Quiz League - Set B

....and here is the second set from the Sunderland Quiz League last week. As mentioned this is a team based quiz and hence up to 6 brains would have been working on each question. 2 points for a correct answer and a bonus point if you were to get a question on a pass-over from the other team. 45 was the highest score with 30 the lowest. Again, I did have a version with corrected grammar which I cannot find so apologies for any errors.

Gowan Scott Memorial Trophy 2014

Set B

Set by Museum Vaults

^13th August 2014

Round 1

1.       Which former management accountant took over from the Owen Patterson as Environment Secretary in the July 2014 Cabinet reshuffle?	Liz Truss
2.       Which 1960s singer was the first female soloist to have three no. 1 hits in the UK?	Sandie Shaw
3.       After which man, who died in 1953, is the international airport in Donetsk, Ukraine named?	Sergei Prokofiev
4.       Frederic  Henry, Rinaldi and Catherine Barkley are the main characters in which Ernest Hemmingway Novel?	Farewell to Arms

Round 2

1.       Regularly in the news in 2014, Najib Razak is the current Prime Minister of which country?	Malaysia
2.       Which of Shakespeare’s comedies has a heroine named Hero?	Much Ado About Nothing
3.       Which of Henry VIII’s marriages was the shortest?	Anne of Cleves
4.       Born in New York City in 1918 and dying in 1988, which Physicist was the youngest member of the Manhattan Project?	Richard Feynman

Round 3

1.       In which US state is the Joshua Tree National Park?	California
2.       Which boxer, nicknamed “The Blackpool Rock”, twice challenged for the World Heavyweight Championship, losing to Floyd Patterson in 1959 and to Muhammad Ali in 1966?	Brian London
3.       Which world famous entertainer was shot and killed in 1964  at the age of 33 by Bertha Franklin, the manager of the Hacienda Motel in Los Angeles?	Sam Cooke
4.       The ancient Phoenician city of Tyre, birthplace of Dido Queen of Carthage, lies in which modern day country?	Lebanon

Round 4

1.       Who was the leader of the USSR when Yuri Gagarin became the first man to go into space?	Nikita KRUSHCHEV
2.       Only five golfers have won all four current majors in their careers. Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Ben Hogan are four. Who is the other?	Gene Sarazen
3.       The Chorleywood Process is used in the commercial production of which everyday product?	Bread
4.       Which British Band, formed in Birmingham in 1984 by lead singer Roland Gift, topped the US and UK album charts in 1989 with “The Raw and The Cooked”?	Fine Young Cannibals

Round 5

1.       Which Liverpool born Author, also a Dame, died in 2010? She was nominated 5 times for the Booker Prize for works including  “Master Georgie” and “Every Man for Himself”?	Beryl Bainbridge
2.       Which lake was created when the Hoover Dam was built?	Lake Mead
3.       The song “June is Bustin’ Out all over” comes from which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical?	Carousel
4.       What is the name of the school that Simon, Jay, Will and Neil attend in the TV series The In-betweeners?	Rudge Park

Round 6

1.       Which politician who was Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1993 to 1997, was three times defeated in Tory leadership elections, in 1997, 2001 and 2005?	Kenneth Clarke
2.       In which film did Sir Michael Caine play the role of Dr Frank Bryant?	Educating Rita
3.       Give a year from the life of composer Antonin Dvorak	1841-1904
4.       Which team did Everton defeat in the final to win the European Cup Winners Cup in 1985?	Rapid Vienna