Latest questions: 11 August 2020

This week's questions have been gleaned from those set for use in Weeks 6 and 7 of the 2018–19 season in Stockport Quiz League, by the Horse & Farrier (Questions 1 to 22) and the Smart Alex (Questions 23 to 38).

Which fishing port at the north–east corner of the Aberdeenshire coast (about 17 miles north of Peterhead) was home to a university from 1595 to 1605?		Fraserburgh
Traditionally, who (specifically) would wear a red galero – a broad–brimmed hat, with tassels to indicate rank?		A cardinal
In what year was England invaded by the Great Heathen Army (a.k.a. Great Danish Army or Viking Great Army) – beginning a 14–year campaign that would end in the treaties that established Danelaw?		AD 865
The name of which US city is said to be derived from the indigenous people's name for a wild variety of onion or garlic, which grew abundantly in the area?		Chicago
What word is used in Irish gaelic for any primarily Irish–speaking region?		Gaeltacht
The birth surname of the only person to represent the UK at Eurovision in two consecutive years was Cleghorn. What was his stage name?		Ronnie Carroll
African Devil and Dragon's Breath are varieties of which popular food item, technically a fruit?		Chilli pepper
The words 'Oriental Republic of' appear in the official name of which country?		Uruguay
Name either of the two racecourses in Northern Ireland.		Downpatrick
		Down Royal
Which fluid transports water and nutrients through the xylem and phloem in a plant?		Sap
Which popular Italian dish (or style of dish) has a name that means 'hunter' in English?		Cacciatore
Which city in south–west Germany, situated across the River Rhine from Mannheim and nowadays home to the chemicals giant BASF, was officially founded in 1844 by the King of Bavaria, who named it after himself?		Ludwigshafen
Which injury–prone England international signed for Real Madrid in August 2004, but only made his debut in September 2005, when he scored an own goal and was sent off for a second yellow card?		Jonathan Woodgate
In The Simpsons, who is Springfield's 'town drunk' and Homer's best friend?		Barney Gumble
Which Nobel laureate is buried at Drumcliff, County Sligo (in the shadow of the Dartry Mountains), where his epitaph reads "Cast a cold eye / On life, on death / Horseman, pass by!" – the closing lines of his poem Under Ben Bulben?		W. B. Yeats
The words "Home is the sailor, home from the sea / And the hunter home from the hill" appear on the tomb of which writer, as the last two lines of the epitaph which he wrote for himself?		Robert Louis Stevenson
Cunégonde is the aristocratic cousin and 'love interest' of the title character, in which satirical novel, first published in 1759?		Candide
What is the world's largest herb (a herb being a plant that has no woody stem above ground)?		The banana plant
Which city in the Detroit metropolitan area is the birthplace of Henry Ford, and has been the site of the Ford Motor Company's World Headquarters since it opened an assembly plant there in 1917?		Dearborn
The last words of which English–born Irish republican, to a firing squad in Dublin, in 1922, are said to have been "Take a step or two forward, lads, it'll be easier that way"?		Erskine Childers
Which rock band, which disbanded in 2018, was named after a system of land tenure practised in Scotland from late Mediaeval times until around 1800?		Runrig
The head of which Classical composer was stolen four days after his death by Joseph Carl Rosenbaum and Johann Nepomuk Peter, who had an interest in phrenology?		Joseph Haydn
Which King of England married Margaret, the daughter of King Philip III of France, in 1299 – nine years after the death of his first wife, and ten years before his own?		Edward I
Which King of England married Joan of Navarre, the dowager Duchess of Brittany, in 1403 – nine years after the death of his first wife, and ten years before his own?		Henry IV
In Greek mythology, which formidable, beautiful but coy virgin huntress was (according to some versions of the story) the only female Argonaut?		Atalanta
Which musical features the songs Two by Two, I Am Here for You, and Man Up?		The Book of Mormon
What's the German name for the Polish village of Brzezinka, about two miles from Auschwitz, which in World War II was the site of the concentration camp officially known (partly) as Auschwitz II?		Birkenau
Which Austrian holocaust survivor, who died in 2005 aged 96, is estimated to have tracked down 1,100 Nazi war criminals, but has been accused of exaggerating his role in the hunt for Adolf Eichmann?		Simon Wiesenthal
Which annual event, comprising a series of prestigious horse races, has been held since 1984 at a different North American course in November each year?		The Breeders' Cup
Which British statesman was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925, for negotiating the Locarno Pact – aimed at preventing war between France and Germany?		Austen Chamberlain
What name is given to a series of tongue–in–cheek honours, originating in Usenet newsgroup discussions around 1985, recognising individuals who have supposedly contributed to human evolution by selecting themselves out of the gene pool by their own actions, via death or sterility?		The Darwin Awards
Which English physicist won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1947, for proving the existence of the ionosphere during experiments carried out in 1924?		Sir Edward Appleton
Established in 1868, the Royal Albert Memorial Museum is the principal museum and art gallery in which English city?		Exeter
What birth name was shared by an English novelist who lived from 1819 to 1880, and the wife of a British prime minister who lived from 1792 to 1872?		Mary Ann(e) Evans
Which English chemist won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1964, for discovering the structure of Vitamin B12 – becoming the third woman to win this particular prize?		Dorothy Hodgkin
Stresa is a town on the western shore of which Italian lake?		Lake Maggiore
Lecco, Mendello del Lario, Varenna, Bellano, Colico, Domaso, Menaggio and Tremezzo are towns on the shore of which Italian lake?		Lake Como

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