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| 31 October 2017 |
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This week's questions are from those written for Round 1 of the 2017–18 Cup competition in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the Park Timers and the Ox–fford 'C'.
| If you are a quinquagenarian, how old are you? |
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In your 50s |
| In which Shakespeare play does the title character suffocate his wife, in the mistaken belief that she has been unfaithful? |
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Othello |
| What name is used in Scotland, and also in Ireland and northern England, for a flat cake made of oatmeal, barley meal, etc., usually baked on a griddle? The name can be used (in Scotland) interchangeably with 'scone'. |
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Bannock |
| Which fashion retail chain was started in 1973 by London market trader Peter Simon? Accessorize is part of the same group. |
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Monsoon |
| Who directed the 1984 film Dune, based on Frank Herbert's 1965 novel? |
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David Lynch |
| Who is the Eponymous presenter Weird Weekends on BBC2, and other programmes where he spends time with people on the fringes of society (and some high–profile celebrities)? |
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Louis Theroux |
| Founded in 1966 and bought by Renault in 1999, the car manufacturer Dacia (dacha) is the largest company by revenue, and the top exporter, of which country? |
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Romania |
| Which 31–mile footpath or trail runs from Bewdley to Great Malvern? |
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The Worcestershire Way |
| According to the so–called Standard Model of particle physics, how many types or 'flavours' of quark are there? |
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Six |
| Which motor racing circuit, which has hosted Grand Prix most years since 1987, also hosts an annual 8 Hour Endurance Road Race for motor cycles? |
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Suzuka |
| Penshaw Monument features in the badge or crest of which football club, currently playing in the Football League? |
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Sunderland |
| Give one of David Beckham's two middle names. |
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Robert or Joseph |
| Which 'ism' is missing from the following quotation, which has been attributed to (or used by) Morgan Phillips, Harold Wilson, James Callaghan and Denis Healey: "The Labour Party owes more to [blank] than to Marxism"? |
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Methodism |
| Which purple mineral was considered rare and precious in the Old World – one of the five 'cardinal gems', along with diamond, emerald, ruby and sapphire – until large deposits were found in Brazil around 1900? |
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Amethyst |
| If a skyscraper is over 100 metres tall, and a "supertall" skyscraper is over 300 metres tall, what adjective is officially used by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat to describe a skyscraper of over 600 metres? |
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Megatall |
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