The Pear Tree Quiz – 24 January 2000

 

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

What do Geri Halliwell, Roger the Dodger, Brooklyn Beckham, Del Boy, Chris Evans and Dennis the Menace have in common?

 

2

What’s the capital of Brazil?

 

3

Which two teams are to contest USA’s Superbowl this year?

 

4

The letters AD after a date are to disappear soon, to be replaced by CE, which is more politically correct. What does CE stand for?

 

5

Which multinational car company owns Jaguar?

 

6

Which sport had its first streaker last week?

 

7

Gary and Yvonne Sparrow were characters in which TV series?

 

8

The Zodiac sign Leo covers which two months?

 

9

Is a RAMONEUR French for a) A manipulator of women, b) A serenader. C) A court official, or d) a chimneysweep?

 

10

Which Nick was BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1989?

 

11

What is the standard VAT rate in Britain?

 

12

Which rugby league team are the Blue Sox?

 

13

How many strings does a Spanish guitar have?

 

14

How old was Billy the Kid when he was shot?

 

15

Which TV News program is 20 years old this week?

 

16

If an ordinary bow fires arrows, what do crossbows fire?

 

17

Who sang with the Pogues on A Fairytale of New York”?

 

18

What’s the name of Tony Blair’s eldest daughter?

 

19

Sutton Coldfield is a suburb of which city?

 

20

Which company sponsors Oldham FC’s shirts?

 

21

Ian Botham first played cricket for which county?

 

22

The Internet site Amazon.com specialises in selling which items?

 

23

Who is going to be the Conservative candidate for Mayor of London?

 

24

Out of the top 10 selling singles of 1999 in the UK, how many were by British performers?

 

25

On which river is the Aswan dam?

 

 

 

Round 2

TV Game Shows, The 80’s, The Animal world, Royston Vasey

 

(Apologies to non-Brits who may not know that Royston Vasey is a fictional village in a
British TV series – the League of Gentlemen – the filming of which was done in Hadfield,
home of the Pear Tree Quiz)

1

What’s the name of the British version of the American show The Dating Game?

 

2

Ed Tudor-Pole replaced who as host of the Crystal Maze?

 

3

What shape are the letter blocks in Blockbusters?

 

4

How many contestants take part in a game of Blankety Blank?

 

5

All those years ago, what was the top prize on Double your Money?

 

6

On which quiz show could you get your bus fare home?

 

7

Fred Housego was arguably the most famous winner of which quiz show?

 

8

Who chairs the latest version of Call My Bluff?

 

9

Bob Monkhouse, Max Bygraves and Les Dennis have all hosted which quiz show?

 

10

What are the two voting symbols on Ready Steady Cook?

 

11

In which month was the marriage of Charles and Diana?

 

12

Where did the 1980 Olympic games take place?

 

13

Who were Liverpool’s opponents when the Hillsborough disaster happened?

 

14

In which books were golliwogs replaced by gnomes?

 

15

What was the name of the policewoman who was shot outside the Libyan embassy?

 

16

How do the anaconda’s victims die?

 

17

Where does a badger live?

 

18

Which British snake has a V shaped mark on its head?

 

19

How many horns does the Indian Rhinoceros have?

 

20

What colour face does a Suffolk sheep have?

 

21

What is the name of the fast food place that Pauline works in?

 

22

What are the names of the couple who run the local shop?

 

23

What’s the name of Royston Vasey’s local newspaper?

 

24

What are the names of the two horrifying little girls who live in a very orderly house?

 

25

What’s the first name of Mr Briss, the Butcher?

 

 

Answers
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