The Pear Tree Quiz – 06 March 2000
1 |
How much does a TV licence cost currently? |
£101 |
2 |
Where in your body would you find your uvula? |
Back of mouth – it’s the dangly bit! |
3 |
Which ex-Monty Python star seems to spend much of his time presenting travel series? |
Michael Palin |
4 |
Which British ex-Prime Minister is about to be made a Knight of the Garter? |
John Major |
5 |
Who is the latest Coronation Street star to be admitted to the Priory Clinic to get over drink-related problems? |
Bruce Jones/Les Battersby |
6 |
According to the Old Testament, on which day was man created? |
6th |
7 |
Prince Charles has let it be known that he would prefer to be George VII to Charles III if he becomes king – point each for the other names he could have chosen?? |
Philip & Arthur |
8 |
Before last week, when was the last leap year ending with 00? |
1600 |
9 |
What National holiday was first celebrated in England in 1974? |
January 1st |
10 |
Which Russian football team was the first to reach a European Final? |
Moscow Dynamo |
11 |
What do Americans call what we call braces? |
Suspenders |
12 |
Is a WEEDGIE a) a small unit of gravitational attraction, b) what someone from Edinburgh calls someone from Glasgow, c) a canary or d) a washing-up sponge? |
B |
13 |
What was the first decimal coin to be issued in Britain? |
50 pence piece |
14 |
Which James Bond actor used to cover his tattoos with make-up during filming? |
Sean Connery |
15 |
What is Africa’s largest lake? |
Lake Victoria |
16 |
Point each – who will be driving for Jaguar in this season’s Formula 1 races? |
Eddie Irvine and Johnny Herbert |
17 |
The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank, but what hit the Poseidon? |
A tidal wave |
18 |
Stockport County transferred Hughie McLenahan in 1927 for the magnificent sum of three freezers full of ice-cream to which other local club? |
Manchester United |
19 |
How many holes are there in a tenpin bowling ball? |
3 |
20 |
In the seventies, who or what were replaced by Ruby Flipper? |
Pan’s People |
21 |
After the Vietnam war, how was Saigon re-named? |
Ho Chi Minh City |
22 |
In which century was Christopher Columbus born? |
15th |
23 |
Which Internet company is offering free Internet phone calls for a £10 service fee? |
Alta Vista |
24 |
By which river does Blackburn’s Ewood Park stand? |
Darwen |
25 |
Which soccer team is currently top of Italy’s Serie A? |
Juventus |
Round 2
Shopping, TV Cops and Robbers, 90’s Pop Music, Geography
1 |
What’s the name of the craft/antique market located in an old mill near Chorley on the M61? |
Botany Bay |
2 |
In which local shopping mall could you be walking down Barbirolli Mall? |
The Arndale Centre, Manchester |
3 |
Which mail-order company specialises in trivial things like nose-hair trimmers and electric mole scarers? |
Innovations |
4 |
What was the less romantic name of the part of Greater Manchester where the Trafford centre was built? |
Dumplington |
5 |
In which local town is the Spindles shopping centre? |
Oldham |
6 |
Maddy Magellan assists which offbeat television detective? |
Jonathan Creek |
7 |
What was Callan’s first name? |
David |
8 |
How many Angels did Charlie have? |
3 |
9 |
Who played the detective Bob Louis? |
Jasper Carrot |
10 |
In which city was Columbo set? |
Los Angeles |
11 |
What was Helen Mirren’s character called in Prime Suspect? |
Jane Tennison |
12 |
In which detective series did Detective Isbecki appear? |
Cagney and Lacey |
13 |
Who was the police officer in the fictional town of Lochdubh? |
Hamish Macbeth |
14 |
What was the name of the private detective often employed by Perry Mason? |
Paul Drake |
15 |
Which policeman was brought back from the dead and given a TV series? |
Dixon of Dock Green |
16 |
What was on the other side of Robson and Jerome’s Up on the roof? |
I Believe |
17 |
Which group had the 1996 Christmas No 1? |
The Spice Girls |
18 |
Which All Saints No 1 was a remake of a 70s hit for Labelle? |
Lady Marmalade |
19 |
What was Simply Red’s first No 1 of 1995? |
Fairground |
20 |
What was Jamiroquai’s first UK Top Ten hit? |
Too young to die |
21 |
What is the more politically correct term for Eskimos? |
Inuit |
22 |
Which of the Great Lakes is wholly inside the USA? |
Michigan |
23 |
In which island group could you find Las Palmas? |
Canaries |
24 |
What’s the capital of Indonesia? |
Djakarta |
25 |
What’s the largest country on the Iberian peninsular? |
Spain |