Latest questions: 5 March 2019

This week's questions are from those written for Week 14 of the 2018–19 season in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the Dolphin.

In which Asian country is the Plain of Jars (an archaeological landscape, named after the artefacts that are scattered around it in groups of up to 100, believed to be associated with Iron Age burials)?		Laos
Which village in North Yorkshire gives its name to the British army's largest garrison?		Catterick
What nationality is the tennis player Juan Martin del Potro?		Argentinian
In which sport is the playing surface known as the sheet, and measures 146 to 150 feet (45 to 46 m) long by 14.5 to 16.5 feet (4.4 to 5.0 m) wide?		Curling
Which Canadian law professor presented (and gave his name to) the report of the WADA Commission set up to investigate state–sponsored doping in Russian sport, published in two parts in 2016?		Richard McLaren
In which sport might you encounter verticals or uprights, oxers or spreads, and triple bars?		Showjumping
Which golfer was Order of Merit winner on the European Tour seven consecutive times, from 1993 to 1999 (and also in 2005)? He came second (or joint second) in five majors, between 1993 and 2004 – but never won one.		Colin Montgomerie
Which former Olympic cycling champion became a jockey in 2015, winning her first race in the following year?		Victoria Pendleton
Which large shrub, or small ornamental tree, has the botanical name Syringa vulgaris?		Lilac
Who produced the satirical prints Gin Lane and Beer Street, in 1751, contrasting the evils of drinking gin with the merits of drinking beer?		William Hogarth
Which cartoon character operates a bronto–crane at the Slate Rock and Gravel Company?		Fred Flintstone
Who is the resident stand–up comic on The Muppet Show, noted for his lack of comedy skills and his catchphrase "Wocka Wocka!"?		Fozzie Bear
Which youth subculture, characterised by dyed black hair, dark (typically black) clothes, and pale face make–up with exaggerated eye make–up and lipstick, began in England in the early 1980s as an offshoot of post–punk music (Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Cure, etc.)?		Goths
Which Canadian–born singer and songwriter married actress Darryl Hannah in 2018?		Neil Young
In George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty–Four, what's the number of the room that contains "the worst thing in the world" (i.e. whatever the victim is most afraid of)?		101
Who is the lead singer, lyricist and front man of the rock band Elbow?		Guy Garvey
The Oscar–winning 2008 film The Hurt Locker was set during the real–life armed conflict in which country?		Iraq
What's the title of the monthly newspaper of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)?		What's Brewing
What's the name of the monastery, 60 kilometres (35 miles) to the north–west of Madrid, where most Spanish monarchs have been buried since 1563, when it was founded by Felipe (Philip) II as a mausoleum for his father, Charles I?		El Escorial
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas is the main settlement on which island, a British possession in the Atlantic Ocean?		Tristan da Cunha
Which company, founded in 1998 and based in Poole, Dorset, owns over 150 attractions, hotels and holiday villages in 27 countries, including Legoland, Alton Towers and Madame Tussaud's?		Merlin Entertainments
By what name did Harold Wilson's resignation honours list come to be known – after the colour of the paper on which Marcia Williams (Lady Falkender) was alleged to have drawn it up?		The Lavender List
Paul Dacre stood down in October 2018, after 26 years as editor of which newspaper?		The Daily Mail
Which country will host the 2022 Ryder Cup?		Italy
Which Premier League and former England footballer wrote the book How to be a Footballer, published in 2018?		Peter Crouch
The first practical explosive that was stronger than black powder, and used in the manufacture of dynamite (which is a safer alternative), what was first synthesized in 1847 by the Italian chemist Ascanio Sobrero?		Nitroglycerin(e)
Who made a media star of his cat Choupette, which was rumoured to be in line to inherit $300,000 following his death in February 2019?		Karl Lagerfeld
In a poem by Robert Browning, whose "queer long coat, from heel to head, was half of yellow and half of red"?		The Pied Piper (of Hamelin)
In the ITV crime drama series Vera, what is Vera's surname?		Stanhope
In 2018, Didier Deschamps became the second man to win the FIFA World Cup as both captain and manager. Who was the first?		Franz Beckenbauer

© Haydn Thompson 2019