The Pear Tree Quiz – 17 July 2000

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

How many piers does Blackpool have?

3

2

On Mho’s hardness scale, diamond is the hardest mineral – what is the softest?

Talc

3

Last week, the previous Archbishop of Canterbury died – what was his name?

Robert Runcie

4

Last weekend the film Electra Glide in Blue was shown on TV – who or what was Electra Glide?

A Harley Davison

5

In which country is the Great Bear Lake?

Canada

6

Which was the first British credit card?

Barclaycard

7

On which reservoir does Glossop Sailing Club sail?

Torside

8

In which city was John F Kennedy assassinated?

Dallas

9

Is a SOLLERET a) A baby sole, b) A baby’s dummy, c) a shoe on a suit of armour, or d) the tongue of a shoe?

C

10

Which band leader was famous for his Tijuana Brass?

Herb Alpert

11

Point each – name the Corrs?

Caroline, Andrea, Sharon & Jim

12

Which actor played on film Henry VIII, Captain Bligh and the Hunchback of Notre Dame?

Charles Laughton

13

Who was Hitler’s Minister for Propaganda?

Goebbels

14

Which film comedian has a statue in Leicester Square?

Charlie Chaplin

15

What is measured using a Hygrometer?

Humidity

16

From which country does Gruyere cheese come?

Switzerland

17

Which Russian city is twinned with Manchester?

St Petersburg

18

Which American playwright was married to Marilyn Monroe?

Arthur Miller

19

Who is going to take over from Martin Edwards as chairman of Manchester United?

Peter Kenyon

20

What was the name of Elvis Presley’s manager?

Col. Tom Parker

21

From which tree do we get cobnuts?

Hazel

22

Point each – which two English counties border Scotland?

Cumbria and Northumberland

23

What used to be traded in London’s Covent Garden before it became a trendy tourist attraction?

Fruit and vegetables

24

How many chambers are there in the human heart?

4

25

Who was Flash Gordon’s arch-enemy?

Ming the Merciless

Round 2

Brand Names, Film Directors, Sport & English History         

1

The next ten questions are on brand names of products sold in the 20th century – the answers are the actual thing being sold – What was Spirella?

Corsets

2

Three Castles was a brand of what?

Cigarettes

3

A Dansette was what?

A record player

4

What was Cerebos?

Salt

5

Procea was a type of what?

Bread

6

Tibs was a brand of what?

Cat Food

7

What were sold under the name Vidor?

Batteries

8

What was Euthymol?

Tooth Paste

9

What was sold under the brand Wincarnis?

A Tonic Wine

10

What were Zubes?

Cough Sweets

11

For what sort of film was director John Ford famous?

Western

12

Who directed the films Tommy, The Music Lovers and the Devils?

Ken Russel

13

Who, also famous for being a food writer, directed the Death Wish films?

Michael Winner

14

Young Frankenstein, The Producers and Blazing Saddles were all directed by who?

Mel Brooks

15

Italian director Sergio Leone made who into an international superstar?

Clint Eastwood

16

How did Charlotte Brew achieve a sporting first?

First woman to ride in a Grand National

17

Who set six athletics world records in one hour in 1935?

Jesse Owens

18

Which two British football clubs are nicknamed the Dons?

Aberdeen and Wimbledon

19

Beckett’s is a corner on which motor-racing circuit?

Silverstone

20

Which country won the women’s soccer competition at the Atlanta Olympics?

USA

21

Which king won the battle of Agincourt?

Henry V

22

On which ship did Admiral Nelson die?

Victory

23

Where was Drake playing bowls when news of the Armada reached him?

Plymouth Hoe

24

Which monarch preceded Queen Victoria?

William IV

25

Which infamous prison was on the site of the present Old Bailey?

Newgate

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