Latest questions: 5 July 2022

These questions were inspired by those set for use in the Semi–Finals of the Cup and Plate competitions of the 2021–2 season in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the Nags Head and the Park Taverners (Questions 1 to 22), and in League Week 13 by the Queens (23 to 36).

Which character appears in three of Shakespeare's plays – and is mentioned in a fourth?		Sir John Falstaff
What's the name of the BBC's audio streaming service (for podcasts and radio programmes), which replaced the iPlayer Radio service for UK users in October 2018?		BBC Sounds
Which children's television programme, originally shown from 2002 to 2005, features the characters Josie Jump, Suzie Sweet and Penny Pocket?		Balamory
Which is the only football club to have won the FA Cup and been relegated in the same season?		Wigan Athletic
Which luxury travel company, founded in Zurich in 1906 and operating in the UK since 1966, currently has stores in fifteen branches of the high–end retailer John Lewis?		Kuoni
If shares are launched onto the stock market by means of an IPO, what does 'IPO' stand for?		Initial Public Offering
What was the name of the spoof 'Lancashire martial art' featured in an episode of the television comedy series The Goodies in 1975 – which caused one viewer to die laughing, and was voted the fans' favourite in 2020?		Ecky Thump
In medicine, what's the technical name for a fall in blood sugar to abnormal levels (typically below 70 milligrams per decilitre)?		Hypoglycaemia
In the system of food additive classification, known as E numbers, what kind of additives have numbers between E100 and E199 (inclusive)?		Colours
In which year was The Star–Spangled Banner officially adopted as the national anthem of the United States of America?		1931
Who had a Christmas best–seller in 1979 with a book entitled Banjaxed, which was based on his radio show?		Terry Wogan
What was the name of the Hull trawler that was lost in the Barents Sea in mysterious circumstances in 1974, along with all 36 crew?		Gaul
Which car, launched by Mazda in 1989, became the best–selling two–seat convertible sports car in history, with over one million sold by 2016?		MX–5
Which Danish physicist is said to have discovered aluminium – having been, in 1825, the first to produce it in a near–pure form?		Hans Christian Ørsted (Oersted)
What's the first forename of Boris and Carrie Johnson's first child – born on the 29th of April 2020?		Wilfred (Lawrie Nicholas)
Which river rises in Wiltshire, at various sources close to the prehistoric sites of Silbury Hill and Avebury, and flows through the towns of Marlborough, Hungerford and Newbury, before joining the Thames at Reading?		The Kennet
What is the Earth's current "axial tilt" (that is, the angle between its rotational and orbital axes)?		23.5 degrees
Given that the chemical formula for ethanol, or ethyl alcohol, is C2H5OH, what's the formula for methanol, or methyl alcohol?		CH3OH
Who won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for the 2021 film Belfast, which he also directed?		Kenneth Branagh
Who wrote and sang the song You've Got a Friend in Me – which first appeared in the original Toy Story film, and (according to Wikipedia) went on to become "a musical leitmotif throughout the whole Toy Story franchise"?		Randy Newman
Which actress, who played Cherie Blair in The Queen (2006) and The Special Relationship (2010) – both opposite Michael Sheen as Tony Blair – died in April 2021, aged 52, of breast cancer? Her other roles included Narcissa Malfoy in the last three Harry Potter films, and Polly Shelby in Peaky Blinders.		Helen McCrory
The Golden Trefoil is the symbol of which global organisation, founded in 1909?		Girl Guides
Which port on the Humber estuary, along with Grimsby, forms (what was in 2019) the UK's largest port by tonnage?		Immingham
The town of St. Helier is home to over a third of the population of which island?		Jersey
In the 1982 film E.T. the Extra–Terrestrial, what's the name of the ten–year–old boy (played by Henry Thomas) who befriends the title character?		Elliott Taylor
In rugby union, who is Ireland's most–capped player – with 141 appearances between 1999 and 2014, including 84 as captain?		Brian O'Driscoll
Which prolific, best–selling English novelist, who died in 1998, aged 91, took inspiration from her deprived youth in the town of South Shields, Co. Durham (now Tyne & Wear), where many of her novels were set?		Catherine Cookson
In Greek mythology, what was the symbol of the god Poseidon – a weapon with which he would strike the ground to create springs?		The trident
What's the stage name of the British rapper (etc.), Stephen Paul Manderson (born in 1983)?		Professor Green
Who took over from Joe Lycett, in 2022, to present the eighth series of the BBC reality television programme The Great British Sewing Bee?		Sara Pascoe
Which iconic London music venue opened in 1958 on Oxford Street, where the Rolling Stones played their first gig in 1962? Its most famous location was in Wardour Street, Soho (from 1964 to 1988), and it finally closed in 2003 after two more location changes.		The Marquee Club
Which ITV programme, first broadcast in 2005, was suspended sine die in 2019 after a former guest committed suicide?		The Jeremy Kyle Show
Which singer, born Veronica Bennett in New York and the leader of a famous girl group, died in January 2022 aged 78?		Ronnie Spector
In the current West End musical Six, what are there six of?		Wives (of Henry VIII)
Which English actress has been married to the Italian actor Franco Nero, since 2006? (They also had a son together in 1969.)		Vanessa Redgrave
Miranda Bailey and Richard Webber are the only characters, other than the title character, to have appeared in every series (to date) of which American TV drama series, whose 19th season is scheduled to begin in October 2022?		Grey's Anatomy

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