The
Pear Tree Quiz – 24 January 2000
1 |
What
do Geri Halliwell, Roger the Dodger, Brooklyn Beckham, Del Boy, Chris Evans
and Dennis the Menace have in common? |
They
all appeared in the 3000th edition of the Beano ( a popular
children’s comic!) |
2 |
What’s
the capital of Brazil? |
Brasilia |
3 |
Which
two teams are to contest USA’s Superbowl this year? |
St Louis Rams/Tennessee Titans |
4 |
The
letters AD after a date are to disappear soon, to be replaced by CE, which is
more politically correct. What does CE stand for? |
Common
Era |
5 |
Which
multinational car company owns Jaguar? |
Ford |
6 |
Which
sport had its first streaker last week? |
Bowls
(Indoor!) |
7 |
Gary
and Yvonne Sparrow were characters in which TV series? |
Goodnight
Sweetheart |
8 |
The
Zodiac sign Leo covers which two months? |
July
and August |
9 |
Is
a RAMONEUR French for a) A manipulator of women, b) A serenader. C) A court
official, or d) a chimneysweep? |
D |
10 |
Which
Nick was BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1989? |
Faldo |
11 |
What
is the standard VAT rate in Britain? |
17.5% |
12 |
Which
rugby league team are the Blue Sox? |
Halifax |
13 |
How
many strings does a Spanish guitar have? |
6 |
14 |
How
old was Billy the Kid when he was shot? |
21 |
15 |
Which
TV News program is 20 years old this week? |
Newsnight |
16 |
If
an ordinary bow fires arrows, what do crossbows fire? |
Bolts |
17 |
Who
sang with the Pogues on A Fairytale of New York”? |
Kirsty
McColl |
18 |
What’s
the name of Tony Blair’s eldest daughter? |
Kathryn |
19 |
Sutton
Coldfield is a suburb of which city? |
Birmingham |
20 |
Which
company sponsors Oldham FC’s shirts? |
Slumberland
Beds |
21 |
Ian
Botham first played cricket for which county? |
Somerset |
22 |
The
Internet site Amazon.com specialises in selling which items? |
Books |
23 |
Who
is going to be the Conservative candidate for Mayor of London? |
Steven
Norris |
24 |
Out
of the top 10 selling singles of 1999 in the UK, how many were by British performers? |
1
– Millennium Prayer |
25 |
On
which river is the Aswan dam? |
Nile |
Round
2
TV Game Shows, The 80’s, The Animal world, Royston Vasey
(Apologies to non-Brits who may not know that Royston Vasey
is a fictional village in a
British TV series – the League of Gentlemen – the filming of which was done
in Hadfield,
home of the Pear Tree Quiz)
1 |
What’s
the name of the British version of the American show The Dating Game? |
Blind
Date |
2 |
Ed
Tudor-Pole replaced who as host of the Crystal Maze? |
Richard
O’Brien |
3 |
What
shape are the letter blocks in Blockbusters? |
Hexagons |
4 |
How
many contestants take part in a game of Blankety Blank? |
4 |
5 |
All
those years ago, what was the top prize on Double your Money? |
£1000 |
6 |
On
which quiz show could you get your bus fare home? |
Bullseye |
7 |
Fred
Housego was arguably the most famous winner of which quiz show? |
Mastermind |
8 |
Who
chairs the latest version of Call My Bluff? |
Bob
Holness |
9 |
Bob
Monkhouse, Max Bygraves and Les Dennis have all hosted which quiz show? |
Family
Fortunes |
10 |
What
are the two voting symbols on Ready Steady Cook? |
Red
Tomatoes/Green Peppers |
11 |
In
which month was the marriage of Charles and Diana? |
July |
12 |
Where did the 1980 Olympic games take place? |
Moscow |
13 |
Who were Liverpool’s opponents when the Hillsborough
disaster happened? |
Nottingham Forest |
14 |
In which books were golliwogs replaced by gnomes? |
Noddy stories |
15 |
What was the name of the policewoman who was shot outside
the Libyan embassy? |
Yvonne Fletcher |
16 |
How do the anaconda’s victims die? |
Suffocation |
17 |
Where does a badger live? |
A Sett |
18 |
Which British snake has a V shaped mark on its head? |
Viper/Adder |
19 |
How many horns does the Indian Rhinoceros have? |
1 |
20 |
What colour face does a Suffolk sheep have? |
Black |
21 |
What
is the name of the fast food place that Pauline works in? |
Burger
Me |
22 |
What
are the names of the couple who run the local shop? |
Edward
and Tubs |
23 |
What’s
the name of Royston Vasey’s local newspaper? |
The
Royston Vasey Chronicle |
24 |
What
are the names of the two horrifying little girls who live in a very orderly
house? |
Chloe
and Radcliffe |
25 |
What’s
the first name of Mr Briss, the Butcher? |
Hillary |