Questions for Wednesday, May 1st 2019 Set by: Nic Paul 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 Click here to enter text. 1. In which Olympic sport might you use a Foil, Epee and Sabre? Fencing 2. Who was created Earl of Dumbarton and Baron Kilkeel on the morning of his 2018 wedding? Prince Henry acc Harry acc Duke of Sussex 3. Kiev is the capital city of which former Soviet republic? Ukraine 4. “Sleep Well Beast” was a 2017 UK number one album by which American band, with Matt The National Berninger on vocals, who at that point had not had a single in the UK chart? 5. Which word was added to the name of the town of Tunbridge Wells in Kent in 1909? Royal 6. Which European capital city is served by airports with the international codes LBG, CDG and Paris ORY? 7. Who was the first footballer to represent the full England men’s team to have been born since Jadon Sancho the year 2000? 8. Siamese, Burmese and Cornish Rex are all breeds of which common household pet? Cat 9. Which American river has a name that means ‘big river’ or ‘big water’ in the Algonquian Mississippi language? 10. ’’The Law of the conservation of energy’ is the first law of which branch of physics? Thermodynamics Team Round 2 1. Pop Music UK Number Ones One Hit Wonders a) ’In the Year 2525’ was a 1969 UK number one hit single for which duo? Zager and Evans b) Under what name did DJ Morgan Geist have the 2013 UK number one single ‘Look Right Storm Queen Through’? c) A hit for Tears for Fears, which record was a 2003 number one single for Michael Andrews and Mad World Gary Jules? 2. Geography Coasts a) Coined by John Henry Marsh, the name of the Atlantic coast of Namibia and south of Angola Skeleton coast from the Kunene river to the Swakop river, has what name? b) Named for a local tribe and not a creature, what name is given to the region along the eastern Mosquito coast coast of Nicaragua and Honduras? c) The coastal region of North Africa from the 16th to 19th centuries, now incorporating parts of Barbary acc berbery coast Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya was known by what name? 3. Politics Foreign Secretary a) Which arch-rival of William Pitt the younger was, in 1782, the first person to be given the title Charles James Fox Foreign secretary by then Prime Minister the Marquess of Rockingham? b) In May 2006 which MP for Derby South replaced Jack Straw and became the UK’s first female Margaret Beckett foreign secretary? c) Which foreign secretary was awarded the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Locarno Austen Chamberlain Pact? 4. 2018 Three events from last year a) In which country were the ‘Wild Boars’ junior football team rescued from the Tham Luang cave Kingdom of Thailand system in 2018? b) On Christmas Eve 2018, Gitega was announced as the replacement for Bujumbura as the capital Republic of Burundi city of which landlocked African country in the Great Lakes region? c) With her partner Jen Wilson, which Tory politician gave birth to her first child, a boy with the Ruth Davidson forenames Finn Paul, in October 2018? Team Round 2 (Continued) 5. Q Words containing a Q but not a U a) What generic name is given to the standard computer keyboard layout used by the vast Qwerty majority of people in the western world? b) What two-letter name in Chinese culture is given to a vital force of life forming part of the living Qi entity? c) Also known as a Kariz, which Arabic term describes a gently sloping underground channel Qanat moving water from a well to the surface for drinking? 6. Rugby Union 2019 Six Nations a) Which Welshman, who captained his country, was named ‘Player of the Tournament’? (three- Alun-Wyn Jones word answer needed) b) England came up short when it came to the Grand Slam and Championship, but they did at least Ireland win the Millennium Trophy by defeating which team 32-20? c) Making his record breaking 66th appearance in the match against England, which Italian player Sergio Parisse has appeared in the most Six Nations matches? 7. The Musical Chain last letter answer one first letter of answer two etc a) According to tradition a true cockney should be born within the sound of which bells with a Bow three-letter name? b) Which group won the 2018 Mercury Music Prize for their second album ‘Visions of a Life’? Wolf Alice c) What was the surname of the classical composer, born in Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire, Edward Elgar who was appointed Master of the King’s Musick in 1924? 8. Fashion American Clothing Companies a) Which chain acquired the subsidiary chain ‘Banana Republic’ in 1983 and launched the ‘Old GAP, inc Navy’ brand in 1994? b) Which chain, founded in 1967, has a flagship brand called ‘Polo’? Ralph Lauren corporation c) Which fashion chain, founded by two men with the forenames David and Ezra, owns the Abercrombie and Fitch lifestyle brand Hollister? Individual Round 3 Each answer begins with the letter P. The answers will be one or more words 1. Which mythical creature is used as the logo for Readers Digest magazine? Pegasus 2. A ‘Cheeky Vimto’ is an alcoholic drink containing WKD Blue and which fortified wine? Port 3. Yelena Isinbayeva and Renaud Lavillenie are the women’s and men’s world record holders in Pole Vault which sporting discipline? 4. One of the largest bodies in the Asteroid Belt, which asteroid was discovered in 1802 and Pallas named after an epithet of the Greek goddess Athena? 5. The two-word term used to describe British universities, including Kent and Sussex, was derived Plate Glass from the material from which the buildings were made? 6. What name is given to a substance or treatment which has no therapeutic value, but which is Placebo designed to resemble an active medication? 7. The first winner of which title was actor Rupert Davis in 1964? The last winner was Stephen Fry Pipe Smoker of the Year in 2003? 8. Martes martes is the scientific name for which European member of the weasel family? Pine Marten 9. The first 12 British Open Golf championships were held on which course, around 30 miles south- Prestwick west of Glasgow? 10. In which opera could you hear the songs ‘I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’, ‘Oh Doctor Jesus’ and ‘It Ain’t Porgy and Bess Necessarily So’? Team Round 4 1. Gates Events given the suffix -gate a) Who was the lifestyle guru who introduced Cherie Blair to conman Peter Foster in what became Carol Caplan known as ‘Cheriegate’? b) ‘Billygate’ was a controversy surrounding the brother of which American President and his Jimmy Carter financial links to Libya? c) ‘Gategate’ involved Tory MP Andrew Mitchell allegedly calling a policeman which four-letter Pleb word at the gates on Downing Street? 2. Media Magazines a) Which magazine was launched in 1993 by Richard Desmond as a rival to Hello? OK! b) Lord Gnome is purported to be the proprietor of which fortnightly magazine? Private Eye c) Which Talk Sport broadcaster launched the magazine ‘Total Sport’ and was editor of music Danny Kelly magazine ‘New Musical Express’ or ‘NME’? 3. On This Day May 1st a) In 1945 who was the Nazi minister of Propaganda who committed suicide with his wife Magda? Joseph Goebbels b) In 1840 what was the two-word name given to the first adhesive postage stamp issued in the Penny Black UK? c) Former Navy SEAL Robert J. O'Neill has claimed he was the one to do what, specifically, on this Shoot/Kill Osama Bin Laden day in 2011? (wtte) 4. The Human Body Blood a) What is the most abundant free amino acid in human blood? Glutamine b) Protecting against infectious disease and foreign bodies, how are Leukocytes more commonly White Blood Cells known? c) What nine-letter word is an alternative name for a nosebleed? Epistaxis Team Round 4 (Continued) 5. Comedy TV sitcoms a) Which sitcom, featuring two Glaswegian pensioners named Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade who Still Game first appeared in the comedy sketch show ‘Chewin’ the Fat’, is set in the fictional Craiglang? b) Mrs Blewett in ‘Open All Hours’, Molly Bickerstaff in ‘No Frills’ and Norah Batty in ‘Last of the Kathy Staff Summer Wine’ all sitcom roles played by which actress, born Minnie Higginbottom? c) Phoebe Waller-Bridge created and stars as the title character in which sitcom which began in Fleabag 2016 and ended in 2019? 6. Fruit All the answers contain a fruit. a) Based in Ontario, Canada, which electronic device is most closely associated with the company Blackberrys formerly known as ‘Research in Motion’ or RiM? b) The London dance studio founded by Debbie Moore in 1979 which provided fleeting fame for Pineapple studio the exuberant TV personality Louis Spence? c) Art historians believe that, prior to losing her arms, the Venus de Milo held which object in her Golden Apple hand? 7.