The Pear Tree Quiz 21st September, 1998
Round 1 In the News, Sport, Music, TV
1 | Where is the Liberal Party holding its conference this week? | Brighton |
2 | Who was the mystery VIP at todays Manchester celebrations for the Commonwealth Games? | Prince Edward |
3 | Which nurse caused controversy by getting a new job last week? | Deborah Parry of Saudi Arabian fame |
4 | Who did Scary Spice marry last week? | Jimmy Gulzar |
5 | Which former Prime Minister said that if he was starting out again, he would not join his own party? | Ted Heath |
6 | Which Middlesex cricketer hung up his box last week after 24 seasons and over 40,000 runs? | Mike Gatting |
7 | Which football club play at Selhurst Park? | Wimbledon |
8 | The Sheffield Sharks play which sport? | Basketball |
9 | Which woman won Commonwealth Gold for England in the long jump? | Joanne Wise |
10 | Who is the current WBO heavyweight title holder? | Herbie Hide |
11 | Point each what are the children called in the song "When Im 64"? | Vera, Chuck and Dave |
12 | In which city was Joe Cocker born? | Sheffield |
13 | Which 1977 hit told about "Four hungry children, and a crop in the field"? | Lucille |
14 | Who replaced Brian Jones in the Rolling Stones? | Mick Taylor |
15 | Who had a very minor hit in 1988 with a re-release of Leader of the Pack? | Julian Clary (or as he was at that time the Joan Collins Fan Club) |
16 | In Dixon of Dock Green, who was Dixons detective son-in-law? | Andy Crawford |
17 | What is the name of Channel 4s popular science series, modelled on Horizon? | Equinox |
18 | Who chairs University Challenge? | Jeremy Paxman |
19 | Which Coronation Street character is played by Vicky Entwistle? | Janice Battersby |
20 | "Clare drops a bombshell on Martin as Mandy braces herself for a visit from Archies posh mother" which program? | Game On |
21 | Who presents The Antiques Roadshow? | Hugh Scully |
22 | What was the name of Dr Kildares boss? | Dr Gillespie |
23 | Which of the Avengers girls was played by Linda Thorson? | Tara King |
24 | In Miami Vice, what was the first name of Tubbs? | Ricardo |
25 | What type of program was No Hiding Place? | Crime series |
Round 2
Naughty Words, Myths and legends, Authors and Weights and Measures
1 | Is a MERKIN a) a promiscuous monk, b) a pubic wig or c) an under-age prostitute? | B |
2 | Is a POPLOLLY a) an early word for a phallic symbol, b) a mistress, or c) a young girl? | B |
3 | A PHILLICOCK is it a) a young cock (male chicken), b) a wanton woman, or c) another word for penis? | C |
4 | Does MAKELESS mean a) Without a husband, b) impotent or c) a substance used to remove make-up? | A |
5 | Is DILLING a) Fondling or Cuddling, b) The lesbian equivalent of cruising or c) a child born to aged parents? | C |
6 | FERBLET is it a) a dwarf, b) effeminate, or c) impotent? | B |
7 | Does ANAGRIF mean a) the act of making love to an unmarried woman, b) The illegitimate son of a German Count or c) an ancient fertility symbol found in caves? | A |
8 | Is a BELSWAGGER a) an old witch, b) A pimp or c) an effeminate male? | B |
9 | Is a RABIATOR a) an early hand-powered vibrator, b) a spreader of disease or c) a loud and violent person? | C |
10 | Is a FISGIG a) An Irish dance banned in the 1700s because it was too erotic, b) a flirt, or c) sexually provocative clothing? | B |
11 | Who was the Roman god of the sea? | Neptune |
12 | Which mythical person killed his father and married his mother? | Oedipus |
13 | Which Egyptian God had the head of a jackal? | Anubis |
14 | Only one of the planets is not named after a Greek or Roman god which one? | Earth |
15 | What sort of creature was half-man, half horse? | A centaur |
16 | Who wrote Robinson Crusoe? | Daniel Defoe |
17 | Who wrote Blott on the Landscape? | Tom Sharpe |
18 | Which film stars autobiography was called "My Wicked Wicked Ways"? | Errol Flynn |
19 | What was the name of the Bronte sisters only brother? | Branwell |
20 | Who was the Yorkshire vet who wrote "All Creatures Great and Small"? | James Herriot |
21 | Of what is the Bar the unit of measure? | Atmospheric pressure |
22 | How many feet in a mile? | 5280 |
23 | A hand is how much? | 4 inches |
24 | What is measured by the quire? | Paper |
25 | How many bottles of champagne make up a Jeroboam? | 4 |