Latest questions: 4 April 2023

These questions were inspired by those set for use in Round 2 of the Cup competition and League Week 8, in Macclesfield Quiz League's 2022–3 season, by the Park Taverners (Questions 1 to 13) and the Poachers (14 to 40).

Birds in which genus (with only two species) are also known (according to Wikipedia) as ñandus or South American ostriches?		Rheas
What's the title of Prince Harry (Duke of Sussex)'s controversial memoir, published in January 2023?		Spare
Astronomers believe that in about five billion years, the Sun (currently a yellow dwarf) will swell to become a red giant, before finally ending its days as what sort of star?		A white dwarf
Who was the captain of the England team that won UEFA Women's Euro 2022?		Leah Williamson
Who replaced Eddie Jones as Head Coach of England's rugby union team?		Steve Borthwick
Garter, stocking, rib and cable are types of what?		Knitting stitches
Dukes, Kookaburra and Sanspareils Greenlands (SG) are the three internationally–approved brands of what specific items of sporting equipment?		Cricket balls
Ippon, waza–ari and yuko are ways of scoring in which Olympic sport?		Judo
The first ever satellite launch from UK soil took place in January 2023. The launch site (named Spaceport Cornwall) was provided by the airport of which Cornish town?		Newquay
In which decade did the Yukon or Klondike Gold Rush take place?		1890s (1896–9)
Which club did Jude Bellingham join as an Under–8, becoming their youngest–ever first–team player in August 2019, aged 16 years 38 days (before joining Borussia Dortmund in July 2020 and making his senior England debut four months later)?		Birmingham City
During the Second World War, who came to prominence as the Commanding Officer of the British Army's 1st Airborne Division (which fought with great distinction, although suffering very severe casualties) in the Battle of Arnhem?		Maj–Gen 'Roy' Urquhart
Which road goes from London to Portsmouth?		The A3
Name the England playmaker who was player of the match in the FIFA Women's Euro 2022 final, and moved from Manchester City to Barcelona in Summer 2022 for a world record transfer fee of £400,000.		Keira Walsh
Which American skier broke Ingemar Stenmark's long–standing record in March 2023 with her 87th career victory in a World Cup race – having broken the women's record, set in 2019 by her compatriot Lindsey Vonn, two months earlier?		Mikaela Shiffrin
Which Rugby League club changed its name to include the word 'Leopards' in 2022, following a third promotion to Super League?		Leigh (Centurions)
The lead singer of The Ordinary Boys, an Indie rock group, stormed out of a recording of Never Mind the Buzzcocks in 2007 after Simon Amstell made fun of his wife, a former Celebrity Big Brother contestant. By what one–word name is he best known?		Preston (first name Samuel)
What name is commonly given to the brutal slaughter and pillaging of Northumbria by the army of William the Conqueror in the winter of 1069–70, when 100,000 people are believed to have starved to death?		The Harrying of the North
Defined by dictionary.com as "an ancient Roman galley with five banks of oars on each side", what's the opening word of John Masefield's 1903 poem Cargoes?		Quinquireme
Founded in 1912, which film studio is said (by Wikipedia) to be the oldest in the USA? Its logo features a spinning globe.		Universal
In the children's television series Fireball XL5, who was the robot companion of pilot Steve Zodiac?		Robert
Lynn Benfield is the long–suffering personal assistant of which fictional character?		Alan Partridge
In the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons, which bells say "When will you pay me"?		Old Bailey
The 100 folds in a chef's hat (known as the toque blanche), are said to represent the 100 different ways in which an expert chef can do what?		Cook an egg
Which Danish town, with a population of 6,672 in 2022, is home to Lego, and the site of the first Legoland theme park (opened in 1968)?		Billund
Which actor – himself a member of a famous family – was the third of Lisa Marie Presley's four husbands? (They were married from 2002 to 2004; she died in January 2023)		Nicolas Cage
Which eight–year–old boy died in 1979 from a rare blood disease, inspiring his mother (Shirley) to set up a register of blood marrow donors, which she named after him?		Anthony Nolan
Name the African–American man who died in 2020 while being arrested in Minneapolis for suspected shop fraud.		George Floyd
Which American actor performed the spoken–word sequence at the end of Michael Jackson's 1983 single Thriller?		Vincent Price
Which country became the twentieth member of the Eurozone, on the 1st of January 2023?		Croatia
"Unfeasibly large testicles" were the distinguishing feature (or features) of which character in Viz comic?		Buster Gonad
Which charitable organisation formed a Badgers branch in 1987, to mark 100 years of providing first aid at public events and to train seven–to–ten–year–olds?		St. John Ambulance
According to Wikipedia (citing the 6th–7th century monk John Climacus), which of the seven deadly sins is "considered the original and worst ... on almost every list"?		Pride
What nationality are the golfers Retief Goosen, Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen?		South African
What's the name of the performance division of Fiat Motors?		Abarth (AB–art)
Which BBC1 sitcom, first broadcast between 1991 and 1997, starred Chris Barrie as the eponymous leisure centre manager?		The Brittas Empire
Which 19th–century English obstetrician described the uterine contractions not resulting in childbirth, now known by his name?		John Braxton Hicks
England and Wales's first conservation area, designated in 1967, was the "old town" area of which Lincolnshire town?		Stamford
What name is given to a small bouquet of flowers, worn on a woman's dress or around her wrist for a formal occasion?		Corsage
What's the name of the virtual assistant on Apple devices (including iPhones, iPads, Mac PCs, Apple Watch, Apple TV and smart speakers)?		Siri

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