The Pear Tree Quiz - 22nd February 1999

Starter for 10 – Name the film or TV series from these cryptic clues

Riot in the sugar fields. The Caine Mutiny
Celebrity battles. Star Wars
A dose of flu before the sabbath. Saturday Night Fever.
Not for the young, these blacksmith’s tools. The X files.
Beagles found by the lake. Reservoir Dogs
If you go near the magnet, it will kill you. Fatal Attraction
Jiving in the mud Dirty Dancing
They don’t start in the West East Enders
If it wasn’t dark, it would be blue. The Sky at Night
He’s not a part time general. The full Monty

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1 For 1 point – what were the names of the two old men who sat in the box during the Muppet show? Stadtler and Waldorf
2 Which famous musical was based on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion? My Fair Lady
3 From which country do the group The Cardigans come? Sweden
4 What would a doctor use an otoscope for? Looking into the ear
5 What’s the latest sport that Sky have taken from the BBC? Sheep dog trials
6 What is the town of Honiton in Devon famous for? Lace
7 Today’s news – what have the British Army totally destroyed? Their supply of land mines.
8 Frinton is an exclusive, snobby little resort in Essex – what has it now got for the first time ever? A pub
9 If you flew to the USA and landed at Logan Airport, which city would you be visiting? Boston
10 Approximately, what is the speed of light in miles per second? 186,000
11 Who is Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s cello playing brother? Julian
12 The word is MULCT is it a) to furnish with decaying vegetable matter, b) to mollycoddle, c) to rob, or d) to moisten? C
13 What was the name of the ship sank in the Solent in 1545, and refloated in the 1980’s? The Mary Rose
14 In last weeks Sea Kayaker magazine, they reviewd the Boombox – what was it? Portable Toilet.
15 Who composed the Flight of the Bumble Bee? Rimsky-Korsakov
16 Which country had the first women MP? Finland
17 What is the main ingredient of coleslaw? Cabbage
18 Who is the dim-witted hunter who never catches Bugs Bunny? Elmer Fudd
19 If Borneo is 3 and Madagascar 4, what are 1 and 2? Greenland and New Guinea
20 How many people were on Noah’s Ark? 8
21 What is the capital of New York State? Albany
22 In the rhyme about magpies,'One for sorrow, two for joy..', what are 6 magpies for? Gold
23 When Mumtaz died in childbirth, what did her husband do? Build the Taj Mahal
24 How many sheets of paper in a Quire? 25
25 In the Army, what is an SLR? Self-Loading Rifle

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Round 2

Sport, The Simpsons, Servants, Foreign Money

1 In which city were the 1984 Winter Olympics held? Sarajevo
2 Which football team are top of Italy’s Serie A? Lazio
3 In golf, a score of 3 under par is known as a what? Albatross
4 Who was captain of Scotland’s Rugby Union team in Saturday’s match against England? Armstrong
5 What is unique about Saturday’s match between Oxford United and Sunderland? Britain’s first Pay-per-View match.
6 What’s Bart’s dog called? Santa’s Little Helper
7 Who owns the Springfield Nuclear power plant? Mr.Burns
8 Who are Marge’s two sisters? Patty and Selma
9 What instrument does Lisa play? Saxophone
10 Rod and Todd are whose children? Ned Flanders
11 What job does Krusty the Clown’s father have? A Rabbi
12 How does Bart always get home from school? On a Skateboard
13 Who is headmaster at Bart’s school? Principal Skinner
14 What’s the name of Apu’s shop? Kwik-E-Mart
15 What colour is Homer’s car? Pink
16 Who was the butler in Upstairs Downstairs? Hudson
17 Who was the butler in To the Manor Born? Brabinger
18 Who was Lady Penelope’s chauffeur? Parker
19 What was the name of Inspector Clouseau’s manservant? Kato
20 Who is the crew’s manservant/butler in Red Dwarf? Kryten
21 In which country could you spend a Zloty? Poland
22 What is the currency of Portugal? Escudos
23 True or False – the currency of Zaire is the Zaire? True
24 The Cruzado is the currency of which South American country? Brazil
25 The Rupiah recently crashed in value – where could you spend it? Indonesia.

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