2022–3 Season: Cup Round 2 – 17 January 2023

Set by the Park Taverners.

1	Who wrote the music for the 1944 film Henry V, starring Laurence Olivier?
	William Walton
2	On a standard dartboard, what's the lowest number that cannot be scored with a single dart?
	23
3	What's the opposite of Oriental?
	Occidental
4	What's the South American equivalent to the African ostrich?
	The rhea
5	Commonly seen on signs in Wales, what does the Welsh word croeso mean?
	Welcome
6	Part of the Hundred Years War, what battle was fought in Northern France on the 26th of August 1346, between King Philip VI of France and Edward III of England?
	Crecy
7	What's the third largest object in the Solar System?
	Saturn (after the Sun and Jupiter)
8	Craig Ogden is renowned for playing what instrument?
	Guitar
9	Which song contains the lyrics "Come mothers and fathers throughout the land, and don't criticise what you can't understand"?
	The Times They Are a–Changin' (Bob Dylan)
10	Llyn is the Welsh word for what geographical feature?
	A lake (or pool)
11	King Charles I was executed on the 30th of January in what year?
	1649
12	Who are the current match day shirt sponsors for Chelsea FC?
	3 (mobile phone company)
13	What is opposite 3 on a standard die?
	4
14	What was King Henry VIII's surname?
	Tudor
15	What's the title of Prince Harry's new book?
	Spare
16	What's the name of the new space telescope, launched in December 2021 and designed to operate in the infra–red spectrum?
	The James Webb Space Telescope (accept JWST)
17	Who is Australia's current Test cricket captain?
	Pat Cummins
18	How many piano concerti did Grieg compose?
	One
19	Which inedible citrus fruit grows in Italy and is used in Earl Grey tea and eau de Cologne?
	Bergamot
20	Vilnius is the capital of which country?
	Lithuania

21	Who wrote Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, on which the film Blade Runner was based?
	Philip K. Dick
22	What is the maximum possible score in a single game of ten pin bowling?
	300
23	Which planetary system is the European Space Agency's JUICE mission set to explore?
	Jupiter (accept Jovian)
24	Over the centuries, the Knights of St John have had major settlements on three Mediterranean islands. Name one of them.
	Cyprus, Rhodes, or Malta
25	What was the Roman name for York?
	Eboracum
26	Tyson Fury holds the world heavyweight champion belt for which organisation?
	WBC (Oleksandr Usyk holds the other three)
27	Who is the current Pope (as of 10th Jan 2023)?
	Pope Francis (1st)
28	Which song contains the lyrics: "There was a Checkpoint Charlie, he didn't crack a smile, but it's no laughing matter when you've been on the murder mile"?
	Oliver's Army (Elvis Costello)
29	The Black and Red Cuillin mountain ranges are to be found on which island?
	Skye
30	The name of which type of pasta translates into English as 'little tongues'?
	Linguine
31	What is the Bessemer process used to make?
	Steel
32	Who is the manager of Leicester City Football Club?
	Brendan Rodgers
33	Which artist is associated with Giverny near Paris?
	Claude Monet
34	Which igneous rock can be seen in hexagonal columns at the Giant's Causeway and Fingal's Cave?
	Basalt
35	Who holds the men's 100m sprint world record at 9.58 seconds?
	Usain Bolt
36	What can be cherry, beefsteak, plum or green?
	Tomatoes
37	Suva is the capital of which South Pacific island nation?
	Fiji
38	The becquerel, gray and sievert are SI units of measurement for different properties of what process?
	Radioactivity
39	According to legend, who uttered the words "Doctor Livingstone I presume" on meeting said gent in Africa?
	Henry Stanley
40	Who won the Golden Boot at the 2022 Football World Cup?
	Kylian Mbappé

41	For 500 years, Acts of Parliament have been printed and stored on what material?
	Vellum (a type of animal skin, not paper; accept parchment)
42	If you multiply mass by velocity, what do you get?
	Momentum
43	Complete the sequence: No Time to Die, Spectre, Skyfall, Quantum of Solace, ... ?
	Casino Royale
44	What is the French word for mushrooms?
	Champignons
45	Of which British tribe was Boudicca the queen?
	Iceni
46	What was Ethiopia formerly known as?
	Abyssinia
47	Which equation describes the 1905 scientific theory of Special Relativity?
	e=mc squared
48	Who painted The Potato Eaters?
	Vincent van Gogh
49	Touted as a possible presidential rival to Trump, Ron DeSantis is currently Governor of which state?
	Florida
50	Where would you find the metatarsal bones?
	In the foot (metacarpals are in the hand)
51	Who commanded the Royal Navy ships at the Battle of Jutland?
	Admiral Jellicoe
52	In bridge, a Yarborough is a hand containing no card higher than what value?
	Nine
53	What river forms most of the border between Devon and Cornwall?
	The Tamar
54	Which is the largest Mediterranean island by area?
	Sicily
55	Who is the current coach of the English cricket test team, and the architect of 'Baz Ball'?
	Brendon McCullum
56	In many billions of years, the Sun will swell to become a red giant, before finally ending its days as what sort of star?
	White dwarf
57	If you mix equal quantities of fat and flour to form a roux, dissolve in milk and bring it to the boil to thicken, what sauce have you made?
	Bechamel (accept white sauce)
58	In Treasure Island, who is the captain of the Hispaniola?
	Captain Smollett
59	What did a group of four Scottish students remove from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1950?
	The Stone of Scone
60	The Battle of Mount Tumbledown was a conflict in which war?
	The Falklands War

61	In the 2022 Test Series, England vs Pakistan, held in Pakistan, who scored the most runs for either team?
	Harry Brook (468)
62	Famed for its porcelain, the town of Meissen is in which modern day country?
	Germany
63	Who painted Guernica?
	Pablo Picasso
64	If you swim due west from Malta, in which African country would you reach land?
	Tunisia
65	Beta radiation involves the emission of which particle from an atom?
	Electron (accept positron)
66	Who is captain of the Lionesses, the English women's football team?
	Leah Williamson
67	Which director is behind the Avatar film franchise?
	James Cameron
68	Name one of the Mascarene Islands, which are located in the Indian Ocean.
	Mauritius, Reunion, Rodrigues
69	What acid accumulates in the muscles once the anaerobic threshold is passed when doing exercise?
	Lactic acid
70	Who is known as the Sage of Omaha?
	Warren Buffett
71	Gerardus Mercator is best known for his work in which field?
	Cartography (accept maps, or geography)
72	In which opera does Rodolpho sing the aria Your Tiny Hand is Frozen?
	La Bohème
73	Who keeps goal for Aston Villa and Argentina?
	Emiliano Martinez
74	What part of Manhattan is named after a Dutch city famous for its bulb trade?
	Harlem (after Haarlem)
75	What is the scientific name for the tailbone, being the lowest fused vertebra in the spine?
	Coccyx
76	Which Roman emperor invaded Britain in AD 43?
	Claudius
77	At Lord's Cricket Ground, what is the name for the end opposite the Nursery End?
	Pavilion End
78	What girl's name can be found in the titles of a Top 10 hit for David Bowie in 1972, and a number one for Michael Jackson in 1983?
	Jean (The Jean Genie and Billie Jean)
79	Give a year in the life of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
	1881 to 1938
80	In the nursery rhyme Jack and Jill, name either of the items Jack goes to bed with to mend his head.
	Vinegar or brown paper

81	Who is the new coach of the England Rugby Union team?
	Steve Borthwick
82	Which animal is the emblem of the USA's Republican Party?
	Elephant
83	What is the device called that blends air and fuel for an internal combustion engine?
	Carburettor (accept fuel injector system)
84	With the odd gap due to renumbering, bypasses, etc., the A30 goes from London to where (a distance of 284 miles)?
	Land's End
85	Garter, stocking, rib and cable are types of what?
	Knitting stitches
86	Which American Football franchise has played out of Cleveland, St Louis and Los Angeles?
	The Rams
87	The rivers Trent and Ouse join to form which river?
	The Humber
88	How many grand slam titles has Andy Murray won?
	Three (US Open in 2012, Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016)
89	Give a year in the reign of Canute as King of England.
	1016 to 1035
90	At which fast food chain can you buy a Whopper?
	Burger King
91	Which 35–mile footpath runs from Disley to Kidsgrove?
	The Gritstone Trail
92	What is the SI unit of capacitance?
	The farad
93	Who wrote Wuthering Heights?
	Emily Bronte (both names required)
94	Who notoriously sailed in a ship named Queen Anne's Revenge?
	Edward Teach (accept Blackbeard)
95	Which brand of ball, made by British Cricket Balls Limited, is used in Test matches in England?
	Dukes
96	Coming to the forefront in the accession of King Charles III, who is the current Leader of the House of Commons and President of the Privy Council?
	Penny Mordaunt
97	Diamond, as the hardest mineral, occupies position 10 on the Mohs scale. What is number 9?
	Corundum
98	In physics, which law states that "a body remains at rest, or in motion at a constant speed in a straight line, unless acted upon by an external force"?
	Newton's First Law of Motion
99	Which airline uses the IATA flight code FR?
	Ryanair
100	Which Roman emperor succeeded Claudius in AD 54?
	Nero

101	Which Merseyside band had hits with The Killing Moon and The Cutter?
	Echo and the Bunnymen
102	Which island forms the western boundary of the Strait of Malacca?
	Sumatra
103	In which sport can you score a waza–ari, ippon or yuko?
	Judo
104	Complete the sequence: Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, ... ?
	You Only Live Twice
105	The first attempted satellite launch from UK soil was launched on the 10th of January, from a 747 that took off from Spaceport Cornwall, near to which town?
	Newquay
106	The Klondike or Yukon Gold Rush involved the migration of 100,000 miners, principally in a four-year period. Name any one of those years.
	1896 to 1899
107	Jude Bellingham, of Borussia Dortmund and England, impressed at the 2022 World Cup. Which English club did he play for before Dortmund?
	Birmingham City
108	Which US band had hits with Love Shack and Cosmic Thing?
	The B–52s
109	What is created when the loop of a meander in a river is cut off and the river diverted on a different course?
	An oxbow lake
110	Sir Charles Mackerras achieved fame as what?
	A conductor
111	Obertsdorf, Innsbruick and Bischofshofen are three of the four hills in the annual Four Hills ski–jumping competition, held around New Year. What's the fourth?
	Garmisch–Partenkirchen (accept Garmisch)
112	Who currently presents the BBC Radio 2 Drivetime show (on weekdays, between 4 pm and 7 pm)?
	Sara Cox
113	In which opera does Mario Cavaradossi sing the aria And the Stars were Shining?
	Tosca
114	Daniel Ek is the founder and CEO of which technology company?
	Spotify
115	Who commanded the British paratroopers, on the ground, at the Battle of Arnhem in 1944?
	Major General 'Roy' Urquhart
116	Who wrote the children's books Room on the Broom and The Snail and the Whale?
	Julia Donaldson
117	The A3 goes from London to which other UK city (a distance of 67 miles)?
	Portsmouth
118	Which sport do Manchester Thunder play?
	Netball
119	Who is the current Prime Minister of India?
	Narendra Modi
120	In which Crimean resort did Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt meet to plan the post–war shape of Europe?
	Yalta

Supplementaries:

1	How would you describe a baked dish onto which cheese or breadcrumbs have been grated?
	Gratin
2	Which composer is credited with the Songs of the Auvergne?
	Joseph Canteloube
3	By what German word is the crevasse that separates a glacier from the mountain headwall most commonly known?
	Bergschrund
4	Who presents House of Games on BBC television?
	Richard Osman
5	Situated on the border with Italy, what is the highest peak in Switzerland?
	Monte Rosa (highest summit is the Dufourspitze)

Tie Breaker:

	According to the NASA website, what is the average distance, in miles, from Earth to the Moon?
	238,855

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