The Pear Tree Quiz – 28th September 1998

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs,

1 Whose Autobiography is called "Losing my Virginity"?  
2 What are Colombard, Marsan and Semillon?  
3 What time did the Chattanooga Choo Choo leave the station?  
4 What was the first name of the composer Wagner?  
5 To the nearest million, what was Manchester United’s operating profit for the last year?  
6 Who played Boone on TV?  
7 Who is the new President of Germany?  
8 From which plant do we get Linseed Oil?  
9 Where is the Sea of Clouds?  
10 What is the national airline of Holland?  
11 According to a survey by condom manufacturers, Durex, how many times a year do the British have sex – and how long does it last!  
12 Is a HENEQUEN a) A puny fellow, b) The top score possible in croquet, c) the fibre left after tequila is made from cactuses, or d) a group of eleven objects, usually wooden (like a football team!)?  
13 Today’s Simpson’s question – when Homer had hair, what colour was it?  
14 Who was the last Viceroy of India?  
15 What is Elton John’s real name?  
16 What is the name for the towers on a mosque?  
17 What is copperplate?  
18 Which English County name’s abbreviation is Salop?  
19 Where is Shakespeare buried?  
20 What was the main profession of Capability Brown?  
21 2 new digital TV services start this week – One is Sky, what is the other?  
22 What sort of creature is a leatherback?  
23 The film and book The Day of the Jackal was about an attempt to assassinate who?  
24 Which A road runs from London to Fishguard?  
25 What was the name of the cabin boy in Captain Pugwash?  

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Round 2

Film Characters, This Weekend’s Sport, Rhyming Slang, Pop Music

1 What was the second name of Dirty Harry?  
2 What was the name of the family in The Sound of Music?  
3 Point each – what were Batman and Robin’s real character names?  
4 Who was the main female villain in From Russia With Love ( with the daggers in her shoes)  
5 What was the name of the character played by Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca?  
6 Which referee was knocked to the ground by Paolo di Canio?  
7 By how many points is Mikko Hakkinen in the lead in the F1 world Championship?  
8 After this weekend’s matches, which football team is top of the 3rd division?  
9 Where does Lennox Lewis’s weekend opponent Velko Mavrovic come from?  
10 In which sport would you be playing if your team was in the Jewson National League?  
11 Rhyming slang – I bought her some Aprils for her birthday – what are Aprils?  
12 He’s got a Bushel like a tree trunk – what’s a bushel?  
13 She gave me a kiss on my Irish – what’s Irish?  
14 I need a hit before I go out – what’s a hit?  
15 Can I buy you a pig – what’s a pig?  
16 I left my weasel in the pub – what’s a weasel?  
17 He looks a little Westminster today – how does he look?  
18 I needed a new whistle for the wedding – what’s a whistle?  
19 He broke his chalk yesterday – what’s a chalk?  
20 A couple of Nelson’s please – what are Nelsons?  
21 Who was the female member of The Pretenders?  
22 Whose backing group was The Blue Flames?  
23 What did Shanice say "I Love..." in 1991?  
24 Whose best selling album was called Rumours?  
25 Neneh Cherry was born in which country?  

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