The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz – 21st December 1998

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1 Which chess piece always moves on its own colour?  
2 What is General Pinochet’s first name?  
3 Which English Cathedral town has the shortest name – 3 letters?  
4 How much will a colour TV license cost from next April?  
5 A film company wants to hire an actor for a part in a forthcoming film – only problem is he must have a 55 inch waist! – what’s the film and the part?  
6 Who is the captain of the England Rugby Union team?  
7 In the last Gulf war 1991 – who was the Commander in Chief of the Allied Forces?  
8 If a soldier had the letters MC after his name, what would it mean?  
9 Which type of pea is served whole, including the pod?  
10 What is the highest number on a Roulette wheel?  
11 The word is PONGO is it a) Latin for I Smell, b) A French deodorant trade-name, c) an ornamental ladies dagger, or d) the species name for an Orang-Utang?  
12 Which Roman general became Cleopatra’s lover, and died just before her?  
13 How many articles of Impeachment will Clinton have to face next month?  
14 What strange name did Cher give her daughter?  
15 Simpson’s question – what’s the name of Bart’s dog?  
16 What nationality was the writer of fairy stories, Hans Christian Anderson?  
17 According to Top Gear, what is their car of the year for this year?  
18 What is the chemical formula for salt?  
19 For which sport would you compete in the Swaythling cup?  
20 In which year was the Manchester United air disaster?  
21 According to the nursery rhyme, what is Wednesday’s child?  
22 Helios was the Greek god of what?  
23 What was the Roman name for Chester?  
24 Point each – Coronation Street – what are the names of Ken Barlow’s twin children?  
25 What is the name of the dog in Peter Pan?  

 

Round 2

Christmas Trivia, Christmas Hits, It Happened on Christmas Day

1 If she had enough room to store them, how many presents in total would my true love have got on the twelfth day of Christmas?  
2 What was the name of Scrooge’s dead partner in A Christmas Carol  
3 What carol contains the lines "O tidings of comfort and joy"?  
4 What 1990 film told the story of a boy’s experiences when 2 strangers broke into his house over Christmas?  
5 In the song, Winter Wonderland, the couple pretend the snowman is who?  
6 For 3 points, name the 3 Wise Men?  
7 On which tree does mistletoe usually grow?  
8 For a point each, and a 10 pt bonus if you get all 9, name Santa’s reindeer  
9 From which country does the National Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square come?  
10 St Nicholas is said to be the origin of Santa Claus – when is his day, on which Dutch children get their presents?  
11 Point each – what were the names of Rolf Harris’s 2 little boys?  
12 How many Christmas No. 1’s did the Beatles have?  
13 There have been 2 versions of Mary’s Boy Child that made it to the Christmas No 1 – who recorded them?  
14 Where was Santa Claus according to Spitting Image in 1972?  
15 What did Dora Bryan want for Christmas in 1963?  
16 Which comedian was Rocking around the Christmas Tree in 1986?  
17 What kind of Merry Christmas did a Common group of environmentalists want us to have in 1974?  
18 What was Human League’s 1981 Christmas No 1?  
19 In which year did There’s No-one quite like Grandma make No 1?  
20 Elvis Presley only had one Christmas No 1 in 1962 – what was it?  
21 In 1941, which British Garrison surrendered to the Japanese on Christmas day?  
22 Which Christmas Carol was heard for the first time on Christmas Day 1818?  
23 The dictator of which country was executed on Christmas Day 1989?  
24 In 1995, America’s favourite drunk died on Christmas day – who was he?  
25 Which singer/songwriter, famous for drinking and his mismatched teeth was born on Christmas day 1957  

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