The Pear Tree Quiz – 24 July 2000
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Who won this year’s Tour de France? |
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How many edges are there on a cube? |
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On which river does Sheffield stand? |
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On which planet was Superman born? |
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5 |
A courgette is a young version of which vegetable? |
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6 |
What is the highest winning hand in normal poker? |
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Astronomers have discovered a new moon going around which planet? |
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Is LENTIGO a) an Italian board game, b) a disease of hippies, c) a freckle, or d) conjunctivitis? |
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9 |
Where are you phalanges? |
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10 |
Which instrument was played by Ravi Shankar? |
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11 |
Which British sportsman has earned the most from sport ever? |
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12 |
Blanket and honeycomb are the two main varieties of what? |
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13 |
In which TV police series could you see Captain Dobey and Huggy Bear? |
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14 |
2 years either way – when was the Panama Canal completed? |
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15 |
What’s the chemical formula for ice? |
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16 |
Who played Queen Guinevere to Richard Harris’s King Arthur in the film Camelot? |
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17 |
Into which ocean does the Zambesi flow? |
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18 |
4 members of the Royal family are to appear on postage stamps released on August 4th – one is the Queen- who are the other 3? |
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19 |
Only one American state begins with the letter L – which one? |
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20 |
In which county is Stonehenge? |
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21 |
Which breed of dog is named after a German postman? |
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22 |
How many lines are in a sonnet? |
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23 |
Who played Sergeant Bilko on TV for many years? |
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24 |
What’s the capital of Turkey? |
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25 |
OK – So Tiger Woods won this year’s British Open, but for a point each, who came second? |