Latest questions: 24 June 2020

This week's questions are from those used in Weeks 5 and 7, and Week 1 of the inter–divisional matches, in the 2019–20 season of Stockport Quiz League, set by the Horse & Farrier (Questions 1 to 6), Travellers Call (7 to 13) and Heaton Moor Rugby Club (14 to 34).

Founded in 1871, Wales's oldest rugby club is nicknamed The Welsh All Blacks, plays home games at The Gnoll, and is today a 'feeder' club to the Ospreys. Which town gives the club its name?		Neath
The exterior of which mountain lodge on the slopes of Mount Hood in Oregon – a US National Historic Landmark – doubled as that of the Overlook Hotel in the 1980 film The Shining?		Timberline Lodge
Broadcast on BBC One (previously BBC Television) since 1953, what is the world's longest–running television news programme?		Panorama
With music by William Boyce and words by the actor David Garrick, what is the official march of the Royal Navy?		Heart of Oak
Which US singer, songwriter and guitarist, noted for his intense, rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings) and wide, roots–orientated range of influences, was the first act to appear at Woodstock festival?		Richie Havens
What is Belgium's second–largest city by population, and Europe's second–largest port by cargo tonnage?		Antwerp
Who directed the 1957 film The Seventh Seal – considered a classic of world cinema?		Ingmar Bergman
The 1968 film Bullitt, starring Steve McQueen and a 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback, is set almost entirely in which US city?		San Francisco
Swartland, Robertson, Paarl and Constantia are four of the most famous wine–growing regions in which country?		South Africa
In which English city is Addenbrooke's Hospital – an internationally–renowned teaching hospital and research centre?		Cambridge
Which English poet, one of whose best–known works is entitled Adlestrop, was fatally shot through the chest at the Battle of Arras in April 1917 (on Easter Monday), soon after arriving in France on active service?		Edward Thomas
Which architect, who worked alongside Christopher Wren and John Vanbrugh, designed the west towers of Westminster Abbey – which however were not completed until after his death in 1736?		Nicholas Hawksmoor
Which popular guidebook author and illustrator served as Borough Treasurer in Kendal, Westmorland (now in Cumbria), from 1948 until retirement in 1967?		A. Wainwright
In the world of politics, what did the initials WSPU stand for between 1903 and 1918?		Women's Social and Political Union
What is the most westerly of the major lakes in the English Lake District?		Ennerdale Water
Which Prussian polymath, who travelled extensively in the Americas between 1799 and 1804, gave his name to literally dozens of places and features – most famously a cold current that flows northwards along the Pacific coast of South America, as well as a crater and a sea on the Moon?		Alexander von Humboldt
Arguably better known as a travel writer, or even through the work of his two sons, who wrote the 1981 novel The Mosquito Coast?		Paul Theroux
Which word, closely related to the name of a loose over–garment worn by men in the later Middle Ages, was revived in 1879 (and patented nine years later) by Thomas Burberry, to refer to a tough, tightly woven woollen or cotton fabric used to make weatherproof outer garments?		Gabardine
In the popular television crime drama series Midsomer Murders, what is the county town of Midsomer – where Tom Barnaby (and his younger cousin and replacement John Barnaby) live and are based?		Causton
Before achieving mainstream renown as a broadcaster, Cerys Matthews was the lead singer with which indy–rock group, of which she was a founder member?		Catatonia
In Victorian times it was customary to lay down a 'pipe' of which alcoholic beverage for your children – pipes being the long, thin barrels, containing 534 litres, in which it was shipped?		Port
What word was coined in 1912 by the Polish biochemist Kazimierz Funk, for nutrients postulated in 1898 by the English ditto Frederick Hopkins (who won the Nobel Prize for the discovery, along with the Dutch physician Christiaan Eijkman)?		Vitamin
Which English actor played Cardinal Wolsey in the 1969 film Anne of the Thousand Days? He also starred in The Guns of Navarone (1961), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Operation Crossbow (1965) and The Eagle Has Landed (1976).		Anthony Quayle
In which English county is Watership Down (the real–life location in which Richard Adams's novel is set)?		Hampshire
What is the smallest species of swan that's native to Britain, Europe and most of the Northern hemisphere?		Bewick's swan
Concierto de Aranjuez – described by Wikipedia as "a cornerstone of the classical guitar repertoire" – is probably the most famous work by which Spanish composer, who died in 1999 aged 97?		Joaquín Rodrigo
Who created the fictional police officer Hamish Macbeth, and the detective Agatha Raisin?		M. C. Beaton
Equivalent to 10–7 joules (one ten millionth of a joule, or 100 nanojoules), what is the unit of work or energy in the CGS (centimetre, gram, second) system of measurement?		The erg
What's the name of the controversial private (all–male) dining club for former public schoolboys at Oxford, whose former members include Boris Johnson, David Cameron, George Osborne and Jeremy Hunt? It has often been featured in fiction and drama, for example in the 2014 film The Riot Club (based on a stage play entitled Posh, whose writer naturally denied any link).		Bullingdon Club
Which Samoan–born New Zealand chef has been a judge on Masterchef: The Professionals since its second series, broadcast in 2009?		Monica Galetti
Who replaced Michel Roux Jr. as a judge on Masterchef: The Professionals in 2015?		Marcus Wareing
What is the largest town in the Vale of Glamorgan (the southernmost part of Wales) and as such, the southernmost town in Wales?		Barry
Which Italian composer and record producer was credited along with Phil Oakey (of the Human League) on the 1984 UK Top Three hit Together in Electric Dreams?		Giorgio Moroder
There has only been one crowned king of both England and France. What was his name, and regnal number in England?		Henry VI

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