Friendly Returns
More on President's Cup Sunday
So we won our ninth President's Cup match, despite Bayley arriving 20 minutes late [why oh why does the fourth dimension have such a loose hold on one of our nation's finest quizzers], quite comfortably in the end: 51-34. We lost the first round and I did think, oh no, it's not going to be one of THOSE matches is it, but we managed to regain our composure and win several rounds convincingly enough to put us out of reach.
I shan't go into the errors that littered the set and which have so vexed all those who took part all over the league. Sometimes, it just happens, doesn't it? And anyway, what good would it do for me to list them here?
Anyhoo, onto the friendly. Yes, a P-Cup friendly. I managed to summon up the mental and moral strength to finally write my first complete friendly set of the year, so very much strength indeed, even Samsonian-like such were its dimensions, then I managed to bugger it up slightly by claiming Kathy Sullivan was the first woman to space-walk, thus forgetting those darned Russkies, and that Man Utd came back from THREE goals down against that Italian team, and completely missing a pair out from round six. Jeez, what am I like? The last error was particularly embarrassing.
But, amazingly, it ended up all square at the end - 37-37. You see, I can write a balanced AND decently scoring and competitive set, with lots of nice, guessable answers. I would give myself a hearty slap on the back, if it wasn't for the aforementioned mistakes. Naughty boy. Very naughty boy indeed.
President's Cup Friendly 9/3/08
Unanswered questions are marked *
Round 1
1a A museum dedicated to which famous writer is located in his birthplace of Alcala de Menares?
CERVANTES
1b What is the married name of JK Rowling?*
MURRAY
2a JK Rowling named her daughter after which of the Mitford sisters?
JESSICA
2b Taking office in 1841, which US president fathered 15 children, more than any other person who has held the post?
JOHN TYLER
3a Ukraine is divided into 24 oblasts and one autonomous republic. What is the republic's name?
CRIMEA
3b A museum dedicated to which famous composer is found in his birthplace Eisenach?
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
4a Inaugurated in 1809, which US president is the shortest ever man to hold the office, being 5ft 4in?
JAMES MADISON
4b Ukraine contains two cities with special status. One is Kiev, what is the other?*
SEVASTOPOL
Round 2
1a Bosca's, alpine and marbled are all types of which amphibian?*
NEWT
1b Which German conductor led the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 1924 to 1954?
WILHELM FURTWANGLER
2a Abraham Gottlob Werner named which crystalline form of carbon from the Greek for "to draw" in 1789?
GRAPHITE
2b Giant Chinese, spectacled and goldstriped are types of which amphibian?
SALAMANDER
3a Which English team memorably beat St Etienne 4-1 on its way to winning the UEFA Cup in 1981?
IPSWICH TOWN
3b Which team did Manchester United come back from two goals down to beat 3-2 on their way to winning the Champions' League in 1999?
JUVENTUS
4a Which German conducted the Los Angeles Orchestra from 1933 to 1939 and London's Philarmonia Orchestra from 1959?*
OTTO KLEMPERER
4b The word "carbon" comes from a Latin word meaning what?
COAL
Round 3
1a On which Caribbean island did the Soufriere Hills volcano erupt in 1995?
MONTSERRAT
1b In which city is the newspaper La Stampa based?
TURIN
2a Which HG Wells novel is subtitled "A Grotesque Romance"?
THE INVISIBLE MAN
2b On which Asian island did Mount Merapi begin erupting again in 2006?
JAVA
3a Which acting legend links the Alfred Hitchcock films Notorious and To Catch a Thief?
CARY GRANT
3b Which George Orwell novel is subtitled "A Fairy Story"?
ANIMAL FARM
4a In which city is the newspaper Corriere della Sera based?
MILAN
4b Which acting legend links the Hitchcock films The Paradine Case and Spellbound?
GREGORY PECK
Round 4
1a Celebrated on April 12, Songkran Day marks which Asian country's new year?
THAILAND
1b Norouz is the traditional new year holiday of which Middle Eastern country where it is referred to as an Eid festival despite it not being an Islamic feast?*
IRAN
2a Which North American bird is the largest swan in the world?
TRUMPETER SWAN
2b Which musical features The Trolley Song and Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas?
MEET ME IN ST LOUIS
3a Alnick Castle and Syon House are associated with which Dukedom?
NORTHUMBERLAND
3b Partly named after a US state, what is the largest North American vulture called?
CALIFORNIAN CONDOR
4a Which musical features the songs I Talk to The Trees and Wanderin' Star?
PAINT YOUR WAGON
4b Belvoir Castle and Haddon Hall are associated with which Dukedom?*
RUTLAND
Round 5
1a Claimed by Forbes magazine to be the 8th richest person in the world with a fortune of $30 billion, KP Singh made his money in which business?*
PROPERTY
1b Which Czech became the first non-Soviet or non-American citizen to go into space in 1978?
VLADIMIR REMEK
2a Which inflammatory skin disease gets its name from the Greek for "to break out" or "to boil over"?*
ECZEMA
2b With which four-letter word does the Bishop of Exeter sign his name?
EXON
3a Kathy Sullivan became the first American woman to do what in 1984?
WALK IN SPACE
3b Which viral infection, known scientifically as Herpes zoster and marked by pain and inflammation of the skin, derives its common name from the Greek word for "girdle"?
SHINGLES
4a With which six-letter word does the Bishop of Rochester sign his name?
ROFFEN
4b According to Forbes, the 9th richest person in the world is Oleg Deripaska with assets of $28 billion. He made his fortune trading in which metal?
ALUMINIUM
Round 6
1a Taking place on December 30, 1460, which battle resulted in the Lancastrians under Somerset defeating the Yorkists and the death of their commander Richard of York?
WAKEFIELD
1b Which Biblically-themed opera by Arnold Schoenberg is spelled thus so as to have only have 12 letters?
MOSES UND ARON
2a Which middle name links Nick Faldo, Robert Runcie and Peter Ustinov?
ALEXANDER
2b Which middle name links James Callaghan, George Carey and Aldous Huxley?
LEONARD
3a Which classical work includes "Pianists", "The Swan", "Persons with Long Ears" and "Cuckoo in the Depths of Woods" among its 14 movements?
CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS (by Camille Saint-Saens)
3b Which battle of May 4, 1471 saw the Yorkists defeat the Lancastrians and the death of Prince Edward, son of Henry VI?
TEWKESBURY
--------------
4a Aki is an alcoholic drink flavoured with which fruit?*
PLUM
4b The fundamental constant of acceleration of free fall is symbolised by which letter?
g
Round 7
1a England players Ian Balshaw and Lesley Vainikolo play for which rugby union club?
GLOUCESTER
1b Steve Borthwick and Michael Lipman play for which rugby club?
BATH
2a Which British band's song Pretty in Pink featured in the 1986 film of the same name?
PSYCHEDELIC FURS
2b Whose 1980s car, the DMC-12, was designed with a stainless steel body so that it would never rust?
JOHN DELOREAN
3a John Delorean is said to have inspired the 1971 car industry novel Wheels. Which Luton-born author wrote it?
ARTHUR HAILEY
3b Joint winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1933, which Bristol-born scientist published a complete mathematical formulation of the relativity theory of Albert Einstein?
PAUL DIRAC
4a Which 19th century Salford-born physicist showed experimentally that heat is a form of energy and established the mechanical equivalent of heat?
JAMES JOULE
4b Whose duet with Diana Ross, titled Endless Love, featured in the 1981 film of the same name?
LIONEL RICHIE
Round 8
1a Containing 165 music businesses by 1962, which famous New York building was named after the brother clothing store owners who paid for its construction?*
BRILL BUILDING
1b Which Spanish Baroque artist fell from a scaffold when painting an altarpiece at Cadiz and died shortly after in Seville in 1682?
BARTOLOMEO MURILLO
2a Which strait links the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula?
HORMUZ
2b Which jockey rode Rainbow Quest, Dancing Brave and Trempolino to victory in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe during the mid-1980s?
PAT EDDERY
3a Which jockey rode Sakhee in 2001 and Marienbard the next year to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe?
FRANKIE DETTORI
3b Officially called the Fuller Building, which New York skyscraper took its popular name from the shape forced on it by the triangular lot where it was built on Fifth Avenue in 1902?
FLATIRON BUILDING
4a Which Italian painter, who moved to Paris in 1906, was forced to abandon sculpture because the stone dust exacerbated the TB that eventually killed him in 1920?
AMEDEO MODIGLIANI
4b Which strait links the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea between Albania and Italy?
OTRANTO
Spares (or Rejects, really)
Founded in 1976, which Rome-based newspaper is the largest circulation general-interest newspaper in Italy?
LA REPUBBLICA
At which 1812 battle did British and Allied forces led by the Duke of Wellington defeat French forces led by Marmont?
SALAMANCA
At which 1808 battle did a British forces under Wellington defeat a French army led by Junot?
VIMEIRO
So we won our ninth President's Cup match, despite Bayley arriving 20 minutes late [why oh why does the fourth dimension have such a loose hold on one of our nation's finest quizzers], quite comfortably in the end: 51-34. We lost the first round and I did think, oh no, it's not going to be one of THOSE matches is it, but we managed to regain our composure and win several rounds convincingly enough to put us out of reach.
I shan't go into the errors that littered the set and which have so vexed all those who took part all over the league. Sometimes, it just happens, doesn't it? And anyway, what good would it do for me to list them here?
Anyhoo, onto the friendly. Yes, a P-Cup friendly. I managed to summon up the mental and moral strength to finally write my first complete friendly set of the year, so very much strength indeed, even Samsonian-like such were its dimensions, then I managed to bugger it up slightly by claiming Kathy Sullivan was the first woman to space-walk, thus forgetting those darned Russkies, and that Man Utd came back from THREE goals down against that Italian team, and completely missing a pair out from round six. Jeez, what am I like? The last error was particularly embarrassing.
But, amazingly, it ended up all square at the end - 37-37. You see, I can write a balanced AND decently scoring and competitive set, with lots of nice, guessable answers. I would give myself a hearty slap on the back, if it wasn't for the aforementioned mistakes. Naughty boy. Very naughty boy indeed.
President's Cup Friendly 9/3/08
Unanswered questions are marked *
Round 1
1a A museum dedicated to which famous writer is located in his birthplace of Alcala de Menares?
CERVANTES
1b What is the married name of JK Rowling?*
MURRAY
2a JK Rowling named her daughter after which of the Mitford sisters?
JESSICA
2b Taking office in 1841, which US president fathered 15 children, more than any other person who has held the post?
JOHN TYLER
3a Ukraine is divided into 24 oblasts and one autonomous republic. What is the republic's name?
CRIMEA
3b A museum dedicated to which famous composer is found in his birthplace Eisenach?
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
4a Inaugurated in 1809, which US president is the shortest ever man to hold the office, being 5ft 4in?
JAMES MADISON
4b Ukraine contains two cities with special status. One is Kiev, what is the other?*
SEVASTOPOL
Round 2
1a Bosca's, alpine and marbled are all types of which amphibian?*
NEWT
1b Which German conductor led the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 1924 to 1954?
WILHELM FURTWANGLER
2a Abraham Gottlob Werner named which crystalline form of carbon from the Greek for "to draw" in 1789?
GRAPHITE
2b Giant Chinese, spectacled and goldstriped are types of which amphibian?
SALAMANDER
3a Which English team memorably beat St Etienne 4-1 on its way to winning the UEFA Cup in 1981?
IPSWICH TOWN
3b Which team did Manchester United come back from two goals down to beat 3-2 on their way to winning the Champions' League in 1999?
JUVENTUS
4a Which German conducted the Los Angeles Orchestra from 1933 to 1939 and London's Philarmonia Orchestra from 1959?*
OTTO KLEMPERER
4b The word "carbon" comes from a Latin word meaning what?
COAL
Round 3
1a On which Caribbean island did the Soufriere Hills volcano erupt in 1995?
MONTSERRAT
1b In which city is the newspaper La Stampa based?
TURIN
2a Which HG Wells novel is subtitled "A Grotesque Romance"?
THE INVISIBLE MAN
2b On which Asian island did Mount Merapi begin erupting again in 2006?
JAVA
3a Which acting legend links the Alfred Hitchcock films Notorious and To Catch a Thief?
CARY GRANT
3b Which George Orwell novel is subtitled "A Fairy Story"?
ANIMAL FARM
4a In which city is the newspaper Corriere della Sera based?
MILAN
4b Which acting legend links the Hitchcock films The Paradine Case and Spellbound?
GREGORY PECK
Round 4
1a Celebrated on April 12, Songkran Day marks which Asian country's new year?
THAILAND
1b Norouz is the traditional new year holiday of which Middle Eastern country where it is referred to as an Eid festival despite it not being an Islamic feast?*
IRAN
2a Which North American bird is the largest swan in the world?
TRUMPETER SWAN
2b Which musical features The Trolley Song and Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas?
MEET ME IN ST LOUIS
3a Alnick Castle and Syon House are associated with which Dukedom?
NORTHUMBERLAND
3b Partly named after a US state, what is the largest North American vulture called?
CALIFORNIAN CONDOR
4a Which musical features the songs I Talk to The Trees and Wanderin' Star?
PAINT YOUR WAGON
4b Belvoir Castle and Haddon Hall are associated with which Dukedom?*
RUTLAND
Round 5
1a Claimed by Forbes magazine to be the 8th richest person in the world with a fortune of $30 billion, KP Singh made his money in which business?*
PROPERTY
1b Which Czech became the first non-Soviet or non-American citizen to go into space in 1978?
VLADIMIR REMEK
2a Which inflammatory skin disease gets its name from the Greek for "to break out" or "to boil over"?*
ECZEMA
2b With which four-letter word does the Bishop of Exeter sign his name?
EXON
3a Kathy Sullivan became the first American woman to do what in 1984?
WALK IN SPACE
3b Which viral infection, known scientifically as Herpes zoster and marked by pain and inflammation of the skin, derives its common name from the Greek word for "girdle"?
SHINGLES
4a With which six-letter word does the Bishop of Rochester sign his name?
ROFFEN
4b According to Forbes, the 9th richest person in the world is Oleg Deripaska with assets of $28 billion. He made his fortune trading in which metal?
ALUMINIUM
Round 6
1a Taking place on December 30, 1460, which battle resulted in the Lancastrians under Somerset defeating the Yorkists and the death of their commander Richard of York?
WAKEFIELD
1b Which Biblically-themed opera by Arnold Schoenberg is spelled thus so as to have only have 12 letters?
MOSES UND ARON
2a Which middle name links Nick Faldo, Robert Runcie and Peter Ustinov?
ALEXANDER
2b Which middle name links James Callaghan, George Carey and Aldous Huxley?
LEONARD
3a Which classical work includes "Pianists", "The Swan", "Persons with Long Ears" and "Cuckoo in the Depths of Woods" among its 14 movements?
CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS (by Camille Saint-Saens)
3b Which battle of May 4, 1471 saw the Yorkists defeat the Lancastrians and the death of Prince Edward, son of Henry VI?
TEWKESBURY
--------------
4a Aki is an alcoholic drink flavoured with which fruit?*
PLUM
4b The fundamental constant of acceleration of free fall is symbolised by which letter?
g
Round 7
1a England players Ian Balshaw and Lesley Vainikolo play for which rugby union club?
GLOUCESTER
1b Steve Borthwick and Michael Lipman play for which rugby club?
BATH
2a Which British band's song Pretty in Pink featured in the 1986 film of the same name?
PSYCHEDELIC FURS
2b Whose 1980s car, the DMC-12, was designed with a stainless steel body so that it would never rust?
JOHN DELOREAN
3a John Delorean is said to have inspired the 1971 car industry novel Wheels. Which Luton-born author wrote it?
ARTHUR HAILEY
3b Joint winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1933, which Bristol-born scientist published a complete mathematical formulation of the relativity theory of Albert Einstein?
PAUL DIRAC
4a Which 19th century Salford-born physicist showed experimentally that heat is a form of energy and established the mechanical equivalent of heat?
JAMES JOULE
4b Whose duet with Diana Ross, titled Endless Love, featured in the 1981 film of the same name?
LIONEL RICHIE
Round 8
1a Containing 165 music businesses by 1962, which famous New York building was named after the brother clothing store owners who paid for its construction?*
BRILL BUILDING
1b Which Spanish Baroque artist fell from a scaffold when painting an altarpiece at Cadiz and died shortly after in Seville in 1682?
BARTOLOMEO MURILLO
2a Which strait links the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula?
HORMUZ
2b Which jockey rode Rainbow Quest, Dancing Brave and Trempolino to victory in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe during the mid-1980s?
PAT EDDERY
3a Which jockey rode Sakhee in 2001 and Marienbard the next year to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe?
FRANKIE DETTORI
3b Officially called the Fuller Building, which New York skyscraper took its popular name from the shape forced on it by the triangular lot where it was built on Fifth Avenue in 1902?
FLATIRON BUILDING
4a Which Italian painter, who moved to Paris in 1906, was forced to abandon sculpture because the stone dust exacerbated the TB that eventually killed him in 1920?
AMEDEO MODIGLIANI
4b Which strait links the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea between Albania and Italy?
OTRANTO
Spares (or Rejects, really)
Founded in 1976, which Rome-based newspaper is the largest circulation general-interest newspaper in Italy?
LA REPUBBLICA
At which 1812 battle did British and Allied forces led by the Duke of Wellington defeat French forces led by Marmont?
SALAMANCA
At which 1808 battle did a British forces under Wellington defeat a French army led by Junot?
VIMEIRO
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