Latest questions: 7 June 2022

These questions were inspired by those set for use in Week 10 of the 2021–2 season in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the Nags Head (Questions 1 to 13) and the King's Gambit (14 to 25).

Which political party was founded in 1983 by David Edward Sutch – also known as Screaming Lord Sutch?		Official Monster Raving Loony Party
Who sang Happy Birthday to US President John F. Kennedy at his 45th birthday party?		Marilyn Monroe
Which fashion magazine has hosted the most prestigious party in Los Angeles on Oscars night, annually since 1994?		Vanity Fair
What's the name of the political party that was founded in April 2016 by Emmanuel Macron – formerly a senior advisor to François Hollande, and Finance Minister in his government – who was elected as President of France 13 months later?		La République En Marche
Whose painting of Belshazzar's Feast, executed in the late 1630s, can be seen in the National Gallery, London?		Rembrandt
Which rugged, mountainous section of California's Central Coast was described by the writer Henry Miller, who lived there from 1944 to 1963, as "the California that men dreamed of years ago"? Its name derives from the Spanish word for 'south'.		Big Sur
Which Italian sprinter, born in Texas (with an Italian mother and an American father), won the men's 100 metres at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?		Lamont Marcell Jacobs
In the human body, what's the more common name for the the second cranial nerve, which carries visual information from the retina to the brain?		The optic nerve
In Information Technology, what do the initials OS most commonly stand for?		Operating System
Which former coal mining town in Northumberland is the birthplace of England footballers Jackie and Bobby Charlton, and their uncle Jackie Milburn?		Ashington
Which British athlete, a world champion and world record holder at 1500 metres, was nicknamed the Jarrow Arrow?		Steve Cram
Which Durham, Northants and England cricketer, known for his forceful strokeplay and his larger–than–life personality, retired in the early 1970s after his sight was seriously damaged in a car accident? He died of a heart attack in 1990, aged 48.		Colin Milburn
Who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947 (three times) and 1948 (six times), and shortlisted twice (1937 and 1947), but never won the award?		'Mahatma' Gandhi
Queen Alia International is the largest airport in which country?		Jordan
Notorious for his corruption, nepotism, and the embezzlement of between 4 and 15 billion US dollars during his rule, who was President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1965 to 1971, and of Zaire from 1971 to 1997?		Mobutu (Sese Seko)
What was the last European country to give women the vote – doing so in 1984 (thirteen years after Switzerland)?		Liechtenstein
What can be defined as a semiconductor device used to amplify and switch electronic signals and electrical power, usually having three or more terminals or electrodes?		A transistor
The name of which Member of the US House of Representatives (from Minnesota) is most closely associated with the 1919 Prohibition Act?		Andrew Volstead
The name of which suburb of Washington, DC – straddling the border between the District of Columbia and Maryland – originates in a 14th–century battle over hunting grounds, in the English–Scottish borders?		Chevy Chase
Which Prussian field marshal, who opposed Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo, was nicknamed Marschall Vorwärts (Marshal Forward) by his soldiers because of his aggressive approach in battle?		Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Which American actress was dubbed 'the World's Oldest Virgin' by comedians and critics in the 1960s, as her wholesome image began to date?		Doris Day
At which university was Mick Jagger studying, before he left to perform full–time with the Rolling Stones?		London School of Economics (LSE)
Described as the 'type species' of its genus, which type of insect has the scientific name Vespa crabro?		Hornet
Which city gives its name to the Algarve circuit that has hosted the Portuguese Grand Prix since its revival in 2020?		Portimão
Euromaidan (a series of protests in November 2013) and the Revolution of Dignity (in February 2014) led to the overthrow of the Government in which European country?		Ukraine

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