The Pear Tree Quiz – 24 April 2000

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

On average does a supermarket stock 20000, 30000, 40000 or 50000 items?

40000

2

Which television series was based around the work of International Rescue?

Thunderbirds

3

How much will a first class stamp cost on Thursday?

27p

4

What’s the currency of the Netherlands?

Guilders

5

How many championship points did Jensen Button get in yesterday’s British Grand Prix?

2pts

6

What is the telephone dialing code for London?

020

7

Easter Monday is traditionally a day for lots of horse racing – how many meetings were held today?

14

8

Which commonwealth country has three counties – Cornwall, Middlesex and Surrey?

Jamaica

9

What’s the name of the new P & O cruise ship, sister ship to the Oriana?

Aurora

10

Who played the title role in the film “The Abominable Dr. Phibes”?

Vincent Price

11

Which planet is nicknamed the Morning Star?

Venus

12

Which athlete broke the 100 m world record in Athens in 1999?

Maurice Green

13

From which country did the Monkey Puzzle tree originate?

Chile

14

GRADIN is a) A French vermin, b) a degree of hotness, c) a tier of seats or d) a flour sifter?

C

15

Who was the first British woman to have a No.1 hit in the charts?

Vera Lynn

16

Who had a no 1 hit in 1999, 19 years after their last one, with a song called Maria?

Blondie

17

What was the name of the miserly shopkeeper played by Ronnie Barker in Open All Hours?

Arkwright

18

Which fish is turned into rollmops?

Herring

19

How many hours are there in April?

720

20

How many premiership goals have Manchester United scored this season – a new record?

90

21

Which piece of clothing took its name from a nuclear testing site?

Bikini

22

What was the umlikely name of Dick Van Dyke’s girlfriend in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

Truly Scrumptious

23

Into which sea does the River Jordan flow?

Dead Sea

24

For which country did Bruce Grobelaar keep goal?

Zimbabwe

25

Which war was the first to be photographed?

Crimean

Round 2

Children’s TV, Horse Racing, London, Bones           

1

On which show did the Muppets first regularly appear?

Sesame Street

2

Which star of Swap Shop and Saturday Superstore went to the same university as Bill Clinton?

Keith Chegwin

3

What colour was Andy Pandy’s suit?

Blue and white stripes

4

Who is the vicar in Postman Pat?

Rev. Timms

5

Who presented Live and Kicking with Zoe Ball?

Jamie Theakston

6

Which American was UK champion jockey in 1984, 1985 and 1987?

Steve Cauthen

7

How many times did Willie Carson win the Derby?

4

8

Which of the Monkees was an apprentice jockey?

Davy Jones

9

On which racecourse is Tattenham Corner?

Epsom

10

Which Cabinet minister was also racing tipster for the Glasgow Herald?

Robin Cook

11

In which month is Royal Ascot?

June

12

How old is a horse if it runs in a Nursery stake?

2

13

What’s the highest fence on the Grand National course?

The Chair

14

Which of the Classics was the first to be run on a Sunday in England?

1000 Guineas

15

Which author was riding Devon Loch, when it collapsed during the Grand National?

Dick Francis

16

In which part of London is the Science Museum?

South Kensington

17

How is London’s Middlesex Street market better known?

Petticoat Lane

18

In which park is London Zoo?

Regents Park

19

What famous London landmark is on the site of Tyburn Gallows?

Marble Arch

20

Which London street is famous for its tailors?

Savile Row

21

What’s the proper name for the breastbone?

Sternum

22

The bones of the wrist are known as the carpals – what’s their equivalent in the foot?

Tarsals

23

How many bones are there in the skull?

22

24

What’s the proper name for the thighbone?

Femur

25

What’s the more common name for the clavicle?

Collarbone

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