The Pear Tree Quiz – 05 March 2001
Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs
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Today’s starter question concerned racecourses – how many officially recognised racecourses are there in Great Britain – 5 either way? |
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Michael Schumacher won the Australian GP for Ferrari yesterday, but for which team does his brother Ralf drive? |
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How many capsules are there on the London Eye? |
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Who played The Prisoner? |
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Who had a 70’s hit with the song “So you win again”? |
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Which European country is to phase out its army bicycle regiments? |
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In which London borough did Del Boy live? |
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Which singer said of herself “It takes an awful lot of money to look this cheap”? |
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Is a CHAMPAC a) A sacred tree, b) a town in Normandy, c) an Mayan rucksack, or d) slang for a case of 6 bottles of champagne? |
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How old was Shirley Temple, when she retired as an actress? |
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If you subtracted the number of matches won this season by Manchester City from those won by Man Utd, what would the answer be? |
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Diana Prince is the alter ego of which superheroine? |
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Which famous playwright might have been stoned when he wrote his most famous works? |
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If A is Alpha and B Bravo, what is P? |
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If it’s noon in Greenwich, what time is it in Panama City? |
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With which product do you associate the company de Beers? |
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The highest office building in the world is the Petronas Tower – in which city? |
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Which football team did Alf Garnett support? |
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What could be Foolscap, Legal or Quarto? |
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How many bonus points do you get if you use all your tiles in one word in Scrabble? |
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Which jockey rode Troy and Henbit to Derby victory? |
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From which language does the word ketchup come? |
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In which city did the Beatles have their first success? |
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When and if Prince Charles becomes king, he won’t be called Charles III, but he will become what? |
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In Monopoly, what lies between the Waterworks and Go To Jail? |
Round 2
English History, Famous Brands, Who Played What, Geography
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When the Romans were here, they called it Eboracum – what do we call it? |
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Which King was reputed to have lost his jewels in the Wash? |
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William Caxton was the first English what? |
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After he died in battle, whose body was transported back to England in a barrel of brandy? |
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Manchester has the oldest canal in England, what is it called? |
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Aero chocolate is made by which company? |
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What was the first English product to have a trade mark? |
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Which brand of sportswear is named after the Greek goddess of Victory? |
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What’s the name of Woolworth’s own brand products? |
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What car model’s name can’t be used in Spain because it means “Doesn’t Go” in Spanish? |
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What instrument do you associate with Ravi Shankar? |
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Woody Allan has never been to the Oscars, preferring to play his what in a jazz club in New York? |
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Who was the drummer with the Carpenters? |
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What did Louis Armstrong play? |
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What was Acker Bilk’s instrument? |
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In which country are the Angel Falls, the world’s highest waterfall? |
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What’s the capital of Iran? |
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In which country is the famous volcano Popocatapetl? |
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Which is the most southerly of the United States? |
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In which country is the Corinth Canal? |
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What, physically, links Sheffield and Rome? |
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What are the wide open plains called in Argentina? |
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Which country is divided into provinces called cantons? |
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The Russian city of Stalingrad is now called what? |
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The Greeks fought the Trojans for many years – but in which modern country is Troy? |