Latest questions: 27 March 2018

This week's questions are from those written for Week 17 of the 2017–18 season in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the Chester Road Tavern and the Waters Green Lemmings.

At the recent Winter Olympics, who won the gold medal in the women's skeleton event, for the second successive time?		Lizzie Yarnold
What was the name of the Fiorentina captain and former Italy international, who suffered a fatal heart attack in his sleep, in his hotel room, on the day of a League match earlier this month – causing all Serie A and B matches that day to be postponed?		Davide Astori
Who was recently appointed as manager (or head coach) of the England Women's football team?		Phil Neville
Which former village in Middlesex, at the start of the Edgware Road, has been associated with executions (hangings) since at least the 12th century? London's first permanent gallows was built there in 1571; the Marble Arch now stands in its place.		Tyburn
Which famous jazz club opened in 1959 on Gerrard Street, in London's Soho district, moving in 1965 to larger premises on nearby Frith Street?		Ronnie Scott's
Who was the President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999, under whom diplomatic relations with the UK were re–established?		Carlos Menem
Which newspaper, founded in 1843, ceased publication in 2011 after a scandal over its methods?		News of the World
Rattus norvegicus is the Latin name for the brown rat; what's the Latin name for the black rat?		Rattus rattus
Created by the Duffer brothers (Matt and Ross Duffer), set in Indiana in 1983, and broadcast on Netflix since 2016, which American "science fiction–horror" web television series has been described by Wikipedia as "an homage to ... Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, Stephen King, and George Lucas, among others"?		Stranger Things
Which largely fictional heavy metal band features David St. Hubbins on guitar and vocals, Nigel Tufnel on guitar, and Derek Smalls on bass guitar?		Spinal Tap
Which European country has borders with nine countries (more than any other)?		Germany
In the television series Breaking Bad, what is the first name of Walter White's wife (played by Anna Gunn)?		Skyler
Which American painter and TV personality died of lymphoma in 1995, aged 52, but later became an Internet celebrity thanks to YouTube, etc.? He was fond of saying, "We don't make mistakes ... just happy little accidents."		Bob Ross
Which major Polish seaport was identified by Winston Churchill in 1946 as the northern extremity of the Iron Curtain?		Stettin
Which pioneering black footballer died in January, aged 59?		Cyrille Regis
Operation Tannenbaum was a plan to invade which neutral country following an Axis victory in World War II?		Switzerland
Which Nottinghamshire village, whose inhabitants have a reputation for being "bereft of their wits", shares its name with a famous fictional city?		Gotham
In what context did a T–Rex, a penguin and a rubber duck replace a boot, a wheelbarrow and a thimble in 2017?		Monopoly playing pieces (or 'tokens')
Which acid is sometimes known as muriatic acid (meaning 'acid pertaining to brine or salt')?		Hydrochloric acid
Who wrote the 1977 semi–autobiographical science fiction novel A Scanner Darkly, which was filmed in 2006 starring Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson and Winona Ryder?		Philip K. Dick
The strong–willed farmer John Proctor, and Abigail Williams, his wife's maid, are the main protagonist and antagonist in which play, first performed in 1953?		The Crucible
In chemistry, which element is the most electronegative (i.e. the most likely to attract electrons), and thus tends to be the most reactive?		Fluorine
Spin, float and fly are types of what?		Angling or fishing
The body of which English schoolteacher and climber was found on Mount Everest in 1999, 75 years after his disappearance while on a summit bid with Andrew Irvine (whose body has never yet been found)?		George Leigh Mallory
Who was married to the future Lord Melbourne from 1805 until her death in 1828, and had a passionate affair with the romantic poet Lord Byron which became public knowledge in 1812?		Lady Caroline Lamb
Which Spanish political party was formed in 2014 by former university lecturer Pablo Iglesias, and soon became the country's second largest party, by membership? Its name (previously used by parties in Venezuela and Bolivia) means 'we can'.		Podemos
"It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York" is the opening sentence of which semi–autobiographical novel, first published in 1963?		The Bell Jar (by Sylvia Plath)

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Latest questions: 27 March 2018