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11 August 2020

Latest questions: 11 August 2020

This week's questions have been gleaned from those set for use in Weeks 6 and 7 of the 2018–19 season in Stockport Quiz League, by the Horse & Farrier (Questions 1 to 22) and the Smart Alex (Questions 23 to 38).

Which fishing port at the north–east corner of the Aberdeenshire coast (about 17 miles north of Peterhead) was home to a university from 1595 to 1605? Click to show or hide the answer
Traditionally, who (specifically) would wear a red galero – a broad–brimmed hat, with tassels to indicate rank? Click to show or hide the answer
In what year was England invaded by the Great Heathen Army (a.k.a. Great Danish Army or Viking Great Army) – beginning a 14–year campaign that would end in the treaties that established Danelaw? Click to show or hide the answer
The name of which US city is said to be derived from the indigenous people's name for a wild variety of onion or garlic, which grew abundantly in the area? Click to show or hide the answer
What word is used in Irish gaelic for any primarily Irish–speaking region? Click to show or hide the answer
The birth surname of the only person to represent the UK at Eurovision in two consecutive years was Cleghorn. What was his stage name? Click to show or hide the answer
African Devil and Dragon's Breath are varieties of which popular food item, technically a fruit? Click to show or hide the answer
The words 'Oriental Republic of' appear in the official name of which country? Click to show or hide the answer
Name either of the two racecourses in Northern Ireland. Click to show or hide the answer
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Which fluid transports water and nutrients through the xylem and phloem in a plant? Click to show or hide the answer
Which popular Italian dish (or style of dish) has a name that means 'hunter' in English? Click to show or hide the answer
Which city in south–west Germany, situated across the River Rhine from Mannheim and nowadays home to the chemicals giant BASF, was officially founded in 1844 by the King of Bavaria, who named it after himself? Click to show or hide the answer
Which injury–prone England international signed for Real Madrid in August 2004, but only made his debut in September 2005, when he scored an own goal and was sent off for a second yellow card? Click to show or hide the answer
In The Simpsons, who is Springfield's 'town drunk' and Homer's best friend? Click to show or hide the answer
Which Nobel laureate is buried at Drumcliff, County Sligo (in the shadow of the Dartry Mountains), where his epitaph reads "Cast a cold eye / On life, on death / Horseman, pass by!" – the closing lines of his poem Under Ben Bulben? Click to show or hide the answer
The words "Home is the sailor, home from the sea / And the hunter home from the hill" appear on the tomb of which writer, as the last two lines of the epitaph which he wrote for himself? Click to show or hide the answer
Cunégonde is the aristocratic cousin and 'love interest' of the title character, in which satirical novel, first published in 1759? Click to show or hide the answer
What is the world's largest herb (a herb being a plant that has no woody stem above ground)? Click to show or hide the answer
Which city in the Detroit metropolitan area is the birthplace of Henry Ford, and has been the site of the Ford Motor Company's World Headquarters since it opened an assembly plant there in 1917? Click to show or hide the answer
The last words of which English–born Irish republican, to a firing squad in Dublin, in 1922, are said to have been "Take a step or two forward, lads, it'll be easier that way"? Click to show or hide the answer
Which rock band, which disbanded in 2018, was named after a system of land tenure practised in Scotland from late Mediaeval times until around 1800? Click to show or hide the answer
The head of which Classical composer was stolen four days after his death by Joseph Carl Rosenbaum and Johann Nepomuk Peter, who had an interest in phrenology? Click to show or hide the answer
Which King of England married Margaret, the daughter of King Philip III of France, in 1299 – nine years after the death of his first wife, and ten years before his own? Click to show or hide the answer
Which King of England married Joan of Navarre, the dowager Duchess of Brittany, in 1403 – nine years after the death of his first wife, and ten years before his own? Click to show or hide the answer
In Greek mythology, which formidable, beautiful but coy virgin huntress was (according to some versions of the story) the only female Argonaut? Click to show or hide the answer
Which musical features the songs Two by Two, I Am Here for You, and Man Up? Click to show or hide the answer
What's the German name for the Polish village of Brzezinka, about two miles from Auschwitz, which in World War II was the site of the concentration camp officially known (partly) as Auschwitz II? Click to show or hide the answer
Which Austrian holocaust survivor, who died in 2005 aged 96, is estimated to have tracked down 1,100 Nazi war criminals, but has been accused of exaggerating his role in the hunt for Adolf Eichmann? Click to show or hide the answer
Which annual event, comprising a series of prestigious horse races, has been held since 1984 at a different North American course in November each year? Click to show or hide the answer
Which British statesman was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925, for negotiating the Locarno Pact – aimed at preventing war between France and Germany? Click to show or hide the answer
What name is given to a series of tongue–in–cheek honours, originating in Usenet newsgroup discussions around 1985, recognising individuals who have supposedly contributed to human evolution by selecting themselves out of the gene pool by their own actions, via death or sterility? Click to show or hide the answer
Which English physicist won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1947, for proving the existence of the ionosphere during experiments carried out in 1924? Click to show or hide the answer
Established in 1868, the Royal Albert Memorial Museum is the principal museum and art gallery in which English city? Click to show or hide the answer
What birth name was shared by an English novelist who lived from 1819 to 1880, and the wife of a British prime minister who lived from 1792 to 1872? Click to show or hide the answer
Which English chemist won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1964, for discovering the structure of Vitamin B12 – becoming the third woman to win this particular prize? Click to show or hide the answer
Stresa is a town on the western shore of which Italian lake? Click to show or hide the answer
Lecco, Mendello del Lario, Varenna, Bellano, Colico, Domaso, Menaggio and Tremezzo are towns on the shore of which Italian lake? Click to show or hide the answer

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