Latest questions: 5 February 2019

This week's questions are from those written for Week 11 of the 2018–19 season in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the Sutton Mutton and the Brewers Arms.

Who was the protagonist of H. Ryder Haggard's novel King Solomon's Mines, and its sequels?		Allan Quartermain
Who produced the Michael Jackson albums Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), and Bad (1987)?		Quincy Jones
Who was the leader of the British space programme, in three influential BBC science fiction serials of the 1950s (also on ITV in 1979, and a BBC4 remake in 2005) – in which a manned spaceflight is made, with disastrous results?		Bernard Quatermass
Which company, founded in St. Helens, Lancashire (now Merseyside) in 1926, was the town's largest employer for many years, and was sold to a Japanese competitor in 2006?		Pilkington (Glass)
Which iconic British company was established in 1824 as a grocer's shop in Bull Street, Birmingham, selling tea, coffee and drinking chocolate?		Cadbury
Which business is London's oldest ratepayer, having occupied the same premises on The Strand since 1706, and claims also to have the world's oldest logo in continuous use?		Twinings (tea)
Which Italian firearms manufacturer, based in Brescia since its foundation in 1526, is the oldest active manufacturer of firearm components in the world, claiming to have supplied weapons for every major European war since 1650? Today, sporting arms account for three–quarters of its sales, and the company is also known for its shooting clothes and accessories		Beretta
In rugby league, except in competitions where quad numbers are used, in which position does the player wear the No. 1 shirt?		Fullback
In the game of backgammon, how many points (on which stones or counters can be placed) are there on the board?		24
What name is given to the results of grapes being infested by the fungus Botrytis cinerea – producing (if properly controlled) particularly fine and concentrated sweet wines, such as Sauternes from France or Tokay from Hungary?		Noble rot
Which three–word euphemism for "drunk" is particularly associated with George Brown, a member of Harold Wilson's Cabinet, and was used as the title of a 1993 biography of him?		Tired and emotional
Which British foodstuff became a metaphor for something or someone that polarises opinions, following an advertising campaign in the mid–1990s?		Marmite
In a memoir by his physician, published in the year after his death, which British statesman was said to have suffered from prolonged periods of depression, which he referred to as his "black dog"?		Winston Churchill
Kjell Magne Bondevik took three weeks off in 1999, while suffering from depression, as Prime Minister of which European country?		Norway
Which club was drawn (from the 20 Second Round losers) as the 'lucky losers' in the 1999–2000 FA Cup, when Manchester United didn't compete as they preferred to play in the FIFA Club World Championship?		Darlington
In geological time, what do the initials BYA stand for?		Billion Years Ago
Which board game, released in 1973, was devised by Pat Reid, based on his wartime experiences, and coincided with a BBC television drama series on the same subject, in which a character apparently based on Reid was played by Edward Hardwicke?		Escape from Colditz
What name do brewers use for a small wooden or metal peg, used to control the flow of air into a cask (and carbon dioxide out)? The word was used in the name of a chain of real ale pubs founded in the late 20th century.		Spile
Which furniture retail chain was founded in 1969 by Graham Kirkham in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, as Northern Upholstery?		DFS
Which snooker player holds the record for the fastest 147 break – 5 minutes 8 seconds, set against Mick Price at the 1997 Embassy World Championships?		Ronnie O'Sullivan
In which film does Woody Allen speak the line, "Hey, don't knock masturbation – it's sex with someone I love"?		Annie Hall
What's the first name of the criminal law barrister and TV personality, best known as Judge Rinder?		Robert
Which breed of terrier dog was named after the Georgian country house in Pembrokeshire where it was first bred in the late 19th century by Captain John Edwardes?		The Sealyham
Which Japanese company stopped making games consoles after the failure of the Dreamcast, which it introduced in 1998?		Sega
Which 1985 film starred Jeff Bridges and Glenn Close, as a man accused of murdering his wife and the lawyer hired to defend him?		Jagged Edge
Which hard, dark wood is traditionally used to make the black keys on a piano?		Ebony
The politician Sir Henry Parkes and the suffragist Catherine Helen Spence appear on the banknotes of which country?		Australia
Which jazz record label was founded in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, joined later by Francis Wolff?		Blue Note
What colour jersey is worn by the leader of the Giro d'Italia bicycle race?		Pink
An epistolary novel (or poem) is one written as a series of what?		Letters
In a pack of cards, which is known as the 'death card'?		The Ace of Spades
Which member of David Cameron's Cabinet had the same name as a character in Thackeray's Vanity Fair?		George Osborne
The dish known as chicken Montmorency gets its name from a notably sour variety of which fruit?		Cherry
The Peace of Münster, of 1648, ended the Eighty Years' War and recognised the independence of the Netherlands from which country?		Spain
Which airline used the advertising slogan "more experience than our name suggests"?		Virgin (Atlantic)
What does "masoor" mean, on an Indian menu?		Lentils (red or orange)
What name did Tesco give to the cut–price supermarket brand that it launched in 2018, designed to take on Aldi and Lidl?		Jack's
What does the Latin phrase primus inter pares mean?		First among equals
Which French railway station, the Paris terminus of the line to Bordeaux and Toulouse, is named after one of Napoleon Bonaparte's greatest victories?		Austerlitz
The theme tune of which television sitcom was an adaptation of Songs of Love, by the Divine Comedy?		Father Ted

© Haydn Thompson 2019