Latest questions: 23 May 2023

These questions were inspired by those set for use in Week 10 of the 2022–3 season in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the Park Timers.

Which Soviet leader said to an audience of Western ambassadors, in 1956, "We will bury you!" – claiming that Communism would outlive Capitalism?		Nikita Khrushchev
Who, in 2018, became the second teenager, after Pelé, to score in a World Cup Final, and four years later became the second player (after Geoff Hurst) to score a hat–trick in a World Cup Final?		Kylian Mbappé mbappe
Name one of the two countries that will host the FIFA Women's World Cup in July and August this year.		Australia or New Zealand
Which Irish boxer is the current undisputed women's lightweight world champion?		Katie Taylor
Who is the BBC's current cricket correspondent, and a commentator on Test Match special – having played for Leicestershire from 1979 to 1990, and three Tests for England in the mid–1980s?		Jonathan Agnew
Said to be England's tallest ever player, who has scored the most headed goals in the Premier League?		Peter Crouch
Which English explorer, writer, broadcaster and film maker was reported missing in 2017 while undertaking an expedition in Papua New Guinea, but resurfaced after a few days, having made his way to an abandoned mission station?		Benedict Allen
What do the subjects of the previous three questions have in common?		Born in Macclesfield!
"Creative director" Phil Harvey is "officially recognised" as the "fifth member" of which British rock band, formed in 1997?		Coldplay
Which member of ABBA comes last, in alphabetical order of surname?		Björn (Ulvaeus)
Which musical was described by its creator, Lin–Manuel Miranda, as "America then, as told by America now"?		Hamilton
Which American singer–songwriter painted "THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS" on his guitar (circa 1943)?		Woody Guthrie
What name is given to the central piece at the apex (top) of an arch or vault, which keeps all the others in place?		The keystone
Which station has been the London terminus of the Great Western Railway and its successors since 1838?		Paddington
The title character of which opera by Verdi is an Ethiopian princess who has been captured and enslaved by the Egyptians?		Aida
What word means a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds – in music, literature or speech – and is derived from the Greek meaning 'bad sound'?		Cacophony
Which American engineer and industrialist is often said to have invented the dining car, when he introduced the President – a "hotel on wheels" – in 1867?		George Pullman
Which river flows through Lough Neagh?		The Bann
Which disease was intentionally introduced in Australia, France, and Chile in the 1950s to control wild European rabbit populations (but with disastrous effects)?		Myxomatosis
In which English county are the adjacent seaside resorts of Scratby and California?		Norfolk
Which creature was once thought to shed tears as it devoured its prey – giving rise to an expression used to describe insincere grief or remorse?		The crocodile
What is the nickname of Nusret Gökçe – a Turkish chef and internet meme (born 1983) – after his idiosyncratic way of seasoning his food?		Salt Bae
In October 2022 it was revealed that an unfinished version of a painting entitled New York City I, by which Dutch artist, had been displayed upside down since 1980 in an art gallery in Germany, and possibly in other galleries since 1945?		Piet Mondrian
In building construction and maintenance, what do the initials DPC stand for?		Damp Proof Course
Who took over BBC Radio 2's "mid–morning" slot from Ken Bruce earlier this month (May 2023)?		Vernon Kay
What's the largest cell in the human body?		An ovum (egg)
In Coronation Street, what was the name of Ken Barlow's first wife – who died in 1971, on the night before the family was planning to emigrate to Jamaica, electrocuted by a faulty hair dryer and/or power socket?		Valerie (née Tatlock)

© Haydn Thompson 2023