The Pear Tree Quiz – 18 September 2000

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

What were the little people in the Wizard of Oz called?

 

2

What TV program launched the late Paula Yates’ career?

 

3

In which year was the Battle of Britain?

 

4

What’s the capital of Ecuador?

 

5

In which country was Cliff Richard born?

 

6

Who is the leader of the Liberal Democrats, in conference this week?

 

7

What breed of dog has a black tongue?

 

8

How many dots are there on a standard set of dominoes?

 

9

Point each – the same two metals are used to make Pewter and solder – which?

 

10

A year either way – when was the breathalyser introduced?

 

11

Is SNORK a) Australian slang for a baby, b) Australian slang for a snorkel, b) An Australian burrowing rodent, or d) Australian slang for speed?

 

12

What was Adam and the Ants first No.1?

 

13

In which part of the body is your sartorius muscle?

 

14

Which tennis player was tennis player Chris Evert once married to?

 

15

In which year was the Great Fire of London?

 

16

On a ship, is starboard right or left?

 

17

In which British city is Sauchiehall Street?

 

18

From which country did spaghetti originate?

 

19

If you were a conchologist, what would you collect?

 

20

Where on a horse are its withers?

 

21

What relation is Clement Freud to the psychologist Sigmund Freud?

 

22

The price of a barrel of oil almost caused civil strife last week – but how many gallons are in a barrel of oil?

 

23

What’s this year in Roman numerals?

 

24

Originally all air hostesses had to be qualified what?

 

25

In which children’s comic would you see Beryl the Peril?

 

Round 2

Assassins – Sporting Animals - Captains (Thanks to TFC) - Books

1

Who allegedly shot President Kennedy?

 

2

James Earl Ray was jailed for killing which American?

 

3

Who killed John Lennon?

 

4

John Wilkes Booth assassinated which American president?

 

5

Who was the subject of the attempted assassination in The Eagle has Landed?

 

6

What animal plays American football in Chicago?

 

7

The Wolves play rugby league for which town?

 

8

Which rugby union playing insect plays at Loftus Road?

 

9

Talking of rugby – which international team are nicknamed The Pumas?

 

10

Sussex County Cricket club are now known as the Sussex what?

 

11

Which captain was a floorwalker at Grace Brothers?

 

12

Captains McIntyre and Pierce appeared in which TV series?

 

13

Who is captain of the Starship Voyager?

 

14

Which seagoing captain came from Whitby?

 

15

Who had a hit in 1982 with Happy Talk?

 

16

What did the T stand for in Captain James T Kirk of the USS Enterprise?

 

17

Who was captain of the Titanic when it sank?

 

18

Name either of the two team captains in the new series of Call My Bluff?

 

19

Who captained England when they won the world cup in 1966?

 

20

Who was captain of the Trumpton Fire Brigade?

 

21

Who wrote Bleak House?

 

22

Who writes the Harry Potter books?

 

23

Patricia Cornwell is famous for writing what sort of books?

 

24

What famous book was subtitled “And what she did there”

 

25

What was the most famous book written by Margaret Mitchell?

 

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