Latest questions: 29 June 2021

These questions have been gleaned from those set for use in Weeks 9 and 10 of the 2011–12 season in Stockport Quiz League, by the Alexandra (Questions 1 to 19) and the Travellers's Call (20 to 35).

What was the Small Faces' only UK No. 1 single – reaching the top in September 1966?		All or Nothing
What was the Moody Blues' second single, and their only UK No. 1 – released in November 1964, and reaching the top two months later?		Go Now!
Which comedian and satirist has been married to former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq since 2010?		Charlie Brooker
Which Shakespearean title character speaks the lines, "Let Hercules himself do what he may, The cat will mew, and dog will have his day"?		Hamlet
Which city succeeded Turin as the capital of Italy in 1865, but was itself succeeded by Rome five years later?		Florence
What was Fleetwood Mac's first UK No. 1 album? Released in 1977, it's one of the top ten best–selling albums of all time, worldwide. It gave the BBC a theme tune for its Formula 1 coverage, and produced four singles – none of which, surprisingly, made the Top 20 in the UK.		Rumours
What was Bruce Springsteen's first UK No. 1 album? Released in 1984, it produced two of his three Top Ten hits – Dancing in the Dark, and I'm on Fire – the latter a double A–side, along with the title track from the album.		Born in the USA
Which BBC television sitcom, originally broadcast from 1974 to 1981, featured a central character that is referred to in one place as Tudor Bryn Williams, and in another as B. L. Williams?		It Ain't Half Hot Mum
In which iconic British film of the 1960s does the title character have the surname Elkins?		Alfie
In Alfie Darling – the 1975 sequel to the original 1966 film – which British musician replaced Michael Caine in the title role?		Alan Price
Specifically, what's the common name for insects in the genus Bombus (in the family Apidae) – including the buff–tailed, white–tailed, red–tailed, garden, early, tree, heath and cuckoo varieties?		Bumblebees
Whose songwriting credits include Kylie Minogue's Can't Get You Out of My Head, Britney Spears's Toxic, Katy Perry's I Kissed a Girl, and five other UK No. 1 singles?		Cathy Dennis
Who was Robbie Williams's songwriting partner on Rock DJ, Millennium, Let Me Entertain You and Angels?		Guy Chambers
Which regular member of the Carry On team made his last film appearance in Carry On Abroad (1972), as Eustace Tuttle – before being dropped, allegedly because of his drinking?		Charles Hawtrey
Which Pope signed the Lateran Treaty of 1929, establishing the Vatican City as a sovereign state?		Pius XI (Achille Ratti) – 1922–39
Which national capital city gave its name to the real–life city in Ohio, which provided the setting for the Fox television drama series Glee?		Lima
Better known today for a series of historical novels that spawned two popular BBC television series, who wrote the novel on which the 1964 film Marnie, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was based?		Winston Graham
After rising in Peru, and before entering Brazil, the Amazon River forms part of the border between Peru and which other country?		Colombia
Chatsworth House stands on the east bank of which river, which joins the Trent south of Derby?		The Derwent
Which Lancashire–born comedian (also known as a comedy actress) was often accompanied on stage by a sullen, silent companion named Cynthia – almost always played by a man in drag (Matthew Kelly being the last to appear regularly in this role)?		Hylda Baker
Who played King Henry VIII in the 1969 film Anne of the Thousand Days?		Richard Burton
A kilim is a type of ... what?		Oriental rug
What was the surname of the family of Venetian painters: father Jacopo, and his sons Gentile and Giovanni – both of whom taught the young Titian?		Bellini
In what year did both the current Scottish and Welsh parliaments first meet?		1999
Who was the captain of the Australian cricket team in the 1981 Ashes series?		Kim Hughes
Which Jagger & Richards composition, performed by Chris Farlowe & the Thunderbirds, was the UK's No. 1 single on the day that England won the FIFA World Cup?		Out of Time
What name, derived from the Greek words for 'six days', is used by theologians to refer to the Biblical account of the six days that it took God to create the Earth?		The Hexameron
Which chess piece is known as le fou (the madman) in French, der Läufer (the runner) in German, and the slon (which can also mean an elephant) in Russian?		The bishop
Which river is said to separate the Kentish Men from the Men of Kent?		The Medway
What name was given to the first interplanetary probe to be launched from the NASA Space Shuttle, which mapped the surface of Venus, and measured its gravitational field, in 1989?		Magellan
In which novel by Thomas Hardy – his first to be published – is the central character named Cytherea, after a young woman her father fell in love with but who fled the country when he proposed marriage?		Desperate Remedies
Which river rises on Cross Fell – the highest mountain in the Pennines – and flows into the North Sea?		The Tees
Who has composed the music for sixteen Tim Burton films (to date), including Batman (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Dumbo (2019), as well as several by Sam Raimi, including Spider–Man (2002) and its 2004 sequel, and the theme tunes to television programmes Desperate Housewives and The Simpsons?		Danny Elfman
Which National Trail, opened in 1972, runs for 87 miles from Overton Hill (near Avebury in Wiltshire) to Ivinghoe Beacon in the Chilterns (Buckinghamshire), and is based on and named after what is said to be Britain's oldest road?		The Ridgeway
Which religious leader married the Princess Yashodhara, who became a nun after he left home in search of enlightenment?		Buddha

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