Round 1

The Wise Old Owls Yorkshire Quiz League
Wise Old Owls Yorkshire Plate Match

Questions used in the final of our 2000 supplementary 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 Violet	Owning team/player answers incorrectly, opposition scores bonus.
Answer text in red	Neither owning team/player or opposition answered correctly

The Lord Nelson (eventual winners) went A, the Old Pack Horse ‘B’ went B

Round 1	Team Questions	Subject: Imported Words	Answers
Team A1	Which Persian word in English usage describes a market area or charity sale ?		Bazaar
Team B1	Meaning ‘pavilion’, which Turkish word describes a small booth where you might buy cigarettes, food or newspapers ?		Kiosk
Team A2	From Hindustani meaning ‘belonging to (or from) Bengal’, which word describes a one-storey house ?		Bungalow
Team B2	Meaning ‘gathering’, which modern Hebrew word describes an Israeli collective farming community ?		Kibbutz
Team A3	Originally from Sanskrit meaning ‘religious exercise’, which Russian word is often used to describe a priest or medicine man from North America or Northern Asia ?		Shaman
Team B3	Now used in connection with advertising and political campaigns, which word originates from the Gaelic description of a (Scottish) highland battle-cry ?		Slogan
Team A4	Meaning ‘ear of corn’, which old Hebrew word describes a word that, according to how its spoken, distinguishes one group (or class) of people from another ?		Shibboleth
Team B4	Describing the descent to earth of a god in human form, which Sanskrit word is used in some computer-games to refer to the cyber-character a player controls ?		Avatar

Round 2	Team Questions	Subject: Late 1980	Answers
Team A1	In November, who won a landslide victory in the US Presidential election ?		Ronald Reagan
Team B1	The same month in the UK, who was elected Labour Leader by 10 votes ?		Michael Foot
Team A2	As well as a new version of the Ford Escort, which British motor car was launched at the Motor Show in October ?		Mini Metro
Team B2	Which two middle-east countries went to war in September ?		Iran & Iraq
Team A3	On September 17^th Anastasio Somoza was assassinated in Paraguay. He had formerly been the dictator of which central American country ?		Nicaragua
Team B3	In October, Malcolm Fraser led his ‘Liberal & Country’ coalition to power in which Commonwealth country ?		Australia
Team A4	Shortly before his death, who resigned as Soviet Premier in October ?		(Alexsey) Kosygin
Team B4	In December, which controversial academic was appointed personal economic adviser to the Prime Minister at a salary of £50,000 p.a. ?		(Alan) Walters

Round 3	Team Questions	Subject: Southern England	Answers
Team A1	Once a part of the much more expansive Waltham Forest, in which county is Epping Forrest ?		Essex
Team B1	Now located within Windsor & Maidenhead Unitary Authority, the famous Ascot Racecourse was once situated in which former English county ?		Berkshire
Team A2	Which Kent market town on the river Stour, about 8 miles NW of Folkestone, is an important stopping-place for trains using the Channel Tunnel ?		Ashford
Team B2	Which residential district in the London Borough of Barnet is home to both the RAF and Battle of Britain museums ?		Hendon
Team A3	The district of Torbay was created in 1968 by the union of three seaside resorts. These being Paignton, Torquay, and which other ?		Brixham
Team B3	Which rocky peninsula on the south coast is the site of as a castle built by Henry VIII in 1520 and Europe’s largest man-made harbour ?		(Isle of) Portland
Team A4	Some 7 miles SE of Bath, in which town are the administrative headquarters of the county of Wiltshire ?		Trowbridge
Team B4	Noted for its oysters, which Kent resort stands at the mouth of the river Swale ?		Whitstable

Round 4	Individual	Subject: Exponents of the performing arts	Answers
Team A1	She made her debut in The Nutcracker in 1934, how is the dancer Margaret (or ‘Peggy’), Hookham better known ?		Margot Fonteyn
Team B1	She made her opera debut in Rigoletto in 1887, how is the singer Helen Porter Mitchell better known ?		Nellie Melba
Team A2	Knighted in 1947 he was made a Baron in 1970; which English actor was married to his second wife Joan Plowright from 1961 until his death in 1989 ?		Lawrence (Kerr) Olivier
Team B2	Born 1948, he was principal dancer with the Royal Ballet from 1973 to 1983. Who formed his own dance company, ‘Dash’, in 1980 ?		Wayne Sleep
Team A3	Born in Lancashire in 1912; which much loved and admired contralto singer was awarded the CBE shortly before her death from cancer in 1953 ?		Kathleen Ferrier
Team B3	Born Margaret Natalie Cross in 1934, she is particularly noted for her comic roles; which actress was formerly married to the late (actor) Robert Stephens ?		Maggie Smith
Team A4	He managed an Oscar nomination in 1953 though ‘blacklisted’ as a communist. The film score to Genevieve may have been credited to Muir Mattheson, but who wrote and performed its famous harmonica theme ?		(Lawrence) Larry Adler
Team B4	Born in 1920 he was recently honoured in his home country, India. Which virtuoso musician helped popularise Indian music in the West and composed two concertos for sitar & orchestra in 1971 & 1981 ?		Ravi Shankar

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	Traditionally, what colour flag was hoisted outside a prison to signify an execution was to take place ?	Black
Q2	What word does the "P" in the acronym V.S.O.P. represent ?	Pale
Q3	What is the predominant colour of the ‘home shirts’ worn by Charlton Athletic F.C.?	Red
Q4	What colour habits are worn by Carmelite Monks ?	White
The specific link is … Horsemen/Horses of the Apocalypse (Black – hunger; "Pale" – death; Red – war & White - civil strife)

Prior to taking the half-time break teams were told the subjects for round 9 were as follows ...
WWII			Quotations
20^th Century Playwrights			The Royal Family
Team members decided over the half-time break which of the subjects each was to take in round 9.

TEAMS CHANGE ROUND FOR THE SECOND HALF

Round 6	Team Questions	Subject: Sport	Answers
Team B1	Nicknamed The Hammer, which baseball player retired in 1976 after hitting an all-time career record 755 home runs ?		Hank Aaron
Team A1	Which nickname associated with New York’s old Yankee Stadium reflects Babe Ruth’s contribution to the club’s prosperity ?		The house that Ruth built
Team B2	Which Scottish athlete became Women’s World 10,000m Champion in 1992 and won consecutive Commonwealth Gold, in the same event, in 1986 & 1990 ?		Liz McColgan
Team A2	With 8 Grand Slam titles to her name, which English tennis player established a record number of appearances in Wightman & Federation Cup teams ?		Virginia Wade
Team B3	No-doubt inspired by his height – he was 7’1" – what was the nickname of record-breaking basketball player Wilton Norman Chamberlain ?		Wilt the Stilt
Team A3	Famed for his trademark ‘sky hook’ shot, what name did legendary basketball player Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor take following his conversion to Islam in 1968 ?		(Kareem) Abdul-Jabbar
Team B4	Born 1957 and four times LPGA Player of the Year; which American golfer’s spectacular performances of the late ‘70s & early ‘80s did much to increase the popularity of the womens’ game ?		Nancy Lopez
Team A4	Born 1963, a member of the 1984 Curtis Cup team, which English golfer turned Pro in 1985, the year in which she won Rookie of the Year ?		Laura Davies

Round 7	Team Questions	Subject: Making Headlines	Answers
Team B1	The actor Bill Dean died last Friday. He achieved fame playing which cynical interfering neighbour in the Channel 4 soap Brookside (mainly in the ‘80s) ?		Harry Cross
Team A1	Also last Friday, the Grand Final of which televised contest saw ‘Chaos 2’ defeat ‘Hypnodisk’ ?		‘Robot Wars’
Team B2	Last Thursday marked the 1^st anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre. In which US state is Littleton, scene of those tragic killings ?		Colorado
Team A2	In which US city were some 600 anti-globalization protesters arrested this month during demonstrations against the World Bank & the I.M.F. ?		Washington
Team B3	Preserved as a 66 million year-old fossil. Which part of a dinosaur’s anatomy has recently been the subject of much scientific speculation ?		Heart (warm blooded?)
Team A3	A ‘living fossil’ once thought to have become extinct with the dinosaurs, which fish is now protected by a UN ban on all international trade in the species ?		Coelacanth
Team B4	In which European country were 7 people killed and 65 injured following a toxic gas attack on a nightclub ?		Portugal
Team A4	Which important arms-reduction treaty was ratified by Russia’s Parliament, the Duma, on Friday 14^th April ?		‘Start II’

Round 8	Team Questions	Subject: "Final"	Answers
Team B1	"Space, the final frontier....These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise." A line penned by the creator of Star Trek. What was his name ?		Gene Roddenberry
Team A1	"To where Saint Mary Woolnoth kept the hours, With a dead sound on the final stroke of nine" - lines from the 1922 poem The Wasteland. Who was the poet ?		T.S. Elliot
Team B2	Not their last time on the UK album chart – entitled ‘The Final Cut’, which UK group’s 15^th album reached N^o1 in 1983 ?		Pink Floyd
Team A2	It only reached N^o2 in the UK charts (although their first 2 albums reached N^o1), which UK duo’s third & final album, released in 1986, was entitled ‘The Final’ ?		Wham
Team B3	Starring Kirk Douglas & Martin Sheen, in which 1980 film is a US aircraft carrier somehow transported back to the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour ?		The Final Countdown
Team A3	A sequel to Damien & Damien II, in which film does Sam Neil play the Antichrist who, as head of Thorn Industries, becomes US Ambassador to London ?		The Final Conflict
Team B4	Which Swedish group had a UK N^o1 single in 1986 with "The Final Countdown" ?		Europe
Team A4	And finally, which US female vocalist reached N^o29 & then N^o2 in the UK singles charts, in 1991 & 1992 respectively, with "Finally" (it also charted as an album) ?		Ce Ce Peniston

Round 9	Individual Questions	Players choose their subjects	Answers
	Subject One: World War II
Team B1	Situated above the river Rapido in Italy, which Benedictine monastery formed an intrinsic part of Germany’s defensive Gustav Line in 1943 ?		(Monte) Cassino
Team A1	Hitler code-named it ‘Watch on the Rhine’, what did the allies call Germany’s Western front counteroffensive of December 1944 ?		Battle of the Bulge
	Subject Two: Quotations
Team B2	Who boasted "When I first knew Elvis he had a million dollars’ worth of talent. Now he has a million dollars" ?		(Col.) Tom Parker
Team A2	Which US President first put a sign on his desk saying "The buck stops here" ?		Harry Truman
	Subject Three: 20^th Century Playwrights
Team B3	Which US playwright penned "The Glass Menagerie" in 1945 ?		Tennessee Williams
Team A3	Which English playwright penned "The Royal Hunt of the Sun" in 1964 ?		Peter Shaffer
	Subject Four: The Royal Family
Team B4	Three of Prince Charles’ forenames are Charles, Philip & George. Which is his other ?		Arthur
Team A4	Two of the Queen’s forenames are Elizabeth & Mary. Which is her other ?		Alexandra