CUP FINAL 12 MAY 2011
QUESTIONS BY THE PRINTERS AND THE CHUNKY
Updated Wednesday 19 September 2012
First Verbal Round
1.
Which current branch of the US military was a corps of only 50 soldiers when World War I broke out?
The US Air Force
2.
In Leonardo's Last Supper which fruit is depicted, even though it did not arrive in the Holy Land until long
after Jesus' death?
Orange
3.
The state of Maine is bordered by only one other; which is it?
New Hampshire
4.
Who had a number six hit in the U.K. singles charts in 1984 with Footloose?
Kenny Loggins
5.
The Primorsky Stairs is a formal entrance of 192 steps leading from the direction of the Black Sea into
which European city?
Odessa
6.
What name, given to an autumn full moon in the northern hemisphere, alludes to the brightness of the
night sky that aids the shooting of migrating birds?
A Hunter’s Moon
7.
Which actress, the sister of Francis Ford Coppola, played Adrian Balboa in the Rocky series of films and
Connie Corleone in The Godfather?
Talia Shire
8.
In Greek mythology, a group of fierce fighters called the Myrmidons were commanded by which famous
warrior?
Achilles
9.
Which word is derived from the practice of selling cheap, gaudy trinkets at St. Audrey’s Fair in England?
Tawdry
10.
In legend, Dragonet was the beloved jester of which King?
King Arthur
11.
The rebel group The Contras, who were supported by the US in the 1980s, operated in which country?
Nicaragua
12.
With 1816 ‘victims’, which bowler is Lancashire County Cricket Club’s all-time leading first class wickettaker?
Brian Statham
13.
In the hardware industry what name is given to the process of coating iron/steel to prevent rusting?
Galvanization
14.
Which Dutch city that was home to artist Jan Vermeer is also famous for its pottery?
Delft
15.
Which North African people’s most famous symbol is the Tagelmust, an indigo-coloured veil which gave
rise to them being known as the People of the Veil.
Tuareg
16.
The name of which chemical element comes from the Greek for ‘not alone’?
Antimony (anti-monos)
17.
In which sport would a stimpmeter be used?
Golf (to measure the speed of a putting green)
18.
Who created the series of body building exercises known as Dynamic Tension in the 1920s?
Charles Atlas
19.
The lyrics for which Byrds song were taken almost entirely from the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible?
Turn! Turn! Turn! (to everything there is a season)
20.
Bayreuth a city in Germany is famous for its festival of which composer’s work?
Wagner
21.
The Japanese film Lady Snowblood was the inspiration for which two-part blockbuster movie of 2000?
Kill Bill
22.
Why can stuntman Philippe Petit’s high-wire walk of 7 August 1974 not be re-created?
It was between the Twin Towers in New York
23.
In terms of alcoholic spirits, what is referred to as the angels’ share?
Spirit lost to evaporation (during aging)
24.
“The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug” is a quotation that opens
which 2009 hit film?
The Hurt Locker
25.
Which is the longest river in the world that flows entirely through one country?
The Yangtze (also accept ‘Chang Jiang’)
26.
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee is believed to be the only seascape painted by which famous artist?
Rembrandt
27.
What name is given to a paste of ground sesame seed?
Tahini
28.
Who plays the part of Rooster Cogburn in the 2010 re-make of the film True Grit?
Jeff Bridges
29.
Which is the only country to have won at least one gold medal at every summer Olympic Games?
Great Britain
30.
Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer, usually caused by what?
Exposure to asbestos
First written round
31.
What is the name of the BP oil rig that exploded and sank in 2010, causing a huge oil spill in the Gulf of
Mexico?
Deepwater Horizon
32.
From the Arabic for ‘to make known’ what is the correct term for a duty imposed on foreign goods?
Tariff
33.
In the film Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were- Rabbit, what type of cheese was used to bring
Wallace back from the dead because of its smell?
Stinking Bishop
34.
The Kübler-Ross model describes what?
(The five discrete stages of) grieving
35.
When it launched the artificial satellite Alouette 1 in 1962, which country became the first nonsuperpower to enter the space race?
Canada
36.
Which 2003 book, written from the perspective of a boy with Asperger’s Syndrome, takes its title from a
remark made by Sherlock Holmes in the story Silver Blaze?
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
37.
In July 2010 who became the first author to sell more than one million books in Amazon’s Kindle
electronic bookstore?
Stieg Larsson
38.
What potent toxin is extracted from the castor bean?
Ricin
39.
In astronomy what does the Danjon Scale measure?
(The appearance and luminosity of a) lunar eclipse
40.
Give the name of the herb whose name may be derived from the Greek ‘joy of the mountains’.
Oregano
Second Verbal Round
41.
In 1961 which football team became the first other than Real Madrid to win the European Cup?
Benfica
42.
Who was the Democratic candidate beaten by Dwight Eisenhower in both the 1952 and 1956
Presidential elections?
Adlai Stevenson
43.
A shadoof is a device used to lift what?
Water
44.
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (or LaMenthe) was the real name of which jazz musician?
Jelly Roll Morton
45.
Alien visitor Klaatu appeared in which 1951 sci-fi film?
The Day the Earth Stood Still
46.
Which county are the current Division 1 County Cricket Champions?
Nottinghamshire
47.
Who is the central character in Hilary Mantel’s historical novel Wolf Hall?
Thomas Cromwell
48.
Andrew Wiles came to worldwide prominence in 1993 and 1995 for what reason?
He published a final proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem
49.
Which of the existing colleges of Cambridge University was founded the earliest?
Peterhouse
50.
Who served as Secretary General of the United Nations between 1982 and 1991?
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
51.
Who composed the poem As I Walked Out One Evening?
W.H. Auden
52.
Which Asian country has the Kip as its main unit of currency?
Laos
53.
Which Puccini opera was unfinished at the time of his death and was completed by Franco Alfano?
Turandot
54.
In The Simpsons whose name appears on the closing credits as the composer of the main title theme
music?
Danny Elfman
55.
Who coined the phrase ‘Big Bang’ to describe that particular theory of the origin of the universe?
Fred Hoyle
56.
The city of Adelaide was named after the wife of which English king?
William IV
57.
What are Ab, Elul and Tishrei?
Months of the Jewish calendar
58.
Which musical direction means ‘at ease’ and refers to a slow, comfortable pace?
Adagio
59.
What nationality was the first non-US, non-Soviet astronaut?
Czech (Vladimir Remek 1978)
60.
What are salmon called during the first two years of their life?
Parr
61.
Where on a ship is the taffrail?
Around the stern
62.
In the language of gossip magazines what is a ‘PDA’?
Public Display of Affection
63.
Icelandic actor Magnús Scheving is better known as which superhero?
Sportacus (in children's TV’s LazyTown)
64.
Comedian James Roderick Moir is better known by what name?
Vic Reeves
65.
England World Cup captain Bobby Moore managed which Football League club between 1984 and
1986?
Southend United
66.
What name does the cross-dressing ceramic artist Grayson Perry use when dressed as his young girl
alter-ego?
Claire
67.
Which farm dog watches over the home of TV's Shaun the Sheep?
Bitzer
68.
Which team are the current All-Ireland Senior Gaelic Football champions?
Cork
69.
What is defined as: "The effective resistance of an electric circuit or component to alternating current,
arising from the combined effects of ohmic resistance and reactance"?
Impedance
70.
Banks and Building Societies governed by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme guarantee to
protect what amount of savings in an individual account?
£85,000
Second written round
71.
Who wrote the autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
Maya Angelou
72.
What is the current official name of the city formerly known as Madras?
Chennai
73.
Approaching Menace is the theme tune to which TV programme?
Mastermind
74.
The name of which vehicle translates into English as ‘wasp’?
Vespa (scooter)
75.
What comes next in this sequence: Eastham, Latchford, Irlam, Barton and...?
Mode Wheel (locks on the Manchester Ship Canal)
76.
The athlete Javier Sotomayor has held the world record for which event since 1993?
High Jump
77.
Thimphu is the capital of which country?
Bhutan
78.
Between 1929 and 1972 an all-first-class Pullman train and ferry service connected London and Paris.
What name was given to the English portion of this service?
The Golden Arrow
79.
Which Welsh Rugby Union team plays its home games at The Gnoll?
Neath
80.
In which Australian State will you find The Barossa Valley wine producing area?
South Australia
‘Tie-break’ written round (for use in the event of a draw)
1.
At the time of the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916, by what name was O'Connell Street known?
Sackville Street
2.
Which schoolmaster is Professor of Potions at Hogwarts?
Severus Snape
3.
What name is given to the stretch of water that divides Hampshire from the Isle of Wight?
The Solent
4.
Why was rambler Stephen Gough arrested sixteen times on his walk from Land's End to John O'Groats
in 2003–4?
He was naked
5.
Trundle Hill overlooks which English racecourse?
Goodwood
6.
Lt. William Calley was held to be responsible for the massacre in 1968 at which Vietnamese village?
My Lai
7.
Which modernist artist was born in Vitebsk, Belarus in 1887 and died in France in 1985?
Marc Chagall
8.
Who directed the films: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Tom Jones and Look Back in
Anger?
Tony Richardson
9.
Who was the baseball player known as ‘The Yankee Clipper’?
Joe DiMaggio
10.
What does the 2nd amendment to the US constitution enshrine?
The right of its people to keep and bear arms
Spares
1.
Which future US President was invited to join the British Cabinet at the outbreak of World War One, but
declined the offer and become one of Woodrow Wilson's advisors instead?
Herbert Hoover
2.
Musician and bandleader Gerald Bright was better known as whom?
Geraldo
3.
The name of which shipping forecast area means 'End of the Earth'?
Finisterre
4.
In which country did muesli originate?
Switzerland
5.
The Florida Everglades were principally inhabited by which native American Indian tribe?
Seminole
6.
Which parliamentary constituency is represented by the Prime Minister, David Cameron?
Witney
7.
In which year did the sixpence cease to be legal tender in Britain?
1980
8.
Which museum is located on Maclure Road, Rochdale?
Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum
Nearest-the-bull tie-breaker
1.
How many Earth days are the equivalent to one year on Saturn?
10,759
2.
What is the maximum depth (in metres) of Italy’s Lake Garda?
346
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