The Pear Tree Quiz – 14 August 2000

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

What colour hat does Papa Smurf wear?

 

2

Who had a 90’s No 1 with “Stay Another Day”?

 

3

What’s the county town of Dorset?

 

4

What is the outer layer of a baked Alaska made from?

 

5

Who wrote the classic horror story, “Dracula”?

 

6

What strange celebrations will take place at Granada Studios Coronation Street set over the August Bank Holiday weekend?

 

7

In England we call it a dinner jacket, what do Americans call it?

 

8

50/50 shot – is a snowdrop grown from a bulb or a seed?

 

9

Which of the Channel islands is famous for having no cars?

 

10

Which building society has recently been bought by Barclay’s Bank?

 

11

Norwich holds the record for sales of which drug, according to a survey published by Tesco last week?

 

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?

 

13

Where would you find Temperance between the Devil and Death, and a chariot between lovers and justice?

 

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?

 

15

If the autobahn is Germany’s equivalent of our motorway, what is Italy’s?

 

16

What does a numismatist collect?

 

17

What nationality was the discoverer of radium, Marie Curie?

 

18

Who criticised the state of Britain’s maternity hospitals last week and for an extra point, what’s her baby called?

 

19

5 years either way – when did Margaret Thatcher first stand for parliament?

 

20

In which division is Notts County playing its football this season?

 

21

Which Olympic sport needs a planting box?

 

22

How old was a boy named Sue when his daddy left home?

 

23

What’s  the height of a football goal to the nearest foot?

 

24

What was Clint Eastwood’s character called in Rawhide?

 

25

What colour hats do ordinary Smurfs wear?

 

Round 2

Famous Sportspeople, Egypt,  Classic British Movies, Newspapers and Magazines

1

Which snooker champion was nicknamed Dracula?

 

2

Who did Muhammed Ali beat when he first became World Heavyweight Champion?

 

3

Who did John McEnroe win 5 Wimbledon doubles finals with?

 

4

Who did Zola Budd famously trip up during the Los Angeles Olympics?

 

5

Which ex-England captain is a cousin of boxer Nigel Benn?

 

6

On which bank of the Nile do the Pyramids stand – East or West?

 

7

The ancient temple of Karnak is in which Egyptian town?

 

8

What’s Egypt’s national sport?

 

9

A quarter of a million either way – how many blocks are estimated to be in the Great Pyramid?

 

10

The majority of Nile cruises go between Luxor and which other town?

 

11

What’s Egypt’s national airline?

 

12

The word Pharaoh literally means a) Noble King, b) Great God, c) Great House, or d) Son of the Sun

 

13

Hurghada is a popular resort on which sea?

 

14

Cleopatra was not really Egyptian at all – what nationality was she?

 

15

Egypt had at one time 2 of the 7 wonders of the world – one was the Pyramids, what was the other?

 

16

What was Roger Moore’s 2nd James Bond movie?

 

17

Who played King Arthur in the musical Camelot?

 

18

How many parts did Alec Guinness play in Kind Hearts and Coronets?

 

19

Who played the part of the Elephant Man?

 

20

Who played a flustered vicar in 4 Weddings and a Funeral?

 

21

In which magazine could you read Colemanballs and Pseuds Corner?

 

22

Who is the Agony aunt in the News of the World?

 

23

Who regularly writes about Television in the Sun?

 

24

In which newspaper could you regularly see cartoons by Steve Bell?

 

25

If Glossop has the Chronicle – does Bedfordshire have a) the Times, b) The Journal, c) the Chronicle or d) the News?

 

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