2017–18 Season: Cup and Plate Quarter Finals – 23 January 2018

Set by the Harrington Academicals and the Park Taverners.

1	Marco Polo was a native of which Italian city?
	Venice
2	Which law states that entropy in an isolated system always increases?
	The Second law of Thermodynamics
3	Jack Straw and John Ball were among the leaders of which 1381 rebellion?
	The Peasants' Revolt (also accept Wat Tyler's rebellion or the Great Rising)
4	Al Capone was one of the two rival gang leaders in the St Valentine's Day massacre. Name the other one.
	George 'Bugs' Moran
5	Which elementary particle comes in six flavours: up, down, top, bottom, strange and charm?
	Quark
6	What is exobiology?
	The study of life in outer space
7	Which 13th century English Franciscan philosopher was known as Doctor Mirabilis?
	Roger Bacon
8	Which 18th–century German philosopher wrote Critique of Pure Reason, Critique of Practical Reason and Critique of Judgment?
	Immanuel Kant
9	The word 'hierarchy' comes from the Medieval Latin hierarchia. Who were ranked by the original hierarchia?
	Angels
10	Holden Caulfield is the protagonist of which 1951 novel?
	The Catcher in the Rye
11	For several years in the early 2000s the winner of the Italian Open Golf tournament won, as well as a cash prize, their own weight in what?
	Grana Padano cheese (accept Parmesan or cheese)
12	Which guide book does Michael Portillo use on his travels on the USA rail network in his TV programmes?
	Appleton's
13	The Chaffee Barbershop Museum in Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, commemorates whose 1958 haircut?
	Elvis Presley (it was where he received his Army–regulation buzzcut before reporting for duty)
14	Name either of the two scientists whose statues flank the main entrance to Manchester Town Hall.
	John Dalton or James Joule
15	In which famous painting of 1821 can you see Willy Lott's cottage?
	The Hay Wain
16	Which King of England became heir apparent after the death of his older brother Henry in 1612?
	Charles I (the Henry in question was Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, eldest son of James I of England)
17	By what name was the spy Margaretha Zelle better known?
	Mata Hari
18	Shawn Corey Carter is the real name of which American rapper and producer?
	Jay–Z
19	Which reggae instrumental, recorded by the Harry J Allstars in 1969, is played as Chelsea take the field for home matches?
	The Liquidator
20	Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing is set in which Sicilian city, home to an important Catholic university and giving its name to the adjacent strait between Sicily and Italy?
	Messina

21	Born in Vladivostok, who won the best actor Oscar in 1956?
	Yul Brynner
22	Of Scottish origin, the dessert comprising raspberries, toasted oatmeal, honey, whisky and cream is called what?
	Cranachan
23	Which 19th–century invention, with applications in agriculture and warfare, is the subject of museums in La Crosse, Kansas and McLean, Texas?
	Barbed wire
24	If you took a carminative, what condition would you be trying to cure?
	Flatulence (accept wind or similar)
25	What is the punning nickname of the New Zealand men's national basketball team?
	The Tall Blacks
26	In mathematics, which letter is used to denote the square root of minus one?
	i
27	What was the name of the Austro–Hungarian monk whose work on peas laid the framework of modern genetics?
	Gregor Mendel
28	Which 18th Century War was ended by the Treaty of Utrecht?
	War of the Spanish Succession (1713)
29	In mathematics, what name is given to a number that is equal to the sum of its positive divisors – the first such numbers being 6 and 28?
	A perfect number (e.g. 1 + 2 + 3 = 6 and 1 x 2 x 3 = 6)
30	The ancient city of Antioch is in which modern–day country?
	Turkey
31	What do we get from the tree Quercus suber?
	Cork
32	Which fictional villain's name means 'flight of death' in French?
	Voldemort
33	The supergroup FFS is a collaboration between Sparks and which Scottish band?
	Franz Ferdinand
34	The Great Red Dragon paintings are by which poet and artist?
	William Blake
35	Eric Schmidt is about to step down as chairman of which technology company, the parent company of Google?
	Alphabet
36	Maria Balshaw became director of which art institution in January 2017?
	Tate
37	What would be the profession of someone with LRCVS after their name?
	Vet (Licentiate of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons)
38	Who did US Time magazine vote Man of the Year in 1938?
	Adolf Hitler
39	What nationality is shoe designer Jimmy Choo?
	Malaysian
40	Which capital city is served by Chopin Airport?
	Warsaw

41	Which country was the last to join the United Nations (in July 2011)?
	(The Republic of) South Sudan
42	Which is the longest motorway in the UK?
	The M6 (232 miles)
43	The medieval dyers from an English city mixed yellow dye from the plant weld with the blue of woad. What was the name of the resulting colour? (Two word answer – both are required)
	Lincoln green
44	In which US state is Dodge City?
	Kansas
45	Which river does the iron bridge at Ironbridge span?
	The Severn
46	How many players are there in an Australian Rules football team?
	18
47	Which Aviva Premiership rugby union team plays its home games at the Ricoh Arena?
	Wasps (the Ricoh is also home to Coventry City FC)
48	By what name is Hansen's disease better known?
	Leprosy
49	Who wrote the poem that begins with the line, "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day"?
	Thomas Gray (Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard)
50	Until the collapse of its spire in 1548, which English cathedral had, for 237 years, been the tallest building in the world?
	Lincoln
51	What was Elvis Presley's first No. 1 record in the UK?
	All Shook Up
52	On which day did Solomon Grundy take ill?
	Thursday
53	Where would you find a CCV code number?
	On the back of a credit or debit card (it's the three–digit security number)
54	In 1961 which osteopath introduced Christine Keeler to John Profumo at Cliveden?
	Stephen Ward
55	Praying Hands is a drawing from 1508 by which German artist?
	Albrecht Durer
56	Which Bond film screenplay was written by Roald Dahl?
	You Only Live Twice
57	What is the equivalent Army rank of a Royal Navy Commander?
	Lieutenant–Colonel
58	What is the name of Anthony Powell's sequence of novels that begins with A Question of Upbringing and ends with Hearing Secret Harmonies?
	A Dance to the Music of Time
59	Who comes next in this sequence: Barbirolli, Loughran, Skrowaczewski, Nagano?
	(Mark) Elder (Principal Conductors of the Hallé Orchestra)
60	Uranium has the atomic number 92. How are the elements with atomic numbers 93 to 118 collectively described?
	Transuranic (allow transuranium)

61	What is Neopalpa Donaldtrumpi?
	A newly–discovered species of moth (with blond scales on its head)
62	Where was King Charles I buried?
	Windsor Castle (St. Georges Chapel)
63	With what instrument was the jazz musician Art Tatum associated?
	Piano
64	In Ancient Rome, the fugitivarii were hired to perform which recovery job?
	Capture and return runaway slaves
65	What product is obtained from the plant Camellia sinensis?
	Tea
66	Which geological period is sandwiched between the Cambrian and Silurian periods?
	Ordovician
67	Robert Clive, Charles Darwin and Captain Matthew Webb were all born in which English county?
	Shropshire
68	What is the SI unit of inductance?
	The henry
69	What property do 1p coins minted after 1991 have which those minted prior to that date did not have?
	They're magnetic (being made of copper–plated steel rather than bronze)
70	Which British prime minister was a cousin of Rudyard Kipling?
	Stanley Baldwin
71	Give a year in the life of Genghis Khan.
	AD 1162–1227
72	In which city is Mozart buried?
	Vienna
73	Which 1944 American ballet, usually performed as an orchestral suite, makes use of the Shaker tune Simple Gifts?
	Appalachian Spring (by Aaron Copland)
74	Tommy Shelby leads his gang in which British TV drama centred around Birmingham?
	Peaky Blinders
75	Which darts player won the PDC World Championship title in January 2018 by beating Phil Taylor in his last professional match?
	Rob Cross
76	Name the lawyer in Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities who finally goes to the guillotine in place of another.
	Sydney Carton
77	Which Nobel prize–winning writer shot himself in 1961?
	Ernest Hemingway
78	Thank You For Being A Friend was the theme to which 1980s sitcom?
	The Golden Girls
79	What is the usual occupation of the leprechaun of Irish legend?
	Shoemaker
80	Where in the British Isles is Lady Isabella, the world's largest working water wheel?
	Isle of Man

81	Which is Europe's largest port (both by size and by annual cargo throughput)?
	Rotterdam
82	What aviation first was performed by Ellen Church in 1930?
	She was the first female flight attendant
83	Who insured his taste buds for £250,000 in 1993?
	Egon Ronay
84	Who married Margaret Kempson in 1942 and Margaret Roberts in 1951?
	Denis Thatcher
85	Who was the last Liberal prime minister?
	David Lloyd George
86	Who painted his grandson in the famous work Bubbles, which for many years was used to advertise Pears soap?
	John Everett Millais
87	Which of King Arthur's nephews had an encounter with the Green Knight?
	Sir Gawain
88	In trigonometry, what is defined as the ratio of the adjacent to the hypotenuse?
	Cosine
89	What shapes are attached to a line on a weather map to denote a warm front?
	Semicircles
90	What name is given to the substance that covers a deer's antler when it is growing?
	Velvet
91	What name is given to the mathematical series that starts 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21?
	The Fibonacci Series (each number is the sum of the previous two)
92	Elizabeth Siddal was the wife of, and one of the models for, which artist?
	Dante Gabriel Rossetti
93	Which character in The Magic Roundabout rode a tricycle?
	Mr McHenry
94	Who has won BBC Sports Personality of the Year the most times?
	Andy Murray (2013, 2015 and 2016)
95	Tonya Harding arranged an attack on which fellow skater in 1994?
	Nancy Kerrigan
96	What is the common name for the brightest star of the Ursa Minor constellation?
	Polaris (accept Pole Star or North Star)
97	Who did US nurse Debbie Rowe famously marry in 1996?
	Michael Jackson
98	Where in the human body is the sacrum bone?
	In the pelvis (above the coccyx – accept bottom of spine)
99	Elon Musk is the CEO of which American company, that specialises in electric cars?
	Tesla (Inc.)
100	What were the workers called in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory?
	Oompa Loompas

101	The drug Sildenafil is more commonly known by what brand name?
	Viagra
102	Which 1970s TV series centred on the haulage business of the Hammond family?
	The Brothers
103	Which club (as of 21st Jan 2018) props up Serie A Italian football league with a name that loosely translates as 'good wind'?
	Benevento
104	Which company's anti virus software was in the news in late 2017, having been dropped by many because of its Russian heritage?
	Kaspersky
105	Sheryl Sandberg is the COO (chief operating officer) of which major technology company?
	Facebook
106	What links Ricky Martin, Alana Spencer and Tom Pellereau?
	They have all won the UK TV programme The Apprentice
107	What currently is the engine capacity of a formula 1 car?
	1.6 litres or 1600cc (since 2014)
108	There is a limit to the number of bitcoins that can be mined: how many can ever be available?
	21 million
109	Alaska has the lowest population density of any US state, but which state has the lowest actual population (as of 2015)?
	Wyoming (586,107)
110	If you swam directly west from Malta, in which African country would you arrive?
	Tunisia
111	Which country shares borders with Thailand, Laos and Vietnam?
	Cambodia
112	Which Englishman won golf's Race to Dubai in 2017?
	Tommy Fleetwood
113	Which chocolate fruit was the predecessor to the Terry's Chocolate Orange?
	Apple (there was a short lived chocolate lemon, but much later)
114	Which building was designed by William van Alen and is one of the most striking features of the Manhattan skyline?
	The Chrysler Building
115	Who is the President of Syria (as at 21st January 2018)?
	Bashar al–Assad
116	In which Austrian city can you go on the Sound of Music tour?
	Salzburg
117	Disgusting–sounding ailments no.1: What is Borborygmus?
	Noises made by the stomach (caused by the movement of fluid and gas)
118	Which unit of measurement was defined by Edward II of England by placing three barleycorns in a line?
	An inch
119	What is the main use for the chemical ethylene glycol?
	Antifreeze (accept coolant)
120	Which computer operating system has a penguin as its logo?
	Linux

Supplementaries:

1	According to the Office of Rail Regulation, which British railway station saw the largest number of passengers in the financial year 2015–16?
	London Waterloo
2	Maria Ann Smith of Ryde, NSW, Australia, produced a new variety of fruit in 1868. What is it called?
	A Granny Smith (apple)
3	In which English county is Tintagel?
	Cornwall
4	Who is the President of Zimbabwe (as at 21 January 2018)?
	Emmerson Mnangagwa
5	Which jazz trumpeter was nicknamed Satchmo?
	Louis Armstrong
6	Which band did Ronnie Wood leave to join the Rolling Stones?
	The Faces
7	Who had a 1992 album called Diva?
	Annie Lennox
8	In which opera do you find Lieutenant Pinkerton?
	Madame Butterfly
9	Which word, commonly used in English and other languages, is the Tamil word for 'sauce'?
	Curry
10	If, in a bar, you were given a Mickey Finn, what would you have?
	A drugged drink

Tie breakers:

1	What is the seating capacity of Wimbledon's Centre Court?
	14,979
2	What was the population of Cheshire East as per the 2011 Census?
	370,127

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