2022–3 Season: Cup Round 1 – 20 December 2023

Questions set by Nags Head 'B', with much–appreciated help from the Waters Green Weavers.

1	Name either the sailor or the rower who were flag bearers for Team GB in the opening ceremony at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
	Hannah Mills or Mohamed Sbihi
2	The name of the Minor League Baseball team, the Albuquerque Isotopes, was inspired by which TV show?
	The Simpsons
3	In Cluedo, which character replaced Mrs White in 2016?
	Dr. Orchid
4	Sometimes described as "the world's most dangerous bird", which flightless bird found in Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea is the world's second heaviest living bird?
	The cassowary
5	In the sequel to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, what is the Restaurant at the End of the Universe called?
	Milliways
6	'Cupra' is the luxury and high–performance brand of which European carmaker?
	Seat
7	Who succeeded Judi Dench in the role of M, and has played the role since Skyfall (2012)?
	Ralph Fiennes
8	Which footballer recently became the first to score in five men's FIFA World Cups?
	Cristiano Ronaldo
9	A 'superb' variety of what bird is the subject of a tongue–in–cheek celebration in the US in early February each year?
	Owl (Superb Owl –> Superbowl)
10	Name either of the British gold medal winners in BMX events at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
	Bethany Shriever (racing) or Charlotte Worthington (freestyle)
11	Which Scottish writer and philosopher, who died in 1881, was nicknamed Sage of Chelsea?
	Thomas Carlyle
12	Sometimes referred to as the "Google of China", what's the second most–used internet search engine in the world?
	Baidu
13	What's the lowest region of the atmosphere called?
	The troposphere
14	Which Macclesfield pub featured on the TV show Most Haunted in 2018?
	The Bate Hall (accept Bate Inn)
15	Which racecourse in Surrey shares its name with a town on the Isle of Wight?
	Sandown (Park)
16	In what village was the peace agreement that ended the Korean War signed?
	Panmunjom
17	Dick Swiveller is a character in which Charles Dickens novel?
	The Old Curiosity Shop
18	In biochemistry, arginine, lysine and phenylalanine are three of a set of twenty molecules best known by what two–word name?
	Amino acids
19	The Chaco War was fought between 1932 and 1935 between Bolivia and what other country?
	Paraguay
20	Which German philosopher is best known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation?
	Arthur Schopenhauer
21	Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill reached No. 1 in the singles chart earlier this year after featuring in the fourth series of what TV show?
	Stranger Things
22	The Towy, the longest river in Wales, flows into what bay?
	Carmarthen Bay
23	The Ioniq and the Kona are electric vehicles produced by which Asian carmaker?
	Hyundai
24	Jane Fairfax is a character in which Jane Austen novel?
	Emma
25	Which Central American country's team were defeated 7–0 by Spain in the World Cup recently?
	Costa Rica
26	Which actor, who died in 2016, played Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films?
	Alan Rickman
27	Which Chinese company was the target of angry protests at its iPhone factory recently?
	Foxconn
28	Which Monopoly playing piece was retired from the set along with the wheelbarrow and shoe in 2017, but restored in 2022?
	The thimble
29	Which restaurant in Macclesfield's Castle Quarter featured on the BBC's The Restaurant Man?
	The Salt Bar
30	In Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, what's the name of the biggest city in Discworld?
	Ankh–Morpork
31	Which famous picture, by John Constable, shows a wagon in the water on the River Stour, near Flatford?
	The Haywain
32	The name of which chemical element comes from the Latin for charcoal or coal?
	Carbon
33	Which 1965 Beatles song contains the line "When I was younger, so much younger than today"?
	Help
34	Lucy Honeychurch is the heroine of which E. M. Forster novel, later made into an award–winning film?
	A Room with a View
35	There are three National Parks in Wales – Snowdonia, The Pembrokeshire Coast, and which other?
	The Brecon Beacons
36	Which fruit juice cordial is mixed with gin to make a Gimlet?
	Lime
37	In which present day country was the composer Jean Sibelius born?
	Finland
38	The name of which friend of Odysseus is used for someone who is a wise and faithful adviser?
	Mentor
39	Who won the first of his seven Wimbledon Men's Singles titles in 1993, when he beat Jim Courier in the final?
	Pete Sampras
40	Members of which religious order, also known as the Black Friars because of the colour of the cloak they wear, are named after the Spanish priest who founded the order?
	The Dominicans
41	Which legendary soul singer appeared as the Reverend Cleophus James in the film The Blues Brothers?
	James Brown
42	What word, of Arabic origin, is used for a dry valley, or watercourse found in arid regions and subject to flash flooding?
	Wadi
43	Which actress co–starred with Geena Davis in Thelma & Louise?
	Susan Sarandon
44	Which Greek philosopher killed himself with hemlock after being sentenced to death on charges of corrupting the young?
	Socrates
45	In the third part of Gulliver's Travels, what's the name of the flying island run by mad scientists?
	Laputa
46	In sailing, what's the name for steering a zigzag course in order to make progress upwind?
	Tacking
47	On which major river does the city of Worcester stand?
	The Severn
48	In a suit of armour, what part of the body is protected by the greave?
	The leg (below the knee)
49	Ranunculus repens is the creeping form of which common wild flower which spreads very rapidly?
	Buttercup
50	The city of Sunderland stands at the mouth of which river?
	The Wear
51	Where, on the human body, will you find the Mount of Apollo, Mount of the Moon and the Girdle of Venus?
	The (palm of the) hand
52	Who played Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland?
	Forest Whitaker
53	The period of industrial unrest at the end of the 1970s is known by what name, borrowed from a Shakespeare play?
	The Winter of Discontent
54	Which famous 1818 novel contains the words "I beheld the wretch – the miserable monster whom I had created"?
	Frankenstein
55	Yokozuna is the highest attainable rank in which sport?
	Sumo wrestling
56	Which famous street in New York is named after an embankment, built by Dutch settlers around 1653 to repel attacking forces?
	Wall Street
57	Which fashion designer launched the Rive Gauche range in 1966?
	Yves Saint Laurent
58	Who was the manager of the Beatles from 1961 to 1967?
	Brian Epstein
59	The ruins of which Cistercian abbey lie on the banks of the River Wye between Monmouth and Chepstow?
	Tintern
60	The notorious naval mutiny against Captain Bligh took place on which ship?
	HMS Bounty
61	The adjective 'vulpine' refers to which animal?
	The fox
62	Antananarivo is the largest city of which island republic off the coast of Africa?
	Madagascar
63	Angus Deayton was the original host of which quiz show, first broadcast in 1990?
	Have I Got News for You
64	What's the name of the chalk headland near Eastbourne which is one of the highest cliffs on the south coast of England?
	Beachy Head
65	Who wrote the plays Dirty Linen and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead?
	Tom Stoppard
66	Who led the Liberal Party from 1976 to 1988, when it merged with the SDP?
	David Steel
67	Which group did Graham Nash leave to become a founder member of Crosby, Stills and Nash?
	The Hollies
68	An 'unkindness' or a 'conspiracy' is the collective name for which members of the crow family?
	Ravens
69	Doctor Evil is the arch–enemy of which spoof film hero?
	Austin Powers
70	The Taj Mahal is in which city?
	Agra
71	Who wrote the music and lyrics for the musical Oliver?
	Lionel Bart
72	The word for which financial arrangement comes from the old French words for 'death' and 'pledge'?
	Mortgage
73	In geometry, what name is given to a triangle with two equal sides and two equal angles?
	Isosceles
74	Which James Joyce novel features Leopold Bloom and his estranged wife Molly?
	Ulysses
75	Montgomery is the capital of which US state?
	Alabama
76	The Siberian or Amur is a sub–species of which endangered animal?
	Tiger
77	What vegetable is the essential ingredient of a dish described as Lyonnaise?
	Onions
78	On board a ship, what is housed in a binnacle?
	The compass
79	Lara's Theme was part of the Oscar–winning score for which 1965 film?
	Doctor Zhivago
80	Which is the larger of the two human lower leg bones, also known as the shin bone?
	The tibia
81	In which English town are the headquarters of the Open University?
	Milton Keynes
82	Which Graham Greene novel features a sociopathic teenager named Pinkie?
	Brighton Rock
83	Whose last recorded words were, "I'm just going outside – I may be some time"?
	Captain Laurence ('Titus') Oates
84	Which monarch was the intended victim of the Rye House Plot?
	Charles II
85	Which US city provides the setting for the popular TV drama series The Wire?
	Baltimore
86	What type of creature is a hawksbill?
	A turtle
87	What type of food is chateaubriand?
	A cut of (fillet) steak
88	What style of headdress was commonly worn by women in the middle ages, but is now mainly associated with nuns?
	The wimple
89	Who was the lead guitarist of The Smiths, and co–operated with Morrissey in writing most of their songs?
	Johnny Marr
90	Which county on the East coast of Ireland borders Northern Ireland and is the smallest in the Republic by area?
	Louth
91	Who wrote the plays Tamburlaine and Edward II?
	Christopher Marlowe
92	Which famous speech began with the words, "At last I am able to say a few words of my own"?
	The abdication speech of Edward VIII
93	Who was succeeded as monarch of England by Lady Jane Grey?
	Edward VI
94	Which 1970s TV detective kept his gun in a cookie jar?
	Jim Rockford
95	What type of creature is an alewife?
	A fish
96	Which popular Italian dish consists of dumplings made with potato, flour or semolina?
	Gnocchi
97	What stopped appearing on British coins after 1982?
	The word new (as in 'new penny' or 'new pence')
98	Which song was the Labour Party's theme in its Election campaign of 1997?
	Things Can Only Get Better (by D:Ream)
99	Which country is Australia's closest neighbour?
	Papua New Guinea
100	Who wrote the play The Madness of George the Third?
	Alan Bennett
101	How is or was Samuel Langhorne Clemens better known?
	Mark Twain
102	Who was Henry the Eighth's elder brother, and the first husband of Catherine of Aragon?
	Prince Arthur
103	What was the name of the character played by John Thaw in The Sweeney?
	Jack Regan
104	What is the SI unit of force?
	The newton
105	Who first appeared in the arcade game Donkey Kong, has gone on to star in over 200 video games, and has an antagonist called Bowser?
	Mario
106	What was the name of the dog that found the Jules Rimet Trophy in 1966?
	Pickles
107	What was the name of the oil tanker that caused the world's first major oil spill, when it broke up off Cornwall in 1967?
	Torrey Canyon
108	What's the name of the major ocean current that flows northwards along the Pacific coast of South America?
	The Humboldt Current
109	In which literary work did the phrase "brave new world" first appear?
	The Tempest (Shakespeare)
110	What's the shortest book in the Bible, consisting of one chapter with 21 verses?
	Obadiah
111	Which Westminster constituency was represented from 1964 to 1970 by Robert Maxwell, and later by the House of Commons Speaker, John Bercow?
	Buckingham
112	Which TV series brought together David McCallum and Joanna Lumley?
	Sapphire and Steel
113	Who was the captain of England's cricket team on the infamous Bodyline tour of Australia in 1932–3?
	Douglas Jardine
114	What's the surname of Barbie's boyfriend Ken?
	Carson
115	Which English king is said to have ridden a horse called White Surrey?
	Richard III
116	Which London underground line serves only two stations and is colloquially known as The Drain?
	The Waterloo and City Line
117	Which famous Paris landmark stands in the Place Charles de Gaulle, previously known as the Place de l'Etoile?
	The Arc de Triomphe
118	From which work of literature did the TV series Room 101 and Big Brother get their names?
	Nineteen Eighty–Four
119	In the Bible, who was turned into a pillar of salt for looking back at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah?
	Lot's wife
120	Who was replaced by Idi Amin as President of Uganda in 1971, but returned to power in 1980?
	Milton Obote

Supplementaries:

1	'Westminster Quarters', the tune played by Big Ben, is possibly based in part on I Know My Redeemer Liveth – a piece by which composer?
	Handel (from the Messiah)
2	What creatures can be silky, giant, spiny or scaly?
	Anteater
3	Which British independent school, founded in 1934, has the motto Plus est en Vous (there is more in you)?
	Gordonstoun
4	Which TV programme was described by John Betjeman as "The Pickwick Papers of television"?
	Coronation Street
5	Nicknamed 'Mr. Las Vegas' and 'The Midnight Idol', which entertainer has performed over 35,000 shows in Las Vegas and has the signature tune Danke Shoen?
	Wayne Newton
6	Which golf course, overlooking the Firth of Forth, is home to the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers?
	Muirfield
7	The Young Anthony, an oil painting incorrectly attributed to Rubens, is actually thought to have been a self–portrait by which of Rubens's pupils?
	Anthony Van Dyck
8	What female forename is the name given to the furry, sometimes knitted, thick handgrip on a church bell rope?
	Sally

Tie Breaker:

	How long in miles is the Trans–Siberian Railway?
	5,772 miles

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