Latest questions: 6 November 2018

This week's questions are from those written for Round 1 of the 2018–19 Cup competition in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the British Flag and the Nags Head.

Which former British Army officer is known for his extended walking expeditions, through books and documentaries broadcast on Channel 4: Walking the Nile (2015), Walking the Himalayas (2015), Walking the Americas (2017), and From Russia to Iran (2017)?		Levison Wood
Which river, once a long–standing frontier of the Roman Empire, today flows through or forms a border of ten countries – more than any other river in the world?		The Danube
Which is the most populous of New York's five boroughs?		Brooklyn
What less formal name is to be used for the Hitachi–built British Rail Class 800 Inter–City trains, used on the UK's Great Western Main Line since 2017, when they enter service on the Great Eastern Main Line in 2019?		Azuma
Which famous 19th–century personage was brought up in her family's homes at Embley Park, Hampshire, and Lea Hurst, Derbyshire?		Florence Nightingale
Name the book that won this year's MAN Booker Prize, and its author.	Title	Milkman
	Author	Anna Burns
Who played the male lead (Afghanistan War veteran Sgt. David Budd) in the recent BBC TV drama series Bodyguard?		Richard Madden
Who played the female lead (Home Secretary Julia Montague) in Bodyguard?		Keeley Hawes
Currently in its eighth incarnation, what name did Rolls Royce introduce in 1926 for the model that replaced the trail–blazing Silver Ghost?		Phantom
Who is married to James Bolam, with whom she co–starred in the BBC television drama When the Boat Comes In (1976–81)?		Susan Jameson
Which former presenter of Blue Peter and Wheel of Fortune was sacked from This Morning in 2001 after allegations of sexual misconduct?		John Leslie
Who is the only professional dancer to have appeared in every series of Strictly Come Dancing (up to and including Series 16, 2018)?		Anton du Beke
Name the famous songwriting partnership who use the joint pseudonym (no pun intended) 'The Glimmer Twins' for record producing credits.		Mick Jagger
		Keith Richards
Who, in June this year, became only the world's second elected head of government to give birth whilst in office (after Benazir Bhutto in 1990)?		Jacinda Ardern (PM of New Zealand)
Who became Prime Minister of Australia in August this year, emerging as a "compromise candidate" after Malcolm Turnbull's leadership of the Liberal Party was challenged?		Scott Morrison
Which novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman is due to appear on the small screen in 2019, starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen?		Good Omens
In the 1936 film Mr Deeds Goes to Town and its 2002 remake Mr Deeds, what is Mr. Deeds's first name?		Longfellow

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Latest questions: 6 November 2018