The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz – October 4th 1999

 

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

What musical instrument can have between 45-47 strings and 7 pedals?

 

2

Which domestic pest has 7 penises of assorted shapes and sizes?

 

3

Which local football team are known as the Bloods?

 

4

Marilyn Monroe was married 3 times – for 3 points name her husbands?

 

5

Which cabinet minister caused a controversy last week when he said that people shouldn’t buy second houses? (He has 3 himself)

 

6

Richard Jenkins was a famous film actor – how was he better known?

 

7

How much is a family ticket to the Millennium dome?

 

8

Which motorway runs between Edinburgh and Glasgow?

 

9

Why could you get a buzz out of money nowadays?

 

10

The VC is the highest military honour, what is its civilian counterpart?

 

11

What do the initials of the private medical organisation BUPA stand for?

 

12

What’s the only country in the world with a single-coloured flag?

 

13

Today’s word is JARGONELLE – is it a) A French dictionary of slang, b) A small love affair, c) Birdsong, or d) A variety of pear?

 

14

The Manchester Basketball team has how many English players?

 

15

Literature – who is the hero of C.S. Forester’s naval adventure stories, set in the Napoleonic Wars?

 

16

Which politician, nicknamed Jagga the Gut by Jeremy Clarkson, needed 2 Jaguars to drive him 250 yards?

 

17

What’s the longest river in the British Isles?

 

18

On which TV show did the late Lena Zavarone get her first break?

 

19

What’s the most popular month for getting married in Britain?

 

20

Which football team play at Valley Parade?

 

21

From which animal do we get Mozzarella cheese?

 

22

On which motor racing circuit would you find Beckett’s?

 

23

The Bullshitters was a Comic Strip parody of which popular 70’s TV series, now revived on Sky One?

 

24

Rickets is caused by the lack of sunlight and what vitamin?

 

25

In 1996 which famous tennis player made his professional debut on the European tour in the Czech Open?

 

 

Round 2

The 7 Wonders of the World, Cars, Pop Music

 

1

Egypt had 2 of the original 7 wonders of the world – one was the Pyramids, what was the other?

 

2

One of the wonders of the world, a tomb of a king, has given us another word for a tomb – what?

 

3

The temple of which goddess at Ephesus was one of the wonders?

 

4

What wonder was set in Babylon?

 

5

On which Greek Island could you find a giant statue?

 

6

What was the first British mass-produced car to be designed by Sir Alec Issigonis?

 

7

Which car maker makes models called Amage and Brooklands?

 

8

Lexus is the brand for upmarket cars made by which company?

 

9

Which car did Henry Ford say the buyer could have in any colour he wanted, as long as it was black?

 

10

From what are the chassis of Morgan cars made?

 

11

What’s the name of the sports car made by Robin makers Reliant?

 

12

Which car company makes the Boxter?

 

13

In which town does Vauxhall have its British head office?

 

14

Which company makes the Freelander?

 

15

Which country do Holden cars come from?

 

16

The Beatles have spent more weeks in the British album charts with 1160 than any other group – who is second?

 

17

What strange place was all too beautiful for the Small Faces?

 

18

Alexei Sayle had a top 20 hit with which song in 1984?

 

19

Which female opera star sang the 1992 Olympic anthem with Freddy Mercury?

 

20

What are the surnames of Robson and Jerome?

 

21

Who had no particular place to go in 1964?

 

22

Who, along with Vince Clark formed Yazoo?

 

23

Which two famous groups featured Jimmy Somerville?

 

24

With which group was Marc Almond the vocalist?

 

25

Which group evolved out of Joy Division?

 

 

 

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