Latest questions: 23 January 2018

This week's questions are from those written for 16 January 2018 in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the Cock Inn and the Plough Horntails.

Ottawa, the national capital of Canada, is in which province?		Ontario
Which Italian engineer and economist gave his name to what's commonly known as 'the 80/20 rule'?		Vilfredo Pareto
Janet Parker, a medical photographer working at the University of Birmingham Medical School, was the last person to die from which disease, which was declared eradicated in 1980?		Smallpox
Anwar Sadat and Menachim Begin shared the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize, after signing a peace agreement at which US location?		Camp David
Paul Anderson (USA), whose only Olympic medal was gold at Melbourne in 1956, is a legendary figure in which sport?		Weightlifting
Wilt Chamberlain (1936–99) is considered one of the greatest ever players – scoring a record 100 points in a game, in 1962 – in which sport?		Basketball
In literature, which character is told that he "shall never vanquish'd be, until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him"?		Macbeth
In Scotland and Ireland, what is the minimum age at which malt whisky can be sold?		Three years
Which was the first British royal wedding to be televised?		Princess Margaret's
On a six–string guitar, in standard tuning, to which note are both the top and bottom strings tuned?		E
Which is the only country that has played Brazil at football but never lost to them?		Norway
Which manufacturer of sports cars and commercial vehicles was based in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, its models including the Interceptor (produced from 1950 to 1957 and from 1966 to 1976)?		Jensen
Which Australian singer collaborated with David Guetta on Titanium (2011), Flo Rida on Wild Ones (2011) and Rihanna on Diamonds (2012 – which she wrote)?		Sia
Which city was selected in December 2017 to be the UK's City of Culture in 2021?		Coventry
Which major fruit crop has a drupe known as a cherry, with (usually) two seeds covered in a 'silver skin' and an outer 'parchment coat'?		Coffee
In which US state was George Washington, the first US President, born?		Virginia
Britain's first traffic lights were deployed in 1926 in Piccadilly Circus, London. In which town (now a city) were Britain's first automatic traffic lights deployed the following year?		Wolverhampton
What was the name of the seventh Director of the FBI, who was appointed in 2013 but sacked in 2017 by Donald Trump?		James Comey
What was the name of Jane Austen's elder sister, who drew the only surviving portrait of her and to whom she wrote many letters, which are the source of much of what we know about the novelist's life?		Cassandra
Which 63–year–old Zanzibar–born artist won the Turner Prize in 2017 – the first year in which it was open to artists aged over 50?		Lubaina Himid
Which online music store has its origins in a music streaming service of the same name, launched in 1999 by Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker?		Napster
Which country withdrew from NATO's integrated military structure in 1966, rejoining in 2009?		France
Which Scottish physicist and meteorologist won the Nobel prize in Physics, in 1927, for inventing the cloud chamber?		Charles T. R. Wilson

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Latest questions: 23 January 2018