Latest questions: 31 March 2022

These questions were inspired by those set for use in Week 7 of the 2021–2 season in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the Queen Bs.

The name of which Californian rock band, formed in 1987 by Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt, refers to a period of time spent doing nothing but smoking marijuana?		Green Day
Which historical event is celebrated in the Bayeux Tapestry?		The Battle of Hastings
What's the only human internal organ capable of natural regeneration of lost tissue?		The liver
Which English thriller writer is reputed (but invariably with no source cited) to have said, "A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle"?		Ian Fleming
Said to represent Tsar Nicholas, who was the human owner of Manor Farm, in the book by George Orwell, before it was taken over by the animals and became Animal Farm?		Mr, Jones
Which Shakespeare play was written, according to tradition, at the request of Queen Elizabeth I?		The Merry Wives of Windsor
The English name of which commonly–used spice comes from the Latin and/or French word for a nail (because when dried, they resemble nails in shape)?		Cloves
Thomas John Woodward is the real name of which iconic British singer, born in 1940?		Tom Jones
The voice of motor racing on British television – BBC 1976–96, ITV 1997 to 2001 – died in 2001, aged 97. Who was he?		Murray Walker
If Nicola Roberts was Queen Bee in 2020, and Joss Stone was Sausage in 2020–1, who was Panda in February 2022?		Natalie Imbruglia (Masked Singers)
What was announced in October 2021 as the new name of Facebook, Inc.?		Meta Platforms, Inc.
The Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg was born on the third of January, in which year?		2003
By what pseudonym is the blogger, YouTuber, (etc.), Mark Ian Hoyle – born in Nottingham in 1987 – better known?		LadBaby
Which famous film director was born in 1954 in the town of Kapuskasing, Ontario (population 8,057 in 2021)?		James Cameron
First publshed in 2015, The End of an Earring was the autobiography of which EastEnders actress?		Pam St. Clement
Who replaced John Humphrys, for the current series, as the presenter of the BBC television quiz Mastermind?		Clive Myrie
Which ITV quiz show shares its name with Lester Piggott's first ever winner (at Haydock Park, in 1948, aged 12)?		The Chase
Which classic track by the English rock band Deep Purple, with an iconic guitar riff, was based on the true story of a fire that occurred in 1971 in Montreux, Switzerland (on the shore of Lake Geneva) while the band were preparing to record an album there?		Smoke on the Water
Which popular game, introduced in America in 1966, is played on a plastic mat with 24 coloured circles?		Twister
Which non–profit organisation was founded in 1946 at Lincoln College, Oxford, by Roland Berrill (an Australian barrister) and Lancelot Ware (a British scientist and lawyer)?		Mensa
In medicine: inguinal, femoral, epigastric and spigelian are all types of what?		Hernia
Which classic Scottish dessert, made with raspberries, cream, oats and whisky, shares its name with a place in the Highlands, about 13 miles north–east of Fort William?		Cranachan
Who played Cilla Black in the 2014 mini–series Cilla, broadcast on ITV?		Sheridan Smith
On 20 April 1974, during an England vs. France rugby union match at Twickenham, a 25–year–old Australian named Michael O'Brien became the first person to do what at a major sporting event?		Streak

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