The Pear Tree Quiz – 08 May 2000

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

Which other team will definitely be joining Manchester City in the Premier League next season?

 

2

Pokemon is short for what?

 

3

What’s the name of the family in the American comedy show Married with Children?

 

4

Radio 1’s Sara Cox has just broken off her engagement to who, because she’s working too hard to see him?

 

5

What does the ASDA in the supermarket name, stand for?

 

6

What’s the name of Margaret Thatcher’s elder sister?

 

7

What part of the Horseradish plant is used to make horseradish sauce?

 

8

Sierra Leone is in the news at the moment – what’s its capital?

 

9

How many countries took part in World War II?

 

10

On which island was Napoleon exiled when he died?

 

11

Who, when he died, left his wife his second-best bed?

 

12

what does the MI stand for in front of MI5 and MI6?

 

13

Where were the Olympic games, when 11 Israeli athletes were murdered?

 

14

Who has a new chat show on BBC Choice, using her husband as chauffeur, and interviewing notorious people such as James Hewitt?

 

15

Who was the first female singer to have a No 1, while wearing an eyepatch?

 

16

Does BRINDLED mean a) reddish brown, b) tawny with other coloured streaks, c) crispy – well done or d) nibbled around the edges?

 

17

How many moons has the planet Mars?

 

18

In which sport could you play Lightnings, Spitfires, Phoenix and  Steelbacks?

 

19

J.K.Rowling writes which children’s books?

 

20

What is the county town of Essex?

 

21

Which actress in her time has been married to Alvin Stardust and Colin Baker?

 

22

What’s the name of Blackpool’s airport?

 

23

What’s the top hand in a game of poker?

 

24

Which was the first album to be released on the Virgin label?

 

25

The illness pertussis is commonly known as what?

 

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?

 

2

What have football referees and their assistants been issued with for the first time this season?

 

3

In which London postcode area are the Wimbledon Tennis championships held?

 

4

In which sport can you be penalised for travelling?

 

5

What is the first event in the Heptathlon?

 

6

In which university city is the Bodleian Library?

 

7

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was an early novel by which crime writer?

 

8

What is Mario Puzo’s most famous novel, published in 1969 and made into an Oscar winning movie?

 

9

What, according to the book title, “.are not the only fruit”?

 

10

Whose autobiography was called “The Greatest”?

 

11

Which actor is the son of a Poet Laureate?

 

12

In Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet, which famous comedian did he cast as Yorick?

 

13

Who directed, scripted, composed and starred in the film Yentl?

 

14

Which British actor married the former Miss Guyana in 1973?

 

15

Who was the first Bond girl?

 

16

Which blonde actress is (or was!) Mrs Alec Baldwin?

 

17

Which Glaswegian played a gangster in Goldeneye?

 

18

Which British pop-star wife played with Robert Redford in The Great Gatsby at the age of 4?

 

19

Which surname was shared by actors John, Lionel and Ethel?

 

20

Who played Cruella de Ville’s sidekick Jasper in the recent film of 101 Dalmations?

 

21

Who asked the questions in Ask the Family?

 

22

What’s the top prize for the ultimate winner of Countdown?

 

23

Which sportswoman was on Emlyn Hughe’s team for the 200th edition of A Question of Sport?

 

24

Who is the regular female captain on Call My Bluff?

 

25

How long do the chefs have to cook a meal in Ready Steady Cook?

 

Answers
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