2022–3 Season: Week 10 – 7 February 2023

Set by the Park Timers; vetted by the Nags Head 'B'.

Specialist Rounds

1	Geography	2	History
3	A Disastrous World	4	Sport
5	Science	6	Famous Macclesfield People
7	Groups	8	Arts & Entertainment

Specialist Questions

Round 1: Geography

1	What's the longest river entirely in Scotland?
	The Tay
2	What name is given to the point on the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?
	The epicentre
3	In which country is the volcano of Mount St. Helens?
	USA
4	The town of Tewkesbury stands at the confluence of two rivers. Name either.
	The Severn or the (Warwickshire) Avon
5	Mombasa is the main sea port of which African country?
	Kenya
6	Of which former Soviet republic is Tbilisi the capital city?
	Georgia
7	Which town is the administrative centre for the county of Somerset?
	Taunton
8	In which country is Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak?
	Tanzania

Supplementaries:

1	The Murray–Darling is the largest river system in which country?
	Australia
2	What name is shared by a market town in North Yorkshire, a US state capital and a London borough?
	Richmond

Round 2: History – Famous Historical Quotes

1	Who described England as a nation of shopkeepers?
	Napoleon Bonaparte
2	Who described Russia as "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma?"
	Winston Churchill
3	Which politician said he was "on the side of the angels?"
	Benjamin Disraeli
4	US voters in 1952 wore badges saying "I like Ike." Who was Ike?
	Dwight D. Eisenhower
5	Which US President declared he was a Berliner in 1963?
	John F. Kennedy
6	Which Soviet leader said in 1956 "We will bury you?"
	Nikita Khrushchev
7	In which city did Martin Luther King make his "I have a dream" speech?
	Washington (DC)
8	Which Chinese leader called the United States "a paper tiger?"
	Mao Zedong

Supplementaries:

1	Which Scot said having women rulers was "repugnant to nature?"
	John Knox
2	Who in 1942 told the Philippines "I shall return?"
	General Douglas MacArthur

Round 3: A Disastrous World

1	Which company ran the pesticide plant in Bhopal, India that exposed approximately 500,000 people to the highly toxic methyl isocyanate gas?
	Union Carbide (India Limited)
2	Which American energy company based in Houston, Texas was at the centre of an accounting scandal exposed in 2001 – bringing its auditors, Arthur Andersen, down with it?
	Enron (Corporation)
3	What was the name of the super–tanker that ran aground on 16 March 1978 on Portsall Rocks, spilling 220,880 metric tonnes of oil on to the coast of Brittany?
	Amoco Cadiz
4	What was the name of the nuclear power plant near the city of Pripyat that went into meltdown on 26 April 1986?
	Chernobyl
5	The bankruptcy filing of which US investment bank started the collapse of global financial markets on 15 September 2008?
	Lehman Brothers
6	In which US state was the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, which went into partial meltdown in March 1979?
	Pennsylvania
7	What caused around 20 countries to close their airspace to commercial jet traffic, affecting approximately 10 million travellers, between the 14th and the 20th of April 2010?
	Eyjafjallajökull (AY–yah–fyah–lah–YOH–kuul – accept any reference to a volcanic eruption in Iceland)
8	Which UK disaster killed 116 children and 28 adults on 21 October 1966?
	Aberfan (colliery spoil tip collapsing on a primary school)

Supplementaries:

1	Where was BP's semi–submersible drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon, operating when it exploded, killing 11 workers and causing $20billion in environmental damage?
	The Gulf of Mexico
2	What caused the deaths of an estimated 227,898 people in 14 countries in December 2004?
	The Boxing Day tsunami

Round 4: Sport

1	Who in 2022 became the second man to score a hat trick in the final of the FIFA World Cup?
	Kylian Mbappé
2	Who won the 2022 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award?
	Beth Mead
3	Which stadium will host the Men's Rugby Union World Cup Final in 2023?
	Stade de France
4	Which city will host the final of the women's FIFA world cup in 2023?
	Sydney
5	Which Irish boxer is currently the undisputed Women's Lightweight World Champion?
	Katie Taylor
6	Which was the last USA city to host the summer Olympic games?
	Atlanta (1996)
7	Which was the first Asian city to host the summer Olympic games?
	Tokyo (1964)
8	What feat did Frankie Dettori manage on the 28th of September 1996?
	He won all seven races on that day's card at Ascot

Supplementaries:

1	Who was the last British winner of the French Open?
	Sue Barker (1976)
2	Who was the first British winner of golf's Masters Tournament?
	Sandy Lyle (1988; Nick Faldo won it in 1989, 1990 and 1996)

Round 5: Science

1	How much does 1 litre of water weigh, at room temperature and at sea level?
	1 kilogram
2	Where would you find the highest mountain in the Solar System?
	Mars
3	What is the largest animal known to have ever lived?
	The blue whale
4	Name one of the two mammals that lays eggs.
	The platypus or echidna
5	What's the main protein in nails and hair?
	Keratin
6	What's the largest muscle in the human body?
	The gluteus maximus
7	What's the most abundant metal in the human body?
	Calcium
8	Which is the largest fruit?
	The pumpkin

Supplementaries:

1	How far is one astronomical unit?
	It's the distance from the sun to the earth (150 million km or 8.3 light minutes)
2	What's the heaviest organ in the human body?
	The liver

Round 6: Famous Macclesfield People

All questions are taken from the book Macclesfield Hall of Fame by Bob Burrows. Any inaccuracies should be directed to the author.

1	Born in Macclesfield in April 1960, who after a short but successful cricket career is now best known for presenting Test Match Special?
	Jonathan Agnew (accept Aggers)
2	Born in Macclesfield in November 1933, who is known as the father of British rhythm and blues and remains active with his band, the Bluesbreakers?
	John Mayall
3	Born in Macclesfield in 1963, who can be regularly heard interrogating politicians on the Today programme on Radio 4?
	Nick Robinson
4	Born in Macclesfield in February 1977, who won gold medals at four consecutive Olympic Games between 2000 and 2012?
	Ben Ainslie
5	Born in Macclesfield in January 1981, who is the tallest player ever to be capped by the England football team?
	Peter Crouch
6	Born in Bollington in October 1891, who was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize for Physics?
	James Chadwick
7	Born in Macclesfield in May 1939, who was held prisoner between 1987 and 1991 after being taken hostage in Lebanon?
	Terry Waite
8	Born in Manchester in July 1956 (but moving to Macclesfield as a baby), who was the lead singer of Joy Division?
	Ian Curtis

Supplementaries:

1	Born in Macclesfield in 1961, which explorer has made BBC series called The Skeleton Coast, Last of the Medicine Men and Expedition Africa?
	Benedict Allen
2	Born in Cheadle Hulme in March 1955 (but moving to Macclesfield as a baby), who is perhaps best known for her role as Mrs Miggins in Blackadder the Third?
	Helen Atkinson–Wood

Round 7: Groups

You will be given a list of names. All you have to do is name the group they are (or were) better known as. For example: John, Paul, George and Ringo – The Beatles.

1	Mick, Keith, Ronnie, Charlie
	The Rolling Stones
2	David, Nick, Syd, Roger, Richard
	Pink Floyd
3	Brian, Carl, Mike, Al
	The Beach Boys
4	Chris, Guy, Phil, Jonny, Will
	Coldplay
5	Mick, John, Christine, Stevie, Lindsey
	Fleetwood Mac
6	Tony, Bill, Geezer, Ozzy
	Black Sabbath
7	Roger, John, Keith, Pete
	The Who
8	Barry, Robin, Maurice
	The Bee Gees

Supplementaries:

1	Benny, Anni–Frid, Agnetha, Bjorn
	ABBA
2	Melanie, Emma, Geri, Victoria, Melanie
	The Spice Girls

Round 8: Arts & Entertainment

1	Who closed his TV show with the line "May your god go with you"?
	Dave Allen
2	Which actor spoke the line "Greed is good" in the 1987 film Wall Street?
	Michael Douglas
3	Which London museum was first established in 1852 as the Museum of Manufactures?
	The Victoria & Albert Museum (accept V&A)
4	Which art gallery and park, named in memory of an industrialist, was founded in 1889 'for the perpetual gratification of the people of Manchester'?
	The Whitworth (named after Joseph Whitworth)
5	Who created the fictional detective Phillip Marlowe?
	Raymond Chandler
6	In the novel by Muriel Spark, what was the name of the title character who referred to her girls as "the creme de la creme"?
	Miss Jean Brodie
7	First staged in 2011, which musical is a satirical examination of the beliefs and practices of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter–day Saints?
	The Book of Mormon
8	What musical did Lin–Manuel Miranda describe as being about "America then, as told by America now"?
	Hamilton

Supplementaries:

1	Whose guitars bore the legend "This machine kills fascists"?
	Woody Guthrie
2	Who had a hit with Between the Wars in 1985?
	Billy Bragg

General Knowledge

1	Which US President had twin daughters named Jenna and Barbara?
	George W. Bush
2	Chevening House in Kent is the traditional country house of which government minister?
	Foreign Secretary
3	On what date is St Andrew's Day? (No leeway.)
	30 November
4	Lincoln's Inn and Gray's Inn are two of the four Inns of Court. Name either of the other two.
	Inner Temple or Middle Temple
5	Which US state was formerly known as Russian America?
	Alaska
6	By what name did the Romans refer to Ireland?
	Hibernia
7	Which letter in the Greek alphabet corresponds with the letter 'k'?
	Kappa
8	Who created the character Hannibal Lecter, who first appeared in his novel Red Dragon?
	Thomas Harris

9	What was the real first name of the landscape gardener Capability Brown?
	Lancelot
10	On the reverse of which Bank of England banknote have William Shakespeare, Michael Faraday and Edward Elgar all appeared?
	£20
11	What name is given to the stone at the top of an arch that keeps all the others in place?
	The keystone
12	Which Imperial unit of measurement of energy is abbreviated to BTU?
	British Thermal Unit
13	Which pop group has been fronted by Damon Albarn since 1989?
	Blur
14	From which mainline London terminus do trains run to Bristol and Cardiff?
	Paddington
15	Which sportswear manufacturer shares its name with a small African antelope?
	Reebok
16	What was intended to form the Northern frontier of the Roman Empire?
	Hadrian's Wall

17	Which Verdi opera is set against the backdrop of warfare between Egypt and Ethiopia?
	Aida
18	Name the Welshman who led a revolt against Henry IV seeking full independence for Wales
	Owain Glyndwr
19	What does a Petrologist study?
	Rocks
20	What was signed and sealed at Runnymede in 1215?
	The Magna Carta
21	What's the name of the abstract art–form pioneered by Picasso and Braque?
	Cubism
22	What term is used to describe the time for a disease to develop after it has entered the body?
	Incubation period
23	What is the Empire State Building named after?
	New York State (it's the state nickname)
24	How many pieces does each player start with in the game of backgammon? (No leeway.)
	15

25	What word means clashing unpleasant sounds – the opposite of euphony?
	Cacophony
26	Who wrote The Railway Children?
	E. Nesbit
27	In which constellation is Sirius, the Dog Star?
	Canis Major, or the Great Dog
28	What's the maximum number of points a player can give away by a foul stroke in snooker?
	Seven
29	Which American inventor and businessman first invented railway dining cars?
	George Pullman
30	In heraldry, what's the name for the colour black?
	Sable
31	'Fe' is the symbol of which chemical element?
	Iron
32	Which musical instrument has dampers, hammers and strings?
	The piano

33	What was the original name for the line on a ship showing the level to which it could be loaded?
	The Plimsoll line
34	La Manche is the French name for which body of water?
	The English Channel
35	What was the first name of the female lead singer in The Carpenters?
	Karen
36	Under what name did Samuel Clemens write?
	Mark Twain
37	The Dutch royal family acquired its name from which French town?
	Orange
38	Which secret society refers to God as "the great architect of the Universe"?
	Freemasons
39	What type of stone is marble?
	Limestone (accept metamorphic)
40	Which river has Upper and Lower versions running into and out of Lough Neagh?
	The Bann

41	Which disease was deliberately introduced into the UK rabbit population?
	Myxomatosis
42	Along which river is most of France's Sauvignon Blanc cultivated?
	The Loire
43	In which English county would you find the coastal resort of California?
	Norfolk
44	Who wrote the poem Funeral Blues?
	W. H. Auden
45	Who came to the throne of England on the death of Henry I?
	Stephen
46	Who gave his name to early editions of Newsround?
	John Craven
47	What high office is Nicholas Breakspear the only Englishman to ever hold?
	Pope
48	Who left an unfinished novel called Sanditon?
	Jane Austen

49	The tears of which creature are said to be a sign of insincere grief or remorse?
	The crocodile
50	Alex Kapranos is the front man of which band?
	Franz Ferdinand
51	Which castle is the country seat of the Duke of Norfolk?
	Arundel Castle
52	Name either of the two Washington Post journalists who broke the Watergate story.
	Carl Bernstein or Bob Woodward
53	Which society was founded in London in 1884 to promote socialist ideas peacefully and to establish a socialist state in Britain?
	The Fabian Society
54	Who appoints the BBC's Board of Governors?
	The British monarch
55	By what name are the first ten amendments to the US constitution collectively known?
	The Bill of Rights
56	Who is the current Chief Scout?
	Bear Grylls

57	Who is the current president of FIFA?
	Gianni Infantino
58	For what is the internet celebrity Salt Bae famous?
	He's a butcher or chef (sprinkles salt on the food)
59	The strength of alcohol in beer is measured in ABV. What does the V stand for?
	(Alcohol By) Volume
60	Which abstract artist's painting was discovered to have been hung upside down for 75 years in October 2022?
	Piet Mondrian
61	From which city does Murano glass originate?
	Venice
62	Hopefully your house has a DPC. What does the D stand for?
	Damp (Proof Course)
63	Who is the current chairman of Ineos and a potential suitor for Manchester United?
	Sir Jim Ratcliffe
64	Which DJ has announced that they are leaving Radio 2 after 31 years?
	Ken Bruce

65	Which is the largest USA state by area?
	Alaska
66	Perry is a variety of which fruit?
	Pear
67	What's the capital city of Madeira?
	Funchal
68	The Cavendish is the dominant cultivar of which fruit?
	Banana
69	The Rothschild is a subspecies of which mammal?
	Giraffe
70	Which medical condition is caused by the build up of uric acid crystals?
	Gout
71	Who was the first known European to reach New Zealand?
	Abel Tasman
72	Who has recently resigned as the Prime Minister of New Zealand?
	Jacinda Ardern

73	Which fashion designer, who died in October 2022, was largely responsible for bringing punk fashion into the mainstream?
	Vivienne Westwood
74	What colour is the centre of an archery target?
	Gold (accept yellow)
75	What's the largest cell in the human body?
	An ovum (accept egg)
76	Since 2011, pubs in the UK have been able to sell beer in schooners. How big is a schooner?
	Two thirds of a pint
77	Who is the current presenter of Match of the Day?
	Gary Lineker
78	What is a slingback a type of?
	Shoe
79	Which artist created the work My Bed?
	Tracy Emin
80	Which singer "kissed a girl and liked it" in 2008?
	Katy Perry

81	In which part of your body would you find the cruciate ligament?
	The knee
82	What is the name of the main antagonist in Shakespeare's play Othello?
	Iago
83	Which element is denoted by the chemical symbol 'Sn' in the periodic table?
	Tin
84	What does the Latin word tempus mean in English?
	Time
85	Which 1976 film about the Watergate scandal starred Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman?
	All the President's Men
86	Which popular video game franchise has released games with the subtitles World at War and Black Ops?
	Call of Duty
87	Which rock band was founded by Trent Reznor in 1988?
	Nine Inch Nails
88	Which tennis grand slam is played on a clay surface?
	The French Open (Roland Garros)

89	In which European country would you find the Rijksmuseum?
	Netherlands
90	How many films have Al Pacino and Robert De Niro appeared in together?
	Four (The Godfather Part 2, Heat, Righteous Kill, The Irishman)
91	Gordon Sumner is the real name of which famous British musician?
	Sting
92	Who was the head of state in Japan during the Second World War?
	Emperor Hirohito
93	Which is the smallest planet in the Solar System?
	Mercury
94	Who wrote the novels Gone Girl and Sharp Objects?
	Gillian Flynn
95	How many statute miles are there in a nautical mile?
	1.15 (accept 1.1 or 1.2)
96	Which football club plays its home games at Loftus Road?
	Queens Park Rangers

Supplementaries:

1	The continental United States has four time zones. Pacific and Eastern are two of them; name either of the other two.
	Mountain or Central
2	Which iconic soap character lost his first wife to electrocution by hair dryer?
	Ken Barlow
3	From which US city do the band The Killers originate?
	Las Vegas
4	Who played the prime minister, Jim Hacker, in Yes, Prime Minister?
	Paul Eddington
5	How many human players are there on each side in a polo match?
	Four
6	Which Disney princess has friends called Gus and Jaq?
	Cinderella
7	What's the capital of New Zealand?
	Wellington
8	Street artist Banksy is originally associated with which British city?
	Bristol
9	From what grain is the Japanese spirit sake made?
	Rice

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