The Pear Tree Quiz – 14 August 2000
1 |
What colour hat does Papa Smurf wear? |
Red |
2 |
Who had a 90’s No 1 with “Stay Another Day”? |
East 17 |
3 |
What’s the county town of Dorset? |
Dorchester |
4 |
What is the outer layer of a baked Alaska made from? |
Meringue |
5 |
Who wrote the classic horror story, “Dracula”? |
Bram Stoker |
6 |
What strange celebrations will take place at Granada Studios Coronation Street set over the August Bank Holiday weekend? |
Gay weddings at £50 a time! |
7 |
In England we call it a dinner jacket, what do Americans call it? |
Tuxedo |
8 |
50/50 shot – is a snowdrop grown from a bulb or a seed? |
Bulb |
9 |
Which of the Channel islands is famous for having no cars? |
Sark |
10 |
Which building society has recently been bought by Barclay’s Bank? |
Woolwich |
11 |
Norwich holds the record for sales of which drug, according to a survey published by Tesco last week? |
Viagra |
12 |
A long word today – CUCURBITACEOUS – does it mean a) pertaining to the curvature of a fruit, like a banana, b) Figure of 8 shaped, c) pertaining to the cucumber, or d) very bitter? |
C |
13 |
Where would you find Temperance between the Devil and Death, and a chariot between lovers and justice? |
In a Tarot pack |
14 |
William Hague admitted last week to being a teenage beer monster – but it has also been revealed that he drunk how many rum and cokes on his 18th birthday and was still standing? |
32 |
15 |
If the autobahn is Germany’s equivalent of our motorway, what is Italy’s? |
Autostrada |
16 |
What does a numismatist collect? |
Coins |
17 |
What nationality was the discoverer of radium, Marie Curie? |
Polish |
18 |
Who criticised the state of Britain’s maternity hospitals last week and for an extra point, what’s her baby called? |
Madonna/ Rocco |
19 |
5 years either way – when did Margaret Thatcher first stand for parliament? |
1951 |
20 |
In which division is Notts County playing its football this season? |
Div. 2 |
21 |
Which Olympic sport needs a planting box? |
Pole Vaulting |
22 |
How old was a boy named Sue when his daddy left home? |
3 |
23 |
What’s the height of a football goal to the nearest foot? |
8 ft |
24 |
What was Clint Eastwood’s character called in Rawhide? |
Rowdy Yates |
25 |
What colour hats do ordinary Smurfs wear? |
White |
Round 2
Famous Sportspeople, Egypt, Classic British Movies, Newspapers and Magazines
1 |
Which snooker champion was nicknamed Dracula? |
Ray Reardon |
2 |
Who did Muhammed Ali beat when he first became World Heavyweight Champion? |
Sonny Liston |
3 |
Who did John McEnroe win 5 Wimbledon doubles finals with? |
Peter Fleming |
4 |
Who did Zola Budd famously trip up during the Los Angeles Olympics? |
Mary Decker Slaney |
5 |
Which ex-England captain is a cousin of boxer Nigel Benn? |
Paul Ince |
6 |
On which bank of the Nile do the Pyramids stand – East or West? |
West |
7 |
The ancient temple of Karnak is in which Egyptian town? |
Luxor |
8 |
What’s Egypt’s national sport? |
Football |
9 |
A quarter of a million either way – how many blocks are estimated to be in the Great Pyramid? |
2.5 million |
10 |
The majority of Nile cruises go between Luxor and which other town? |
Aswan |
11 |
What’s Egypt’s national airline? |
Egyptair |
12 |
The word Pharaoh literally means a) Noble King, b) Great God, c) Great House, or d) Son of the Sun |
C |
13 |
Hurghada is a popular resort on which sea? |
Red Sea |
14 |
Cleopatra was not really Egyptian at all – what nationality was she? |
Greek |
15 |
Egypt had at one time 2 of the 7 wonders of the world – one was the Pyramids, what was the other? |
The Pharos of Alexandria – or a bloody great lighthouse! |
16 |
What was Roger Moore’s 2nd James Bond movie? |
The Man with the Golden Gun |
17 |
Who played King Arthur in the musical Camelot? |
Richard Harris |
18 |
How many parts did Alec Guinness play in Kind Hearts and Coronets? |
8 |
19 |
Who played the part of the Elephant Man? |
John Hurt |
20 |
Who played a flustered vicar in 4 Weddings and a Funeral? |
Rowan Atkinson |
21 |
In which magazine could you read Colemanballs and Pseuds Corner? |
Private Eye |
22 |
Who is the Agony aunt in the News of the World? |
Dear Jane |
23 |
Who regularly writes about Television in the Sun? |
Gary Bushell |
24 |
In which newspaper could you regularly see cartoons by Steve Bell? |
The Guardian |
25 |
If Glossop has the Chronicle – does Bedfordshire have a) the Times, b) The Journal, c) the Chronicle or d) the News? |
A |