The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz - 5th April 1999.
Round 1 General Knowledge/Current Affairs,
1 | Which cartoon strip hero is 60 this year? | |
2 | And which 15year old comic character is really 70 this year? | |
3 | Which pop group is returning to its roots by playing in pubs this year? | |
4 | What was Judy Garland's real name? | |
5 | What name is given to a community farm in Israel? | |
6 | In which pantomime does Widow Twankey appear? | |
7 | In Saturday's Boat Race, to the nearest 5 lbs, how much did the Cambridge cox weigh? | |
8 | What was the Supreme's only British No 1? | |
9 | What distinction did Captain Wiz Dwelle earn last week? | |
10 | Which secret society has Cosa Nostra as another name? | |
11 | From which country do we get Feta cheese? | |
12 | The word is RUSTICLE is it a) the long deposits of rust seen on wrecks like the Titanic, b) All that can be seen on the box of cereal that Marge buys at the beginning of the Simpsons - Krusticles, c) the Shakespearean word for a country-dweller or d) the nickname for ice-lollies made out of Irn-Bru? | |
13 | Oscar Wilde once said that "Foxhunting is the pursuit of the uneatable by>>>>" what? | |
14 | What would you do with an ocarina? | |
15 | Who sponsors the Scottish Premier League? | |
16 | After how many years of marriage do you have a ruby wedding? | |
17 | What is the highest mountain in Africa? | |
18 | How did Melissa cause chaos last week? | |
19 | Who was Penelope Keith's co-star in "To the Manor Born" and "Executive Stress"? | |
20 | How many consecutive number 1 hits did the Beatles have between 1963 and 1966, according to the Guinness book of Hit Singles? | |
21 | Which footballer's name is an anagram of He is like Piglet? | |
22 | By what name was the fictional Lord Greystoke better known? | |
23 | In the 1992 Summer Olympics, three new medal events were added - 2 were Baseball and Women's Judo, what was the 3rd? | |
24 | What does Alex Ferguson have in common with Nelson Mandela and Winston Churchill? | |
25 | At which battle did Davy Crockett die? |
Round 2
It's Blockbusters -Pick a letter, and it's your joker!
A | Up to which number would you have to count, before you got one containing an A? | |
B | Which B was once Queen of the Iceni? | |
C | What C is a Greek dish containing squid? | |
D | What D plays at Boghead? | |
E | What was Ernie Wise's real surname? | |
F | With which sport do you associate Australian Nick Farr-Jones? | |
G | Georgetown is the capital of which Commonwealth country? | |
H | Halite is the proper name for which mineral? | |
I | What sort of animal is an Ibex? | |
J | What would you need to play the game Jai-Alai? | |
K | The Koto is a zither-like musical instrument from which country? | |
L | What L is the Hindu goddess of beauty whose festival our children celebrate at Diwali? | |
M | What M is played by four people and 144 tiles? | |
N | Which N is a country ruled by King Mahendra? | |
O | Which O had a No 1 Hit in 1968 with I Pretend? | |
P | Which P made nearly 200 short films between 1933 and 1957? | |
Q | What four events make up a Quadrathon? | |
R | Which R is where Magna Carta was signed? | |
S | Which S was an agricultural implement invented by Jethro Tull? | |
T | Which T wrote about Adrian Mole? | |
U | Which U was discovered in 1781 by William Herschel? | |
V | Which V was the Viking equivalent of heaven? | |
W | With which sport would you associate Helen Wills? | |
Y | Which Y is a bird whose proper name is Embereza Citrinella? | |
Z | Only one group, artiste or musicians beginning with Z has had a No 1 hit in the UK - which? | |