The Pear Tree Quiz – 04 December 2000

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

On the old BBC1 test card, what colour was the little girl’s dress?

 

2

With which song did Dana win the Eurovision song contest?

 

3

Who was the 1998 Wimbledon Women’s singles champion?

 

4

What’s the proper name for the Irish police force?

 

5

How many football teams does Manchester United have to beat in order to reach the FA Cup final next year?

 

6

Who was vice-president to Ronald Reagan?

 

7

Which is Britain’s biggest biscuit company?

 

8

Is CALIGO a) a type of cloth, b) dim-sightedness, c) red lead powder or d) a hopping dance?

 

9

Two English cities are home to that famous store Harvey Nicholls – one is London, what’s the other one?

 

10

How’s your memory – a million pound question – which king of England married Eleanor of Aquitaine?

 

11

Who succeeded Tom Baker as Doctor Who?

 

12

What’s the correct name for the thing that secures a boy scout’s tie or scarf?

 

13

Who led the mutiny on the Bounty?

 

14

What do you measure with an anemometer?

 

15

2 years either way – when was the first televised FA cup final?

 

16

What was T.Rex’s last number 1 in the UK?

 

17

In which Italian city could you see Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper?

 

18

Who played Scrooge in the film A Muppet Christmas Carol?

 

19

What extra letter was added to David Beckham’s tattoo by mistake?

 

20

Who wrote that dreadful song, White Christmas?

 

21

How many balls are used in the Irish National Lottery?

 

22

What was the Beatles’ first film?

 

23

What famous building was burnt down by British troops in 1812?

 

24

In the old Roman calendar, December was which month of the year?

 

25

How is Hiram Hackenberger better known?

 

Modern Essentials, Wars ,Birds and animals ,Songs from the Shows and the Films

1

What was the first credit card to be introduced into Britain?

 

2

In which year was the first mobile phone network set up in the UK?

 

3

Which industry was the first to use barcodes?

 

4

Which company was the first to produce a home video recorder in 1975?

 

5

Talking of video recorders – what do the initials VHS stand for?

 

6

In which war did the battle of Marston Moor take place?

 

7

Which commonwealth country sent its forces to  Vietnam?

 

8

In which war is the M.A.S.H set?

 

9

In which war was Florence Nightingale a nurse?

 

10

In which war were the sieges of Ladysmith and Mafeking?

 

11

What bird has the biggest wingspan?

 

12

From where does the turkey originate?

 

13

What’s a beaver’s home called?

 

14

How many teeth do dogs have – 24, 30, 36 or 42?

 

15

From what animal does ‘shammy’ leather come?

 

16

From which show does the song “I Don’t Know How To Love Him” come?

 

17

Which song from the musical “Oliver” did Shirley Bassey have a chart hit with?

 

18

Who sang the title song from the film Grease?

 

19

In which film did Madonna sing “Into the Groove”?

 

20

Which musical gave Elaine Paige a hit with “Memory”?

 

21

From which musical does the song “People” come?

 

22

Who had a minor hit with the song “Oh what a circus” from Evita?

 

23

Who sung the immortal “As Time Goes By” from Casablanca?

 

24

From which musical do the songs Let the Sunshine In and Aquarius come?

 

25

Who wrote the poems on which the musical Cats was based?

 

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