MERSEYSIDE QUIZ LEAGUE
Questions Set by CM Club
Set No. 68 for 74/75 Season

ROUND ONE - WORLD WARS I AND II

1	Name the Serbian town in which Archduke FERDINAND was assassinated? SARAJEVO
1	Who was the ruler of Austria at the outbreak of the first World War? EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEPH OR FRANCIS JOSEPH I
2	Where did JACK CORNWELL,win his, Victoria Cross? BATTLE OF JUTLAND
2	Who was the French general principally associated with the defence of VERDUN? MARSHALL PETAIN
3	Give the precise date on which HITLER invaded Poland? 1ST SEPTEMBER 1939
3	Name the type of aircraft used by the Fleet Air Arm when attempting to torpedo the SCHARNOST? FAIREY SWORDFISH
4	Who, in 1945, signed the treaty of surrender on behalf of Germany? ADMIRAL DOENITZ
4	What was the name of the,first British liner to be sunk in World War II by enemy action? SS ATHENIA

ROUND TWO SCIENCE

1	Name the process, introduced in 1856, which made the mass production of steel possible? THE BESSEMER PROCESS
1	Which scientist is regarded as the pioneer of municipal electric lighting? THOMAS EDISON
2	For what does the chemical symbol Ca, stand? CALCIUM
2	What is the chemical symbol for POTASSIUM? K (KALIUM)
3	What is the chemical symbol for MERCURY? Hg. (HYDRARGYRUM)
3	What is the chemical symbol for HYDROCHLORIC ACID? HCl
4	The symbol g represents the rate of acceleration due to GRAVITY. What is g in terms of feet per second per second? 32 FEET PER SECOND PER SECOND
4	Give the correct name for the gas, commonly knownas MARSH GAS? METHANE

ROUND THREE - MISCELLANY

1	What is the name given to the weapon carried by a Scottish Highlander in his stocking? SKEAN DHU
1	Name he weapon worn by a Yeoman Warden of this order of London? A HALBERD
2	Who would use a GAVEL? CHAIRMAN OF A MEETING or AUCTIONEER
2	Who would use a THEODOLITE ? SURVEYOR
3	What was it that LISZT could not compose without; QUEEN ANNE could not live without; and in which Lord Nelson came home literally pickled? COGNAC BRANDY
3	Which Scottish bridge was destroyed in 1880, by,a storm? TAY BRIDGE
4	What is often given to and worn by a tourist in HAWAII? A LEI
4	Where did the Boy Scouts hold their first 'BOY SCOUT CAMP'? BROWN SEA ISLAND (IN POOLE HARBOUR, DORSET)

ROUND FOUR - GEOGRAPHY

1	In which county is CHICHESTER? WEST. SUSSEX.
1	In which county is HEXHAM? NORTHUMBERLAND
2	What do they call the footpath that extends from the Derbyshire PEAK DISTRICT to the Scottish border? THE PENNINE WAY
2	What is the highest point of the PENNINE CHAIN? CROSSFEL-(2930 ft)
3	COLOMBO is the capital of which country? SRI LANKA OR CEYLON
3	ANTRIM, DERRY, DOWN; and TYRONE are four of the counties of Northern Ireland. Name one the other two? ARMAGH, FERMANAGH
4	What name is given the high mountain area in the centre of FRANCE ? MASSIF CENTRAL(CENTRAL PLATEAU)
4	In which city is the PRADO Art Gallery? MADRID

ROUND FIVE - HISTORY

1	What relation was PHILIP of Spain to Queen ELIZABETH of England ? BROTHER-IN-LAW (HE MARRIED HER HALF SISTER)
1	Name the Elizabethan sailor famous for his exploits in a ship called 'THE REVENGE".? SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE
2	In what year was the Spanish Armada defeated off the English Coast? 1588
2	In what year did COLUMBUS discover the West Indies; off America? 1492
3	Name the famous Parliamentarian a contemporary of CROMWELL, who was nick-named - 'THE OX'? JOHN PYM
3	Who was the famous English Nobleman, who was defeated and killed in 1265 at the Battle of EVESHAM? SIMON DE MONTFORT
4	What Tory Journal was taken over and edited by JONATHAN SWIFT early in the 18th century ? THE EXAMINER
4	Who early in the 18th century, was responsible for founding THE SPECTATOR ? ADDISON AND STEELE (ACCEPT EITHER)

ROUND 6 MISCELLANY

1	Who suggested to EVE that she should try the fruit of the treeof the knowledge of good and evil,which is in the garden? THE SERPENT
1	Which angel foretold the birth of JESUS CHRIST? GABRIEL
2	What colour are HEREFORD CATTLE ? RED OR BROWN WITH A WHITE FACE
2	What colour are ABERDEEN ANGUS Cattle? ALL BLACK
3	What drug is obtained from theleaves and stalks of the FOXGLOVE ? DIGITATALIS,(OR DIGITALIN)
3	Give the popular term for BOTULISM? FOOD POISONING
4	Which famous English explorer charted the northern coasts.of America in 1819? SIR JOHN FRANKLIN
4	Between 1795 and 1799, which English navigator surveyed the coast of Australia? MATTHEW FLINDERS(FATHER OF AUSTRALIAN HYDROGRAPHY)

SEVEN - LITERATURE
In each case, give the author OR the work from which the quotation is taken,

1	Thou wast not born for death Immortal Bird? JOHN KEATS ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE
1	Hail to the Blithe Spirit? PERCY B SHELLEY TO A SKYLARK
2	They also serve who only stand and wait? JOHN MILTON ON HIS BLINDNESS
2	Oh! What can ail thee, Knight at arms? JOHN KEATS LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI
3	Tomorrow, to fresh woods and pastures new? JOHN MILTON LYCIDAS
3	This above all, to thine own self be true? WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE HAMLET
4	Barkis is wlling ? CHARLES DICKENS DAVID COPPERFIELD
4	A HANDBAG? OSCARWILDE THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST

ROUND EIGHT - MIXED BAG

1	Name the family, for many years from 1911, associated with the running of the newspaper -'THE OBSERVER"? THE ASTOR FAMILY
1	Name the writer who was commissioned by the KENNEDY family to write:-"DEATH OF A PRESIDENT "? WILLIAM MANCHESTER
2	In the name John F Kennedy, for what does F stand? FITZGERALD
2	ALBANY is the capital of which American state? NEW YORK
3	BATON ROUGE is the capital of which American state? LOUISIANA
3	HORACE KING & HARRY HYLTON-FOSTER were the immediate predecessors of whom? SELWYN LLOYD(Speakers)
4	Who preceded VIC FEATHER as General Secretary of the T.U.C.? GEORGE WOODCOCK
4	What name is given to the middle section of an insect's body? THE THORAX

S P A R E Q U E S T I 0 N S

1. Who wrote 'MANSFIELD PARK' ?
JANE AUSTEN.

2. What is the name of the Royal Residence in NORFOLK?
SANDRINGHAM HOUSE