The Pear Tree Quiz – 24 April 2000

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

On average does a supermarket stock 20000, 30000, 40000 or 50000 items?

 

2

Which television series was based around the work of International Rescue?

 

3

How much will a first class stamp cost on Thursday?

 

4

What’s the currency of the Netherlands?

 

5

How many championship points did Jensen Button get in yesterday’s British Grand Prix?

 

6

What is the telephone dialing code for London?

 

7

Easter Monday is traditionally a day for lots of horse racing – how many meetings were held today?

 

8

Which commonwealth country has three counties – Cornwall, Middlesex and Surrey?

 

9

What’s the name of the new P & O cruise ship, sister ship to the Oriana?

 

10

Who played the title role in the film “The Abominable Dr. Phibes”?

 

11

Which planet is nicknamed the Morning Star?

 

12

Which athlete broke the 100 m world record in Athens in 1999?

 

13

From which country did the Monkey Puzzle tree originate?

 

14

GRADIN is a) A French vermin, b) a degree of hotness, c) a tier of seats or d) a flour sifter?

 

15

Who was the first British woman to have a No.1 hit in the charts?

 

16

Who had a no 1 hit in 1999, 19 years after their last one, with a song called Maria?

 

17

What was the name of the miserly shopkeeper played by Ronnie Barker in Open All Hours?

 

18

Which fish is turned into rollmops?

 

19

How many hours are there in April?

 

20

How many premiership goals have Manchester United scored this season – a new record?

 

21

Which piece of clothing took its name from a nuclear testing site?

 

22

What was the umlikely name of Dick Van Dyke’s girlfriend in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

 

23

Into which sea does the River Jordan flow?

 

24

For which country did Bruce Grobelaar keep goal?

 

25

Which war was the first to be photographed?

 

Round 2

Children’s TV, Horse Racing, London, Bones          

1

On which show did the Muppets first regularly appear?

 

2

Which star of Swap Shop and Saturday Superstore went to the same university as Bill Clinton?

 

3

What colour was Andy Pandy’s suit?

 

4

Who is the vicar in Postman Pat?

 

5

Who presented Live and Kicking with Zoe Ball?

 

6

Which American was UK champion jockey in 1984, 1985 and 1987?

 

7

How many times did Willie Carson win the Derby?

 

8

Which of the Monkees was an apprentice jockey?

 

9

On which racecourse is Tattenham Corner?

 

10

Which Cabinet minister was also racing tipster for the Glasgow Herald?

 

11

In which month is Royal Ascot?

 

12

How old is a horse if it runs in a Nursery stake?

 

13

What’s the highest fence on the Grand National course?

 

14

Which of the Classics was the first to be run on a Sunday in England?

 

15

Which author was riding Devon Loch, when it collapsed during the Grand National?

 

16

In which part of London is the Science Museum?

 

17

How is London’s Middlesex Street market better known?

 

18

In which park is London Zoo?

 

19

What famous London landmark is on the site of Tyburn Gallows?

 

20

Which London street is famous for its tailors?

 

21

What’s the proper name for the breastbone?

 

22

The bones of the wrist are known as the carpals – what’s their equivalent in the foot?

 

23

How many bones are there in the skull?

 

24

What’s the proper name for the thighbone?

 

25

What’s the more common name for the clavicle?

 

Answers
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