The Pear Tree Quiz – 27/7/98
Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Events
  1. 1
If you saw a car with a green flashing light on the roof, what would it mean? Doctor (or possibly Vet)
 2 Which animals go round in a skulk? Foxes
 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? Harriet Harman 
 5  What’s the capital of Morocco? Rabat 
 6  Which tennis player married John Lloyd? Chris Evert 
 7  What do the initials VCR stand for? Video Cassette Recorder 
 8  King Zog was the last king of where? Albania 
 9 Which disease is prevented by the BCG vaccine?  TB 
 10 Which film actress visited Hanoi to show her resistance to the Vietnam war in the late 60s?  Jane Fonda 
 11  The daily newspaper of the Communist party in Russia was called Pravda – what does Pravda mean? Truth 
 12  What was Helen Mirren’s character in Prime Suspect? Jane Tennison 
 13  Which mountains form the backbone of South America? Andes 
 14  In which sort of field do you grow rice? Paddy fields 
 15  Which well-known cartoon animal made his debut in 1939? Bugs Bunny 
 16  What is another name for the Mountain Ash? Rowan 
 17  Ice Cream cooked inside a meringue is known as what? Baked Alaska 
 18  Which part of the eye determines its colour? The Iris 
 19  Prince Charles got married at St Pauls, but where did Prince Andrew get married?
Westminster Abbey 
 20  To which family of animals does the Ocelot belong? Cats 
 21  What is pontoon called when it is played in a casino? Blackjack 
 22  What was the first war to be photographed? Crimean or US Civil war, depending on which book!  
 23  On which day of the week was John Lennon murdered? Monday 
 24  Which country is the world’s largest producer of cheese? USA 
 25  How many lines are there in a sonnet? 14 

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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? Florence 
 2
What do the Greeks call Greece?
Hellas 
 3  The city of Naples stands close to which volcano Vesuvius 
 4  Vaduz is the capital of which small European country? Lichtenstein 
 5  In which European capital is the pleasure park, the Tivoli Gardens? Copenhagen 
 6 Which cycling team has withdrawn from the Tour de France after drugs were found in the team coach’s car?  Festina 
 7  In a rowing eight, what is the oarsman who sits nearest to the bow called? Stroke 
 8 In the summer Olympics, which country leads the procession of the competitors?  Greece 
 9  Brian Baister is the chairman of which sport’s ruling body?  Rugby Union
 10 A score of 3 under par in golf is known as a what? Albatross 
 11  How many times was Sugar Ray Robinson world welterweight champion?
 12  What’s the name of Wolverhampton Wanderer’s ground? Molyneux 
 13  What game is played to the Harvard rules? American Football 
 14  There are 2 styles of Olympic wrestling – Freestyle and what? Graeco-Roman 
 15  In which sport might you go herringboning? Skiing 
 16  Which was the largest group to have a No 1 in the 80’s? St Winifred’s School Choir 
 17  Which 80’s band included Philip Oakey and Susanne Sulley? Human League 
 18  Who in which song says "I’ve been undressed by kings"? Charlene, I’ve never been to me. 
 19  You win again was an 80’s No 1 for which group? Bee Gees 
 20  Which Radio 1 DJ first refused to play Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s Relax? Mike Reid 
 21  For what purpose do we use mercury and sodium vapour? Street Lamps 
 22  The oil of which tree is used in the production of gin? Juniper 
 23  What is another name for solid carbon dioxide? Dry Ice 
 24  Is the begonia an annual, biennial or perennial plant? Perennial 
 25  To which part of the body do the carotid arteries carry blood? Brain/Head 

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