The Pear Tree Quiz – 08 May 2000
1 |
Which other team will definitely be joining Manchester City in the Premier League next season? |
Charlton Athletic |
2 |
Pokemon is short for what? |
Pocket Monsters |
3 |
What’s the name of the family in the American comedy show Married with Children? |
The Bundys |
4 |
Radio 1’s Sara Cox has just broken off her engagement to who, because she’s working too hard to see him? |
Leroy Thornhill of Prodigy |
5 |
What does the ASDA in the supermarket name, stand for? |
Associated Dairies |
6 |
What’s the name of Margaret Thatcher’s elder sister? |
Muriel |
7 |
What part of the Horseradish plant is used to make horseradish sauce? |
Root |
8 |
Sierra Leone is in the news at the moment – what’s its capital? |
Freetown |
9 |
How many countries took part in World War II? |
57 |
10 |
On which island was Napoleon exiled when he died? |
St Helena |
11 |
Who, when he died, left his wife his second-best bed? |
Shakespeare |
12 |
what does the MI stand for in front of MI5 and MI6? |
Military Intelligence |
13 |
Where were the Olympic games, when 11 Israeli athletes were murdered? |
Munich |
14 |
Who has a new chat show on BBC Choice, using her husband as chauffeur, and interviewing notorious people such as James Hewitt? |
Christine Hamilton |
15 |
Who was the first female singer to have a No 1, while wearing an eyepatch? |
Gabrielle |
16 |
Does BRINDLED mean a) reddish brown, b) tawny with other coloured streaks, c) crispy – well done or d) nibbled around the edges? |
B |
17 |
How many moons has the planet Mars? |
2 |
18 |
In which sport could you play Lightnings, Spitfires, Phoenix and Steelbacks? |
Cricket – Lancashire, Kent, Yorkshire and Northants |
19 |
J.K.Rowling writes which children’s books? |
Harry Potter stories. |
20 |
What is the county town of Essex? |
Chelmsford |
21 |
Which actress in her time has been married to Alvin Stardust and Colin Baker? |
Liza Goddard |
22 |
What’s the name of Blackpool’s airport? |
Squires Gate |
23 |
What’s the top hand in a game of poker? |
Royal Flush |
24 |
Which was the first album to be released on the Virgin label? |
Tubular Bells |
25 |
The illness pertussis is commonly known as what? |
Whooping cough |
Round 2
Sport, Books, Film People, TV Game Shows`
1 |
Which of the following clubs have NOT lost to Manchester United at home or away this season – Arsenal, Newcastle or Wimbledon? |
Wimbledon |
2 |
What have football referees and their assistants been issued with for the first time this season? |
Radios |
3 |
In which London postcode area are the Wimbledon Tennis championships held? |
SW19 |
4 |
In which sport can you be penalised for travelling? |
Basketball |
5 |
What is the first event in the Heptathlon? |
100m hurdles |
6 |
In which university city is the Bodleian Library? |
Oxford |
7 |
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was an early novel by which crime writer? |
Agatha Christie |
8 |
What is Mario Puzo’s most famous novel, published in 1969 and made into an Oscar winning movie? |
The Godfather |
9 |
What, according to the book title, “.are not the only fruit”? |
Oranges |
10 |
Whose autobiography was called “The Greatest”? |
Muhammed Ali |
11 |
Which actor is the son of a Poet Laureate? |
Daniel Day-Lewis |
12 |
In Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet, which famous comedian did he cast as Yorick? |
Ken Dodd |
13 |
Who directed, scripted, composed and starred in the film Yentl? |
Barbra Streisand |
14 |
Which British actor married the former Miss Guyana in 1973? |
Michael Caine |
15 |
Who was the first Bond girl? |
Ursula Andress |
16 |
Which blonde actress is (or was!) Mrs Alec Baldwin? |
Kim Bassinger |
17 |
Which Glaswegian played a gangster in Goldeneye? |
Robbie Coltrane |
18 |
Which British pop-star wife played with Robert Redford in The Great Gatsby at the age of 4? |
Patsy Kensit |
19 |
Which surname was shared by actors John, Lionel and Ethel? |
Barrymore |
20 |
Who played Cruella de Ville’s sidekick Jasper in the recent film of 101 Dalmations? |
Hugh Laurie |
21 |
Who asked the questions in Ask the Family? |
Robert Robinson |
22 |
What’s the top prize for the ultimate winner of Countdown? |
Set of Oxford English Dictionary |
23 |
Which sportswoman was on Emlyn Hughe’s team for the 200th edition of A Question of Sport? |
Princess Anne |
24 |
Who is the regular female captain on Call My Bluff? |
Sandi Toskvig |
25 |
How long do the chefs have to cook a meal in Ready Steady Cook? |
20 minutes |