The Pear Tree Quiz 12th October 98
Round 1 General Knowledge/Current Affairs
1 | What is an eagles nest called? | Eyrie |
2 | How many bones are there in the human body? | 206 |
3 | Which snooker player explained last week why there were so few women in the sport by saying it was perhaps because they have big breasts? | Jimmy White |
4 | In Poker what is the better hand a flush or a full house? | Full house |
5 | What are dominators, luminators and butterflies? | Types of yo-yo |
6 | Which pharoah is credited with building the Great Pyramid? | Cheops/Khufu |
7 | Who has decided that she is too tired to get up for breakfast? | Denise van Outen |
8 | How many games make up a match in Squash? | 5 |
9 | In what war was the battle of Spion Kop? | Boer War |
10 | Is LUNTING a) Flashing your eyes at someone, b) Embroidery on the front of a blouse, c) A small two-seater horse drawn carriage or d) A Jamaican flat fish? | A |
11 | Which British King was nicknamed The Merry Monarch? | Charles II |
12 | From which part of the plant does Ginger come from? | Root |
13 | Which well known company was founded in 1943 by pro-Nazi Ingvar Kamprad? | Ikea |
14 | In which novel does the heroine marry Mr. Rochester? | Jane Eyre |
15 | What is a young eel called? | An Elver |
16 | From which language does the word Yo-Yo come? | Filipino (Tagalog) |
17 | And what was the original usage for a yo-yo? | A weapon of war! |
18 | Whose live album of a controversial 1966 concert in Manchester is released this week? | Bob Dylan |
19 | Which footballer was accidentally headed in the foot by a team mate last week? | John Hartson who was filmed kicking Eyal Berkovic in the face. |
20 | This week the Nobel Prizes are announced which ex-prime minister of Britain won the Nobel prize for literature? | Winston Churchill |
21 | Which of the following were not genuine research papers published recently?a) Homosexual behaviour in the common leech, b) A study of why toast always falls on its buttered side, c) Farting as a defence against unspeakable dread, d) The transmission of gonorrhea through an inflatable doll. | A I made that one up! |
22 | How many hurdles are there in the 110 metre hurdles? | 10 |
23 | Who is third in line for the throne of Britain? | Prince Henry |
24 | Name either of the films for which Marlon Brando won an Oscar? | On the Waterfront, Godfather |
25 | What is the filling of a Banbury cake? | Currants, Peel and Sugar |
Round 2
Lets Play Blockbusters! (Blockbusters is a TV quiz where competitors pick a letter)
A | Which A is the mountain that Noahs Ark landed on? | Ararat |
B | Which B is an European country that has 3 official languages? | Belgium |
C | Which C is the French word for a hat? | Chapeau |
D | Which D is a town in France famous for mustard? | Dijon |
E | Which E had a hit called Did You Ever in 1996? | East 17 |
F | What did the F stand for in John F Kennedy? | Fitzgerald |
G | What G was the Scottish school which Prince Charles went to as a boy? | Gordonstoun |
H | Which H was a famous Battle of Britain fighter? | Hurricane |
I | Which I is a deep blue colour? | Indigo |
J | Which J was the worlds first black heavyweight champion? | Jack Johnson |
K | Which K is Mike Tysons manager? | Don King |
L | What L is the Egyptian town where the temple of Karnak can be found? | Luxor |
M | What M goes from London to Oxford? | M40 |
N | What N is a type of toad? | Natterjack |
O | What O is Britains largest cruise liner? | Oriana |
P | Which P is a word that reads the same backwards as forwards? | Palindrome |
Q | Which Q is the capital of Ecuador? | Quito |
R | What R was Cliff Bennets backing group? | Rebel Rousers |
S | What S is another name for the N.American mythical creature Bigfoot? | Sasquatch |
T | What T is the capital of Libya? | Tripoli |
U | Which U was a character from Dickens and a 70s pop group? | Uriah Heep |
V | Which V was nicknamed a Doodlebug? | V1 |
W | Which W caused the downfall of President Nixon? | Watergate |
Y | Which Y was a wartime conference of the Allied leaders? | Yalta |
Z | Which Z is the American version of a courgette? | Zucchini |