The Pear Tree Quiz – 04 September 2000

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

Thunderbirds has returned to TV this weekend – for 5 points, name Jeff Tracy’s 5 sons.

Virgil, Scott, Alan, Gordon & John – Brains wasn’t a son!

2

On which mountain did the gods of ancient Greece live?

Olympus

3

Essenden beat Melbourne in the Grand Final of which sport at this weekend?

Australian Rules Football

4

In the news a lot over the past few weeks – who is president of Russia?

Vladimir Putin

5

Which national radio program can you hear between 100 and 102 FM?

Classic FM

6

How many soccer world cup competitions have England qualified for?

10

7

Is LIGAN – a) where a ligament joins a bone, b) goods thrown overboard a ship, and marked with a buoy, c) the legal term for immunity from prosecution, or d) a disease of camels?

B

8

Who was the male star of the film Blade Runner?

Harrison Ford

9

What is 70% of 70?

49

10

Until today, how many years has it been since England last had a home Test Match series win against the West Indies?

31 years

11

Saturday is the Last Night of the Proms – from where is it broadcast?

Royal Albert Hall

12

What sign of the Zodiac spans October and November?

Scorpio

13

What is S Club 7’s new single called?

Natural

14

Which modern English city started life as the Saxon “Home of the people of Snot”?

Nottingham

15

Which American president has recently been revealed as a drunken drug addict? Nixon

16

What was the name of Henry VIII's flagship, which was sunk in the Solent, and raised several years ago? Mary Rose

17

Which pop group is tipped to play for Princess Beatrice’s birthday in September?

Steps

18

How much did Ken Bates pay to buy Chelsea FC?

£1

19

What foody product is associated with Maldon, Essex?

Sea Salt

20

Which planet lies between Saturn and Neptune?

Uranus

21

With which sport would you associate the Newcastle Jesters?

Ice Hockey

22

What colour is the flesh of the date naturally?

White

23

What sort of wood is traditionally used to make pencils?

Cedar

24

Officially, between which 2 towns does the M6 run?

Rugby to Carlisle

25

Mayfair is the most expensive property on the Monopoly board – how much does it cost to buy it?

£400

Round 2

Science, Yesterday Today and Tomorrow, Formula 1 Motor Racing, Seas  

1

What element has the symbol Na?

Sodium

2

What is electrical current measured in?

Amps

3

Isobars on a weather map join areas of equal what?

Pressure

4

Who invented the miner’s safety lamp?

Humphrey Davey

5

Approximately what percentage of the atmosphere is Oxygen?

20%

6

Yesterday was Pauline Collins birthday of Upstairs Downstairs fame – how old is she?

60

7

Which English King was crowned yesterday in 1189?

Richard the Lionheart

8

Which 2 countries declared war on Germany within 6 hours of each other, yesterday in 1939?

Britain and France

9

Today, in what year (3 either way) did Geronimo surrender to the US Army?

1886

10

Today in 1893, who first told the story of Peter Rabbit in a letter?

Beatrix Potter

11

Today in 1982, Eye of the Tiger was No 1 in the British Charts – who recorded it?

Survivor

12

Today in 1987, Matthias Rust was sentenced to 4 years hard labour by the Russians – what was his strange offence?

He landed a plane in Red Square

13

If he had lived, Freddy Mercury would have been 54 tomorrow – in which year did he die?

1991

14

Raquel Welch celebrates which birthday tomorrow?

60th

15

Tomorrow, in 1698, Czar Peter the Great of Russia imposed a tax on what?

Beards

16

With 51 F1 wins, which driver has won the most Grands Prix?

Alain Prost

17

If a driver is shown a blue flag, what does it mean?

Give way to someone wanting to overtake

18

What capacity is a formula 1 engine?

3000cc

19

Which Grand Prix is to be held this coming weekend (10th Sept)?

Italian

20

How many teams are competing in this season’s F1 races?

11

21

The former Soviet Union has 2 inland seas – one is the Caspian the other is ?

The Aral Sea

22

Which sea lies between NE China and Korea’s West Coast?

Yellow Sea

23

Where is the Sea of Storms?

On the moon

24

Which sea is about 1200ft below sea level?

Dead Sea

25

Which sea is at the southern end of the Suez Canal?

Red Sea

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