The Pear Tree Quiz – 2nd November 1998

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1 What’s the minimum legal age to buy fireworks?  
2 Which book is at the top of the British Hardback charts?  
3 In which national daily newspaper do the cartoon strips Badlands & Livvy appear?  
4 Who composed the opera Carmen?  
5 Which arm and eye did Nelson lose?  
6 Weights and measures – how many fathoms are there in a chain?  
7 In which film does Kevin Costner play a golf Champion?  
8 Is a PANTALEON a) A cross between a panther and a lion, b) a character in old Italian comedy – like a pantomime dame, c) A musical instrument with 200 strings, played with hammers, or d) The old Spanish word for trousers, from which we get pantaloons?  
9 Who said last week that "Running down Oxford Street, stark naked, singing I am what I am would have been a more dignified way to come out"?  
10 Which king was the present Queen’s grandfather?  
11 How old is Cher?
12 Who according to the media went from gobble gulch to crack alley?  
13 What colour is Lady Penelope’s Rolls Royce – Extra point for its registration?  
14 Whose unfortunate children are named Rummer, Scout and Tallulah Belle?  
15 What fruit is Perry made from?  
16 Which car manufacturer makes a model called the Legacy?  
17 In criminal slang, what is a Peter?  
18 What is the world’s most southerly capital city?  
19 Which two seas are linked by the Suez Canal?  
20 What kind of creature is a Pipistrelle?  
21 Which organisation has the motto Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity?  
22 In TV’s Heartbeat, who plays Claude Greengrass?  
23 Including repeats, how many times a week can you hear the Archers on Radio 4?  
24 What’s the name of Walt Disney’s latest cartoon feature film?  
25 Sharon, Andrea, Caroline and Jim are better known as what?  

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Round 2

80’s Sport, 80’s Number Ones, 80’s Films and 80’s News

1 Who, in 1988-89 rode 221 winners to break the National Hunt record of 149?  
2 Which woman tennis player won the Grand Slam and the new Olympic Singles title in 1988?  
3 In which city did Torville and Dean win Olympic Gold in 1984?  
4 Which team did Liverpool beat to win the European Cup in 1984?  
5 Which Scottish Darts player won the World Championships in 1982?  
6 Which British Golfer won the 1987 Open at Muirfield?  
7 Which 2nd division team won the 1980 Cup Final?  
8 Where were the 1988 Summer Olympics held?  
9 Which British Athlete won the 1980 Olympic 100m Gold Medal?  
10 Who beat Eusebio Pedrosa to becom WBA Featherweight Champion in 1985?  
11 Which record got to no 1 in August 1985, 20 years after it was a hit for a singing duo in 1965?  
12 What was Charlene’s one hit wonder of 1982?  
13 In which year was Madonna’s first No 1 hit?  
14 It was the last No 1 of the 70s and the first of the 80’s – what was it?  
15 What was Rod Stewart’s only No 1 of the 80s?  
16 In which 1989 film did Meg Ryan fake an orgasm in a restaurant?  
17 Which 1982 epic film holds the record for the greatest number of extras?  
18 In which year was the Richard Burton film 1984 actually released?  
19 The Man... The Music... The Madness... The Murder... The Motion Picture – which 1984 Oscar winning film about a composer?  
20 Which car featured in the 1985 movie Back to the Future?  
21 Which famous British actor, once married to Vivien Leigh died in 1989?  
22 Whose son got lost in the Sahara in 1982?  
23 In which year did Channel 4 start broadcasting?  
24 30 people died in a fire in which London tube station in 1987?  
25 The sale of whose jewels made £5million in 1987?  

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