2021–2 Season: Cup & Plate Semi–Finals – 22 March 2022

Set by the Nags Head and the Park Taverners.

1	Which Brazilian club did Chelsea beat on February 12th to win the Club World Cup?
	Palmeiras
2	Which comic character appears in three of Shakespeare's plays?
	Sir John Falstaff
3	Which film has received most Oscar nominations (12) for this year's ceremony?
	The Power of the Dog
4	Paris will host the 2024 Summer Olympics; which city has been named as the 2028 host city?
	Los Angeles
5	Which online giant was founded by Pierre Omidyar?
	eBay
6	What's the name of the app that allows access to BBC podcasts and radio stations?
	BBC Sounds
7	What was the title of the first Beatles album, released in the UK on the 22nd of March 1963?
	Please, Please Me
8	Which sport is known as 'the sweet science'?
	Boxing
9	Give the name of any of the first three men to orbit the Moon?
	Frank Borman, James A. Lovell or William Anders
10	Jennifer Honey is a character in which children's book?
	Matilda
11	Two former Australian Test cricketers died of heart attacks on the 4th of March 2022. One was Shane Warne; who was the other?
	Rod(ney) Marsh
12	Which canal runs from Toulouse to the Mediterranean Sea?
	Canal du Midi
13	Which children's TV programme, originally shown from 2002 to 2005, features the characters Josie Jump, Suzie Sweet and Penny Pocket?
	Balamory
14	Which is the only football team to win the FA Cup and be relegated in the same season?
	Wigan Athletic
15	The largest canal lock in the world, 500 metres long and 70 metres wide, opened in January this year in which European country?
	The Netherlands (near Amsterdam)
16	One of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, Bayer, was founded in 1863 – initially producing what?
	Dyestuffs (accept anything to do with dyes or dyeing)
17	In the Harry Potter books, what's the first name of Professor McGonagall?
	Minerva
18	Three works by Alan Sillitoe were filmed in the 1960s. One was The Loneliness of The Long–Distance Runner. Name either of the other two.
	Saturday Night and Sunday Morning or The General (filmed as Counterpoint)
19	Which is the only current Premier League team to win the FA Cup as a non–league team, doing so in 1901?
	Tottenham Hotspur (accept Spurs)
20	What was the name of the Russian spy who had an affair with Christine Keeler during the Profumo Affair?
	Yevgeny (Eugene) Ivanov

21	Name any one of the three main judges on this year's BBC2 programme Great British Menu.
	Tom Kerridge, Ed Gamble or Nisha Katona
22	In Peter Pan, there were three children in the Darling family. One was Wendy; name either of her two brothers.
	Michael or John
23	How much is a Saturday copy of The Times?
	£2.50
24	Who is the Prime Minister of Canada?
	Justin Trudeau
25	On which river does Kyiv stand?
	Dnieper (accept Dnipro)
26	Which country is the world's largest producer of wheat?
	China (132m tonnes per year)
27	Robin Walker is the current government Minister for what?
	School Standards (accept Schools but not Education)
28	Between 1843 and 1845 the moat around the Tower of London was permanently drained (save for the odd river flood). Which individual ordered it to be drained?
	The Duke of Wellington (accept Wellesley)
29	Introduced in 1925, what specifically did John Lewis announce they were abandoning in February 2022?
	The slogan "Never Knowingly Undersold" (do not accept just "Slogan")
30	Chef Simon Rogan runs a 3–star Michelin restaurant in which Cumbrian village?
	Cartmel
31	Which tourism company, specialising in luxury travel, was founded in Zurich in 1906?
	Kuoni
32	Actor Peter Dinklage plays the lead role in which musical film, released in the UK in 2022?
	Cyrano
33	Name either of the journalists and presenters who announced in February that they are leaving the BBC to launch a new podcast and LBC show.
	Emily Maitlis or Jon Sopel
34	Simon Baron–Cohen, cousin of actor Sasha, leads the Cambridge–based research centre into which neurological condition?
	Autism
35	In the financial term IPO, when shares are first issued to the market, what does the 'O' stand for?
	Offering (Initial Public Offering)
36	Which actress, model and multiple–married 'rock chick' was lead singer with the 1980s group Eighth Wonder?
	Patsy Kensit
37	'Ecky Thump' was a Lancashire martial art invented by which comedy trio?
	The Goodies
38	Italy joined the rugby Five Nations in 2000 to make it the Six Nations – but in what year did France officially join the Four Nations to make it Five?
	1910 (accept 1908 to 1912)
39	Who did Great Britain beat in the women's curling final to win gold in the 2022 Winter Olympics?
	Japan
40	Which city is hosting the 2022 UEFA Champions League final after it was moved from St. Petersburg?
	Paris

41	What's the name given to the clusters of flowers borne by trees such as hazel, birch and oak?
	Catkins
42	In mathematics, what's meant by three dots in a triangular formation, one dot at the top and two underneath?
	Therefore
43	What's the medical term for the deficiency of sugar in blood, which may occur after too large a dose of insulin has been administered?
	Hypoglycaemia
44	What's the name for a U–shaped body of water that forms when a wide meander from a river is cut off and becomes separate?
	Oxbow Lake
45	E200+ numbers are preservatives, and most E400+ numbers are emulsifiers and stabilisers. What are E100+ numbers?
	Food colours (accept colourants)
46	Which physical quantity is measured in kilogram metres per second?
	Momentum
47	What term is used for a cow that has not had a calf?
	Heifer
48	Which environmental and conservation organisation was founded in 1895 by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley?
	The National Trust
49	In which year did the USA adopt The Star–Spangled Banner as its national anthem?
	1931 (accept 1929 to 1933)
50	Which Caribbean island takes its name from the Spanish word for 'ancient'?
	Antigua
51	Which late BBC radio and television presenter wrote the semi–autobiographical Banjaxed?
	Terry Wogan
52	The loss of which ship in 1974 is the worst peacetime disaster to befall the UK fishing fleet when it mysteriously sank in the Barents Sea?
	Gaul
53	Which ship was used by Sir Ernest Shackleton for the 1914 to 1917 Imperial Trans–Antarctic Expedition?
	Endurance
54	Name either of the two Scottish football clubs that Alex Ferguson managed before finding success with Aberdeen.
	East Stirlingshire or St. Mirren
55	Who is the Head Coach of the Scotland national rugby union team?
	Gregor Townsend
56	Which role in Peaky Blinders is played by Paul Anderson?
	Arthur Shelby (both names required)
57	Name any of the three Pyramid Stage headliners announced for the 2022 Glastonbury Festival.
	Billy Eilish, Sir Paul McCartney or Kendrick Lamar
58	Lega Nord (or The League) is a right wing, populist and federalist party in which European country?
	Italy
59	Elgin is the county town of which Scottish county?
	Moray(shire)
60	Which two–seater roadster, which debuted in 1989, is the biggest–selling two–seat convertible sports car in history?
	Mazda MX–5 (accept MX–5)

61	Which metal was discovered in 1825 by Hans Christian Oersted?
	Aluminium
62	Who was the first (and so far only) female Prime Minister of Canada?
	Kim Campbell (June to November, 1993)
63	In what year was Joan of Arc burned at the stake?
	1431 (accept 1428 to 1434)
64	Which comedian was the second regular host of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, after Mark Lamarr?
	Simon Amstell (between Mark Lamarr and Simon Amstell there was a series of guest hosts)
65	What's the title of the 2015 film about a frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s and his fight for survival after being mauled by a bear?
	The Revenant
66	Which chemical element, atomic number 61, takes its name from a Titan from Greek mythology?
	Promethium
67	How is Barbara Millicent Roberts better known?
	Barbie
68	What's the surname of singer Adele?
	Adkins
69	Who is the MP for Holborn and St Pancras?
	Sir Keir Starmer
70	Family Group, in 1950, was the first large–scale commission after World War II for which sculptor?
	Henry Moore
71	Who is the current presenter of the British TV game show Catchphrase?
	Stephen Mulhern
72	What's the first name of Boris Johnson's youngest son?
	Wilfred
73	In which Lancashire town are the cough lozenges known as Fisherman's Friends made?
	Fleetwood
74	What's the name of the main antagonist in Shakespeare's Othello?
	Iago
75	From which US city does the band The Killers originate?
	Las Vegas
76	Who was the last American player to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games Men's Singles tennis tournament?
	Andre Agassi (1996)
77	Which Tolkien book is currently being adapted for television by Amazon Prime?
	The Silmarillion
78	Who is the former drummer of Nirvana, and now fronts the Foo Fighters?
	Dave Grohl
79	The Women's Cricket World Cup is taking place in which country?
	New Zealand
80	A tower is one of the collective names for a group of which animals?
	Giraffes

81	What's the name of the UK newspaper format sized between broadsheet and tabloid?
	Berliner
82	On which river does the Wiltshire market town of Marlborough stand?
	Kennet
83	Which American landscape photographer and environmentalist, 1902 to 1984, achieved artistic recognition for his black and white photographs of Yosemite, California?
	Ansel Adams
84	What type of creature is a fennec?
	A fox
85	In the UK, which number from 1 to 9 doesn't exist as a motorway?
	7 (M7)
86	By how many degrees (to the nearest whole number) is the Earth currently tilted on its axis?
	24 degrees (accept 22 to 26)
87	Dactyloscopy is the science of what?
	Fingerprint identification (Greek dactylos – finger, skopein – to watch)
88	Figueres in Catalonia is best known as the birthplace of which artist?
	Salvador Dali
89	Who wrote the novel The World According to Garp?
	John Irving
90	Which animal features in the logo of the English Football Premier League?
	A lion
91	Which sculptor created The Burghers of Calais?
	Auguste Rodin
92	Who was the UK's first Labour Prime Minister?
	Ramsay MacDonald
93	Who became the manager of Leeds United FC in February 2022?
	Jesse Marsch
94	Which composer was born in Bonn in 1770?
	Ludwig van Beethoven
95	The river Tawe (pronounced ta-weh) in South Wales reaches the sea in which town or city?
	Swansea (known in Welsh as Abertawe)
96	Which 1960s NASA administrator gives his name to a space telescope that was launched in 2021 and is designed to be the successor to Hubble?
	James Webb
97	What's the capital of Armenia?
	Yerevan
98	Which game, first released in 1967, consists of a plastic tube, a number of plastic rods called straws, and a number of marbles?
	Kerplunk
99	After the London Underground and Docklands Light Railway, which English city has the biggest metro system, in terms of length of track?
	Liverpool (Merseyrail, 121km)
100	What's the name of the offshore gas pipeline network that connects Russia to Germany?
	Nord Stream (1, and the yet–to–be–certified 2)

101	The Secret Policeman's Ball was a fundraiser for which organisation?
	Amnesty International
102	According to the manual, what was the maximum range in miles of the Sinclair C5 (with a single battery and a single charge)?
	20 miles (accept 17 to 23)
103	In the home, what's the main use of bicarbonate of soda?
	As a raising agent in baking
104	Which river flows through Wincle?
	The Dane
105	In organic chemistry, the simplest alcohol has the formula CH3OH. What's its common name?
	Methanol or methyl alcohol (not methylated spirits, which is primarily ethanol)
106	Who directed the film Belfast?
	Kenneth Branagh
107	Macclesfield FC were promoted earlier this month from the Premier Division of which English football league?
	North West Counties League
108	Which author created the science fiction, galactic wide civilisation, called 'The Culture'?
	Iain M Banks
109	Three of the four types of coffee bean are Arabica, Liberica and Excelsa. What's the fourth?
	Robusta
110	In October 2021, Matt Peet became the new coach of which rugby league team?
	Wigan Warriors
111	Who wrote the hit song You've got a Friend in Me?
	Randy Newman
112	If you ordered Ahi in a sushi restaurant, what type of fish would you get?
	(Yellowfin) tuna
113	Who is the CEO of Alphabet and Google?
	Sundar Pichai
114	How many grandchildren does the Queen have?
	Eight (Peter, Zara, William, Harry, Beatrice, Eugenie, Louise and James)
115	In which US state is the Grand Canyon National Park?
	Arizona
116	Who wrote the songs Wild Wood, Broken Stones and You Do Something to Me?
	Paul Weller
117	Who became the inaugural First Minister of Scotland when the post was created, following devolution in 1999?
	Donald Dewar
118	Give a year in the reign in England of King Canute.
	1016 to 1035
119	Which English composer wrote the cantata Belshazzar's Feast?
	William Walton
120	Electrons, muons and neutrinos all belong to what group of sub–atomic particles?
	Leptons

Supplementaries:

1	Which North–West–based company collapsed in February 2022, and was bought out by Mike Ashley?
	Studio Retail
2	What was the name of the group that had a 1981 hit with The Birdie Song?
	The Tweets
3	Which actress, who died in 2021, is most famous for playing Polly Shelby, in Peaky Blinders?
	Helen McRory
4	What's the English title of the Ukrainian TV political satire in which Volodymyr Zelensky – now his country's President – stars as a teacher that unexpectedly gets elected President?
	Servant of the People
5	Who has been appointed captain of the Wales rugby team for the 2022 Six Nations?
	Dan Biggar
6	What's the more common name for the plant with the Latin name Polygonatum?
	(King) Solomon's Seal
7	Who created the word puzzle Wordle?
	Josh Wardle
8	In which English county is the town of Olney, famous for its annual pancake race?
	Buckinghamshire
9	What's the emblem of the Girl Guide movement?
	The (Golden) Trefoil

Tie–breakers:

1	According to the 2018 United Nations population estimates, Istanbul in Turkey was the 15th largest city in the world. What was its population?
	14,751,000
2	Once the tallest building in the world, how high in metres is Taipei 101 (formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center)?
	508.2 metres

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