The Pear Tree Quiz – 26 March 2001
Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs
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Who is Bob the Builder’s female assistant? |
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Other than Finland and Albania, which other countries are in the same group as England in the World Cup qualifiers? |
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The film and book Ring of Bright Water told the story of which kind of creature? |
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What kind of furniture is a davenport? |
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What’s the other name for the animal, the gnu? |
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Who said last week that she “couldn’t believe it the other day when I picked up a British newspaper and read that 82% of men would rather sleep with a goat than me”? |
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Both for the point – what were the first names of the Wright brothers? |
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STEATOPYGOUS – does it mean a) having fat buttocks, b) having sweaty,smelly feet c) like a stegosaurus or d) a chemical able to turn fat into water? |
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In the USA, how many nickels would you get for a dime? |
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How did Lawrence of Arabia die? |
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Brian Trubshaw died at the weekend at the age of 77 – for what was he best known? |
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Who designed St Paul’s Cathedral? |
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Where did General Custer make his last stand? |
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Who was the second man on the moon? |
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What was the name of the Beatle’s own record label? |
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Who announced this weekend that his company is likely to bid for the privatised air traffic control? |
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What was Iran called before 1935? |
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Which is the only green British cheese? |
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Who was singer Charlotte Church talking about last week when she said “He is a most eligible bachelor and he is very nice, but generally I don’t go for blonds”? |
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Into which ocean does the Zambesi flow? |
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What was the name of the world’s first test tube baby? |
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Complete the title of the play “Rita, Sue….” |
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What would you do with a spatchcock? |
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In which town are Walker’s crisps produced? |
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Where was Superman born? |
Round 2
Taxes, Colours, Boy Bands, Girl Bands, Mixed Bands, Seas and Islands
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How much does an annual car tax for cars over 1500cc cost after this year’s budget? |
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How much does a television license cost at the moment? |
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Talking of TV licenses, last year, if you were registered blind, you got a rebate of £1.25 on your license – what is it this year? |
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What’s the standard rate of VAT? |
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What’s the basic rate of income tax in the UK for year 2000-2001? |
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What colour is a car tax disc expiring in 2002? |
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What colour is the Circle Line on a London Underground map? |
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What colour would a bride wear in China? |
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Every colour has it’s opposite or complementary colour – what colour is complementary to Yellow? |
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If you took a colour photo without flash under normal fluorescent lights, your photo would be tinted towards what colour? |
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Bryan, Kian, Nicky and Mark are members of which boy band? |
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Rachel, Hannah, Jo and Tina are members of which band |
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Ritchie and Sean are two members of which band? |
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Loosely speaking a girl band – who were Joy, Babs and Teddie? |
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And who were Declan, Con and John? |
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To which country does the island of Madeira belong? |
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On which island could you find Mount Etna? |
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In which ocean is the island of Mauritius |
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The island of Zealand is part of which country? |
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What is the world’s largest island? |
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The Kiel canal links which two seas? |
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To which island did the Bounty mutineers go? |
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Which sea in Russia is the world’s largest lake? |
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On which island off the coast of Italy was Napoleon banished? |
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To which sea do eels go to breed? |