The Pear Tree Quiz – 14 August 2000

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

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

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