The Pear Tree Quiz – 17 July 2000

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

How many piers does Blackpool have?

 

2

On Mho’s hardness scale, diamond is the hardest mineral – what is the softest?

 

3

Last week, the previous Archbishop of Canterbury died – what was his name?

 

4

Last weekend the film Electra Glide in Blue was shown on TV – who or what was Electra Glide?

 

5

In which country is the Great Bear Lake?

 

6

Which was the first British credit card?

 

7

On which reservoir does Glossop Sailing Club sail?

 

8

In which city was John F Kennedy assassinated?

 

9

Is a SOLLERET a) A baby sole, b) A baby’s dummy, c) a shoe on a suit of armour, or d) the tongue of a shoe?

 

10

Which band leader was famous for his Tijuana Brass?

 

11

Point each – name the Corrs?

 

12

Which actor played on film Henry VIII, Captain Bligh and the Hunchback of Notre Dame?

 

13

Who was Hitler’s Minister for Propaganda?

 

14

Which film comedian has a statue in Leicester Square?

 

15

What is measured using a Hygrometer?

 

16

From which country does Gruyere cheese come?

 

17

Which Russian city is twinned with Manchester?

 

18

Which American playwright was married to Marilyn Monroe?

 

19

Who is going to take over from Martin Edwards as chairman of Manchester United?

 

20

What was the name of Elvis Presley’s manager?

 

21

From which tree do we get cobnuts?

 

22

Point each – which two English counties border Scotland?

 

23

What used to be traded in London’s Covent Garden before it became a trendy tourist attraction?

 

24

How many chambers are there in the human heart?

 

25

Who was Flash Gordon’s arch-enemy?

 

Round 2

Brand Names, Film Directors, Sport & English History      

1

The next ten questions are on brand names of products sold in the 20th century – the answers are the actual thing being sold – What was Spirella?

 

2

Three Castles was a brand of what?

 

3

A Dansette was what?

 

4

What was Cerebos?

 

5

Procea was a type of what?

 

6

Tibs was a brand of what?

 

7

What were sold under the name Vidor?

 

8

What was Euthymol?

 

9

What was sold under the brand Wincarnis?

 

10

What were Zubes?

 

11

For what sort of film was director John Ford famous?

 

12

Who directed the films Tommy, The Music Lovers and the Devils?

 

13

Who, also famous for being a food writer, directed the Death Wish films?

 

14

Young Frankenstein, The Producers and Blazing Saddles were all directed by who?

 

15

Italian director Sergio Leone made who into an international superstar?

 

16

How did Charlotte Brew achieve a sporting first?

 

17

Who set six athletics world records in one hour in 1935?

 

18

Which two British football clubs are nicknamed the Dons?

 

19

Beckett’s is a corner on which motor-racing circuit?

 

20

Which country won the women’s soccer competition at the Atlanta Olympics?

 

21

Which king won the battle of Agincourt?

 

22

On which ship did Admiral Nelson die?

 

23

Where was Drake playing bowls when news of the Armada reached him?

 

24

Which monarch preceded Queen Victoria?

 

25

Which infamous prison was on the site of the present Old Bailey?

 

Answers
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