2021–2 Season: Cup Quarter–Finals – 22 February 2022

Set by the Sutton Mutton and Waters Green Weavers.

1	Who was the 'skip' of the men's silver medal–winning Great Britain curling team at the 2022 Winter Olympics?
	Bruce Mouat
2	Who won the 2021 Best Director Oscar for the drama film Nomadland?
	Chloë Zhao
3	Of what US city did Jerry Springer serve as mayor in the 1970s?
	Cincinnati
4	What's the traditional birthstone for the month of October?
	Opal or tourmaline
5	The central character of which 1986 science fiction comedy film was a robot named Number 5?
	Short Circuit
6	What type of seafood are Isle of Man Queenies?
	Scallops
7	Which infamous ruler died in AD 453, two years after his defeat at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains?
	Attila the Hun
8	The 2016 film Love & Friendship was based on which short novel by Jane Austen, that was first published more than 50 years after her death?
	Lady Susan
9	Which retail consultant and TV personality is nicknamed the Queen of Shops?
	Mary Portas
10	Along with Antony Hewish, which Northern Irish astrophysicist is credited with the 1967 discovery of radio pulsars? She was made a dame in 2007.
	Jocelyn Bell Burnell (accept Bell or Burnell)
11	What mountain range in East Africa shares its name with a town in South Wales?
	The Aberdare Range
12	In which sport, that was newly added for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, did Sky Brown become Great Britain's youngest ever medallist?
	Skateboarding (specifically, women's park skateboarding)
13	What type of Portuguese traditional folk music takes its name from a word meaning 'destiny' or 'fate'?
	Fado
14	What's the name of the MP for Bury South, who crossed the floor from the Conservatives to Labour in January 2022?
	Christian Wakeford
15	The name of what type of food poisoning derives from the Latin for 'sausage'?
	Botulism
16	The EastEnders actor Phil Daniels appeared in the video for which 1994 Blur single?
	Parklife
17	As at the 9th of February 2022, who is the deputy leader of the Labour Party?
	Angela Rayner
18	What's the name of Camilla Parker–Bowles's son, who is a food writer and critic?
	Tom or Thomas (full name Thomas Henry Charles Parker–Bowles)
19	In Peaky Blinders, what's the name of the pub owned by the Shelbys?
	The Garrison
20	The stipe, pileus and lamellae are all parts of what foodstuff?
	Mushroom (accept fungus or fungi. They are the stem, cap and gills)

21	Which poet worked for the General Post Office (GPO) film unit and produced the verse commentary at the end of the 1936 film Night Mail?
	W. H. Auden
22	If you were digging a hole in a road and you encountered an orange plastic duct, what specific type of cable(s) would you expect to be inside it?
	Electricity cables (supplying street lighting/traffic signals)
23	Who was leader of the group of army officers who deposed King Idris I on 1 September 1969?
	Muammar Gaddafi
24	In which range of mountains in the Italian Alps were the walkways and access routes known as Via Ferrata or Klettersteig first used by warring nations?
	The Dolomites
25	In the acronym of the non–profit defence organisation NAAFI (November, Alpha, Alpha, Foxtrot, India) what does the second letter A (Alpha) stand for?
	Air (NAAFI is Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes)
26	Which series of Ordnance Survey maps are produced at a scale of one inch to 2,083.33 (two thousand and eighty–three point three three) feet?
	Explorer (or 1:25,000 scale)
27	What are potato gnocchi?
	Italian dumplings made from mashed potato or grated potato.
28	What's the maximum allowable weight for a rigid motor vehicle (i.e. a large goods vehicle that is not an articulated lorry)? Answer in kg or tonnes
	32,000 kg or 32 tonnes
29	Leisler's, Brandt's, Daubenton's, Natterer's and Bechstein's are different sorts of what?
	Bats native to Britain
30	What was the Democratic Republic of the Congo called before 1997?
	The Republic of Zaire
31	Pete Rozelle served as the Commissioner of which sporting organisation from January 1960 until his retirement in November 1989, and is widely credited with turning it into one of the most successful sports leagues in the world?
	The NFL (National Football League) for American football
32	Worm, pinion, crown, bevel and sprocket are all sorts of what?
	Gears or gear wheels (accept cogs)
33	According to their old logo, where were Seabrook's crisps lovingly made?
	Yorkshire
34	In which country did the coffee bush or tree grow in the wild before it was cultivated for its beans and planted around the world?
	Ethiopia
35	In the automotive abbreviation TDC (Tango, Delta, Charlie), what does the letter D (Delta) stand for?
	Dead (TDC is top dead centre)
36	Which 1993 single by Ugly Kid Joe was a cover of a song written, and previously recorded, by Harry Chapin?
	Cat's in the Cradle
37	TIG (Tango, India, Golf) welding uses a non–consumable electrode made of what rare metal surrounded by a barrier of inert gas?
	Tungsten
38	By February 2022, which 1973 album had spent a record 962 weeks in the Billboard top 200 album chart?
	Dark Side of the Moon (by Pink Floyd)
39	What monument did Cecil and Mary Chubb gift to the nation in October 1918?
	Stonehenge
40	What proposed name for a vessel, suggested by James Head, was the most popular in a 2016 internet poll organised by the Natural Environment Research Council?
	Boaty McBoatface

41	The Treachery of Images, which features an image of a pipe, is a painting by which Belgian surrealist artist?
	René Magritte
42	In Greek mythology, who did Perseus save from the sea monster Cetus?
	Andromeda
43	Name either of the cities that will co–host the 2026 Winter Olympics.
	Milan or Cortina (d'Ampezzo)
44	What four–letter word describes the family of musical instruments, associated with European traditional folk music, to which the bouzouki, mandola and mandolin belong along with its namesake?
	Lute
45	With which team did Michael Schumacher make his debut in Formula One?
	Jordan
46	Which book of the Bible, named for one of the twelve minor prophets, is the last alphabetically?
	Zephaniah
47	Which energy supply company, founded in 2013, went into special administration in November 2021 and is now run by the government?
	Bulb Energy
48	Which DC Comics character had the birth name Arthur Curry?
	Aquaman
49	The white fatalii, rocoto and wiri wiri are types of what fruit?
	Chilli pepper (accept chilli or pepper)
50	Which TV series links the actors Ben Miller, Kris Marshall, Ardal O'Hanlon and Ralph Little?
	Death in Paradise (they all played the lead detective)
51	The Avengers actor Patrick MacNee appeared in the video for which 1996 Oasis single?
	Don't Look Back in Anger
52	The name of which infectious disease derives from the Greek for coal?
	Anthrax
53	In Greek mythology, who was impregnated by Zeus in the form of a golden rain and later gave birth to Perseus?
	Danaë
54	Which Shipping Forecast area is named after the founder of the Met Office?
	Fitzroy
55	Lucy Snowe is the protagonist of which novel by Charlotte Brontë, the last published during her lifetime?
	Villette
56	In which Roman province, ruled at that time in coalition with the Visigoths, did the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains (at which Attila the Hun was defeated) take place?
	Gaul
57	What prize, awarded every four years, is sometimes described as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics?
	The Fields Medal
58	Which First Minister of Northern Ireland resigned on the 3rd of February 2022?
	Paul Givan
59	Who wrote and directed the Oscar–nominated 2021 Western film The Power of the Dog, starring Benedict Cumberbatch?
	Jane Campion
60	Also known by a variety of other names, Aorangi Terrace can be found at which British sports venue?
	The All–England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club (accept Wimbledon)

61	Name the Canadian singer–songwriter with whom Elon Musk had a child in May 2020.
	Grimes (Claire Elise Boucher)
62	Klarna are a high–tech financial services company offering BNPL services, who have one million active users of their app in the UK. What does BNPL stand for?
	Buy Now, Pay Later
63	Name the PR adviser and aide whose affair with Matt Hancock led to his resignation as Health Secretary in June 2021.
	Gina Coladangelo
64	The Manchester Arena is currently named the AO Arena, after its main sponsor. But what was its original name when it opened in 1995?
	The Nynex Arena (sponsored by Nynex CableComm)
65	According to rhyming slang, why does the word 'barnet' mean 'hair'?
	A reference to Barnet Fair (a livestock and horse fair dating back to the 16th Century)
66	Name the Principal Private Secretary who resigned in February after sending invitations to over 100 people for a Bring Your Own Booze party in the Number 10 garden in May 2020.
	Martin Reynolds
67	What's the name of the stock market index for Tokyo?
	The Nikkei (also accept Topix as a more recent Tokyo index)
68	How many pounds does the slang term 'a monkey' refer to?
	£500 (no leeway!)
69	Which city hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics?
	Pyeongchang
70	In Norse mythology, which almost–invincible god was killed by a spear of mistletoe?
	Baldur (alternative spellings of Balder and Baldr shouldn't impact a verbal answer)
71	What was the standard rate of VAT in the UK, when originally introduced in 1973?
	10%
72	Which BBC journalist was shot six times and seriously injured by Al Qaida gunmen whilst working in Saudi Arabia in 2004?
	Frank Gardner (the BBC's Security Correspondent)
73	Who painted A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, depicting Parisian society enjoying a Sunday by the river Seine in the 1880s?
	Georges Seurat
74	What's the current name of the city whose name in 1673 was New Orange?
	New York
75	What was the most significant event on the battleship USS Missouri on the 2nd of September 1945?
	The instrument of surrender by Japan was signed on board
76	On a menu, what traditionally is a coulibiac?
	Fish pie
77	Which singer did Sissy Spacek portray in an Oscar–winning performance in the film A Coal Miner's Daughter?
	Loretta Lynn
78	Where would you find a volcano named Mount Terror?
	Ross Island (accept Antarctica)
79	Calabrese is a variety of which vegetable?
	Broccoli
80	The Secret Police force in Haiti, officially disbanded in 1986, were given what name after a local bogeyman reputed to steal children?
	Tonton Macoute

81	Which Marvel Comics character had the birth name James Howlett?
	Wolverine
82	What's the name of the government energy regulator that announced a rise in the maximum chargeable rate for domestic customers on the 3rd of February 2022?
	Ofgem
83	Boxing is one of three sports that has been left out of the initial programme for the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. Name either of the other two
	Weightlifting or Modern Pentathlon
84	Traditionally the country retreat of US Presidents, Camp David was given its present name by which president?
	Dwight D. Eisenhower
85	Which Shipping Forecast area is named for an uninhabitable granite islet in the North Atlantic Ocean?
	Rockall
86	In René Magritte's painting The Son of Man, the face of a man wearing a bowler hat is obscured by what object?
	An apple (a green apple)
87	Which Scottish physicist was the first person to predict the existence of radio waves?
	James Clerk Maxwell
88	Give the surname of either of the cleaning experts from How Clean Is Your House?, Kim & Aggie
	Kim Woodburn or Aggie Mackenzie
89	Which of the major prophets of the Bible was nicknamed 'the weeping prophet' and is believed to have authored the Book of Lamentations as well as the one that bears his name?
	Jeremiah
90	In 1993, which Italian Formula One driver, who never won a World Championship, became the first driver to start 250 F1 races?
	Riccardo Patrese
91	What was Camilla Parker–Bowles's surname at birth?
	Shand
92	Which African river, the only outlet of Lake Malawi, shares the spelling of its name with a region of Middle Earth in Lord of the Rings?
	The Shire River (pronounced she–ray)
93	What type of seafood is most associated with the Welsh town of Conwy?
	Mussels (Conwy Mussels have a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO))
94	Which criminal family were the main antagonists in the 1985 adventure comedy film The Goonies?
	The Fratellis
95	What gift is traditionally associated with a 5th Wedding Anniversary in the UK?
	Wood
96	The three largest cities in the US state of Ohio all begin with the letter C. Cincinnati is one of them; name either of the other two.
	Columbus or Cleveland
97	Who was the first UK Prime Minister to use Chequers as a country retreat?
	David Lloyd George
98	Who became Leader of the House of Commons on the 8th of February 2022, after previously serving as Chief Whip?
	Mark Spencer
99	Which British sports venue has a distinctive Media Centre, designed by the Czech architect Jan Kaplický?
	Lord's Cricket Ground
100	Which English mathematician is best known for proving Fermat's Last Theorem, as described in the book of that title by Simon Singh?
	Andrew Wiles

101	In the British charts, who had a number three hit single in April 1969 with Come Back and Shake Me?
	Clodagh Rodgers
102	Who played the leading role in the 1973 film Hitler, the Last Ten Days?
	Alec Guinness
103	What's the name of the bridge and tunnel link that connects Denmark and Sweden?
	The Oresund Crossing
104	If you catch a direct train from Norwich to London, at which London Station would you arrive?
	Liverpool Street
105	Which passenger liner holds the Blue Riband for crossing the Atlantic between the USA and Europe in the fastest time?
	The SS United States
106	What's the name of the joint Austrian/German TV crime drama series, set around the border area near Salzburg, whose second series is currently showing on Sky Atlantic?
	Der Pass
107	After the nationalisation of British Railways in 1948, six Regions were formed. Southern, Western, London Midland, Eastern, and Scottish were five of them; what was the sixth?
	North Eastern
108	What name did Josiah Wedgwood give to the pottery works alongside the Trent and Mersey Canal, to which he moved his business in 1769?
	Etruria (the area around the works also become known as Etruria, as did the nearby railway station).
109	Which British Army Regiment now has its Headquarters near Hereford?
	Special Air Service (accept SAS)
110	Who patented the compression ignition engine?
	Rudolf Diesel
111	Who wrote the novel The Remains of the Day?
	Kazuo Ishiguro
112	The Kansas City metropolitan area is split between two US states. Kansas is one of them; what's the other?
	Missouri (The Missouri River separates them)
113	Most Swiss Cantons have either one or two official languages. Which is the only one that has three?
	Graubunden or Grisons (German, Italian and Romansch)
114	On which river in Germany did the US Army first meet the Soviet Army on the 25th of April 1945?
	The Elbe, near Torgau
115	How many of the Great Lakes does the Canadian Province of Ontario have a shoreline on?
	Four (Ontario, Erie, Huron and Superior)
116	How many Labour Prime Ministers have there been?
	Six (Ramsay McDonald, Atlee, Wilson, Callaghan, Blair and Brown)
117	Which Company launched the first commercially available, fully digital camera in 1989?
	Fujifilm
118	The song Tomorrow Belongs To Me comes from which musical film, that won eight Oscars?
	Cabaret
119	The former German city of Königsberg is now called what?
	Kaliningrad
120	Which country in Africa has two capital cities – Lobamba and Mbabane?
	The Kingdom of Eswatini (accept Swaziland)

Supplementaries:

1	What's the capital of Madeira?
	Funchal
2	What's the German word for a badger?
	Dachs
3	The National Science and Media Museum is in which British city?
	Bradford
4	What is the nest of a squirrel traditionally called?
	A drey
5	In what city has the headquarters of the Met Office been situated since December 2003?
	Exeter
6	The food additive ferrous gluconate, E579, is used to give a uniform jet–black colour when processing the fruit of which tree?
	Olive
7	Prince William is an ardent fan of which Premier League football club?
	Aston Villa
8	Which Italian celebrity chef recently opened the Luciano restaurant in Alderley Edge?
	Gino D'Acampo

Tie–breakers:

1	As of Friday the 4th of February, Macclesfield FC's largest attendance for a North West Counties Football League Premier Division game is 4,353. What's the largest attendance at a game that didn't involve Macclesfield FC?
	479 (for Skelmersdale United v Burscough on 8 January 2022)
2	What was the sale price, in US dollars, of Georgia O'Keefe's Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1, which sold at Sotheby's in 2014 and remains the most expensive painting ever by a female artist?
	$44.4 million
3	What's the height in feet of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai?
	2716.5 feet (according to its own website)

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