th Questions for Wednesday, 17 October 2018.

Set by: Arachnid

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Individual Round 1 Dogs.

1. Which breed of dog takes its name from a country that ceased to exist in 1979? Rhodesian Ridgeback

2. Peugeot's equivalent of the Ford Transit van is called what? Boxer

3. Which breed of dog, native to the Adriatic region, is famed for its “maculate” appearance? Dalmatian

4. Which popular afternoon TV police drama took its title from a nickname for the Australian Blue Heelers cattle dog? 5. Malham, Saltaire and Kirkstall Abbey are attractions in which Yorkshire valley? Airedale

6. In 2009, what was replaced by Gas Safety Registration in the UK? CORGI registration

7. In 1989, who became the second English cricketer of the twentieth century to score a century Jack Russell in his first Test appearance? 8. Complete this line from John Donne’s poem To His Mistress Going to Bed: “O my America, my New Found Land ...”? 9. Elizabeth Barrett Browning once paid a ransom of six guineas when her dog Flush was 126 kidnapped. How much was that in shillings? 10. David Bowie never completed his rock opera version of Nineteen Eighty-Four but songs from it Diamond Dogs can be found on which 1974 album with a controversial cover painted by Guy Peellaert?

Team Round 2 1. First and Last a) Who became the first woman Prime Minister of France during the presidency of François Edith Cresson Mitterrand? b) Sir Peter Inge was the last head of the army to hold which rank? Field Marshall

c) When Dixie Dean’s 13-year career at Everton ended in injury he played just one more season at Notts County which East Midlands club? 2. Three Men Named Ewan “-ish” a) Ewen Montague organised Operation Mincemeat during World War 2. His book about it was The Man Who Never Was called what? b) Who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in three Star Wars films between 1999 and 2005? Ewan McGregor c) Who wrote the songs The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Dirty Old Town? Ewan McColl

3. Foreign Phrases From the former Axis Powers a) British Leyland’s Triumph Acclaim was an unfortunately named model of car, as it was a Sieg Heil translation of which German phrase? b) Which slogan meaning “Ten thousand years” was shouted by Kamikaze pilots as they attacked? Banzai!

c) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s parties were known by which repetitive phrase? Bunga Bunga

4. V For Victor and other names a) Which Dutch painter moved to the French town of Arles in 1888? Vincent Van Gogh

b) At which fort on Hadrian’s Wall was a wooden toilet seat discovered in 2014, an item almost Vindolanda unknown at any other Roman archaeological site? c) Women from India and which other nation have won Miss World six times (as of 2017), making Venezuela their nations joint top? Team Round 2 (Continued) 5. City Parks a) The Luxembourg Garden is in which European city? Paris

b) Griffith Park, home of the Griffith Observatory, is in which American city? Los Angeles

c) The Englischer Garten or English Garden is in which European city? Munich

6. Bunnies on the Air a) Which Bunny appears regularly on Radio 4’s Gardener’s Question Time? Bunny Guinness

b) Sam Kelly played Bunny in TV’s Porridge. What was his surname? Warren

c) Who played Bunny Manders, sidekick to Raffles, on ITV? Christopher Strauli

7. Deadly Blue a) The ‘Blue Screen of Death’ is seen where? PC (using Windows)

b) To indicate the approaching menace of time running out, on which long-running quiz show was Mastermind the ‘Blue Line of Death’ recently added to the scorebox? c) Which paint colour became a nickname for cyanide? Prussian Blue

8. Close to Home a) In which of D H Lawrence’s novels does Tom Brangwen take his step-daughter to market in The Rainbow Derby and then for a drink at the George Inn in Iron Gate? b) Which architect began his career working on the restoration of Youlgreave and Longstone Norman Shaw parish churches in Derbyshire? Two Parliamentary buildings now bear his name. c) "With eleven pints of beer and seven small gins inside him, Arthur fell from the top of the stairs Saturday Night and Sunday to the bottom” are the opening words of which novel? Morning Individual Round 3 Who are these people who share their surnames with places? For instance, Clint Eastwood

1. A British Field Marshall and the state capital of Alabama? Bernard Montgomery

2. Did she seek a home in the land of the Prince Bishops? Judith Durham

3. A Derbyshire doctor who thought of evolution before his grandson and the capital of an Erasmus Darwin Australian territory? 4. Did this Nottinghamshire swimmer explore the largest marina on the Leeds and Liverpool Rebecca Adlington canal? 5. Did he tinker in the West Midlands or a suburb of London? Dudley Sutton

6. A singer who cried a river and a capital in the British Isles? Julie London

7. Did things turn out nice again for this entertainer from Lancashire? George Formby

8. Did he act from here to eternity or just to a north western city? Burt Lancaster

9. Did he paint The Blue Boy on the banks of the Trent? Thomas Gainsborough

10. Did this singer discover what a difference a day makes in a North American capital? Dinah Washington

Team Round 4 1. The first name’s the same The first letter is S a) What was the maiden name of the Countess of Wessex? Sophie Rhys-Jones

b) Meryl Streep starred in which 1982 film about a Polish immigrant in New York just after the Sophie’s Choice Second World War? c) With a sister who may be head and shoulders above her on TV, what is Lady Frederick Sophie Winkleman Windsor’s stage name? 2. The first name’s the same The first letter is M a) Which actress was 10 when her father was commander of HMS Coventry during the Falklands Miranda Hart War? b) Who played Ruth Ellis in the film Dance With A Stranger? Miranda Richardson

c) In 2018, who published a joint biography of Lord Byron’s wife and daughter while living in Miranda Seymour Thrumpton Hall, where both women once resided? 3. The first name’s the same The first letter is A a) Who will cease to be Director of Public Prosecutions at the end of 2018? Alison Saunders

b) According to folk song, who was the ugliest witch in the north country? Alison Gross

c) Who was Vince Clarke’s partner in the synth-pop duo Yazoo? Alison Moyet

4. The first name’s the same The first letter is L a) Who played Leela, warrior companion to Dr Who, in the late 1970s? Louise Jameson

b) Which sculptor featured enormous spiders in her work on display at the Tate Modern? Louise Bourgeois

c) Who won the Oscar for best actress for her part in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest? Louise Fletcher Team Round 4 (Continued) 5. The first name’s the same The first letter is B a) Who became the BBC Middle East correspondent in 2000? Barbara Plett (-Usher) b) Who played Janet MacPherson, television housekeeper to Doctors Cruikshank and Findlay, Barbara Mullen between 1962 and 1971? c) During the 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis, proponents of physical force popularised the song “Bomb Barbara Ann Iran”. It was a parody of which Beach Boys hit record? 6. The first name’s the same The first letter is K a) Which television presenter served as President of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Kate Humble from 2009 until 2013? b) Which former BBC reporter now presents Radio 4’s From Our Own Correspondent? Kate Adie

c) Who played Sabrina Duncan in the television series Charlie’s Angels? Kate Jackson

7. The first name’s the same The first letter is G a) Who played the Duchess of Duke Street on BBC television? Gemma Jones

b) In which 2014 film about English expatriates living in France did the leading actress share her Gemma Bovary first name with the title character? c) “Basically: My Real Life as an Essex Girl” was the autobiography of which TOWIE star? Gemma Collins

8. The first name’s the same The first letter is H a) Who wrote and recorded “I Am Woman” in 1972, which became an anthem of the Women’s Helen Reddy Liberation Movement? b) Who played Mrs Miggins, the pie shop owner in Blackadder? Helen Atkinson-Wood

c) In 1991 who became Britain’s first astronaut and the first woman to visit the Mir space station? Helen Sharman (Second Half) Individual Round 5 Phlegmatic – spelled by the initials of the answers

1. The third and final period of English Gothic architecture is known as what? Perpendicular

2. Excessive or heavy breathing which leads to the body trying to expel more carbon dioxide than Hyperventilation it contains is called what? 3. Which old name for the Middle East is sometimes mistakenly used as the name of Lebanon? Levant

4. What is the name of Rupert Bear’s elephant friend? Edward Trunk

5. Which Polish city stands at the mouth of the River Vistula? Gdansk

6. In the days before product placement, what was Ena Sharples ordering when she asked for a Mackeson milk stout in the Rovers Return? 7. What was the destination of convoy PQ17 when it was devastated by Nazi attack in July 1942? Archangel

8. Scarborough is the capital of which Caribbean island? Tobago

9. 'The Day of The Triffids' ends on which island? Isle of Wight

10. What C can be the Forth Bridge or Jane Russell’s brassiere in the film The Outlaw? Cantilever

Team Round 6 1. Mind Your Ps and Ps a) Which ‘P’ describes the birth of David Copperfield in the first chapter of the novel by Charles Posthumous Dickens? b) What was showman P. T. Barnum’s first name? Phineas

c) It was the name of an early Prime Minister. What did the P in P. G. Wodehouse stand for? Pelham

2. A Kennedy Connection a) What role did Robert Kennedy play in President John Kennedy’s administration? Attorney General

b) Which of John’s sisters married into the Cavendish family, the Dukes of Devonshire? Kathleen

c) Who came to Britain as United States ambassador in 1938? Joseph Kennedy

3. ‘Top Flight’ English Soccer The former First Division and Premiership a) Arsenal and Tottenham have won the top-flight League title 11 times each. Which club has won Everton 12 such titles? b) Who is the only player to have scored more goals than Steve Bloomer and Dixie Dean? Jimmy Greaves

c) Six clubs have played only one season in the highest division, including which Derbyshire side? Glossop

4. Names Almost The Same a) Mr Drysdale was a dubious banker in which television comedy series? The Beverley Hillbillies

b) Who played a subordinate to Mr Grimsdale in three different films? Norman Wisdom

c) Who took over the role of Mary Dale in 1962 when Mrs Dale’s Diary was renamed The Dales? Jessie Matthews Team Round 6 (Continued) 5. Major Minor a) Creatures that can live in very hot or very cold temperatures unlike most living things are called Extremophiles what? b) What name was the given to the largest snake ever to have lived, whose fossil was discovered in Titanoboa South America in 2009? c) What is the smallest species of bat found in the British Isles? Pipistrelle

6. Four or More Click here to enter rubric. a) Which number follows “John Barry” and “Temperance” in early pop music names? Seven

b) A year after she created the Famous Five, Enid Blyton invented which other quintet? Five Find Outers

c) Who perform ‘College Boy’, the theme music to University Challenge on BBC2? Balanescu Quartet

7. Winter Click here to enter rubric. a) The Winter War was fought between which two countries in 1939-40? Finland & USSR

b) Which nineteenth century composer wrote the Winterreise (Winter Journey) song cycle? Franz Schubert

c) Who was British Prime Minister during the “Winter of Discontent”? James Callaghan

8. Popular Destinations 2017 According to holidayhypermarket.co.uk a) Where are Seven Mile Beach, Boston Bay and Montego Bay? Jamaica

b) Despite its name which resort off the African coast is mainly desert, with the constant winds Cape Verde attractive only to the many windsurfers? c) Which Mediterranean destination has over 200 islands, with the exterior decorating on its Greece buildings making it one of the world’s largest markets for whitewash? Individual Round 7 Food Related Questions

1. Bacon and fat were traditionally stored in which part of a house? Larder

2. What do Americans call the icing on a cake? Frosting

3. In 2017 which business in the Far East changed its name to The Golden Arches China McDonalds Company? 4. What is an alternative name for flax? Linseed

5. The wartime RAF spread the myth that its pilots ate carrots for their high content of which A vitamin? 6. “The world is your lobster” was a phrase repeated in which TV series? Minder

7. What type of pastry is used make baklava? Filo

8. In a French restaurant, a person who washes dishes is called what? Plongeur

9. What is a chef’s white hat called? Toque (Blanc)

10. What are combined with aubergines in a tomato sauce to make ratatouille? Peppers

Team Round 8 1. Origins and Names a) Dutch cartographers named New Zealand after one of their own provinces, just a few years Abel Tasman after it was discovered by which explorer? b) Which Canadian provincial capital is named after a village on the Isle of Mull? Calgary

c) Which US state capital was named after a town in Surrey, which was itself named after a town Richmond in Yorkshire? 2. British Bank Notes a) Which scientist was the only non-Royal to appear on a £1 note? Isaac Newton

b) Who replaced Florence Nightingale on the £10 note in 1992? Charles Dickens

c) Which composer appeared on £20 notes from 1999 to 2010? Edward Elgar

3. Devices a) Professor Robert McKenzie first used which device in his analysis of the 1959 General Election Swingometer results? b) Which type of clock has a name that means “water thief” in Greek? Clepsydra

c) Belfast punk group Stiff Little Fingers took the title of their first single from which Northern Suspect Device Ireland police term? 4. Political Change in South-East Asia Countries begin with same letter a) Park Chung-hee was assassinated in 1979 after 17 years in power in which country? South Korea

b) In 1990, Goh Chok Tong succeeded Lee Kuan Yew, becoming the second Prime Minister of Singapore which nation? c) The former French colonies of Cochinchina and Annam merged to form which country that South Vietnam ceased to exist in 1977? Team Round 8 (Continued) 5. Roads a) Which two ancient roads meet at High Cross in Leicestershire? Watling Street & Fosse Way b) Which airport is accessed via the M56? Manchester

c) Scotswood Road is a working-class district in which British city? Newcastle-on-Tyne

6. Change in the 1990s a) Which organisation took control of the physical infrastructure from British Rail in April 1994? Railtrack

b) In which year did Derby County quit the Baseball Ground, Brighton the Goldstone Ground and 1997 Stoke the Victoria Ground? c) In 1992, which brandy distiller replaced Seagram as the sponsor of the Grand National? Martell

7. Supermarkets and their other lines a) Nutmeg is the children’s clothes line in which supermarket? Morrison’s

b) Medion electronics are sold by which supermarket chain? Aldi

c) F & F is the clothes line in which supermarket? Tesco

8. Lakes a) Which lake in the Northwest Territories is the largest wholly in Canada? Great Bear Lake

b) Lake Titicaca is the largest lake wholly in South America, but which other, open to the Maracaibo Caribbean, is larger? c) Lake Balaton is the largest lake in which country? Hungary Beer Round Click here to enter rubric. 1. Oscar Wilde a) Which of his works describes the execution of Charles Wooldridge in 1896? The Ballad of Reading Gaol

b) Wilde wrote which novel after a dinner party with Arthur Conan Doyle? The Picture of Dorian Gray

c) Which of his plays is subtitled “A trivial comedy for serious people”? The Importance of Being Earnest

2. Star! The 1968 film musical “Star!” a) Julie Andrews plays which pre-war star of stage and screen in the film? Gertrude Lawrence

b) Daniel Massey plays which suave actor and playwright, who was still alive to coach him? Noel Coward

c) Which brothers wrote "Someone to Watch Over Me", whose first performance is recreated in (G & I) the film? Gershwin

Spare Questions

1. How is the Winter Palace in St Petersburg better known today? Hermitage Museum

2. The films Trio, Quartet and Encore were all based on short stories by which author? Somerset Maugham

3. Australia Day, January 26th, commemorates the First Fleet’s anchoring where? Sydney (Cove) or Port Jackson