Latest questions: 6 May 2025

These questions were inspired by some of those set for use in Weeks 1 and 2 of the 2024–5 season in Macclesfield Quiz League, by the Nags Head 'B' questions 1 to 19) and the Park Timers (20 to 30). More from the Timers (hopefilly) next week!

Up to 2025, only three artists had sold over 100 million albums both as solo artists and as members of a group. In reverse alphabetical order (and, subjectively, increasing order of difficulty):

Paul McCartney

Michael Jackson

Phil Collins

In a famous scene from the 1992 film Reservoir Dogs, which song plays while Mr. Blonde cuts off the ear of a kidnapped police officer with a razor?	Song		Stuck in the Middle with You
	Artist or group		Stealer's Wheel

Who quit New Kids on the Block, of which his elder brother was also a member, to form his own hip–hop group? He then took up acting, and won a BAFTA in 2007 as executive producer of the HBO comedy series Entourage – which was loosely based on his experiences as an up–and–coming film star.		Mark Wahlberg (a.k.a. Marky Mark)
The Pond Fence and the three Railway Fences are features of which English racecourse?		Sandown Park
Which sport involves hitting a sliotar (slitter) with a cáman (cayman)?		Hurling
Which is the UK's first racecourse, alphabetically?		Aintree
What was the actual first name of the great train robber, 'Buster' Edwards?		Ronald
On the London Underground, what's the only station with a zed in its name?		Belsize Park
Who played The Batman in the 2022 film reboot?		Robert Pattinson
What was the title of Oasis's first single? It reached No. 31 in the official UK chart.		Supersonic
In Stephen King's novel The Shining, and also in Stanley Kubrick's film version, what's the name of the hotel?		The Overlook Hotel
In Coronation Street, what was the first name of Ken Barlow's first wife? She died in 1971, electrocuted while using a hairdryer with a faulty plug.		Valerie (née Tatlock)
In Game of Thrones, what's the ancestral seat of the House of Lannister (inspired by the Rock of Gibraltar)?		Casterly Rock
What name was given to the movement of the late 19th century, promoted by William Morris et al, advocating the use of basic, traditional methods to produce simple items of furniture and ornaments?		Arts & Crafts
Which BBC series, first broadcast in 2011, is presented by Fiona Bruce and art expert Philip Mould, who examine the provenance and attribution of potentially valuable artworks?		Fake or Fortune
Robin Williams won his only Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in which 1997 film?		Good Will Hunting
What was the popular nickname for anticyclone Hartmut, which brought unusually low temperatures and heavy snowfall to large areas of Great Britain and Ireland in late February and early March 2018?		The Beast from the East
Which American frontierswoman and sharpshooter, an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok, claimed to have been married to him, and had his child? She appeared in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show late in her life.		Martha Jane Can(n)ary (Calamity Jane)

What was the first foreign–language song to top the UK charts?	Title		Je t'aime ... Moi non plus
	By (1)		Serge Gainsborough
	By (2)		Jane Birkin

US–born Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis won Olympic gold in 2020 and 2024 (competing for Sweden, his mother's home country), broke the world record for the tenth time in February 2025, and is widely regarded as the greatest competitor of all time in which athletics event?		Pole vault
What is the world's largest Spanish–speaking city?		Mexico City
Which inlet of the North Sea has coasts in both Lincolnshire and Norfolk?		The Wash
What is the correct form of address for the Pope?		Your Holiness
Which former Prime Minister of the Netherlands succeeded Jens Stoltenberg as Secretary General of NATO in October 2024?		Mark Rutte
In which film, released in the year 2000, did Tom Hanks play a character called Chuck Noland?		Cast Away

© Haydn Thompson 2025