Latest questions: 19 December 2017

This week's questions are from those written for Tuesday 12 December 2017 in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the Waters Green Lemmings and the Chester Road Tavern.

The next batch of new questions will be posted on Tuesday 9 January.

Which BBC television sitcom, first broadcast in 1995 and 1996, was set in the fictional town of Gasforth (near London)?		The Thin Blue Line
Ivan Petrovich Voynitsky is the title character of which play by Chekhov?		Uncle Vanya
Born in Havana, Cuba, in 1973, who was the first Principal Dancer at the Royal Ballet to have African heritage?		Carlos Acosta
According to the proverb, where do all roads lead?		Rome
Which city is the subject of an aphorism famously quoted by Goethe in Italian Journey (1786–8): "See [blank] and die"?		Naples
To what was Stanley Baldwin referring when he spoke of "Power without responsibility – the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages"?		The press
To which historical event was William Wordsworth referring when he wrote, in The Prelude, "Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive / But to be young was very heaven"?		The French revolution
To which theologian are the words "Here I stand; I can do no other" commonly attributed?		Martin Luther
Which international sports competition was created by media mogul Ted Turner, in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s (including a US boycott in 1980 and a Soviet Bloc boycott in 1984)? It was held five times, the first time in 1986 and the last in 2001.		Goodwill Games
Which British middleweight boxer, who died in October 2017 aged 81, was world champion from 1961–2 and nicknamed 'the Paddington Express'?		Terry Downes
What are ice hockey pucks made of?		(Vulcanised) rubber
What was the Roman name of the chieftain who led a coalition of Germanic tribes to victory over three Roman legions in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD – effectively ending the Roman Empire's attempts to conquer what we now know as Germany? (He's known in Germany as Hermann, and sometimes less reverently outside Germany as Herman the German.)		Arminius
The Évian Accords (of 1962) led ultimately to the independence of which country?		Algeria
In mathematics, what does the abbreviation HCD stand for?		Highest Common Denominator
In mathematics, what does the abbreviation LCM stand for?		Lowest Common Multiple
Give another word that has the same meaning as 'loquacious'.		Talkative (etc.)
If you are said to have 'consanguinity' with someone, what does this mean?		A blood relationship
Which phrase, originating in the 1886 divorce case of Lord Colin Campbell and Gertrude Elizabeth Blood, came to be commonly used in Britain for the device marketed as a mutoscope?		What the Butler Saw
Aphonia is the loss of what?		One's voice
To which part of the body does the adjective 'otic' refer?		The ear
The toque blanche is a type of hat, particularly associated with which trade or profession?		Chefs
The phrase 'going commando', said to have gained currency after it was used in a 1996 episode of Friends (but of obscure origin), means going without what?		Underwear
Which Venetian painter (c. 1490–1576) gave his name to a brownish–orange colour, which he used to use to paint hair?		Titian
Which painting by Leonardo da Vinci, one of fewer than 20 known works by him and the only one in private hands, became the world's most expensive painting when it was sold for just over $450 million in November 2017?		Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World)
"Can I have a P please Bob?" was a 'catchphrase' (of sorts) on which television programme?		Blockbusters
Efteling – based on ancient myths and legends, fairy tales, etc. – is one of the world's oldest theme parks, and the largest in which country?		The Netherlands
In which US (cable) television legal drama, first broadcast in 2011, did Meghan Markle play paralegal Rachel Zane – leaving in 2017 after her engagement to Prince Harry was announced?		Suits
Operation Neptune Spear was the code name for the US military operation that led to whose death?		Osama bin Laden
"London Bridge is down" is the code that will be used (by civil servants) to inform the Prime Minister of what event?		The death of Queen Elizabeth II
What is the name of the Brazilian football club, most of whose first team were killed in a plane crash in 2016?		Chapecoense
What's a young puffin called?		A puffling

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Latest questions: 19 December 2017