The Pear Tree Quiz – 24th August 1998

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1 Which Motorway runs between London and Folkestone?  
2 In the new Vernon’s Pools game played on lottery machines, how many numbers are chosen for you at random?  
3 Who was the tallest Prime Minister since World War II?  
4 How many strings are there on a violin?  
5 Where will the next Conservative Party Conference be held?  
6 In Monopoly, what other two streets form a set with Trafalgar Square?  
7 Who was the Roman God of War?  
8 The word is DONGLE – is it a) An Australian slang term for a horse’s erection, b) The up-movement in Bungee Jumping, c) a device for protecting computer programs from being copied or d) A breed of dog from India, resembling a Greyhound?  
9 Which Blue Peter dog has a bronze bust in the entrance to the BBC TV Centre?  
10 What was Geraldine Rees the first woman to complete?  
11 The town of Delft in Holland is famous for what?  
12 Who wants £200 from Huddersfield Town FC for appearing in a video?  
13 Where would you find an aileron?  
14 Who designed St Paul’s Cathedral?  
15 Who invented a safety lamp for miners in 1815?  
16 How deep is a fathom of water?  
17 How many legs has a flea?  
18 Which African country is borders Senegal, Guinea, Mauritania, Algeria, Niger, Burkino Faso and the Ivory Coast?  
19 What does the road sign showing a red car beside a black car mean?  
20 What’s the proper name for a bishop’s hat?  
21 In Star Trek, what planet was the home of Mr. Spock?  
22 How many lines are there on a wide-screen TV set?  
23 On which river is Leeds?  
24 What is the largest member of the dolphin family?  
25 What is used to flavour brandy snap?  

 

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Round 2

Television Comedy, Sport, Pop, Flags

1 In Frazier, what is the name of Frazier’s brother?  
2 Who played Manuel in Fawlty Towers?  
3 Name the two actors who played the Likely Lads?  
4 From which part of Glasgow does Rab C Nesbitt come?  
5 What’s the name of the so-called comedy series set on a riverside police station?  
6 Graeme Garden and Bill Oddy were two Goodies – who was the third?  
7 What’s the name of Roseanne’s long suffering husband?  
8 What was the name of the comedy series in which Geoffrey Palmer played a dentist with a wife who couldn’t cook?  
9 Who played the Fonz for many years?  
10 What was the name of the firm that Reginald Perrin used to work for before he disappeared?  
11 In which sport can you compete at openweight?  
12 Who captained the West Indies when they whitewashed England in a five test cricket series in 1984?  
13 How many times did Bjorn Borg win the Wimbledon Singles title?  
14 What sport was invented in Canada in 1891, and became an Olympic sport for men in 1936 and women in 1976?  
15 Which Rugby Union trophy is made from melted down coins?  
16 Who was the female member of the Pretenders?  
17 Whose backing group was the MGs?  
18 Who had a 90’s album hit called Said and Done?  
19 Who had a No 1 with Eternal Flame?  
20 In the Don McLean song, what colour did Vincent paint his palette?  
21 What colour is common to the flags of Israel, Japan and Denmark?  
22 How many stars are there on the American flag?  
23 Which of these countries doesn’t have a flag with 3 horizontal stripes – Austria, Argentina, Italy or the Netherlands?  
24 What flag is flown by all British Merchant ships?  
25 Which American state flag has a Union Jack in one corner?  

 

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