Quiz League Set - A

As promised here are the questions I set for the Sunderland Echo Quiz League last week. Each team gets a different Set and this is Set A. There were winners on both sets, the highest score of the night was 45 and the lowest was 30. Its 2 points for a correct answer and 1 point if received on a bonus (i.e. if other team fails). I did do a version with some grammar fixed but can't seem to find it so apologies for any errors.

Gowan Scott Memorial Trophy 2014

Set A

Set by Museum Vaults

13^th August 2014

Round 1

1.       Which politician, who was labour Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979, was twice defeated in Labour leadership elections, in 1976 and 1980?	Denis Healey
2.       The song “People will say we’re in love” comes from which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical?	Oaklahoma
3.       At the beginning of World War 1 there were only two independent nations in Africa, name either?	Liberia or Ethiopia (Abyssinia)
4.        The first episode of which classic BBC sitcom involves the main character “having a bit of trouble with the coal shed door”?	Some Mothers Do Ave Em

Round 2

1.       British Athlete Holly Bleasedale, is a leading competitor in which event?	Pole Vault
2.       In which Welsh resort, located on Cardigan Bay, was the National Library of Wales opened in 1911?	Aberystwyth
3.        Which Scottish Author, also a Dame, died in 2006? She was nominated for the booker prize in two occasions for Loitering with Intent and The Public Image.	Muriel Spark
4.       The ABC islands are located in the Netherland Antilles. If A is Aruba and B is Bonaire. What is C?	Curacao

Round 3

1.       What is the name of the lake created when the Aswan High Dam was built?	Lake Nasser
2.        The Archers is set in which fictional county?	Borsetshire
3.       Which nation has topped the medal tables at every Commonwealth Games between 1986-2010?	Australia
4.       Which country’s national flag features images of a book, a garden hoe and a Kalashnikov assault rifle with bayonet	Mozambique

Round 4

1.       New York State lies on one side of the Niagara Falls, which Canadian Province lies on the other?	Ontario
2.       The 'Father of Chicago Blues', McKinley Morganfield is better known by which name?	Muddy Waters
3.       Paul Pennyfeather, a student at the fictional Scone College, is the protagonist in which Evelyn Waugh novel?	Decline and Fall
4.       Which former corporate solicitor took over from               Michael Gove as Education Secretary in the July 2014 Cabinet               reshuffle?	Nicky Morgan

Round 5

1.       Which boxer, nicknamed “The Leamington Licker”, caused a sensation when he outpointed the legendary “Sugar” Ray Robinson to become World Middleweight Champion in 1951? He lost the return flight 64 days later.	Randolph Turpin
2.       Give a year from the life of composer George Frederic Handel	1685-1759
3.       What is the surname of Carrie in the classic 1970s horror movie?	White
4.        Golf: At the 2014 US Masters, who became the first Father and Son to play in the tournament at the same time? (Surname only required)	Stadler (Craig and Kevin)

Round 6

1.       After which man who died in 1886 is Budapest’s international airport named?	Franz Liszt
2.       Flourishing between 900BC and 200BC, the Chavin Civilization was based in which Country?	Peru
3.       In the Old Testament, what is the name of the second wife of Abraham with whom he fathered Ishmael?	Hagar
4.       Who became the first female to be appointed to role of Master of the Queens Music in June 2014?	Judith Weir