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LANCASTER CITY QUIZ LEAGUE: 11 th Feb 2019 Quiz set by George & Dragon B Required answers are in Bold type. The printing is double sided and, for ease each round occupies one side Round 5 is a picture round Most of our team have never set a quiz before and for those who have it was more than ten years ago. We hope that you enjoy it and… go easy on us! Round 1 - General 1a Which European country, in its own language, is called Suomi? Finland 1b Which European country, in its own language, is called Shqiperia? Albania 2a Which language, in that language, is called Euskara? Basque 2b In which country are Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo the main languages (along with nearly 500 others)? Nigeria 3a What is the name of the second fictional place visited by Gulliver in Gulliver's Travels, a land populated by giants? Brobdingnag (accept Brobdingrag) 3b Who was the shortest-serving UK Prime Minister of the 20th century, serving only 210 days in 1922-23? Andrew Bonar Law 4a The Taj Mahal has been in the news lately because it is crumbling. Which celebrated Indian poet, described the building as “a tear of marble on the cheek of time”. Rabindranath Tagore 4b In November 2018, New Caledonia held an independence referendum at which a majority voted against independence. From which country were they voting to become independent? France Spare Launched in February 2018 by SpaceX, what is the name of the rocket which is the most powerful in the world by a factor of two? Falcon Heavy

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LANCASTER CITY QUIZ LEAGUE: 11th Feb 2019

Quiz set by George & Dragon B

Required answers are in Bold type. The printing is double sided and, for ease each round occupies one side

Round 5 is a picture round

Most of our team have never set a quiz before and for those who have it was more than ten years ago. We hope that you enjoy it and… go easy on us!

Round 1 - General

1a Which European country, in its own language, is called

Suomi? Finland

1b Which European country, in its own language, is called Shqiperia?

Albania

2a Which language, in that language, is called Euskara? Basque

2b In which country are Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo the main languages (along with nearly 500 others)?

Nigeria

3a What is the name of the second fictional place visited by Gulliver in Gulliver's Travels, a land populated by giants?

Brobdingnag (accept Brobdingrag)

3b Who was the shortest-serving UK Prime Minister of the 20th century, serving only 210 days in 1922-23?

Andrew Bonar Law

4a The Taj Mahal has been in the news lately because it is crumbling. Which celebrated Indian poet, described the building as “a tear of marble on the cheek of time”.

Rabindranath Tagore

4b In November 2018, New Caledonia held an independence referendum at which a majority voted against independence. From which country were they voting to become independent?

France

Spare Launched in February 2018 by SpaceX, what is the name of the rocket which is the most powerful in the world by a factor of two?

Falcon Heavy

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Round 2 - Islands of the World

All questions refer to islands, groups of islands, or places on islands.

1a What foody name did Captain Cook give to Hawaii in 1778?

The Sandwich Islands

1b Which uninhabited island, part of a British Overseas Territory, was in the news recently because oversized mice there are threatening a variety of albatross with extinction?

Gough Island

2a Which town (population about 71,000) on the Argentinian island of Tierra del Fuego, is generally regarded as the most southerly city in the world?

Ushuaia

2b You might know the place-name from the bike-rack firm, or from an object space, but on which island would you find Thule, one of the northernmost towns in the world?

Greenland

3a Which island in the Indian Ocean, with a population of about 900,000 and lying east of Madagascar and southwest of Mauritius, is an overseas department and region of France?

La Réunion

3b Stone Town is the name of the historic centre of which island city off the east coast of Africa.

Zanzibar

4a What is the name of the chain of islands extending from Alaska to the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia?

Aleutian Islands

4b Ny-Alesund is the northernmost settlement in the world with a permanent civilian population. On which Norwegian island would you find it?

Svalbard (accept Spitsbergen –name of largest island)

Spare Kisimul Castle is on a rock off Castlebay, the largest village on this Scottish Outer Hebridean island.

Barra

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Round 3 - Who said …?

A round on famous quotations, to inspire you.

1a Which American polymath said “Well done is better than well said”.

Benjamin Franklin

1b Which music and art celebrity said ‘The regret of my life is that I have not said “I love you” often enough’.

Yoko Ono

2a Which American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector said “Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping”.

Gertrude Stein

2b Which British journalist said ‘It has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it's not, it's a visa, and it runs out fast.’

Julie Burchill

3a Who said ‘It is raining. I am tempted to write a poem. But I remember what it said on one rejection slip: “After a heavy rainfall, poems titled Rain pour in from across the nation”.

Sylvia Plath

3b Which French poet, novelist, and dramatist said ‘Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent’.

Victor Hugo

4a You’ll see it all the time on motivational posters, but who said ‘Don’t count the days; make the days count.’

Muhammad Ali

4b Who said ‘When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said “Let us pray.” We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.’

Desmond Tutu

Spare Which US president said “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today”.

Abraham Lincoln

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Round 4 - The Beatles and Stones round

Each question is either Beatles or Rolling Stones related

1a What was the title of Keith Richards’ autobiography? Life

1b Who wrote Stone Alone (The Story Of A Rock 'n' Roll Band)

Bill Wyman

2a John Lennon once joked that Ringo wasn’t even the best drummer in the Beatles so when he went on holiday during the ‘White Album’ sessions who replaced him on drums?

Paul McCartney

2b What was the title of George Harrison’s first triple album? All Things Must Pass

3a Which guitarist replaced Brian Jones in the Rolling Stones?

Mick Taylor

3b For which song did Microsoft pay the Stones nearly $3million to use in the launch of Windows 95?

Start Me Up

4a ‘Eight Arms to Hold You’ was the working title of which Beatles film?

Help

4b Who directed the 2016 documentary about the Beatles touring years ’Eight Days A week’?

Ron Howard

Stones Spare

Which is the Rolling Stones biggest selling album? Sticky Fingers

Beatles Spare

Which American Beatles album had the infamous withdrawn butcher cover?

Yesterday And Today

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Round 5 – Picture Round Lancashire towns’ and cities’ coats of arms

1a Picture B The coat of arms itself contains a variety of clues to this town. It is one of two unitary authorities in Lancashire.

BLACKPOOL

1b Picture I The motto translates as ‘The rock will remain and the river will flow’, the river being the Ribble. The purple lions are taken from the arms of the de Lacy family who granted the town its Charter and there is another significant clue to the town’s identity on the coat of arms.

CLITHEROE

2a Picture A Three bees in flight, the bee being the emblem of perseverance and industry in keeping with the town’s motto of ‘Arte et Labore’ (through skill and hard work). The black wavy line represents the river Blakewater on the banks of which the town was built.

BLACKBURN

2b Picture H The galley provides a clue to this town which is believed to be the location of the lost Roman port of Portus Setantorium. The town boasts three lighthouses and was the first planned Victorian town.

FLEETWOOD

3a Picture D The motto was originally Beware but was changed in 1988 to Be Aware for this Lancashire market town whose wealth came primarily from the cotton industry. It is home to the largest Mormon temple in Europe.

CHORLEY

3b Picture G The united roses (red but with a white centre) were adopted to denote that a large portion of this town's population migrated here from Yorkshire. The boat refers to the old fishing industry,

MORECAMBE

4a Picture F On this coat of arms, the wheatsheaf alludes to the agriculture of the area, the battlements represent Greenhalgh Castle and the wavy lines, the River Wyre.

GARSTANG

4b Picture C The lamb is the Lamb of St Wilfred, the town’s patron saint and the letters PP are not what many would like it to be but ‘Princeps Pacis’ or Prince of Peace.

PRESTON

Spare Picture E The shuttle represents cotton spinning, and the cylinders and calico the industry of printing that material. The oak branch is allusive to the name: it is bent into the shape of its initial letter and the acorns recall the old form of the name, Akerenton.

ACCRINGTON

Spare Picture J Another coat of arms with the lions of the de Lacy family, this time supporting a the Stork of the Starkie family also prominent in the area. The stork stands on a hill surrounded by cotton plants. The motto ‘Hold to the Truth’ derives from the Towneleys.

BURNLEY

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Round 6 - Consorts

Name the Queens of the following Kings of England Only the names in bold are required

1a Edward II

ISABELLA of France

1b Henry V CATHERINE de Valois

2a Henry II ELEANOR of Aquitaine

2b Edward III PHILLIPA of Hainault

3a Henry VI MARGARET of Anjou

3b James I

ANNE of Denmark

4a Charles I HENRIETTA MARIA of France

4b George III CHARLOTTE of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Spare Edward VII ALEXANDRA of Denmark

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Round 7 - It’s a crime against…

A round about Crime Fiction

1a In which novel did Charles Dickens introduce the fictional Inspector Bucket?

Bleak House

1b The murders in Rue Morgue introduced the eccentric detective C. Auguste Dupin but who wrote the book?

Edgar Allan Poe

2a Name the author whose crime novels feature Logan McCrae and are set around Aberdeen?

Stuart MacBride

2b Which author has written books based in Oslo and featuring detective Harry Hole?

Jo Nesbo

3a Name the character played by Jodie Foster in the film adaptation of Silence of the lambs by Thomas Harris.

Clarice Starling

3b Name the character created by Lee Child and portrayed by Tom Cruise in film?

Jack Reacher

4a The novel ‘In Cold Blood’ written in 1965 is often credited with establishing the true crime genre. Who was the author?

Truman Capote

4b In ‘The Stranger beside me’, this author describes a personal relationship with a co-worker whom she later realises is a serial killer- Ted Bundy. What is her name?

Ann Rule

Spare The primary character in the novels of Michael Connelly shares his name with a famous Dutch painter of the 15th and 16th century. What is his name?

Hieronymous Bosch

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Round 8

General 1a Which country is home to the winner of the ‘2018 Forbes

list of Best restaurants in the World’ Italy

1b Which city has the most Michelin starred restaurants (at December 2018)?

Tokyo

2a In the American west, what name is given to a wild or half tamed horse?

Bronco

2b Name the American horse breed which excels at sprinting short distances and is frequently used in rodeos and on ranches in the US.

Quarter Horse

3a Give any year during which Joan of Arc was alive. Any from 1412 to 1431 inclusive

3b Give any year during which Robert the Bruce was alive. Any from 1274 to 1329 inclusive

4a Which chemical element has the highest density? Osmium 4b Spelter, often used to make statues, tableware and lamps

that resemble bronze, is a soft and easily breakable alloy of which metal?

Zinc

Spare Which country was devastated by the world’s largest recorded earthquake on May 22nd 1960?

Chile

Spare Which volcano which erupted in 1815, was the largest eruption in the last 10,000 years?

Tambora, Indonesia