The Pear Tree Quiz – 21st September, 1998

Round 1 – In the News, Sport, Music, TV

1 Where is the Liberal Party holding its conference this week?  
2 Who was the mystery VIP at today’s Manchester celebrations for the Commonwealth Games?  
3 Which nurse caused controversy by getting a new job last week?  
4 Who did Scary Spice marry last week?  
5 Which former Prime Minister said that if he was starting out again, he would not join his own party?  
6 Which Middlesex cricketer hung up his box last week after 24 seasons and over 40,000 runs?  
7 Which football club play at Selhurst Park?  
8 The Sheffield Sharks play which sport?  
9 Which woman won Commonwealth Gold for England in the long jump?  
10 Who is the current WBO heavyweight title holder?  
11 Point each – what are the children called in the song "When I’m 64"?  
12 In which city was Joe Cocker born?  
13 Which 1977 hit told about "Four hungry children, and a crop in the field"?  
14 Who replaced Brian Jones in the Rolling Stones?  
15 Who had a very minor hit in 1988 with a re-release of Leader of the Pack?  
16 In Dixon of Dock Green, who was Dixon’s detective son-in-law?  
17 What is the name of Channel 4’s popular science series, modelled on Horizon?  
18 Who chairs University Challenge?  
19 Which Coronation Street character is played by Vicky Entwistle?  
20 "Clare drops a bombshell on Martin as Mandy braces herself for a visit from Archie’s posh mother" – which program?  
21 Who presents The Antiques Roadshow?  
22 What was the name of Dr Kildare’s boss?  
23 Which of the Avenger’s girls was played by Linda Thorson?  
24 In Miami Vice, what was the first name of Tubbs?  
25 What type of program was No Hiding Place?  

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Round 2

Naughty Words, Myths and legends, Authors and Weights and Measures

1 Is a MERKIN a) a promiscuous monk, b) a pubic wig or c) an under-age prostitute?  
2 Is a POPLOLLY a) an early word for a phallic symbol, b) a mistress, or c) a young girl?  
3 A PHILLICOCK – is it a) a young cock (male chicken), b) a wanton woman, or c) another word for penis?  
4 Does MAKELESS mean a) Without a husband, b) impotent or c) a substance used to remove make-up?  
5 Is DILLING a) Fondling or Cuddling, b) The lesbian equivalent of cruising or c) a child born to aged parents?  
6 FERBLET – is it a) a dwarf, b) effeminate, or c) impotent?  
7 Does ANAGRIF mean a) the act of making love to an unmarried woman, b) The illegitimate son of a German Count or c) an ancient fertility symbol found in caves?  
8 Is a BELSWAGGER a) an old witch, b) A pimp or c) an effeminate male?  
9 Is a RABIATOR a) an early hand-powered vibrator, b) a spreader of disease or c) a loud and violent person?  
10 Is a FISGIG a) An Irish dance banned in the 1700’s because it was too erotic, b) a flirt, or c) sexually provocative clothing?  
11 Who was the Roman god of the sea?  
12 Which mythical person killed his father and married his mother?  
13 Which Egyptian God had the head of a jackal?  
14 Only one of the planets is not named after a Greek or Roman god – which one?  
15 What sort of creature was half-man, half horse?  
16 Who wrote Robinson Crusoe?  
17 Who wrote Blott on the Landscape?  
18 Which film star’s autobiography was called "My Wicked Wicked Ways"?  
19 What was the name of the Bronte sister’s only brother?  
20 Who was the Yorkshire vet who wrote "All Creatures Great and Small"?  
21 Of what is the Bar the unit of measure?  
22 How many feet in a mile?  
23 A hand is how much?  
24 What is measured by the quire?  
25 How many bottles of champagne make up a Jeroboam?  

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