Sett Valley Quiz League
23 February 2017
(Questions set by The White Lion)
Any explanations are in Italics and are only provided to resolve any differences of opinion that may occur
Words in Bold must be given to score
FIRST HALF
1
Which book, along with Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley’s People
completes John Le Carre’s Smiley trilogy?
2
Which building in London was occupied by the BBC between 1940 & 2012
and became synonymous with broadcasts of the World Service?
3
What is the common name for the disease which has the scientific name
Infectious Mononucleosis?
Glandular Fever
4
Which 109 mile long national trail runs from Helmsley to Filey?
Cleveland Way
5
Which English king was nicknamed “Curtmantle” because of his habit of
wearing a short continental cloak?
Henry II
6
In cookery, the term Dubarry indicates that a dish is prepared with which
vegetable?
Cauliflower
7
Which poem begins with the line, “I must go down to the sea again”?
8
Which Guide Book does Michael Portillo use on his travels on the USA rail
network in his TV programmes?
9
The Treaty of Utrecht ended which 18th Century War?
10
Who led UKIP for just 18 days recently?
11
Antares is the brightest star in which zodiacal constellation?
Scorpio
12
To which family of birds do linnets belong?
Finches
13
What liquor is mixed with Cointreau to make a “Sidecar”?
Brandy
14
In which country are the volcanoes, Cotopaxi and Chimborazo to be
found?
Ecuador
15
What do the initials W H stand for in W H Auden?
16
The next Star Wars will be released later this year. What is the full title
going to be?
Star Wars VIII –
The Last Jedi
17
What was Churchill’s first cabinet position in 1908?
President of the
Board of Trade
18
Which American Car manufacturer Made the GTO, Le Mans and Trans
Am (among many other models)?
The Honorable
Schoolboy
Bush House
Sea Fever by John
Masefield
Appleton’s
War of Spanish
Succession
(1713)
Diane James
Wystan Hugh
Pontiac
Sett Valley Quiz League
23 February 2017
(Questions set by The White Lion)
Any explanations are in Italics and are only provided to resolve any differences of opinion that may occur
Words in Bold must be given to score
19
What criminal act or acts were the subject of the Brabins Enquiry
published in 1966?
The murders at 10
RIllington Place
(accept Christie murders)
The Lady and the
Tramp
20
La Dama y el Vagabundo is the Spanish title of which cartoon?
21
Durovernum was the Roman name for which city?
22
Who followed Hugh Gaitskill as leader of the Labour Party?
Harold Wilson
23
Whisky Galore” was based on the real wreck of which ship?
(Cabinet Minister was the
name given to the ship by
Compton Mackenzie)
24
After being squirted by Sooty’s water-pistol, which famous dog trainer
stormed off the show?
25
What is the capital of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan?
26
What do we get from the tree “Quercus Suber”?
27
Sb is the symbol for which element?
28
Its historical accuracy has been questioned, but according to the label on
the bottle, in which decade of the 19th century was the Jack Daniel’s
distillery established in Lynchburg, Tennessee?
Canterbury
SS Politician
Barbara
Woodhouse
Regina
Cork
Antimony
1860’s
(1866)
E
29
Which letter completes the sequence E, A, D, G, B ….?
30
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?
(They are the
conventional notes to
which guitar string are
tuned)
A Prefect Number
First Half Spares
Mata Hari
1
By what name was Margaretha Zelle, better known?
2
By what name is Hansen’s disease better known?
3
What is the main instrument played by the jazz musician Jan Gabarek
Saxophone
4
Phylloquinone is an alternative name for which vitamin?
Vitamin K1
Leprosy
(accept K)
Sett Valley Quiz League
23 February 2017
(Questions set by The White Lion)
Any explanations are in Italics and are only provided to resolve any differences of opinion that may occur
Words in Bold must be given to score
SECOND HALF
Who directed the critically acclaimed film, “La La Land”?
Damien Chazelle
32
What would be the profession of someone with LRCVS after their name?
(Licentiate of the Royal
College of Veterinary
Surgeons)
33
Who took on the role of Leader of the Labour party immediately after the
death of John Smith?
34
What have the elements Iodine, Phosphorus, Sulphur, and Uranium,
amongst others got in common?
35
What is produced from the “Cinchona” tree?
Quinine
36
Of which Canadian province is Edmonton the capital?
Alberta
37
In which ship did Scott sail to the ill-fated South Pole Expedition?
38
On which Scottish island will Torabhaig become the second distillery when
it opens in the summer of 2017?
39
Who was Radio 1’s first female DJ?
40
What was the Roman name of St Albans?
41
How many spaces are there in a standard grid for the game Connect 4?
42
Which 1966 disaster was investigated by Sir Herbert Edmund Davies?
43
What was the main instrument played by the jazz musician and
bandleader Buddy Rich?
44
Which politician introduced the 30 mph limit in built-up areas and the
driving test?
31
Vet
Margaret Beckett
(until the election of Tony
Blair)
Their symbol, is a
Single Letter
Terra Nova
Skye
Anne (accept
Annie) Nightingale
Verulamium
(do not accept
Verulanium)
42
Aberfan
Drums
(accept Percussion)
Leslie HoareBelisha
45
What are Knucklehead, Flathead or Panhead?
Rocker-head
covers on a HarleyDavidson motorcycle
engine
46
What do the initials C S stand for in C S Lewis?
Clive Staples
47
Known also from the Wilye Cayote cartoons, to which family of birds does
the Roadrunner belong?
Cuckoo
Sett Valley Quiz League
23 February 2017
(Questions set by The White Lion)
Any explanations are in Italics and are only provided to resolve any differences of opinion that may occur
Words in Bold must be given to score
Angustura Bitters
48
What makes a Pink Gin pink?
49
To which family of birds does the Whitethroat belong?
Warblers
50
What is the brightest star in the Taurus constellation?
Aldebaran
51
Which English-born chemist was the first to study colour-blindness and
gave his name to the condition?
52
The Treaty of Portsmouth ended which 20th century war?
53
What nationality is shoe designer Jimmy Choo?
54
Which poem begins with the line, “The curfew tolls the knell of parting
day”?
55
Which lasagne-loving cat was the creation of cartoonist Jim Davis?
56
What was King John’s nickname, (but perhaps not to his face!)?
57
In a French Restaurant, what you be eating if you ordered Grenouilles?
58
What is the scientific name for Whooping Cough?
59
Until the collapse of its spire in 1548, which English cathedral had, for 237
years been, the tallest building in the world?
60
Which Dickens’ novel features John Jasper, Rosa Bud and Neville
Landless?
John Dalton
Russo-Japanese
War (1905)
Malaysian
Elegy Written in a
Country Graveyard
by Thomas Gray
Garfield
Lackland
(accept “SoftSword”
which applied after 1204)
Frog’s Legs
Pertussis
Lincoln
The Mystery of
Edwin Drood
SECOND HALF SPARES
1
Which African country's red flag bears a green pentagram representing the
Seal of Solomon?
2
In Portuguese cuisine the meat from which bird is called Pato?
3
Retinol is an alternative name for which vitamin?
Vitamin A
4
What objects are collected by a tegestologist?
Beermats
Morocco
Duck