Something for President's Cup Day
Should have posted back in 2006, but I didn't. Blame the sloth.
It was played against the Mastermind club. We didn't lose. We drew! Er, after blowing a substantial 7-point lead. I won't speak any more about or rue this complete shambles ... concentration and Sunday afternoon issues etc.
Also, I made the dreadful booboo of claiming that Audi is a French and not German car company. I have always laboured under this misconception since Audi is a very French sounding word. Despite all those sodding "vorsprung durch technik" ads, which I thought were another car company. You see, adverts just make my brain go haywire. When I was a kid I used to be scared silly by those Maxell tape adverts. Everything looked so big and ominous in those days. Everything.
Back to Prez Cup progress: we have since blown a lead against Beds and Herts, losing by two points. We just love conspiring to capitulate at the very last moment. It makes us stronger and more generous people.
Today, we will do the same against London. It is inevitable. It is our destiny.
President's Cup Friendly 10/12/06
Round 1
1a Members of the Cypriot national guard overthrew which cleric and president of Cyprus on July 15, 1974?
Archbishop MAKARIOS III
1b Which comic strip detective first appeared in the Chicago Tribune on October 4, 1931?
DICK TRACY
2a Which Briton became the first woman to fly round the world solo in 1971 and was also the first woman to pilot a plane over the North Pole?
SHEILA SCOTT
2b Author of such non-fiction works as Come Hell or High Water, which Briton became the first woman to sail solo across the Atlantic in 1973?
CLARE FRANCIS
3a Charles Strite invented which common kitchen device in 1927?
POP UP TOASTER
3b Which Saudi Arabian king was assassinated on March 15, 1975?
FAISAL ibn Abd-al-Aziz
4a Which famous sidekick first appeared in issue 38 of Detective Comics in April 1940?
ROBIN
4b Often found in kitchens, what device was invented by Alva J Fisher in 1906?
ELECTRIC WASHING MACHINE
Round 2
1a With 12 medals including nine golds won between 1920-1928, which man is the top medal winner of all time at the Summer Olympics in athletics events?
PAAVO NURMI
1b Matt Willis, winner of the last series of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, is a former member of which chart-topping three-piece guitar boy band?
BUSTED
2a What number is a fresh breeze on the Beaufort Scale?
FIVE (29-38km/h)
2b With a haul of 18 medals including nine golds won between 1956 and 1964, which Soviet gymnast is the biggest medal winner of all time at the Summer Olympics?
LARISSA LATYNINA
3a Which planet in our solar system has a diameter of 51,118 km?
URANUS
3b Which planet in our solar system has a diameter of 12,103.6 km?
VENUS
4a Which American I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here contestant claimed to have a maid called Vaginica Seaman?
DAVID GEST
4b What number is a gale on the Beaufort Scale?
EIGHT (62-74 km/h)
Round 3
1a What programme is broadcast weekdays on Radio 4 at 5.43 am?
PRAYER FOR THE DAY
1b What programme is broadcast weekdays on Radio 4 at 5.45 am?
FARMING TODAY
2a Commonly called fat tissue, what type of connective tissue in verterbrates serves as an energy reserve and acts as padding for some organs?
ADIPOSE tissue
2b Concerning a young man and is love for a dying courtesan, which opera sees the eponymous heroine sing the aria "Sempre libra"?
LA TRAVIATA
3a Sharing his name with the chief baddy in High Noon, which American comic book writer is known for his dark reinterpretations of Batman and Daredevil and also for creating the Sin City series?
FRANK MILLER
3b A film adaptation of Miller's book about the 480BC Battle of Thermopylae is due out next spring. Referring to the number of Spartans who defended the titular mountain pass, what is it called?
300
4a Which opera features Leporello's Catalogue Aria, also known as Madamina and which features the refrain "Ma, in Ispagna, son gia mille a tre!"?
DON GIOVANNI
4b Found in all but the very simplest animals, what is the fluid-filled cavity that separates the body wall from the gut and associated organs?
COELUM
Round 4
1a Which Renaissance artist's key works include the Madonna of the Goldfinch in the Uffizi, the portrait of Leo X in the Pitti Palace and the murals in Rome's Stanza della Segnatura?
RAPHAEL
1b Which German car company is due to bring out the £75,000 R8 this summer?
AUDI
2a Derived from the French "to cut", what word describes a thicket of small trees or shrubs?
COPSE
2b Living from 1711 to 1776, which Scottish philosopher's best known works are his Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding and its simplified version An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding and A Treatise of Human Nature?
DAVID HUME
3a Living from 1646 to 1716, which German philosopher's best known works are Monadology, Principles of Nature and of Grace and Theodicy?
GOTTFRIED LEIBNIZ
3b Derived from a word that originally meant "bright", what word describes a clearing in a forest where the sunlight shines down between tall trees?
GLADE
4a Called "the Japanese Mercedes" by Alan Partridge, which car company has produced the LS600 model?
LEXUS
4b Which Renaissance artist's key works include The Holy Trinity with the Virgin, St John and Donors in Florence's Santa Maria Novella and The Expulsion from Paradise and The Tribute Money in the Brancacci Chapel in Santa Maria del Carmine, also in Florence?
MASACCIO
Round 5
1a Weighing up to 1.5 kg each, by what Italian name is the mushroom ceps also known?
PORCINI
1b For which rugby union side do England internationals do Andy Goode and Julian White play?
LEICESTER
2a 55-year-old Nadia Eweida recently got into trouble with her employers for wearing what?
A CRUCIFIX
2b And for which company was she working?
BRITISH AIRWAYS
3a For which rugby union club do the England internationals Mark Cueto and Chris Jones play?
SALE SHARKS
3b Sharing its name with a variety of cultivated tomato, which bloody looking speciality mushroom was popularised by Antony Worrall Thompson and grows on oak trees?
BEEFSTEAK
4a In which year did the Battle of the Little Big Horn take place?
1876
4b Which regiment did General Custer lead at the Battle of the Little Big Horn?
7TH CAVALRY
Round 6
1a At which London venue did the first international football match, played between England and Scotland, take place in 1870?
KENNINGTON OVAL
1b At 106m high, the world's tallest example of which structure is found in Yamashita Park in Yokohama?
LIGHTHOUSE
2a One of the five pillars of Islam, sawm is concerned with which ritual?
FASTING BETWEEN DAWN AND DUSK DURING RAMADAN
2b Taking place in 1904, name either of the teams that played in the first international football match to take place outside Britain.
FRANCE or BELGIUM
3a Completed in 1858, which 49m tall lighthouse off the Scilly Isles is located on what the Guinness Book of Records has listed as the smallest island in the world?
BISHOP ROCK
3b The pillar of Islam known as zakat is concerned with what act?
GIVING ALMS TO THE POOR
4a Based on a JG Ballard novel, which controversial David Cronenberg film of 1996 was banned from sale or theatrical exhibition within the city of Westminster?
CRASH
4b Based on an Aldous Huxley book, which controversial film of 1971 was described by its director Ken Russell as a depiction of blasphemy and not blasphemy itself?
THE DEVILS
Round 7
1a In which country can you go boating on Lake Bled, go white water rafting on the rapids of the Soca River and visit Predjama Castle?
SLOVENIA
1b Which fictional detective's first appearance was as a supporting character in 1929 novel The Crime at Black Dudley?
ALBERT CAMPION
2a The Clio is a statuette awarded annually in America for outstanding achievement in which field?
ADVERTISING or COMMERCIALS
2b The Donald E. Knuth Prize is an award for outstanding contributions to the foundation of which field of study?
COMPUTER SCIENCE
3a Which fictional detective made his first appearance in the 1977 novel A Morbid Taste for Bones?
CADFAEL
3b Which Italian scholar succeeded Lanfranc as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1093?
ST ANSELM
4a Which Saxon Archbishop of York crowned William the Conqueror King of England?
ALDRED
4b In which country can you find Europe's only virgin beech forest at the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, see mummified monks at the Caves Monastery and marvel at the domes of St Sophia Cathedral?
UKRAINE
Round 8
1a Slide Mountain is the highest point in which American mountain range?
CATSKILLS
1b Abba had three number ones in 1976, including Mamma Mia and Dancing Queen. What was the other?
FERNANDO
2a Which elementary particle was discovered by Clyde Cowan and Fred Reines in 1956?
NEUTRINO
2b Mount Marcy is the highest peak in which US mountain range?
ADIRONDACKS
3a Slade had three number ones in 1973. They included Cum On Feel the Noize and Merry Xmas Everybody. What was the other?
SKWEEZE ME PLEEZE ME
3b Finty Williams is the daughter of which British actress Dame?
JUDI DENCH
4a Sharman Macdonald is the mother of which young British actress?
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY
4b Murray Gell-Mann and George Zweig discovered which elementary particle in 1964?
QUARK
Spares
1 Belvedere and Grey Goose are upmarket brands of which drink?
VODKA
2 In the Vedas, who is the Hindu thunder god of battle?
INDRA
3 In which 1969 British film does a civil servant called Graham Merrill, who is played by Bill Travers, take his pet otter Mij to the Scottish Highlands?
RING OF BRIGHT WATER
4 Which spouse linked Peter Sellers and Sir David Frost?
LYNNE FREDERICK
5 What are the real first two names of new West Ham United manager Alan Curbishley?
LLEWELLYN CHARLES
6 Which well known British sports company takes its name from an Earl named Hugh Cecil Crowther?
LONSDALE
7 Who was the first woman to be chosen as Time magazine's Person of the Year?
WALLIS SIMPSON in 1936
8 Which bearded 36-year-old boxer is nicknamed the Battersea Bomber?
HOWARD EASTMAN
9 Which fashion designer and member of the Italian Olympic ski team in 1934, opened a couture house on the Isle of Capri in 1950 and became an Italian MP in 1965?
EMILIO PUCCI
10 Francis Pettit Smith, a Kent farmer, invented which ship engine part in 1835?
SCREW PROPELLER
It was played against the Mastermind club. We didn't lose. We drew! Er, after blowing a substantial 7-point lead. I won't speak any more about or rue this complete shambles ... concentration and Sunday afternoon issues etc.
Also, I made the dreadful booboo of claiming that Audi is a French and not German car company. I have always laboured under this misconception since Audi is a very French sounding word. Despite all those sodding "vorsprung durch technik" ads, which I thought were another car company. You see, adverts just make my brain go haywire. When I was a kid I used to be scared silly by those Maxell tape adverts. Everything looked so big and ominous in those days. Everything.
Back to Prez Cup progress: we have since blown a lead against Beds and Herts, losing by two points. We just love conspiring to capitulate at the very last moment. It makes us stronger and more generous people.
Today, we will do the same against London. It is inevitable. It is our destiny.
President's Cup Friendly 10/12/06
Round 1
1a Members of the Cypriot national guard overthrew which cleric and president of Cyprus on July 15, 1974?
Archbishop MAKARIOS III
1b Which comic strip detective first appeared in the Chicago Tribune on October 4, 1931?
DICK TRACY
2a Which Briton became the first woman to fly round the world solo in 1971 and was also the first woman to pilot a plane over the North Pole?
SHEILA SCOTT
2b Author of such non-fiction works as Come Hell or High Water, which Briton became the first woman to sail solo across the Atlantic in 1973?
CLARE FRANCIS
3a Charles Strite invented which common kitchen device in 1927?
POP UP TOASTER
3b Which Saudi Arabian king was assassinated on March 15, 1975?
FAISAL ibn Abd-al-Aziz
4a Which famous sidekick first appeared in issue 38 of Detective Comics in April 1940?
ROBIN
4b Often found in kitchens, what device was invented by Alva J Fisher in 1906?
ELECTRIC WASHING MACHINE
Round 2
1a With 12 medals including nine golds won between 1920-1928, which man is the top medal winner of all time at the Summer Olympics in athletics events?
PAAVO NURMI
1b Matt Willis, winner of the last series of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, is a former member of which chart-topping three-piece guitar boy band?
BUSTED
2a What number is a fresh breeze on the Beaufort Scale?
FIVE (29-38km/h)
2b With a haul of 18 medals including nine golds won between 1956 and 1964, which Soviet gymnast is the biggest medal winner of all time at the Summer Olympics?
LARISSA LATYNINA
3a Which planet in our solar system has a diameter of 51,118 km?
URANUS
3b Which planet in our solar system has a diameter of 12,103.6 km?
VENUS
4a Which American I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here contestant claimed to have a maid called Vaginica Seaman?
DAVID GEST
4b What number is a gale on the Beaufort Scale?
EIGHT (62-74 km/h)
Round 3
1a What programme is broadcast weekdays on Radio 4 at 5.43 am?
PRAYER FOR THE DAY
1b What programme is broadcast weekdays on Radio 4 at 5.45 am?
FARMING TODAY
2a Commonly called fat tissue, what type of connective tissue in verterbrates serves as an energy reserve and acts as padding for some organs?
ADIPOSE tissue
2b Concerning a young man and is love for a dying courtesan, which opera sees the eponymous heroine sing the aria "Sempre libra"?
LA TRAVIATA
3a Sharing his name with the chief baddy in High Noon, which American comic book writer is known for his dark reinterpretations of Batman and Daredevil and also for creating the Sin City series?
FRANK MILLER
3b A film adaptation of Miller's book about the 480BC Battle of Thermopylae is due out next spring. Referring to the number of Spartans who defended the titular mountain pass, what is it called?
300
4a Which opera features Leporello's Catalogue Aria, also known as Madamina and which features the refrain "Ma, in Ispagna, son gia mille a tre!"?
DON GIOVANNI
4b Found in all but the very simplest animals, what is the fluid-filled cavity that separates the body wall from the gut and associated organs?
COELUM
Round 4
1a Which Renaissance artist's key works include the Madonna of the Goldfinch in the Uffizi, the portrait of Leo X in the Pitti Palace and the murals in Rome's Stanza della Segnatura?
RAPHAEL
1b Which German car company is due to bring out the £75,000 R8 this summer?
AUDI
2a Derived from the French "to cut", what word describes a thicket of small trees or shrubs?
COPSE
2b Living from 1711 to 1776, which Scottish philosopher's best known works are his Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding and its simplified version An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding and A Treatise of Human Nature?
DAVID HUME
3a Living from 1646 to 1716, which German philosopher's best known works are Monadology, Principles of Nature and of Grace and Theodicy?
GOTTFRIED LEIBNIZ
3b Derived from a word that originally meant "bright", what word describes a clearing in a forest where the sunlight shines down between tall trees?
GLADE
4a Called "the Japanese Mercedes" by Alan Partridge, which car company has produced the LS600 model?
LEXUS
4b Which Renaissance artist's key works include The Holy Trinity with the Virgin, St John and Donors in Florence's Santa Maria Novella and The Expulsion from Paradise and The Tribute Money in the Brancacci Chapel in Santa Maria del Carmine, also in Florence?
MASACCIO
Round 5
1a Weighing up to 1.5 kg each, by what Italian name is the mushroom ceps also known?
PORCINI
1b For which rugby union side do England internationals do Andy Goode and Julian White play?
LEICESTER
2a 55-year-old Nadia Eweida recently got into trouble with her employers for wearing what?
A CRUCIFIX
2b And for which company was she working?
BRITISH AIRWAYS
3a For which rugby union club do the England internationals Mark Cueto and Chris Jones play?
SALE SHARKS
3b Sharing its name with a variety of cultivated tomato, which bloody looking speciality mushroom was popularised by Antony Worrall Thompson and grows on oak trees?
BEEFSTEAK
4a In which year did the Battle of the Little Big Horn take place?
1876
4b Which regiment did General Custer lead at the Battle of the Little Big Horn?
7TH CAVALRY
Round 6
1a At which London venue did the first international football match, played between England and Scotland, take place in 1870?
KENNINGTON OVAL
1b At 106m high, the world's tallest example of which structure is found in Yamashita Park in Yokohama?
LIGHTHOUSE
2a One of the five pillars of Islam, sawm is concerned with which ritual?
FASTING BETWEEN DAWN AND DUSK DURING RAMADAN
2b Taking place in 1904, name either of the teams that played in the first international football match to take place outside Britain.
FRANCE or BELGIUM
3a Completed in 1858, which 49m tall lighthouse off the Scilly Isles is located on what the Guinness Book of Records has listed as the smallest island in the world?
BISHOP ROCK
3b The pillar of Islam known as zakat is concerned with what act?
GIVING ALMS TO THE POOR
4a Based on a JG Ballard novel, which controversial David Cronenberg film of 1996 was banned from sale or theatrical exhibition within the city of Westminster?
CRASH
4b Based on an Aldous Huxley book, which controversial film of 1971 was described by its director Ken Russell as a depiction of blasphemy and not blasphemy itself?
THE DEVILS
Round 7
1a In which country can you go boating on Lake Bled, go white water rafting on the rapids of the Soca River and visit Predjama Castle?
SLOVENIA
1b Which fictional detective's first appearance was as a supporting character in 1929 novel The Crime at Black Dudley?
ALBERT CAMPION
2a The Clio is a statuette awarded annually in America for outstanding achievement in which field?
ADVERTISING or COMMERCIALS
2b The Donald E. Knuth Prize is an award for outstanding contributions to the foundation of which field of study?
COMPUTER SCIENCE
3a Which fictional detective made his first appearance in the 1977 novel A Morbid Taste for Bones?
CADFAEL
3b Which Italian scholar succeeded Lanfranc as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1093?
ST ANSELM
4a Which Saxon Archbishop of York crowned William the Conqueror King of England?
ALDRED
4b In which country can you find Europe's only virgin beech forest at the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, see mummified monks at the Caves Monastery and marvel at the domes of St Sophia Cathedral?
UKRAINE
Round 8
1a Slide Mountain is the highest point in which American mountain range?
CATSKILLS
1b Abba had three number ones in 1976, including Mamma Mia and Dancing Queen. What was the other?
FERNANDO
2a Which elementary particle was discovered by Clyde Cowan and Fred Reines in 1956?
NEUTRINO
2b Mount Marcy is the highest peak in which US mountain range?
ADIRONDACKS
3a Slade had three number ones in 1973. They included Cum On Feel the Noize and Merry Xmas Everybody. What was the other?
SKWEEZE ME PLEEZE ME
3b Finty Williams is the daughter of which British actress Dame?
JUDI DENCH
4a Sharman Macdonald is the mother of which young British actress?
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY
4b Murray Gell-Mann and George Zweig discovered which elementary particle in 1964?
QUARK
Spares
1 Belvedere and Grey Goose are upmarket brands of which drink?
VODKA
2 In the Vedas, who is the Hindu thunder god of battle?
INDRA
3 In which 1969 British film does a civil servant called Graham Merrill, who is played by Bill Travers, take his pet otter Mij to the Scottish Highlands?
RING OF BRIGHT WATER
4 Which spouse linked Peter Sellers and Sir David Frost?
LYNNE FREDERICK
5 What are the real first two names of new West Ham United manager Alan Curbishley?
LLEWELLYN CHARLES
6 Which well known British sports company takes its name from an Earl named Hugh Cecil Crowther?
LONSDALE
7 Who was the first woman to be chosen as Time magazine's Person of the Year?
WALLIS SIMPSON in 1936
8 Which bearded 36-year-old boxer is nicknamed the Battersea Bomber?
HOWARD EASTMAN
9 Which fashion designer and member of the Italian Olympic ski team in 1934, opened a couture house on the Isle of Capri in 1950 and became an Italian MP in 1965?
EMILIO PUCCI
10 Francis Pettit Smith, a Kent farmer, invented which ship engine part in 1835?
SCREW PROPELLER
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