Latest questions: 17 October 2018

This week's questions are from those written for Week 1 of the 2018–19 season in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the Ox–fford.

In algebra, "ax² + bx + c = y" (where a, b, c and y are known numbers, and x is an unknown number) is the generalised form of what sort of equation?		Quadratic
Which popular cartoon character was created by writer and editor René Goscinny and illustrator Albert Uderzo, and first appeared in 1959, in the first issue of the Franco–Belgian comics magazine Pilote?		Asterix (the Gaul)
Which play by Chekhov portrays the visit of a retired university professor, with his new, young, second wife, Yelena, to the family estate that has supported their lavish urban lifestyle?		Uncle Vanya
Which Italian–born clown performed at Blackpool Tower Circus every summer season for forty years (1939–79) – a world record for the most performances at a single venue?		Charlie Cairoli
Which ballet company was founded in 1950 by Dame Alicia Markova and Sir Anton Dolin, and renamed English National Ballet in 1989?		(London) Festival Ballet
Which Radio 1 DJ resigned live on air in 1993 with the words; "changes are being made here which go against my principles and I just cannot agree with them"?		Dave Lee Travis
Which Nazi party member is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust, by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories in Krakow (in occupied Poland)?		Oskar Schindler
What was the official name of the US–backed regime that took power in Cambodia in 1970, following the overthrow of Norodom Sihanouk in a military coup, which was itself overthrown by communists five years later?		The Khmer Republic
In Greek legend, the Amazons were a female warrior race whose capital was Themiscyra, on the banks of the Thermodon River (now called the Terme). In which modern country is this?		Turkey
What name is used in the UK for the salad vegetable, scientific name Eruca sativa, which is known in the USA and Canada as 'arugula'?		Rocket
With which instrument was the jazz musician and bandleader Dave Brubeck most closely associated?		Piano
Max Gate was whose last home (from 1885, when it was built to his design, until his death in 1928)?		Thomas Hardy
A car with the international licence plate code of IL comes from which country?		Israel
Whose third volume of political memoirs, published in 2017, was entitled What Happened?		Hilary Clinton
Which major drinks manufacturer, founded in Cuba in 1862, has a bat as its logo?		Bacardi
Which confectionery brand was launched by Rowntree's, no later than 1882, as 'chocolate beans'? Its current name dates from 1937.		Smarties
Which live discussion programme, chaired by Melvyn Bragg and "exploring the world of ideas", has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 since 1998?		In Our Time
Which French wine region is described on its own website as "Located north of Lyon in eastern France, [overlapping] Burgundy in the north and Rhône in the south"?		Beaujolais

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Latest questions: 17 October 2018