Latest questions: 26 February 2019

This week's questions are from those written for the semi–finals of the knockout competitions of the 2018–19 season in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the Park Timers and the Rushton Diamonds.

Equivalent to one seventy–second of an inch in desktop publishing, what unit is used to measure font size?		Point
The Italian word frittata, essentially meaning 'fried', is used (not least outside Italy) for a type of what?		Omelette
Who or what is a troglodyte:		A cave dweller
Britannia, as the personification of Great Britain, is traditionally shown holding a shield in one hand, and what weapon in the other?		Trident
In which country is Arnhem Land?		Australia
Which of Gilbert and Sullivan's operas is set in Venice?		The Gondoliers
To whom did Rudyard Kipling refer as "the widow at Windsor" (in the title of one of his Barrack–Room Ballads, first published in 1892)?		Queen Victoria
In which sport might you use an eskimo roll?		Kayaking (canoeing)
The Saunders–Roe, Nautical 1 (SR.N1) – launched in June 1959, famously crossing the English Channel 44 days later – was a prototype of what type of vehicle?		Hovercraft
Who was the founding President of the Royal Commission that was set up to administer the Great Exhibition of 1851?		Prince Albert
What term, originally used in respect of Broadway theatre productions, refers to an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start–up?		Angel
What was designed in 1944 by Hans Hilfiker, became a Swiss national icon, and features in an art installation by Konstantin Grcic that was installed outside Canary Wharf underground station in 1999?		The Swiss Railway Clock
Which Channel 4 sitcom stars Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney as Sharon Morris and Rob Norris, who have a fling while he's visiting London on a business trip, and begin a longer–term relationship after she discovers she's pregnant?		Catastrophe
What was invented around 1963 by former World War II airman Edward Walker, and has been manufactured ever since by his company Mathmos in Poole, Dorset?		The lava lamp
What is the largest breed of domestic cat (according to Wikipedia)?		Maine Coon
Redemption 2, released in 2018, is the subtitle of the third edition of which Western–themed video game series?		Red Dead
Which annual publication has been published since 2013 by Waitrose, but was first published in 1951 by Raymond Postgate and was previously published by Which?		The Good Food Guide
Which type of upside–down apple tart is named after the hotel in Lamotte–Beuvron (a small town in central France) where it was created accidentally in the 1880s?		Tarte Tatin
Who plays the title role in the BBC1 crime drama series Father Brown (based on the books by G. K. Chesterton)?		Mark Williams
Which national leader, when asked about rumours that he was a cannibal, replied "I don't like human flesh. It's too salty for me"?		Idi Amin
In which Thomas Hardy novel does the title character have an illegitimate son, after (probably) being raped by the libertine Alec, and name him Sorrow?		Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Which planet, named after the Greek personification of the sky, is the only one in the Solar System that's named after a Greek rather than a Roman god?		Uranus
Which popular British singer of the 1950s and 60s had the theme song Give Me the Moonlight?		Frankie Vaughan
In Britain we call it a flick knife. What do our American cousins call it?		Switchblade
Which Bee Gees song is often said to be ideal for performing cardio–pulmonary resuscitation (CPR)?		Stayin' Alive
Which vocal and instrumental group was founded in 1962 as the Ronnie Drew Ballad Group, but soon renamed after the book of short stories that fellow founder member Luke Kelly was reading?		The Dubliners
Cherry Belle and French Breakfast are varieties of which salad vegetable?		Radish
"Does exactly what it says on the tin" is an advertising slogan that was first used in 1994. Which product is it used to advertise?		Ronseal
Which company, founded in the Netherlands in 1968, opened its first UK facility at Sherwood Forest in 1987?		Center Parcs
What came top in Waterstone's 1997 poll (in association with Channel 4) to find the public's choice as Book of the Century, and also in the BBC's Big Read in 2003?		Lord of the Rings
Which scientist was named in 1999 as Time magazine's Person of the Century?		Albert Einstein
'Fair maids of February' is one of many alternative names for which wild flower?		Snowdrop

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