Latest questions: 13 November 2018

This week's questions are from those written for Week 4 of the 2018–19 season in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the Waters Green Rams.

Which 35–mile footpath runs from Norwich to Great Yarmouth, following the River Yare wherever possible? Its name refers to the traditional trading boats that operated in Norfolk and Suffolk from the early 17th century		Wherryman's Way
Name the two chemical elements with two vowels in their symbols.		Europium (Eu)
		Gold (Au)
Which BBC daytime property–based programme, first broadcast in 2002, has been presented by (among others) Jules Hudson, Aled Jones and Nicki Chapman (former music industry executive, and judge on Pop Stars and Pop Idol)?		Escape to the Country
Lucy Alexander and Martin Roberts were the original presenters of which BBC daytime property–based programme, first broadcast in 2003? Later presenters have included former footballer Dion Dublin.		Homes Under the Hammer
Which former apprentice car mechanic at the TVR factory in Bispham, near Blackpool, is now an opera singer with many West End and Broadway appearances?		Alfie Boe
Which celebrity chef admitted in 2009 that he may have exaggerated the extent of his football career?		Gordon Ramsay
Jo Brand, before turning her hand to stand–up comedy, worked for ten years in what capacity?		Psychiatric nurse
Which television antiques expert was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire in 1954, and worked as a teacher of physical education before realising that teaching was not for him?		Philip Serrell
Which singer–songwriter, born in 1993 with the surname Barnett, has had top three hits with Shotgun and Budapest?		George Ezra
Who was the first British heavyweight boxer to win both an Olympic gold medal and a major world title (in 2012 and 2016 respectively)?		Anthony Joshua
Which Anglo–Irish squash player, born in Cornwall in 1941, won the British Open (effectively the world championship in those days) six times between 1967 and 1973?		Jonah Barrington
Which US newspaper publisher (1863–1951) owned 28 major newspapers and 18 magazines at the peak of his fortune in 1935, along with several radio stations, movie companies and news services, and provided the inspiration for Orson Welles's Citizen Kane?		William Randolph Hearst
Name one of the two annual marathon races, apart from London, that are part of the annual World Marathon Majors competition and are run outside the USA. (The three US races are Boston, Chicago and New York. The World Championships marathon and the Olympic marathon also count in the years when they're run.)		Berlin
		Tokyo
What's the title of the long–running music quiz on Ken Bruce's Radio 2 morning show?		PopMaster
What word is used to denote a sheep of one or two years of age, or its meat or wool? It's also the name of the farmer in Babe!		Hogget
In which US city is the popular comedy series Friends set?		New York
In which Italian city is the Ponte Morandi (Morandi Bridge), which partially collapsed in August 2018, causing the deaths of 43 people?		Genoa
Which US tennis player (Wimbledon champion in 1972) gave his name to a popular shoe manufactured by adidas?		Stan Smith
What's the name of Coronation Street's local football club?		Weatherfield County
In EastEnders, what's the name of the popular Jewish GP, played by Leonard Fenton, who recently returned for an "emotional" storyline that also features Dot Branning (formerly Cotton)?		Dr. Harold Legg
Which English city has held a prestigious international piano competition every three years since 1963?		Leeds
Who was known as the Singing Brakeman, or the Father of Country Music? He died in 1933, aged 35.		Jimmie Rodgers
Which rock group was formed in Wigan in 1990 by Richard Ashcroft (vocals), Nick McCabe (guitar), Simon Jones (bass guitar) and Peter Salisbury (drums)? They split for the third time in 2009		The Verve
Which US city provides the setting for the 1974 film The Towering Inferno?		San Francisco
What is the precise location of the Delacorte Theater – an 1800–seater, open–air theatre opened in 1962 to stage free performances of Shakespeare and other events?		Central Park, New York
Which American actress launched the controversial "lifestyle brand" Goop in 2008?		Gwyneth Paltrow
Which famous fictional character said, "When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth"?		Sherlock Holmes
Who said, when asked on live TV what was the naughtiest thing she'd ever done, "I have to confess, when me and my friend, sort of, used to run through the fields of wheat – the farmers weren't too pleased about that."?		Theresa May
Who married the American actress Ayda Field in 2010 (after they'd been in a relationship since 2006)?		Robbie Williams
Which former Test cricketer became Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2018 as leader of the Pakistan Movement for Justice, which he founded in 1996?		Imran Khan

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Latest questions: 13 November 2018