The Pear Tree Quiz – 10 July 2000

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

THE new book of the year – Harry Potter and the what?

 

2

For which club does French footballer Zinedane Zidane play?

 

3

Which part of the body is affected by glaucoma?

 

4

Who knocked Tim Henman out of the Wimbledon Singles?

 

5

Which moor is named after Cornwall’s county town?

 

6

Who plays Nora Batty in Last of the Summer Wine?

 

7

The length travelled by light in 1/299,792,458 of a second – how far?

 

8

Which Neil Diamond song was also a hit for UB40?

 

9

Lent always begins on which day of the week?

 

10

Is an OONT a) a Muslin heavenly being, b) a very small quantity, c) a camel, or d) the ancestor of the trilobite?

 

11

Photophobia is the fear of what?

 

12

2 either way – for how many years did David Coleman present “A Question of Sport”?

 

13

Point each – who said of who last week “She is SO ugly”?

 

14

Who had a ‘90s No 1 with “Rhythm is a Dancer”?

 

15

Who wrote the book “20,000 Leagues under the sea”?

 

16

Who is Michael Schumacher’s younger racing driver brother?

 

17

What’s the name of the canal side museum in Ashton under Lyne?

 

18

Mehmet Ozyurek, a Turk, won which competition last week with a length of just over 3.5 inches?

 

19

Which European country has the most borders with other countries?

 

20

How many laps are there in a single speedway race?

 

21

What was Abba’s last UK No 1?

 

22

Who last week released a pop video in which he strips naked, then takes his skin off, then pulls his muscles off and finally doesn’t get shown on Top of the Pops!

 

23

What’s the capital of Venezuela?

 

24

How many points is X worth in Scrabble?

 

25

Which city did Dorothy want to get to in the Wizard of Oz?

 

Round 2

Colours, The Living World, Popular Television, The 70’s  

1

What colour is Jupiter’s Great Spot?

 

2

What are the two main colours on Argentina’s flag?

 

3

What colour are Irish post boxes?

 

4

What makes blood red?

 

5

According to Donovan, what was the colour of his true love’s hair?

 

6

What is the proper name for an insect’s feelers?

 

7

Which bird is associated with Lundy Island?

 

8

What sort of creature is a gurnard?

 

9

What do polled cattle not have?

 

10

What is the largest bird of the Crow family?

 

11

What’s the name of Rab C. Nesbitt’s wife?

 

12

In which county is the series “Where The Heart Is”? set?

 

13

What’s the job of the main characters in “This Life”?

 

14

In which series would you find PC Goody?

 

15

Jim Royle and his wife also were a husband and wife in Brookside – what were they called then?

 

16

Who was Reginald Perrin’s boss?

 

17

What’s the name of the fictional village in Heartbeat?

 

18

Who kept score on Shooting Stars?

 

19

In which seaside resort was Dad’s Army set?

 

20

Which satellite TV channel is mainly devoted to repeats of classic comedy shows?

 

21

Who did Princess Anne marry in the 70’s?

 

22

Who was Randolph Hearst’s kidnapped daughter?

 

23

Who was Arsenal’s double winning captain?

 

24

In 1978 Pope John Paul II died after roughly how long in office?

 

25

On TV, who were Jilly, Kelly and Sabrina?

 

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