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Sussex's 2006/7 President's Cup submission to Merseyside Quiz Leagues Mirror Competition
I've been quizzing quite a bit the past few days and things, words, etc, concerning it will appear here sometime soon. For now, I think it is just about safe to put up the President's Cup match I submitted to the MQL in return for the quizzes they furnished us with on a Sunday last season (and because I am struggling to write the next one; indeed, taking sluggish hours over a mere one or two pairs of questions whilst being distracted by putting terms like "spear tackle" into YouTube, and trying not to repeat myself, which I do loads - in terms of phraseology - just looking back at old posts on this blog).
Yep, this one was filled with the modern pop culture nastiness and general worldliness I felt lacking in the ones I was getting on the day of the Lord, along with the old birds and breweries, but with a special twist. It was in all honesty, my revenge. Sweet and tasty like. As I expected, I was told it was too hard and could I tone it down please. I have to say I think I may have gone "Pfttt!", yezzz, like a Frenchman, and said they can have it my way or the highway. Or I may have totally forgotten to reply and let it make its way north with a WARNING (though it may have been given The Magnificent Ambersons treatment in my absence: my glorious vision edited with all the subtlety of a lawnmower). Anyway, hope you like it or find it educational quizzing. Oh yeah, this is how I roll ... You know this is how it could be. All the time.
Round 1
1a Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University since 2002, which American economist wrote the 2005 work The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time?
JEFFREY SACHS
1b Funded by US cable channel HBO, which crime series is set in Baltimore and features such characters as Detective Jimmy McNulty, who is played by Englishman Dominic West, and Jamie Hector in the role of drug kingpin Marlo Stanfield?
THE WIRE
2a Which high street fashion store chain was established in Vasteras, Sweden in 1947 by Erling Persson?
H&M or HENNES & MAURITZ
2b Which American philosopher and political economist wrote the 1992 book The End of History and the Last Man, in which he argued that the progression of human history as a struggle between ideologies is largely at an end?
FRANCIS FUKUYAMA
3a Which engage Rugby Super League team play at the Halliwell Jones Stadium?
WARRINGTON WOLVES
3b Overtaking H&M in March 2006 to become Europe's largest fashion retailer, which high street chain was founded by Amancio Ortega in 1975?
ZARA
4a Known by the nickname of the correctional facility in which it is set, what was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by HBO and was mostly set in the experimental prison unit named Emerald City?
OZ
4b Which engage Rugby Super League team play at the Atlantic Solutions Stadium?
WAKEFIELD TRINITY WILDCATS
Round 2
1a Star of such films as Are We There Yet? and Three Kings, which rapper was born O'Shea Jackson in 1969?
ICE CUBE
1b Star of the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin', which rapper was born Curtis Jackson in 1975?
50 CENT
2a Designed by "Kelly" Jackson, which company produced the supersonic reconnaissance aircraft the SR-71 Blackbird?
LOCKHEED (accept LOCKHEED MARTIN)
2b In particle physics, which elementary or composite particles have integer spin and are named after a Bengali Indian physicist who died in 1974?
BOSON (as in Satyendra Nath Bose)
3a In 1949 Hideki Yukawa was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting the existence of which strongly interacting boson or hadron with integral spin?
MESON
3b First reported in 1962, which anaesthetic drug for human and veterinary use has such slang nicknames as "Cat Valium", "Special K" and "Breakfast Cereal"?
KETAMINE
4a First synthesized from ephedrine in Japan in 1893 by chemist Nagayoshi Nagai, which psychostimulant drug is sometimes called "ice"?
METHAMPHETAMINE or CRYSTAL METH
4b Which aerospace and defence conglomerate introduced the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber in April 1997?
NORTHROP (accept NORTHROP GRUMMAN)
Round 3
1a Which English king was preceded by Stephen and succeeded by Richard I?
HENRY II
1b What kind of websites are Orkut, Bebo and Facebook?
SOCIAL NETWORKING (accept similar)
2a Featuring the singer-guitarist Gary Lightbody, which Scottish-Irish indie band have had hits with such songs as Run, Chasing Cars and Chocolate?
SNOW PATROL
2b The badge of which rank in the UK police force, approximately equivalent to the rank of Captain in the US, is signified by three stars or "pips" worn on the epaulettes?
CHIEF INSPECTOR
3a What kind of websites are Guba, Daily Motion and Veoh?
VIDEO (accept TV clips and similar)
3b Formed by Johnny Borrell in 2002, which Anglo-Swedish indie band have had hits with Golden Touch, In the Morning and America?
RAZORLIGHT
4a The badge of which rank in the UK police force is signified by a single crown worn in the epaulettes, the same as a Major in the British Army?
SUPERINTENDENT
4b Which King of England was preceded by Edward III and succeeded by Henry IV?
RICHARD II
Round 4
1a Harry Brearley of the Brown-Firth research laboratory in Sheffield is commonly credited with inventing which alloy in 1913?
STAINLESS STEEL
1b Created by Shigeru Miyamoto, which Nintendo video game character first appeared in a 1981 arcade game bearing his name and has worn a necktie - his only item of clothing - since 1994?
DONKEY KONG
2a One of the stars of Marks and Spencer's latest and hugely successful advertising campaign, the supermodel Noemie Lenoir is the wife of which London-based 34-year-old French footballer?
CLAUDE MAKELELE
2b The 1985 Akira Kurosawa film Ran is based on legends of the daimyo Mori Motonari and which Shakespeare tragedy?
KING LEAR
3a The 1957 Akira Kurosawa film Throne of Blood transposes the plot of which Shakespeare play to medieval Japan?
MACBETH
3b The Hungarian chemist Janos Irinyi invented a noiseless and non-explosive version of which common object by mixing phosphorus with lead dioxide instead of the potassium chlorate that was used previously?
MATCH
4a Which Nintendo video game character first appeared in the arcade game Donkey Kong and was originally a carpenter who answered to the name of Jumpman before changing his profession for Donkey Kong Junior?
MARIO or SUPER MARIO
4b The Scottish supermodel Stella Tennant is the granddaughter of which Dowager Duchess, whose son became the 12th Duke in May 2004? The title is all you need to give.
DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE (accept Deborah CAVENDISH or MITFORD)
Round 5
1a Malayan Breweries Limited, now called Asia Pacific Breweries, launched which flagship brand of bottled pale lager in 1932?
TIGER Beer
1b Which English artist produced the 1956 collage Just What Is It that Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing? and also designed the cover for The Beatles' "White Album"?
RICHARD HAMILTON
2a Due to be played by Robert Downey Jr in a 2008 film, which comic book superhero is the alter ego of American industrialist billionaire and military contractor Tony Stark?
IRON MAN
2b With the help of Mysore Breweries in Bangalore and then UK brewer Charles Wells, Karan Bilimoria began producing which beer in 1989 that is often found in Indian restaurants?
COBRA Beer
3a At 2,706 metres tall, Monte Cinto is the highest point of which Mediterranean Island?
CORSICA
3b Played on film by Ben Affleck, which comic book superhero is the alter ego of lawyer Matt Murdock?
DAREDEVIL
4a Which Pop Artist changed his surname from Clark to that of the US state in which he was born and is known for what he called "sculptural poems" or bold and simple images and sculptures of short words like LOVE and HUG?
ROBERT INDIANA
4b At 2,876 metres tall, Maromokotro is the highest point of which island in the Indian Ocean?
MADAGASCAR
Round 6
1a Which American author's books include Wonder Boys, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay?
MICHAEL CHABON
1b Consort of Vishnu, who is the Hindu goddess of wealth, light, wisdom, the lotus flower and fortune?
LAKSHMI
2a Rama, the seventh avatar of Vishnu, is consort to which incarnation of Lakshmi?
SITA
2b Give either of the first names of cigarette manufacturers Benson and Hedges, who founded the company in 1873.
RICHARD Benson or WILLIAM Hedges
3a In which Italian city is Mozart's opera Cosi Fan Tutte set?
NAPLES
3b Which American writer saw his autobiographical book This Boy's Life made into a film starring Robert DeNiro and Leonardo diCaprio, and made his debut as novelist with Old School?
TOBIAS WOLFF
4a Introduced in September 1968 by Philip Morris and marketed as a female-oriented spinoff to their Benson and Hedges brand, which brand of cigarettes were first advertised under the famous slogan "You've come a long way, baby"?
VIRGINIA SLIMS
4b On which island is Mozart's opera Idomeneo set?
CRETE
Round 7
1a Perhaps best known for the alleged manner of his death in around 430 BC, which Greek pre-Socratic philosopher asserted that all matter is made up of four elements - water, earth, air and fire?
EMPEDOCLES
1b in around 350BC, which Greek philosopher described the theory of the Five Elements, which was largely accepted throughout the western world for over 1000 years?
ARISTOTLE
2a Which fictional island in the Irish Sea was used by the Reverend W Awdry as the setting of The Railway Series books and later used in the Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends TV series?
SODOR
2b Who captained Italy to victory in the 1982 FIFA World Cup?
DINO ZOFF
3a What is the largest and most populous city in Ecuador, as well as the nation's main port?
GUAYAQUIL
3b What is the name of the fictional duchy featured in the 1955 novel The Mouse That Roared and its sequels by Irish writer Leonard Wibberley?
GRAND FENWICK
4a Who captained Brazil to victory in the 1994 FIFA World Cup?
DUNGA (accept Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri)
4b Located in the province of Andres Ibanez, which city was founded by Nuflo de Chavez in 1561 and is the largest in Bolivia?
SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA (accept SANTA CRUZ)
Round 8
1a Achieved in the third Test at Headingley in 1930, what was Donald Bradman's highest ever score in a Test innings?
334
1b Which Italian-American keyboardist founded and led the jazz fusion band Return to Forever?
CHICK COREA
2a Born in Sale in 1939, which architect designed the MI6 building at Vauxhall Cross, the TV-am building in Camden Town and Incheon International Airport in Seoul?
TERRY FARRELL
2b What was Viv Richard's highest ever Test innings, which he scored at the Oval Test in 1976?
291
3a Which bird of prey has species called Oriental Honey, Rough-legged and White-eyed?
BUZZARD
3b Which English architect, who died in January 2001, designed the Royal National Theatre on London's South Bank in the Brutalist style and is also known for his work with such educational institutions as Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and the Royal College of Physicians?
DENYS LASDUN
4a The jazz-funk fusion band, The Headhunters, are best known for the albums they recorded as a backing band for which jazz keyboard player during the 1970s?
HERBIE HANCOCK
4b Which bird of prey has species called Swainson's, Ridgway's and Ferruginous?
HAWK
Spares
1 As in the comic book character, what is Judge Dredd's actual first name?
JOE
2 What surname links a painter called Barnett, a TV actor called Barry and a character played by Wayne Knight on the sitcom Seinfeld?
NEWMAN
3 In which country did Gaston Glock found an eponymous arms company in 1963?
AUSTRIA
4 Give either of the years in which St. Moritz hosted the Winter Olympics.
1928 or 1948
5 Who published De revolutionibus orbium coelestium in Nuremberg in 1543?
NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
6 Which English actress played the title character in the 1979 film Agatha?
VANESSA REDGRAVE
Okay, back to the new one. Hopefully, this won't make recipients and participants shake their heads in bafflement and scream bloody murder ... then again ...
I've been quizzing quite a bit the past few days and things, words, etc, concerning it will appear here sometime soon. For now, I think it is just about safe to put up the President's Cup match I submitted to the MQL in return for the quizzes they furnished us with on a Sunday last season (and because I am struggling to write the next one; indeed, taking sluggish hours over a mere one or two pairs of questions whilst being distracted by putting terms like "spear tackle" into YouTube, and trying not to repeat myself, which I do loads - in terms of phraseology - just looking back at old posts on this blog).
Yep, this one was filled with the modern pop culture nastiness and general worldliness I felt lacking in the ones I was getting on the day of the Lord, along with the old birds and breweries, but with a special twist. It was in all honesty, my revenge. Sweet and tasty like. As I expected, I was told it was too hard and could I tone it down please. I have to say I think I may have gone "Pfttt!", yezzz, like a Frenchman, and said they can have it my way or the highway. Or I may have totally forgotten to reply and let it make its way north with a WARNING (though it may have been given The Magnificent Ambersons treatment in my absence: my glorious vision edited with all the subtlety of a lawnmower). Anyway, hope you like it or find it educational quizzing. Oh yeah, this is how I roll ... You know this is how it could be. All the time.
Round 1
1a Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University since 2002, which American economist wrote the 2005 work The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time?
JEFFREY SACHS
1b Funded by US cable channel HBO, which crime series is set in Baltimore and features such characters as Detective Jimmy McNulty, who is played by Englishman Dominic West, and Jamie Hector in the role of drug kingpin Marlo Stanfield?
THE WIRE
2a Which high street fashion store chain was established in Vasteras, Sweden in 1947 by Erling Persson?
H&M or HENNES & MAURITZ
2b Which American philosopher and political economist wrote the 1992 book The End of History and the Last Man, in which he argued that the progression of human history as a struggle between ideologies is largely at an end?
FRANCIS FUKUYAMA
3a Which engage Rugby Super League team play at the Halliwell Jones Stadium?
WARRINGTON WOLVES
3b Overtaking H&M in March 2006 to become Europe's largest fashion retailer, which high street chain was founded by Amancio Ortega in 1975?
ZARA
4a Known by the nickname of the correctional facility in which it is set, what was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by HBO and was mostly set in the experimental prison unit named Emerald City?
OZ
4b Which engage Rugby Super League team play at the Atlantic Solutions Stadium?
WAKEFIELD TRINITY WILDCATS
Round 2
1a Star of such films as Are We There Yet? and Three Kings, which rapper was born O'Shea Jackson in 1969?
ICE CUBE
1b Star of the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin', which rapper was born Curtis Jackson in 1975?
50 CENT
2a Designed by "Kelly" Jackson, which company produced the supersonic reconnaissance aircraft the SR-71 Blackbird?
LOCKHEED (accept LOCKHEED MARTIN)
2b In particle physics, which elementary or composite particles have integer spin and are named after a Bengali Indian physicist who died in 1974?
BOSON (as in Satyendra Nath Bose)
3a In 1949 Hideki Yukawa was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting the existence of which strongly interacting boson or hadron with integral spin?
MESON
3b First reported in 1962, which anaesthetic drug for human and veterinary use has such slang nicknames as "Cat Valium", "Special K" and "Breakfast Cereal"?
KETAMINE
4a First synthesized from ephedrine in Japan in 1893 by chemist Nagayoshi Nagai, which psychostimulant drug is sometimes called "ice"?
METHAMPHETAMINE or CRYSTAL METH
4b Which aerospace and defence conglomerate introduced the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber in April 1997?
NORTHROP (accept NORTHROP GRUMMAN)
Round 3
1a Which English king was preceded by Stephen and succeeded by Richard I?
HENRY II
1b What kind of websites are Orkut, Bebo and Facebook?
SOCIAL NETWORKING (accept similar)
2a Featuring the singer-guitarist Gary Lightbody, which Scottish-Irish indie band have had hits with such songs as Run, Chasing Cars and Chocolate?
SNOW PATROL
2b The badge of which rank in the UK police force, approximately equivalent to the rank of Captain in the US, is signified by three stars or "pips" worn on the epaulettes?
CHIEF INSPECTOR
3a What kind of websites are Guba, Daily Motion and Veoh?
VIDEO (accept TV clips and similar)
3b Formed by Johnny Borrell in 2002, which Anglo-Swedish indie band have had hits with Golden Touch, In the Morning and America?
RAZORLIGHT
4a The badge of which rank in the UK police force is signified by a single crown worn in the epaulettes, the same as a Major in the British Army?
SUPERINTENDENT
4b Which King of England was preceded by Edward III and succeeded by Henry IV?
RICHARD II
Round 4
1a Harry Brearley of the Brown-Firth research laboratory in Sheffield is commonly credited with inventing which alloy in 1913?
STAINLESS STEEL
1b Created by Shigeru Miyamoto, which Nintendo video game character first appeared in a 1981 arcade game bearing his name and has worn a necktie - his only item of clothing - since 1994?
DONKEY KONG
2a One of the stars of Marks and Spencer's latest and hugely successful advertising campaign, the supermodel Noemie Lenoir is the wife of which London-based 34-year-old French footballer?
CLAUDE MAKELELE
2b The 1985 Akira Kurosawa film Ran is based on legends of the daimyo Mori Motonari and which Shakespeare tragedy?
KING LEAR
3a The 1957 Akira Kurosawa film Throne of Blood transposes the plot of which Shakespeare play to medieval Japan?
MACBETH
3b The Hungarian chemist Janos Irinyi invented a noiseless and non-explosive version of which common object by mixing phosphorus with lead dioxide instead of the potassium chlorate that was used previously?
MATCH
4a Which Nintendo video game character first appeared in the arcade game Donkey Kong and was originally a carpenter who answered to the name of Jumpman before changing his profession for Donkey Kong Junior?
MARIO or SUPER MARIO
4b The Scottish supermodel Stella Tennant is the granddaughter of which Dowager Duchess, whose son became the 12th Duke in May 2004? The title is all you need to give.
DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE (accept Deborah CAVENDISH or MITFORD)
Round 5
1a Malayan Breweries Limited, now called Asia Pacific Breweries, launched which flagship brand of bottled pale lager in 1932?
TIGER Beer
1b Which English artist produced the 1956 collage Just What Is It that Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing? and also designed the cover for The Beatles' "White Album"?
RICHARD HAMILTON
2a Due to be played by Robert Downey Jr in a 2008 film, which comic book superhero is the alter ego of American industrialist billionaire and military contractor Tony Stark?
IRON MAN
2b With the help of Mysore Breweries in Bangalore and then UK brewer Charles Wells, Karan Bilimoria began producing which beer in 1989 that is often found in Indian restaurants?
COBRA Beer
3a At 2,706 metres tall, Monte Cinto is the highest point of which Mediterranean Island?
CORSICA
3b Played on film by Ben Affleck, which comic book superhero is the alter ego of lawyer Matt Murdock?
DAREDEVIL
4a Which Pop Artist changed his surname from Clark to that of the US state in which he was born and is known for what he called "sculptural poems" or bold and simple images and sculptures of short words like LOVE and HUG?
ROBERT INDIANA
4b At 2,876 metres tall, Maromokotro is the highest point of which island in the Indian Ocean?
MADAGASCAR
Round 6
1a Which American author's books include Wonder Boys, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay?
MICHAEL CHABON
1b Consort of Vishnu, who is the Hindu goddess of wealth, light, wisdom, the lotus flower and fortune?
LAKSHMI
2a Rama, the seventh avatar of Vishnu, is consort to which incarnation of Lakshmi?
SITA
2b Give either of the first names of cigarette manufacturers Benson and Hedges, who founded the company in 1873.
RICHARD Benson or WILLIAM Hedges
3a In which Italian city is Mozart's opera Cosi Fan Tutte set?
NAPLES
3b Which American writer saw his autobiographical book This Boy's Life made into a film starring Robert DeNiro and Leonardo diCaprio, and made his debut as novelist with Old School?
TOBIAS WOLFF
4a Introduced in September 1968 by Philip Morris and marketed as a female-oriented spinoff to their Benson and Hedges brand, which brand of cigarettes were first advertised under the famous slogan "You've come a long way, baby"?
VIRGINIA SLIMS
4b On which island is Mozart's opera Idomeneo set?
CRETE
Round 7
1a Perhaps best known for the alleged manner of his death in around 430 BC, which Greek pre-Socratic philosopher asserted that all matter is made up of four elements - water, earth, air and fire?
EMPEDOCLES
1b in around 350BC, which Greek philosopher described the theory of the Five Elements, which was largely accepted throughout the western world for over 1000 years?
ARISTOTLE
2a Which fictional island in the Irish Sea was used by the Reverend W Awdry as the setting of The Railway Series books and later used in the Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends TV series?
SODOR
2b Who captained Italy to victory in the 1982 FIFA World Cup?
DINO ZOFF
3a What is the largest and most populous city in Ecuador, as well as the nation's main port?
GUAYAQUIL
3b What is the name of the fictional duchy featured in the 1955 novel The Mouse That Roared and its sequels by Irish writer Leonard Wibberley?
GRAND FENWICK
4a Who captained Brazil to victory in the 1994 FIFA World Cup?
DUNGA (accept Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri)
4b Located in the province of Andres Ibanez, which city was founded by Nuflo de Chavez in 1561 and is the largest in Bolivia?
SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA (accept SANTA CRUZ)
Round 8
1a Achieved in the third Test at Headingley in 1930, what was Donald Bradman's highest ever score in a Test innings?
334
1b Which Italian-American keyboardist founded and led the jazz fusion band Return to Forever?
CHICK COREA
2a Born in Sale in 1939, which architect designed the MI6 building at Vauxhall Cross, the TV-am building in Camden Town and Incheon International Airport in Seoul?
TERRY FARRELL
2b What was Viv Richard's highest ever Test innings, which he scored at the Oval Test in 1976?
291
3a Which bird of prey has species called Oriental Honey, Rough-legged and White-eyed?
BUZZARD
3b Which English architect, who died in January 2001, designed the Royal National Theatre on London's South Bank in the Brutalist style and is also known for his work with such educational institutions as Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and the Royal College of Physicians?
DENYS LASDUN
4a The jazz-funk fusion band, The Headhunters, are best known for the albums they recorded as a backing band for which jazz keyboard player during the 1970s?
HERBIE HANCOCK
4b Which bird of prey has species called Swainson's, Ridgway's and Ferruginous?
HAWK
Spares
1 As in the comic book character, what is Judge Dredd's actual first name?
JOE
2 What surname links a painter called Barnett, a TV actor called Barry and a character played by Wayne Knight on the sitcom Seinfeld?
NEWMAN
3 In which country did Gaston Glock found an eponymous arms company in 1963?
AUSTRIA
4 Give either of the years in which St. Moritz hosted the Winter Olympics.
1928 or 1948
5 Who published De revolutionibus orbium coelestium in Nuremberg in 1543?
NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
6 Which English actress played the title character in the 1979 film Agatha?
VANESSA REDGRAVE
Okay, back to the new one. Hopefully, this won't make recipients and participants shake their heads in bafflement and scream bloody murder ... then again ...
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