2017–18 Season: Week 5 – 14 November 2017

All questions set by the Ox–fford 'C' and vetted by the Robin Hood.

Specialist Rounds

Round 1: Island Geography

1	Bridgetown is the capital of which Caribbean island nation?
	Barbados
2	What's the fourth largest of the Channel Islands, after Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney?
	Sark
3	What's the largest town on the Hebridean island of Lewis, and the administrative centre of the Outer Hebrides?
	Stornoway
4	On which island is Djakarta, the capital of Indonesia?
	Java
5	San Antonio is the party capital of which Mediterranean island?
	Ibiza
6	On which island is Pico del Teide (pronounced tay–deh), the highest mountain in Spain?
	Tenerife
7	Which Caribbean island is separated from Mexico by the Yucatan Channel?
	Cuba
8	To which country does the island of Zanzibar belong?
	Tanzania

Supplementaries

1	Which county did the island of Anglesey belong to from 1974 to 1996?
	Gwynedd
2	Which island was formerly known as Van Dieman's Land?
	Tasmania

Round 2: History

1	Prior to becoming president, Jimmy Carter was the governor of which US state?
	Georgia
2	Who was King of Great Britain during the American War of Independence?
	George III
3	In which battle of 1066 did King Harold defeat a Norwegian army led by Harald Hardrada?
	Stamford Bridge
4	Members of which clan were massacred by the Campbells at Glencoe in 1692?
	MacDonald
5	The Popish Plot, fabricated by Titus Oates, was an alleged conspiracy to murder which English king?
	Charles II
6	Which prominent Nazi was commander–in–chief of the Luftwaffe throughout the second world war?
	Hermann Göring
7	On this day in 1941, which Royal Navy aircraft carrier sank after being torpedoed by a German submarine?  The wreck remained undiscovered until 2002.
	HMS Ark Royal
8	The BBC began its first radio broadcast on this day in which year?
	1922 (accept 1920–24)

Supplementaries

1	Who was the mother of Queen Mary I?
	Catherine of Aragon
2	Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and was President of his country from 1990 to 1995?
	Lech Walesa

Round 3: Arts & Entertainment: pseudonyms

1	Which British actor, now a seasoned veteran, chose his stage name after seeing a poster for a Humphrey Bogart film?
	Michael Caine (the film was The Caine Mutiny)
2	The Bronte sisters chose androgynous pseudonyms to avoid being identified as women.  What surname did they all use?
	Bell
3	The Wedding at Cana is one of the best–known works of the renaissance painter Paolo Caliari.  In which Italian city was he born, which provides the name by which he is better known?
	Verona (Paolo Veronese)
4	Chosen to reflect his cunning nature, what was the secret identity of the fictional Spanish nobleman Don Diego de la Vega?
	Zorro (Spanish for fox)
5	Emeli Sandé changed her forename because it already belonged to another hugely successful singer – which one?
	Adele
6	Born Kathryn Hudson, which singer changed her name to avoid confusion with the actress Kate Hudson?
	Katy Perry
7	Who started using the pen–name Robert Galbraith to distance her crime novels from her earlier work?
	J K Rowling
8	Born in 1861, Helen Porter Mitchell used a stage name derived from her home city in Australia.  How is she better known?
	Dame Nellie Melba (from Melbourne)

Supplementaries

1	Which actress changed her name to distinguish herself from her sister Olivia de Havilland?
	Joan Fontaine
2	Which singer and front man's stage name is a shortened version of the Latin for good voice?
	Bono (Vox)

Round 4: Science

1	Which eating disorder is characterised by an obsession with healthy eating?
	Orthorexia (nervosa)
2	In the abbreviation GI, used in diets and to manage blood sugar levels, what does the G stand for?
	Glycaemic (Index)
3	Which NASA space mission spent nearly 20 years studying Saturn, before burning up in the planet's atmosphere in September?
	Cassini–Huygens (accept Cassini)
4	What's the name of the flap that covers your windpipe when you swallow?
	Epiglottis
5	Name either of the two chemical elements, with single–letter symbols, where the letter of the symbol is not the initial letter of the element's English name.
	Potassium (K) or Tungsten (W)
6	Which chemical element has a name that means "foreign" or "stranger"?
	Xenon
7	The chinstrap is a variety of which specific sort of creature?
	Penguin
8	The aye–aye is a species of what family of primates?
	Lemur

Supplementaries

1	What was the name of the USA's only space station?
	Skylab
2	In the name of the computer language BASIC, what does the B stand for?
	Beginner's (Beginner's All–purpose Symbolic Instruction Code)

Round 5: Sport

1	Which English cricketer took nineteen wickets in a Test match against Australia, at Old Trafford in 1956?
	Jim Laker
2	Which multi–race cycling event replaced the individual pursuit, the points race and the Madison at the Olympic Games, starting at London 2012?
	The omnium
3	In which city did Steve Redgrave win the first of his five Olympic gold medals?
	Los Angeles
4	In the current Rugby League World Cup competition, who is England's captain?
	Sean O'Loughlin
5	Which footballer, currently on loan to Crystal Palace from Chelsea, was named as Man of the Match on his debut for the senior England side, against Germany last Friday?
	Ruben Loftus–Cheek
6	Only two boxers have ever won a world heavyweight title whilst reigning as Olympic champion. Joe Frazier was the first; who was the second?
	Anthony Joshua
7	Which sport has a tin, a front line and a half court line in its playing area?
	Squash
8	Who partnered Jamie Murray to win the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon this year?
	Martina Hingis

Supplementaries

1	In rugby union, in which position – formerly known as wing forward – do players wear the Nos. 6 and 7 shirts?
	Flanker
2	In which country will the 2018 Winter Olympics take place?
	South Korea

Round 6: Russian Revolution

To mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution, a round about that enigmatic country and its people.

1	Whose last words were reported to be 'Get my swan costume ready'?
	Anna Pavlova
2	Who is the only Russian tennis player to have achieved the career grand slam?
	Maria Sharapova
3	The city formerly known as Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad has been known by what name since 1961?
	Volgograd
4	What Russian word, familiar in English, means a fellow traveller?
	Sputnik
5	In 2012, who became the first Russian to be awarded the prestigious 8th dan of the black belt in judo?
	Vladimir Putin
6	Who was the last tsar of Russia? (name and regnal number required)
	Nicholas II
7	Which duo represented Russia at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest and had a UK number one hit with All the things she said?
	t.a.T.u. (pronounced tattoo)
8	Who first said "A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic"?
	Joseph Stalin

Supplementaries

1	Which St. Petersburg museum is said to be the largest in the world?
	The Hermitage
2	How are Olga, Masha and Irina Prozorov described in the title of one of Chekov's plays?
	The Three Sisters

Round 7: The Prince of Wales

To celebrate Prince Charles's 69^th birthday today, a round about Princes of Wales.

1	What is the Prince of Wales's motto?
	Ich Dien (accept the English translation, I serve)
2	Which institution links Prince Charles, Kurt Hahn, Jason Connery, Duncan Jones (a.k.a. Zowie Bowie), 'Nasty' Nick Bateman, and Lara Croft?
	Gordonstoun (founded by Kurt Hahn, and attended by all the others)
3	Give a year in the life of Llewellyn the Great, the first Prince of Wales.
	1172–1240
4	In September this year, which future king did Prince Charles overtake to become the longest–serving Prince of Wales in history?
	Edward VII (name and regnal number required)
5	What is Prince Charles's current official residence, its name used as a metonym for his private office?
	Clarence House
6	What title does Prince Charles use when in Scotland?
	Duke of Rothesay
7	Prince Charles was created Prince of Wales in 1958 at the age of nine.  In which year was he invested?
	1969
8	Why was Prince Charles's wedding to Camilla, in April 2005, postponed by 24 hours?
	So that he could attend the funeral of the Pope (John Paul II)

Supplementaries

1	In which royal residence was Prince Charles born?
	Buckingham Palace
2	4–2–4 and 4–3–3 be damned. Where do football teams only ever line up 1–2–5–3?
	On a table football set

Round 8: The four seasons

There is a season in either the question or the answer

1	Which royal married Autumn Kelly in 2008?
	Peter Phillips
2	The town of Alice Springs is in which Australian state or territory?
	Northern Territory
3	Apart from fruit and sugar, what is the usual main ingredient of summer pudding?
	Bread
4	Which composer wrote the 1827 song cycle Winterreise (vinter–rise–a), which can be translated as 'winter journey'?
	Franz Schubert
5	Who wrote about 'Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness' in his Ode to Autumn?
	John Keats
6	Which film and stage musical includes the song Springtime for Hitler?
	The Producers
7	What three–word phrase was used to describe the period of conflict between the trades unions and James Callaghan in the late 1970s?
	Winter of discontent
8	The Summer Palace is a collection of lakes, gardens and palaces close to which capital city?
	Beijing

Supplementaries

1	The title character of which famous novel was married to Maxim de Winter?
	Rebecca
2	Name either of the countries involved in the Winter War of 1939–40.
	Finland or Soviet Union (accept Russia)
3	Springfield is the capital of which US state?
	Illinois

General Knowledge

1	Who was appointed earlier this year as the first female Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police?
	Cressida Dick
2	Of which Italian region is Florence the capital?
	Tuscany
3	Born Lindsey Kildow in 1984, Lindsey Vonn is the USA's most successful participant ever, in which sport?
	Skiing (ski racing)
4	Which fictional detective is named after a word puzzle that uses pictures or letters to represent words?
	Inspector Rebus
5	'Lycanthrope' is another word for what?
	A werewolf
6	Who was described as "a foundling" in the full title of a novel, first published in 1749?
	Tom Jones
7	What surname is or was shared by Sporty Spice, the police Inspector in Minder, and a Scottish jazz musician who died in 1997?
	Chisholm
8	Which star cluster in the constellation of Taurus is also known as the Seven Sisters?
	The Pleiades (ply–a–dees)

9	In The Fast Show, what was Ken and Kenneth's catchphrase?
	Suits you Sir!
10	Who is the EU's chief Brexit negotiator?
	Michel Barnier
11	On which saint's day did a massacre of French Protestants take place in 1572?
	St. Bartholomew's Day
12	What was the name of the troopship that carried one of the first large groups of Caribbean immigrants to Britain, in 1948?
	Empire Windrush (accept Windrush)
13	In English law, what word is used to denote someone who brings a civil action?
	Plaintiff
14	In which British city was David Lloyd George born?
	Manchester
15	At what temperature does paper burn, according to the title of a 1953 novel by Ray Bradbury?
	Fahrenheit 451
16	Which retail chain was founded in 1976 by Anita Roddick?
	The Body Shop

17	Which chemical gives its name to the "ring" structure found in many organic compounds?
	Benzene
18	Who was the last regular presenter of the BBC's Film programme, leaving in 2016?
	Claudia Winkleman
19	MP Jared O'Mara has been in the news recently because of historical social media comments that have been deemed inappropriate. Which prominent MP did he defeat in the 2017 General Election?
	Nick Clegg (in Sheffield Hallam)
20	Which political movement was founded in Manchester, in 1838, by MPs Richard Cobden and John Bright?
	The Anti–Corn Law League
21	Which station is the London terminus of the Eurostar service?
	St. Pancras
22	What is the family name of the Earls of Redesdale?
	Mitford (the famous Mitford sisters were the daughters of the 2nd earl)
23	In which English city were Frederick Delius, J. B. Priestley and David Hockney all born?
	Bradford
24	Which novel by Spike Milligan is about a fictional Irish village split into two by partition?
	Puckoon

25	Which celebrity chef had a Jack Russell terrier named Chalky, that died in 2007 aged 17?
	Rick Stein
26	What's the more common name for epidemic parotitis?
	Mumps
27	Who played the title role in Little Dorrit, and Anne Boleyn in Wolf Hall (both on the BBC), and is currently playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown (on Netflix)?
	Claire Foy
28	The BBC apologised recently for failing to challenge which former Chancellor of the Exchequer when he claimed that global temperatures had not risen in the past decade?
	Nigel (Lord) Lawson
29	Kenneth Clarke is the current Father of the House of Commons. Which acerbic Labour back–bencher lost out on this honour because although he was elected at the same time as Clarke, he was sworn in later?
	Dennis Skinner
30	The Australian painter Sidney Nolan is best known for his series of portraits of which famous Australian?
	Ned Kelly
31	Which market town in Essex is known for its four–yearly 'Flitch Trials'?
	(Great) Dunmow
32	The actress Rosemary Leach died last month. In which 1987 TV drama series did she play the victim of a seducing conman played by Nigel Havers?
	The Charmer

33	Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture is also known by which other name, after a feature of the Hebridean island by which it's said to have been inspired?
	Fingal's Cave
34	What name is traditionally given to someone who sells buttons, ribbons, hooks, tapes etc.?
	Haberdasher
35	What general name is given to the stage in the insect life cycle that can be a chrysalis (in butterflies) or a cocoon (in moths)?
	Pupa
36	In classical mythology, what did Jason and the Argonauts find hanging from a tree in a sacred grove in Colchis?
	The Golden Fleece
37	Motte–and–bailey is the classic form of what?
	Castle
38	By what title is Luxembourg's head of state known?
	Grand Duke
39	In which film did Dustin Hoffman play a character named Benjamin Braddock?
	The Graduate
40	What name is used for the central bank of the USA – the equivalent of the Bank of England?
	The Federal Reserve (System)

41	What nickname is shared by Finland and Minnesota?
	Land of a Thousand Lakes
42	Rick Wakeman replaced founder member Tony Kaye in which archetypal 1970s progressive rock band?
	Yes
43	What is the name of Venice's retail and market district, and hence a similar district in any Italian city? The name is also used for a famous bridge in Venice.
	The Rialto
44	In which sport does Tammy Beaumont represent England?
	Cricket
45	What is the fifth book in the Old Testament – its name being derived from the Greek for 'second law'?
	Deuteronomy
46	Which former Shadow Education Secretary resigned his seat in Parliament earlier this year to become director of the Victoria & Albert Museum?
	Tristram Hunt
47	Who was the mother of Charles II's illegitimate son Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St. Albans?
	Nell Gwynne
48	Which "Extra Special Agent", in the Eagle comic, was named after a type of cloth that comes from the Scottish islands?
	Harris Tweed (both names required)

49	In heraldry, what word describes an animal that's depicted standing on one hind leg?
	Rampant
50	Which legend of the American Wild West used the pseudonym Thomas Howard?
	Jesse James
51	"I would go out tonight, but I haven't got a stitch to wear" is the opening lyric from which song, which reached No. 25 in the UK charts in 1987?
	This Charming Man (by The Smiths)
52	What name is given to the row of distinctive chalk stacks off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight?
	The Needles
53	Chris Silverwood has just been named as England's next bowling coach. Of which county was he appointed Head Coach in 2016, taking them from the Second Division to winning the County Championship this year?
	Essex
54	What is the principal Christian church in Egypt – to which about 10% of the population belong?
	The Coptic Church
55	Which former Prime Minister of Portugal was appointed General Secretary of the United Nations earlier this year?
	António Guteres
56	Who was King of England in the year 1000?
	Ethelred (the Unready) – he reigned from 978 to 1016

57	In Family Guy, what is Peter Griffin's favourite bar?
	The Drunken Clam
58	Which everyday item was invented in 1770 by William Addis, who was in prison at the time for causing a riot?
	The toothbrush
59	Of whom did the American humourist Leo Rosten say, in 1939, "Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad"?
	W. C. Fields
60	"I heard you on the wireless back in fifty two" is the opening lyric to which song, a No. 1 hit in 1979?
	Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles)
61	What's the name of the shingle bank that runs parallel to the Dorset coast for 18 miles from the Isle of Portland?
	Chesil Beach
62	Which television presenter suffered an emotional rollercoaster on May the 7th this year, which ended with Hartlepool United being relegated from the Football League?
	Jeff Stelling
63	The last Australian–made car rolled off the production line last month (according to a BBC report) when which company closed its Adelaide factory?
	Holden
64	Who was briefly, and controversially, nominated as a 'goodwill ambassador' for the World Health Organisation last month?
	Robert Mugabe

65	What do Altamira, in northern Spain, and Lascaux, in south–western France, have specifically in common?
	(Prehistoric) cave paintings
66	Named by the New York Times earlier this year as the best film of the 21st century so far, which 2007 film starred Daniel Day–Lewis and was inspired by Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel Oil!?
	There Will Be Blood
67	Millefiori (meel–fee–oar–ee) ornaments are made from which material?
	Glass
68	Whose first child, Susanna, was born in May 1583 – some six months after his marriage to a woman eight years his senior?
	William Shakespeare (he was 18, Anne Hathaway was 26)
69	Name one of the two singers whose album Together Again entered the UK charts at No. 1 a week ago last Friday.
	Michael Ball or Alfie Boe
70	Four African countries have the shilling as their unit of currency. Kenya and Uganda are two of them; name one of the other two.
	Tanzania or Somalia
71	NK Maribor, beaten 7–0 and 3–0 by Liverpool in the UEFA Champions' League recently, are the champions of which country?
	Slovenia (Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia)
72	Which Scottish quarter day fell last Saturday (the 11th of November)?
	Martinmas

73	Which slow–cooked Moroccan stew is named after the clay pot that it's cooked in?
	Tajine
74	What's the purpose of an oast house?
	Drying hops (accept any answer that refers to hops)
75	What unusual costume did Salvador Dali wear to the opening of the International Surrealist Exhibition, in London in 1936?
	A diving suit
76	What letter is said to be repeated in Morse Code by the opening notes of Beethoven's 5th symphony?
	V
77	In the human body, what's the technical name for the breast bone?
	The sternum
78	In the television sitcom Porridge, who played the gay prisoner nicknamed Lukewarm?
	Christopher Biggins
79	What's the German name, also used in English, for the mountain that's known in French as Mont Cervin and in Italian as Monte Cervino?
	Matterhorn
80	Which French city was the capital of the former province of Roussillon (rooce–ee–on), and is home to the Catalans Dragons rugby league team, as well as a moderately successful rugby union team?
	Perpignan

81	Which museum in Amsterdam has a name that literally means 'state Museum'?
	The Rijksmuseum
82	"Looks good, tastes good, and by golly, it does you good" was a long–running advertising slogan for which brand of milk stout?
	Mackeson
83	Which English word, coined in the 20th century, is derived from the Latin for 'star sailor'?
	Astronaut
84	Who directed the recently–released film Murder on the Orient Express, and stars as Hercule Poirot?
	Kenneth Branagh
85	Britain's first polymer banknotes were introduced in 2016. Which country was the first to issue them, in 1988?
	Australia
86	If the live is brown and the neutral is blue, what is green and yellow?
	The earth
87	In Arthurian legend, which illegitimate son of Lancelot was the purest and most honorable of all the knights of the round table?
	Sir Galahad
88	Which English city was known to the ancient Romans as Aquae Sulis?
	Bath

89	Which former world snooker champion was recently banned for six months, after being found guilty of betting irregularities?
	Stuart Bingham
90	In which UK building could you find a Whispering Gallery, a Stone Gallery and a Golden Gallery?
	St. Paul's Cathedral
91	In solo whist, how many tricks do you undertake to win if you bid Solo?
	Five
92	Which animal's name is used in a phrase that describes a hastily–arranged and unjust trial?
	Kangaroo
93	Who plays Wolverine, commonly known as Logan, in nine of the ten films in the X–Men franchise?
	Hugh Jackman
94	Apart from in the Bible, where would you be most likely to find the Biblical quotation "Out of the strong came forth sweetness"?
	On a tin of Lyle's Golden Syrup
95	Triton is the largest moon of which planet?
	Neptune
96	Best known to many as the theme music to a long–running Radio 4 panel game, by what name is Chopin's Waltz in D flat major, Opus 64 No. 1, better known?
	The Minute Waltz

Supplementaries

1	"Hey rainmaker, come away from that man" was the opening lyric from which song, a Top Ten hit for two different acts in 1971 and 1990?
	Step On (John Kongos and the Happy Mondays)
2	What is the English name for Yom Kippur –  the holiest festival in the Jewish calendar, held nine days after the Jewish New Year?
	The Day of Atonement
3	The region known to the ancient Romans as Lusitania corresponded approximately to which modern country?
	Portugal
4	Which engagement between German and Soviet forces, in July and August 1943, has been described as the greatest tank battle in history?
	Kursk
5	Which British boxer, who was world middleweight champion for ten months in the early 1960s, died last month aged 81?
	Terry Downes
6	What is formed when a very large supernova collapses into its core?
	A black hole

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