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? | |
2 | Who is featured on the back of the new £20 note? | |
3 | How many Tesco stores are there in Greater Manchester? | |
4 | What was the last British coin to be abolished? | |
5 | Whats the name of Claude Greengrasss dog in Heartbeat? | |
6 | Alba is the Celtic name for which country in the United Kingdom? | |
7 | Which round of next years FA cup clashes with the World Club Competition in Brazil? | |
8 | In which war did jet fighters first fight each other? | |
9 | What one thing is it impossible to do with the eyes open? | |
10 | Research published last week shows that the average parent talks to their child for how long each day? | |
11 | Todays word how would you feel if you were FORSWANKED? is it a) Gazumped, b) Jilted, c) Exhausted, d) In pain? | |
12 | Whats the capital of Iceland? | |
13 | How much does a cubic meter of water weigh? | |
14 | Its soon to be the Millennium so what year followed 1BC? | |
15 | What was the first name of Frankenstein? | |
16 | In which Shakespearean play does Banquo appear? | |
17 | What make of car does James Bond drive in his latest films? | |
18 | Whose last words were "Let not poor Nelly starve"? | |
19 | Dry Ice is the solid form of which gas? | |
20 | In which TV program is Blue Peters John Noakes making a comeback? | |
21 | A nebuchadnezzar is a bottle containing how many standard bottles of champagne? | |
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!" | |
23 | Gas Mark 4 is equivalent to what temperature? | |
24 | What is Prince Edwards new title? | |
25 | What are the odds on getting a flush in a game of poker? |
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? | |
2 | How was opera singer Maria Cecilia Sophia Anna Kalogeropoulos better known? | |
3 | Virginia Hensley was a famous country singer before she died how was she better known? | |
4 | Whats Ringo Starrs real name? | |
5 | Steven Giorgiu became Yusuf Islam, but how is he better known? | |
6 | In which sport do the participants and the audience not know the score until the end of the event? | |
7 | What popular team sport was invented by James Naismith? | |
8 | Who was the first unseeded player to win the Mens Singles at Wimbledon? | |
9 | Talking of Wimbledon, in what year did a Brit win the Mens Singles last? | |
10 | What sport is played to the Harvard Rules? | |
11 | What Boxing weight comes between Fly and Feather? | |
12 | What is the only gymnastic exercise, other than the floor performance that both men and women have in common? | |
13 | In what year was Shergar kidnapped? | |
14 | The Pumas are the nickname of which international Rugby team? | |
15 | Who were the only brothers who were both County Cricketers and 1st Division footballers? | |
16 | Which actress has written several books on reincarnation? | |
17 | Which leading lady married singer Lyle Lovett? | |
18 | Name the 2 actress daughters of Sir John Mills? | |
19 | Which singer did Sissy Spacek play in Coal Miners Daughter? | |
20 | Who played Eliza in My Fair Lady on Broadway, but lost the role to Audrey Hepburn in the film? | |
21 | What birds when together are known as a murder or a hover? | |
22 | What animals go round in a skulk? | |
23 | A collection of owls is known as a what? | |
24 | A Clowder is a collection of which domestic animal? | |
25 | When a lot of geese are in flight, what are they known as? |