The Pear Tree Quiz – 5th October 1998

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1 What was the name of Dr Who’s robot dog?  
2 When Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson introduced himself to supermodel Kate Moss by saying "I’m Jeremy Clarkson, I do Top Gear" what was her reply?  
3 How many years did Prohibition last in the USA?  
4 What’s the capital of Iceland?  
5 Does the word JUNCACEOUS mean a) Rubbishy, b) Rush like, c) like a killer whale or d) like food?  
6 Who wrote Frankenstein?  
7 Jeffrey Archer wants to sell his collection of whose paintings for £25 million?  
8 What’s the name of Steven Spielberg’s film about D-day and after?  
9 What river flows through Stockport?  
10 At what age did Adrian Mole write his famous diary?  
11 In which month is Burns Night?  
12 What’s the name of the new TV series being filmed in Hadfield?  
13 What is officially the 8th sign of the Zodiac?  
14 What is the chemical symbol for lead?  
15 Two other countries joined the EEC at the same time as Britain – name them for two points?  
16 What was the name of the first man in space?  
17 What comes next in this series of numbers – 3,3,5,4,4,3,5  
18 What was the last item to be freed from rationing after the last war, in 1954?  
19 How is the machine a Polygraph better known?  
20 Who wrote the classic children’s book ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’  
21 Which member of the Marx Brothers never spoke on screen?  
22 In which year did the Queen celebrate her Silver Jubilee?  
23 What is the trade union of actors in Britain called?  
24 What’s the name of the prison just outside Blackpool?  
25 What word connects gin, salmon and Barbara Cartland?  

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Round 2

Abbreviations, Sport in the 60’s, The Beatles, Board Games

1 What do the letters MCC stand for?  
2 What do the letters ABV stand for on a beer pump or wine bottle?  
3 What organisation is known by the initials CBI?  
4 BSA was a famous motorcycle manufacturer – what does BSA stand for?  
5 What organisation had the initials CND?  
6 Which pipe-smoking Englishman won the inaugural world bowls championship in 1966?  
7 Where were the 1964 Olympics held?  
8 Who scored England’s second goal in the 1966 World Cup Final?  
9 Who was the first batsman to score 36 off an over in 1968?  
10 England won the World Cup in 1966 – but which team won the FA Cup?  
11 Which driver won 1966’s F1 champion – in his own car?  
12 Which English player won the 1969 British Open at Golf?  
13 In 1969 a British player won the Wimbledon Women’s singles final – who?  
14 Which football club played in 3 FA cup finals in the 60’s and lost them all?  
15 In which sport did Jill Hammersley play a record 413 times for England between 1967 and 1978?  
16 Who was the last Beatle to marry?  
17 On which show did the Beatles make their first TV appearance?  
18 The song I am the Walrus comes from which Beatles film?  
19 Before their own label, on which record label did the Beatles record?  
20 Which Beatle married Pattie Boyd, the ‘60s model?  
21 Who is murdered before a game of Cluedo starts?  
22 How many triple word squares are there on a Scrabble board?  
23 On a Monopoly board, what colour is Whitechapel?  
24 How many counters does each player have at the beginning of a game of Backgammon?  
25 What colour are the Sports and Leisure Questions and Cheese in Trivial Pursuit?  

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