Latest questions: 27 June 2023

These questions were inspired by those set for use in Week 14 of the 2022–3 season in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the Sutton Mutton.

This week's Specialist questions, and more than a few of the General Knowledge, were all about alcoholic drinks (and their consumption).

In the CBS courtroom drama television series Perry Mason (first broadcast between 1957 and 1966), who played the title role?		Raymond Burr
Which brewing company has sponsored the rugby union Six Nations tournament since 2019?		Guinness
Who founded one of the world's most successful brands when he bought an abandoned premises on St. James's Gate in 1759?		Arthur Guinness
Lafite Rothschild, Margaux, Haut–Brion, Latour and Mouton Rothschild are the five chateaus that have been assigned the highest rating of Premier Cru (First Growth), since 1855, in which French wine region?		Bordeaux
In what year did the Defence of the Realm Act limit UK licensing hours and allow the watering down of drinks?		1914 (8 August)
Which country, in 2004, was the first to institute a comprehensive nationwide ban on smoking in workplaces – including bars, restaurants etc.?		Ireland (Republic of)
In which year did the Road Safety Act introduce the UK's first drink driving limit?		1967
In which year did the Licensing Act make it an offence to be drunk while in charge of carriages, horses, cattle and steam engines?		1872
Which former US "first lady" (and "second lady", even) co–founded, gave her name to, and was the first chair of a residential treatment centre in Rancho Mirage, California, for people with substance dependence, after revealing her own battle with alcohol dependence and diazepam addiction?		Betty Ford
Which England cricketer reportedly had to be rescued from the sea after falling off a pedalo, having "drowned his sorrows" (along with some team–mates) following England's defeat by New Zealand in the opening match of the 2007 World Cup (in which he was out first ball and took no wickets)?		Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff
The downfall of the Johnson government in July 2022 followed whose resignation as Deputy Chief Whip? The MP in question admitted that he had "drunk far too much" and "embarrassed [him]self and other people", on the occasion at the Carlton Club (in St James's, London) when he was alleged to have sexually assaulted two men.		Chris Pincher
Of whom did the BFI say, following his death in 1999, that he'd "assumed Robert Newton's mantle as Britain's thirstiest thespian"?		Oliver Reed
Which rock star died in 1978, aged 32, in his rented Mayfair flat, from a "vast" overdose of a drug prescribed to alleviate symptoms of alcohol withdrawal?		Keith Moon
Foreshots, heads, hearts, tails and feints are vapours associated with which process?		Distillation
What part of of Quercus suber, the cork oak tree, is used to make wine corks?		The bark
Twelve monasteries currently produce beers that meet the criteria that enable them to be labelled 'ATP' (Authentic Trappist Product). Six of them are in which country?		Belgium
Kamptal, Kremstal, Wachau and Wagram are wine regions in which country?		Austria
In which country is the world's southernmost commercial wine growing region?		New Zealand (Central Otago)
Superbock and Sagres are two of the most popular beers from which European country?		Portugal
The name of which Italian wine grape is derived from the Latin for 'blood of Jupiter'?		Sangiovese
The flowers of Humulus lupulus are not particularly decorative, but they're widely used commercially. What are they called?		Hops
If you were drinking with Danish, Norwegian or Swedish speakers, what word would you use to say "cheers" or "good health"?		Skol
If you were drinking with Dutch or German speakers, what word would you use to say "cheers" or "good health"?		Prost
Which British multinational manufacturer was founded in 1945 and is now based in Rocester, Staffordshire?		JCB (J. C. Bamford)
What's the name of the village in the Republic of Ireland (population 313 in 2016), which was visited by Barack and Michelle Obama in 2011, as his great–great–great–grandfather Falmouth Kearney had emigrated from it to the United States in 1850?		Moneygall
What was the title of the third volume in Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell trilogy, first published in 2020?		The Mirror and the Light
In Japan, pork cutlets served with curry sauce (and rice) are very popular, and this has led to the Japanese word for a cutlet being used in the UK (for example by J. D. Wetherspoon) for any type of Japanese curry. What is that word?		Katsu
Introduced in 1969, what is Lego's core product range for children between 18 months and 5 years old? Its bricks are twice the size of traditional Lego bricks, but still compatible with them.		Duplo
Who was the founder and namesake of the construction company whose first major project was the Glenfinnan Viaduct? He was nicknamed Concrete Bob, after experimenting with using concrete blocks as well as bricks on one housing estate.		Sir Robert McAlpine
What's the name of Rishi Sunak's fox red Labrador retriever?		Nova
Opened in 1994, the 'Supertram' public transport system operates in and around which English city?		Sheffield
Why was one of the stadiums used at the 2022 football World Cup called Stadium 974?		(See note)
Which specially–built craft left Callao, Peru, on 28 April 1947, and was beached 101 days later on an uninhabited islet in the Tuamotu islands of French Polynesia?		Kon–Tiki
Which organisation was first planned in 1914, when delegates from 24 countries met at the invitation of Prince Albert I of Monaco to discuss co–operation on solving crimes, identification techniques and extradition?		Interpol
The Overhead Railway, known locally as 'the OV' or 'the Dockers' Umbrella', operated from 1893 to 1956 in which English city?		Liverpool
Who was Oscar nominated for her role as Major Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan in the 1970 film version of M*A*S*H?		Sally Kellerman
The Lowsman Trophy is presented to the player who earns the unofficial title of Mr. Irrelevant, each season, in which sport?		American football
The UK's National Memorial Arboretum opened in 2001 near the village of Alrewas (ALL–ri–wuss), in which English county?		Staffordshire
Pollinosis is a technical name for which common medical condition?		Hay fever
Which organisation has owned Crufts dog show since 1942, when it bought it from the widow of its founder (organising its first show in 1948)?		The Kennel Club
Walter Arnold, in 1896, became the first person in the UK to be convicted of what offence?		Speeding
In which city does FC Twente – Netherlands national champions in the 2009–10 season – play its home games?		Enschede
Which classic German legend was dramatised by Christopher Marlowe in the 1590s, and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries?		Faust
Featured in the Toy Story films, what was the first toy to be advertised on television (in the USA) – soon after its introduction in 1952?		Mr. Potato Head
Which UK supermarket chain was founded in 1965, when brothers John and Peter Asquith merged their family's Yorkshire–based butchery business with a local producer of dairy foods?		ASDA
Which cartoon crime–fighter is aided and abetted by his pet cat, Spot?		Hong Kong Phooey
What's the French name for the basic white sauce, typically used as a topping in lasagne (the classic Italian pasta dish)?		Béchamel
Cadw (cad–oo) is the Welsh equivalent of which charitable organisation that covers England?		English Heritage
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, which has hosted the Canadian Grand Prix since 1978, is on an artificial island in which city?		Montreal

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