Only 25 Questions this week as we had a music round for Round 2

The Pear Tree Quiz – 24 July 2000

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

Who won this year’s Tour de France?

 

2

How many edges are there on a cube?

 

3

On which river does Sheffield stand?

 

4

On which planet was Superman born?

 

5

A courgette is a young version of which vegetable?

 

6

What is the highest winning hand in normal poker?

 

7

Astronomers have discovered a new moon going around which planet?

 

8

Is LENTIGO a) an Italian board game, b) a disease of hippies, c) a freckle, or d) conjunctivitis?

 

9

Where are you phalanges?

 

10

Which instrument was played by Ravi Shankar?

 

11

Which British sportsman has earned the most from sport ever?

 

12

Blanket and honeycomb are the two main varieties of what?

 

13

In which TV police series could you see Captain Dobey and Huggy Bear?

 

14

2 years either way – when was the Panama Canal completed?

 

15

What’s the chemical formula for ice?

 

16

Who played Queen Guinevere to Richard Harris’s King Arthur in the film Camelot?

 

17

Into which ocean does the Zambesi flow?

 

18

4 members of the Royal family are to appear on postage stamps released on August 4th – one is the Queen- who are the other 3?

 

19

Only one American state begins with the letter L – which one?

 

20

In which county is Stonehenge?

 

21

Which breed of dog is named after a German postman?

 

22

How many lines are in a sonnet?

 

23

Who played Sergeant Bilko on TV for many years?

 

24

What’s the capital of Turkey?

 

25

OK – So Tiger Woods won this year’s British Open, but for a point each, who came second?

 

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