Latest questions: 3 April 2018

This week's questions are from those written for Week 18 of the 2017–18 season in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the Weaver.

What is Africa's largest landlocked country, and the world's third largest (after Kazakhstan and Mongolia)?		Chad
Which state has six of the USA's twenty largest cities?		Texas
Namibia's official language is English, but it also has thirteen recognised "national languages". Which other European language is one of the thirteen?		German
Who are the only father and son to have had separate UK No. 1 hits, each in his own right?		Julio and Enrique Iglesias
Who is the subject of the 2017 bio–pic The Greatest Showman, in which he was played by Hugh Jackman?		P. T. Barnum
Which film was mistakenly announced by Faye Dunaway as the winner of the Best Picture Oscar in 2017, after Warren Beatty was handed the wrong envelope?		La La Land
Who carried the flag for team GB at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics?		Lizzy Yarnold
Which BBC sport presenter is credited with inventing Mo Farah's 'Mobot' celebration (when they were both guests on Sky TV's A League of their Own, in May 2012)?		Clare Balding
In medicine, what does the acronym SIDS stand for?		Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
In psychology, what do the initials PTSD stand for?		Post–Traumatic Stress Disorder
In American football, what name is given to a period of play, which ends with the ball or a player being on the ground or out of play?		Down
Which three–word phrase is often used colloquially to refer to the business cycle, particularly when the periods of growth and decline are short–lived and/or extreme – as has often been the case in the world economy since the 1940s?		Boom and bust
Which US singer, born in 1937 in Trenton, New Jersey, reportedly won $2.5 million in damages from a motel chain after she was raped on one of its premises in New York, in 1974? (The rapist was never found.)		Connie Francis
Which actress provided spoken interjections on Mike Sarne's 1962 No. 1 hit Come Outside, before going on to greater fame in Are You Being Served? and EastEnders?		Wendy Richard
In which television drama series was the title character assisted originally by Caroline Quentin as writer Maddy Magellan, and later by Julia Sawalha as actress turned television presenter Carla Borrego?		Jonathan Creek
Which Trinidad–born actress, best known as a presenter of Play School and Play Away, was awarded a life peerage in 2010?		Floella Benjamin
Who became the first artist to win an Oscar, a Grammy and a Golden Globe for the same song – with Let the River Run, from Working Girl (1988)?		Carly Simon
Which other singer–songwriter was married to Carly Simon from 1972 to 1983?		James Taylor
Which American actress played Nellie Forbush in South Pacific, and Maria in The Sound of Music (both on Broadway), and was the mother of Larry Hagman?		Mary Martin
Which BBC2 sitcom, first broadcast in 1972, starred John Alderton and Hannah Gordon as George and Suzie Basset?		My Wife Next Door
In chess, which German word (meaning 'compulsion to move') is used to describe a situation where a player must make a move that will worsen his or her position?		Zugzwang
On which day of the week do French presidential elections normally take place?		Sunday
Which basketball legend, who played for Boston Celtics from 1979 to 1992, gave his name to the Twitter logo? (Both names required)		Larry Bird
What academic title is traditionally adopted by the operator of a Punch and Judy show?		Professor
In what year were driving tests introduced in the UK – becoming compulsory for new drivers a year later?		1934
The so–called 'Rose Revolution' of 2003 marked the end of Soviet era leadership in which country?		Georgia
What names are given to the lobbies in the House of Lords used for counting votes (equivalent to the Ayes and Nos in the Commons)?		Contents and Not Contents
What is the subtitle of Episode VIII in the Star Wars film franchise, which was premiered in December 2017?		The Last Jedi
Supreme Governor of the Church of England is a title held by whom?		The British monarch
What's the full name of the organisation whose initials make up the acronym PETA?		People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Who succeeded Gerry Adams as Leader of Sinn Fein, in February 2018?		Mary Lou McDonald
A whitlow (or felon) is an infection of which specific part of the body?		Finger(tip)
Which car manufacturing company was founded in Malaysia in 1983, to produce rebadged Mitsubishi models, and bought Lotus in 1996?		Proton
Which visually impaired British skier, with her guide Jennifer Kehoe, won four medals (gold in the slalom, two silver and one bronze) at the 2018 Winter Paralympics?		Menna Fitzpatrick

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Latest questions: 3 April 2018