Latest questions: 1 September 2020

This week's questions have been gleaned from those set for use in Weeks 14 and 15, and the first Knockout round, of the 2018–19 season in Stockport Quiz League, by the Wandering Star (Questions 1 to 7), the Tiviot (8 to 21) and the Sun & Castle (22 to 33).

Which radical speaker and agitator presented the first petition in support of women's suffrage to the British parliament in 1832?		Henry 'Orator' Hunt
Which island lies about three quarters of a mile off Amble, Northumberland – which is at the mouth of the river of the same name?		Coquet Island
Which chemical element – reportedly first detected in 1964 at Dubna in the Soviet Union, synthesised at Berkeley, California in 1969, and independently confirmed in 1973 – has the longest name (with 13 letters)?		Rutherfordium
Which film director has been married to fellow director Kathryn Bigelow (1989–91), actress Linda Hamilton (1997–9) and former actress Suzy Amis (2000 to date)?		James Cameron
What word, from a diminutive form of the Latin word for a foot, can mean: in botany, the stalk that supports an inflorescence; and in zoology, a stem, through which a mass of tissue is attached to a body?		Peduncle
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, who died of typhoid aged 18 – predeceasing his father by 13 years – was the eldest son of which English king?		James I (James VI of Scotland)
Produced for British European Airways (BEA) by Hawker Siddeley, in response to a UK government initiative, what was the first "T–tail rear–engined trijet" airliner (i.e. one with three engines in its tailplane)? It entered service in 1962, two months after the Boeing 727 (much to its cost)		The Trident
Whose poem The Masque of Anarchy (written in 1819 in response to the Peterloo Massacre, but only published posthumously in 1832) has been described as "the greatest political poem ever written in English"?		Percy Bysshe Shelley
Which county in the Republic of Ireland borders Northern Ireland on the Irish Sea coast?		Louth
Who won Olympic gold medals for Great Britain in Taekwondo, in both 2012 and 2016?		Jade Jones
Which Japanese multinational became the sole shareholder in the formerly British–owned IT manufacturing and services company ICL in 1998?		Fujitsu
Which of New Zealand's 18 regions produces over 75% of the country's wine, and is especially famous for the Sauvignon Blanc grape?		Marlborough
The symphonic poem In the Steppes of Central Asia is one of the best–known works by which Russian composer of the 19th century?		Alexander Borodin
In which English county are Bempton Cliffs (an RSPB nature reserve, famous for its breeding seabirds)?		(North) Yorkshire
Which English rose breeder and writer, based in Shropshire and said to have created almost 120 cultivars, died in 2018 aged 92?		David H. C. Austin
Which species of duck, named for its chestnut plumage, was introduced to Britain from North America by Peter Scott in 1948 but has been culled in Europe in the 21st century (from around 5,500 birds to fewer than 100) because of its aggressive courting behaviour and willingness to interbreed with the endangered native white–headed duck of southern Europe?		The ruddy duck
In Coronation Street, what's the name of the greyhound owned by Evelyn Plummer – Tyrone Dobbs's long–lost grandmother, played by Maureen Lipman since her first appearance in 2018?		Cerberus
Which President of Peru fled to Japan in 2000 amid a major scandal involving corruption and human rights violations?		Alberto Fujimori
Who resigned as Work & Pensions Secretary in 2018 in opposition to Brexit negotiations and Theresa May's draft Brexit withdrawal agreement? She stood for leader of the Conservative Party following May's resignation, but was defeated in the first ballot		Esther McVey
What three–word name is given to the type of pastry that's traditionally used to make pork pies?		Hot water crust (pastry)
Who created the fictional character Theodore Boone – the 13–year–old son of two lawyers, who dreams of following in their footsteps and is often approached by his classmates to solve their issues?		John Grisham
In which English city is Ye Olde Fighting Cocks – one of several claimants (along with Ye Olde Man & Scythe in Bolton and Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem in Nottingham) to the title of England's oldest public house?		St. Albans
Which 1959 film starred John Mills as a police superintendent, and his daughter Hayley as a young girl who witnesses a murder?		Tiger Bay
Which eight–year–old girl was abducted and murdered by solicitor's clerk Frederick Baker in Alton, Hampshire, on 24 August 1867?		Fanny Adams
Which Liberal Democrat leader was a former holder of the British 100 metres record?		Menzies Campbell
In which English county is RAF Coningsby – home to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight?		Lincolnshire
What name, shared by two 19th century American newspaper publishers (father and son), has been used since the mid–20th century, particularly in Britain and probably in reference to the son, as an expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust or frustration?		(James) Gordon Bennett (Sr. and Jr.)
In which English city was Dick Turpin hanged in 1739?		York
Who is the only person to have won the Cheltenham Gold Cup, the Champion Hurdle and the Grand National, both as a jockey and as a trainer?		Fred Winter
Who played Colin Russell in EastEnders for three years from 1986 (featuring in the first gay kiss in a UK soap opera), with a brief return in 2016; was one of the founders of Stonewall, and MEP for the West Midlands from 1999 to 2014; and was created a life peer in 2014?		Michael Cashman
Which ITV drama series, first broadcast from 1969 to 1976, starred Gerald Harper (previously known as Adam Adamant) in the title role, a paternalistic landowner who sets about correcting local injustices?		Hadleigh
In which European capital city is the world's oldest zoo?		Vienna
Adolf Hitler's sister–in–law claimed in 1939 that he had lived with her (and her husband, his half–brother) for five months in 1912 and 1913, in which English city?		Liverpool

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