Latest questions: 29 January 2019

This week's questions are from those written for the Quarter Finals of the 2018–19 Cup and Plate competitions in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the Waters Green Rams and the Ox–fford.

Which company, set up in 1932 in Burton Latimer, near Kettering, Northants, to produce and market a breakfast serial invented in Australia in the 1920s, created Alpen (a Swiss–style muesli) around 1970?		Weetabix
Which John Lennon song, featuring the memorable chorus line "We all shine on", was written, recorded and released as a single, all in the space of ten days, in January and February 1970?		Instant Karma!
Which "high fantasy" video game franchise, dating from 1994, is set in and around the world of Azeroth?		Warcraft
Raccoon City is one of the principal settings (except that it was destroyed in 1998 and has been cordoned off by the US Government ever since) in which video game franchise?		Resident Evil
Which Balkan country has a name that translates into English as 'black mountain'?		Montenegro
Which whisky brand, founded in Glasgow in 1844 and named after its two founders, is represented by a "double lion" logo?		Whyte & Mackay
Which company, founded in Manchester in 1865 as a shoe retailer, has specialised in shoe repairs and key cutting since 1983, and currently has over 1,325 outlets in the UK and Ireland?		Timpson
In Arthurian legend (specifically the story of Perceval), what name is given to the last in a long line of custodians of the holy grail (a.k.a. the Wounded King or the Maimed King)?		The Fisher King
Which Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder scored penalties in each of England's first two matches of the 1962 World Cup finals tournament, and was the only England player to score in his first two World Cup finals matches, until Harry Kane did it in 2018?		Ron Flowers
Which form of transport was demonstrated in Berlin in 1882 by Werner von Siemens, who called it the elektromote?		The trolleybus
Who retired as BBC rugby union correspondent, in 2018, having held the post since 1983? He first joined the BBC in 1972, after his playing career (8 caps for Scotland, 1968–70) was cut short at age 25 by a knee injury.		Ian Robertson
Who famously wore a skimpy mini–dress, with a Union Jack on the front and the CND symbol on the back, to the 1997 Brit Awards ceremony?		Geri Halliwell
Which South Korean multinational company has a name that means "tristar" (or "three stars")?		Samsung
Which popular toy, when released 1980, was advertised as having "3 billion combinations but only one solution"?		Rubik's Cube
In the French language, the name of which musical instrument is used for a paperclip?		Trombone
In 2005, the stretch of the A52 between Derby and Nottingham was named in honour of whom?		Brian Clough
Which 87–year–old Nobel prize winner died six days after Princess Diana?		Mother Teresa
Which famous American comedian died three days after Elvis Presley, at the age of 86?		Grouch Marx
Which family manufacturing business has been based in Street, Somerset since 1825, when it was founded to make sheepskin rugs?		Clarks
Which ubiquitous dish, particularly associated with public houses and often accompanied with beer (based on a centuries–old staple of the English diet), was vigorously promoted from the 1950s, when the relevant authority wished to take advantage of cheese coming off rationing?		Ploughman's lunch
Which chocolate and nut confection is named jointly after its creator and the grotto at Lourdes where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to St. Bernadette?		Ferrero Rocher
What name is given to the process by which large chunks break away from glaciers and float off into the sea as icebergs or other ice debris?		Calving
Introduced in 2010, what is the world's all–time best–selling highway–capable electric car (up to December 2018)?		Nissan Leaf

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