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12 November 2019

Latest questions: 12 November 2019

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

Which US Government agency, with its headquarters at Langley, Virginia, has its origins in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), founded during World War II and modelled on Britain's MI6 and Special Operations Executive (SOE)? Click to show or hide the answer
Which is the largest country without a river? Click to show or hide the answer
The islands of Raasay, Scalpay, Rona and Rum belong to the same group as which larger British island? Click to show or hide the answer
Which Asian country is bigger than France, Spain and Germany combined, but has a population of only just over 3 million – making it the least densely populated UN member state? Click to show or hide the answer
New Haven, New Britain and New London are cities in which US state? Click to show or hide the answer
The speech beginning "Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises" – said to be one source of inspiration for Danny Boyle's opening ceremony to the 2012 Olympics (entitled Isles of Wonder) – appears in which play by Shakespeare? Click to show or hide the answer
Since its revival in 2018, the French Grand Prix has returned to which circuit near Marseille – named after the drinks magnate who financed it? Click to show or hide the answer
How many players are there on a team, in hockey (sometimes known as field hockey)? Click to show or hide the answer
The BBC "reality" television programme Castaway 2000 is best remembered for launching the career of which television presenter (who was one of the castaways)? Click to show or hide the answer
Who played the title role in the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia? Click to show or hide the answer
What kind of molecules were first described by the Dutch chemist Gerardus Johannes Mulder, and named in 1838 by his Swedish associate Jöns Jacob Berzelius from a Greek word meaning "primary", "in the lead", or "standing in front" – because they were believed to be the most important nutrients for maintaining the structure of the body? Click to show or hide the answer
Known in the USA as a 'stump', what word – from the name for a governing assembly in early Germanic society – is used in the UK for an event where one or more political candidates speak or debate? Click to show or hide the answer
Which Arabic term for a valley is used in English for a dry riverbed, in which water may flow after heavy rain? Click to show or hide the answer
Which company was granted a Royal Charter by Elizabeth I in 1600, to trade in the Indian Ocean region, particularly in basic commodities including cotton, silk, indigo dye, salt, spices, saltpetre, tea, and opium? Click to show or hide the answer
Which word, of Norse origin, is used in Scotland to refer to a narrow inlet of the sea or river inlet? Click to show or hide the answer
Which short–lived British supergroup, formed in February 1969, consisted of Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and Ric Grech (pronounced gretch)? Click to show or hide the answer
What was the title of the 2006 film about the flight that was intended to be part of the 9/11 attacks (of 2001), but which crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after passengers attempted to take control from the hi–jackers? Click to show or hide the answer
When used to refer to a ship (such as the Titanic), what does 'RMS' stand for? Click to show or hide the answer

© Haydn Thompson 2019