The Pear Tree Quiz – 27/7/98
Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Events

1

If you saw a car with a green flashing light on the roof, what would it mean?
 2 Which animals go round in a skulk?
 3  The word is NICCOLIC – is it a) a disease of American sheep caused by eating tobacco leaves, b) Nickel like, c) Spiky or d) fiendish?
 4  Who is the only Labour minister to have been forced to leave the Cabinet in today’s reshuffle?
 5  What’s the capital of Morocco?
 6  Which tennis player married John Lloyd?
 7  What do the initials VCR stand for?
 8  King Zog was the last king of where?
 9 Which disease is prevented by the BCG vaccine? 
 10 Which film actress visited Hanoi to show her resistance to the Vietnam war in the late 60s? 
 11  The daily newspaper of the Communist party in Russia was called Pravda – what does Pravda mean?
 12  What was Helen Mirren’s character in Prime Suspect?
 13  Which mountains form the backbone of South America?
 14  In which sort of field do you grow rice?
 15  Which well-known cartoon animal made his debut in 1939?
 16  What is another name for the Mountain Ash?
 17  Ice Cream cooked inside a meringue is known as what?
 18  Which part of the eye determines its colour?
 19  Prince Charles got married at St Pauls, but where did Prince Andrew get married?
 20  To which family of animals does the Ocelot belong?
 21  What is pontoon called when it is played in a casino?
 22  What was the first war to be photographed?
 23  On which day of the week was John Lennon murdered?
 24  Which country is the world’s largest producer of cheese?
 25  How many lines are there in a sonnet?

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Round 2 – Around Europe, Sport, Music of the 80’s, Science and Nature
 1  In which city is the Ponte Vecchio?  
 2
What do the Greeks call Greece?
 
 3  The city of Naples stands close to which volcano  
 4  Vaduz is the capital of which small European country?  
 5  In which European capital is the pleasure park, the Tivoli Gardens?  
 6 Which cycling team has withdrawn from the Tour de France after drugs were found in the team coach’s car?   
 7  In a rowing eight, what is the oarsman who sits nearest to the bow called?  
 8 In the summer Olympics, which country leads the procession of the competitors?   
 9  Brian Baister is the chairman of which sport’s ruling body?  
 10 A score of 3 under par in golf is known as a what?  
 11  How many times was Sugar Ray Robinson world welterweight champion?  
 12  What’s the name of Wolverhampton Wanderer’s ground?  
 13  What game is played to the Harvard rules?  
 14  There are 2 styles of Olympic wrestling – Freestyle and what?  
 15  In which sport might you go herringboning?  
 16  Which was the largest group to have a No 1 in the 80’s?  
 17  Which 80’s band included Philip Oakey and Susanne Sulley?  
 18  Who in which song says "I’ve been undressed by kings"?  
 19  You win again was an 80’s No 1 for which group?  
 20  Which Radio 1 DJ first refused to play Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s Relax?  
 21  For what purpose do we use mercury and sodium vapour?  
 22  The oil of which tree is used in the production of gin?  
 23  What is another name for solid carbon dioxide?  
 24  Is the begonia an annual, biennial or perennial plant?  
 25  To which part of the body do the carotid arteries carry blood?  

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