The Pear Tree Quiz - August 3rd 1998

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1 Last week, Derek Bentley was finally pardoned for the murder of policeman Sidney Miles. Who actually shot the policeman, serving 10 years, while Bentley was hung?  
2 How many honorary degrees has newsreader Trevor McDonald been awarded from universities?  
3 What is the state capital of California?  
4 Which Roman Emperor successfully invaded Britain?  
5 What is the Church of England going to give every household in Britain for the Millennium?  
6 Which bird has been voted the most popular by birdwatchers?  
7 What is the name given to the murder of a mother by her child?  
8 Who is the patron saint of fishermen?  
9 What was the name of the family of singers in the Sound of Music?  
10 Alcohol Concern is trying to get the sale or drinking of alcohol banned from where?  
11 Which member of the British Royal family now has a stud in her tongue?  
12 Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?  
13 In which war did Florence Nightingale nurse wounded soldiers?  
14 In cooking what is meant by dredging?  
15 What is the least used letter in the English language?  
16 What is a baby whale called?  
17 In which decade of this century did electric refrigerators first appear?  
18 In Coronation Street, who plays Curly Watts?  
19 What was the very first breakfast cereal, invented by H.D. Perky, and still on sale today?  
20 Jeeves was the perfect butler, but who was his boss?  
21 Where is Shakespeare buried?  
22 What is the usual occupation of a Leprechaun?  
23 What was Margaret Thatcher’s maiden name?  
24 Which herb is used to flavour the tomato sauce on a pizza?  
25 Which actress had the female lead in the Hitchcock film, The Birds?  

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Round 2

Sport, Call My Bluff, Fish & Chips, Real Names and Nicknames

1 Which is the first stroke in the medley relay in swimming?  
2 How old must a horse be before it can take part in a steeplechase?  
3 Which 3 sports make up the Olympic triathlon?  
4 In which sport could you see a Musher?  
5 Which was the first British football club to win the European cup?  
6 Is an AGLET a) The Old English version of eaglet, b) the little bit of metal at the end of shoelaces, c) The little floating things you can see in your eyes, or d) A baby alligator?  
7 Is a NOCK, a) to get someone pregnant, b) a small crevasse in a glacier, c) the bit of an arrow the bowstring fits in, or d) to tack to windward in a yacht?  
8 Is a FAITOR, a) an imposter, b) a forger, c) a chariot driver, or d) the person who sticks the handles onto cups in a pottery works?  
9 Is OSNABURG a) a coarse cloth from Osnabruck in Germany, b) the original name for Osnabruck in Germany, c) a type of coach developed in Osnabruck, or d) the river that flows through Osnabruck?  
10 Is a CARIOLE, a) A Brazilian Christmas Carol, b) the darkish area around a man’s nipples, c) A small French chapel, or d) a light cart or carriage?  
11 What is the largest fish?  
12 Computer memory chips are known as RAM – what does it stand for?  
13 Which fish, if caught in the rivers of Britain, legally must be given to the Queen?  
14 In all the computer ads, you see chips like the P100, P166, P200, P233, P300 etc – what does the P stand for?  
15 What is the most ferocious fresh water fish?  
16 Which rugby player was nicknamed the King?  
17 What was Eric Morecambe’s real name  
18 Joseph Yule made several films in the 30s with Frances Gumm – how were they better known?  
19 Which comedian was nicknamed Parrot Face?  
20 Thomas Hicks left the merchant navy to become a pop singer in the 50’s and then went on to be a family entertainer in many musicals – how is he better known?  
21 What was Stan Laurel’s real name?  
22 What is Cliff Richard’s real name?  
23 David Solberg is an actor, and a friend of a British MP – how is he better known?  
24 Magdalena Von Losch was a famous German actress – how do we know her?  
25 What did William Henry Pratt change his name to when he joined the movie industry?  

 

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