Latest questions: 9 March 2021

This week's questions have been gleaned from those set for use in League Weeks 8 and 9, and Knockout Qualifying Weeks 6 and 7, of the 2016–17 season in Stockport Quiz League, by the Tiviot (Questions 1 to 7), the Star (8 to 11), Heaton Moor Rugby Club (12 to 23), the Printers (24 to 28) and the Hatters Arms (29 to 35).

Cres, Krk, Brač, Hvar, Pag, Vis and Rab are seven of the ten largest islands in which European country?		Croatia
Which Derbyshire town is overlooked by a 17th–century castle, which is home to one of the world's four remaining schools of classical dressage?		Bolsover
What's the meaning of the German word 'gewurtz' – as in the grape variety Gewurtztraminer, commonly grown in the Alsace region of France?		Spiced, or perfumed
What was the name of the "friend" that Victoria Wood's character was looking for, in one of her most popular sketches?		Kimberley
Bar–tailed, black–tailed, Hudsonian and marbled – the first two native to Europe, the last two to North America – are the four species in which genus of long–billed wading birds, named after their call and once considered a delicacy in England?		Godwits (Limosa)
Which country park in Failsworth, Greater Manchester, is named after a fictional location in a work by the local dialect writer Benjamin Brierley? It hosts an annual Easter Fair, which was painted by L. S. Lowry.		Daisy Nook
Who was widely quoted, in the run–up to the 2016 Brexit referendum, as saying "The people in this country have had enough of experts"?		Michael Gove
Born in Oxfordshire in 1769, William Smith was a pioneer in which branch of science?		Geology
According to the traditional song or nursery rhyme, on which London thoroughfare does the Muffin Man live?		Drury Lane
Which crime drama television series, first broadcast on BBC One from 1996 to 1998, was co–written by David Cook, originally based on his 1986 novel Missing Persons, and featured Patricia Routledge in the title role?		Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Which town near Syracuse, in the south–east corner of Sicily, lends its name to what has been described as the island's "most important red wine grape"? Its wines are compared to New World Shirazes, with sweet tannins and plum or peppery flavours		Avola (Nero d'Avola)
In British politics, how are Stoke, Desborough and Burnham collectively known?		The Chiltern Hundreds
What name is given to the native people of the Andean regions of South America – including the Inca and their descendants – and their language?		Quechua (ketch–wa)
Who was the second of three people to serve under Clement Atlee as Chancellor of the Exchequer – succeeding Hugh Dalton in 1947 and being succeeded three years later by Hugh Gaitskell?		Sir Stafford Cripps
Which 1949 film concerns the succession to the Dukedom of Chalfont?		Kind Hearts and Coronets
Which South African–born, Warwickshire and England cricketer (now retired) published an autobiography in 2016, entitled Unguarded?		Jonathan Trott
King Rama the Tenth succeeded his father, Rama the Ninth, in 2016 as king of which country?		Thailand
Guy Crouchback is the central character in which trilogy of novels, first published between 1952 and 1961?		Sword of Honour (by Evelyn Waugh)
Who first published An American Dictionary of the English Language, in 1828?		Noah Webster
What does the German word Weihnachten mean in English?		Christmas
What name for a craftsman who made small metal objects, including equestrian hardware such as bits and spurs, was also the real surname of the comedian Max Wall? A Scottish footballer, who died in March 2021, also had the same surname.		Lorimer
A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship is the subtitle of which classic book, first published in 1908?		Scouting for Boys
Which best–selling popular music act famously walked out on Clive Anderson, during an interview on his BBC television chat show, in 1997?		The Bee Gees
Who is the only British monarch, to date, to have died in Buckingham Palace?		Edward VII
The manager that took Lennox Lewis to the undisputed world heavyweight title announced in 2014 that they were undertaking gender reassignment, and appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in the same year. What is their surname?		Maloney (Frank/Kellie)
Which radical and countercultural youth movement advanced a pig (named Pigasus the Immortal) as a candidate for US President in 1968?		Youth International Party (Yippies)
Soda, Jelly and Friends are words that have been used to denote variants of which video game, originally launched in 2012?		Candy Crush Saga
The above game is a product of king.com Limited, one of whose founders was Toby Rowland – son of 'Tiny' Rowland, the controversial chief executive of Lonrho plc from 1962 to 1994. Give one of Tiny Rowland's real first names.		Roland or Walter
Which song was written by Irving Berlin for the 1936 film Follow the Fleet, in which it featured in a celebrated dance duet by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers? It was also what Angela Rippon danced to on the Morecambe & Wise Show.		Let's Face the Music and Dance
If your local public house or football ground has been listed as an ACV, under the Localism Act 2011, what do these three letters stand for?		Asset of Community Value
In what year did the Westminster Parliament pass the Old–Age Pensions Act – first announced by H. H. Asquith, and introduced by his successor as Chancellor of the Exchequer, David Lloyd George?		1908
The Vickers–Armstrong VA–3, which carried passengers between Rhyl (Denbighshire) and Moreton (on the end of the Wirral peninsula) from 20 July to 14 September 1962, was the first example of what form of transport to enter service?		Hovercraft
Of whom did Marlene Dietrich say, " I played vulgar; she is vulgar"?		Madonna
Adam Smith, in The Wealth of Nations, demonstrated the improvements in productivity that could be achieved by the specialised division of labour, using the example of an imagined factory that made what commonplace household items?		Pins
In poetry, a 'metric foot' with one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed one is known as an iamb. What name is given to one with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one?		Trochee (or choree, or choreus)

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