The Pear Tree Quiz 28th June 1999
Round 1 General Knowledge/Current Affairs,
1 | What was the name of the Snail in the Magic Roundabout? | Brian |
2 | Who is featured on the back of the new £20 note? | Edward Elgar |
3 | How many Tesco stores are there in Greater Manchester? | 19 |
4 | What was the last British coin to be abolished? | The Half-Penny in 1984 |
5 | Whats the name of Claude Greengrasss dog in Heartbeat? | Alfred |
6 | Alba is the Celtic name for which country in the United Kingdom? | Scotland |
7 | Which round of next years FA cup clashes with the World Club Competition in Brazil? | 4th |
8 | In which war did jet fighters first fight each other? | Korean War |
9 | What one thing is it impossible to do with the eyes open? | Sneeze |
10 | Research published last week shows that the average parent talks to their child for how long each day? | 12 minutes |
11 | Todays word how would you feel if you were FORSWANKED? is it a) Gazumped, b) Jilted, c) Exhausted, d) In pain? | C |
12 | Whats the capital of Iceland? | Reykjavik |
13 | How much does a cubic meter of water weigh? | 1 tonne |
14 | Its soon to be the Millennium so what year followed 1BC? | 1AD |
15 | What was the first name of Frankenstein? | Victor |
16 | In which Shakespearean play does Banquo appear? | Macbeth |
17 | What make of car does James Bond drive in his latest films? | BMW |
18 | Whose last words were "Let not poor Nelly starve"? | Charles II |
19 | Dry Ice is the solid form of which gas? | Carbon Dioxide |
20 | In which TV program is Blue Peters John Noakes making a comeback? | Mad About Pets |
21 | A nebuchadnezzar is a bottle containing how many standard bottles of champagne? | 20 |
22 | From which movie: "Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!" | Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
23 | Gas Mark 4 is equivalent to what temperature? | 180 C or 350 F |
24 | What is Prince Edwards new title? | Earl of Wessex |
25 | What are the odds on getting a flush in a game of poker? | 509 to 1 |
Round 2
Real Names, Sport, Leading Ladies & Loads of Animals
1 | Rita Maria Crudgington changed her name when she became a pop singer in a 4 person group and a TV personality Who was she? | Cheryl Baker |
2 | How was opera singer Maria Cecilia Sophia Anna Kalogeropoulos better known? | Maria Callas |
3 | Virginia Hensley was a famous country singer before she died how was she better known? | Patsy Cline |
4 | Whats Ringo Starrs real name? | Richard Starkey |
5 | Steven Giorgiu became Yusuf Islam, but how is he better known? | Cat Stevens |
6 | In which sport do the participants and the audience not know the score until the end of the event? | Boxing |
7 | What popular team sport was invented by James Naismith? | Basketball |
8 | Who was the first unseeded player to win the Mens Singles at Wimbledon? | Boris Becker |
9 | Talking of Wimbledon, in what year did a Brit win the Mens Singles last? | 1936 Fred Perry |
10 | What sport is played to the Harvard Rules? | American Football |
11 | What Boxing weight comes between Fly and Feather? | Bantam |
12 | What is the only gymnastic exercise, other than the floor performance that both men and women have in common? | Vault |
13 | In what year was Shergar kidnapped? | 1983 |
14 | The Pumas are the nickname of which international Rugby team? | Argentina |
15 | Who were the only brothers who were both County Cricketers and 1st Division footballers? | Leslie and Dennis Compton |
16 | Which actress has written several books on reincarnation? | Shirley Mclaine |
17 | Which leading lady married singer Lyle Lovett? | Julia Roberts |
18 | Name the 2 actress daughters of Sir John Mills? | Hayley and Juliet |
19 | Which singer did Sissy Spacek play in Coal Miners Daughter? | Loretta Lynn |
20 | Who played Eliza in My Fair Lady on Broadway, but lost the role to Audrey Hepburn in the film? | Julie Andrews |
21 | What birds when together are known as a murder or a hover? | Crows |
22 | What animals go round in a skulk? | Foxes |
23 | A collection of owls is known as a what? | Parliament |
24 | A Clowder is a collection of which domestic animal? | Cats |
25 | When a lot of geese are in flight, what are they known as? | A skein |