The Pear Tree Quiz 2nd November 1998
Round 1 General Knowledge/Current Affairs
1 | Whats the minimum legal age to buy fireworks? | 16 |
2 | Which book is at the top of the British Hardback charts? | How to cook Dreadful Delia |
3 | In which national daily newspaper do the cartoon strips Badlands & Livvy appear? | The Sun |
4 | Who composed the opera Carmen? | Bizet |
5 | Which arm and eye did Nelson lose? | Right in both cases |
6 | Weights and measures how many fathoms are there in a chain? | 11 |
7 | In which film does Kevin Costner play a golf Champion? | Tin Cup |
8 | Is a PANTALEON a) A cross between a panther and a lion, b) a character in old Italian comedy like a pantomime dame, c) A musical instrument with 200 strings, played with hammers, or d) The old Spanish word for trousers, from which we get pantaloons? | C |
9 | Who said last week that "Running down Oxford Street, stark naked, singing I am what I am would have been a more dignified way to come out"? | George Michael |
10 | Which king was the present Queens grandfather? | George V |
11 | How old is Cher? | 52 |
12 | Who according to the media went from gobble gulch to crack alley? | Ron Davies MP |
13 | What colour is Lady Penelopes Rolls Royce Extra point for its registration? | Pink FAB1 |
14 | Whose unfortunate children are named Rummer, Scout and Tallulah Belle? | Demi Moore |
15 | What fruit is Perry made from? | Pear |
16 | Which car manufacturer makes a model called the Legacy? | Subaru |
17 | In criminal slang, what is a Peter? | A safe |
18 | What is the worlds most southerly capital city? | Wellington, New Zealand |
19 | Which two seas are linked by the Suez Canal? | Mediterranean and Red Sea |
20 | What kind of creature is a Pipistrelle? | A bat |
21 | Which organisation has the motto Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity? | The FBI! |
22 | In TVs Heartbeat, who plays Claude Greengrass? | Bill Maynard |
23 | Including repeats, how many times a week can you hear the Archers on Radio 4? | 12 |
24 | Whats the name of Walt Disneys latest cartoon feature film? | Mulan |
25 | Sharon, Andrea, Caroline and Jim are better known as what? | The Corrs |
Round 2
80s Sport, 80s Number Ones, 80s Films and 80s News
1 | Who, in 1988-89 rode 221 winners to break the National Hunt record of 149? | Peter Scudamore |
2 | Which woman tennis player won the Grand Slam and the new Olympic Singles title in 1988? | Steffi Graf |
3 | In which city did Torville and Dean win Olympic Gold in 1984? | Sarajevo |
4 | Which team did Liverpool beat to win the European Cup in 1984? | A.S. Roma |
5 | Which Scottish Darts player won the World Championships in 1982? | Jocky Wilson |
6 | Which British Golfer won the 1987 Open at Muirfield? | Nick Faldo |
7 | Which 2nd division team won the 1980 Cup Final? | West Ham |
8 | Where were the 1988 Summer Olympics held? | Seoul |
9 | Which British Athlete won the 1980 Olympic 100m Gold Medal? | Alan Wells |
10 | Who beat Eusebio Pedrosa to becom WBA Featherweight Champion in 1985? | Barry McGuigan |
11 | Which record got to no 1 in August 1985, 20 years after it was a hit for a singing duo in 1965? | I Got You Babe |
12 | What was Charlenes one hit wonder of 1982? | Ive never been to me |
13 | In which year was Madonnas first No 1 hit? | 1985 Into the Groove |
14 | It was the last No 1 of the 70s and the first of the 80s what was it? | Another Brick in the Wall |
15 | What was Rod Stewarts only No 1 of the 80s? | Baby Jane |
16 | In which 1989 film did Meg Ryan fake an orgasm in a restaurant? | When Harry met Sally |
17 | Which 1982 epic film holds the record for the greatest number of extras? | Gandhi |
18 | In which year was the Richard Burton film 1984 actually released? | 1984! |
19 | The Man... The Music... The Madness... The Murder... The Motion Picture which 1984 Oscar winning film about a composer? | Amadeus |
20 | Which car featured in the 1985 movie Back to the Future? | De Lorean |
21 | Which famous British actor, once married to Vivien Leigh died in 1989? | Laurence Olivier |
22 | Whose son got lost in the Sahara in 1982? | Margaret IThatcher |
23 | In which year did Channel 4 start broadcasting? | 1982 |
24 | 30 people died in a fire in which London tube station in 1987? | Kings Cross |
25 | The sale of whose jewels made £5million in 1987? | Duchess of Windsor |