The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz - 1st March 1999

This week's quiz was not one of mine - I merely typed the questions after we came 2nd!

 

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs,

1 Who invented the Hovercraft?  
2 10 years either way - when was the first successful parachute jump?  
3 What is a young hare called?  
4 AIDS is a killer disease - what do the initials stand for?  
5 Very topical at the moment in Britain - if you belonged to the organisation known as CARD what cause would you support?  
6 What is the correct name for a bird's feathers?  
7 The Cheetah is the fastest animal on 4 legs - what is the reputed fasted on 2 legs?  
8 Where would you find the Dewey Decimal System in use?  
9 Name the countries that comprise the Benelux countries?  
10 Which canal goes between Fort William and Inverness?  
11 M denotes the head of MI5, but which letter denotes the head of MI6?  
12 What nationality was Adolf Hitler?  
13 Name the branch of mathematics that deals with relationships between the sides and angles of triangles?  
14 What's the value of Pi to 3 decimal places?  
15 What's the average human body temperature in Celsius?  
16 There are 4 principal types of teeth - for a point each, name them?  
17 If you were suffering from CALVITIES, what would be wrong with you?  
18 What are the 4 families of instruments in a symphony orchestra?  
19 What connection does the legendary Greek messenger Pheidippides have with the modern Olympics?  
20 Where in the USA is the nation's gold bullion depository?  
21 If you were an Admiral in the Navy, what equivalent rank would you have in the Army and the Air Force?  
22 Who was the first prime minister of Britain?  
23 What rank in the police is immediately senior to a Chief Inspector?  
24 Who is the patron saint of Tax Collectors?  
25 What is the chemical symbol for gold?  

 

Round 2

In a successful attempt to wreck my chances of winning the quiz, the 2nd round is all sport!

We had Football, Golf, General Sport, Cricket, and Horse Racing

1 Although famous elsewhere, who played for Bournemouth, Fulham, Stockport and Hibernian at various times in his career?  
2 Who was the first player to be sent off in an FA cup Final  
3 Which 2 players featured in the famous shirt-throwing incident during an FA Charity Shield match?  
4 In the 1966 World Cup final, what was the number on Bobby Charlton's shirt?  
5 Which football league club traditionally presents all visiting teams with a crate of fish?  
6 Where could you go from Palm to Magnolia to Juniper?  
7 How did Samuel Ryder of Ryder Cup fame become a millionaire?  
8 What is Fuzzy Zoeller's real first name?  
9 Whose name is on a plaque in the wall of a bunker at the 17th hole?  
10 Where is the Burma Road course?  
11 In which race is the slowest man of the day given a Red Lantern?  
12 What is unique about Bruce Philp in Boat Race history?  
13 How many field events are in the Decathlon?  
14 In which round did Henry Cooper manager to knock down the young Cassius Clay in a title fight?  
15 In which city did Gary Sobers hit 6 sixes in one over?  
16 What type of cricket bat did Dennis Lillee try to market?  
17 What is the cricketing term which denotes the last three batsmen in the batting order?  
18 In which paper was the advertisement for the Ashes of English Cricket appear in 1882?  
19 At which cricket ground is the Vauxhall End?  
20 How many times have the Ashes gone to Australia?  
21 Where is the Arc run?  
22 Which famous horse built up his stamina running along the sands of Southport?  
23 In racing, who is nicknamed The Kentucky Kid?  
24 Which is the only horse this century to have won the Derby by 10 lengths?  
25 What is the shortest official winning distance in horse racing?  

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