Quiz of the year 2016: Round 4

ROUND 4
40. Which Paris suburb – site of the Stade de France – is also the name of the capital of the Indian Ocean island of Reunion?
41. Gangnam – as in “Gangnam Style” – is a suburb of which city?
42. Who was the first poet to be interred in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey?
43. Baroness Hale is the only female member of which 11-strong body?
44. The Brockmans are the family whose trials are tribulations feature in which sitcom?
45. Which team’s 14-match winning streak began with a victory over Uruguay at the City of Manchester stadium in October 2015?
46. Which country’s army includes a “rocket force” – in charge of its ballistic missiles, both nuclear and conventional?
47. The Indian city of Chennai was until 1996 known as what?
48. The Salts Mill art gallery in Bradford is noted for its large collection of which artist's work?
49. At 20,310 feet, which is the highest mountain in North America?
50. As of 2015 Priscilla Chan had – along with her husband – pledged $1.6bn to charitable causes. Who is her husband?
Answers:
41 Saint-Denis; 42 Seoul; 43 The Supreme Court; 44 Outnumbered; 45 The England rugby union team; 46 China; 47 Madras; 48 David Hockney; 49 Denali (formerly known as Mount McKinley) in Alaska; 50 Mark Zuckerberg.
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