The Pear Tree Quiz – 04 December 2000
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On the old BBC1 test card, what colour was the little girl’s dress? |
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With which song did Dana win the Eurovision song contest? |
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Who was the 1998 Wimbledon Women’s singles champion? |
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What’s the proper name for the Irish police force? |
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How many football teams does Manchester United have to beat in order to reach the FA Cup final next year? |
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Who was vice-president to Ronald Reagan? |
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Which is Britain’s biggest biscuit company? |
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Is CALIGO a) a type of cloth, b) dim-sightedness, c) red lead powder or d) a hopping dance? |
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Two English cities are home to that famous store Harvey Nicholls – one is London, what’s the other one? |
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How’s your memory – a million pound question – which king of England married Eleanor of Aquitaine? |
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Who succeeded Tom Baker as Doctor Who? |
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What’s the correct name for the thing that secures a boy scout’s tie or scarf? |
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Who led the mutiny on the Bounty? |
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What do you measure with an anemometer? |
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2 years either way – when was the first televised FA cup final? |
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What was T.Rex’s last number 1 in the UK? |
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In which Italian city could you see Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper? |
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Who played Scrooge in the film A Muppet Christmas Carol? |
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What extra letter was added to David Beckham’s tattoo by mistake? |
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Who wrote that dreadful song, White Christmas? |
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How many balls are used in the Irish National Lottery? |
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What was the Beatles’ first film? |
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What famous building was burnt down by British troops in 1812? |
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In the old Roman calendar, December was which month of the year? |
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How is Hiram Hackenberger better known? |
Modern Essentials, Wars ,Birds and animals ,Songs from the Shows and the Films
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What was the first credit card to be introduced into Britain? |
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In which year was the first mobile phone network set up in the UK? |
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Which industry was the first to use barcodes? |
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Which company was the first to produce a home video recorder in 1975? |
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Talking of video recorders – what do the initials VHS stand for? |
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In which war did the battle of Marston Moor take place? |
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Which commonwealth country sent its forces to Vietnam? |
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In which war is the M.A.S.H set? |
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In which war was Florence Nightingale a nurse? |
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In which war were the sieges of Ladysmith and Mafeking? |
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What bird has the biggest wingspan? |
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From where does the turkey originate? |
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What’s a beaver’s home called? |
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How many teeth do dogs have – 24, 30, 36 or 42? |
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From what animal does ‘shammy’ leather come? |
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From which show does the song “I Don’t Know How To Love Him” come? |
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Which song from the musical “Oliver” did Shirley Bassey have a chart hit with? |
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Who sang the title song from the film Grease? |
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In which film did Madonna sing “Into the Groove”? |
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Which musical gave Elaine Paige a hit with “Memory”? |
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From which musical does the song “People” come? |
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Who had a minor hit with the song “Oh what a circus” from Evita? |
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Who sung the immortal “As Time Goes By” from Casablanca? |
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From which musical do the songs Let the Sunshine In and Aquarius come? |
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Who wrote the poems on which the musical Cats was based? |