2021–2 Season: Cup Round 1 – 14 December 2021

Set by Nags Head 'B' and the Dolphin

1	In which American city would you find the headquarters of General Motors?
	Detroit
2	Which US city is known as The Big Easy?
	New Orleans
3	Which Sunday newspaper, once the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, ceased publication in 2011?
	News of the World
4	Which British king of the House of Hanover was known as The Sailor King?
	William IV
5	Which car company manufactures models called Jazz, HR–V and CR–V?
	Honda
6	What colour is the Northern Line on the London Underground map?
	Black
7	What name do the English give to the red wines of Bordeaux?
	Claret
8	Who wrote the economic treatise The Wealth of Nations in 1776?
	Adam Smith
9	How many years did the 100 Years War last?
	116 (allow 3 years either way. The years are 1337 to 1453)
10	What is the name of the inept Detective played by Leslie Nielsen in the Naked Gun films?
	Frank Drebin
11	Who played Jennifer Hart in the 1980s TV series Hart to Hart?
	Stefanie Powers
12	Which 1964 musical with a main character named Tevye had music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick?
	Fiddler on the Roof
13	Who is the Hindu god of the sky, depicted as a man with four arms on a white elephant, carrying a thunderbolt?
	Indra
14	In Greek mythology, which king of Syracuse placed the sword over the head of Damocles?
	Dionysius
15	There are three scripts on the Rosetta Stone. Egyptian hieroglyphics was one, Demotic Script was another, what was the third language used?
	Greek
16	How high (in feet) is a basketball hoop?
	Ten feet
17	Which novel by John Steinbeck takes its title from a poem by Robert Burns?
	Of Mice and Men
18	In 1932, carpenter Ole Kirk Kristiansen founded which company in Billund?
	Lego
19	Which US president declared war on Britain in 1812?
	James Madison
20	In which constellation are the Pleiades star cluster and the Crab nebula?
	Taurus

21	Which musician named one of his daughters Moon Unit?
	Frank Zappa
22	In 1988, who became the first UK golfer to win the US Masters?
	Sandy Lyle
23	In the pantomime Aladdin, what is the name of Aladdin's brother?
	Wishee Washee
24	Who was the narrator of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island?
	Jim Hawkins
25	In which 20th–century novel was Dolores Haze a central character?
	Lolita
26	Who had a Number One hit in 1986 with When the going gets tough, the tough get going?
	Billy Ocean
27	Which pop group had its biggest hits in 1983 and took its name from a fictional band mentioned in the film A Clockwork Orange?
	Heaven 17
28	Who (as of 12/12/2021) is the manager of Newcastle United football club?
	Eddie Howe
29	In football, which team became the first British team, and the first team from northern Europe, to win the European Cup in 1967?
	Celtic
30	Which family of birds do the Redwing and Fieldfare belong to?
	Thrush (accept Turdidae)
31	In the Jewish religion, what is the name for the 7 lamp candlestick?
	Menorah
32	Which country uses the Forint as its currency?
	Hungary
33	Which goddess is the Greek equivalent of the Roman Venus?
	Aphrodite
34	What mythical creature is a lycanthrope?
	A werewolf
35	What kind of creature is a Goldeneye?
	A duck
36	Who was the Roman God of wine and drinking?
	Bacchus
37	What does a dolorimeter measure?
	Pain
38	What is triskaidekaphobia the fear of?
	The number 13
39	Samuel Clemens was better known by his pen name – what was it?
	Mark Twain
40	Carrauntoohil is the highest mountain in which country?
	Ireland

41	What is 50 in Roman numerals?
	L
42	Who wrote the play Waiting for Godot?
	Samuel Beckett
43	How is Yr Wyddfa better known?
	Snowdon
44	What is the traditional UK 10th Wedding Anniversary gift?
	Tin
45	Which is the sole survivor of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
	The great Pyramid at Giza (accept The Pyramids)
46	Where were the Summer Olympics held in 1992?
	Barcelona
47	If you were born on May 1, what would your star sign be?
	Taurus
48	Who is the lead singer of The Arctic Monkeys?
	Alex Turner
49	In Dickens' novels, by what nickname was Jack Dawkins better known?
	The Artful Dodger
50	Who sang the title song for the 2002 Bond film Die Another Day?
	Madonna
51	The Doge's Palace is in which Italian city?
	Venice
52	"The Appliance of Science" was an advertising slogan for which brand?
	Zanussi
53	Bysshe was the middle name of which poet?
	Percy Shelly
54	Which newsreader was the first winner of Strictly Come Dancing ?
	Natasha Kaplinski
55	Which element does Sn represent in the Periodic Table?
	Tin (again!)
56	The Joad family are characters in which 1939 John Steinbeck novel?
	The Grapes of Wrath
57	Jueves (pronounced hwe–behs!) is Spanish for which day of the week?
	Thursday
58	In Dad's Army, what was the occupation of Lance Corporal Jones?
	Butcher
59	Who conducted interviews lying on a bed in the UK TV show The Big Breakfast?
	Paula Yates
60	Whose famous last words on his gravestone were "I told you I was ill"?
	Spike Milligan

61	In America, what is known as "the shrine of democracy"?
	Mount Rushmore
62	What is the main ingredient of the dish hummus?
	Chickpeas
63	The Persian phrase meaning "The King is helpless" has given us which word or phrase commonly used in English?
	Checkmate (Shāh Māt)
64	On which island is Duart Castle?
	Mull
65	Which disease gets its name from the Greek word for coal?
	Anthrax (hence anthracite: because of the black lesions it causes)
66	What is the name of the world's tallest road bridge, over which the motorway from Paris to the Spanish border passes?
	Millau Viaduct
67	What was the name of the sect involved in the Waco massacre in Texas in 1993?
	Branch Davidian
68	In the film Interview with the Vampire, which actor plays the vampire who is interviewed?
	Brad Pitt (not Tom Cruise, who plays Lestadt, the main character)
69	According to the book of Genesis, who first bought Joseph as a slave in Egypt?
	Potiphar
70	In the song The Devil Went Down To Georgia, in what type of contest did the devil compete in order to win souls?
	Fiddle–playing
71	Which song was the Labour Party's theme in its Election campaign of 1997?
	Things Can Only Get Better
72	Which fictional Victorian scoundrel did George MacDonald Fraser re–create as an anti–hero?
	Flashman
73	What is the title of Eric Idle's hit musical play, based on the film Monty Python & the Holy Grail?
	Spamalot
74	Who was the lead guitarist of The Smiths, and co–operated with Morrissey in writing most of their songs?
	Johnny Marr
75	Which British band had its first top ten hit in 1999 with Why does it always rain on me?
	Travis
76	What substance is formed (along with water) by adding an alkali to an acid?
	A salt
77	By what name was the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan known between 1922 and 1946?
	Transjordan
78	Joe Louis only lost 2 professional fights. One was to Rocky Marciano; against whom was his other defeat?
	Max Schmelling
79	Who is the only woman to have been French Prime Minister?
	Edith Cresson

80	In which novel set in the near future is there a country called Gilead, roughly where New England now is?
	The Handmaid's Tale (by Margaret Atwood)
81	Which town was Captain James Cook's birthplace in 1728?
	Middlesbrough
82	To listen to whom did 180,000 people pack into Wembley Stadium in 1954?
	Billy Graham
83	What is the prize for Best Film at the Berlin film festival?
	The Golden Bear
84	What is the full name of Rupert Bear's elephant chum?
	Edward Trunk
85	In which country is A Midsummer Night's Dream set?
	Greece (mainly in a wood near Athens)
86	Who or what is a gricer?
	Trainspotter
87	Who wrote the novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin?
	Louis de Bernieres
88	Which fictional character had female companions called Cathy, Emma and Tara?
	John Steed (from The Avengers)
89	In which castle did the Duke of Wellington die?
	Walmer Castle (in Kent)
90	Which cyclist, born in Belgium with an Australian father, won gold, silver and bronze medals for Britain in the Athens Olympics?
	Bradley Wiggins
91	Of which other actress was Bette Davis speaking when she said, "She's screwed everyone at MGM except Lassie"?
	Joan Crawford
92	Which African country was formerly known as French Sudan?
	Mali
93	Gregorian and Schmidt are varieties of which type of instrument?
	Telescope
94	By what name is the Russian wolfhound also known?
	Borzoi
95	In which English cathedral are the bones of King Canute?
	Winchester
96	The Book of Changes, one of the five classics of Confucianism, is better known by what Chinese name?
	I Ching
97	Four colours of ball are used in squash. Apart from the skill levels of the players involved, what determines which colour is used?
	The temperature, or atmospheric conditions
98	In which European city, the home of the International Court of Justice, did Slobodan Milosevic die?
	The Hague
99	Which best–selling novel, first published in 2003, took its title from the Sherlock Holmes story Silver Blaze?
	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night–time (by Mark Haddon)

100	In which castle was Edward II murdered in 1327?
	Berkeley
101	What is the name of the dish made from anchovies and eggs on toast?
	Scotch woodcock
102	By what name was the state of Tuvalu known until 1976?
	The Ellice Islands
103	What is the capital city of the Indian state of Kashmir?
	Srinagar
104	Of which actress did Groucho Marx say, "I knew her before she became a virgin"?
	Doris Day
105	Which fictional character's last words were "Floreat Etona"?
	Captain Hook
106	Which US tennis player was the first to win the Grand Slam?
	Donald Budge
107	For which club did Paul Gascoigne sign for £5.5 million from Tottenham in the 1991–2 season?
	Lazio
108	In which body of water did the Mary Rose sink?
	The Solent (or Portsmouth harbour)
109	Who was the original presenter of MasterChef, between 1990 and 2000?
	Loyd Grossman
110	On which racecourse is the Kentucky Derby run?
	Churchill Downs
111	Which Brighton hotel was bombed during the Tory Party Conference?
	The Grand
112	What was the name of Yogi Bear's sweetheart?
	Cindy Bear
113	Who built the first British motor car but was beaten to the market by Daimler?
	Frederick William Lanchester
114	In Douglas Adams's Hitch Hiker "trilogy", who is the only other surviving human being apart from Arthur Dent?
	Trillian (Trisha Marie McMillan – played in the TV series by Sandra Dickinson)
115	Willie Loman is the name of the title character in which play?
	Death of a Salesman
116	Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury at the time of Edward VIII's abdication?
	Cosmo Gordon Lang
117	Which group had hit albums called Picture Book and Men and Women?
	Simply Red
118	What does the T stand for in James T. Kirk?
	Tiberius
119	Which 20th–century political leader was born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm?
	Willy Brandt
120	Which 1989 film starred Richard Pryor as a blind man and Gene Wilder as a deaf man?
	See No Evil, Hear No evil

Supplementaries:

1	Which British independent school, founded in 1934, has the motto "Plus est en Vous" (there is more in you)?
	Gordonstoun
2	Who is the Prime Minister of Australia?
	Scott Morrison
3	What day is celebrated in the USA and Canada every year on the 2nd of February? The tradition pre–dates the film to which it gives its title by at least 150 years.
	Groundhog Day
4	Which golf course, overlooking the Firth of Forth, is home to the Honourable Company of Edinburgh golfers?
	Muirfield
5	At 5,642 metres – more than 800 metres higher than Mont Blanc – which Russian peak is the highest mountain in Europe?
	Mount Elbrus
6	There are three active volcanoes in Italy. Etna and Vesuvius are two of them; what's the other one called?
	Stromboli

Tie–breakers (God forbid):

1	How many islands make up the US State of Hawaii?
	137
2	How many Test Match runs were scored by Sir Garfield Sobers?
	8,032
3	What is the area of Wales, in square miles?
	8,023

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