Quz 9

Have at it, people! No bonus round this time, I fear; since it involved spelling. (Edit: I should have mentioned, the top five scores last night were 33, 33, 30, 28, 28.  That's what you have to beat.)

Round 1: Words

(Each word is made up entirely of Roman numerals)

1. Amiably gentle or temperate in taste, sensation, or feeling or behaviour toward others. MILD

2. A perennial herb, sole member of the genus Anethum, with both leaves and seeds that are used in preparing food. DILL

3.  To imitate or copy in action, speech, or appearance. MIMIC

4.  Enraged or furiously angry. LIVID

5.  Of or pertaining to a city or to citizenship. CIVIC\CIVIL

Round 2: Yellow

1. Which fictional villain with a distinctive moustache has appeared extensively in cinema, television, radio and comic books since being created in the 1930s – despite unfortunate racist overtones - and has been described as “The yellow peril incarnate in one man”? Fu Manchu

2. What was the name of Coldplay’s debut album, from which their second single “Yellow” was taken, giving the band their first top ten hit? "Parachutes"

3. Which DC Comics superhero has a magical “power ring” which has almost infinite potential, but which for many years was entirely powerless against yellow objects? Green Lantern

4. What reason did Frenchman Louis Bobet offer when he initially refused to wear the first yellow jersey he had won in the Tour de France? The jersey included synthetic fibres, and Bobet demanded pure wool

5. Authorised in 1853 and first completed in 1884, which London Underground line is coloured yellow on maps of the system? Circle

Round 3: Insults

1. Which politician did the late comedian Linda Smith describe as "Satan's bearded folk-singer"? David Blunkett

2. According to the French knights in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, "your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of..."what? Elderberries

3. Which poet reputedly died of an insult to brain caused by eighteen straight whiskies on top of serious pneumonia? Dylan Thomas

4. Which crime under defamation law is defined as a harmful statement in a transitory form, especially speech? Slander

5. Which politician, when accused of drunkenness by MP Bessie Braddock, replied, "Bessie, you're ugly; but tomorrow morning, I shall be sober."? Winston Churchill

 

Round 4: Women in song

(For each question I want to know the name of the woman being sung about.)

1.”Died in the church and was buried along with her name.” Elanor Rigby

2. ”Jubilation, she loves me again; I fall on the floor and I’m laughing.” Cecilia

3. “Well I’m not dumb but I can’t understand why she walked like a woman but talked like a man.” Lola

4. “You had the grace to hold yourself while those around you crawled.” Norma Jean (Marilyn Monroe)

5. “As she deceived me I watched and went out of my mind.” Delilah

Round 5: Strange Ends

1. Which American actress and sex-symbol of the ‘50s died when her car passed under a suddenly-breaking trailer, crushing her head? Jayne Mansfield

2. Which philosopher was found guilty of corrupting the minds of youth and subsequently sentenced to death by drinking a mixture including hemlock? Socrates

3. Hanged in 1829 for his role in a spate of grisly murders, what became of the body of William Burke? His body was given over to medical science

4. Which animal finally put an end to famous snake-botherer and crocodile-enrager Steve Irwin? A sting-ray

5. After surviving a plunge down Niagara Falls in a barrel, Englishman Bobby Leach died in another fall after slipping on what? Orange peel

Round 6: Bavaria

1. The Bavarian flag and its lesser coat of arms both consist of which two colours? Blue and white

2. Bavaria shares a border with Switzerland across lake Constance, but which two other Europeans countries does the region border? Austria and the Czech Republic

3. Which team did Bayern Munich beat 4-0 in Berlin this May to win the German Cup? Werner Bremen

4. Protected until recently by a “purity law” first established in Munich in 1487, which drink is consumed in Bavaria at an average annual rate of 170 litres per person? Beer

5. Which member of the Christian Social Union and Minister President in Bavaria died in 1988, and gave his name to the newly constructed Munich Airport in 1992? Franz Josef Strauss

GK Round

1. (Harry Potter) What kind of dragon is Norbert? Norwegian Ridgeback

2. Which is the only number which when written in English has its letters in alphabetical order? Forty

3. Proteus, Despina and Thalassa are all moons of which planet? Neptune

4. Which South American capital city has the distinction of being the highest capital city above sea level in the world? La Paz

5. Which element has the chemical symbol W? Tungsten

6. According to popular legend, whose final words were “Pardon monsieur”, as they stepped on their executioner’s foot on the way to their death? Marie Antoinette

7. Which board game was originally released in France in 1957 as La Conquete du Monde? "Risk"

8. Which former majority leader of the US House of Representatives was convicted by a Texas court this week for money laundering? Tom DeLay

9. Robert Thompson Craftsmen Ltd produces oak furniture, each piece of which famously includes a carving of what animal? Mouse

10. What kind of animal is a Devil’s coach-horse? Insect (beetle)