The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz – 18th October 1999

 

This week there are only 25 questions, as the 2nd round was a music round!

 

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

Which song has been voted the most irritating noise to come out of personal stereos – was it a) Ooh Ahh Just a little bit, b) I should be so lucky, or c) Barbie girl?

C – it’s the most irritating anyway!

2

Which famous dance of the 1920’s shared its name with a city in the southern United States?

Charleston

3

What is the red food colouring made from small Mexican beetles?

Cochineal

4

Where in your body could you find rods and cones?

In the eye

5

In a game of water polo, how many team members can be in the water at the same time?

7

6

Which female singer has just published her autobiography “If Only”?

Geri Halliwell

7

What was the name of the Argentinian cruiser sunk in the Falklands war?

General Belgrano

8

Football. In the 1995-96 season, which player made just eight Premiership appearances for his club, but played seven times for England - including all five games in Euro '96?

Darren Anderton

 

9

If you were using a pine cone to forecast weather, how would you know it was going to rain?

It would close up

10

Which song has been voted the best lyric of the century recently?

Imagine

11

Which country won the World Conker Championship last week in Northamptonshire?

England!

12

In 1940, the government wanted the population to save wood. – did they a) encourage women to wear lower heels, b) ask people to only use 1 walking stick or c) encourage women to use plastic bowls and spoons instead of wooden ones?

A

13

Who is jazz singer Cleo Laine’s husband?

Johnny Dankworth

14

In which country would you find the famous Kimberley gold mine?

South Africa

15

If your birthstone is turquoise, when is your birth month?

December

16

3 years either way – when did Richard Branson launch Virgin Airways?

1985

17

Who has been voted the sexiest man in the world by the readers of Cosmopolitan magazine?

Robbie Williams

18

What animal’s name literally means River Horse?

Hippopotamus

19

What was the character played by Joan Collins in Dynasty?

Alexis Colby

20

In which country would you find the world’s oldest brewery – still brewing?

Germany

21

True or false – a python will kill you in seconds with its poison?

False – it crushes its prey

22

What is that part of the Atlantic Ocean called where many ships and airplanes have disappeared without trace?

Bermuda Triangle.

23

What would you do with a dhoti – would you a) ride in it, b) eat it, c) wear it, or d) make love to it for a small payment?

C

24

Who killed Billy the Kid?

Pat Garret

25

What is Bob Dylan’s real name?

Robert Zimmerman

 

 

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