian appointed ruler? Team Round 4 (Continued) 5. Lakes Click here to enter rubric. a) By area, Windermere is the largest lake or reservoir in England. What comes second? Rutland Water b) Which loch contains nearly double the amount of freshwater than all the lakes of England and Loch Ness Wales combined? c) Which is the only lake in the Lake district with the word lake actually in its official title? Bassenthwaite Lake 6. Wild West Gunfighters Click here to enter rubric. a) Which gunfighter had the forenames James Butler? Wild Bill Hickok b) Which gunfighter, who was alleged to have killed more than fifty men, was the son of a John Wesley Hardin preacher? c) What was the first name of the deadly dentist Doc Holliday? John 7. U.S.Presidents middle names Which 20th century US President had this middle name? a) Earl Jimmy Carter b) Rudolph Gerald Ford c) Jefferson Bill Clinton 8. Opera Suicides Which title character from an opera… a) Threw herself off the parapets of a castle in Rome? Tosca b) Committed hara-kiri? Madame Butterfly c) Hid in the vault where her lover was to be sealed alive to share his fate? Aida (Second Half) Individual Round 5 All answers are on a standard UK London monopoly board 1.