Latest questions: 14 November 2017

This week's questions are from those written for the fourth week of the 2017–18 season in Macclesfield Quiz League. The Specialist questions were set by the Pack Horse Bowling Club, and the General Knowledge by the Waters Green Rams.

Who wrote the poem that begins with the line "Go, and catch a falling star" – which is often known by this line as its title, but was published by the author simply as Song?		John Donne
What was the name of the Plasticine character created for Tony Hart by Aardman Animations in 1977 – appearing in several of his programmes for children, including Take Hart and Hartbeat?		Morph
In the human body, what is a renal calculus?		Kidney stone
Which London structure was designed by Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke to act as a telescope, and to be used in experiments with a pendulum to investigate the force of gravity (although it proved to be unsuitable for either, due to traffic disturbance)?		The Monument
Which weekly publication, founded in 1868 as a development of a column of the same name in Queen magazine, claimed to be the first newspaper in the world to specialise in classified advertising? It went online only in 2009.		Exchange & Mart
Which mountain in the Peak District – the highest in the National Park, and in Derbyshire – was the scene of a mass trespass in 1932 in protest at the denial of access to areas of open country?		Kinder Scout
In Harry Potter, what's the name of the antique shop, specialising in the Dark Arts, located in Knockturn Alley?		Borgin & Burke's
In the Terminator film franchise, what's the name of the "artificial superintelligence system" (originally developed for the US military by Cyberdyne Systems) that sent the Terminator back to 1984 to find and kill Sarah Connor?		Skynet
In which multimedia franchise (originating in Japan in 1996 as a video game) do various characters battle zombies and other monsters created by the Umbrella Corporation?		Resident Evil
What word (ending in –ine) is used in France, particularly in Burgundy, for an estate that makes wine from grapes grown in its own vineyard?		Domaine
Which month is proverbially said to "come in like a lion and go out like a lamb"?		March
Adamsdown, Cathay, Ely, Roath and Splott are districts of which UK city?		Cardiff
Which football club finished bottom of League Two in 2017, and were relegated from the Football League after 112 years – the longest run yet to come to an end?		Leyton Orient
Which Westminster constituency was represented by Michael Heseltine from 1974 to 2001, and by Boris Johnson from 2001 to 2008?		Henley
Who has been married to Jane Chapman (1974–9), Claudia Bracchitta (1987–99) and Laura Álvarez (from 2013)?		Jeremy Corbyn
Which 2016 BBC1 mini–series – based on a 1993 novel of the same title by John le Carré – won Golden Globe awards for Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman and Hugh Laurie?		The Night Manager
Who won the first ever 'genderless' best actor award at the 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards, for her role as Belle in Disney's live–action version of Beauty and the Beast?		Emma Watson
What is the world's largest Spanish–speaking country, by area (and eighth largest overall)?		Argentina
What term is used in the UK (and throughout the Commonwealth) for meat from the neck of a sheep or lamb?		Scrag end
Which football club has hosted more FA Cup semi–finals than any other (55, to date)?		Aston Villa
Which carbonated soft drink was introduced in 1893 by druggist Caleb Bradham of New Bern, North Carolina, as Brad's Drink? It was renamed in 1898, the new name reflecting the maker's claim that it cures indigestion.		Pepsi(–Cola)
Which stadium was built to host the 1970 Commonwealth Games?		Meadowbank
Which actor is this? Born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, in 1905, his hard–drinking lifestyle is said to have made him a role model for the likes of Oliver Reed and Keith Moon; he played Long John Silver in Disney's Treasure Island (1950), when his exaggerated West Country accent is said to have popularised the stereotypical "pirate voice"; he died in Beverly Hills in 1956, aged 50, from a heart attack.		Robert Newton
Which historical figure escaped from Bentley Hall, near Walsall, to Bristol, disguised as William Jackson, supposed to be the servant of Jane Lane (daughter of one of his supporters)?		Charles II
Which town on the Wirral is (or was) the birthplace of cricketer Ian Botham, comedian and game show host Jim Bowen, and the disc jockey John Peel?		Heswall
In the musical Guys and Dolls, which character is a professional gambler who shares his surname with an American city, and was played in the 1955 film version by Frank Sinatra?		Nathan Detroit
In which English county is the Minack (my–nack) open–air theatre?		Cornwall
Which Argentinian tennis player was the last non–European to win a Grand Slam men's singles tournament? (He won the US Open in 2009.)		Juan Martin del Potro
In the Jeeves and Wooster stories by P. G. Wodehouse, what is Jeeves's first name?		Reginald
In the nursery rhyme Tom, Tom the Piper's Son, what's the only tune that Tom can play?		Over the Hills and Far Away
In the nursery rhyme Pease Pudding Hot (or Pease Porridge Hot), how old was the pudding (or porridge)?		Nine days
Already the Republic of Ireland's first openly gay government minister, and the first of Indian heritage, who was elected in June this year (following the retirement of Enda Kenny) as the youngest Taoiseach, and the first from a minority ethnic background?		Leo Varadkar
Which energy drink, launched in Austria in 1987 (based on a Thai original) is commonly used in 'jäger bombs'?		Red Bull
Which Scottish driver won 13 Grands Prix between 1995 and 2003? Following his retirement in 2008 he went on to become a commentator on BBC television, and subsequently on Channel 4.		David Coulthard
In Coronation Street, which character inherited a dog from a client, which was named after him (as well as £20,000, most of which he had to give away)?		David Platt
Which Swiss ski resort is known as Prince Charles's favourite? It's where Wills and Harry first ski–ed; one of its cable cars was named Prince of Wales; his equerry Major Hugh Lindsay lost his life there in 1988 when the royal party was hit by an avalanche.		Klosters
Which airline, specialising in charter and low–cost scheduled flights, went into administration in October 2017, at which time it was Britain's fifth biggest airline?		Monarch

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