Latest questions: 17 December 2019

This week's questions are from those used in Week 9 of the 2019–20 season in Macclesfield Quiz League, set by the Robin Hood and the Broken Cross Club.

Which fashion designer was a co–presenter on Eurotrash, broadcast on Channel 4 in the 1990s?		Jean–Paul Gaultier
What nickname was given to zealous fans of Frank Sinatra in particular, and 1940s American pop music in general – usually teenage girls, after a particular item of clothing that they tended to wear		Bobby Soxers
Which ground–breaking theatre in Hope Street, Liverpool, opened in 1964, is credited with furthering the careers of actors such as Julie Walters, Bernard Hill and Pete Postlethwaite, and playwrights Willy Russell and Alan Bleadsale? It was completely rebuilt between 2011 and 2014, the new building winning the Stirling Prize		The Everyman Theatre
In which BBC television series, broadcast between 2001 and 2007, did fashion 'gurus' Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine give make–overs to people whose friends said they needed one?		What Not to Wear
Which golf course, located in Southport, Merseyside, hosted the Open Championship for a tenth time in 2017?		Royal Birkdale
In rugby union, what was the first English club to win the Heineken Cup, doing so in the 1997–8 season?		Bath
Who was the only player to be a member of England's squads at the 1958, 1962, 1966 and 1970 World Cups?		Bobby Charlton
Which fictional detective has a Labrador named Jussi, after the Swedish tenor Jussi Bjorling?		Kurt Wallander
Philip E. Marlow, played by Bob Hoskins, was the title character in which BBC drama series, first broadcast in 1986?		The Singing Detective
Which series of novels, first published between 2005 and 2019, is collectively known by the name of the magazine published by Mikael Blomkvist, one of the central characters?		Millennium
Which "Nordic noir" television crime drama series, first broadcast on BBC4 (2012–15) and BBC2 (2018), is named after the location where a body is found, resulting in detectives Sofia Helin and Martin Rohde being brought together to solve the crime?		The Bridge
In which European country did the Government army, supported by the UK and USA, defeat the so–called Democratic Army – the military branch of the national Communist Party – in a civil war that was fought in three phases between 1943 and 1949 – the third and longest phase lasting from 1946 to 1949?		Greece
The Mossi Kingdoms formed what is sometimes referred to as an Empire, from the 11th century until 1896 when they were taken over by the French, in which modern African country?		Burkina Faso
Which modern English city includes the site of the Roman fort known as Duroliponte?		Cambridge
Which younger brother of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, was proclaimed High King of Ireland in 1315, and crowned in 1316, but eventually defeated and killed in 1318 by Anglo–Irish forces of the Lordship of Ireland at the Battle of Faughart in County Louth?		Edward Bruce
In the CBS soap opera Dallas, who woke up (in the last episode of Series 9) to find her husband, Bobby Ewing, in the shower, and discover that the previous two years, including his death, had all been a dream?		Pamela (Pam) Ewing
Which comedian and actor was born in Eltham, London, in 1903, appeared in over 70 Hollywood films, and died in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles in 2003, aged 100?		Bob Hope
During the American Civil War, which Confederate general was nicknamed 'the King of Spades' early in the war, for his obsessive digging of trenches around the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, and 'Granny' for his timid style of command at the Battle of Cheat Mountain in September 1861?		Robert E. Lee
The largest single contribution to the mapping of the human genome was made by a charitable institute, based near Cambridge – founded in 1992 and funded by the Wellcome Trust. It was named in honour of which British biochemist and double Nobel laureate?		Frederick Sanger
Who currently holds the world water speed record – set in 1978 in Spirit of Australia?		Ken Warby
What's the name of the character played by Danny Glover in the Lethal Weapon series of films, whose catchphrase is "I'm gettin' too old for this sh*t!"?		Roger Murtaugh
Which Bee Gees song title is an anagram of the word 'gyrated'?		Tragedy
What's the name of the Ionian island bought by Aristotle Onassis in 1963 for 3.5 million drachmas (equivalent to about £10,000)? He married Jackie Kennedy there, and is buried there; as of 2020 it's the property of his grand–daughter, Athina Onassis Roussel – his only living descendant.		Skorpios
Which species of bird is sometimes known as the sea swallow?		The (common) tern
What's the second largest city in Japan?		Yokohama
Which boxer is depicted on the cover of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album?		Sonny Liston

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