Latest questions: 23 October 2018

This week's questions are from those written for Week 2 of the 2018–19 season in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the Dolphin Dragons.

Which US state has shores on four of the five Great Lakes (all except Ontario)?		Michigan
Name one of the two types of chambers found in the human heart.		Atrium
		Ventricle
In the human body, the auricle – also known as the pinna, particularly in zoology – is the external (visible) part of which organ?		The ear
Name one of the four chemical elements (with atomic numbers 113, 115, 117 and 118) that were named in December 2016.		Nihonium
		Moscovium
		Tennessine
		Oganesson
"Half the base times the height" is the formula for determining the area of which geometric figure?		A triangle
In The Archers, who is the father of Kate, Alice and Ruari (the last fathered extra–maritally) and stepfather of Adam and Debbie?		Brian Aldridge
Which novel, first published in 1982 and filmed three years later, takes the form of a series of letters, written to God by a 14–year–old girl named only as Celie, about persistent and shocking abuse by her stepfather Alphonso?		The Color Purple
Which city is served by Václav Havel Airport?		Prague
Which National Historic Ship re–opened to the public in 2012, after being badly damaged by fire in 2007?		The Cutty Sark
Which television programme, broadcast on Channel 4 from 1999, features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects and is presented by Kevin McCloud?		Grand Designs
Who is due to take over from Chris Evans in January 2019 as the presenter of BBC Radio 2's breakfast programme?		Zöe Ball
Which UK–based retail chain was recently bought for £90 million by Mike Ashley's SportsDirect group, after going into administration?		House of Fraser
Which French hero of World War I was tried for treason after World War II?		Philippe Pétain
Name one of the two female pilgrims in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.		Wife of Bath
		Prioress
Which fashion design business, founded in 1953, operated from a factory in Carno, Montgomeryshire (later Powys) from 1967 until 2005?		Laura Ashley
Which famous artist and gardener created numerous landscapes for the works of the architect Edwin Lutyens, who designed her home at Munstead Wood, near Godalming in Surrey?		Gertrude Jekyll
Who has been Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party since 2011?		Ruth Davidson
The American equestrian Sandy Pflueger is the second wife of whom? (They married in 1997 and separated in 2012)		Mark Phillips
Which American liner, launched in 1951, set a new record for an Atlantic crossing by a liner in 1952? It has held the Blue Riband ever since; taken out of service in 1969, it is now a virtual wreck, berthed in Philadelphia		SS United States
Which type of Italian bread has a name that literally means 'slipper'?		Ciabatta
What is the smallest country in South America, and the only one apart from Guyana where they drive on the left?		Surinam
Which British property developer and philanthropist (1829–1904) is best remembered today through a formula for compost, developed in the 1930s (at an institute which he endowed, and which still bears his name) and released into the public domain?		John Innes
In which 1968 film is astronaut Dave Bowman forced to dismantle his spaceship's onboard computer when it appears to be attemptong to sabotage the mission?		2001: A Space Odyssey

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Latest questions: 23 October 2018