The Pear Tree Quiz – 26th October 1998

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1 What’s the real name of Spider Man?  
2 Whose new book about Charles’ marriage has started a controversy yet again?  
3 Near which London park would you find Marble Arch?  
4 How many men have walked on the Moon?  
5 Who was the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon Men’s Singles?  
6 Who, last week said in his defence – "Please don’t torture me any longer, sir. I made a mistake"?  
7 Who was first to have a No 1 hit with Unchained Melody?  
8 Whose official residence is Lambeth Palace?  
9 Which ex-MP hosts Radio 5’s late night phone-in on Saturday and Sunday?  
10 Does the word EMPENNAGE mean a) To enclose with feathers, b) the assemblage at the tail of an aircraft, c) stuffing for pillows or duvets or d) entitlement to use land as grazing for geese?  
11 Who complained last week that everyone was talking in French and he couldn’t understand them?  
12 In the famous carry on film Carry on Henry, who played Henry VIII?  
13 Today’s Simpson’s Question – who owns the bar where Homer goes to drown his sorrows?  
14 Which country does singer Whigfield come from?  
15 Which film star has a statue in Leicester Square?  
16 If 3 is 22, 5 is 30 and 9, 50, what sport are we talking about?  
17 Who married Whitney Houston in 1992?  
18 What was the name of Captain Pugwash’s ship?  
19 Oysters, Chestnuts and Shitaki are all types of what?  
20 If she had her way, where would Margaret Thatcher send unmarried mothers?  
21 Who was the first female DJ on Radio 1?  
22 Helen Worth plays which Coronation Street character?  
23 What is Bill Clinton’s daughter’s name?  
24 Which famous artist is being shown at the Tate Gallery, Liverpool this week?  
25 Point each – there are 3 African countries beginning with Z – which ones?  

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Round 2

TV Detectives, Yesterday Today and Tomorrow, Collections of Animals, and Wine & Spirits

(Yesterday – 25th October, Today 26th, Tomorrow 27th October)

1 Which TV Detective lived in a caravan on Malibu Beach?  
2 What sort of dog did Colombo have?  
3 Who was Inspector Barlowe’s sidekick in Softly Softly?  
4 Which TV detective rode a horse down Broadway?  
5 What colour was Inspector Morse’s Jaguar?  
6 Yesterday, in 1415, the English beat the French at which famous battle?  
7 Yesterday in 1760 which King ascended to the English throne?  
8 Which British singer was knighted yesterday in 1995?  
9 Which famous politician’s wife is 51 today?  
10 Today in 1970, after 3.5 years away from boxing, Muhammed Ali beat which heavyweight?  
11 Today in 1984, a science fiction TV series with the shortest title, started its run – what was its name?  
12 Today in 1881 the Gunfight at the OK corral took place. How many of the Clanton gang were killed by Wyatt Earp and his colleagues?  
13 Born tomorrow in 1939 in Weston super Mare, which English comedian, lawyer and writer?  
14 Tomorrow in 1964, which pop couple got married – they also got divorced!  
15 Tomorrow in 1991 the first of which highly successful international chain of restaurants opened?  
16 What’s the name for a collection of lions?  
17 What animals go round in a mob?  
18 What’s the name for a load of crows?  
19 A Leap is the collective name for what animal?  
20 It’s a gaggle of geese when they’re on the ground, but what is it when they are in the air?  
21 What sort of wine is Amontillado?  
22 Hock comes from which country?  
23 What does Buck’s fizz consist of?  
24 Which country produces Tokay?  
25 What’s the main flavouring of Cassis?  

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