The Pear Tree Quiz – 28 February 2000

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

What’s the name of Oasis’ 4th album, released today?

Standing on the Shoulder of Giants

2

In which newspaper could you read the adventures of Rupert the Bear?

The Express

3

Go is the low cost airline owned by BA, which airline owns the low cost airline Buzz?

KLM

4

If you saw a car with the International Registration CH, from where would it come?

Switzerland

5

In the 1940s what did the Manhattan Project develop?

The atomic bomb

6

What’s the most number of Sundays that can occur in December?

5

7

Who scored both of Leicester City’s goals in yesterday’s Worthington Cup Final?

Matt Elliot

8

Who had her first UK hit with Joe Le Taxi?

Vanessa Paradis

9

Is a Skelk a) A splinter, b) a careless typing mistake, c) a witch or d) a hang-glider – named after Otto Skelk, the inventor of the hang glider?

C

10

If it’s 12 noon GMT in London, what time is it in Helsinki?

2pm

11

Which British newsreader was the first to be knighted?

ITV’s Andrew Gardner

12

In which sport could you compete for the Tetley Bitter Cup?

Rugby Union

13

What is the only English anagram of the word KITCHENS?

THICKENS

14

What is the main herb in a Pesto sauce?

Basil

15

What is the name of the Welsh version of Channel 4?

S4C

16

Which car has been named as this year’s European car of the year?

Skoda Fabia!

17

Who did Diana Ross play in Lady Sings The Blues?

Billie Holliday

18

Which country has the longest coastline?

Canada

19

In which country were paperclips invented?

Norway (the inventor couldn’t patent them as Norway didn’t have a patent office!)

20

How many children were there in the Partridge family?

5

21

What trade or profession would you have followed if you were a Webster?

Weaving

22

What sportingly links Peking, Bangkok, Cairo, Havana, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur. Paris, Osaka, Seville and Toronto?

They’re all bidding for the 2008 Olympics.

23

What is a Blenheim Orange?

An Apple

24

From which country do Hyundai cars come?

Korea

25

What were Les Dawson and Roy Barraclough’s two old gossips called?

Cissy and Ada

Round 2

Let’s Play Blockbusters….

A

Which A was a resurrected Victorian in a 60s adventure series?

Adam Adamant

B

Which B is a tropical disease?

Beri-Beri

C

Which C is a country which has Santiago as its capital?

Chile

D

What did the D stand for in the old L S D currency?

Denarii

E

What E was Cathy’s surname in Wuthering Heights?

Earnshaw

F

What F was John Kennedy’s middle name?

Fitzgerald

G

Which family in the Archer’s is being made bankrupt at the moment?

The Grundys

H

Which H was a hawk headed god of ancient Egypt?

Horus

I

What I is the first word of the beer IPA?

India

J

Which J was a biblical city whose walls were destroyed by trumpet playing?

Jericho

K

What K is a dish of rice and fish, often eaten at breakfast?

Kedgeree

L

Which L was the star of the first real porn movie, Deep Throat?

Linda Lovelace

M

What M is the letters for the postcode for Bedford?

MK

N

Which N was Noggin the Nog’s arch-enemy?

Nogbad the Bad

O

What O is a birdwatcher?

Ornithologist

P

What P was described by a traveller as a Rose Red City, half as old as time?

Petra in Jordan

Q

What Q was a Roman or Greek ship with 5 banks of oars?

Quinquereme

R

Which R had a 1969 No 1 with ‘Dizzy’?

Tommy Roe

S

What S recorded an album called Abraxus?

Santana

T

What T is a Greek dish of soft cod’s roe?

Taramasalata

U

What U is lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest?

Usury

V

Which V was a boy’s comic and a RAF bomber?

Valiant

W

Which W had a No 2 in 1984 with ‘It’s Raining Men’’?

Weather Girls

Y

Which Y is the town where Westland helicopters are made?

Yeovil

Z

What Z is a soft, gentle breeze?

Zephyr

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