The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz - 15th February 99.
Round 1 General Knowledge/Current Affairs,
1 | Who did Popeye often have to fight for Olive Oyls favours? | |
2 | What is the more common name for the disease Rubella? | |
3 | The Midland Bank is changing its name to HSBC what does the HS stand for? | |
4 | How many players are there in a baseball team? | |
5 | Who is the new king of Jordan? | |
6 | Who did Robert Ford shoot in Missouri in 1867 for a $10,000 reward? | |
7 | How many tiles are there in a Scrabble set? | |
8 | The word is CACKLEBERRIES is it a) CB Radio slang for eggs, b) Any berries with hard seeds in them, c) toothless old hags, or d) a Scottish word for Acorns? | |
9 | If you were born on May 1st, what star sign would you be? | |
10 | Which country always leads the Olympic opening procession? | |
11 | Blondie were top of the charts last week with Maria they have re-united after how many years? | |
12 | Which tobacco company has just lost the Royal Warrant, and must remove the royal coat of arms from its packets? | |
13 | What colour are letter boxes in France? | |
14 | Which musical instrument is played by the leader of the orchestra? | |
15 | Which sport was officially rejected last week as an Olympic trial event? | |
16 | Point each who were the first men to climb Mount Everest? | |
17 | Which New Mexico town was supposed to have been visited by aliens in the late 1940s? | |
18 | Which volcano destroyed the city of Pompeii? | |
19 | Which childrens TV character has been outed as gay by American preacher Jerry Falwell? | |
20 | From which planet did Mork come from in Mork and Mindy? | |
21 | Complete Bart Simpsons blackboard quote "A burp is not.." | |
22 | What did St Patrick allegedly chase out of Ireland? | |
23 | Talking of Ireland whats the Irish equivalent of the BBC? | |
24 | What did supermarket owner Sylvan Goldman invent in 1937? | |
25 | In which year was the state of Israel created? |
Round 2
This weeks TV,Famous Cats, Bond Films, Foreign Food
1 | The Brit Awards are on Wednesday evening who is hosting them? | |
2 | Nick Jordan helps a family make a difficult choice, but clashes with Karen over their troubled past which program? | |
3 | In which program could you see Jill Dando, Jimmy Mulville and Ruth Stevenson? | |
4 | Whats the name of the new drama series on BBC1 about a womens football team in Yorkshire? | |
5 | Who is returning to the screen on Friday with a new series of Murder Most Horrid? | |
6 | Whats the name of the Clintons cat? | |
7 | Which cartoon cat loves lasagne? | |
8 | Which author created the Cheshire cat? | |
9 | Whats the name of Datas cat in Star Trek? | |
10 | Whos cat is named Hot Dog? | |
11 | Dr Seuss wrote about which famous cat? | |
12 | Who wrote the poems upon which the musical Cats was based? | |
13 | Which cartoon cat never got the bird? | |
14 | Which cartoon cats catch phrase was "Heavens to Murgatroyd"? | |
15 | Which cat was the first cartoon movie star? | |
16 | In which James Bond film is Scaramanga the villain? | |
17 | In which Bond film do we meet Oddjob? | |
18 | What is the name of Ms secretary in most James Bond films? | |
19 | Who sung the theme to the James Bond film "Thunderball"? | |
20 | Which James Bond film was the first to star Timothy Dalton as Bond? | |
21 | Whats the name given to savoury Indian pasties filled with meat or vegetables, and flavoured with herbs and spices? | |
22 | What are the little parcels of raw fish and rice called in Japanese cookery? | |
23 | If you were in an American restaurant and wanted your food grilled, what word would you look for on the menu? | |
24 | What is the main spice used to make a Hungarian Goulash? | |
25 | From where do Balti dishes originate? |