Latest questions: 2 November 2021

These questions were inspired by those set for use in Knockout Weeks 4 and 5 of the 2012–13 season in Stockport Quiz League, by the Horse & Farrier (Questions 1 to 14) and the Railway (15 to 37).

What sort of creature is the sergeant baker – also known as the dragon snapper?		A fish
Which city was the de facto capital of Portugal, from 1808 to 1822?		Rio de Janeiro
The oldest continuously–inhabited European–established settlement in the Americas – including the Cathedral of Santa María la Menor, the oldest cathedral in the Americas – is in the capital city of which Caribbean country?		Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo)
Born in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1818, Mary Todd was the wife of which American president?		Abraham Lincoln
Who played Denis Thatcher in the 2011 film The Iron Lady?		Jim Broadbent
Norway, Sweden and Denmark all have shores on which body of water?		The Skagerrak
Which figure in the world of the arts and entertainment was born Marnie Mercedes [blank] Pemberton Crittle? (The blank replaces the forename by which she is known publicly)		Darcey Bussell
Which musical, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, borrowed its title from an unsuccessful children's play, first performed over Christmas and New Year 1915–16 and never revived, for which Edward Elgar wrote the songs and incidental music?		Starlight Express
How is the Italian title of the 1817 opera by Gioachino Rossini, La Gazza Ladra, commonly translated into English?		The Thieving Magpie
In which state is the College of William and Mary – the second–oldest institution of higher education in the USA, after Harvard?		Virginia
"Correctamundo!" is or was a catchphrase used by which character in an American television sitcom?		The Fonz (Henry Winkler)
Which Dutch violinist (with a French name) founded the Johann Strauss Orchestra, whose light classical concerts and recordings are so popular that the Sky Arts 2 television channel was renamed in his honour for two weeks in 2013?		André Rieu
Arch, tied arch, beam, cable–stayed and truss are all types of what?		Bridge
Duane Chapman is or was the eponymous star of which American reality television series, first broadcast between 2004 and 2012 (with later spin–offs)?		Dog the Bounty Hunter
Which comedy drama television series, first broacast on BBC One between 2005 and 2008, starred Tamsin Greig as Alice Chenery – "a modern woman with old–fashioned values"?		Love Soup
Which river, whose name is used locally as a byword for the remote moorland area where it has its source, flows through the towns of Ashington and Morpeth in Northumberland?		The Wansbeck
Which musical, first produced on Broadway in 1981, was based on the show business aspirations and successes of African–American R&B acts such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown and Jackie Wilson? It was filmed in 2006 starring Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé and Eddie Murphy, and it also ran in London's West End from 2016 to 2019.		Dreamgirls
Linked to Glasgow by the M77, what is the largest population centre (i.e. the largest town or city) in Ayrshire?		Kilmarnock
Who lived for 28 years, from 1948 until his death in 1976, at The Elms, Stalybridge Road, Mottram in Longendale (traditionally in Cheshire, now in Greater Manchester)?		L. S. Lowry
According to the Bible, how old was Noah when he begat his three sons?		500
Whose autobiography, first published in 2012, was entitled Running My Life?		Seb Coe
Who revealed in her 2008 autobiography, Home: a Memoir of My Early Years, that she was conceived as a result of an affair that her mother had with a family friend?		Julie Andrews
Which London thoroughfare links the Mall with Hyde Park Corner, and is sometimes said to have got its name from King Charles II's habit of taking daily walks there?		Constitution Hill
Which hairstyle is also known as a B–52?		The beehive
Which Huguenot lieutenant on George Vancouver's 1792 expedition gave his name (courtesy of Vancouver) to the body of water that he explored, in what would later become Washington state?		Peter Puget
Which English town grew up around a Roman fort known as Danum?		Doncaster
Which American baseball team is second to the New York Yankees in number of World Series wins, with eleven to date – having last won it in 2011?		St. Louis Cardinals
In 1847, when the US post office issued its first stamps, George Washington was on the 10 cent stamp. Who appeared on the 5 cent stamp?		Benjamin Franklin
Who wrote the screenplays for the films Silkwood and When Harry Met Sally? She died in 2012, aged 71.		Nora Ephron
Which American hip hop group was composed of Michael Diamond, Adam Yauch (yowk) and Adam Horovitz – also known, respectively, as Mike D, MCA, and Ad–Rock?		Beastie Boys
Which long–forgotten wartime slogan was rediscovered on a poster found in the year 2000 in a second hand bookshop in Alnwick, Northumberland?		Keep Calm and Carry On
Which classic Edwardian novel is set in the fictional town of Mugsborough?		The Ragged–Trousered Philanthropists
In email and SMS communications, what does GAL stand for?		Get A Life
The Dorset brewery of Hall & Woodhouse, whose beers include Fursty Ferret and Tanglewood, is better known by what name?		Badger
Which son of a charlady and a Billingsgate fish porter of part Romani heritage is also a co–owner of Langan's Brasserie – one of London's most popular restaurants?		Michael Caine
Three football clubs were founder members of both the (English) Football League and the (English) Premier League. Aston Villa and Everton are two of them; what's the third?		Blackburn Rovers
Which Channel 4 comedy sketch show, first broadcast from 1989 to 1993, featured four Scottish contributors, one Welsh and one English – including Moray Hunter, Morwenna Banks, John Sparkes and Gordon Kennedy?		Absolutely

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