The Pear Tree Quiz – 24 April 2000
1 |
On average does a supermarket stock 20000, 30000, 40000 or 50000 items? |
40000 |
2 |
Which television series was based around the work of International Rescue? |
Thunderbirds |
3 |
How much will a first class stamp cost on Thursday? |
27p |
4 |
What’s the currency of the Netherlands? |
Guilders |
5 |
How many championship points did Jensen Button get in yesterday’s British Grand Prix? |
2pts |
6 |
What is the telephone dialing code for London? |
020 |
7 |
Easter Monday is traditionally a day for lots of horse racing – how many meetings were held today? |
14 |
8 |
Which commonwealth country has three counties – Cornwall, Middlesex and Surrey? |
Jamaica |
9 |
What’s the name of the new P & O cruise ship, sister ship to the Oriana? |
Aurora |
10 |
Who played the title role in the film “The Abominable Dr. Phibes”? |
Vincent Price |
11 |
Which planet is nicknamed the Morning Star? |
Venus |
12 |
Which athlete broke the 100 m world record in Athens in 1999? |
Maurice Green |
13 |
From which country did the Monkey Puzzle tree originate? |
Chile |
14 |
GRADIN is a) A French vermin, b) a degree of hotness, c) a tier of seats or d) a flour sifter? |
C |
15 |
Who was the first British woman to have a No.1 hit in the charts? |
Vera Lynn |
16 |
Who had a no 1 hit in 1999, 19 years after their last one, with a song called Maria? |
Blondie |
17 |
What was the name of the miserly shopkeeper played by Ronnie Barker in Open All Hours? |
Arkwright |
18 |
Which fish is turned into rollmops? |
Herring |
19 |
How many hours are there in April? |
720 |
20 |
How many premiership goals have Manchester United scored this season – a new record? |
90 |
21 |
Which piece of clothing took its name from a nuclear testing site? |
Bikini |
22 |
What was the umlikely name of Dick Van Dyke’s girlfriend in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? |
Truly Scrumptious |
23 |
Into which sea does the River Jordan flow? |
Dead Sea |
24 |
For which country did Bruce Grobelaar keep goal? |
Zimbabwe |
25 |
Which war was the first to be photographed? |
Crimean |
Round 2
Children’s TV, Horse Racing, London, Bones
1 |
On which show did the Muppets first regularly appear? |
Sesame Street |
2 |
Which star of Swap Shop and Saturday Superstore went to the same university as Bill Clinton? |
Keith Chegwin |
3 |
What colour was Andy Pandy’s suit? |
Blue and white stripes |
4 |
Who is the vicar in Postman Pat? |
Rev. Timms |
5 |
Who presented Live and Kicking with Zoe Ball? |
Jamie Theakston |
6 |
Which American was UK champion jockey in 1984, 1985 and 1987? |
Steve Cauthen |
7 |
How many times did Willie Carson win the Derby? |
4 |
8 |
Which of the Monkees was an apprentice jockey? |
Davy Jones |
9 |
On which racecourse is Tattenham Corner? |
Epsom |
10 |
Which Cabinet minister was also racing tipster for the Glasgow Herald? |
Robin Cook |
11 |
In which month is Royal Ascot? |
June |
12 |
How old is a horse if it runs in a Nursery stake? |
2 |
13 |
What’s the highest fence on the Grand National course? |
The Chair |
14 |
Which of the Classics was the first to be run on a Sunday in England? |
1000 Guineas |
15 |
Which author was riding Devon Loch, when it collapsed during the Grand National? |
Dick Francis |
16 |
In which part of London is the Science Museum? |
South Kensington |
17 |
How is London’s Middlesex Street market better known? |
Petticoat Lane |
18 |
In which park is London Zoo? |
Regents Park |
19 |
What famous London landmark is on the site of Tyburn Gallows? |
Marble Arch |
20 |
Which London street is famous for its tailors? |
Savile Row |
21 |
What’s the proper name for the breastbone? |
Sternum |
22 |
The bones of the wrist are known as the carpals – what’s their equivalent in the foot? |
Tarsals |
23 |
How many bones are there in the skull? |
22 |
24 |
What’s the proper name for the thighbone? |
Femur |
25 |
What’s the more common name for the clavicle? |
Collarbone |