Round 1

The Wise Old Owls Yorkshire Quiz League
Champion of Champions Match

Questions used in the final of our 2000 Knock-out Competition

Four players in a team. With the exception of round 5 (see later), scoring is as follows ...

Team Rounds = 2 points for a correct answer, 1 point bonus if passed to the opposing side.

Individual Rounds = 3 points for a correct answer, 2 points if answered by opponent, otherwise 1 point.

Answer text in Green	Owning team/player answers correctly for full points
Answer text in Blue	Owning player's individual question answered by team-mate (1 point)
Answer text in Red	Owning team/player answers incorrectly. Number in green indicates if opposition answered for a bonus – and points picked up.
Question text in red	Neither owning team/player or opposition answered correctly

Round 1	Team Questions	Subject: "Last"	Answers
Team A1	Who had 48 UK Top 50 albums between 1967 & 1993 ~ titles including ‘Make the Party Last’ and ‘Last the Whole Night Long’ ?		James Last (Orchestra)
Team B1	Recording under the name of a German composer who died in 1921, which UK male vocalist reached N^o3 in the UK album chart in 1967 with ‘The Last Waltz’ ?		Engelbert Humperdinck
Team A2	Created by Roy Clarke, which BBC TV comedy was first screened in 1972 ?		Last of the Summer Wine
Team B2	Screened in 1971, which BBC historical serial was based on the books of James Fenimore Cooper ?		Last of the Mohicans
Team A3	Who had a UK N^o2 single in July 1975 with ‘The Last Farewell’ ?		Roger Whittaker
Team B3	Who had a UK N^o8 single in July 1979 with ‘Last Train To London’ ?		ELO
Team A4	In which 1984 film is a teenage video-game whiz-kid abducted by the survivors of a distant planet who need his "combat" skills to outwit their enemies ?		The Last Starfighter
Team B4	Written & directed by James Clavell, which 1970 film - an historical epic starring Michael Caine and Omar Sharrif - is set during the Thirty Years War ?		The Last Valley

Round 2	Team Questions	Subject: Literary Terms	Answers
Team A1	What name is given to a series of lines, usually verse, where the first letters of each line (and sometimes the last) read down to make a word or phrase ?		Acrostic
Team B1	What name was given in medieval times to a book containing stories and images of real and imagined creatures ?		Bestiary
Team A2	A term coined by John Stuart Mill in 1868, what name describes an imaginary society whose evil qualities are meant to serve as a moral or political warning ?		Dystopia
Team B2	What name is given to a satirical attack on a person in prose or verse, most commonly in the form of a vicious character sketch ?		Lampoon
Team A3	Also a punctuation mark, what name is given to a figure of speech such as an aside addressed to some absent person or quality - e.g. "O Death, where is thy sting?" or Hamlet's "Frailty, thy name is woman"?		Apostrophe
Team B3	An aphorism is a short pithy maxim, usually making a general observation. What name is given to an aphorism which is universally accepted ?		Proverb
Team A4	What name is given to the humorous verse form invented by Edmund Bentley in which the first line is typically the name of the person who is the poem's subject ?		Clerihew (i.e. Edmund Bentley's middle name)
Team B4	From the Greek, what name is given to the emotional purging & purification that an audience experiences while watching a harrowing tragic drama ?		Catharsis

Round 3	Team Questions	Subject: Blankety Blank	Answers
A word (or words) from a ‘regrettable’ quotation has been replaced by "Blank" (or "Blankety Blank"). Which word(s)
Team A1	Idi Amin to Queen Elizabeth II in 1975 - "In view of the success of my economic revolution in Uganda, I offer myself to be appointed Head of the Blank." ?		Commonwealth
Team B1	A remark attributed to the chairman of IBM in 1943 - "I think there is a world market for about five Blanks." ?		Computers
Team A2	Prime Minister John Major speaking on BBC2 in 1996 - "With the retirement of Blankety Blank, something sad will have gone out of English cricket." ?		‘Dickie’ Bird
Team B2	Brian Johnson welcoming listeners to Grace Road, Leicester c.1973 - "You’ve come over at a very appropriate time; Ray Illingworth has just Blankety Blanked* at the pavilion end."* ?		"Relieved himself"
Team A3	Margaret Thatcher in 1983 on the occasion of her deputy’s elevation to the House of Lords - "Every Prime Minister should have a Blank." ?		Willie (as in Whitelaw)
Team B3	Rather prophetically, just a month before a notorious incident in 1998, the Western Mail printed "What the Welsh Assembly needs now to capture the public imagination is … for Blankety Blank* to be caught with his trousers down."* ?		Ron Davies
Team A4	Henry Ford II (the second) in 1957 pronouncing on the model of car which bore his son’s name - "The Blank* is here to stay."* ?		Edsel (as in Ford Edsel)
Team B4	(The blank here is name of its inventor) General Motors announce a move to a new engine type in 1969 - "The Blank* will eventually dwarf such … technological developments as … the Polaroid camera and colour television."* ?		Wankel (rotary engine)

Round 4	Individual Questions	Subject: Recent News	Answers
Team A1	Which Fijian golfer won the US Masters at Augusta this year ?		Vijay Singh
Team B1	Which Uruguayan scored both of Chelsea’s goals in their FA Cup semi-final victory over Newcastle United ?		Gustavo Poyet
Team A2	Accepting his Bafta fellowship, which veteran actor launched a bitter attack on the British movie establishment, saying they’d made him feel like an "outsider" ?		Michael Caine
Team B2	Knighted eight years ago, which actor recently became a US citizen ?		Anthony Hopkins
Team A3	Which union leader said there is "institutional racism at the heart of Government" & accused Home Secretary Jack Straw of "giving life to the racists" ?		Bill Morris
Team B3	Which MP’s body lay on view at the Freedom Hall, Tottenham Green Leisure Centre so people could pay their respects before his funeral last Tuesday ?		Bernie Grant
Team A4	The film’s charity premiere was held in Leicester Square in support of Comic Relief, who stars opposite Harry Enfield in Kevin & Perry Go Large ?		Kathy Burke
Team B4	Who made a keynote speech at the opening of the Model UN Millennium Summit calling upon youngsters to practice ‘safe sex’ ?		Geri Halliwell

Round 5 Team Questions ~ Themed Round
There is a specific link between each of the answers to the four questions that follow.
Teams should write down the four answers and the specific link between those answers and should then exchange papers for marking. Teams only have 1 MINUTE after the reading of the final question to complete their sheets.
TO THE QUESTION-MASTER & TIME-KEEPER Read the questions as normal, allowing time for teams to jot down some notes. When you have read the final question (number 4) time one minute. After the expiry of that one minute, ask the teams to exchange their papers for marking. Please do not give any answers until after the papers are exchanged
Two points are scored for each correct answer. Two points are scored for identifying the correct link.
		Answers
Q1	Which member of the Royal family - first name will do - was born on 10 March 1964 ?	Edward
Q2	He is also a Labour MP, what is the first name of Tony Benn’s son ?	Hilary
Q3	What was the surname of the character played by Phillip Thomas in "Miami Vice" ?	Tubbs
Q4	What is the more familiar name for the common disorder Epistaxis ?	Nosebleed
The specific link being *The League of Gentlemen* (Edward & Tubbs run the Local shop and the strange meat sold by the butcher, Hilary, gave everyone in Royston Vasey a nosebleed)

Prior to taking the half-time break, please tell the teams that the subjects for round 9 are as follows ...
Business & Economics			Famous Women (late 19^th- early 20^th century)
Fish			Latin Tags & Phrases
Team members should decide over the half-time break which of the subjects each will take in round 9.

DON’T FORGET ~ TEAMS CHANGE ROUND FOR THE SECOND HALF

Round 6	Team Questions	Subject: Assassins & Assassinations	Answers
Team B1	In 1170, who was assassinated by Fitzorse, Tracy, Morville and Brito ?		Thomas á Becket
Team A1	He was Mary Queen of Scots’ second husband, who was blown up in Edinburgh by a group of conspirators in 1567 ?		Lord (Stewart) Darnley
Team B2	Who was shot dead by Nazis in his Vienna Chancellery in 1934 ?		(Dr Engelbert) Dollfuss
Team A2	In 1922, who was killed in an ambush laid for him between Bandon & Macroom in the Irish Republic ?		Michael Collins
Team B3	What was the surname of the disappointed office-seeker who assassinated US President James Garfield in 1881 ?		(Charles) Guiteau
Team A3	What was the surname of the bankrupt Liverpool broker who assassinated British Prime Minister Sir Spencer Perceval in 1812 ?		(John) Bellingham
Team B4	Which Secretary General of the South African Communist party was gunned down outside his home in a Johannesburg suburb in 1993 ?		(Chris) Hani
Team A4	Which former fashion designer was shot dead in Milan in 1995 ?		(Maurizio) Gucci

Round 7	Team Questions	Subject: European towns & cities	Answers
Team B1	Bregenz and Klagenfurt are provincial capitals in which country ?		Austria
Team A1	Similarly, Constanta and Timisoara ?		Romania
Team B2	Broadly speaking, where in France will you find the towns of Bastia and Calvi ?		Corsica
Team A2	Similarly, Quimper (say "Com-per") and Rennes ?		Brittany
Team B3	Which Italian port city is the capital of Puglia (say "Pool-ya") ?		Bari
Team A3	Similarly, Liguria ?		Genoa
Team B4	The birthplace of the artist Albrecht Dürer, which German city on the Pegnitz river was an important meeting place for the Meistersinger ?		Nuremberg
Team A4	Which German city on the Baltic was formerly the administrative headquarters of the Hanseatic League ?		Lűbeck

Round 8	Team Questions	Subject: World War II	Answers
Team B1	In separate campaigns, which two countries did Russia invade in 1939 ?		Poland & Finland
Team A1	Which two countries were invaded & conquered by Germany in April 1941 ?		Greece & Yugoslavia
Team B2	Popularised by the US comedian Bob Burns in the mid-30s, which ‘spoof’ trombone-like instrument gave its name to an anti-tank weapon used in WWII ?		Bazooka
Team A2	What was the name of the device used by German U-Boats enabling them to run on diesel and recharge their batteries while remaining submerged ?		Schnorkel
Team B3	Named after a fashionable area of London, which fortified site 25 miles southwest of Tobruk was overrun by Rommel’s Afrika Corps in May 1942 ?		Knightsbridge
Team A3	Which architectural style shared its name with the Germans’ final line of defence in Italy ~ running from Pisa, through Florence to Ancona ?		Gothic (Line)
Team B4	Which armed merchantman courageously attacked the German battleship Admiral Scheer in 1940, enabling 32 of the convoy she was escorting to escape ?		Jervis Bay
Team A4	Before she was sunk on encountering an enemy flotilla in 1940, which Royal Navy destroyer rammed & severely damaged the German heavy cruiser Hipper ?		(HMS) Glowworm

Round 9	Individual Questions	Players choose their subjects	Answers
	Subject One: Business & Economics
Team B1	If the cost of acquiring a business exceeds the net value of its assets, which one-word term describes the excess ?		Goodwill
Team A1	What two-word term do economists use to designate the fundamental price of something in terms of the benefits foregone to acquire it ?		Opportunity Cost
	Subject Two: Famous Women (late 19^th-early 20^th century)
Team B2	Which Polish-born German communist, together with another co-founder of the Spartacist League, was murdered in January 1919 ?		(Rosa) Luxemburg
Team A2	She died in 1912; which campaigner for housing reform and public open spaces was in 1894 a co-founder of the National Trust ?		(Octavia) Hill
	Subject Three: Fish
Team B3	What type of fish is a Porbeagle ?		(Mackerel) Shark
Team A3	Of which genus of fish is the Bonito a variety ?		Tuna or Tunny
	Subject Four: Latin tags & phrases
Team B4	A question posed inJohn's Gospel in the New Testament and also a film title, which two-word Latin phrase translates into English as "whither goest thou? " ?		Quo Vadis
Team A4	Now the name of a sweet wine produced in Italy, which two word Latin phrase translates into English as "the tears of Christ" ?		Lachryma Christie

Team "Beer & tiebreak" Round		Subject: General Knowledge	Answers
Team B1	On April 18^th 1775, who famously rode from Charleston to Lexington ?		Paul Revere
Team A1	It recently announced plans for a £100 million development, which museum opened in South Kensington, London, on April 18^th 1881 ?		Natural History Museum
Team B2	On April 18^th 1934, the world’s first launderette opened in Fort Worth, Texas. However, it was not called a launderette, it was known as a … what ?		Washeteria
Team A2	After the old London Bridge was sold to a US company on 18^th April 1968, in which US state was it re-erected in 1971 ?		Arizona (Lake Havasu City)
Team B3	Originally a music hall comic he went on to appear in a number of films; which British comedian died on April 18th 1949 ?		Will Hay
Team A3	He also appeared in films - although he is mainly remembered for his television work - which British comedian died on April 18^th 1992 ?		Benny Hill
Team B4	Which infamous figure from the British judiciary died on April 18^th 1689 ?		(Judge George) Jeffreys
Team A4	Which infamous duchess of Ferrara was born on April 18^th 1480 ?		Lucrezia Borgia

Tie-Breaker (if required as a last resort) teams must write answer down, nearest wins. If there is a tie the first to answer wins

Q: In which year was the comedian Will Hay born ?

A: 1888

Spare Questions		Use only in the order printed	Answers
1	President Clinton on 25.1.98 - "I want you to listen to me. I’m going to say this again. I did not have Blankety Blank* with that woman, Miss Lewinsky."* ?		Sexual Relations
2	Former defence & trade minister Alan Clark giving evidence at a trial in 1992 concerning arms sales to Iraq - "Of course I was economical with the Blank." ?		Actualité
3	A cold-blooded native of North America that grows up to 24 inches in length, what sort of creature is a Hellbender ?		Salamander
4	Remarkable because it can breed when immature, what name is given to the larval (tadpole) stage in the development of the Mexican Salamander ?		Axolotl (say "Axe-o-lot-l")