The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz 16th August 1999

 

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

In which of the Bond films did Diana Rigg play the female lead?

 

2

What two counties lie on either side of the Wash?

 

3

What connects inflamed testicles with the railway in Oldham?

 

4

How many pieces does each player have in a game of Backgammon?

 

5

In which year was the first Woodstock Festival?

 

6

Who was lead singer with Frankie Goes To Hollywood?

 

7

Who said last week “Des and I are very different – He’s really good for a start”?

 

8

What was invented by Jean de Mestral, after discovering that teasels and other burrs stuck to his clothes, using thousands of tiny hooks?

 

9

What sort of creature is a Pipistrelle?

 

10

What’s the latest craze in things you can get from vending machines in Japan?

 

11

Who beat Captain Scott to the South Pole?

 

12

William Bonney was a famous figure in the Wild West – how was he better known?

 

13

The word is PANARIS. Is it a) A Greek ocean liner of the 1930’s, b) Another word for a whitlow, c) a Roman bakery, or d) An ancient Egyptian city?

 

14

Point each, what were the surnames of Bonnie and Clyde?

 

15

Who, after last week, would not call in Mr.Patel, the electrician?

 

16

What acid is the main constituent of vinegar?

 

17

The first atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima – where was the second dropped?

 

18

In which year will the next total eclipse be visible from Britain?

 

19

How much more per year should digital licence payers have to pay, if the BBC gets its way?

 

20

Who is Bart Simpson’s best friend?

 

21

What did people do with Oxford Bags?

 

22

How many prime ministers has Russia had over the last 18 months?

 

23

In betting terms, how much is a monkey?

 

24

In Doctor Who, who created the Daleks?

 

25

What river feeds the reservoirs around the Ladybower dam?

 

 


Round 2

Bobs, This Week’s sport, Children’s books,Foreign Money, Famous murders

 

1

Which Bob is a famous Scottish hero?

 

2

Which Bob is or was lead singer with The Cure?

 

3

Which Bob starred in Hart to Hart?

 

4

Which Bob was a famous 19th Century poet, who married Elizabeth Barret?

 

5

Which political Bob is also a handout for the unemployed?

 

6

Since Ruud Gullit took over as manager of Newcastle, they have played 40 matches – how many have they won?

 

7

Tiger Woods won the US PGA tournament yesterday – How many under par was he for the tournament?

 

8

What position did Damon Hill finish in yesterday’s Hungarian Grand Prix?

 

9

Where are this week’s Athletics World Championships being held?

 

10

Which local football club play at Seel Park?

 

11

Who wrote about the BFG?

 

12

What was the first strange animal that Alice saw in Wonderland?

 

13

Arthur Ransome wrote a book about some children and their boating exploits – what was it called?

 

14

What was the name of the dog in the Famous Five series?

 

15

Who wrote The Hobbit?

 

16

In which country could you spend Escudos?

 

17

What’s the currency in Japan?

 

18

How many dimes in a dollar?

 

19

Kenya and Austria have the same name for their currency – what?

 

20

What’s the currency in Greece?

 

21

How many women did Jack the Ripper murder?

 

22

Who led the gang who murdered Sharon Tate and her friends?

 

23

Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, who killed 13 women did what for a living?

 

24

Who did John Wilkes Boothe assassinate?

 

25

Which famous murderer was portrayed on film by Rod Steiger?

 

 

 

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