The Pear Tree Quiz – 16 October 2000

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

Two soaps have a couple in them named Hayley and Roy – what are they?

Coronation Street and The Archers

2

Where did Tim Henman win his first tennis title in 2 years at the weekend?

Vienna

3

Who is reputedly going to advertise bras for Marks and Spencers?

Judy Finnegan

4

What’s the name of the classical string quartet who have been banned from the Classic Chart for being too poppy?

Bond

5

Who is the MP for Tatton?

Martin Bell

6

Viridian is a shade of which colour?

Green

7

Which former Manchester United player has just been fired from his job as manager of Huddersfield town?

Steve Bruce

8

Who played keyboards and sung with the Animals in the 60s before starting his own group?

Alan Price

9

Who invented the telephone?

Alexander Graham Bell

10

Mumbai is the new name for which Indian city?

Bombay

11

Today’s word is NUMNAH – is it a) a padding that fits under a horse’s saddle, b) a type of Indian bread, c) a smaller relative of the Mynah bird or d) what you sit in when you take an elephant ride?

A

12

What substance has the chemical formula H2S04?

Sulphuric Acid

13

The Richter scale is used to measure what?

Earthquakes

14

Before it gained independence, which country did Greenland belong to? Denmark

15

For 5 points, name 5 things that the Queen will not eat in on her visit to Italy?

Garlic, seafood, spaghetti, messy tomato sauces, foreign water

16

Who did Michael Moorer defeat to win the World Heavyweight title in 1994?

Evander Holyfield

17

What is the real name for the Jumbo Jet?

Boeing 747

18

In which 2 decades were the so-called baby-boomers born?

1940’s-50’s

19

What’s the name of Kate Winslet’s new baby?

Mia

20

How many feet in a mile?

5280

21

Which of the following foods has the lowest water content – carrots, tomatoes, whole milk or celery?

Milk

22

What was the first name of the famous painter Constable?

John

23

Who introduces the new series of the Antiques Roadshow?

Michael Aspel

24

With which sport would you associate Jahangar Khan?

Squash

25

How many babies were used in the filming of the new series of the Royle Family?

2

Round 2

Animals, Hobbies,           France, Sexy trivia, Famous Palaces

1

How long does the average elephant live?

70 years

2

The Killer Whale is really a species of what?

Dolphin

3

Approximately how many people are killed by tigers each year – is it 50, 500 or 5000?

50

4

For what purpose were poodles originally bred?

To retrieve game in wetland areas.

5

What breed of dog is Snoopy?

Beagle

6

What would you be looking up if you referred to a book by Leslie Halliwell?

Films or Videos

7

What are listed in Millers Price Guide?

Antiques

8

What does a lepidopterist collect?

Butterflies or Moths

9

What, other than an anorak, is a stamp collector called?

Philatelist

10

What season runs from 16th June to the 7th March?

Coarse Fishing

11

On which coast of France is the seaport of Marseilles?

South

12

What mountains divide France from Spain?

Pyrenees

13

On which river does Paris stand?

Seine

14

We call them motorways – what do the French call them?

Autoroutes

15

In France, what is a TGV?

A fast train

16

How many calories per hour does a bout of sexual intercourse burn?

360

17

5 years either way – the first vibrators were invented in which year as a medical treatment for hysteria?

1869

18

In which of the following countries are condoms most commonly used – USA, Holland, Britain, Japan or Sweden?

Japan

19

What percentage of men shave their pubic hair?

10

20

True or false – humans are the only species to have face-to-face sex?

False

21

What’s the name of the Royal family’s estate in Norfolk?

Sandringham

22

Who lives in Lambeth Palace?

Archbishop of Canterbury

23

Which duke lives at Blenheim Palace?

Marlborough

24

The monarchs of which country lived at Holyrood?

Scotland

25

Cardinal Wolsey built himself a great palace and later Henry VIII confiscated it from him – what was it?

Hampton Court

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