Latest questions: 17 October 2017

This week's questions are from those written for the opening week of the 2017-18 season in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the Ox-fford.

Which force causes objects to move towards one another, and on Earth makes things appear to fall towards the Earth?		Gravity
In Israel, what name is given to a collective community based on agriculture?		Kibbutz
Which historical figure was born out of wedlock in 1452, in a small hill town in Tuscany, from which his father took his name?		Leonardo da Vinci
Harry Kane made his Football League debut in 2011, on loan to which League One club?		Leyton Orient
Dartford, grasshopper, marsh, reed, sedge, willow and wood are types of which loosely–related group of birds?		Warblers
The chapparal cock (a.k.a. the greater roadrunner) is the state bird of which US state?		New Mexico
Which famous male ballet dancer's career was brought to a premature end when he was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1919?		Vaslav Nijinsky
Which government advisor became a TV and radio personality in the 1970s, appearing on Don't Ask Me, Don't Just Sit There (both Yorkshire TV) and Any Questions? (BBC radio)? In 1975 he came third (behind Newton and Einstein) in a New Scientist poll to find "the best–known and most characteristic scientist". He also appeared in the video for Thomas Dolby's 1983 single She Blinded Me with Science.		Dr. Magnus Pyke
In which Shakespeare play does the title character speak the line "The play's the thing / Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King"?		Hamlet
In which language was the Magna Carta written?		Latin
What was the collective title of the second volume of Winnie–the–Pooh stories, published in 1928?		The House at Pooh Corner
For which character is the House at Pooh Corner built (in the second volume of Winnie–the–Pooh stories)?		Eeyore
Which character arrives in the Hundred Acre Wood in the second story in The House at Pooh Corner, and (according to the title of the story) has breakfast?		Tigger
Which comic book character has been portrayed on the big screen by Gene Hackman (in three films, 1978–87), Kevin Spacey in 2006, and Jesse Eisenberg in 2016?		Lex Luthor
Which streaming and video–on–demand company was founded in Scotts Valley, California in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph?		Netflix
When food additives are referred to as 'E numbers', what does the E stand for?		Europe
Sometimes described as its largest lake, what is the world's largest enclosed inland body of water by area?		Caspian Sea
Which BBC One television drama, whose second seies was broadcast in September and October 2017, stars Suranne Jones as a successful GP who suffers personal betrayal?		Doctor Foster
Which 2015 Pixar animated movie is set in the mind of a young girl called Riley Andersen?		Inside Out
Noted for his 'third way' policies and his success in leading 'purple' coalitions (not to mention his funny name), which former trade union leader was Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1994 to 2002?		Willem 'Wim' Kok
Which famous Englishman was reportedly killed by a musket ball fired from the French ship Redoutable?		Horatio, Lord Nelson
What's the name of the character played by Rowan Atkinson in a series of James Bond parodies (the first released in 2003, the second in 2011, and a third due for release in 2017)?		Johnny English
Which other three–letter distress signal was replaced by 'SOS' in 1906?		CQD
Which musician is reported to have said, "I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police ... "		Keith Richards
Which television series featured a modified 1982 Pontiac Trans Am – known in the series as KITT?		Knight Rider
Which Dutch lager brand was first brewed in 1615 in the town of Groenlo, but is now brewed near Enschede, having been bought by SABMiller in 2008 and sold to a Japanese company in 2017?		Grolsch
In the Gerry Anderson television series Thunderbirds, what was the name of the Tracy family's manservant? He was the half–brother of The Hood, and father of the beautiful female character Tin–Tin (later renamed Tanusha).		Kyrano
In Blackadder Goes Forth, what was the name of General Melchett's pet carrier pigeon – shot and eaten by Captain Blackadder?		Speckled Jim
What was the name of James Brown's backing group, in the early part of his career (1953 to 1968)?		The Famous Flames

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Latest questions: 17 October 2017