Latest questions: 13 February 2018

This week's questions are from those written for Week 5 of the 2018–19 season in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the British Flag and the Sutton Club.

Big Brother was the title of the first episode (first broadcast in 1981) of which long–running comedy series?		Only Fools and Horses
Whose autobiography, first published in 1988, was entitled That's Not All Folks!?		Mel Blanc
Which Berkshire village is England's second largest centre for racehorse training, after Newmarket?		Lambourn
Parliament Hill, a famous viewpoint, is part of which 790–acre open space in north–west London?		Hampstead Heath
What's the full name of the British pharmaceutical company known as GSK?		GlaxoSmithKline
Which British fashion entrepreneur died of a brain haemorrhage in 1985, ten days after falling down the stairs at her daughter's house, on or around her 60th birthday?		Laura Ashley
Which "Democratic Socialist" magazine was founded in 1937 by the wealthy Labour MPs Sir Stafford Cripps and George Strauss, and edited from 1955 to 1960 (also from 1948 to 1952 along with Evelyn Anderson) by Michael Foot?		Tribune
In the early days of CBBC (1985–7), who was Philip Schofield's rodent companion in the Broom Cupboard?		Gordon the Gopher
In the Harry Potter books, who is the Professor of Transfiguration and Deputy Headmistress (later Headmistress) of Hogwarts, and Head of Gryffindor House – played in the films by Maggie Smith?		Minerva McGonagall
What is (or was) the name of the Lone Ranger's horse?		Silver

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Latest questions: 13 February 2018