Latest questions: 4 July 2023

These questions were inspired by those set for use in the Cup Semi–Finals of the 2022–3 season in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the Nags Head (Questions 1 to 20) and the Dolphin Hammers (21 to 27).

What's the English name for the city that's known to approximately 35% of its population as Kaakpstad?		Cape Town
I Could Write a Book and Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered are songs from which musical?		Pal Joey
Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937, with her only novel?		Margaret Mitchell
'Red biddy' is or was a name given to a mixture of red wine and which other form of alcohol?		Methylated spirits
The cover version of Tears for Fears' Mad World, by Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules (the UK Christmas No. 1 in 2001) was recorded for which science fiction psychological thriller film?		Donnie Darko
Which Country Club in Massachusetts was the venue for the first Ryder Cup tournament, in 1927?		Worcester
Peter Cetera (bass), Terry Kath (guitar) and Robert Lamm (keyboards) were founder members of, and shared lead vocals in which American rock band?		Chicago
John Dunbar, the artist and co–founder of the gallery where John Lennon and Yoko Ono first met, was the first of whose three husbands?		Marianne Faithfull
Choppy, fannings, flowery, golden flowery and tippy are words used in the grading of what consumable crop?		Tea leaves
In legends of the British Isles, Bran and Sceólang were whose hunting dogs?		Finn McCool (a.k.a. Fingal)
In which Gilbert & Sullivan opera does the central character, Frederic, discover that he must remain apprenticed until the end of his 84th year, as he was born on the 29th of February?		The Pirates of Penzance
What is the real first name of 'Tiggy'Legge–Bourke – former personal assistant to Prince Charles, and nanny to princes William and Harry?		Alexandra
Which singer was born Virginia Pugh in Mississsippi in 1942? She died of cancer, in Nashville, in 1998.		Tammy Wynette
The bee hummingbird – the world's smallest bird – is native to which Caribbean island nation?		Cuba
What title is shared by the officer in charge of discipline on board ship in the Royal and US navies, and in the British army, the officer in charge of physical training?		Master–at–arms
Which fruit is known as the Erdbeere in German, fraise in French, fragola in Italian, and fresa or frutilla in Spanish?		The strawberry
Described (by Wikipedia) as "the most popular English entertainer of the Regency era", who first expanded the role of Clown in the harlequinade, establishing the name Joey and the whiteface make–up as standard?		Joseph Grimaldi
Which father and son played a father and son in Oliver Stone's 1987 film Wall Street?		Charlie and Martin Sheen
Which island and holiday destination lies immediately to the east of Java, and gves its name to the strait that separates the two islands?		Bali
The United States' largest species of cactus has the scientific name Carnegiea gigantea; it can grow up to 60 feet (18 metres) tall, live for up to 200 years, and have 50 or more branches or side arms. What is its common English name?		Saguaro
Who wrote the best–selling novel It Ends With Us, first published in 2016, and its 2022 sequel It Starts With Us?		Colleen Hoover
Which former sports star was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court, in 2022, after being found guilty of four charges concerning his inolvency?		Boris Becker
Who directed the 2022 film Elvis?		Baz Luhrmann
What's the name of the American chess grandmaster that was accused of cheating by world champion Magnus Carlsen in 2022?		Hans Niemann
What's the formal name of the garden opened by the RHS in 2020 in Worsley, Salford, Greater Manchester?		RHS Garden Bridgewater
Which English town was granted city status in 2022, in memory of Sir David Amess, one of its MPs and a long–time supporter of city status for the borough, who was fatally stabbed in 2021?		Southend–on–Sea
The Maenads (MEE–nads) were female followers of which Greek god?		Dionysus

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