Quiz League Set - Rounds 1-4

 As well as playing in the Wednesday Quiz League as mentioned earlier, as part of Disparate Origins we also compete on a Tuesday Night in the Quarantine Virtual Quiz League. The major difference between the leagues is the Wednesday Quiz League is set by paid setters, the Tuesday league is set by the teams playing. Last week it was our turn to set and I thought I would post the questions up on the blog for you to have a go at!

If you would like a copy of this in a word document to use in friendlies etc please email me at daniel@thequizaddict.com  and Ill send it over. Here are Rounds 1-4 (individual questions) and Ill post the rest of the set later in the week.

I collated and edited the set with the writers being myself, Tom Mead, Mat Williams, Liam McCarthy and David Hogg....

Quarantine Quiz League

Set by Disparate Origins

Round 1

1a	Designed by Frédéric Bartholdi, and with a framework built by Gustave Eiffel, the Statue of Liberty was a gift to the USA from which European country	France
1b	Beaujolais is a French AOC [Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée] wine generally made of the Gamay grape in which Wine Region?	Burgundy
2a	The recipe for which drink is a secret and is kept in two halves in safety deposit boxes located in two different Dallas banks? It has used the advertising slogans “So Misunderstood” and “What’s the worst that can happen”	Dr Pepper
2b	The novels ‘The Dressmaker’ by Beryl Bainbridge and ‘Ruby Flynn’ by Nadine Dorris are both set primarily in which UK city?	Liverpool
3a	Having observed the angle of the sun in two wells, Eratosthenes was able to calculate the size of the Earth.  At the time, he was the chief librarian of which city's iconic library?	Alexandria
3b	The "sieve of Eratosthenes" is an ancient logarithm for finding all of what subset of natural numbers within any given limit?	Prime Numbers
4a	What was the surname of Charles Lewis, who opened a “stationery and fancy goods emporium” in Lower Manhattan in 1837? The company he founded now has more than 400 stores worldwide	Tiffany
4b	Taking its name from the Greek word for Skull, what popular board game, that has had various editions since its first release 22 years ago, advertises itself with the slogan “The game for your whole brain”?	Cranium

 

 

Round 2

1a	Moose, a Jack Russell Terrier who died in 2006, is most famous for playing Eddie on which TV show?	Frasier
1b	The Spruce tree displayed each year in Trafalgar Square over the Christmas period is a gift from which Scandinavian country as a token of appreciation to 'the people of London for their assistance during the years 1940-45'?	Norway
2a	Who was the President of the USA at the time of the Alaska Purchase in 1867? Two years prior to this he had assumed the Presidency after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln	Andrew Johnson (Prompt on Johnson)
2b	In power since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko is one of Europe’s longest ruling non-royal leaders. He is the current President of which country?	Belarus
3a	Berlioz’s opera Beatrice et Benedict is loosely based on the events of which Shakespeare play?	Much Ado About Nothing
3b	Which of the Wombles was named after a town In Scotland? He is the Wombles’ engineer, and was based on the author’s brother	Tobermory
4a	Starting as a crowdfunded project on Kickstarter in 2011, which party game, requires players to complete fill-in-the-blank statements using words or phrases typically deemed as offensive, risqué or politically incorrect ?	Cards Against Humanity
4b	What does the C stand for in the abbreviation UCAS?	(The Universities and) COLLEGES (Admissions Service)

 

 

Round 3

1a	Scottish sculptor Andy Scott is famous for public artworks made of steel and bronze. Several of his most famous works depict horses; in which northern English city was “Equus Altus” unveiled in 2013? This depiction of a packhorse carrying a roll of cloth is located inside the Trinity shopping centre.	Leeds
1b	Flash, a Basset Hound, appeared in several episodes of which American TV show? In the show, his owner was Roscoe Coltrane.	The Dukes of Hazzard
2a	One of Europe’s longest serving leaders, Viktor Orbán has twice served as Prime Minister of which country? He is currently in the 10th year of his second reign of power	Hungary
2b	The recipe for which drink is a secret said to be known to only three people at a time, all of whom are members of the Barr family? Advertising campaigns for this drink include the slogans “Get you through” and another mentioning it being produced “from girders”	Iron Bru
3a	Which of the Wombles was named after a city in Russia? He is the most sporty of the Wombles, and is especially good at golf.	Tomsk
3b	Which former WBO Heavyweight Champion, who passed away aged just 44 in 2013, lost only three times in his professional career, the second of which came against Lennox Lewis in a high profile clash in 1995? He also appeared in a co-starring role in Rocky V	Tommy Morrison
4a	When Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave his first full length Radio interview since the partial easing of lockdown on 29th June 2020, it was for which newly established radio station operated by a major UK Newspaper?	Times Radio
4b	What was the surname of Andrew, who opened a men’s clothing store in Washington DC in 1867. Moving their headquarters to New York in 1902, the company he founded now has stores across the Us and in six other countries worldwide?	Saks

 

 

Round 4

1a	Claret is a traditional term used in Britain to describe red wines from which French wine region?	Bordeaux
1b	Scottish sculptor Andy Scott is famous for public artworks made of steel and bronze. Several of his most famous works depict horses; in which Scottish town/council area was “The Kelpies” unveiled in 2014? This depiction of 2 horse heads stands next to the Forth and Clyde canal.	Falkirk
2a	The novels ‘Zuleika Dobson’ by Max Beerbohm and ‘The Last Bus’ to Woodstock by Colin Dexter are both set in which UK city?	Oxford
2b	Who was the President of the USA at the time of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803? He was the third President of the United States	Thomas Jefferson
3a	Which British boxer, formerly a World Cruiserweight Champion, twice defeated David Haye in two high profile contests in 2017 and 2018? He also appeared in the 2015 movie “Creed”	Tony Bellew
3b	Verdi’s opera Falstaff is based on the events of three of Shakespeare’s plays. Henry IV parts 1 and 2 are two of them. Which is the other?	The Merry Wives of Windsor
4a	What does the C stand for in the abbreviation ACAS?	(The Advisory,) CONCILIATION (and Arbitration Service)
4b	When broadcaster Simon Mayo left BBC Radio 2 in 2019, he joined which newly established classically focused radio station that in part shares a name with a famous opera house?	Scala Radio