The Wise Old Owls Yorkshire Quiz League

                               2^nd Annual Plate Knockout

               Questions used in the final of our 2001 Plate Knock-out Competition

R 1

Team

Subject: ‘Firsts’

Answers

A1

In 1953, which was the first of Ian Fleming’s 12 James Bond novels ?

Casino Royale

B1

In which story did Sherlock Holmes first appear ?

A Study in Scarlet

A2

Which British King was nicknamed ‘The First Gentleman of Europe’ ?

George IV

B2

Which US state has the official nickname of ‘The First State’ ?

Delaware

A3

Who was the first husband of Lauren Bacall ?

Humphrey Bogart

B3

Who was the first wife of Ronald Reagan ?

Jane Wyman

A4

In 1967, which US female had a UK top 20 hit with ‘First Cut It The Deepest’ ?

P.P. Arnold

B4

In 1988, which US female had a UK N^o1 with ‘First Time’ ?

Robin Beck

R 2

Team

Subject: Food

Answers

A1

A Carpetbag steak is one stuffed with which shellfish ?

Oyster

B1

Angels on horseback are oysters wrapped in bacon, but what would you wrap in bacon to make devils on horseback ?

Prunes

A2

The pasta called Fiochetti is what shape ?

(Little) Bow

B2

Please be precise, what shape is the pasta called Penne ?

Quill or Tube/Tubular

A3

Which bacterium, infecting humans and animals that eat contaminated food, is named after an English surgeon & scientist who died in 1912 ?

Listeria

B3

Which bacterium which commonly causes food poisoning is named after an American veterinary surgeon who died in 1914 ?

Salmonella

A4

Which Italian city & province gives its name to a heavy-scented variety of sweet violet that is often crystallized for food decoration ?

Parma

B4

Which foodstuff has 4 varieties called white, golden, amber and dark ?

Honey

R 3

Team

Subject: ‘Queens’

Answers

A1

Which monarch signed the warrant of execution on Lady Jane Grey ?

Mary I or Mary Tudor

B1

Elizabeth I signed which monarch’s warrant of execution ?

Mary, Queen of Scots

A2

According to the nursery rhyme ‘Sing a song of sixpence’, what was the Queen doing in the parlour ?

‘Eating bread and honey’

B2

Similarly, when did the Queen of Hearts make some tarts ?

‘All on a summer's day’

A3

Which Englishman wrote a theatrical masque, an early form of English opera, entitled ‘The Fairy Queen’ ?

Purcell

B3

Which Russian wrote the opera ‘The Queen of Spades’ based on the novel by Pushkin?

Tchaikovsky

A4

Of US origin & played with a double pack of 48 cards (nine to ace only), in which card game does the combination of queen of spades & jack of diamonds share the same name as the game itself ? 

Pinoche

B4

With a French name & played with a double pack of 64 cards (7 to ace only), in which card game does the combination of queen of spades & jack of diamonds share the same name as the game itself ?

Bezique

R 4

Individual

Word game “Co” – ‘Colin’

Answers

A1

… is a sturdy short-legged horse for riding ?

Cob

B1

… a raccoon-like flesh-eating mammal of Central and S. America ?

Coati or Coatimundi

A2

… the spiral cavity of the internal ear, in which sound vibrations are converted into nervous impulses ?

Cochlea

B2

… the small triangular bone at the base of the human spinal column ?

Coccyx

A3

… the bodywork of a road or rail vehicle ?

Coachwork

B3

… a temporary alliance for combined political or military action ?

Coalition

A4

… the concluding passage of a piece of music or musical movement ?

Coda

B4

… a rosette etc. worn in a hat as a badge of office or party ?

Cockade

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

2 points are scored for each correct answer.  2 points are scored for identifying the link.

Answers

Q1

In Britain, what name is usually given to a camouflaged shelter used for observing wildlife or hunting animals ?

Hide

Q2

Which name is given both to a spot on a peacock's tail and the leaf bud of a potato ?

Eye

Q3

Derived from whist, in which card game are 1 player's cards exposed to be played by a partner ?

Bridge

Q4

What name is commonly given to a simple slip-knot with a double loop ?

Bow

The specific link being … Ox (i.e. Ox-hide, Ox-eye, Oxbridge & Oxbow)

Prior to taking the half-time break, please tell the teams that the subjects for round 9 are as follows ...

English Law

Ballet

Africa

Naval Battles

Team members should decide over the half-time break which of the subjects each will take in round 9.

R6

Team

Subject: 1971

Answers

B1

At which UK soccer stadium was there an incident in which several people died ?

Ibrox (Park)

A1

3^rd January; which ground-breaking new British University was inaugurated ?

Open University

B2

25^th October; where in London was an IRA bomb discovered ?

Post Office Tower

A2

15^th June; which UK Education Secretary announced an end to free school milk ?

Margaret Thatcher

B3

Please be precise, on 15^th January 1971, which engineering project in Africa was inaugurated ?

Aswan High Dam

A3

4^th February; which world famous British company declared bankruptcy ?

Rolls Royce

B4

8^th January; in which south American country was the British ambassador kidnapped by Tupamaros (say “Toop-a-ma-roo”)  rebels ?

Uruguay

A4

Which date was ‘UK Decimal Day’ ?

15 February

R 7

Team

20^th Century Theatre

Answers

B1

In 1980 David Edgar staged a hugely successful 8 1/2-hour dramatization of which Dickens novel ?

Nicholas Nickleby

A1

Who transformed the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre into the Royal Shakespeare Company ?

(Sir) Peter Hall

B2

What was founded by Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in 1904 ?

Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts or RADA

A2

Mainly letters from his mum in Hull, which actor published the autobiographical Dear Tom in 2000?

Tom Courtenay

B3

Which popular actor’s autobiography is entitled Loitering With Intent ?

Peter O’Toole

A3

In 1945, who formed the Theatre Workshop in Manchester specifically for working-class audiences ?

Joan Littlewood

B4

Who was made a Dame Grand Cross of the British Empire in 1925, three years before dying at her cottage, Small Hythe, in Kent, which is now her ‘Memorial Museum’ ?

Ellen Terry

A4

In 1961 who wrote the large-scale play called ‘Devils’ ?

John Whiting

R 8

Team

Subject: A Trail

Answers

B1

In which year did one-pound coins replace notes in England & Wales ?

1983

A1

On 16^th May 1983, what did London traffic police use for the first time ?

Wheel clamp

B2

Which US city inspired the nickname for the wheel clamp ?

Denver (Boot)

A2

Which National Football League team has moved from its former home, Denver’s Mile High Stadium ?

Broncos

B3

Meaning ‘rough’, the word Bronco comes from which language ?

Spanish

A3

Which creature derives its (English) name from the Spanish ‘el lagarto’ – which means “the lizard” ?

Alligator

B4

There are 2 living species of Alligator – Mississippiensis and the much smaller Sinensis.  The former is found in the southern US states; the latter is found in which Asian nation ?

China (i.e. as in ‘Sino’)

A4

After the communists had eliminated nationalist resistance on the country’s mainland, in which year was the People’s Republic of China inaugurated ?

1949

R9

Individual

Players’ choice

Answers

Subject One: English Law – answer in words

B1

Established in 1985, which body is responsible for prosecuting all criminal offences in England and Wales ?

Crown Prosecution Service

A1

Which department of the High Court deals with the estates of people who are incapable, by reason of mental disorder, of managing their affairs & property ?

Court of Protection

Subject Two: Ballet

B2

In which pose does the dancer stand on one leg, the other raised behind, with the arms held such a way as to give the longest possible line from fingertips to toes ?

Arabesque

A2

Which Latvian-born dancer joined the Kirov ballet in 1967 and, in 1974, famously defected to the USA ?

(Mikhail) Baryshnikov

Subject Three: Africa

B3

What name is given to the geographical projection constituted by Somalia and adjacent territories ?

Horn of Africa

A3

What did English-speaking people commonly call the interior of West and Central Africa – a region from which many, supposedly, never returned ?

‘White Man's Grave'

Subject Four: Naval Battles

B4

In 1798, in which Egyptian bay did Nelson destroy the French fleet in an engagement also called the Battle of the Nile ?

Aboukir

A4

In 1914, where in the southern-hemisphere did Admiral Sturdee destroy von Spee’s squadron, the Germans loosing five ships - including the Gneisenau and Scharnhorst  ?

Falkland Islands