The Pear Tree Quiz – 18 September 2000

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

What were the little people in the Wizard of Oz called?

Munchkins

2

What TV program launched the late Paula Yates’ career?

The Tube

3

In which year was the Battle of Britain?

1940

4

What’s the capital of Ecuador?

Quito

5

In which country was Cliff Richard born?

India

6

Who is the leader of the Liberal Democrats, in conference this week?

Charles Kennedy

7

What breed of dog has a black tongue?

Chow

8

How many dots are there on a standard set of dominoes?

168

9

Point each – the same two metals are used to make Pewter and solder – which?

Tin & Lead

10

A year either way – when was the breathalyser introduced?

1967

11

Is SNORK a) Australian slang for a baby, b) Australian slang for a snorkel, b) An Australian burrowing rodent, or d) Australian slang for speed?

A

12

What was Adam and the Ants first No.1?

Stand and Deliver

13

In which part of the body is your sartorius muscle?

Thigh

14

Which tennis player was tennis player Chris Evert once married to?

John Lloyd

15

In which year was the Great Fire of London?

1666

16

On a ship, is starboard right or left?

Right

17

In which British city is Sauchiehall Street?

Glasgow

18

From which country did spaghetti originate?

China

19

If you were a conchologist, what would you collect?

Shells

20

Where on a horse are its withers?

Base of neck

21

What relation is Clement Freud to the psychologist Sigmund Freud?

Grandson

22

The price of a barrel of oil almost caused civil strife last week – but how many gallons are in a barrel of oil?

35

23

What’s this year in Roman numerals?

MM

24

Originally all air hostesses had to be qualified what?

Nurses

25

In which children’s comic would you see Beryl the Peril?

The Dandy

Round 2

Assassins – Sporting Animals -  Captains (Thanks to TFC) - Books

1

Who allegedly shot President Kennedy?

Lee Harvey Oswald

2

James Earl Ray was jailed for killing which American?

Martin Luther King

3

Who killed John Lennon?

Mark Chapman

4

John Wilkes Booth assassinated which American president?

Lincoln

5

Who was the subject of the attempted assassination in The Eagle has Landed?

Winston Churchill

6

What animal plays American football in Chicago?

Bear

7

The Wolves play rugby league for which town?

Warrington

8

Which rugby union playing insect plays at Loftus Road?

Wasps

9

Talking of rugby – which international team are nicknamed The Pumas?

Argentina

10

Sussex County Cricket club are now known as the Sussex what?

Sharks

11

Which captain was a floorwalker at Grace Brothers?

Peacock

12

Captains McIntyre and Pierce appeared in which TV series?

MASH

13

Who is captain of the Starship Voyager?

Janeway

14

Which seagoing captain came from Whitby?

Cook

15

Who had a hit in 1982 with Happy Talk?

Captain Sensible

16

What did the T stand for in Captain James T Kirk of the USS Enterprise?

Tiberius

17

Who was captain of the Titanic when it sank?

John Smith

18

Name either of the two team captains in the new series of Call My Bluff?

Alan Coren/Sandy Toksvig

19

Who captained England when they won the world cup in 1966?

Bobby Moore

20

Who was captain of the Trumpton Fire Brigade?

Captain Flack

21

Who wrote Bleak House?

Charles Dickens

22

Who writes the Harry Potter books?

J.K.Rowling

23

Patricia Cornwell is famous for writing what sort of books?

Crime

24

What famous book was subtitled “And what she did there”

Alice in Wonderland

25

What was the most famous book written by Margaret Mitchell?

Gone with the Wind

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