Remembrance of President's Cup Friendlies Past
It is a Sunday off from President's Cup, but here's a friendly I wrote from this season anyway. It was the hardest I have set so far, with a now infamous embroidery pair. This is how Stainer summed it up since I was away at Camber Sands 'enjoying' the delights of such artists as Jaga Jazzist, Diamanda Galas, Damo Suzuki and The Mars Volta at the All Tomorrow's Parties music festival: "Scores 27-23 in your game. Too hard and missing several questions!" Whoops, this has since been rectified, of course.
President's Cup, 'just for fun, he says' friendly quiz 4/12/05
Round 1
1a Tony Meehan, who died in November of head injuries sustained in a fall, was the drummer for which chart-topping band of the 1960s?
THE SHADOWS
1b In the X-Men films and comics, which character's real name is Logan?
WOLVERINE
2a Which Mitford sister wrote the investigation into the funeral business that was 1963's The American Way of Death?
JESSICA
2b Which Mitford sister married the British fascist leader Oswald Mosley?
DIANA
3a In 1999, the Chechen warlords Shamil Basayev and Khattab launched an armed rebellion in which republic of the Russian Federation that has Makhachkala for its capital?
DAGHESTAN
3b Jim Capaldi, who died in January of stomach cancer, was the drummer for which chart-topping band of the 1960s?
TRAFFIC
4a In the X-Men films and comics, which character's real name is Eric Lensherr?
MAGNETO
4b In which Republic of the Russian Federation, home to refugee camps created by the Chechnyan war, has Magas for its capital and has Mount Stolovaya as its highest point? INGUSHETIA
Round 2
1a How many grains go into a scruple?
20
1b How many yards are there in a chain?
22
2a Which French Romantic composer is known for his Grande Messe des morts Requiem of 1837, with its requirements for resources such as four antiphonal brass choirs?
HECTOR BERLIOZ
2b Which German Romantic composer is known for his large choral work of 1868, A German Requiem?
JOHANNES BRAHMS
3a The industrial chemical Downs process manufactures which element?
SODIUM
3b Which son of Oedipus united the Seven Against Thebes in an attempt to recover his native city from his younger brother Eteocles?
POLYNICES
4a The Seven Against Thebes came from which city, whose name sounds like a many-eyed mythical giant?
ARGOS
4b The Deacon process produces which chemical element?
CHLORINE
Round 3
1a Which figure of the American West was shot in the back by Jack McCall on August 2, 1876? WILD BILL HICKOK or JAMES BUTLER HICKOK
1b Wild Bill Hickok was killed in Deadwood, then part of Indian territory. In which US state is Deadwood?
SOUTH DAKOTA
2a Haruo Nakajima is famous in the movie world for playing which monster twelve times? GODZILLA
2b Which peak in the Peruvian Andes is the setting for the events of the Joe Simpson book Touching the Void?
SIULA GRANDE
3a What handicraft can be described as "free" or "counted-thread" in a classification system that divides styles according to the relationship of stitch placement to the fabric?
EMBROIDERY
3b Name either of the styles of the system that classifies embroidery according to whether the design is stitched on top of or through the foundation fabric.
SURFACE EMBROIDERY or CANVAS WORK
4a What extinct volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes is the point on the earth's surface that is furthest from the centre?
MOUNT CHIMBORAZO
4b The Englishman Doug Bradley has played which pale horror movie villain and angel of suffering, who was originally created by novelist Clive Barker, eight times?
PINHEAD
Round 4
1a Abnormal smoothness of the tongue is a sign of deficiency of which B complex vitamin that prevents pernicious anaemia?
B12 or CYANOCOBALAMIN
1b German coach Raimund Bethge suffered multiple head injuries when he was hit at high speed during training in the Alpine village of Cesana this week. What is his Winter Olympic sport?
BOBSLEIGH
2a There is only one body of water in the Lake District national park with the word Lake in it. What is it called?
BASSENTHWAITE LAKE
2b Which Prime Minister's first constituency was Oldham from 1900-1906 and his last Woodford?
WINSTON CHURCHILL
3a Which Prime Minister began as a Tory MP for Newark from 1832-1845 before finishing in Midlothian from 1880-1895?
WILLIAM GLADSTONE
3b Tryptophan can be converted to which B complex vitamin whose deficiency causes pellagra?
B3 or NIACIN
4a The German luge coach Sepp Lenz was also hit and seriously injured and lost his left leg below the knee in the run up to which year's Winter Olympics?
1994 or LILLEHAMMER
4b The twin of Crummock Water, what 2 km long by 500m wide lake in the northwestern sector of the Lake District is situated towards the head of the valley of the river Cocker and is surrounded by fells such as the High Stile range to the southeast and Robinson to the north?
BUTTERMERE
Round 5
1a Which Polish footballer, who later joined Juventus, scored a hat trick in a second phase match of the 1982 World Cup against Belguim but missed the semi-final against Italy due to suspension?
ZBIGNIEW 'ZIBI' BONIEK
1b Which Star Trek actor, who recently announced he was gay, wrote the autobiography To the Stars?
GEORGE TAKEI
2a Formed in 1965, which British band with a one-word moniker were originally called Garden Wall, but were renamed two years later by Jonathan King?
GENESIS
2b Which USSR and Dynamo Kiev player beat Gary Lineker to the European Footballer of the Year award in 1986 and also scored a hat trick in the same year's World Cup against Belguim?
IGOR BELANOV
3a Which English novelist wrote the Sword of Honour trilogy?
EVELYN WAUGH
3b Which American novelist wrote the Foundation Trilogy?
ISAAC ASIMOV
4a What name did Leonard Nimoy give to the sequel to his autobiography I Am Not Spock?
I AM SPOCK
4b Formed in 1969, which British group with a two-word moniker were named by an agent from the Apple record company as a pun on their colour and style?
HOT CHOCOLATE
Round 6
1a The Sally Lunn cake was named after a legendary lady from which city?
BATH
1b In ballet, what term describes a leap from one foot to another?
JETE
2a Sayuri Nitta is the title character of which Arthur Golden novel and forthcoming film?
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
2b What Northumberland fruit loaf gets its name from the sound it makes as it cooks?
SINGIN' HINNY
3a In a British place name what does the suffix 'dean' mean?
WOODED VALE
3b Jonathan Safran Foer is the lead character of which Jonathan Safran Foer novel and recent movie release?
EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED
4a In ballet, what term describes a leap while striking heels together?
ENTRECHAT
4b In a British place name what does the suffix 'holme' mean?
RIVER ISLAND
Round 7
1a Which Indian scored 175 against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup after his side had slumped to 17 for 5, and which was the first ever century scored by an Indian in one day cricket?
KAPIL DEV
1b In Ambrose Bierce's book The Devil's Dictionary what was defined as "one skilled in circumvention of the law"?
LAWYER
2a Which TV sci-fi series began with the brainwashed freedom fighter hero being placed on a Federation ship destined for the prison planet Cygnus Alpha?
BLAKE'S 7
2b Who played Roj Blake in Blake's 7?
GARETH THOMAS
3a In The Devil's Dictionary, what is defined as "the state or condition of a community, consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two"?
MARRIAGE
3b Robert de Mellent, 1st Earl of Gloucester and a prominent royal bastard, was the son of which Angevin King?
HENRY I
4a Charles and James Beauclerk were two of the nine bastards of which King, who was succeeded by his brother?
CHARLES II
4b Which Zimbabwe player scored 69 not out and took 4 for 42 in their shock victory over Australia by 13 runs at the 1983 World Cup?
DUNCAN FLETCHER
Round 8
1a What US state gives its name to a cockail that is three parts gin and one part yellow Chartreuse?
ALASKA
1b Which north African country's flag is red with a green pentagram representing the Seal of Solomon in the centre?
MOROCCO
2a Built in AD 312, what triumphal arch in Rome commemorates an emperor's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge?
ARCH OF CONSTANTINE
2b Built after the titular emperor's death in 81 AD, which triumphal arch in Rome commemorates his and Vespasian's conquest of Jerusalem?
ARCH OF TITUS
3a Announced in December 2002, who has headed up the Pensions Commission and given his name to the resulting report?
SIR ADAIR TURNER
3b What American heavyweight champion's surname is a cocktail comprising calvados, gin, Pernod and grenadine?
DEMPSEY
4a Which north African country's flag has horizontal bands of red, white and black, with an eagle in the centre?
EGYPT
4b The Turner Report has recommended that the state retirement age be increased to what?
68
Spares
1 Which German composed the operas Armide and Orfeo ed Euridice?
CHRISTOPHER WILLIBALD GLUCK
2 What is the name of George Orwell's memoir of the Spanish Civil War?
HOMAGE TO CATALONIA
3 Priests in which religion are called houngans or mambos?
VOODOO
4 The village of Adamstown is the capital of which Pacific island?
PITCAIRN
5 Which act of 1534 recognised Henry VIII as head of the church of England?
ACT OF SUPREMACY
President's Cup, 'just for fun, he says' friendly quiz 4/12/05
Round 1
1a Tony Meehan, who died in November of head injuries sustained in a fall, was the drummer for which chart-topping band of the 1960s?
THE SHADOWS
1b In the X-Men films and comics, which character's real name is Logan?
WOLVERINE
2a Which Mitford sister wrote the investigation into the funeral business that was 1963's The American Way of Death?
JESSICA
2b Which Mitford sister married the British fascist leader Oswald Mosley?
DIANA
3a In 1999, the Chechen warlords Shamil Basayev and Khattab launched an armed rebellion in which republic of the Russian Federation that has Makhachkala for its capital?
DAGHESTAN
3b Jim Capaldi, who died in January of stomach cancer, was the drummer for which chart-topping band of the 1960s?
TRAFFIC
4a In the X-Men films and comics, which character's real name is Eric Lensherr?
MAGNETO
4b In which Republic of the Russian Federation, home to refugee camps created by the Chechnyan war, has Magas for its capital and has Mount Stolovaya as its highest point? INGUSHETIA
Round 2
1a How many grains go into a scruple?
20
1b How many yards are there in a chain?
22
2a Which French Romantic composer is known for his Grande Messe des morts Requiem of 1837, with its requirements for resources such as four antiphonal brass choirs?
HECTOR BERLIOZ
2b Which German Romantic composer is known for his large choral work of 1868, A German Requiem?
JOHANNES BRAHMS
3a The industrial chemical Downs process manufactures which element?
SODIUM
3b Which son of Oedipus united the Seven Against Thebes in an attempt to recover his native city from his younger brother Eteocles?
POLYNICES
4a The Seven Against Thebes came from which city, whose name sounds like a many-eyed mythical giant?
ARGOS
4b The Deacon process produces which chemical element?
CHLORINE
Round 3
1a Which figure of the American West was shot in the back by Jack McCall on August 2, 1876? WILD BILL HICKOK or JAMES BUTLER HICKOK
1b Wild Bill Hickok was killed in Deadwood, then part of Indian territory. In which US state is Deadwood?
SOUTH DAKOTA
2a Haruo Nakajima is famous in the movie world for playing which monster twelve times? GODZILLA
2b Which peak in the Peruvian Andes is the setting for the events of the Joe Simpson book Touching the Void?
SIULA GRANDE
3a What handicraft can be described as "free" or "counted-thread" in a classification system that divides styles according to the relationship of stitch placement to the fabric?
EMBROIDERY
3b Name either of the styles of the system that classifies embroidery according to whether the design is stitched on top of or through the foundation fabric.
SURFACE EMBROIDERY or CANVAS WORK
4a What extinct volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes is the point on the earth's surface that is furthest from the centre?
MOUNT CHIMBORAZO
4b The Englishman Doug Bradley has played which pale horror movie villain and angel of suffering, who was originally created by novelist Clive Barker, eight times?
PINHEAD
Round 4
1a Abnormal smoothness of the tongue is a sign of deficiency of which B complex vitamin that prevents pernicious anaemia?
B12 or CYANOCOBALAMIN
1b German coach Raimund Bethge suffered multiple head injuries when he was hit at high speed during training in the Alpine village of Cesana this week. What is his Winter Olympic sport?
BOBSLEIGH
2a There is only one body of water in the Lake District national park with the word Lake in it. What is it called?
BASSENTHWAITE LAKE
2b Which Prime Minister's first constituency was Oldham from 1900-1906 and his last Woodford?
WINSTON CHURCHILL
3a Which Prime Minister began as a Tory MP for Newark from 1832-1845 before finishing in Midlothian from 1880-1895?
WILLIAM GLADSTONE
3b Tryptophan can be converted to which B complex vitamin whose deficiency causes pellagra?
B3 or NIACIN
4a The German luge coach Sepp Lenz was also hit and seriously injured and lost his left leg below the knee in the run up to which year's Winter Olympics?
1994 or LILLEHAMMER
4b The twin of Crummock Water, what 2 km long by 500m wide lake in the northwestern sector of the Lake District is situated towards the head of the valley of the river Cocker and is surrounded by fells such as the High Stile range to the southeast and Robinson to the north?
BUTTERMERE
Round 5
1a Which Polish footballer, who later joined Juventus, scored a hat trick in a second phase match of the 1982 World Cup against Belguim but missed the semi-final against Italy due to suspension?
ZBIGNIEW 'ZIBI' BONIEK
1b Which Star Trek actor, who recently announced he was gay, wrote the autobiography To the Stars?
GEORGE TAKEI
2a Formed in 1965, which British band with a one-word moniker were originally called Garden Wall, but were renamed two years later by Jonathan King?
GENESIS
2b Which USSR and Dynamo Kiev player beat Gary Lineker to the European Footballer of the Year award in 1986 and also scored a hat trick in the same year's World Cup against Belguim?
IGOR BELANOV
3a Which English novelist wrote the Sword of Honour trilogy?
EVELYN WAUGH
3b Which American novelist wrote the Foundation Trilogy?
ISAAC ASIMOV
4a What name did Leonard Nimoy give to the sequel to his autobiography I Am Not Spock?
I AM SPOCK
4b Formed in 1969, which British group with a two-word moniker were named by an agent from the Apple record company as a pun on their colour and style?
HOT CHOCOLATE
Round 6
1a The Sally Lunn cake was named after a legendary lady from which city?
BATH
1b In ballet, what term describes a leap from one foot to another?
JETE
2a Sayuri Nitta is the title character of which Arthur Golden novel and forthcoming film?
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
2b What Northumberland fruit loaf gets its name from the sound it makes as it cooks?
SINGIN' HINNY
3a In a British place name what does the suffix 'dean' mean?
WOODED VALE
3b Jonathan Safran Foer is the lead character of which Jonathan Safran Foer novel and recent movie release?
EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED
4a In ballet, what term describes a leap while striking heels together?
ENTRECHAT
4b In a British place name what does the suffix 'holme' mean?
RIVER ISLAND
Round 7
1a Which Indian scored 175 against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup after his side had slumped to 17 for 5, and which was the first ever century scored by an Indian in one day cricket?
KAPIL DEV
1b In Ambrose Bierce's book The Devil's Dictionary what was defined as "one skilled in circumvention of the law"?
LAWYER
2a Which TV sci-fi series began with the brainwashed freedom fighter hero being placed on a Federation ship destined for the prison planet Cygnus Alpha?
BLAKE'S 7
2b Who played Roj Blake in Blake's 7?
GARETH THOMAS
3a In The Devil's Dictionary, what is defined as "the state or condition of a community, consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two"?
MARRIAGE
3b Robert de Mellent, 1st Earl of Gloucester and a prominent royal bastard, was the son of which Angevin King?
HENRY I
4a Charles and James Beauclerk were two of the nine bastards of which King, who was succeeded by his brother?
CHARLES II
4b Which Zimbabwe player scored 69 not out and took 4 for 42 in their shock victory over Australia by 13 runs at the 1983 World Cup?
DUNCAN FLETCHER
Round 8
1a What US state gives its name to a cockail that is three parts gin and one part yellow Chartreuse?
ALASKA
1b Which north African country's flag is red with a green pentagram representing the Seal of Solomon in the centre?
MOROCCO
2a Built in AD 312, what triumphal arch in Rome commemorates an emperor's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge?
ARCH OF CONSTANTINE
2b Built after the titular emperor's death in 81 AD, which triumphal arch in Rome commemorates his and Vespasian's conquest of Jerusalem?
ARCH OF TITUS
3a Announced in December 2002, who has headed up the Pensions Commission and given his name to the resulting report?
SIR ADAIR TURNER
3b What American heavyweight champion's surname is a cocktail comprising calvados, gin, Pernod and grenadine?
DEMPSEY
4a Which north African country's flag has horizontal bands of red, white and black, with an eagle in the centre?
EGYPT
4b The Turner Report has recommended that the state retirement age be increased to what?
68
Spares
1 Which German composed the operas Armide and Orfeo ed Euridice?
CHRISTOPHER WILLIBALD GLUCK
2 What is the name of George Orwell's memoir of the Spanish Civil War?
HOMAGE TO CATALONIA
3 Priests in which religion are called houngans or mambos?
VOODOO
4 The village of Adamstown is the capital of which Pacific island?
PITCAIRN
5 Which act of 1534 recognised Henry VIII as head of the church of England?
ACT OF SUPREMACY
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