The Pear Tree Quiz – 2nd November 1998

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1 What’s 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 Queen’s 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 Penelope’s 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 world’s 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 TV’s 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 What’s the name of Walt Disney’s latest cartoon feature film? Mulan
25 Sharon, Andrea, Caroline and Jim are better known as what? The Corrs

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Round 2

80’s Sport, 80’s Number Ones, 80’s Films and 80’s 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 Charlene’s one hit wonder of 1982? I’ve never been to me
13 In which year was Madonna’s first No 1 hit? 1985 – Into the Groove
14 It was the last No 1 of the 70s and the first of the 80’s – what was it? Another Brick in the Wall
15 What was Rod Stewart’s 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? King’s Cross
25 The sale of whose jewels made £5million in 1987? Duchess of Windsor

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