Latest questions: 26 October 2021

These questions were inspired by those set for use in Knockout Qualifying Weeks 1, 2 and 3 of the 2012–13 season in Stockport Quiz League, by the Railway Fliers (Questions 1 to 6), the Alexandra (7 to 21) and Heaton Moor CC (22 to 33).

In Japanese culture, who or what are Mizaru, Kikazaru and Iwazaru (sometimes named as Mizaru, Mikazaru and Mazaru)?		The three wise monkeys
Which soft drink brand originated in Germany in 1940, as a substitute for Coca–Cola, due to the American trade embargo of Nazi Germany which affected the availability of the ingredients that went into Coca–Cola?		Fanta
Which club won the sixth and seventh European Cup finals, after Real Madrid won the first five – beating Barcelona in the sixth and Real Madrid themselves in the seventh?		Benfica
"A tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge, and seafood" was the tagline to which British comedy film, released in 1988?		A Fish Called Wanda
Born in Germany in 1763, the USA's first multi–millionaire businessman made his fortune originally in a fur trade monopoly, building it by smuggling opium into China and investing in real estate in and around New York City. Who was he?		John Jacob Astor
Who described his life in hiding, using a pseudonym, in the autobiographical work Joseph Anton: a Memoir, published in 2012?		Salman Rushdie
What was the name of the rock band formed in 2009 by Liam Gallagher and other members of Oasis, after Noel Gallagher left? (They disbanded in 2014.)		Beady Eye
At which university did Prince William and Catherine Middleton (later the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge) meet and begin dating?		St. Andrews
The home ground of which football club, currently playing in the English Football League Championship, is on South Africa Road?		Queens Park Rangers
Which Disney film, released in 1967, included the songs The Bare Necessities, I Wanna Be Like You and Trust In Me?		The Jungle Book
Who composed the operas The Lighthouse (1980) and Resurrection (1987) – the latter including parts for a rock band?		Peter Maxwell Davies
Steve Tyler, frontman of the rock group Aerosmith and latterly a judge on American Idol, once underwent surgery to treat Morton's neuroma – a painful condition that affects the nerves in which part of the body?		The foot
Who painted The Raising of the Cross and The Descent from the Cross – altarpieces for the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, Belgium – in the early 17th century?		Peter Paul Rubens
Which actress was married to Kenneth Williams in Carry On Cleo, Sid James in Carry On Abroad and Up the Khyber, Bill Maynard in Carry On At Your Convenience, and Kenneth Connor in Carry On Matron?		Joan Sims
Give one of the two traditional ingredients of glazing putty (not counting white lead, which was sometimes added)		Chalk or linseed oil
In which Derbyshire village would you find the Church of St. John the Baptist, known as the Cathedral of the Peak?		Tideswell
Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast is a memoir by which hugely influential writer?		Ernest Hemingway
Which song on the Beatles' 'White Album' was inspired by the sister of the actress Mia Farrow – a fellow follower of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi?		Dear Prudence
Which former national capital city lies on the western shore of Guanabara Bay – the second largest bay in its country?		Rio de Janeiro
Bordeaux is the prefecture, or capital city, of which department in the Nouvelle–Aquitaine region of south–western France – named after a river estuary?		Gironde
Whose album Snap, Crackle & Bop, released in 1980, included the tracks Gaberdine Angus, Beasley Street, and Evidently Chickentown?		John Cooper Clarke
Who is the current President of Puerto Rico?		Joe Biden
Which footballer, born in Singapore where his father was serving with the Royal Navy, played 352 games for Ipswich Town and 167 for Rangers, and won 77 caps for England? Since retiring as a player he has managed Coventry City, Motherwell, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Hibernian and the Philippines (among others).		Terry Butcher
In Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, what's the name of the Countess to whom Malvolio is a steward, and who falls in love with Cesario – who is in fact Viola in disguise?		Olivia
Which Hanna–Barbera cartoon series, first broadcast in 1971 and 1972, featured the "idiotic, dimwitted" Bubi and the "level–headed" Square, along with their companion – after whom the trio and thus the series, are named?		The Hair Bear Bunch
According to Private Eye, who is the "tight–lipped, ashen–faced", perennially 59–year–old "supremo" of Neasden FC?		Ron Knee
In the human body, the Kupffer cells play a critical role in maintaining the functions of which organ?		The liver
Built between 1957 and 1961 to replace streets of back–to–back housing, the Park Hill Estate became Europe's largest listed building when it was controversially Grade II listed in 1998. In which English city is it?		Sheffield
Which fell near Keswick, in Cumbria, gives its name to a stone circle that has been described as "one of the most visually impressive prehistoric monuments in Britain"?		Castle Rigg
Gary Portnoy is an American singer and songwriter, best known for writing and singing the theme song to which television sitcom?		Cheers
Not counting The Well–Beloved (which was serialised three years earlier but not published in book form until two years later), what was Thomas Hardy's last novel?		Jude the Obscure
The University of Otago Oval became the most southerly ground to host Test cricket when it hosted its first Test match (against Bangladesh) in 2008. In which city – the centre of New Zealand's seventh most populous urban area – is it?		Dunedin
Which musical composition includes a Scene by the brook, a Merry gathering of country folk, a thunderstorm, and a Shepherd's song, expressing cheerful and thankful feelings after the storm?		Beethoven's 6th (Pastoral) Symphony

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